"Captain Lilith, when can we continue our offensive? Rescue our suffering brethren from the hands of the decaying Imperium and liberate more star systems."
Lilith commanded the cruiser Invincible War God, along with four frigates and eight destroyers, on constant patrol outside the Kuiper Belt. This location was very close to Mandeville Point and strategically vital, allowing them to easily destroy any hostile warships emerging from the Warp.
Today was another ordinary patrol. As Lilith led her fleet, the holographic projections of twelve other captains appeared on the bridge of the cruiser Invincible War God.
One of them, a man who had become a destroyer captain less than two years ago, voiced his doubts to Lilith. His tone was filled with a thirst for war; only by earning merit could he be promoted.
"What's the rush? So many battleships and cruisers still haven't been launched. This isn't the right time to go to war with the decaying Imperium. We should crush the Imperial Navy with overwhelming strength. Using our advantages to strike at the enemy's weaknesses is what a qualified captain should be considering."
Lilith had been intently watching the holographic data projected by the cruiser's radar. Hearing the question from one of her captains, she replied calmly.
Lilith was no longer the innocent little girl she had been over twenty years ago. Clad in white power armor and standing two-point-seven meters tall, she radiated heroic valor. Her face showed no sign that she was already in her forties; she still looked like a girl who had just turned twenty.
"I just think this endless, boring patrol is meaningless. We haven't encountered any Imperial merchant ships or naval warships emerging from Mandeville Point in all these years. Only three years ago, an Imperial tax collection ship jumped out of Mandeville