Although the Fortress had suffered severe damage, none of it posed a problem for Iax as he was now.
The Nano-Swarm began rapidly dismantling the intact sections of the Fortress, releasing the mechanical troops directly from their compartments.
The two Antimatter Energy Cores were hauled away immediately, then connected to sections of the hull and numerous shield generators.
An Antimatter core could not be shut down. Without a way to discharge its energy, it would soon explode and collapse into a genuine black hole.
The best way to prevent that was to lower its output, then channel the energy it produced into the shield systems to relieve the pressure.
Once the most dangerous problem had been dealt with, a towering metal structure quickly began "growing" from the surface toward space at the Fortress's crash site.
The hull-printing assembly beneath the Industrial Ship was detached and sent into space through this newly built Starport.
The fleet was about to begin reconstruction.
Iax had merged all his ships into the Fortress beforehand not only to provide energy for constructing the weapon, but also to minimize losses.
Otherwise, under those circumstances, the fleet would likely have been scattered across the universe.
Dismantling the ships and assembling them into a Fortress had prevented that possibility outright.
As for damage, provided no material was missing and energy remained plentiful, Iax would suffer no losses.
As reconstruction of the fleet began.
The undamaged mechanical troops began exploring this Planet with its abnormal gravity.
Planets like this often held relatively abundant mineral deposits. The Starport was already under construction.
Although the Planet was vast, searching it was not difficult with Transport Aircraft and Heavy Drone Fighters working together.
This Planet had already suffered a devastating blow.
The enormous Fortress had gouged a wound more than ten kilometers