Cheng Yu stood up and looked at Artist.
"This time, I'm deploying the Iron Throne. But an opportunity like this is rare, so let me see the Legion's other series first."
Artist stood up.
"Order received, Deputy Core."
Within the Strategic Command Center's transmission network:
Performer: The Deputy Core's orders have been issued. All units, please assist this unit in coordinating the Legion.
Wisdom Z-1318: Order received.
Wisdom Z-6124: Order...
The immense war legion sprang into action once again.
Within the Main Base Cluster, elongated models resembling rods slowly lifted off from a metal planet.
These rod-shaped units were only about ten meters long and one meter in diameter.
Their bodies were oval overall, with rippled metal surfaces and oval caps at both ends. They were rather ugly. Anyone who didn't know better might have mistaken them for extra-long metal baguettes.
Looking at these "baguettes," Cheng Yu asked Artist in confusion,
"What are these?"
Artist stood up.
"Assault Unit 0-6, the vanguard of the Legion's vanguard forces for space combat. They are commonly used in conventional warfare."
Cheng Yu suddenly remembered that back on Keynes World, the system seemed to have told him the Assault Unit Series pursued mobility to its absolute limit. Assault Unit 0-6 could even approach the speed of light.
Cheng Yu heard Performer's command over the shared channel.
"The Assault Unit Force's restrictions have been lifted. The target fleet has been locked on. The Regulator Force is ready. Attention, all units: the Deputy Core has issued orders to deliver only a light strike."
"Order received."
"Order received."
Then Cheng Yu saw the "baguettes" line up in formation. A spatial wormhole appeared ahead of the "baguette" force, undoubtedly the work of the Regulator Force.
The "baguette" force consisted of a dozen or so "baguettes." Their outlines