Trying to stop an overwhelming force might seem foolish, but there was no shortage of people willing to do it in the Imperium of Man. Besides basic armaments and crews reduced to the bare minimum, these transport ships carried tremendously powerful bombs.
If the transports could not fire deadly shells, they would turn themselves into shells.
"General Hanks, our skies are in your hands." A holographic projection of Kester stood before Hanks.
"My lord, rest assured. We will do everything in our power to complete our mission." Hanks stood at attention and saluted Kester's image.
"General, our sensors have detected the monstrous xenos warships entering the designated area." Just then, an intelligence report came through the communicator beside him.
After they said their farewells, Hanks straightened his military cap and entered the bridge of the Harbinger of Doom.
In fact, the battle plan had already been drawn up. All the warships needed to do was follow it. Hanks's main task was to ensure that every warship obeyed orders, while also... leading the Imperium's precious warships out of the battle at a critical moment.
Most of the warships' captains knew nothing about that second order. Only the captains of capital ships, cruisers and above, knew about the withdrawal order.
Compared with capital ships, escorts and destroyers were far easier to build.
Following the plan, every human warship, large and small, began launching space torpedoes, volley after volley, until their stocks were exhausted.
Over a thousand space torpedoes streaked toward the designated positions, trailing long plumes of flame. This was a standard naval tactic of the Imperium of Man: first use massed torpedoes to damage enemy ships at long range.
More often than not, these torpedoes achieved little, but they could force the enemy fleet to slow down or break formation to