"..."
The Enrojet Command Center was as quiet as ever.
"A gravitational weapon, harnessing one of the four fundamental forces..."
The elderly Enrojet Scientist, whose skin was covered in wrinkles, breathed rapidly and murmured, "It was tidal forces that tore our warships apart..."
A conjecture gradually took shape in the scientist's mind.
"Human Civilization..."
"They may already have reached the pinnacle of a level five civilization..."
The scientist's muttering reached the Alliance Leader nearby.
Unlike the visibly stunned scientists, the Alliance Leader and the command staff showed little shock.
"This gravitational weapon you mentioned..."
"Is it different from those micro black holes?"
The leader hesitated for a while before finally deciding to ask.
"Heh..." The elderly scientist shook their head with a bitter smile. "Leader, we can manufacture micro black holes ourselves."
"All we lack is a way to keep them stable while moving at high speed."
"That isn't particularly difficult to achieve. Perhaps in a few hundred years, we'll master that technology."
"But gravity bombs..."
A trace of fear appeared in the elderly scientist's eyes. "Those are weapons that can only be created after completely mastering gravity!"
"In practical terms, black hole missiles have a smaller effective range and aren't especially lethal against large warships."
"Gravity bombs are different. Their gravitational strength may not match those micro black holes, but they have a greater effective range. Their primary targets are large and superlarge warships."
At that point, the scientist fell silent for a moment.
"So far, Human Civilization has shown us their technology in gravity and electromagnetic interaction."
"Of the four fundamental forces, only strong interaction and weak interaction remain."
"If-and I mean if-they really can manipulate the strong and weak interactions at will..."
"Then the outcome of this war will be beyond doubt."
"...How much longer will we