The battle ended quickly. Ning Zhiyuan and the Galactic Throne took a few shots, but fortunately, neither suffered serious damage.
Both fleets lost more than half their ships, so the First Fleet withdrew from the battlefield and returned to the captured stellar base to refit. The badly mauled Iron Purifier fleet did not dare pursue them and stayed in the Homeworld System for repairs.
Neither side came out ahead, but in terms of the overall grand strategy, Xi Yan had won.
The XT-489 Extermination Unit had no chance of launching another offensive in the short term. For a good while, the west would be safe.
Now it was time to turn their attention north again, toward the M'tok Union.
"Intelligence indicates that the Interstellar Human Military Junta's Second Fleet has captured every stellar base south of our Homeworld System. They have already finished regrouping two systems away."
The M'tok Intelligence Officer opened a huge projection before the assembled aliens. It clearly displayed the M'tok Union's star chart, with the enemy-occupied regions in red now forming one large, contiguous block.
The humans had reached the doorstep of the Homeworld System, while the Zirick Cooperative had pushed in from the north with five ships. Now surrounded on three sides, the M'tok Union was on the brink of destruction.
But even in this desperate situation, a sliver of hope remained.
As long as the main force at the front could crush the Nier Guardians and the Homeworld System in the rear could hold off the human offensive, they could still make a comeback.
The M'tok would reclaim everything they had lost and make these aliens pay for taking advantage of their plight!
A criminal enterprise was not to be trifled with!
By now, a great many aliens had gathered in the Great