The tense situation of battle continued, with bright spheres of light flickering in the universe, soon resulting in a series of damages on both sides.
"Retreat, retreat!"
"Fall back even further!"
War Stars of the Apollo Civilization, along with most of their large flagships, fought as they retreated, and within the span of a dozen minutes, they had pulled out from the vicinity of the New Human Civilization's Air Defense Identification Zone. The battlefield slowly contracted, returning to a skirmish zone dominated by drones.
A few curvature missiles, launched urgently, seemed to hit their targets, creating bright spheres of light.
"Report to the officer, the New Human Civilization forces have retreated!"
"Understood, bring up the battle report!"
A group of angry Big Squids began to tally the losses from this local conflict, analyzing the specifics.