The Mid Sector 101 – Deep within the southwestern Aurora Starfield
Crkkk... Crkkk...
Gray warships glided through the vastness of space in steady, deliberate motion, arranged in three massive battle formations.
Each formation was centered around a colossal mother ship, surrounded on all sides by ten escort vessels roughly a quarter of its size, encircling it in tight defense, their sleek armor glinting faintly under the distant starlight.
After a slow advance, the fleets halted in unison just before breaching the misty atmosphere of a nearby planet.
Then—
The sides of the three enormous mother ships split open, panels sliding upward with mechanical precision. Something deep within began to pulse with blinding light and mechanical roars that echoed across the void—
WHOOSH! WHOOSH!
Hundreds of smaller warships burst outward like swarms of steel hornets, spreading in formation and circling the defensive vessels with increasing speed, leaving trails of faint blue energy.
