Just as Vaan considered whether to return to the Astral Soul Realm, Empyrean Oceanheart made a sudden discovery, prompting her to halt the starship's travel. This, in turn, caught his attention.
Boom boom boom!
In the original dead silence of dark space, consecutive explosions appeared on the surface of a particularly large star fragment, surrounded by several poorly-constructed battleships.
The large star fragment was pelted with heavy fire and flashes of lightning, and its surface mass was quickly deformed under the relentless, destructive assault. It kicked up large clouds of dust, obscuring one's vision and the true state or situation.
Vaan and the others were taken aback by the actions of this small, primitive fleet.
They didn't understand why the primitive fleet was wasting firepower on this particularly star fragment.
