"After Unbound Soul breaks away from the formation, the remaining battleships form a diamond array."
Under Sevatar's precise instructions, the battle group's flagship, the Unbound Soul, began to depart from its planned navigation orbit and move centripetally along the planet, causing the center of the battle to return to the influence of Nessen-6's gravity.
This move seemed completely unplanned, as if a blind commander launched a half-baked breakthrough that could not be successfully passed.
"Not too fast, guys."
At Sevatar's request, the crew is making the Unbound Soul slowly move downwards towards the battle plane - this has to show a lazy atmosphere, but if it takes a heavy hit, it will cause
question.
In the process, the density of beam crossfire further increased.
The Starfire's newly repaired shield generator suffered some damage, and then responded with a fierce volley of beams.
An Eldar frigate misjudged its direction and crashed into a wall of fire, with half of its void shield shattered.
The current engagement is a controlled and gentle trial.
There were no discharged torpedoes, no fighter jets taking off, and even the small warships on both sides were locked in a restrained wrestling match.
"As we enter the third assault stage, I think we can go a little faster."
Savita watched with great satisfaction as the lines of both sides began to retreat. Several frigates had already retreated quickly with their charred bows and shields that appeared and disappeared.
The human warships broke up their formation and each protected their own flanks, leaving holes in the defense line wide open. The momentum of the forward fleet staggered as if being blocked by strong winds.
The Eldar fleet was no better.
Like two wrestlers falling into a quagmire together, each waving their feeble fists.
The rhythm suddenly became strangely slow.
Sevatar watched the Eldar fleet's reaction attentively.
They brought more firepower into effective range, but their shortcomings began to show: they were cautious, but not too cautious.
The Unbound Soul began to shake under another direct hit, and the void shield stretched like a beaten drumhead.
"Fight back?"
That was the gunnery officer's request.
"Sir, I took aim."
"Not yet."
Savita is waiting for the next opportunity.
"Just flip it over and shoot on the other side, keeping the beam firing but making it look weak."
Suddenly, he noticed that the warrior display screen was refreshed again, and the opportunity he needed appeared.
The Crow Prince felt a rush of adrenaline and the pure pleasure that followed.
"Prepare the entire fleet to change formation!"
The countdown begins.
5,
4,
3,
2,
1.
"The engine has maximum output, it doesn't matter even if it is overloaded!"
The Unbound Soul left and reached full speed. This incredible acceleration completed the process from a lazy idle at quarter power to a thunderous roar in two minutes.
If it were a normal imperial warship, it would take several minutes to increase its main output.
But the Unbound Soul is a warship from the Legion era, and the Night Lords, who emphasize speed and swiftness, have the same needs for their warships.
"what happened?"
Soshyan managed to stand still with the help of the armrest, forcing himself to look up at the tactical projection.
"Just watch."
Everything changed, and the fleet formation on the screen changed in an instant from drifting like a headless fly to having astonishing assault arrows.
Every ship moved, every one, at the same time.
They formed a brand new route, and in the blink of an eye, they changed from a slow parrying posture to a full-strength offensive blade.
Soshyan suddenly found that his mouth was open. He had never seen such a level of fleet command - probably only the most outstanding naval commanders could complete a change of this scale within five minutes.
But Savita had already planned it in advance.
A mocking smile appeared on the Crow Prince's face.
"We used to call this tactic the Thorn Lasso. It was very... cool."
"The Lasso of Thorns."
Soshyan turned his gaze to real space to try to make sense of the spectacle he saw.
The fleet now formed a spearhead, and the darting frigates gathered in a group and opened a gap in the blockade with missile volleys.
Their sudden surge in speed and concentrated missiles disrupted the formation of the Eldar ships blocking the way, and the leading alien warship was instantly destroyed in a storm of light spears and torpedoes.
The other ships from all directions rushed to block the gap, but they were all too slow.
The Unbound Soul crashed into the gap, like a burly man rushing into a women's bathhouse, causing the slender alien battleship to spin and wash away the battlefield with rounds of fierce beam volleys.
Surrounding it were a large group of cruisers that were also racing at full speed. The Eldar warships turned chaotically, intending to stop these steel behemoths, but they only formed a clumsy defensive formation in a hurry.
"how did you do that?"
Panting, Soshyan saw the burning fragments of the alien battleship flying across his field of vision.
More torpedoes screeched over the wreckage, flipping and leaping like whales.
All the ships aimed at one point, leaving their flanks for the enemy to chase, and violently attacked with broadside artillery, rushing forward at top speed.
In this way, they directly penetrated the alien array and came to the back of the alien battleship.
"The weakness is here."
Sevatar pointed to the right of the alien formation's original position.
“It’s small, but it’s enough.”
He nodded with satisfaction.
"Killing those pointy ears always feels great, doesn't it."
After killing through the enemy's formation, the human warship immediately turned around, and the flickering light of the Unbound Soul's huge array of light spears made the void instantly shine like a supernova.
The surrounding warships fired at the same time with their bow guns, beams and plasma mixed with rounds of torpedoes, and they swooped away with pure murderous intent.
The explosion occurred instantly, and the remains of the sacrifice rolled and exploded with the erupting spiritual bone fragments.
Soshyan saw an Eldar cruiser exploded from the inside, and three other targets staggering away after being attacked from the front.
The retaliatory firepower was sporadic and weak, and it passed over the bow of the Unbound Soul, leaving only a small amount of damage.
The battle group of the Astral Knights began to attack from an extremely advantageous position, and the Eldar warships were damaged one after another. This kind of battle made them very uncomfortable, as they are known for their flexibility.
Finally, after enduring a baptism of fire, the alien chose to give up.
Most of their solar sails have been destroyed. If they continue to fight, the results will be very bad. They are not determined to fight to the end.
Warm cheers erupted from the bridges of all human battleships.
The Eldar were defeated, their formation was broken up, and they fled in all directions, dragging the shining fragments with them.