And so Li Pan watched the live broadcast of the battlefield coming from Eighteen, first seeing a dazzle of stars as dozens of meteors leaped swiftly from the deep space beyond, forming a ring-shaped cluster of satellites around the Kufei Naval Base. At the same time, each "star" ejected hundreds of blue fireflies. Indeed, they were mines carrying multiple neutron warhead payloads.
"ECM activated! Search for enemy strengthened! Signal jamming! All ships activate the PTP Defense System!"
In the midst of Eighteen's consecutive exclamations, a deep male voice came through.
"F1, sweep T1-K14, tag BASF, lock on to 84, authorization to fire, clear the sector, WARP500 leap..."
The sheep had walked right into the trap, and the company fleet was now in motion.
Before those stars could twinkle a few more times, a large swath of pale violet Light Spears descended from the darkness of space.