Phantom War

Location: Deep Void – Blacklight Fleet vs. Kran Armada

The void trembled with the arrival of the Kran war fleet.

Aboard the S'khal-Class Dreadhunter, Supreme Rythar Zhal'Korr stood in cold amusement as his fleet materialized above Earth. Eight capital ships, escorted by stealth frigates, corvettes, and drone swarms, assumed formation.

"Primitive humans… so predictable." Zhal'Korr muttered, his golden eyes narrowing. His fleet's Gravitic Shroud Drives kept their signatures masked, ensuring total superiority.

Then his sensors screamed in warning.

Ripples in the void.

Shadows took shape where there had been nothing but empty space moments before.

The Blacklight Fleet had arrived.

Emerging From the Void

The Kran tactical display erupted in chaos as dozens of ships appeared where the void had been silent.

Revenant-Class Stealth Fighters surged forward first, slipping through the darkness with cloaking veils active.Wraith-Class Corvettes followed, their TH-1 "Thor's Hammer" Rail Cannons glowing ominously.Phantom-Class Stealth Frigates positioned themselves between enemy formations, ready to cut apart supply lines.Reaper-Class Cruisers moved with calculated precision, their 200mm FTL Rail Cannons locking onto key Kran warships and then, the Eclipse Lance—a Dreadnought-Class Battleship, Blacklight's silent executioner—emerged from nothingness.

Vale sat on the command bridge, eyes locked on the growing confusion among the Kran. They had not expected this.

They had not expected Blacklight to evolve.

Aegis' voice came through, cold and measured. "Kran fleet response—hesitation detected. Their flagship is re-calibrating targeting solutions. We have initiative."

Vale's smirk was razor-sharp. "Then let's take it."

Void Battle Begins

The Revenant-Class Stealth Fighters struck first, deploying Nyx-1 Kinetic Torpedoes in coordinated attacks. The torpedoes remained undetectable until mere moments before impact, when they ripped through the shields of an enemy Phantom Frigate—the explosion shearing it in half.

The Wraith-Class Corvettes moved next, punching through the Kran formation with precision rail cannon fire.

The Kran retaliated.

Plasma Devourer Cannons from the Dreadhunter spat molten destruction across the void. Gravitic Lance Arrays from Kran capital ships warped space itself, trying to crush Blacklight's vessels mid-flight. Shadow Drone Swarms launched, their Neural Jammers attempting to scramble human AI coordination.

But this was not the same Terran navy the Kran had crushed before.

Blacklight's ships stealth systems adapted, its ECM suites countered the AI disruption waves, and its pilots moved with ruthless efficiency.

Tactical Maneuvers: Turning the Tide

Vale's eyes flicked across the battlemap.

"Eclipse Lance, initiate Specter Maneuver."

The dreadnought's hull shimmered, phasing out of local scans. A ghost in the void.

With a burst of silent FTL movement, the Eclipse Lance repositioned itself behind the Kran formation. Before Zhal'Korr could react, the Dreadnought's twin FTL Rail Cannons fired.

A Nysskar-Class Void Reaper detonated instantly, its hull rupturing as the kinetic slugs tore through its spine.

Wraith's corvettes moved like bladed shadows, hammering a Lurker-Class Phantom Frigate before disengaging, weaving between Kran fire.

Meanwhile, Phantom-Class Stealth Frigates slipped between enemy lines, disrupting communications and launching secondary Nyx-1 Torpedo waves.

The Kran were fracturing.

Unleashing Devastation

The Kran, once confident, were unraveling.

Zhal'Korr's snarl deepened. "Full fleet convergence! Surround them and annihilate their flagship!"

But Vale had already planned for this.

"Aegis, deploy Mirage Countermeasures."

The Blacklight fleet shimmered, splitting into dozens of false sensor echoes, leaving the Kran firing blind.

Suddenly, three Kran capital ships erupted into flames—their engines targeted by precision Revenant Fighter strikes.

The Eclipse Lance unleashed a third rail cannon salvo, the slugs passing through two enemy warships in a single shot.

Kran debris littered the void.

And then—

Vale leaned forward, voice cold, precise.

"All ships. Fire."

The void erupted in fire and destruction.