The number of battleships from the Azure Sky Empire was increasing, yet the new captain hesitated to give the order to attack. On his own flagship were observers from various Families, whose key members were held hostage on the Giant Beast planet below. Should an attack commence, neither the Imperial Family nor these Family members could permit long-range bombardments from the battleships. And if ground troops were sent, those brave soldiers would stand no chance against the enraged Giant Beasts.
This placed the newly appointed captain in a difficult predicament. He was ordered to come here with clear instructions from His Majesty the Emperor: rescue the Crown Prince and Princess at all costs. The captain knew all too well the Emperor would rather have those two embarrassing fools die right here. But that was unacceptable, for it was a matter of Imperial face. To die, they needed to do so gloriously, not here on this forsaken planet.