From the moment Caramond began to inhabit Blinky as if the companion spirit was a shell, the entire battle changed forever.
For the first time since the lightning tribulation began, the output of the Spark Reactor finally found a somewhat worthy user.
The Dominion of Man was a well-constructed starship in every aspect as far as the fleeters were concerned. The best minds, technologies, materials and care had been put into making her and her sister ships the pride of the Common Fleet Alliance.
Though the CFA's initial experiment with dreadnoughts ultimately failed to justify the insane amount of resources investing into her development and construction, she still served as one of the 8 mobile bulwarks of the Red Ocean.
Unfortunately, the dreadnoughts of the Red Fleet suffered from the same flaw as any piece of hyper technology.
Red humanity had a spotty track record with cultivation.