The Drums of War, Pt 3
The Hegemony admiral was absolutely awestruck by the destruction that was heaped on his fleet. He was even more awed by the seeming chaos that enveloped all around him, and could only watch haplessly at the Empire’s expert use of their fluid swarm.
It was nothing like he had ever experienced, certainly nothing like any Hegemony or Federation navies he had fought against. Every ship in the fleet was hit on every side, and whittled away as every moment passed.
He could hardly see a tactical way out of their predicament, and had no way to reverse their positions.
Worse, they were beaten out technologically, on every level possible.
He cursed loudly to himself at the disparity between their forces. He knew the Empire was more advanced than them, but didn’t know it was to this extent. It seemed that they had made leaps in tech just in the past few years alone.
And that bode poorly for him and his people.