No one knew how much control the sandman emperor exerted over his entire race.
Some believed the death of the sandman emperor would make the invading sandman fleets directionless.
Others suspected that the rest of the sandmen would continue to obey their instructions regardless of what happened to their highest leader.
Evidently, the latter appeared to be the case. Like cleaning bots that continued to clean up a house after their occupants had died, the sandman admirals continued to drive their fleets head-first into human space without any pause!
The jubilation from seeing the sandman empire meeting its end quickly made way for grim resignation.
The mission of the CFA only ensured that the flow of reinforcements would eventually stop. What happened until then was anyone's guess.
Ves already knew that the Bright Republic was enduring an unimaginable amount of pressure.
