The duel between Patriarch Reginald Cross and the Tireless Engine shook the surrounding space and occasionally produced collateral damage that made everyone else avoid their clash as much as possible.
The duel had become separate from the larger battle taking place in and around Duqeste XI.
Venerable Rosa Orfan sighed as she restlessly sat inside her cockpit.
This operation was anything but ideal in her opinion. It was hastily planned and contained far too few redundancies. The safety margin was razor thin and had become stretched even further due to the early detection of the RA stealth vessel.
Venerable Orfan knew what General Ark Larkinson had in mind. Both of them were high-ranking expert pilots that had already reached their bottlenecks and could not make any further progress. Both of them experienced the same persistent desire to find a breakthrough opportunity and smash apart their stubborn bottlenecks.
