The visit to the Ylvainans put Ves in a heavy mood. Thoughts of mortality, losing and other heavy subjects filled his mind.
Lucky floated over to the shoulder of the Unending Regalia and perched upon it. "Meow."
"You don't need to worry about me." Ves responded. "I'm not letting myself get distracted for long."
Plenty of time had already passed. He did not have to wait much longer before the battle commenced.
In fact, both sides were already capable of firing on each other's starships.
The capital ships of both sides were massive targets and it was not impossible to land hits on the larger sub-capital ships.
Even if it was difficult to maintain accuracy at stupendous ranges, sustained attacks from laser weapons could definitely inflict a lot of damage over time!