The Palace of Shame was the foundation of the alien pirate groups that had chosen to remain behind.
Now that their only safe harbor came under serious threat, the aliens could no longer afford to procrastinate any further.
No matter how divided they were, each of them should still have enough sense to realize that all of them would undoubtedly become unmoored if the human aggressors managed to destroy all of the powerful transphasic energy shield generators.
"How long can the Thunderer Mark II go on like this?" Ves asked.
"It will not take as long to take down the subsequent segmented energy shields, sir. As long as there are enough gaps, the Thunderer Mark II can employ clever positioning to fire its transphasic gauss rounds at different angles to damage surfaces that should normally be covered."
The Santana Group's powerful ace heavy artillery mech continued to exert a lot of pressure towards the Palace of Shame.
