The main ship's attack was a large pillar of green energy that would have been enough to destroy the full capital of a country and more in one attack.
They could be sustained for minutes but they are only used for a few seconds. Using it was the definition of overkill, but after all the times they lost Mares, the captain was not willing to take risks.
Besides, the captain had been informed of the silver-eyed general information, so he knew he was likely to have enough resistance to survive that brief attack with his regeneration.
As he could also survive in the void of space, it seemed to be a riskless move. Now they just had to locate and capture him.
"Sir, we… we can't find anything."
But after minutes of searching, they found nothing. No sign of life, debris, nothing. It was like the ship had been evaporated, which was not out of possibility, but Mares should have been able to survive.