As Adam and Gaia said Jared and Alex had the advantage in this round as Jared was well rounded his fleet wasn't the best at everything but could do most things while Alex is just full on offensive this might have an advantage at the start but if they pull to many fleets and get into a huge battle they can deplete their ammunition fast and you don't want to sit in the void with no ammo with numerous fleets around you, in the void filled with numerous fleets Alex's fleet is currently fighting another his fleet doesn't even bother about defense as it could be seen his carrier and battle ships don't have escorts in the battle you could see the big ships going head to head with the entire enemy fleet while the smaller ships flank from the sides and behind aiming for thrusters and ammo storages while the super carrier Alex was in was also in the middle of this battle of course behind the battle ships as the fighters go in and out to replenish supply's and then go out to continue to fight, as the battle continued there was a clear winner in the battle although both fleets have the same ships and design it is entirely run by an extremely basic ai doing with no tactics at all so Alex's fleet was able to pull out an easy victory ofcourse some may say offense is the best defense but that's only when the offensive fleet has more hard power and tactics if they were equal in terms of tactics and power they would get destroyed Alex also knew this a war of attrition is his fleet's weakness so he right now is trying his best to finish fleets faster than the reinforcements can arrive as Alex and his fleet were crushing fleets Sophia on the other hand had an interesting approach as her fleet practically made a circle around the carrier you could see ship's transporting ammo from the carrier to the cruisers that made up the outer shell of the circle you could see destroys patrolling the inside of the circle their main objective was the roam and assist any cruiser being in finishing kills of cover fire when needing while the battleships acted like artillery hammering the enemy ships
Right now Sophia was facing a enemy fleet the enemy fleet was not doing so hot against this strategy as they tried alot of ways to destroy Sophia but they could never get close enough as Sophia's fleet had no openings so the ai just used the battle fleets to ram the entire fleet inside the circle Sophia seeing this said "tell the cruisers to let them in as soon as all the ships are inside block them in and suppress them" as soon as Sophia handed down her commands the cruisers didn't move aside and let them in as that's suspicious but acted as the battle ships were effective and retreated but as soon as the final ship made it in the circle as the ai thought that they can destroy their carrier and stop ammo supply but when they shot at the carrier nothing happened ofcourse the carrier not participating in the front line doesn't make it weak in fact it is the strongest at Burst damage and armor so before the ai could figure anything out the cruisers used their god metal to change their weapon position to the inside and started shooting the fleet while the destroys continuously flanked the battle ships and the carriers also started fighting and that ended that fleets tale as Sophia ordered a destroyer to lead another pirate fleet here
Jared on the other hand was much more basic compared to the others, no cool formations or strategy as Jared's fleet was as one would say a balanced type they do not excel on offense or defense so when they fight you could say Jared's fleet is very fluid answering all their enemies moves with their tactics although they are not amazing at offense and defense they are good enough for the pirate fleet ai, although Alex and Sophia are more than capable of doing the same this round is all about their individual strategy and formations they have to show what they've been training and perfecting they are capable of both offense and defense for example alex although we haven't seen him do anything defensive he is more than capable of doing it although it will look sloppy as they do train it much but they are not an entire defensive liability but here they have to only show their offense same with Sophia's fleet, as Jared finished of his first fleet he made his way to another making sure that the fleet they were heading to was isolated and a long way from reinforcements
As the first round continued the sitting area was filled with cheers as the ultimas were having a good time watching their favorite fleet in action on the avars side is was the same but they were kore shocked then excited they've lived on ships their whole life so they know their capabilities but watching the transcendency fleets in action really opened their eyes and reminded them how weak they were and are as in their view any attack these fleets give or take will sink a continent watching the weapons forming on the hull as the gods metal continuously forms all types of weapons while while also repairing itself the sections that are to heavy to repair fast nano bots are sent as they secrete gods metal quickly repairing damage that would of took a couple minutes or hours this is not the only thing that fascinated the avars as the soldiers were the main thing that had them shocked as they knew the ships were strong but seeing the soldiers fight with the fleet and blasting out trusters, leaving dents and gashes on the hulls greatly stunned them especially seeing them hold their own and destroy destroyers and cruisers without any ships help and these ships were exact replicas of their own just no ultimas and controlled by AIs imagine what they can do to alien ships the avars shudder just thinking of it