Their fleet travelled along the edge of a huge asteroid whirlpool. Arwa had noticed it fast enough, then ordered the fleet to react in the nick of time for them to escape the pull of the massive whirlpool. Nevertheless, the incident had cost Arwa 62 starships.
It all happened in just under 10 minutes.
An even more pressing issue for them was to avoid the whirlpool by going around it. This extended their three-day journey to five.
No one knew how much these two extra days would cost them. All of them, Arwa included, were grateful for their narrow escape.
They suffered heavy casualties on the third day, when the rocks around them were too dense for their weapons to handle. The asteroids breached their safety parameter and crashed onto the starships. Arwa had not fortified the ship hulls, and this oversight costed him dearly.
The seemingly tough hulls of the starships crumbled easily under the impact of the asteroids.
