Yet, it was also facing the head-on attacks launched relentlessly by Ritika's fleet. Under this onslaught, even the colossal fortress trembled, its structure letting out creaks that reverberated across deck after deck.
With every strike that landed across its pale blue shield, ripples of energy burst outward. While the shield successfully bore the brunt of the attacks' fierce force and heat, it wasn't able to block the thunderous shockwaves, which crashed head-on into the fortress's outer armor—straining it and bending it slightly inward time and time again.
The command deck of the Radiant Prime had given way to panic long ago. Holographic tactical maps and graphs flickered, overlaid with cascading red warnings and alerts.
