"Smaller fleets will also be able to move faster," Grand Admiral Bornine added. "That will make it easier to deploy pathwalkers to our enemies. That will increase the chances that we can win this war. Pathwalkers are our only hope."
That didn't sit well with a lot of people.
It didn't sit well with Rui.
He knew better than to deny the results of the first battle. At the same time, this was not a healthy state of affairs. To place the burden of the fate of human civilization on the shoulders of pathwalkers alone was not something that a healthy, balanced, and well-equipped civilization did.
At this rate, even if they won the war, they will have only done so by burning through their pathwalkers at a perilous rate.
"…This is the state of affairs right now," Rui heaved a deep breath. "I accept your suggestions, Bornine, Edward."
