And many Minotaurs were destined to die there on Karox, just as they had on Brontar and Sula, just as they had on Bovarka.
They weren't wrong.
Before their eyes, the enemy fleet opened fire. Streams of energy tore into the orbital station of the Karox star. As with Brontar, as with Sula, as with Bovarka itself, the station was instantly engulfed in fire and explosions. Then came the final strike—a single, strange missile.
The blast it released was blinding, a white detonation so intense it swallowed the entire station, erasing it from existence. When the light faded, there was nothing left. No wreckage. No fragments. Nothing to even mark that a station had ever been there.
