"My fair lady, don't fail on me now…" being the oldest Universe Class Star Vessel of the Order, Hegemon, while grants an immense freedom from having archaic command system that freely grants the ones in control the authority to perform things that more advanced Star Vessel would not, this also means that the soldiers in this Star Vessel needs to do a lot more thing in order to make effective use of all things that this massive vessel has to offer.
This means that while he has more control over it than other commanders have in their respective Star Vessels, this also means that he has to control and worry about a lot more things compared to other commanders, but this doesn't necessarily mean a problem for him, as he feels like it is more of a boon instead.
"Commander, hostiles are approaching ahead of us, there are other groups in the back as well!" snapping him out of his daze as he held the cold, protecting metallic structure of the ship they are currently on, the figure looks at the spherical display in front of him once again, the numbers of enemies they have to defend themselves against something that will put fear to any other commander of the Order should they encounter it, but not this figure.
"Decadents are also approaching from our sides Commander!!, multiple Destruction-class Decadents are preparing to fire beams, predicted trajectory will hit us directly in a few seconds!" another subordinate notifies, making the figure reveal an interested smile.
"Alright people, let's have the usual… main cannon two on direction 22.73 degree vertical and 12.26 degree horizontal, main cannon three on direction 5 degree vertical and 17.6 degree horizontal, enable localized barrier generation with a read and response protocol, try to minimize barrier generation as much as possible and divert all backup power to main cannon one…" the figure issues a series of command that his subordinate already starts acting upon before he can even finish it all of them shouting as they start carrying out the commands.
"Adjusting main cannon two directions... now in position! Ready to fire anytime!"
"Adjusting main cannon three directions... now in position! Ready to fire anytime!"
"Generating algorithm based on the trajectory of all beam attacks by the Destruction-class Decadents, preparing to deploy localized barrier with read and response protocol!"
"Routing all backup power to main cannon one, currently charging at a slow rate, predicted full power charge within two minutes, commander!"
In the depths of space, where one can usually just see the vastness of the universe, the star painting this grandness of black, one can see an infestation of insect-like creatures with humanoid flesh moving towards something more metallic, more human in design, these creatures seemingly getting more aggressive the closer they get towards this construct.
What is even more impressive, or rather, terrifying with these monsters though is the fact that they are capable of performing just as much task as any Star Vessel that the order has, including attacking from very distant range, a testament to that the numerous, humongous insect-like Decadents that have crimson ball of energy growing larger and larger on their mouths, seemingly about to shoot it any second now.
This is something that the commander of the Hegemon is aware of, hence why the moment that he noticed an unusual red glow coming out of these monsters, he started throwing commands once more.
"Those Destruction-class have Ruination-type Artilleries as their main weapon, everyone on defense already knows what to do" the figure said with a smile on his face, his words making the ones who are clearly operating on the barrier that everyone is previously talking about nodding at his words with clear excitement in their faces as if they feel like they are just about to do a number on their enemies.
Looking at the spherical display, noticing the Decadents in front and back of them already closing in on them, the figure then waves his hand as he decides to clean up as many of them as possible.
"Blast these little critters to kingdom come!" he said as the first wave of these creatures approached just a few hundreds of meters away from their craft, a distance still considered significantly far if it were any other terrestrial battle known to man, but a distance of extremely small quantity when it is a battle in the grand vastness of space.
Two massive weaponry, with a barrel that can possibly make a human doubt their significance in the universe due to its sheer size, were directed towards the their respective targets, from the depths of their barrel an azure blue glow starts getting brighter and brighter, until a beam eventually come out of it, spreading as it escapes the weapon and covering the entirety of the place where the Decadents are rushing in, drowning them with a seemingly divine, unending wave of light.
While the Decadents in front of them are being roasted most likely to oblivion, the very same thing is also happening to the Decadents behind them, being turned into ashes as they are blasted by such a powerful attack that comes from one of the Sapient Order's, humanity's, greatest weapons of war.
"Main cannon two discharged… no traces of Decadent activities within the thousand Astronomical Units range of the attack"
"Main cannon three discharged… also no traces of Decadent activities within the thousand Astronomical Units range of the attack"
"That's good enough, prepare for another wave of attack, reduce the loading time of main cannon one and two by thirty percent, divert all those power to main cannon one, we're going to break through this encirclement" the figure commanded earning a wave of acknowledgement from his subordinate before one of them notifies everyone of another thing happening.
"Destruction-class Decadents starts firing a volley of Ruination-type energy, preparing to open Reflection-type barrier in a localized area, read and respond protocol working in optimal conditions…" another crew announced, making all of them feel tense for reasons extremely valid.
After all, they are running extremely tight on energy reserves right now, hence why their commander is constantly shifting the routing of power everywhere, something that they wouldn't be able to do anywhere else but the Hegemon Star Vessel, this shifting of power something extremely taxing not only to the vessel but also to the mental prowess of the one managing it as well.