And while the situation was tense, with the inhabitants on the brink of extinction, Aurelian's fleet regrouped near the dead system marker that hid the Pale Wound Corridor, and this time he was not here just to confirm routes or record coordinates.
He had come to cross it.
This is because of careful planning, which led him to understand that he already has enough shipgirls to go on this trip.
And because he knows about the situation from the system, which gave him a detailed description of what will happen, and he knows now is the right and only time to go for it with the least amount of effort.
For this expedition, he brought every ship that was already stable enough to move with him, not leaving anything useful behind.
Black Crown is the core.
Crimson Bulwark is the forward hammer.
Elowen for ecological and support work.
Neris for supply.
Astercourt for fleet administration and internal coordination.
