He quickly ended his talk with Ranya and contacted Calabast.
"What do you want to know, Ves?"
"Tell me where the Simile Halifax has gone!"
Calabast smirked. "Oh, that little ship? Well, after she left the center of our fleet formation, she moved in the direction of Auralis before entering warp travel."
"The MTA frigate sped up towards the planet that is in the process of cracking apart?"
"Yup. I think it is safe to say that the mechers have definitely noticed what is taking place and are moving in to handle the situation."
Ves felt reassured, but only a little bit. He was glad the MTA was taking this crisis seriously, but he hoped that the Simile Halifax did not intend to solve this problem alone!
"I really hope the mechers stationed on the Simile Halifax have called for help."
"The only way to find out is to wait and see." The spymaster shrugged. "Our scout ship is still relatively close to Garimel I and has continued to maintain contact with our fleet. We should be able to tell what is happening with minimal delay."
Time passed by as everyone waited for something to happen.
Auralis continued to crack as if it was a giant black egg that was on the verge of breaking apart. Volcanic activity had gone crazy on that planet and it was only growing worse!
At some point, the Simile Halifax slipped out of warp travel and arrived at a respectable distance away from the unstable heavy metal planet.
"What is it going to do next?" Ves wondered as he leaned in to focus on the projected feed.
The MTA frigate did not spend much time dawdling around. Once she stabilized her condition, her energy emissions spiked as the ship generated a portal, and a large one at that!
Ves had seen ships from the Big Two generate portals before. They were a highly convenient means of bringing in other ships from afar without needing to enter a space with minimal gravity.
Now that Ves looked at it, the portal generated by the Simile Halifax and similar vessels resembled the one generated by Purgatory's ancient spatial gate!
Were the technological principles between the two more similar than he thought?
"A large MTA capital ship is emerging from the portal generated by the Simile Halifax!"
An immense hull slowly but smoothly passed through the active space tunnel.
Ves' eyes widened more and more as he beheld the size, construction and external features of the newly-arrived vessel.
"Is that a battleship? She's armed with several huge turreted guns."
"That's not quite right. She's a research vessel. Don't you see all of those sensor arrays and other research-related modules?"
"Wait! Look at how many mechs are launching from her hangar bays! She's a carrier!"
The Paracelsus Optimus turned out to be a ship that encompassed all of these roles and more.
The newly-built vessel was developed specifically for the Red Ocean and was officially classified by the MTA as a research battlecarrier!
At 7 kilometers long, the Paracelsus Optimus might not be a ship that possessed the greatest firepower, but she was more than capable of holding her own against a myriad of powerful native threats in the new frontier!