章 222: The Regulators' Predicament

Damocles

While the welcoming banquet continued with a relaxing atmosphere and soft instrumentals playing in the background, the main control center was brimming with activity and pressure. 

"Are you not planning to attend the welcoming banquet, Your Majesty? It had already commenced some time ago," a subordinate brought up while his fingers busied pressing numerous keys on the holographic screen before swiping over to the next person.

Emperor Polemos watched the ongoing battle in the asteroid belt on-screen as hundreds of his droids were destroyed by a powerful blast of psionic energy. 

The situation appeared especially intense as the damaged alien mothership inched closer, and the second defense line in the asteroid belt was on the verge of collapse.