I Am The Swarm

With the loss of the land-based cannons on Planet Raze and the near-total destruction of the orbital cannons due to their slow maneuverability, the Riken firepower had been reduced by over half.

Without their firepower advantage, the pressure on the Swarm’s Primordial bodies greatly diminished. Their evasion time shortened, and their firing rate increased. Faced with the Swarm’s intensified bombardment, the previously steady output of the three Riken fleets faltered. Their firing rate decreased, and as this chain reaction unfolded, the Swarm seemed to have gained the upper hand, pressing the Rikens into a defensive posture.

The fleet commanders recognized this awkward situation, pinning their hopes on this being the Swarm’s final frenzy.

Based on their data, they believed the Swarm’s ammunition reserves were no longer sufficient to sustain such intense firepower.

Their assumption wasn’t entirely wrong. The Swarm’s forces had traveled from the outer planetary belt without any resupply. Even with new tactics, they had consumed significant metal reserves during skirmishes with the Riken fleets along the way.

Now, after such prolonged high-intensity bombardments, their metal reserves were nearly depleted.

However, the Riken fleet was also on its last legs. The planetary orbit and surface defense systems had collapsed, leaving only the fleet’s firepower to maintain a fragile standstill.

Despite their predicament, the Rikens believed that as the defending force, they held the advantage. Theoretically, they could leverage the cover of Planet Raze and its moons to outlast the Swarm’s dwindling ammunition reserves.

But they underestimated the Swarm’s deployments on Planet Raze.