The Mech Touch novel Chapter 4449

The unleashing of the battle formations instantly changed the game.

The impact on the aliens was enormous. They had never experienced anything comparable to what just happened. The brief appearance of Helena along with all of the other strangeness even caused the more superstitious ones to believe that the Golden Skull Alliance had gods on its side!

The reaction from the other pioneering groups was also noteworthy.

Unlike the alien pirates of the Palace of Shame who only appeared to collect general information about the human invaders, the Gemini Family and the other pioneers already knew what would happen in advance.

They did not react too strongly in the past when they saw the battle formations do their work in a prior battle that none of them cared about.

It was different now that they were not only close enough to sense a hint of Helena's majesty, but also saw the Larkinsons and the Glory Seekers make short work of over half of the warships in their way!

Among the temporary battle comrades of the Golden Skull Alliance, none of them understood the truth of what just happened better than their ace pilots!

Even if none of them possessed Ves' deep understanding and perception of spirituality, they had all evolved into partial energy life forms at their current stage.

Combined with their incredibly strong force of will and their unreasonably strong combat intuition, they could easily notice details and make inferences that were beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Saint Jelmer Osenring who piloted the Thunderer Mark II possessed the clearest overview of the battlefield. He is expression grew grave as he understood the trump cards of the Golden Skull Alliance to a greater extent.

"They are borrowing power from another source. What they have managed to develop for themselves is far beyond the power that they should ordinarily possess."

The first question on his mind was not how the Santana Group should take precautions to defend against this kind of attack, but how the major financial group could buy this extraordinary method to empower its own mech forces!

"Everything can be bought as long as the price is right."

If the Santana Xenoarchaeology Division Fleet was able to master this method, then few other pioneering fleets of the same size would be able to compete anymore!

Similar thoughts also swirled in the minds of the other ace pilots. They did not see the Larkinsons and the Glory Seekers resorting to an inexplicable ritual to wield magical power.

They instead saw how the mech pilots in questions employed a systematic method to evoke or boost the strength of a powerful entity.

The battle formations of the Penitent Sisters and the Glory Seekers did not interest them all that much. It was a bit more convoluted because it largely depended on borrowing Helena's vast spiritual energies to power the death energy waves.

What the ace mechs were truly interested in was the first battle formation to strike the alien warships!

The Swordmaidens employed a more down-to-earth method of channeling power where many mech pilots amplified the power of an expert pilot.

This was much more to the tastes of the various pioneering groups. After all, none of them wanted to rely on a foreign power to lend them help in their time of need. It was much better to rely on known quantities that were right in their midst!

"We need to have a good talk with the Larkinson Clan." Saint Sandro Gemini said to his sister and wife. "Think of how much less we have to fear from rivals who would love nothing more than to eliminate our way of life."

Saint Kaia Gemini pressed her lips. "Let us address our immediate priorities first. There are still too many enemy warships left in the fray."

The battle did not instantly turn into a victory just because the Golden Skull Alliance pulled off a big move.

It only affected a sixth of the battlefield at best. The five other pioneering fleets still had to work their way through their own share of alien warships!

What was worse was that the mech pilots who had all contributed to the battle formation attacks had lost a large amount of mental energy.

They had become so exhausted that it was not safe or prudent for them to participate any further. They all received orders to turn their mechs around and return to their motherships so that they could enjoy a well-deserved rest.

In the meantime, the Larkinson Clan and the Glory Seekers had already tapped their reserve pools and mustered up enough replacement mech pilots to put the intact machines to good use again.

It still took a lot of time for the rotation to take place. Until then, the Golden Skull Alliance had to make do with several thousands less mechs on the battlefield than usual.

Fortunately, their alien opponents were no longer fighting as exuberantly than before. They had no way of knowing whether the humans could repeat this trick. The fear of the unknown along with the trauma of witnessing so many of their alien comrades dying without any resistance caused the survivors to fight up to half as effectively as before!

Although the more seasoned and determined leaders of the 1854210 pirate fleet tried their best to rally their troops, the speed in which the alien pirates recovered heavily depended on their racial traits as well as their training and other factors.

Since many of the aliens fighting against the Golden Skull Alliance were outlaws and deviants by nature, their ability to recover and strengthen their resolve was not that great!

However, they discovered something crucial about the warships that had all lost their crews.

Most of them were still running at reduced capacity. A few of the more automated ones were still firing their guns at any enemies that their systems could identify.

It turned out that the death energy attacks only killed off the crews, but left everything else intact!

Soon enough, the 1854210 pirate fleet along with the other pirate outfits quickly organized crew transfers where their spare officers and spacers quickly relocated to the 'emptied' warships so that they could quickly man the most essential stations again!

The Larkinsons did not fail to miss what was happening.

"Stop them from transferring their personnel! Once the crew-less warships are crewed again, they will become just as threatening as before!"

The Golden Skull Alliance quickly moved additional melee mechs forth to interfere with the crew transfers. As long as they destroyed every shuttle that entered into open space, they could keep the 25 partially inert frigates and destroyers from regaining much of their combat power!

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