The journey of the Eclipse-class Dreadnought fleet across the vast oceans of this new world continued peacefully without any significant disruption. Over the past few days, the atmosphere aboard the ships had felt remarkably calm. The advanced sensors modified by Stacia worked automatically in the background, scanning every inch of the waters, recording undercurrents, and updating the three-dimensional digital maps stored in the ship's central servers.
However, the peace on the open sea did not last forever.
Toward midday, when the sun stood directly overhead and cast a blinding golden shimmer across the water's surface, the fleet's long-range monitoring system detected a visual anomaly in the forward sector. The hologram screens in the command room displayed a small point moving slowly.
