As Operation Lightfury prepared rapidly, the rest of human civilization did not sit still. The changes brought by war were manyfold, but none were more noticeable than the mobilization of warships across humanity. Countless states, organizations, and polities mobilized a portion of their astronavy and war potential.
Massive carriers with hundreds of fighter crafts, bombers, and interceptors exited orbital space docks before entering superluminal travel in the direction of the heart of human civilization. Fleets of cruisers, battlecruisers, and even battleships were mobilized, all sent towards one destination.
The Solar System of human civilization. This was the first time in the history of the Era of Expansion that the Naval Centralization Draft Protocol had been invoked. It was the draft that entailed all human states and military organizations giving up a predecided portion of their astronavy to the Gaian Space Force headquartered in the Solar System.
