Ship after ship exploded under the siege of these massive, ferocious Star Beasts, and similarly, Star Beast after Star Beast was directly blown apart or torn asunder by Tom's attacks.
Although the scale of the battle was not large, it was continuous. From the moment Tom's fleet exited warp travel until now, probably tens of thousands of massive Star Beasts have been killed by Tom, and similarly, approximately ten thousand of their own battleships of various sizes have been destroyed.
Amidst this protracted battle that lasted for several months, Tom saw that the intelligent civilization besieged on the rocky planet finally reacted.
A small fleet, under their desperate breakout attempt, finally briefly broke through the Star Beasts' blockade and entered space. Then, constantly suffering losses under the Star Beasts' pursuit and interception, ultimately, fewer than ten battleships broke through to the front of Tom's fleet, stopping at a distance of about 15 million kilometers.
