At this moment, Tom had already given up on pursuing the Mechanical Disaster Fleet.
It was meaningless.
With both sides having revealed their cards, how one side would act and how the other would react was clear to both.
The Mechanical Disaster Fleet could certainly go back on their word, abandoning their acceleration early and returning. However, if they did so, Tom's fleet would fly over and attack their main fleet, willing to sacrifice his entire fleet to inflict a few percent, or even a few tenths of a percent, casualties on them.
Since the Mechanical Disaster Fleet was unwilling to accept these casualties, the only option was not to stop, but to set sail and leave directly.
This was the unspoken understanding between the two sides.
Although he no longer pursued, Tom still closely monitored the opposing fleet, paying particular attention to how long they accelerated and when they would stop accelerating to enter inertial flight.
