Like every other planet in the universe, Aidos rotated on its own axis while also revolving around its host star, Omicron.
Because of that, not every location on the planet experienced night at the same time.
On this 'Starless Night', when the light from every star in the sky had been completely distorted before it could reach the planet's surface, the Alpha Continent entered night-time first, followed by the Beta Continent.
Having already witnessed the devastation caused by the fragments raining down across the Alpha Continent, the leaders of the Beta Continent were far more prepared and considerably more cautious, especially when it came to redirecting those fragments.
After all, no one wanted a gigantic sphere of fire with country-level destructive power expanding across their own airspace.
