I'm glad you were able to get that impression from the game!
About the objective, fair enough. That is something I've struggled with in the last few submissions, so I am going to really double down on tutorials and guidance for the future. In this game there really is none, so it is an entirely valid criticism. I believe I did write a description on the Itch page, but off the top of my head I do not remember if I described what the goal was.
Basically, just follow the red arrow and destroy the thing at the center of the enemy base.