"Lao San, you go and conduct reconnaissance first to see how strong the escort fleet is."
To be on the safe side, when the fleet was gathering, Fink Sid asked the deputy commander to conduct a reconnaissance first.
"receive!"
Mauro Bogado crushed the cigar in his hand with his feet, entered the space capsule to control the battleship, started the jump engine and jumped towards the predetermined coordinates.
As the only reconnaissance ship pilot in the entire legion, Mauro Bogado has a transcendent status in the Black Shark Legion second only to the leader Funk Side.
This transcendent status is due to his current vehicle, the second generation reconnaissance ship launched by Xingchen Heavy Industry - Jing class!
The reconnaissance ship can sail in the gap between main space and subspace through special equipment, achieving the effect of stealth jump or cruise.
Because it is in contact with the main space, it can connect to external signals. Not only can it use the ship's own passive radar to detect enemies, but it can also use auxiliary equipment such as scanning probes.
The most important thing is that as long as the reconnaissance ship does not show up, it can remain invisible next to the enemy fleet, always observing the enemy's movements.
Even if the enemy jumps, they can follow the jump. You don't have to worry about exposing yourself and alerting the enemy due to the jump.
In many previous operations, Mauro Bogado kept an eye on the target and collected intelligence like this. Yes, the Legion gained something almost every time it was dispatched, and also avoided several unnecessary losses for the Legion.
After a while, Mauro Bogado arrived at the predetermined coordinate point and used passive shipborne radar to explore the surrounding area within dozens of light years.
The reason why you don't use combat probes is to avoid alerting the target. After all, when you scan someone's location, these combat probes will also be exposed.
After a simple adjustment of the radar, Mauro Bogado locked the target's course and jumped straight.
After a while, Mauro Bogado saw the transport fleet cruising quietly at a constant speed.
"I am Mauro Bogadobo. I have reached the target location. The distance is 1,300 kilometers. The target has not been alarmed yet."
While Mauro Bogado reported, he adjusted the battleship to the same speed as the target so that he could continue to monitor it.
"Immediately identify the target force."
Mauro Bogado turned on the shipboard observation projection and saw that these spacecrafts all had a light golden spray on them, with the three words "New Eden" written in flying phoenixes.
After scanning into the database for comparison, the target force was determined.
"According to the target mark data, it is determined to be the New Eden of the Alpha Star Territory!"
Mauro Bogado answered with certainty.
Fink Sid touched his bald head. It was really New Eden. He didn't know if it was a hard bone.
After all, it is good enough to be able to enter the order of justice, and it is still a force on the second-level authority ladder, so it is definitely not easy to mess with.
Then he asked: "Mauro Bogado, how is the target's escort fleet?"
Mauro Bogado looked at the radar and was stunned for a moment, somewhat disbelieving. Then he observed the target fleet through the observation equipment, and finally reported with some confusion:
"The target escort fleet is one battleship and ten cruiser-class battleships, and the rest are industrial transport ships."
Fink Sid was stunned for a moment when he heard this. There are only ten cruisers and one battleship escorting a transport fleet of more than thirty ships. Isn't this unscientific?
"Are you sure there are no other combat ships besides these ten cruisers?"
Mauro Bogado scouted the surroundings and found that this galaxy was very small, so the passive radar of his scout ship could completely cover the galaxy.
For fear of alerting the target, the spacecraft originally used as eyes by the Black Shark Legion evacuated.
Apart from the transport team in front of us, there are no other spaceships in this galaxy.
"No other battleships have been found. It is certain that there are only these eleven battleships!"
Fink Sid couldn't help but admire this new Eden.
"This New Eden is too ambitious, isn't it? Doesn't it really think that if you join the Order of Justice, you will be able to sit back and relax in our Betares star field?"
"Boss, shall we do it?"
"Do it! Why don't you do it!" Fink Sid asked his brothers who had not yet completed preparations to quickly leave the station to assemble. "If it were their normal transport fleet, I would not dare to move it, but they actually dare to transport things to that group of people."
The remnants of the Federation are obviously sending us meat!"
After hearing the words of their boss, a group of pirates gathered faster.
Mod, who was standing on the bridge and had already smoked half a pack of cigarettes, looked at the signals of a large group of warships coming towards him on the shipboard radar and couldn't help laughing loudly:
"TNND, it's finally here!"
He cut off the burning part of the half-smoked cigar in his hand, carefully put it back into the cigarette case, and then lay down in the space capsule.
"Take it easy, don't let anyone go!"
Aura also detected the enemy's incoming attack and gave orders to Mod without opening her eyes. She continued her data analysis work without waiting for Mod's answer.
"Don't worry, no one can escape!"
Maud eagerly answered.
After a while, the fleet of the Black Shark Pirate Group jumped over.
As soon as they entered the scene, several light interceptor ships rushed into New Eden's transport fleet.
Jump interference probes were ejected one after another, reinforcing the space within the interference range, making it impossible for the jump engine to open the space channel, forming a jump restricted area.
But Maude just watched quietly without any expression.
This move made Fink Sid very satisfied. Facing such a goal, he would be able to save much trouble.
"We are the Black Shark Legion of the Betales Pirate Alliance. We suspect that you are transporting prohibited items to the remnants of the Federation. Please stop the ship immediately and turn off the engine for inspection."
After all, New Eden is so good that it is also a member of the righteous order. Fink Sid doesn't want to cause too much trouble, so it's best for these people to accept the "inspection" with peace of mind. He doesn't want to kill people and offend New Eden to death.
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After all, the Alpha Star Territory was not far from where they were stationed, and he didn't want to be overwhelmed by the army.
But how could Maud agree? He was eager to fight, so he immediately replied to Fink Sid:
"You have interfered with our mission, please leave immediately, otherwise don't call it unforeseen!"
Fink Sid frowned as he read the news. Although he didn't know the meaning of the following sentence, he could understand the general meaning.
Why are these guys so arrogant just because they have ten cruisers and one battleship?
"Your Excellency, please think about it carefully. We really have no intention of becoming your enemy and we don't want to cause trouble."
But under his command, the fleet's cannons had begun to warm up, and Mod's warships also began to be locked and alarmed.
Maud curled his lips and entered combat mode.
"You've become a pirate and you still do this!"
Then ten cruisers turned on their engines and rushed toward the pirates, turning on their jump scrambling positions one by one while traveling.
It turns out that these are actually ten Mastiff-class heavy interceptors similar to Ossus-class cruisers.
At the same time, the hatches of the more than thirty industrial ships were retracted, and the steel behemoths slowly slid out from inside...
