Cortori was sitting in the captain's cabin, flipping through the voyage log idly.
She is a relatively rare female captain in the alliance. In addition to her excellent qualities and high cultivation level, she is also closely related to her family.
Her father was a famous explorer himself. He worked hard enough and was lucky enough to use the proceeds from exploration to cultivate to level A.
For a poor boy, this was a class jump, and then he created a considerable family fortune.
As the eldest daughter in the family, Kirtori inherited her father's talent for cultivation, as well as...the adventurous factor.
Now she has reached the peak of B-level cultivation and works as a captain in Hengsheng Freight Company.
Her father has some shares in Hengsheng, but essentially, Kirtori is capable enough to be a captain.
She has been the captain of this cargo starship No. 1128 for four and a half years.
After five years of service, Kirtori plans to first hit the A-level, and then take out a loan to buy her own starship.
By that time, she can explore the vast starry sky like her father.
The current playing environment in the alliance is not very good, and the alien invasion has put a lot of pressure on everyone.
But even so, the Alliance cannot stop its exploration.
On the contrary, only by exploring more livable stars or mineral stars can the alliance continue to support it.
She was thinking about it when suddenly the intercom rang, "Captain, please come and see what is going on."
Kirtori was a little helpless, but she still stood up and muttered softly, "What could possibly happen?"
The channel that the starship follows has a history of hundreds of years, and it is quite close to the Tianyu star. What could possibly go wrong?
However, after arriving in the control room and looking at various exploration data, she frowned slightly.
"Strange, whose stealth starship is this? Increase the active exploration power!"
As she spoke, she breathed a sigh of relief - she thought it was an abnormal celestial phenomenon, but it turned out to be an unknown starship.
Of course, encountering an unknown starship in space is not a good thing, especially one that hides its head and brains.
But again, this is near Tianyu Star, what can be scary?
There are also star thieves and some starships in some areas of the alliance. Star thieves will occasionally appear as guest stars, but they will never appear here.
The second officer was a little hesitant, "Would it anger the other party if we take the initiative to enhance detection?"
In interstellar navigation, there are many underlying rules. It is obviously an unfriendly behavior to significantly increase the detection power.
"Don't worry about it," Kirtori replied disapprovingly, "Even the military is not afraid of sneaky things on this kind of waterway!"
However, as the detection power increased, several crew members exclaimed, "This is... an unusual ship type."
As veterans of space navigation, they are familiar with most of the Alliance's ship types, except for those rare ship types.
However, the starship in front is obviously an exception. It looks a bit like a warship.
But it is a warship, and it lacks some weapon platforms, at least that's what it looks like from a distance.
At this time, another crew member asked for instructions, "Captain, do you need to get out of the way?"
Kirtori thought for a moment and replied, "It's not necessary, but...it's better to take a detour appropriately so as not to cause misunderstanding."
She is not afraid of trouble, but as a qualified captain, ensuring navigation safety is her first priority.
However, after moving forward for a while, some crew members exclaimed, "Why does it smell a bit...of an evil empire warship?"
The Alliance is indeed not as strict as the Empire in terms of information control.
However, this is only possible because the crew members are relatively professional and have relevant information channels.
If left to the general public, it would be very difficult to obtain such confidential information in the first place.
The second thing is... most people may not even recognize the models of ordinary starships. After all, they are specialized in the art industry!
"It seems like this," Kirtori nodded thoughtfully, then raised her hand and clicked a few times, "Zoom in here, here and here!"
She wanted to see clearly how the opponent's starship was handling the place where the weapons platform was supposed to be mounted.
Unfortunately, the distance between the two sides is still relatively far, more than 1.2 million kilometers.
The performance of the detection equipment of civilian starships is really average, not to mention that the opponent's stealth ability is indeed not bad.
However, after a while, the starship suddenly turned and headed straight for them.
Is this seeking death? Kirtori frowned and spoke coldly, "Send a warning to the other party, three times in a row!"
Three consecutive shots were the prelude to the fight. As expected of her family background, she would do nothing without warning, and her first move would be a big move.
However, she also has such confidence, because her armed merchant ships have strong firepower, and she also escorts four cargo starships accompanying her.
Those four starships also had considerable firepower. Five against one, she didn't think her side would lose.
But then, someone exclaimed, "Two starships appeared behind us, one of which is a large one."
With the size of the battalion-class ship, compared with ordinary starships, it is definitely considered a big thing.
The company-class ship ambushing ahead finally showed its ferocious appearance, increasing its speed and raising various weapon platforms.
The imperial military's company-class ships were designed with camouflage in mind.
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Most company-class ships of the military series will not be equipped with camouflage modules because it will take up valuable space.
But the small fleet sent by the military to harass behind enemy lines must take this into consideration.
At this time, Hengsheng's fleet also discovered these changes, and couldn't help but change his face, "This... couldn't be a star thief, right?"
They can all recognize the warships of the military. Just by looking at the other party's ship type, they can be sure that it is definitely not from the military.
However, the opponent raised various weapon platforms, full of malice, and they were obviously hunters disguised as ordinary starships.
However, the problem lies here, who dares to cause trouble in this area?
After thinking about it, it seems that the only possibility is Star Thieves.
But this kind of camouflage ability does not seem to be the work of Star Thieves - in fact, invisibility is much more difficult than camouflage!
The next moment, the starship on the opposite side released three small ships and signaled, "Stop the ship and close the protective cover!"
"Otherwise, we will kill you without mercy!"
Kirtori looked solemn and spoke quickly, "Let the other party reveal their identity. Hengsheng's starship will not accept any threats!"
Her answer was not too strong, and she wanted to use the company's reputation to scare the other party.
However, the other party ignored it at all. The small ship quickly increased its speed and opened fire directly.
Just one concentrated fire destroyed a cargo starship.
The starship was not in a state of fire, but the power system transmission was destroyed, which was enough.
In this case, even the backup power system cannot be used, and it can only stop there obediently.
"Full counterattack!" Kirtori said simply, "Call friendly ships to cooperate!"
She is only the captain of this starship. Although she has escort duties, she cannot directly command other cargo ships and can only make suggestions.
"Copy that," someone immediately relayed her order without any hesitation.
This is the authority of the starship captain. Regardless of whether the people below can understand and accept it, they must implement it first.
In fact, after the order was conveyed, someone immediately expressed confusion, "Captain, the two starships behind you are also very strange!"
"You don't need to remind me," Kirtori said calmly, "Just execute it!"
However, the next moment, the three attack ships concentrated fire again, and the second cargo starship was hit and stopped.
When Kirtori saw this, her expression changed instantly, "So cruel?"
Before she could issue a new order, the starship on the opposite side signaled again, "If you don't stop the ship, shoot to death without leaving any survivors!"
"What the hell kind of lunatic is this!" Kirtori muttered with a dark face, but she gave the order directly.
"Stop the ship and inform others of our decision...let them make their own decisions."
As a captain, the most important thing is to make prompt decisions. As for the conflicting orders... this is really normal.
After hearing that Kirtori had stopped resisting, the other two starships immediately followed suit and shut down their power systems.
Immediately afterwards, three starships surrounded the ship, and the small ship docked with the cargo starship, and sent people into the starship.
There is no supreme commander in charge of this cargo fleet, and no one dares to openly resist.
Then all these people were taken to the large starship.
Kirtori was also taken over, and just when she was about to ask a question, someone punched her in the back, breaking her spine.
In fact, by this time, the people at Hengsheng Company had already realized something.
Someone had the courage to ask, who are you, but his arm was cut off with a knife, "Did you ask?"
However, after they were imprisoned in the cabin, they were shocked to find that many people were already imprisoned inside.
The key is that among these people, there are still some acquaintances - everyone is in the freight business, so there are always acquaintances.
However, Kirtori realized that these three starships were actually warships of the evil empire.
It's just that the outside of the warship is camouflaged, so you can't see the military's painted logo.
The person who recognized the origin of the starship was a well-informed crew member. He believed that the starship was a battalion-class ship of the empire.
But those bastards from the empire won't give any explanation, they just imprison them like prisoners.
There is no need to count on things like having enough food and sleeping well, just barely surviving from hunger.
Some people were dissatisfied with the environment and treatment, and after a few quarrels, they were immediately taken out and killed.
Now there are at least 300 people crammed into this cabin of less than 100 square meters, making it extremely difficult to even go to the toilet.
Although Kirtori is a woman, she does not receive any special treatment. This is the current condition.
Fortunately, among the people arrested first, someone knew the captain, and she also had the support of her own crew.
So she was finally able to squeeze to the side of the bulkhead, where she had a relatively comfortable position.
Then the person who knew her came over and was also the captain of a starship, "What is your luck with Hengsheng this time?"
"Mainly high-precision, high-material components," Kirtori replied in a deep voice, "Do they still want to grab these?"
"What they are doing is harassment," the captain replied solemnly, and then sighed, "It will probably be destroyed."
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