Sun He?
The captain of the Azure Kite Fleet!
Hong Xiu Lian stared intently at the man in the projection.
"You dare attack the Grizzly Lord's McCarthy Star, you're asking for death!" Hong Xiu Lian, the captain, said fiercely.
Sun He said calmly, "I need to clarify one point here. We are not attacking. We are simply reclaiming what rightfully belongs to us.
It's just that some people were unwilling to give it to us, so we had to do things that nobody wants to see for the sake of our Azure Kite Fleet.
If you hadn't deducted our pay, none of this would have happened."
"Humph, it's too late for regrets now. Sun He... good, you did well. You've completely angered me! McCarthy Star is the grave you've chosen for yourself!" Hong Xiu Lian slammed her fist onto the table beside her, shattering it.
The fine wine and delicacies scattered across the floor.
Sun He shrugged, remaining calm and composed. "Oh, is that so? Then I hope you can hurry up. We won't be staying on McCarthy Star for long."
The video communication ended.
Hong Xiu Lian's rage filled the entire captain's quarters.
"Captain..." The secretary cautiously observed the captain, afraid to say anything at this moment, fearing she might lose her position.
"Relay my order. Deploy Sun Li's Fourth Fleet, target McCarthy Star! Make sure to eliminate that Azure Kite Fleet on McCarthy Star!" Hong Xiu Lian, the captain, roared.
"Yes!" The secretary stood up straight.
"Also, contact any fleet within communication range around McCarthy Star. Tell them I'm offering a reward of 50,000 units of crystal ore. Whoever eliminates the Azure Kite Fleet gets the reward!" Hong Xiu Lian's eyes were bloodshot.
"Yes." The secretary responded, but she sighed silently in her heart. She knew this would happen.
If they had just paid them what was owed, this wouldn't have happened.
She understood very well why Hong Xiu Lian, the captain, was so enraged.
McCarthy Star being attacked and the defensive fleet being damaged, if this news reached the Grizzly Lord's ears...
If Hong Xiu Lian, the captain, didn't provide an explanation, she would undoubtedly face the Grizzly Lord's full wrath. She might not even be able to keep her current position.
Her stingy nature had earned her animosity among many, and many people were eyeing her position.
...
The outer space of McCarthy Star.
The Azure Kite, an aircraft carrier starship, hovered there.
Sun He sat in the captain's chair on the bridge, looking out the window at the starships that had exploded into fireballs and the futile resistance still erupting on McCarthy Star.
Tang Yuan, the deputy captain, stood next to Sun He, her expression complex.
"How is it? I told you, if we bring the Azure Kite directly here, those enemy ships wouldn't be able to do anything to us!" Sun He said confidently.
Tang Yuan, the deputy captain, and Secretary Qiao Rong Rong, as well as all the female soldiers on the bridge, swallowed nervously.
Before the battle began, many people had doubts and objections regarding Sun He's plan to attack McCarthy Star.
But Sun He was determined to go through with it.
But who could have predicted that Sun He would directly order the Azure Kite to fly into the sky above McCarthy Star?
You know, the way aircraft carrier starships fight is by staying far away and launching their space fighters to engage in combat.
How could they just fly into the enemy's line of sight, especially without any escort ships?
But Sun He had said plainly at the time: Even if the Azure Kite were to be seen from outside McCarthy Star, McCarthy's defensive fleet wouldn't be able to cause any harm to them.
The facts proved it to be true.
Moreover, they only sent out ten space fighters from the Azure Kite.
In just a few minutes, they had destroyed more than half of the defensive starships and finally crushed the last few remaining ones.
The battle was a complete and utter碾压 (niǎn yā) from the start.
For no other reason than those ten freakishly powerful space fighters.
"Captain... your new space fighters..." Secretary Qiao Rong Rong couldn't help but ask.
"They're called the Shadow Dragon space fighters. Shirley, you were involved in the entire manufacturing process of these fighters and are from a higher civilization. Tell me your evaluation of these fighters."
Sun He, the captain, looked at Shirley beside him.
Shirley said seriously, "The Shadow Dragon fighters are undoubtedly T3-level space fighters, and their technology is top-notch. There are few fighters in the entire universe that can match them.
The engine they're equipped with is the most advanced currently available. It not only significantly reduces energy consumption, increasing the fighter's combat duration, but also improves its maximum flight speed, maneuverability, and efficiency.
And the protective shield core built into their hull is a characteristic of T3-series technology weapons.
Plus, they have a Dragon Network strategic core. That's an incredible invention. I've never seen an AI network that can analyze battlefield situations so quickly and accurately!
The Shadow Dragon fighters are also equipped with the most advanced weapons.
The Shadow Dragon laser cannon can pierce through T1-level space cruisers and space destroyers.
The Shadow Dragon proton missiles are even more powerful, equivalent to the firepower of a T2-level battleship's main cannon!
They also have a specialized Shadow Dragon autocannon for targeting space fighters. Once locked, no fighter can escape from the Shadow Dragon's fangs."
After hearing Shirley's evaluation, everyone around could only describe their thoughts with two words.
牛逼 (niú bī)!
"How much does one of these Shadow Dragon fighters cost?" Tang Yuan, the deputy captain, asked tentatively.
"The first ten Shadow Dragon fighters produced cost between 800 and 1,000 units of crystal ore each. If we go into mass production, we can save a lot of money on raw material procurement.
I think, Qiao Rong Rong, you should know more about this than I do," said Sun He, the captain.
Qiao Rong Rong's eyes lit up, her "housewife" personality activated. "The cheapest a Shadow Dragon fighter can cost is 500 units of crystal ore!
I was shocked when I saw that number. That's the same price as what we used to pay for a Grey Wolf fighter!
The Hummingbird fighter costs 3,000 units of crystal ore; if we sell this Shadow Dragon fighter, the price could easily reach 10,000 units of crystal ore."
"A profit margin of twenty times! No wonder those bigwigs are mostly arms dealers," Tang Yuan muttered.
Then she gazed at Sun He, who was sitting in the captain's chair beside her. It seemed like their Azure Kite Fleet had truly struck gold this time.