“Report, the enemy flagship, the Cyclops-class medium interstellar cruiser, has broken off from the battle and is fleeing towards the Grizzly star system!” the secretary officer reported.
Rona, the captain commanding the Tempest-class Battleship No. 1, heard the information.
She sneered: “A guy like that, how dare he call himself an opponent to our Tempest-class Battleship No. 1? He fled in a panic right after the battle started.”
Rona, the captain, looked at the battlefield before her. They had already charged into the original enemy fleet’s formation, and various cannons and laser cannons were firing at each other.
But those starship attacks were just like tickling the Tempest-class Battleship No. 1.
“Report the current battlefield situation,” Rona, the captain, asked.
The secretary officer immediately pulled up the current battlefield situation.
“Except for the 30% damage to the drone swarm we deployed, we have suffered no losses.
The enemy ships currently capable of combat are: one Black Raven-class light interstellar carrier, four Horned Rabbit-class heavy interstellar destroyers, and three Shell-class heavy interstellar frigates.
And on our side of the battlefield: one Tiger Rabbit-class light interstellar destroyer and two Beetle-class light interstellar frigates.”
Rona shook her head and curled her lips: “This is boring, with just a little effort, there are only a few pieces of junk left. Let’s clean up the rest.
Let that flagship escape for a while, no hurry, no hurry.”
After speaking, Rona, the captain, roared: “Fire all twelve units of the Tempest Missiles, and what’s the main cannon charging status?”
“The Tempest-class Pulse Main Cannon charging time is 30 seconds remaining.”
Rona, the captain, smiled: “Then let’s see who gets to enjoy this grand gift last.”
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The outer region of the mm1 planet battlefield.
Eight different fleets of starships were circling the perimeter, each responsible for their respective interception points.
They were all mercenary fleets hired by Sun Li, responsible for intercepting and destroying any fleeing members of the Azure Iris fleet.
These fleets, as private fleets, were not very large, generally less than ten starships.
They were all T1-level small ships, and T2-level ships were few and far between, mostly light destroyers and light frigates with dilapidated hulls from decades ago.
“I wonder how the battle inside is going,” the captain of a fleet flagship said while resting his foot on the instrument panel.
“What else could it be? The gap between the hunter and prey is too huge. The hunter side is the Grizzly Fourth Fleet, with a full thirty-plus starships.
They even have seven T2-level starships, including an interstellar cruiser!
And the prey?
Just one light carrier, and oh yeah, an industrial ship of unknown origin.
With this gap, I wouldn’t be surprised if the battle ends in ten minutes.
I don’t understand why Captain Sun Li wants to go through such a big deal to deal with such a fleet, and even specially hired us to intercept,” the vice-captain said helplessly.
“I heard that this Azure Iris fleet robbed a resource star from the Grizzly leader, and even blew up several of his defense starships,” the captain mumbled.
The vice-captain’s eyes widened immediately: “Robbed a resource star? My God, the captain of this Azure Iris fleet must be crazy.
But the reserve on a resource star must be very rich.”
“Apparently they got away with two hundred thousand units of crystal ore.”
Hearing those numbers, all the female soldiers in the bridge gasped in shock.
While marveling at the audacity of this fleet, they were also fantasizing about how happy they would be if they got those two hundred thousand units of crystal ore.
“Report, a starship is coming towards us from the battlefield zone,” the female soldier in charge of the complex radar announced, noticing a star ship energy signature rapidly approaching on the radar.
“A starship? Could it be an escapee from the Azure Iris fleet?” the captain was stunned.
“No… the size of this energy fluctuation isn’t a light carrier, nor is it any kind of fighter. It seems… it seems to be a cruiser,” the radar soldier guessed.
A cruiser?
The captain and vice-captain looked at each other.
The only cruiser in this battle was the flagship of the Grizzly Fourth Fleet.
“The flagship of the Grizzly Fourth Fleet appearing here means the battle must be over,” the vice-captain guessed.
The captain stretched: “I told you, prey like that, they can handle it themselves. Whatever, it’s free money for us anyway.”
As they were chatting, the starship that appeared on the radar was now in their field of vision.
But… something seemed off.
“Captain… it seems like that interstellar cruiser is smoking?” the vice-captain squinted at the distant dot.
“Let’s see what’s going on over there,” the captain was also curious.
Then, through the starship’s onboard space telescope, an image appeared on the bridge.
The starship, which had only been the size of a grain of rice to the naked eye, was suddenly magnified hundreds of times.
They could now clearly see the starship with the Grizzly leader’s emblem, its bow was smoking, and there were many signs of having gone through a fierce battle on its hull.
“It is indeed a Cyclops-class medium interstellar cruiser, the flagship of the Grizzly Fourth Fleet. But why is it in such a sorry state?” the captain muttered in confusion.
But at that moment, they saw another starship figure appearing in the background of the image.
“Zoom in, let’s see what’s going on with that starship behind it,” the captain ordered immediately.
The image adjusted slightly, and they saw that behind the Cyclops-class interstellar cruiser, another starship was chasing after it.
“I’ve never seen that starship before, is it a new ship purchased by the Grizzly fleet?” the captain scratched his head.
But the vice-captain noticed something special, his pupils widened, and his voice trembled.
“Captain… that… that… the emblem on that ship is the Azure Iris fleet’s!”
The captain was startled, and hurriedly looked closer.
Indeed, they could clearly see the Azure Iris fleet’s mark on the ship’s hull.
“This… this is a starship from the Azure Iris fleet?” the captain was astonished.
An Azure Iris fleet starship chasing after the flagship of the Grizzly Fourth Fleet?
What in the world was going on.
“Not good, the main cannon of that Azure Iris fleet ship seems to be firing!” the vice-captain exclaimed.
But at that moment, the ship’s main cannon fired a beam of blue light.
The target was the fleeing flagship of the Grizzly Fourth Fleet!