A certain star region in the former Mastar system of the original Marsas Kingdom.
The third outer star region of the former Golden Spotted Tiger system.
Each civilization often has its own naming for a star region, so the same region might have two completely different names.
For now, let's call this place the Third Outer Star Region.
A T1 Ishkur-class medium interstellar frigate was patrolling the star region.
"Too bad, we're actually on a guard duty. I wanted to teach those arrogant Galactic Alliance people a lesson!" A Marsas person with purple skin, but in humanoid form, complained.
The Marsas captain, sitting on the command chair, looked at his soldier and said leisurely, "Alright, young man, don't think so much.
Actually, it's good for us to be here on guard patrol duty. You know, on the battlefield over there, the casualty rate of T1-class frigates like ours is as high as 60%.
It's better to enjoy the good life in the rear than to be cannon fodder on the front lines."
As an old soldier, this Marsas captain was still aware of the cruelty of the battlefield.
"Report, an unidentified starship has appeared on the radar. It's behind that satellite in front of us!" Suddenly, the radar soldier reported a piece of news.
"Unidentified starship? Could it be a starship from the Golden Spotted Tiger system?" The Marsas captain frowned.
"No, according to the energy reaction scanned by the radar, our database doesn't have this type of ship." The soldier said.
The Marsas captain looked through the bridge's glass and could already see the hull slowly emerging from behind a satellite in the distance.
It was indeed a hull he had never seen before.
There was also a never-seen-before mark on the hull.
He had seen the marks of those starships from the Golden Spotted Tiger system, and this was completely different.
"No good, the enemy starship's main gun seems to be charging, and it's targeting us!" The soldier suddenly exclaimed.
The Marsas captain immediately ordered, "All personnel enter combat readiness, starship turn right and navigate at full speed, and launch defense missiles at the same time!"
"Yes!"
This Marsas captain made the fastest response, but the next second, a blue light engulfed their starship.
The power of this starship far exceeded that of a T2-class starship!
This was the captain's last thought.
"Report, the enemy ship has been destroyed." The female soldier on the bridge of the Storm-class interstellar battle-cruiser No. 1 reported.
Captain Lorna looked calmly at the distant fireworks and said lightly, "Change to another ambush location."
"Yes."
The Storm-class No. 1 ship sailed further and further away. It started to prepare to hunt its next target.
Meanwhile, in another place.
Two T1 Ishta-class interstellar heavy destroyers, sailing together, were stationed in outer space of an inhabitable planet.
Suddenly, a group of never-seen-before interstellar fighters launched a fierce attack on them.
"Damn it, where did these interstellar fighters come from!"
"Counterattack, counterattack. All anti-aircraft guns, counterattack!"
"Report, these interstellar fighters are really too fast, our anti-aircraft guns can't lock them at all."
"Ishta-class 13 ship hull damaged, engine damaged, unable to navigate normally."
"Ishta-class 56 ship requests support, their bridge is damaged..."
Before the communications soldier could finish his words, they witnessed the explosion of the starship not far away.
In less than thirty seconds, under the siege of these dozens of interstellar fighters, this starship was destroyed.
And next, the fate that awaited them was their own.
One minute later.
"Report, mission accomplished. Two Ishta-class interstellar heavy destroyers have been destroyed by us. Request return to base." Qi Bing sat in his fighter and watched the two fireballs in the universe coldly.
"Return to base approved."
"Yes."
Such events kept happening repeatedly in this star region.
At first, it didn't attract much attention, as it was thought to be the Golden Spotted Tiger's small-scale fleet's stealth attack.
But gradually, more and more reports of damaged starships came in.
Day 1: Two Ishkur-class medium interstellar frigates were ambushed.
Day 2: Two Ishkur-class medium interstellar frigates and one Ishta-class heavy destroyer were destroyed.
Day 3: Three Ishkur-class and two Ishta-class were ambushed and destroyed.
Day 4...
The Marsas fleet commander stationed in this star region looked at the data report in front of him, his eyes filled with anger.
"What the hell is going on! In five days, we've lost seventeen Ishkur-class medium interstellar frigates and nine Ishta-class interstellar heavy destroyers!" The commander angrily slammed his fist on the table.
"You know, our total fleet strength this time is only sixty-six ships. In just five days, we've lost one-third of our fleet.
We still haven't found out who did it. Is this the report you useless bunch gave me?"
The commander directly threw the report in the face of a captain in front of him.
The captain lowered his head and said cautiously, "We... we've been looking, but these enemies are really too cunning. They never fight us head-on.
And every time they ambush and destroy our starships, the battles never last more than three minutes, then they quickly withdraw from the battlefield. By the time our support ships arrive, they... they... are gone."
"Gone! Gone! You're telling me this after five days?" The commander went up and slapped the captain on the face.
The captain endured the pain on his face and dared not say anything more.
"Humph, alright. Since we can't find the opponent now, then consolidate the fleet. Don't let them pick us off one by one. Divide the remaining fleet into three groups.
Stationed in these three places." The commander pointed at three points on the star map with annoyance.
One of them was the resource star of the entire star region, and the other two were around the inhabitable planets, forming a triangle. If anything happened, it would be convenient to support each other.
"Yes!" The captain obeyed the order.
After the Marsas commander issued this order, there were no more cases of starships being attacked for three days.
Just when they thought their measures had deprived the enemy of any chance, a fleet appeared on the outer edge of the resource star.
"Report! An unidentified fleet has appeared in our star region!" The captain of a frigate responsible for guarding the outer perimeter immediately contacted the fleet commander.
"Unidentified fleet?" The Marsas commander frowned, "Prepare all stationed starships for battle, and report the number of enemy ships at the same time.
"There are only two enemy ships, a battle-cruiser and a carrier! We've never seen..."
Boom
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