Chapter 1463 - Suppressed (1/2)

Jiang Fei turned to him but before he could say anything, he turned away and sat on his chair.

There was a reason why Jiang Fei alone dared to remain in this galaxy. He was the only person who knew that those ‘invaders’ were merely players who were fresh out of the beginner’s village. They were still weak and unaccustomed to the fear of dying.

The big problem now was the Alderaanians. They were coming and would be doing so in all their power and glory. For Jiang Fei’s forces, facing them would be like trying to use a wall of straw to defend against a fire. They would be defeated all too easily.

Despite all logic and reason pointing towards retreat, Jiang Fei still hesitated. He had invested too much into the chrono accelerator for the girls. Choosing to leave would mean throwing it all away.

“Set up gravity well traps and spacetime warping disruptors all around Turandot. Send out all Interceptor drone carriers and spread them out evenly throughout the galaxy. I want to know if someone even throws a stone in my direction,” said Jiang Fei.

The traps and disruptors were meant to prevent anyone from warping into or anywhere close to Turandot. The only way to get close to it was by using regular old impulse engines.

Even though impulse engine technology had reached its current upper efficiency limit, it would still take them a long, long time before they could even detect Turandot on their radar. This extreme duration would give Jiang Fei enough time to decide whether to run or fight.

“Aye, Commander. However, I must say that I am strongly against remaining in this galaxy. We are greatly outnumbered in terms of ships and severely weaker in terms of firepower,” the second-in-command insisted.

It made sense as the Fifth Hybrid Fleet was just a fleet of troop carriers, while the Alderaanians would be coming with multiple fleets!

“Thank you for the reminder,” said Jiang Fei begrudgingly.

When the officer left to carry out his orders, Jiang Fei dropped into his chair and frowned.

“This is so frustrating! My trump card, Master Theon, is nowhere to be found and now I have to worry about a war with Alderaan! Just how far will they go with this…” thought Jiang Fei.

If the Alderaanians attacked Jiang Fei, they would officially be inciting a war with the Trade Federation as a whole. If so, Jiang Fei would have to retreat, and that would mean wasting all his efforts in setting up the training regime for the girls.

That being said, Jiang Fei understood that he could always earn more money later. Life, on the other hand, could never be returned once lost.

Even though Jiang Fei had set up multiple early detection systems, he also went the extra mile and prepared his entire fleet for an emergency retreat. Once the Alderaanian forces arrived, Jiang Fei would immediately leave the galaxy.

…

Three days later, one of the observation drones picked up movement at the border of the galaxy. It was a large swarm of drones which belonged to the Alderaanian force.

Unlike the Interceptor and Funnel designs of the Trade Federation, the Alderaanian forces used another design, which was aptly named Seeker. As their name suggested, Seekers were meant for only one thing—to seek.

They were not equipped with any combat arms and had very little armor. As such, they were incredibly fast, with speeds that exceeded even the Funnel design.

Seekers also had an extra feature, Psi-Emitters, which worked in tandem with the psychic nature of the Alderaanians. This machine emitted psychic energy which the Alderaanians were able to adapt.

In the case of a sudden, unexpected destruction, the drone operator would still be able to ‘see’ things around the drone and relay those last moments to the central computer.

With both sides possessing drones with superb observational capabilities, it was only a matter of time before they discovered each other.

…

“We have located possible Trade Federation vessels at XXX,XXX,XXX!”

“Dispatch Seekers and start a thorough sweep.”

“Aye, Commander Clark.”

Orders went down the chain of command and drone carriers packed with Seekers were deployed, heading towards the local group where Turandot was located.

…

“Detected enemy observation drones!”