The Laser Cannon flashed only once, then fell silent.
Immediately after, Big Head Butterfly rotated slightly. "It was the Guard Team. They shot down a low-orbit satellite."
Qu Jianlei was no longer surprised by this. The scope protected by Fief Law extended far beyond the ground.
The skies corresponding to a fief also fell under the law's protection.
However, the law did not clearly specify the maximum altitude of that airspace—conditions differed from planet to planet.
Generally speaking, as long as it had not left the atmosphere, a fief could launch an attack if it believed a passing satellite threatened it.
Simply put, a fief could, to a certain extent, decide for itself whether to attack someone.
Under normal circumstances, though, if a fief did not want to sour its relationship with the authorities too badly, it would usually ignore certain acts of surveillance.
But if a noble was particularly forceful or considered it necessary, attacking passing satellites was perfectly normal.
Since the last major battle, the Gustin Family had shot down more than thirty passing satellites.
This had even prompted protests from the authorities, who claimed that multiple useful satellites had been destroyed.
But the fief's guards answered very clearly: the satellites had come too close and had conducted targeted surveillance.
In any case, the Gustin Family had just achieved a brilliant victory, and the guards were riding high.
The authorities had no choice but to swallow their anger. It was said that they had even specially adjusted the altitude and angles of certain satellites.
Qu Jianlei was a little curious. "They can't still be official satellites, can they?"
"Unknown origin," Big Head Butterfly answered casually. "Those definitely get shot down."
At the Empire's technological level, satellites did not necessarily need to be launched from the ground. Starships could