After crippling the battalion-class ship, Qu Jianlei and the others turned to deal with the company-level warship.
Abyss's starship remained on the sidelines. Only after the three small ships launched from the battalion-class ship were blown up did it join the battle.
There was no helping it. Their starship had basically been crippled as well, with its attack and mobility capabilities nearly gone.
As for defense? They could not withstand even a single salvo of cannon fire.
So they only dared make a token contribution once the overall situation had already been decided.
The Resistance's company-level warship was soon badly damaged as well, and the battlefield fell into brief silence.
Qu Jianlei had Xiao Hu send out a signal urging them to surrender.
Before long, a voice came over the public channel. "Which faction are you from?"
"Bounty hunters," Qu Jianlei replied lazily. "If you know what's good for you, we won't kill prisoners."
The other side fell silent for a while before speaking again. "Can we ransom ourselves?"
Qu Jianlei answered, "Anything you are carrying now no longer belongs to you!"
Ransoming yourselves with my things? Don't even think about it!
The other side could accept that. "Naturally, that is not a problem. We merely hope to take priority over the authorities and civilian forces!"
Qu Jianlei pondered for a moment before speaking again. "This only applies to the Rebel Organization. Alliance personnel cannot be ransomed."
For the Rebel Organization, taking money and releasing people was not much of a problem. But secretly releasing Alliance personnel would be far too serious in nature.
He had grown accustomed to skirting the line, but it was best not to cross the Empire's bottom line.
Someone had already tried to pin the label of "colluding with the Alliance" on him before. He