Less than an hour later, the Nadeshiko sent another message: the unit had been attacked by a Mars Successors Boson tactical jump. A Boson tactic was essentially the equivalent of Space Deployment, directly jumping forces near the target to launch a raid. It was an extremely sudden form of tactical assault.
The attack had come while the unit was unprepared, with most people even chatting away. However, the Mars Successors had used this tactic against them before, so the Nadeshiko Unit had remained vigilant ever since entering space. After a hard fight, they successfully wiped out the entire assault force.
Xiao Ran did not know that, if El-Elf had not infiltrated the Yamato, the three Nadeshiko ships should have encountered Kodai Susumu and the others who had escaped from the Yamato at this point, officially beginning the rescue operation for the Yamato. But because of Xiao Ran and El-Elf's group, they had learned the Yamato's location in advance and explained the rescue plan to its crew. Everyone aboard the Yamato had remained safely inside, waiting for the assault team to arrive.
After eliminating that assault force, the Nadeshiko, Danner's Son, and Ptolemaios began acting according to plan. The Nadeshiko headed alone for another orbital colony that was also important to the Mars Successors, while Danner's Son and Ptolemaios continued toward Amaterasu.
Amaterasu Orbital Colony looked like a beautiful work of carved art. Yet when the Ptolemaios and Danner's Son arrived, the place that should have served as a transit hub and Living Zone was surrounded by countless machines. Roughly two to three hundred Mars Successors units stood in their path.
With two to three hundred units blocking the Ptolemaios and Danner's Son, they represented an unquestionably powerful Military Strength for the two warships' current combat capabilities. It was also enough