Although Xiao Ran had decided that, even if it meant wasting some time, he wanted to handle things more securely, events did not go as smoothly as he had hoped. After the first day, the four MS had failed to detect even a single passing ship at the edge of their detection range, despite necessary rest periods and pilot rotations. Everyone's hard work that day had been completely wasted.
But it was not hard to understand why. White Base was currently located within a shattered satellite debris belt, the ruins left behind by war. Such a place was hardly auspicious, and with its complex environment and severe interference, there was no reason for ordinary civilian vessels to come anywhere near it.
After wasting a day, Xiao Ran realized those issues as well. He laughed helplessly, slapped his forehead, and immediately issued new orders. White Base would set sail again and continue toward the Moon. They had already achieved their goal of shaking off the Zeon Army warships during that wasted day, and since they had decided to use the Gundams for their first ship seizure, exposing themselves was inevitable. There was no point in continuing to hide here; it would only waste more time.
Besides, this world was unlike the world of Gundam SEED, where the salvage industry was highly developed and even had dedicated unions acting as a third-party authority. There might be scrap merchants in this world as well, but this debris belt had been left alone for quite some time after the war. Waiting for someone interested in picking through it for leftovers would not be easy.
Only a dozen or so hours after White Base resumed its voyage, the situation had indeed completely changed. Among the four MS sent out to patrol and scout, Alto, who