Robbing the Pirate Group

In a derelict space transfer station, a battle had broken out nearby.

The derelict space transfer station was used as a hiding place by a pirate group called the "Sea Wolves."

The Sea Wolf Pirate Group often acted with impunity in territories overlapping many small nations. They possessed formidable weaponry, and many small nations were wary of this pirate group.

The Mika昴 Nation had already commissioned a significant number of GM Mobile Suits. In terms of MS performance, the GM Mobile Suits' capabilities surpassed those of all the various types of MS belonging to the Sea Wolf Pirate Group.

However, the total number of MS that the Mika昴 Nation could field was far less than that of the Sea Wolf Pirate Group.

This resulted in the Mika Nation's military strength increasing, but they still did not dare to eliminate the Sea Wolf Pirate Group.

Why didn't many small nations band together to eliminate the Sea Wolf Pirate Group?

The main reason was that no country wanted foreign troops entering their territory. Even to eliminate criminal organizations like pirates or terrorists, no nation would invite other countries to send their troops in. The biggest concern was that once foreign troops entered, it would be very difficult for them to leave.

Because such incidents had been recorded several times, any country facing such a problem, unable to resolve it on its own, could only grit its teeth and accept the situation.

Today, the Sea Wolf Pirate Group was confronted by a mercenary group whose objective was to eliminate them.

The story began a month ago. A escort fleet from the Skywing Mercenary Group (composed of two flanker frigates) was escorting a merchant fleet.

The escort route happened to pass through an area where the Sea Wolf Pirate Group frequently operated.

Unexpectedly, shortly after the Skywing Mercenary Group expanded its business, the route its first escort fleet was using passed through the Sea Wolf Pirate Group's operational area. As a result, they encountered the Sea Wolf Pirate Group's raid on their very first escort mission.

The Skywing Mercenary Group had been responsible for escorting cargo ships for the past few months, frequently encountering pirate raids, but they had always managed to defeat them. This had made the members of the Skywing Mercenary Group extremely confident.

The Sea Wolf Pirate Group was also accustomed to their reign of terror.

The two sides immediately engaged in battle.

The Skywing Mercenary Group had only two frigates and 8 GM Mobile Suits. The Sea Wolf Pirate Group, on the other hand, had six modified space ships and over 70 MS of various types.

The result was that the Skywing Mercenary Group was completely wiped out due to being outnumbered. Although the Sea Wolf Pirate Group emerged victorious, it was a Pyrrhic victory, leaving them with only 4 modified space ships and 15 remaining MS.

When the news of the escort fleet's complete annihilation reached headquarters, the entire Skywing Mercenary Group was enraged.

Long Fei was extremely furious about this incident.

To find the Sea Wolf Pirate Group's hiding place, he spent a considerable amount of money to grease palms and acquire intelligence.

Long Fei had also developed many new Gundams and other items, which were ready to be deployed onto the battlefield.

Under Li Jiaming's arrangements, the Skywing Mercenary Group canceled many of its commissions, gathered numerous troops, and prepared to take down the Sea Wolf Pirate Group in one fell swoop.

Furthermore, according to the intelligence received, the Sea Wolf Pirate Group possessed a vast amount of plundered assets.

Therefore, when Long Fei issued the order to annihilate the Sea Wolf Pirate Group, he also had the objective of plundering the pirate group.

Long Fei participated in this operation himself, piloting the newly developed Gundam FA78-3/HFA78-3, the Full Armor Gundam. The latter was called the Heavy Full Armor Gundam, primarily due to the added armor and backpack weapon components. Long Fei named it Proto Gundam Unit 7.

They located the Sea Wolf Pirate Group's hiding place and launched a surprise attack without any warning.

The Sea Wolf Pirate Group was caught off guard for a short time.

However, the Sea Wolf Pirate Group was still a veteran pirate group. Although the sudden attack caught them off guard, under the command of their leader, Zoshan Taro, the Sea Wolf Pirate Group began a methodical counterattack.

Long Fei's side had 20 frigates in addition to an MS carrier (the Pegasus-class Assault Landing Ship 'Albion') (with some design differences from the Gundam 0083). It was 405 meters long and could carry 30 MS. It was equipped with four Super Energy Reactors for the ship's systems, currently serving as a substitute for the yet-to-be-developed thermonuclear reactors for warships.

Long Fei had made numerous modifications to design and develop this Pegasus-class Assault Landing Ship 'Albion'. Originally an all-energy weapon system MS carrier, due to the temporary inability to develop thermonuclear reactors, many of its laser turrets were converted to projectile turrets. Only the main cannon, the Mega Particle Cannon, was retained. Long Fei directly named this newly developed MS carrier the Albion Aircraft Carrier.

Long Fei's side could only deploy 110 MS.

The Sea Wolf Pirate Group had over 60 various modified space ships, over 1000 MS of all types, and nearly 100 fighter craft.

The disparity in numbers between the two sides was immense.

A young black-haired woman, piloting the Proto Gundam Unit 4, gripped the control sticks and pressed the button to activate the Mega Particle Cannon, aiming at the enemy in front of the screen.

"Die!" Under the black-haired young woman's control, the Proto Gundam Unit 4 wielded its Mega Particle Cannon, unleashing a sweeping barrage.

In ten seconds of sweeping fire, three modified space ships were torn apart and exploded like paper. Nearly 30 MS that couldn't evade were destroyed, and five fighter craft were also sliced in half.

After ten seconds, most of the Sea Wolf Pirate Group's MS and fighter craft turned their attention to the Proto Gundam Unit 4, with many MS and fighter craft launching attacks towards it.

A black-haired woman, who bore a striking resemblance to the black-haired woman piloting the Proto Gundam Unit 4, was piloting the Proto Gundam Unit 5 and rushing to support her.

The two women who looked alike were sisters. They were former retired MS military pilots from the Hanxia Nation and had served under Li Jiaming. The elder sister was Zhou Ya, and the younger sister was Zhou Na. They were one year apart.

Later, when they retired, they had nothing to do and happened to receive contact from their former superior, Li Jiaming.

Upon learning that their former superior, Li Jiaming, had retired and was now the leader of a private mercenary group, and with the sisters having nothing to do, they decided to come work for the Skywing Mercenary Group to pass the time.

The two sisters never expected that upon joining the Skywing Mercenary Group, a private armed organization would possess such advanced MS. Moreover, thanks to their former superior's recommendation, the two sisters had the opportunity to pilot the Proto Gundam Unit 4 and Unit 5.

The MS, known as Gundams, made the two sisters invincible on the battlefield. Originally, the sisters had intended to live a leisurely life at the Skywing Mercenary Group. However, the formidable Gundam MS reignited their former passion. Coupled with the generous benefits provided by the Skywing Mercenary Group, the sisters decided to pledge their loyalty to the organization.

Zhou Na, piloting the Proto Gundam Unit 5, arrived next to her sister's Proto Gundam Unit 4 and pressed the Gatling gun activation button. The Gatling gun spun rapidly, spitting out bullets like a torrential downpour. A sweeping barrage riddled the enemy MS and fighter craft that approached the two sisters with countless holes.

For the MS and fighter craft that were not destroyed by the Gatling gun, Zhou Ya, piloting the Proto Gundam Unit 4, held her beam rifle, gripped the control stick, and pressed the fire button, finishing off those that were not destroyed.

With her sister's sweeping fire and her own follow-up shots, in one round, they destroyed nearly 40 enemy MS and 10 fighter craft.

In the command center, the Sea Wolf Pirate Group leader, Zoshan Taro, looked at the current battlefield situation with a grave expression.

"I didn't expect Gundams to be even more powerful than rumored."

"Commander, there are several locations where MS resembling Gundams have appeared," the announcer said, her voice laced with tension.

Zoshan Taro watched the scene on the screen of other Gundams engaged in battle.

"Where are the other fleets now, and how long will it take for them to return?"

"Commander, the Deputy Commander has sent word that he'll be here within the hour, and also..."

Listening to the announcer's report, Zoshan Taro ordered the returning fleets to speed up their pace to come to the headquarters' rescue.

Zoshan Taro frowned as he looked at the display on the console. Their own green dots were gradually decreasing, while the enemy's red dots had not diminished at all.

Zoshan Taro couldn't understand why a powerful private mercenary group was attacking the Sea Wolf Pirate Group. He desperately wanted to know when and which idiot had provoked this formidable mercenary group to bring disaster upon his Sea Wolf Pirate Group.