Pirate Groups and Mercenary Groups: Current Problems

Apart from resolving economic and reconstruction issues, countries across the Colony Sphere also had to deal with the most serious problem at present: crime.

Several years of war had not only bred criminal groups but also caused public security to deteriorate by the day. Pirate Groups were becoming more numerous every day, frequently robbing merchant ships, civilian vessels, and the like.

This was also one of the main reasons many capitalists across the Colony Sphere did not dare invest there.

Although there were many mercenary groups, their numbers were still far fewer than those of Pirate Groups and other criminal organizations.

Some small mercenary groups were sometimes wiped out while escorting merchant ships after being ambushed and robbed by several Pirate Groups working together.

Moreover, Pirate Groups and criminal organizations possessed not only Demon Wind, Apollo, and Fei Lei II units, but even Jegans.

Why were Pirate Groups and criminal organizations able to obtain these MS, even Jegans?

This was mainly because corrupt military personnel in certain countries either sold these MS directly to criminal organizations or put them on the black market.

Some Skywing Mercenary Group branch bases even assembled usable parts from damaged Jegans and sold them to black-market dealers or criminal organizations.

Even a patched-up Jegan cobbled together from parts could be sold to criminal organizations or on the black market for 300 million Earth Sphere Credits.

A relatively intact second-hand Jegan could sell for at least 500 million Earth Sphere Credits.

This allowed Pirate Groups and criminal organizations to frequently suppress smaller mercenary groups.

Smaller mercenary groups either merged or formed alliances.

Larger mercenary groups were equally troubled. Some more powerful Pirate Groups could stand toe-to-toe with them.

Regardless of size, every mercenary group scrambled to buy Jegans. Wealthier mercenary groups participated in Skywing Arms Manufacturing