On July 15, Cosmic Year 129, Long Fei looked over a report sent by the Ministry of Military Affairs. A pirate group had been discovered in the outer-space frontier region of the Skywing Empire.
The equipment used by this pirate group consisted of warships and MS units from the Dion Empire era.
The pirate group was made up of remnants of the Dion Empire who had escaped Mars after their defeat.
After wandering for a period of time, they survived by robbing merchant ships along the way. During the first year or two after the Skywing Empire was founded, there had also been several restoration organizations within the empire.
Later, they were either dismantled or wiped out by the relevant departments of the Skywing Empire. Only a very small number escaped and joined the Dion Pirate Group.
Besides robbing merchant ships without Skywing Mercenary Group escorts, this Dion Pirate Group also preyed on small nations within the Colony Sphere.
Many small nations had suffered greatly because of them. Even some larger countries were helpless against this pirate group; the military forces they possessed simply could not defeat the Dion Pirate Group.
The Dion Pirate Group was highly adept at guerrilla warfare. Although the Skywing Mercenary Group had received high-priced commissions, it had only managed to eliminate some small units or isolated squads.
Their true main force could not be eliminated.
This was because neither the Skywing Mercenary Group nor the Skywing Empire's intelligence department could determine the scale of the Dion Pirate Group or the number of its members.
Besides former Dion citizens, the Dion Pirate Group had also absorbed several other pirate groups.
In terms of MS units, aside from Sacred Machines such as Blood Red, they also possessed Jegans, GM IIs, and the Dagger series. These MS units