After receiving news that his own forces in the District 9 Colony had suffered a severe blow, Dikla immediately ordered those pirate forces to occupy several Colony Satellites and take the local residents hostage, forcing the Skywing Mercenary Group to stop.
Dikla had underestimated the Skywing Mercenary Group. At this moment, many local media reporters were breaking out in cold sweat for the occupied Colony Satellites.
Many years ago, the Skywing Mercenary Group had refused to play along with this kind of tactic. Back then, the Sky Wing Mercenaries had directly announced an operation codenamed Operation Alpha, showing no concern whatsoever for the hostages' lives.
That attitude had caused the Pirate Group occupying the Colony Satellite at the time to get beaten badly before obediently surrendering.
This immediately gave every netizen an impression of the Dion Pirate Group's leader: the man was an idiot.
The pirate boss following Dikla's orders did not actually want to occupy any Colony Satellites either. They had simply been driven into a corner; crossing into another district was impossible.
The Skywing Mercenary Group had long since positioned forces there in wait.
Occupying a Colony Satellite had been a helpless measure, an attempt to see whether they could force the Skywing Mercenary Group to retreat.
The nation whose Colony Satellite had been occupied asked the Skywing Mercenary Group not to launch Operation Alpha.
The Skywing Mercenary Group outright refused to entertain the request, snapping at the nation involved, "Your own territory was occupied because you were useless. Now we're launching Operation Alpha. If you have any complaints, blame your own incompetence and hate the Dion Pirate Group."
On July 25, Cosmic Year 131, the Herula Blood Tragedy recorded by historians occurred.
A fleet of regiment-scale strength from the Skywing Mercenary Group arrived at Herula Colony Satellite