The Dion Pirates, beaten back step by step, found that their leader had no way to surrender to the Skywing Mercenary Group.
Because the Skywing Mercenary Group would never accept their surrender.
With no other options, the leader could only try taking hostages and forcing the Sky Wing Mercenaries to retreat.
"Listen up, Skywing Mercenary Group! We have hostages here, including elderly people and children! If you don't retreat, we'll start killing hostages! You'll face international condemnation when that happens!" The leader activated the broadcaster and threatened the Skywing Mercenary Group.
But the Sky Wing Mercenaries ignored the pirate leader's threat completely and continued closing in.
The pirate MS units within the Colony Satellite had mostly been dealt with, and many Machine Gunner units had already arrived at locations where hostages were being held.
Using the hostages as human shields, the pirates stood them before the Machine Gunners and threatened, "Back off now! Don't blame me if I kill the hostages!"
This scene was broadcast live through reporters' drone cameras.
Many viewers watching the livestream wanted to know whether the Sky Wing Mercenaries' shouted "Ura" and Operation Alpha truly meant they would even kill hostages.
Those viewers quickly got the answer they wanted.
The Machine Gunners raised their weapons without hesitation and shot the hostages and pirate members alike.
The other Machine Gunners likewise raised their Gauss Rifles and opened fire on the spot without hesitation.
The hostages kneeling on the ground let out horrific screams in an instant.
Within mere seconds, every hostage and pirate member at the scene had died beneath the Machine Gunners' guns.
The sight left the livestream viewers dumbfounded. No one had expected the Sky Wing Mercenaries' Operation Alpha to truly be as they had publicly declared: if necessary, even the hostages would be killed.