After Rush Clovis cut off the communication, Longo thought for a while longer before saying, "I still feel like something isn't quite right..."
"Based on our previous intelligence, how many Separatist warships are stationed on Makito?" Fan Ke frowned in thought as well.
"More than fifty capital ships in the thousand-meter class, and over a hundred small and medium warships," Longo answered immediately. "Then, according to observations from our outposts, more than 130 Geth warships have been arriving at Makito in waves, though many of them are small and medium vessels. If we include movements beyond our observation range, there might be over 200 Geth warships..."
"A fleet of that scale should have led to fierce fighting between the Separatists and the Geth... and the Geth really have been continuously reinforcing Makito." Fan Ke said, "Geth warships possess tremendous combat power, at least two to three times stronger than Republic warships of the same size... Given that disparity, Makito's defenders could even be considered hard-pressed to cope."
Longo stroked his chin. "Hard-pressed doesn't mean incapable. So Makito wants to send that thing out while they still have the strength to fight? But they don't have enough troops, so they can only issue that announcement. They know that as long as they activate the emergency refuge protocol, we'll definitely respond."
"Exactly. Once the emergency refuge protocol is issued, we'll certainly respond." Fan Ke said, "Rush Clovis was right just now. Whatever the InterGalactic Banking Clan is sending out—whether it's a database, account records, or something else—it has to be worth more than one of our fleets. That's why Makito wants to fish in troubled waters!"
Longo suddenly said, "What if... the Geth and Makito's fleet... never fought..."
Then he laughed at his own thought. "All right, I admit it was just