Battle of Rendili (III)
Rendili Planet, outer orbit.
Inside the command center of a Golan-I-class space defense platform, a messenger approached, saluted the Commander, and handed him an envelope.
After opening it and reading its contents, the Commander immediately shouted, "The Galactic Republic has raided the Shipwrights' Conference, causing severe casualties to Rendili StarDrive! Under company regulations, our Iron Wall 7 defense platform will now accept the Emergency Committee's orders!"
He looked around. "Pass down the order! Iron Wall 7 defense platform is to enter highest alert immediately! All personnel to combat stations! Marines, assemble at once and conduct a thorough sweep of the entire station! Ensure that no suspicious individuals are present!"
"Yes!!"
At the same time, orders began issuing from the other space defense platforms as well.
Iron Wall 4 refused to accept the order!
Iron Wall 11 declared its allegiance to the Urlan family and immediately entered combat readiness!
Iron Wall 9 declared its allegiance to the Urlan family!
Of the twelve space defense platforms, five immediately declared their loyalty to Bengila Urlan. Those platforms promptly entered alert status, with all turrets charging up in preparation for any potential invasion.
Yet seven defense platforms either made no statement or directly rejected the Urlan family's orders.
For Bengila Urlan, this result could only barely be considered acceptable. But no matter what, Rendili Planet now at least had the most basic defenses in place.
Next, Bengila Urlan began gathering an elite force mainly composed of mercenaries and bounty hunters, launching targeted purges against all forces on the planet opposed to the Urlan family. Their primary targets were the families of the shipyard owners who had just been killed.
These shipyard owners' families had controlled Rendili StarDrive for over twenty thousand years. They had become malignant tumors obstructing the company's