Scipio Heist (Part 2)
InterGalactic Banking Clan armed transport convoy, designation K-7.
Compared with ordinary transport convoys, the K-7 convoy was clearly much smaller, consisting of only three Darius G-class freighters. However, its escort fleet included one Imperial II-class Star Destroyer, ten Aquitenes-class light cruisers, and five Gozanti-class armed freighters.
Such a powerful escort force was exceedingly rare for transport missions in the Milky Way Galaxy. That was precisely why Fleet Commander Major General Rocco Komona remained on high alert. At the same time, he could not help wondering what exactly those freighters were carrying.
Major General Komona did not know what the three Darius G-class freighters were transporting. He had only been told that only one of them carried the real cargo, while the other two held ordinary ore. As for which ship contained the valuables and which carried ore, not even the captains of those vessels knew.
But he also knew that this fleet contained a mysterious escort agent, hidden somewhere among the convoy, whose identity no one knew. Only that person possessed the code to open the core compartment of the ship carrying the valuable cargo. In an emergency, he could also activate the self-destruct system.
It could be confirmed that this escort agent was aboard his ship, but beyond that, nothing was known.
This arrangement placed tremendous pressure on Major General Komona. He repeatedly instructed his adjutant to conduct thorough inspections and ensure that absolutely nothing went wrong.
According to the flight plan, they would pass through a seasonal hyperspace route on the edge of the Scipio system, codenamed "Rakasto." Based on the orbital paths of hundreds of thousands of nearby stars, black holes, and other massive celestial bodies, this route appeared roughly once every twenty years and remained open for about a month.
During that