2726, Scipio Heist(中)
InterGalactic Banking Clan armed transport fleet, number K-7.
Compared with the ordinary transport fleet, the fleet numbered K-7 is obviously much smaller, with only three Darius G-class freighters, but the escort fleet is equipped with one Imperial II-class Star Destroyer, 10 Aquitenes-class light cruiser, and five Gozanti-class armed freighter.
Such a powerful escort force is extremely rare in transportation missions in the galaxy. Because of this, Major General Fleet Commander Rocco-Komona always maintains a high degree of vigilance. At the same time, he can't help but be curious about what exactly is being transported in these cargo ships.
Rear Admiral Komona did not know what exactly was transported in the three Darius-G cargo ships. He was only told that only one of the three cargo ships carried real cargo, while the other two ships were ordinary ores. As for which ship was valuables and which ship was ore, even the captains on those ships did not know.
But he also knew that in this fleet, there was a mysterious escort commissioner. This commissioner was hidden in the fleet, and no one knew his identity. But only he, who had the password, could open the core door of the spacecraft carrying valuable cargo, and in an emergency, he could also activate the self-destruct device.
This escort specialist is on board his own spaceship. This can be confirmed, but other than that, nothing else is known.
Such an arrangement made Major General Komona feel even more stressed, so he repeatedly told his adjutant to do a thorough inspection to ensure that nothing went wrong.
According to the navigation plan, they will pass through a seasonal hyperspace channel located on the edge of Scipio system, code-named 'Rakasto'. This channel will appear approximately once every 20 years and last for about a month based on the orbits of hundreds of thousands of surrounding stars and super celestial bodies such as Blackhole.
During this month, hyperspace jumps will not be affected by the mass projection of these celestial bodies. It can be said to be absolutely confidential, because no one will study a channel that only appears once every 20 years. In other words, there are too many such hyperspace channels, and there is no value in research at all.
So, as long as you are careful and don't have any accidents, this trip should go smoothly.
However, an accident soon occurred.
After the fleet entered the Rakasto channel and made three jumps, they escaped from the hyperspace channel near a Blackhole numbered UX-8993920.
According to the plan, they should re-plan the navigation data for the hyperspace jump here to ensure that there will be no errors in the route due to the operation of Blackhole. At the same time, they will also routinely communicate with the rear headquarters to report safety.
But when the fleet docked, no matter how they called, there was no response from the command center at the spaceport in Scipio outer space!
Major General Rocco-Komona immediately ordered a comprehensive inspection of all communication equipment in the fleet. At the same time, he sent two scientific exploration spacecraft to take off to carefully monitor the surrounding astronomical environment. It was found that the communication interruption was not caused by equipment failure, but that the problem occurred at the command center.
In other words, there is something wrong with the communication equipment at the command center!
Komona Major General began to have an ominous premonition in his heart, and he immediately called his adjutant to discuss a response plan.
"Now should we return to Scipio, or continue forward? What do you think?" Major General Komona asked.
The adjutant was also very nervous at this moment. He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said, "If something goes wrong with Scipio, wouldn't we be trapped in a trap when we return?"
Major General Komona nodded and said, "But if we continue to move forward as planned, if any accident occurs, we will not get any help from the command center and can only fend for ourselves here. This is very risky... This time because the situation of this channel is very complicated, our voyage to Aargau will take three days. For such a long time, we will be in a state of disconnected communication... It is too dangerous."
"Then... how about we go to Coruscant first?" the adjutant asked tentatively.
"What are you thinking? Coruscant There are so many spaceships coming and going, who knows if there will be people with ulterior motives inside? The reason why we chose this channel is to avoid the eyes and ears of those people!" Major General Komona said sternly.
The adjutant lowered his head and pondered. After a while, he raised his head and said, "General, I have two plans. What do you think?"
"Speak."
"The first plan is for us to send a spaceship to clear the way ahead and make sure there is no problem before sending communications and we can follow up. The second plan is for us to stay here and send the spacecraft back to Scipio to confirm the situation there and then make a decision." The adjutant said.
Major General Komona frowned, thought for a while and said, "Your idea is good, but the first option will double our voyage time, which is more dangerous. The second option... we have to stay here for at least three to four hours..."
He pondered for a moment and made a decision, "Okay! Send three Aquitenes-class light cruiser and return to Scipio."
"Yes!" The adjutant immediately went down to make arrangements.
Major General Komona didn't know that at this time Scipio had turned into a mess!
The communication center on the planet has been attacked! You must know that this is the financial center of the Empire. This is where countless financial consultations gather. The communication center is definitely a key area for defense!
But now, the communication center has been bombed!
Planet Governor immediately ordered the activation of the backup communication base station, but there was also a problem with the backup base station. The base station facilities were damaged and needed to be repaired, but the technicians were dragging their feet and did not know what they were doing.
The communication center was bombed, making it difficult to send out hyperspace communication messages. Although some communication equipment on the spacecraft can be used, it is difficult to cope with communication in complex environments. For example, the communication of the K-7 transport fleet located near the Blackhole!
At this time, a new problem also appeared on the side of Major General Komona.
Among his fleet, one of the Aquitenes-class light cruiser exploded! The explosion was so violent that it exploded the armor of the middle section of the battleship from the inside out, and thick smoke billowed out. Not only that, the battleship's communications were also cut off!
Major General Komona quickly dispatched a 300-man Marines from his battleship and took a shuttle to investigate the Light Cruiser.
Aquitenes-class light cruiser also has a staff of Marines, but it only has 400 people. In order to avoid problems, it is best for those Marines to stay on their own battleships and let Marines, which has 7500 people on board Imperial II-class Star Destroyer, send the people.
However, after the Marines that went to investigate entered the Aquitenes-class light cruiser, they found nothing. They checked every cabin of the spacecraft and found no abnormalities. However, the battleship's engineer told them that the explosion was caused by mechanical failure.
Therefore, Marines had no choice but to take the shuttle back the same way. The communication of the Light Cruiser was restored after 20 minutes under the emergency repairs of engineers. Light Cruiser also immediately reported to the flagship that it was safe. The explosion did not affect the action of the warship.
However, Major General Komona did not notice that, just like this, more than ten soldiers of Marines were quietly replaced. And in the dark corner inside the shuttle, a transparent figure was clinging to the ceiling silently.
The shuttle returned, and the 300-man Fourth Civilization Marines also disbanded and returned to the barracks area. Halfway through, more than a dozen soldiers walked to another passage casually and did not return to the barracks.
They came to a maintenance room, and one of the soldiers took off his helmet, and it turned out to be Cassian-Ando! He said to the surrounding Rebel Alliance soldiers who were also disguised as Stormtrooper: "This battleship has 7,500 Fourth Civilization Marines! We must not let them out, otherwise we will not be able to control this battleship. We need to cut off several cabins here, here and here to trap them, and then we can create a chance for Nova. As planned, first invade the host of the battleship, and then control their Commander!"
"Yes!"