A minor interlude, nothing important.
Just as He Kai could not be bothered dealing with the company's upper management, he tried his best to keep his distance from them to avoid arousing the He Family's suspicion.
Of course, he could sense their blatant distrust, so he was willing to remain a lone wolf.
But just as Vice Commander Leon had told him, a knight could obtain anything he wanted with the sword in his hand.
Times had changed. He would have his chance.
That very day, He Kai inspected the work he needed to focus on.
The mining escort squad's structure was simple as well, consisting mainly of attack craft, with a small number of frigates as their trump cards.
However, the frigates were all outdated relics from the previous generation, and there were not many newer attack craft either.
With the warship he had served on, a single vessel could have wiped out this entire mining escort squad.
But the weaker they were, the less attention they drew. For someone of his status to serve as general manager here was roughly appropriate and would not invite suspicion from others.
After all, he was connected to the He Family. There was always some preferential treatment, and even after losing a war, he would not be left without a way out.
Naturally, under such circumstances, the company's mining escort squad did not have particularly demanding duties.
The company harvested relatively barren resource sites to begin with, and the threats it faced were merely scattered space pirates.
Those major pirate groups were not so blind as to come looking for trouble.
Moreover, the company's extraction sites were relatively concentrated, so they could call for military support at any time.
Under such circumstances, this half-dead little company actually lived quite comfortably.
Naturally, the