Shortly after the guard captain left...
Boom! An explosion rang out, and the entire warship shook violently.
All the members of the Winged Race immediately erupted into an uproar!
On the bridge.
"What?! The thrusters were bombed?"
"Y-yes, Captain. That bastard Uther planted bombs on the outside of the thrusters. We found clues in his room!
"But while we were using maintenance robots to disarm them, we triggered a hidden detonation mechanism. The last bomb still went off..." the guard captain said, looking rather embarrassed.
"How bad is the damage?" Nie Yun asked, putting on a decidedly grim expression.
"Fortunately, they were small bombs without much explosive power. Two thruster arrays have been destroyed, and the maintenance crew is making emergency repairs. But we expect to have only eighty percent of our original propulsion power for the time being."
"It looks like... they were trying to cripple our maneuverability!" Catherine said with a frown beside Nie Yun.
Yes, Catherine was standing there because she was now Nie Yun's acting adjutant.
Twin Stars had its own officer training system. From logistics officer to adjutant, then to captain, this was essentially the standard path to a captaincy.
Serving as a logistics officer allowed someone to learn about a warship's weapons, equipment, supply consumption, and personnel assignments. They would then accumulate experience exercising command as a captain's adjutant before finally being promoted to captain.
Thus, after Nie Yun disposed of the unfortunate former adjutant, Catherine naturally became his acting adjutant.
"Hmm. There's extensive surveillance inside the warship, so Uther would have had a hard time doing anything major. The outside really is a blind spot. Take some people and search it thoroughly. Don't leave any potential threats behind!" Nie Yun said after lowering his head in thought.
"Yes, Captain!" The guard captain