Still, it wasn't entirely true that no one had noticed the abnormalities on Kara Star, because... a Special Operations Squad named Alpha seemed to have had the terrible luck of getting caught up in something...
Twelve hours after Alpha Team secretly infiltrated Kara Star, its operatives gradually began to realize that something wasn't quite right.
"Captain, this is No. 5. I've found a mine with extensive signs of excavation, but it was abandoned recently."
"This is No. 7. The Kara People's biological troops seem to be gathering in some underground area through a hidden tunnel."
"This is No. 4. The wreckage of our overrun Army base has been thoroughly cleared away. There's barely a rivet left. I think they're collecting supplies on a massive scale."
"No. 2 has found a Kara residential base, but it's deserted. Everything is orderly. It looks like a planned evacuation."
"No. 9. I've infiltrated an enemy Biochemical Breeding Nest, but only a few biological troops remain on guard. It seems to have stopped operating quite some time ago. It's completely empty inside."
As reports came in from the various locations, Alpha Team's captain became increasingly convinced that something unusual was happening on Kara Star.
Both sides were currently locked in a ceasefire stalemate. Under normal circumstances, the Kara People should have been recuperating, building settlements to restore their population, and bolstering their forces in preparation for another war.
Yet now, not only had almost every trace of Kara activity vanished, but large numbers of their resource extraction sites and military facilities had also been abandoned... What exactly were they trying to do?
Full of questions, Alpha Team's captain pondered their strategic intentions as he slowly followed the marching Hunter Corps troops ahead.
Twelve hours earlier, after trailing a roaming Hunter Corps unit back to its