The Interstellar Human Military Junta's Northern Border, Korodo System.
The Korodo System connected to three systems within the M'tok Union through three Hyperlanes, making it easy to defend and difficult to attack.
It was a good position for the Interstellar Human Military Junta to defend, but not for launching an offensive against the M'tok Union.
But that was no problem. The Second Fleet's forty destroyers had assembled and split into three smaller fleets, entering the Hyperlanes simultaneously to attack the three neighboring systems.
They encountered no resistance worth mentioning along the way.
Ten days later, over a dozen destroyers appeared at the edge of the Piya System on the M'tok border. Only a handful of Mercenary Fleets were stationed there.
A mere dozen or so corvettes were nothing worth mentioning.
Following Xi Yan's orders, Commander Ningdi Lingling contacted the Mercenary Fleet and demanded its immediate surrender. Humanity's forces stood for justice and would never kill prisoners.
Faced with over a dozen enormous destroyers, the mercenaries chose to surrender without argument.
The Second Fleet met no resistance. It easily bypassed the Mercenary Fleet, then concentrated its fire on the M'tok Starhold. The Stellar Base was destroyed outright, frightening the newly surrendered Mercenary Fleet into utter silence.
The M'tok Union's Stellar Bases were not purely military installations. They also housed numerous civilian facilities, making them practically orbital habitats. There was no telling how many aliens had died inside during that salvo.
It was vicious beyond belief!
The same thing happened in the other two systems. The separated contingents of the Second Fleet ordered the surrendered Mercenary Fleets to follow them. Xi Yan personally promised that, as long as they led the way for their esteemed human masters, their fleets would become regular imperial fleets in the future.
Was this an offer of