January 11, 2506. Fourth Field, Heavy Karma, Beta-4 C27· F590, planetary code F590-E279.

The Imperial Civilization Arbitration Court was established in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Ishtar Interstellar Convention.

The main responsibilities are to deal with matters related to the Third Interstellar Civilization, formulate the rules of the Third Interstellar Society, mediate wars, maintain order, and judge violators.

E279 civilization is the violator. Only now it seems that they themselves are also victims. Tengyue Technology Group must not be a local organization. This point has been confirmed by Bright Sky Fire.

The CEO of Leap Technology Group is not human. Forehead...... Not the people of this planet. Field is inclined to the fact that this boss is not a human being, otherwise how could he do such a unconscionable thing.

Field confirmed the effectiveness of each shelling and made sure that nothing had slipped through the net. Then he gave the order, and the ships of the fleet were assembled. At this time, a report came from a battleship. It was a destroyer on the periphery, responsible for covering the main fleet.

"Reportedly, we have intercepted an emergency distress signal from E279."

"Orientation?" Field was wondering why the other ships weren't reporting when he suddenly realized a question, "How do you know it's an emergency distress signal?" ”

The captain seemed to be aware of this problem, and hesitated for a moment before replying, "They use the Empire's No. 4 Universal Interstellar Signal Rules. ”

Rule No. 1 is for the Navy, No. 2 is for the Army, and No. 3 is for the Air Force. And the number four is a rule for the interstellar community to be civilian.

This means that either the civilization of E279 has come into contact with the Empire. But the Empire does not have archives about this planet, so it is excluded. Either there are other civilizations that have been in contact with the Empire, civilizations that have been in contact with E279. This set of rules was learned from them?

That's a big problem.

Is this a blatant violation of the Ishtar Interstellar Covenant, or is it the work of a civilization under the control of the Empire, is this preparing for death?

Field looked at Yao Tianhuo who was standing on the side and asked, "Yao Lao, ......what do you think of this?" ”

"Let's assemble the fleet first. Since a directional distress signal is issued, it means that someone is coming. We might as well wait and see what it is. ”

Field nodded, then ordered the fleet to assemble and go into concealment.

Once the task force is assembled, it quickly leaves the gravitational range of the star system. Outside the galaxy, most of the equipment was shut down, and the power of the power module was kept to a minimum. Optical camouflage is not necessary, only full-band occlusion is turned on. All active detection devices are on standby, and only passive detection devices are turned on.

The entire fleet seemed to be transformed into a dormant predator at this moment. Quietly hiding in the dark, his eyes widened, his ears pierced, and motionless waiting for the appearance of his prey.

At this moment, Field suddenly had the feeling of dreaming back to the era of the "Dark Forest". That's what he saw in the book, saying that it was the civilization of the first echelon of the human universe, and in the period when it entered the cosmic age one after another, it fell into a strange thinking trap of "as long as I destroy everyone, I will have no enemies".

Therefore, none of the so-called first echelons survived, and none of them survived.

The Imperial Task Force had been dormant for about half a day, and from the intercepted signals, it was almost two days since the time to send the distress signal.

Field has determined that the CEO of Leap Technology Group is an alien to the planet E279. This will receive a distress signal, and it is likely to be his home planet. Field definitely has a clean pot right now, and he will cause trouble for the empire in the future.

Yao Tianhuo also looked a little impatient, and this meeting had already asked the observation team several times in a row. When the members of the observation team replied that "everything is normal", Yao Tianhuo clearly showed some anger.

This is completely understandable, since the subordinates of the empire know the law and break the law, and do not take the "Ishtar Interstellar Convention" in their eyes, isn't this an eye medicine for the Imperial Civilization Arbitration Institute? This Yao Lao can endure waiting until now, which is a very rare thing.

Even this time, it was slightly revealed, and it never had a seizure. It shows that the heart of the Heavenly Fire Knight is very good. If it were Field, he would have jumped up if someone hit him in the face.

In this regard, his superior, the General Department of the Imperial Army, is even better than him. Isn't the Antigia incident a slap in the face of the entire Heavy Industry Army?

Eventually, anomalous readings appeared on several of the observation group's instruments, as well as several other warships. But due to the covert orders given by Field, they could not initiate communication with other ships on their own initiative.

After simple calculations and processing of information, the observation group is transferred to other groups. Then, a picture was projected in front of the commander.

It was somewhere in the universe, and it looked unremarkable, but then there was a spatial distortion there. Then the space collapsed into a hole, and the hole expanded, and everything at the edge fell into the hole, and a strong light emitted outward in the middle.

In the light, a huge ship slowly jumped.

"Pre-Imperial dreadnought, Kraken-class. Three! The intelligence officer immediately analyzed it and gave the real name of the huge battleship.

Field was stunned, and subconsciously looked at Yaotianhuo beside him, and Yaotianhuo also looked at him suspiciously. Field asked the agent in disbelief.

"The former dreadnoughts of the Empire? Are you sure? Are you sure it's a Kraken? ”

The intelligence officer was also helpless, he was out of professional habits, and after identifying the ship, he subconsciously reported it. After saying that, he was stupid. For no other reason, it would have been strange for an Imperial warship to appear at this time. It's still the Nima Siren-class, which is a ship from the army.

One of the few new first-hand warships used by the early Army.

It's like your police serious crime team is casting a net, and it turns out that it is a colleague from the criminal police brigade who appears. Are you uncomfortable?

Field was also stupid when he saw the informant, and he looked at the huge figure that was still leaping out. Something could already be seen in the part that jumped out this time, and Field looked and saw that it was a Kraken-class dreadnought.

"Do you still have dreadnoughts in service?"

Bright Sky Fire asked about his doubts, which reminded Field. No matter how poor the army is, this dreadnought is also an old antique before the first generation of warships, so naturally there can be no dreadnoughts in service. Some small departments of the empire have fully popularized third-generation ships, and there is no reason why the army is worse than the government departments.

Then, the hole in the space widened further, and from the bright light, two more Kraken-class dreadnoughts followed. Three dreadnoughts! Even though this is a particularly old battleship, it's still a sight to behold.

The Kraken class is twelve kilometers long, only slightly shorter than the Iron Dome, the flagship of the Imperial Task Force, but the Kraken class is a bit more generous. After all, although the Iron Dome class is said to be a "pocket battleship", it is still designed according to heavy cruisers after all.

The Kraken class, a former dreadnought, but it developed as a battleship.

After the appearance of the three Kraken-class, the void did not collapse and was still maintained. In the light, a large number of ships of ten kilometers poured out, and there were hundreds of them. Field looked at an intelligence statistic showing 200 ships.

It's just that the ship type is not indicated. Field looked at the ships again, saw their pot-bellied structures, and instantly understood. These are not warships in the first place, so naturally there will be no ship model information. Secondly, they should be civilian merchant ships, which is why they are limited to 200 ships.

There are more, and the empire has to pay additional taxes.

This would make it clear to Field what this bunch of goods was. A small merchant group of the interstellar trading community established by the Empire. As for the three Kraken-class dreadnoughts, most of them were bought from the Empire. The jump engine is also of civilian type, so much so that it produces that peculiar white light cavity.

And the jump speed is still dead slow.

The Empire's military jump engines, which are now widely equipped, generally have a spatial collapse effect, and then the battleship bursts out of it like a ray of light. Pity...... This is exclusive to the Imperial Navy.

The jump engine used by the Imperial Army, the low-end version is civilian. What's the solution, poor.