Eighty-one, the price
By the time Risen parked his Lightning fighter in the hangar of the USS SC-1 Raider, the battle was over. Whether in space or in an assault on the space station, the Resistance League won a resounding victory, they shot down almost all of the six squadrons of Imperial Banshee fighters and Gladiator attack aircraft, sank an Imperial Sabre-class cruiser and four destroyers, destroyed an entire satellite array, and captured the Holland space station, at the cost of a paltry four Lightning fighters, with less than double digits in personnel, and not a single torpedo or energy beam to fall on the fleet. This was an unprecedented victory in the history of the Resistance League.
He climbed out of the cockpit and high-fived the rest of his returning team members, while a commando assault ship landed silently in the hangar, and under the watchful eyes of some pilots and ground crews, four Allied commandos in white combat uniforms and Captain Ralph escorted an Imperial Major officer off the assault ship, this officer had sharp, blazing, and shrewd eyes, and he swept the hangar with the eyes of an old and capable expert, He was intrigued by the vigor and vigor of the neat rows of lightning fighters and the pilots of the Resistance Alliance.
The Imperial officer followed the captain and the commandos through the bustling crowd towards the hangar hatch. However, after taking a few steps, he suddenly saw Risson, and a sense of déjà vu made his steps stop unconsciously, and this action immediately caused a wave of tension among the two commandos behind him.
"What's the matter with you? Come on. A commando in the back lightly tapped the major officer in the back with an energy rifle.
"Please wait a minute." The officer took a closer look at Risen who was talking a little farther away, "That captain seems familiar to me, as if I had seen him somewhere. Can you tell me who he is? ”
"Rise. Captain Nigaul, captain of the Tulip squadron. Captain Ralph hesitated, but replied.
"Is that him?" The major officer was very surprised, if Risson's name was still a little unfamiliar to him, the words tulip reminded him at once, and the name of black tulip was not unfamiliar to him.
"What, know him?"
"No, I've just heard of him, I've seen a shadow but I haven't seen a real person, but I used to hear his name almost every day on the Henison front, and I haven't heard of him since the late stage of the Henison Meat Grinder Campaign, it turned out to be the rebel alliance." The major was quite touched, how could this person also be among the rebels, it is very impressive to have fighters that are more advanced than the Empire, and then there are such aces to fly these new starfighters, which is even more powerful for the rebels.
"It's the Resistance League." Captain Ralph impatiently corrected it again.
"Oh, yes, I beg your pardon, Captain, I've been saying that I'm used to it, and I can't change my mouth." The Major said apologetically.
"So, Major, you've fought in the Battle of Hennison before?" Captain Ralph didn't care about any of this, but it was the words of the Heinison front that aroused his curiosity.
"Yes, I used to serve with Captain Nigaul in the 11th Fleet, and if I'm not mistaken, he was on the cruiser USS Columbus, and I've been on the flagship Essex as a fleet staff officer, so it's strange to know a little bit about him, what happened to him?" The Major asked, somewhat confused.
Captain Ralph smiled and didn't answer, "You can ask him later, but for now, let's go to General Martin's first, the general has been waiting." ”
"I'm sorry, Captain, please lead the way."
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In the office of General Martin.
"The lower officer is Major Tulle, the former combat staff officer of the 11th Starfleet of the Galactic Imperial Army, General, and I am very happy that your army can accept my application for asylum." Under the watchful eye of two armed guards and Captain Ralph, the former Major of the Imperial Army stood at the General's desk and saluted.
"Take a break, Major." General Martin was absentmindedly flipping through the battle report in front of him, and it wasn't until he turned to the last page that he slowly raised his head and said, "Major, I believe you also know that the Alliance has not found any information on the Holland space station that you said about our life and death, how do you explain this?" ”
"I'm sorry, General, that there is indeed an important piece of information. But there is nothing I can do, the Commander himself knew that there was no hope after the ambulance support ship was intercepted, and he deleted all the important information before you arrived, but believe me, this information about Project Omega is absolutely unusual, otherwise the Commander would not have sacrificed his life for it. Major Thule replied gloomily.
"Project Omega?" General Martin was extremely shocked, this was the second time he had heard of this plan, it had been almost a year since he had heard the name of this plan, he almost thought that this plan did not exist at all, he did not expect it.....
"What is this plan? Major. He tried to suppress the strange feeling in his heart, and asked casually with a pretended indifference.
"I don't know much about this, General," Major Thule hurriedly added when he saw that the General seemed a little displeased, "I just accidentally saw the name of this plan on the terminal screen on the commander's desktop, the details are not very clear, but the commander himself mentioned that this is a final plan, a plan for the Federation and rebellion..... A super plan that the Resistance Alliance will never be able to challenge. ”
"Is it a superweapon program?" General Martin asked with a deep groan.
"I'm sorry, that's all I know, General." The Major shook his head.
"Major." The general said with some disappointment, "So you didn't say anything, we didn't see the plan, the commander himself was killed in the battle for refusing to surrender, the information was deleted, and the others didn't know about it, all the statements are your side of the story, it's hard to say whether this plan is really true, we have to wonder if it was made up by the Empire, so that you have an excuse to sneak into the alliance, how can you prove that you are not a double agent of the Empire?" General Martin raised his voice slightly.
The atmosphere in the room was slightly tense, and in the face of the general's questioning gaze, the major was confident and did not panic in the slightest, these situations were expected by him a long time ago, and if the alliance did not bring them up, it would be abnormal.
"General, first of all, the reason why Xia Guan proposed asylum, you can send someone to find out if it is true, why did Xia Guan, as the combat staff officer of the former 11th Fleet, be transferred to the Holland space station for an idle position? Whether Xiaguan's father and younger sister are indeed dissidents who rebelled against the empire, I think it is not difficult for your army to find out. Secondly, although this Omega plan has been deleted by the commander, the subordinate knows where this plan was sent to the commander from, and if the alliance can attack there, maybe they can get the details of this plan. ”
"You're not going to tell us that this Omega Project came from the Imperial Fleet Command?" The general's sharp eyes were fixed on the major, attacking the headquarters of the Imperial Fleet, it was absolutely no different from looking for death.
"Of course not," replied Major Thule, calmly, "where the Allies can take what they can with the present forces, of course. ”
"Where?"
The major was silent at this time.
General Martin understood after a little thought, he sighed and said, "Well, Major, if you have any requests, you might as well say it and listen to it." ”
"General, in addition to my request for asylum, you know, Xia Guan also has a father and a younger sister, but they have now been arrested by the Imperial Security Service, and their current situation is very dangerous, my request is very simple, in exchange for this important information, I hope that the Alliance can rescue them and give them the same protection as Xia Guan." Major Tulle was also unambiguous, and directly stated his request.
"Where are they now?"
The Major was silent for a while, "I don't know, General, I only know that they were captured four days ago, on a passenger ship in the Hada system, if they are still in the Hada system and have not been transferred, it is likely to be on the TAU-29 space station in the Hada system, which is an important military outpost of the Empire; But if it has already been transferred, then I don't know where, maybe it will be sent to Heidelberg. His face turned pale.
"Alright, Major, we'll think about it, you go down first, I'll be notified of any news." The general gestured to the side, and the two guards willingly escorted the major out.
"What do you think, Ralph, how much credibility does his word have? Could it be a trap to lure our fleet? As soon as the major left, General Martin asked.
"I don't think so, General, this is the first time that the fleet has launched an attack operation, and the Empire didn't know that we had gathered such a fleet before, and it was impossible to predict in advance that our army would attack the Holland space station and send double agents to wait for us here in advance, and our original series of attack plans included an attack on the TAU-29 space station to rescue our captured personnel, and we would go there without sending him to set a trap."
"Yes, if the Empire had known that we would attack Holland, we would have been waiting here not for five ships but for fifty." The general stood up and resolutely ordered, "In that case, then notify the Operations Department to change the battle plan, advance the attack on the TAU-29 space station, set a course, and go to the Hada system." ”
"Yes, General."