"Resistance fighters, please don't fire, we're a civilian neutral vessel, we don't pose a threat to you......" As Risen and Jessica cautiously approached the ships, they heard each other's calls from the general channel.

"Tulip One, what to do?" Tulip Two Jessica asked.

"Jessica, don't fire, they don't seem to be hostile, let's lean in and have a look, but stay vigilant." Risen looked ahead, the four banshee fighters that had been in front of them had already come up, but these banshees also seemed to be afraid of causing misunderstandings, they had already turned in front of the two lightning bolts far away according to the usual rules of interstellar communication, and the lightning fighters of Risen and Jessica were on the same course and gradually slowed down, and after the two lightning fighters caught up, the four banshees flew next to the two lightning bolts.

Perhaps, they really have no hostility. Risen thought to himself, the four banshees were almost exposing their tails to the direction of six o'clock in front of the lightning, which was a friendly, non-hostile gesture, for these people, they were more afraid of causing a conflict than the Resistance Alliance, and if the battle broke out, even if they could deal with the two lightning fighters, the Alliance's fleet and a large number of fighters outside the interstellar cloud would not give them any good fruit to eat.

"Unknown ship, please inform you of your identity, send identification codes and information, and explain your intentions, why are you in this interstellar cloud?" Risen steered the fighter jet to pass over the ship at close range, he carefully looked at this beautiful ship that was almost silver-white, the huge hull opened rows of large portholes, and the bright lights and extravagant interior decoration could be faintly seen inside, this was obviously a YT-2000 luxury space cruise ship, with a small space shuttle launch hatch in the wide belly, but maybe this ship should not be carrying any space shuttle now, to carry, and also carry those escort Banshee fighters.

"Understand, this is the YT-2000 Gold Coast space cruise ship, the identification code and information have been transmitted, we are carrying a group of tourists from the New London Planet of the New London System to the Hangzhou Planet of the New Zhejiang Galaxy, currently passing through the Hada Galaxy, we do not have any hostility or threat, but we are not willing to get involved in the battle between your army and the Imperial Army, so we temporarily entered this interstellar cloud to avoid the war, I hope your army can understand."

Risen glanced at the lightning screen, the information transmitted by the Gold Coast was clearly displayed on the screen, in the Hada system, the ship's route was from the JP7 space jump point to the JP3 space jump point, and one of the routes happened to pass near this interstellar cloud, the Gold Coast's explanation is reasonable, but ......

"Gold Coast, what's going on with these escort Banshee fighters?"

"They are mercenary fighters, you know, our ship is a luxury space cruise ship, and there are some more affluent passengers on board, in order to avoid robbery and harassment by pirates, they don't mind paying some mercenaries to protect them."

"Understand, Gold Coast, for your safety, please do not act without permission until the end of the battle, so as not to accidentally damage your ship." Risen said quietly.

"Understood, thank you."

Seeing the two lightning fighters turn around and leave, the people on board were visibly relieved, the captain turned his head, looked with admiration at a slightly chubby man in his fifties, and said, "You are really a god, how could you have expected that the rebels would not attack us?" Mr. ”

"These rebels," the man mused, "I have studied them, they have their own political views, they are well organized, their military discipline is not bad, they have attracted a lot of people to join in the past few years, they have developed rapidly, they are not those black skeletons, blue devils and other pirate groups, in order to effectively fight the empire, they need to win the hearts and minds of the people, so these people will not and dare not attack any civilian ships or neutral ships at will." ”

"Listen to you, do you think these rebels can actually stand up to the Imperial army? The Imperial Army is so powerful. The captain asked in amazement.

"Maybe not a few years ago, but now, who knows? Captain, you have also seen that the rebels are no longer what they used to be, this fleet alone is enough for the Imperial Army to have a headache, and the Banshee fighter is not the opponent of the rebels' new fighters, who knows what strength is hidden behind the rebels? What does it say that the rebels have been able to develop so quickly? ”

The man's eyes looked at the place where the two lightning bolts had disappeared, and he realized that he had already felt a crisis in the current internal situation of the Empire, and he knew that Führer Steve's parliament had authorized Giraud. Admiral Steve's military purge operation, if this military operation can be effective, perhaps the crisis and discontent within the empire can be temporarily suppressed by this victory, but if it fails, the result will inevitably be the further expansion of the rebel power, and it is difficult to avoid an open imperial civil war.......

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Risen took Tulip 2 and first found and converged Tulip 5, 6, 9, and 10 inside the interstellar cloud.

"Captain." Tulip Five, an experienced veteran fighter pilot, couldn't help but ask, "Is that all?" I think this Gold Coast is a bit uneasy, it can actually have eight escort fighters, and it is about to catch up with a squadron. ”

"Of course it's not easy, Tulip Five, but what do you want? The Gold Coast is a genuine civilian vessel, and it can't be attacked casually. Want a list of passengers? They can get a fake one for you, is it possible that you have to board the ship and check it one by one? I don't want our squadron to be held hostage because they found something. This is the fleet's problem, not ours, it won't be us to send people on board, it's more reliable to send commandos on board, our task is to check the situation inside the interstellar cloud and report it to the fleet, so that they can check the intelligence of the Gold Coast and make the next decision......."

"We're starfighter pilots, and I don't want the pilots that the Alliance spent a lot of money to build die in a shootout they weren't familiar with, so leave this kind of boarding and verification to the commandos, they are experts in this area. I've warned the Gold Coast to stay there, no more than a few minutes. Risen added.

"I see, I see." Tulip Five stopped talking.

The six lightning fighters quickly rushed out of the interstellar cloud and left the terrible environment, and the communication with the fleet and the keyhole machine immediately returned to normal, and Risen immediately reported the situation inside the interstellar cloud, and when he heard that there was no imaginary threat to the fleet or warplane group inside the interstellar cloud, everyone from the ordinary officers in the keyhole to the senior staff officers in the fleet couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

........

"YT-2000 Gold Coast space cruise ship?" General Martin frowned, "I seem to have heard of this ship before, Ralph, haven't you found out yet?" ”

"Wait a minute, General." After the captain lightly pressed a few keys on the console on the screen, the results came out, and he immediately read the results out, "YT-2000 Gold Coast, set sail in June 802 ephemeris, builder: Hangzhou Branch of Algerses Engineering Company, this ship is now owned by a private company called Athletic God on the planet Hangzhou of the New Zhejiang Galaxy, and the owner of this company is ....... Lynch. O'brien. ”

"Lynch. O'brien? ”

"He is the magistrate of the planet Hangzhou, and one of the members of the Imperial Parliament, and he is generally considered to be a centrist member, the general, the O'Brien family has a very large influence in the new Zhejiang system, and has been involved in almost all fields, and has a wide range of influence. O'Brien is their outstanding representative. And according to our records, some time ago Lynch. O'Brien also attends the Imperial Council on the planet New London. A staff officer added.

"You mean, this Lynch. Is it possible for O'Brien to be on the Gold Coast? ”

"There is a great possibility, General, this ship is owned by O'Brien, Mr. O'Brien has been on the planet of New London before, and this ship is the planet of Hangzhou from the planet New London to the new Zhejiang system, we might as well make a bold assumption that O'Brien is returning to the planet Hangzhou on his luxury cruise ship after attending the Imperial Council meeting, after all, he is the administrator there, which can also explain why this ship will be escorted by eight Banshee-type fighters."

"Yes, the odds are quite high, but if Lynch. O'Brien is really on that ship, what are we going to do with him? ”

Kill him and strike at the Imperial Parliament; Or catch him in exchange for a ransom from the O'Brien family? Or simply turn a blind eye and leave him alone; Or maybe you can talk to him...... General Martin thought about it, it was nothing more than these four possibilities, the first two were ruled out first, Lynch. O'Brien doesn't have any evil deeds or heinous people, and I haven't heard that he has any extreme hatred of the Alliance, on the contrary, he is doing a good job in the New Zhejiang System, killing him or kidnapping him is a serious blow to the reputation of the Alliance, and it will also push a small number of members of the Imperial Council who are inclined to the Alliance to the opposite side of the Alliance, and the O'Brien family will not give up so easily, and it is not worth it at all to set up a big enemy for the Alliance. The third option is inaction, which is too negative and undesirable.

Perhaps, the fourth option is the best, if not immediately as friends or allies, but at least there has been contact or meeting, and there may be opportunities in the future...... Who can say for sure what the future holds? However, first you have to make sure that Lynch. O'Brien on the Gold Coast......

On the Gold Coast space cruise ship, the tense atmosphere returned with the departure of the lightning starfighters, and once again enveloped the ship, because, this time, not two, but twelve fighters returned, which has far exceeded the defense capabilities of eight Banshee fighters, what do these rebels want to do?

"What do you want to do? Resistance League. The captain of the Gold Coast felt some anxiety in his voice.

"Don't be nervous, Gold Coast, we don't want to do anything, but can you please Lynch. Mr. O'Brien Talking to Us? Rissen's voice was natural, sounding confident.

"Lynch. Mr. O'Brien wasn't on the ship, I think you're mistaken, I can pass on a list of passengers, and you'll see, there's no Mr. O'Brien's name on it. The captain panicked, and he glanced at the passengers behind him.

"Maybe, maybe Mr. O'Brien has changed his name, but his appearance will not change as well." Risson's voice gradually became stern, "Captain, don't play tricks on us, we have solid evidence, we know that Mr. O'Brien is on the Gold Coast, and we will send a commando team to board the ship if needed, but this is not necessary, we just want to talk to Mr. O'Brien, and there is no malicious intent." ”

Risen snickered in his heart, he didn't even know what Lynch was. Whether O'Brien was on board or not, the reason why he first put on a big show and then made a big noise, was just to scare people and deceive the Gold Coast. All of this has been said and done, if this captain generously asks them to come on board to inspect it, then this O'Brien may not really be on it, and Risen probably knows the intentions of the fleet, and it is unlikely that they will actually board the ship to inspect it.

The silence of the Gold Coast gave Risen a clear idea, Lynch. O'Brien was definitely on board, otherwise it wouldn't have been this reaction. He was quite satisfied with his acting skills, and maybe it would be good to be an actor after the war.

"I'm Lynch. O'Brien, what do you want to talk about, Alliance? After a moment's while, a man's voice came into Risson's cockpit.

"So Mr. O'Brien is on board, so wait a minute, our negotiators will arrive on the interstellar cloud on the space shuttle, and it's a good secret meeting place, isn't it?" Ressen smiled with satisfaction.

On the Gold Coast, several people looked at each other and smiled bitterly, and several political veterans were actually deceived by this little trick. However, when you think about it, when the other party is strong, they don't actually have any better choice, do they? Since others want to talk, can they still refuse them?

.........

"General, Tulip Squadron Report, Lynch. O'Brien is indeed right on the Gold Coast. ”

"Got it, what about the current situation? How long is it estimated that there will be to complete the combat operation? He asked.

"General, everything is going well in the combat operation, the lightning of our army has completely overwhelmed the Imperial fighters, the defense system of the TAU-29 space station has been paralyzed, the assault ship carrying the commandos is preparing to dock with the space station, and it will take at least more than an hour from the assault and the complete occupation of the space station to the rescue of our personnel."

"Looks like there's enough time, Captain Raeder, and you're in command of the fleet." General Martin stood up from his seat, "I'm going to meet Lynch. O'brien. ”

"General, it's just an ordinary meeting, there's no need for you to go in person, let's send someone else." Colonel Raeder admonished.

"No, Mr. O'Brien is, after all, the administrator of a planet, and in order to show respect for him, we must also send a representative of the corresponding level to avoid being rude, so I will go myself. Don't worry, Captain, with the tulip squadron escort, nothing will happen, immediately have my space shuttle ready. ”

"Yes, General."