On the Angry Owl, inside the Warband Monastery.

Martins sat upright and quietly read the battle report.

During this period, the Star Call has not hung up. Gu Hang on the other side was also very patiently waiting—or doing something else while maintaining communication.

Martins came to her senses and said, "I'm sorry, Governor, for keeping you waiting. ”

"It doesn't matter. What are you going to do next? ”

"I'll go out with the team right away and solve this problem myself. I'm sorry for you. "For Gu Hang, Martins is still very polite.

"Okay, I'll leave it to you. I'll get the Navy to work with you, whether it's the Alliance fleet or the Pegasus fleet. ”

"Thank you."

After the communication ended, Martins turned back to himself. He took out a heavy notebook from a locker behind him and placed it on the table.

He flipped the pages of the book, and there were one name after another.

That's a list of all the members of the Immortal Bird Warband from the founding of the group to the present.

He flipped to one of the pages, and his own name was on it. And just two lines above his name read, 'Sidney Brevins'.

He could remember that Bryvins had entered the same group of immortal birds as himself, training together, encouraging each other, completing implant surgeries together, and fighting side by side.

In the seventy-ninth year of the Immortal Bird's Atonement Expedition, the Immortal Bird committed fifty soldiers in a counterinsurgency mission. In the beginning, the war was relatively smooth, but in the later stages, the battle line suddenly collapsed, and the planetary defense force as a friendly army fell into a thousand miles, and he and his comrades were caught in a siege and forced to defend a bunker.

Fifty immortal birds fought an uncountable number of enemy troops with heavy firepower. They destroyed a large number of enemies, and slaughtered the rebels to the point that they did not dare to attack again, but could only bypass their defenses.

And in the end, when the ammunition was exhausted, the immortal birds could not continue to hold on. Unable to wait for reinforcements, they could only choose to break through. They broke through the thunderstorms, withstood bullets and artillery fire, and withstood the blows of the air force, and finally fought their way out of the encirclement.

But in the process, they were also under many crises, and the team was broken up. When they reunited in the rear, there were only about twenty people left in the entire group.

Some of the people lost were killed in the battle of the bunker guards, and some were lost during the breakout and never returned. His good friend, Sidney Brevins, was among them.

He angrily shot and ordered a retreat, without informing the commander of the Planetary Defense Force of the Immortal Bird in advance, decisively took over the command, and finally won the war.

But there was no reward, only pain and rebuke from the Empire.

There is no reward because they themselves are on an atoning expedition and there is no honor to speak of. The rebuke is because as a sinner, he even shot the commander on the battlefield and seized the command.

However, Martins did not regret it, and the warband did not punish him.

That incompetent and stupid commander, who directly killed more than twenty of their brothers, only in an ordinary counterinsurgency war, this cannot be forgiven.

Especially among those who were killed, there were also his friends.

At this moment, Martins recalls the scene of that year, and recalls the time with Sidney Blevins.

The figures in my memory keep emerging in front of my eyes and become real constantly.

He stared at the blurry, fleeting photograph for a long, long time.

……

Jedi Saturn, a desert world located in the Kenma Star Zone, is connected to the Red Arrow Star on the star chart.

It's a bit like a super expanded version of the Western Desert on Raging Owl, where the entire planet is covered by deserts, the ocean area is relatively small, and the environment is very harsh.

Despite this, there are still about 200 million people living here.

Most people chase water and grass. Precipitation on Saturn is minimal, and it is distinctly seasonal and regional. The people of Jedi Saturn have also mastered the ability to chase the rainy season, and have developed nomadic herds that spread throughout the planet.

In addition, a small number of river valleys and oases rely on underground water sources to form stable residential areas and even cities, supporting another part of the population.

The planet's main output is grain, meat products, fur and fur products. The tax amount of 20 million a year, let's make it up, let's make it so-so, occasionally there are some years when the harvest is not good, or there is some turmoil in the planet, then take some human taxes to make up for it.

The governor of the planet is also a seamstress, and life is not very good.

Since life is not good, you have to think of something else.

After a group of interstellar pirates visited Jedi Saturn and carried out a raid, the governor of Jedi Saturn, Azimba, came up with an idea.

Not only did he fail to report the raid to the Empire, but he even provided the pirate group with more food supplies, and reached a long-term cooperation agreement with the pirate group called the Red Eye.

Jedi Saturn provided some supplies to the pirate group, and even provided some merchandise for them to sell on the pirate black market. In this way, the price obtained is higher than the price of normal imperial tax and normal trade, and the obtained materials buy some goods that are difficult to sell on the black market, and then exchange them for other materials in the normal imperial trade system.

In addition, they can also cover the identity of the pirate group, so that whenever some official naval forces purge the pirate group, they can hide in the Jedi Saturn and disguise themselves as Jedi Saturnians.

Even, after a long time, the pirate group simply recruited people on the spot in the Jedi Saturn.

However, before that, the governor of Azmuba and the people of the Red-Eyed Pirate Regiment at least understood the truth that a rabbit does not eat the grass next to the nest. In addition, in the area near Jedi Saturn, the interstellar trade in the Reclamation Horse Star Region is not developed, and the interstellar trade in the Pegasus Star Zone next door is much better, but there is a Pegasus fleet stationed for a long time.

Because of this, the Red-Eye Pirates have never been active in these two sectors.

They will use Saturn as a secret base, a retreat, a supply depot, a place for importing goods, and a place where they really carry out raiding activities, and they will put it in a distant place.

It is only recently that this strategy has changed.

The next-door neighbor's life is better, and the aviation trade is developed, which is too eye-catching. The point is that there are still a lot of civilian merchant ships that are not protected, wandering around.

The main force of the Pegasus fleet also left because of the Iron Tooth War, isn't this a good time to make a fortune?

Of course, if that's all they do, they'll hesitate.

But at this time, they encountered eight warriors in an operation in another distant star sector.

Their main ships were captured, but instead of killing them, the eight warriors joined them and undoubtedly gained dominance. The leader of the Red-Eyed Pirates has become a tall man named 'Niedes'.

Anyone who has heard of the legends of the Space Marines will undoubtedly be able to identify them by their stature and their power armor.

Look at the way they act, look at the markings that have been erased on their armor, and you can guess even more.

However, no one dared to say.

Anyway, having a new boss isn't a bad thing. After all, the new boss is really fierce.

Then, under the command of the new boss, they abandoned their past tactics and began to move towards the Pegasus Star Zone.

At first it was a few successes and it did make a fortune, which cheered up the pirate community.

But then it didn't work so well, and there was a loss. This is also normal, when you are a pirate, where can you just get rich and not be beaten?

Now, though, that's pretty much it.

Azimba thinks the same way.

Now there are many Jedi Saturnians in the pirate group, and many of them are his cronies.

Gu Hang in the Tianma Star Region, where is there so easy to mess with? The more he heard about this man from official sources, the more terrified he became.

By now, it's best to keep it up.

Everyone has made a fortune, some brothers have died, and now they have stopped, gone back, and sold the robbed ships, people, and materials, and the remaining people who are still alive can each get a large share, and the absolute Saturn can also be a lot more comfortable, and there is no need to pay the human tax for the next imperial tax.

In recent months, he has raised this point with Nieders three times and twice.

However, each time it was denied.

When he tried to contact Nieders again, he found that he couldn't get in touch.

The Star Whisper Tower on Jedi Saturn is not high-level, and the psionic person who wields the Star Whisper Tower is also a self-taught local person who has accidentally awakened, and his ability is not very powerful. But it's just about contacting the galaxy next door, so it shouldn't be difficult.

Repeated attempts to contact him to no avail, already made Azimba feel bad.

But he still has a little luck in his heart.

Maybe the Red-Eye Pirates just ran away?

Even if it was really wiped out by the so-called Alliance, it would not be possible to say that everyone on board would die, and the Alliance would not be able to know the relationship between Jedi Saturn and this group of pirates now.

That's all he can think.

What else can I do?

The Alliance is next door, and he can be reached by a single astral shuttle from the Red Arrow Star. Compared to that Governor Gu, whether it is hard or political influence, he and his planet are as small as a small village, and they have no resistance.

What's more, there is no doubt that this matter is a great violation of the imperial decree. Support raids, raise pirates, and collude with renegade Space Marines...... Any crime is enough for him to die several times, and he has to bring a whole household registration book.

The point is, he is not a pirate, and the planet will not move. A pirate can run, he can't.

I've been worried for a while, and what should come will come.

His man in charge of the stargazing station told him that a spacecraft bearing the Union logo had arrived in the orbit of Saturn.

He thought that it was a neighbor who came to the door to ask the teacher, so he hurriedly made a phone call to his boss, the head of the star district of the Kenma Star District, and hid some information to talk about the situation, and on the other hand, he was also ready to greet him.

But who knows, the person who came down was not from the Alliance, but from Nides.

However, the entire pirate fleet that had traveled with Nieders to the Pegasus Sector, as well as the many Jereans, had not been able to return.

"Chief of the Nedes...... What about my people? When Azimpa asked, his words trembled.

"I can't come back."

"And what did you bring back?"

"We only brought back our own lives."

Azimba choked.

After a moment's pause, he asked again, "What about the Alliance?" Did the coalition know about it......"

Nieders interrupted, "I don't know what the League has in its hands, but I'm not going to stay here for long. Prepare fuel, food supplies, and some slave labor, and we'll be leaving soon. ”

Azimba was anxious: "You are gone, what should we do?" ”

"What does it have to do with me?"

"No! You must stay and ...... us" Azimpa wanted to say 'fight side by side,' but couldn't say anything.

What are you fighting side by side?

What are you doing against the Alliance?

Eight more renegades, what can be done?

In skirmishes, the eight renegades were simply invincible; But in a large-scale operation, under the wrath of the Alliance, let alone eight, eighty is useless.

The Alliance is also said to have received the help of a Space Marine warband, which is a serious warband!

But Azimba still could not let these renegades go.

They didn't leave, he could still find a way to hand over these guys, as for what to say after handing them over, whether he was obsessed or persecuted, or thinking of a way to atone for his sins, even if the odds were small, he had to find a way to go. A few of them ran away, and then they were really finished.

So far, I don't know how many Jedi Saturnians have fallen into the hands of the Alliance, and no matter how lucky they are, they will definitely not be able to hide.

However, he couldn't say that to Niedes.

Gotta figure figure it out.

Azimba said: "I understand, I will try my best to meet your request." ”

"Don't play tricks, I'll only give you three hours."

"I'll take care of everything you need within three hours."

After leaving with Nydes, Azmuba left the planetary capital under the pretext of secretly preparing supplies and servitude.

If you don't go, you're afraid of being torn apart.

It's one of the few places on Jeju that can barely be considered a city, nestled in a valley of lush water.

Riding in a vehicle into the desert, Azmuba commanded his subordinates remotely. While making the illusion of preparing something, but grinding again.

As soon as the three hours passed, things were certainly not ready.

Azimba called someone to apologize, saying that he was already doing his best to prepare, but because he had to act in secret, it was difficult to expose, and there were many things he wanted, so it was difficult to prepare for a while...... In short, all kinds of excuses took turns, and it was said that it would be fine soon.

To put it bluntly, I just want to delay time.

And, at the moment, he was just praying in his heart that the alliance would come quickly.

However, Nieders also decisively did not give him more chances. He didn't believe any nonsense, and as soon as the three hours came, he immediately began to kill.

Azimba's cronies were killed, and then the guards guarding the renegades were quickly routed, and the planetary defenses guarding the capital city were unknown but acted on Azimba's orders.

They received an order that pirates were coming. The warriors of the Planetary Defense Force are to destroy the landing ships of the pirates when they descend from the sky, and to put martial law on the entire city and block the movement of all suspicious people.

Even if there were only eight of those renegades, and even if there were at least 50,000 planetary defenses stationed in the capital, Azimba didn't have any bottom in his heart.

He rode in a vehicle, wandering aimlessly through the desert, while he himself used the vehicle to keep in touch with the city, remotely controlling the troops loyal to him and blocking the movement of Siders.

(End of chapter)