The Mech Touch

y preferred to obtain their energy by other means, such as stealing them from humans or by absorbing them on certain planets that shielded them from the most harmful aspects of radiation.

More information poured in, but this time about the human presence in the Ermeghast System.

The Flagrant Swordmaidens didn ’t possess any direct quantum connection to the battle that took place in the inner system.
The light that emanated from the battle took a long time to arrive at their emergence point.

Therefore, everything they saw right now was like a security recording of something that had already happened.
The combatants might have already left the system at this point!

”Sir, the Swordmaidens have identified the identity of the two human forces.
The ships being chased by the other human force are remnants of the Shining Stars Colonization Fleet, which is composed of exiles from the Dark Plasma Star Sector.
At the time the light of this event has reached our location, they are actively pursued by the Fire Treaders, an aggressive pirate gang that hails from the Ravienne Alliance! ”

The information provided by the Swordmaidens stunned the Vandals.
Shining Stars Colonization fleet? Dark Plasma Star Sector? Fire Treaders? Ravienne Alliance?

None of those names sounded simple!

Just the mention of the Ravienne Alliance alone sent shivers through their back.
Headed by Ravienne ’s Ravagers, this pirate bloc was one of the two most powerful pirate alliances in the Faris Star Region.
Compared to the insidious Dragon Alliance, the adherents of Ravienne were all a bunch of violent anarchists that wanted to set the galaxy alight for their own amusement!

”What intelligence have they shared on this gang? No wait, let me connect to Commander Lydia directly.
I want to hear from her own mouth how much of a threat these Ravienne Alliance pirates represent. ”

Commander Lydia ’s bust quickly popped up in a projection in front of Major Verle ’s command chair.
”Verle. ”

”Commander, what can you tell me about the Fire Treaders? ”

”The Fire Treaders are bad news.
They ’re pyromaniacs and they love to set everything on fire.
They employ both spaceborn and landbound mechs, but they ’re mostly known for the latter because ships in space don ’t tend to burn very well.
As far as we know, they aren ’t after money and they don ’t fulfill any missions for their alliance.
They ’re just a bunch of mad dogs who go on random burning sprees and keep themselves afloat by salvaging what ’s left among the ashes. ”

”If we happen to come into conflict with the Fire Treaders, will we land ourselves in trouble against the Ravienne Alliance? ”

”It depends. ” The commander pressed her lips against each other as she contemplated the potential consequences.
”Ravienne hardly cares about the cannon fodder that comprises the bottom of their organization.
If we come to blows for some reason, we won ’t be welcome on their space stations, but they won ’t go sending hunting fleets after us. ”

”That sounds..
rather mild. ”

”The Ravienne Alliance are a bunch of crazies, but even they ’ll get tired if they constantly chase after small fry that provoked them for some reason.
Also, you have to know that most gangs that make up the Ravienne Alliance are crazy themselves, so they constantly get into fights without a reason.
Generally, as long as you kill only half of them and let the other half go, the Alliance won ’t make a big fuss.
It only becomes an affront to Ravienne if you wipe them all out. ”

This sounded as if being a member of their Alliance provided almost no protection, which defeated the main point of joining such an organization in the first place!

”How can the Ravienne Alliance even work with a structure like this? ”

”Oh, the Alliance is split up into several tiers. ” She explained.
”There are a lot of peripheral outfits who are competing hard against each other to become a part of their core.
Once an outfit reaches that point, they become part of the leadership structure.
A peripheral outfit that ’s too weak and stupid to survive on their own isn ’t worthy to be part of the Alliance ’s core. ”

Ravienne sure knew her stuff when she instituted such a promotion structure.
It sounded like a great way to weed out the idiotic, the suicidal and the overconfident among her organization.

Commander Lydia frowned through the projection.
”Why do you ask? ”

”There ’s something about the so-called Shining Stars Colonization Fleet that interests me. ” Major Verle replied.
”Look at that debris field.
The majority of the ship wrecks likely came from the colonists.
Who knows why they came all the way to this remote section of the frontier from the Dark Plasma Star Sector, but if they ’re so desperate to flee this far, there is bound to be a story behind their desperation. ”

Both of them nodded at each other as they shared similar suspicions.
A colony fleet of this size wouldn ’t randomly traverse so deep in the frontier for no reason.
The chance of getting caught by the sandmen grew further and further the more they traveled into territory untouched by human civilization.

Still, the three-way battle also threatened to be a distraction from their main mission.
Nothing that happened in the Ermeghast System should concern them.
The Starlight Megalodon awaited further up ahead in their journey.
Even if the Vandals harbored some sympathy for the colonists, they only had themselves to blame for their demise.

”We should hail the lead ship of the Shining Stars Colonization Fleet. ” Major Verle suggested.
”Much of their fleet is in ruins and only remnants are left.
It ’s safe to say their colonization effort has died in this star system. ”

”I don ’t oppose this course of action.
If we can gain some advantages from this tragedy, then I don ’t mind a small detour! ”Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click www.webnovel.com for visiting.

Both of their commanding officers had the same idea in mind.
The ships who survived the destruction of their colonization fleet likely carried some of the most valuable goods and supplies! If the Flagrant Swordmaidens played their cards ripe, these goods and supplies would be ripe for the taking!