The marked sector was not yet within the marked area, they were very close, but considering that the marked area was the size of a small planetary system, whatever was there was right on the outer border.
In the two battleships the fighters and mechas were ready and prepared for takeoff, they could not know if they had been discovered and were going into a trap.
"Admiral, we detected seven ships in the sector we are heading to"
"Zoom in on the telescope images, let's see what we are facing"
The ships were somewhat outdated and different versions of the battleships prior to the modernization that Pandora made, only a huge number of them could pose a real danger, and in direct contact with artificial intelligences they would not be able to maintain their alibi for long.
"Open the laser communication channel with the Hiroshi, silence on deck"