More Extensive Preparations
It did not take much time for his first meeting with his core advisors about his new expedition to hit a stumbling block.
Ves already took into account that the risks of approaching the active frontlines of the invasion would be greater.
The chances of encountering enemy elements, both human and alien, were significantly greater.
However, the possibility that General Verle brought up was highly realistic.
As much as Ves wanted to deny or downplay this risk, he had looked up enough news to know that plenty of scavenger fleets met their untimely ends at the hands of frontline alien fleet elements!
This was also the reason why many of the most powerful pioneering fleets chose to keep their distance from the frontlines.
The toughest and most intractable fleets fielded by the nunsers and the puelmers had developed a terrible reputation among the pioneers and frontiersmen.