Due to the continuing pursuit of the sandman motherships, the remnant fleet couldn't stick around for long. The Swordmaidens made their calls first before the Vandals had their turn.
Of course, they expected no privacy when the Vandals sent various encrypted and nonsensical messages to obscure comm addresses registered all over the galaxy.
Nonetheless, only very few people would be able to decipher the meaning of these messages, and that was sufficient.
Ves knew that Major Verle definitely informed the relevant authorities of their state. What help they would send, he had no clue, but it would definitely come!
Shortly before the remnant fleet with the addition of the Saffron Poke transitioned back into FTL, Ves made a short comm call to the Jaded Sword.
"Hello, Ves. Why did you call me this time?" Ketis asked.