Negotiation II

At the Gaia space station of the Vortans, in a huge warship.

"Commander, the reconnaissance fleet has returned with some news!"

"How is it? Have you found the Prince?" the Commander asked.

Fisk is very anxious at the moment like ants in a hot plate. If something wrong happened to the Prince, then his doom can easily be guessed.

The Emperor spoils the Fifth Prince, everyone in the Empire knows this, even a fetus.

If something goes wrong, their entire Fleet might even be buried with him.

"Commander, Kush's fleet where the Prince was located, was found destroyed. Many debris of broken warships were found at the place where they were last seen". Fisk's Adjutant reported.

"I don't give a damn about Kush's fleet, just tell me if the Prince is still alive!" Fisk ordered with a suppressed rage.

"Commander, according to the investigation, all the warships of Kush's fleet were annihilated, but the Evacuation Pod was not found among the wreckage of its flagship. So it should have been launched."

"Well, did the Prince escape in the Evacuation Pod?" he asked.

"Yes, we think so, but we didn't find the Evacuation Pod in the surrounding area. It is speculated that it was probably captured by the humans!"

"Damn it, order everyone to gear up, and the whole army should get ready for an attack. The Prince must be rescued" he ordered.

"Yes, Commander!".

.....

Five hours later, the 1st Mixed Fleet had arrived in Area B- 568. They dropped the Prince's Evacuation Pod and activated its distress signal.

After making various arrangements, the Fleet was hidden in a complex asteroid group nearby.

At this time Chen Xue had already returned to the bridge, standing next to Ethan.

"Adjutant, how long do you think will the fish bite the bait?"

"Should be at most a day" she responded.

"En, almost the same as I thought" Ethan nodded.

...

0.4AU outside, a miniature fleet compromised of 3 warships was hiding in another asteroid group.

On the bridge of the flagship, a hooded agent reported the current move made by the 1st Mixed Fleet.

"Mastermind, there's an update"

"Oh?..tell me"

"The 1st Mixed Feet is baiting the other side by activating the Prince's evacuation pod's distress signal".

"Hmm..that's to be expected since there is no communication with the Vortans" He nodded while rubbing his chin under the hood.

"Should we keep tailing them or..."

"No, it's not yet the perfect time". The Mastermind responded, cutting the hooded agent off.

....

Gaia space station.

"Commander, we are receiving a signal from an Evacuation Pod. Its signal code identifies it as an Evacuation Pod on the Flagship of the Kush's Fleet, the distance is 1.3AU away."

"Quickly, move forward immediately, and recover the Evacuation Pod. If it is the Prince, we will be raised by several ranks!"

The adjutant was also excited when he heard that, and immediately let fifteen fleet leave and hurried to where the signal was.

However, due to their excitement, both of them forgot one thing, that is, it was only a few days later after the incident. The Evacuation Pod couldn't come here from the previous area of engagement.

After all, the Evacuation Pod is not a warship and its speed is very slow compared to the latter.

...

inside the Flagship of the 1st Mixed Fleet.

"Commander, we have received info from the reconnaissance ship. The fish has taken the bait, there are 15 in total."

"Very good, let all warships be ready for battle" Ethan ordered.

"Understood!"

Five minutes later, fifteen warships appeared in front of Ethan and slowly stopped not far from the Evacuation Pod.

"Inform the entire fleet that I only want them to lose their combat effectiveness, not to destroy them. The distance is close right now so everyone should be able to shoot accurately."

"Yes, Commander!"

Ethan's ambush location was only 40,000 kilometers away from the Evacuation Pod, and it was on the side of the Vortans.

Therefore, Ethan asked the Fleet not to destroy the opponent, but only use small weapons to carry out precise strikes and make them lose their combat effectiveness! We need them to send messages after all.

After a wave of attacks, the main guns on the 15 enemy warships lost all combat effectiveness.

"Reporting, Commander the mission has been completed. The weapons and engines on the 15 enemy warships have been destroyed".

"Alright, now send a message to the other party, the content is as follows!"

...

At this moment, the Commander in the Vortans Fleet was very anxious. They had the worst of luck, they had encountered a human fleet!

But why did the other party keep their hands? It's unreasonable to just destroy their weapons and engines instead of directly destroying their warships.

"Commander, the other party sent a message."

"We are already at the hands of the enemy, see what the other party has to say, read it!"

"We need you to send a message to your base".

"Commander, the other party has sent another message, it's about the Prince!"

"Huh? Read it!"

"The Fifth Prince has been arrested and brought to justice by our side for attacking civilian ships of our Federation transporting resources a few days ago. Now considering that he is a member of the Royal Family of your Empire, you can send relevant personnel to the following coordinates to discuss the handling of the issue. Coordinates…"

After reading the message, the commander's eyes were almost emitting fire.

"Good, good, good. Send the message back to the Gaia base, I hope you can still be cocky when we knock on your door".