Picking Up An Alpha On Garbage Star - Chapter 44

“Hello, I’m Pei An,” Pei An introduced himself.

Lao Geng had the longest years of service among these people, and the highest rank. At the moment Pei An finished introducing himself, he shouted a command.

“At ease!”

“Salute!”

Pei An looked at these ten soldiers, as if he saw comrades who had fought together in the zombie pile in his previous life, showing a gentle smile.

“Everyone, please have a seat,” Pei An waved his hand, “No need to be so serious, let’s just chat casually.”

Lao Geng: “Everyone, take a seat!”

The ten people sat down in unison, their movements as neat as copy and paste.

“Director Pei, we brought you some gifts, all seized from today’s battle,” Lao Geng took on the responsibility of speaking first to Pei An.

Pei An: “I heard your command, thank you all for your kindness.”

Lao Geng took out three boxes of caviar he had seized: “These are the caviar I seized. Unlike on the ground, we can’t get anything good even with money on the ship. Caviar is delicious, so you can keep it for yourself.”

Pei An accepted the caviar Lao Geng gave him: “Thank you, I’ve never seen this before in the Outer Stars.”

The Moran galaxy was remote, and just by looking at the packaging of these three boxes of caviar, one could tell they were expensive. In the caviar category, it was considered a luxury item, quite expensive. It was true that there were no good things on the ship, but Lao Geng and the others were officers and soldiers who stayed on the ship all year round. They had a harder time seeing good things than he did, so being able to give him delicious food, Pei An was moved.

With Lao Geng taking the lead, others also began to present the gifts they had brought for Pei An.

“Director Pei, I seized a scarf. Don’t worry, it hasn’t been opened yet!”

It was a black, dark gray, and light gray plaid scarf, well protected and from a well-known luxury brand in the Lyte Empire according to the label.

If it were just an ordinary scarf, he wouldn’t have eagerly given it to Pei An.

“The temperature on the ship fluctuates around twenty degrees, so we don’t need scarves on the ship, but you can use it on the ground.”

“It’s a very nice scarf,” Pei An smiled at the soldier, “I really like it.”

They brought food, practical items, and someone even brought two bottles of wine. It was white wine, with a low alcohol content, considering Pei An was an omega, this wine was very friendly to omegas.

Finally, the last person brought two suppressants.

“I heard from the maintenance crew that there are no suppressants for sale in the Outer Stars. I happened to find two suppressants. Director Pei, these are for you,” the person scratched his head. He didn’t talk much and spoke very dryly.

As for the suppressants, their command would definitely find a way to provide them to Director Pei. If Director Pei needed suppressants, there would definitely be suppressants for him to use. He sent these two over, not sure if it was too meddlesome.

“Thank you for the suppressants you sent me,” Pei An reached out and touched the cold box containing the suppressants. These two suppressants were very rare for them in the Outer Stars. Even if one day he could have a large quantity of suppressants without any restrictions, he would still remember the difficult times when he had to endure without them to save suppressants.

“I really like all the gifts you’ve brought me,” Pei An cherished these gifts.

“It’s good as long as Director Pei likes them,” Lao Geng sighed, “With Director Pei’s help to us, just giving some of the seized supplies to Director Pei, Director Pei is still at a loss.”

Pei An smiled, “There’s no such thing as losing or not losing.”

A shadow flickered outside the glass door, and Pei An’s lips curled up, “Besides, you all have provided for me, so I’m not at a loss.”

Under the astonished, doubtful, or curious gazes of everyone, Xie Yu stumbled in, accidentally pushing the door open.

Xie Yu was still very concerned about his image in front of his subordinates. He quickly stabilized himself and cleared his throat, “Are you all chatting?”

The ten people stood up in an orderly manner again, “Commander!”

“Sit,” Xie Yu said concisely.

He looked at Pei An, his eyes full of resentment and admiration. Pei An knew it was him outside but deliberately said such words, startling him into a panic, causing him to stumble in. Pei An’s eyes were teasing, making his teeth itch.

“Today’s battle, we achieved an overwhelming victory. I hope everyone will continue to strive in the battles ahead,” Xie Yu temporarily set aside his differences with Pei An and began conversing with his subordinates.

“You’ve all been fighting alongside me for quite some time now, so you should all be familiar with my style. Once I set a combat goal, I won’t rest until it’s achieved. We don’t know how many enemies are lurking in the shadows, so we can only estimate based on the most severe circumstances. The battles ahead won’t be as easy as today’s. I hope everyone will stay vigilant. We will meet again on the Liao Yuan and see you, Director Pei. Any questions?”

“No!” came the resounding and unwavering reply.

Xie Yu was left in the meeting room with Pei An and the others to chat. The soldiers Xie Yu brought were all respectful of him. Even the few oddballs like Zuo Jiwen had been excluded from the team under Xie Yu’s reform and were demoted, waiting to be sent back home. Therefore, those who remained and could participate in the battle were truly Xie Yu’s trusted confidants. They would follow his orders without hesitation and wouldn’t deviate from their path. Being able to sit and chat with both the commander and Director Pei was something that many people envied.

Time was limited, and when the allotted time was up, these ten people would return to their respective main ships, while Xie Yu and Pei An would return to the bridge.

“Commander, according to the coordinates, we still have a one-star-hour travel time to the Dragon Port, the base of the interstellar pirates.”

The Dragon Port was located on the edge of the Locke galaxy, a planet long occupied by interstellar pirates. Although this planet met the human settlement standards, its winter season was relatively long. The Locke Galaxy Administrative Office deemed the planet’s environment unfavorable, so even if people settled there, it was mostly due to government support. It was deemed better to abandon the planet altogether and concentrate the population elsewhere to avoid wasting public resources.

This abandoned planet had been occupied by interstellar pirates for decades without anyone managing it regularly. They had built nests on it, and it had been inhabited by them for about a decade.

Interstellar pirates generally liked to give their bases names that exuded dominance, so even though this was just a small planet, it was named Dragon Port by the interstellar pirates. However, this planet was very important to them because it not only housed tens of thousands of interstellar pirates but also served as a transit station for black market transactions conducted by interstellar pirates in the nearby star systems. All black market transactions in the nearby star systems were transferred from here.

For example, the previous case of human trafficking in the Moran Galaxy.

“This place is one of the strongholds for the interstellar pirates. They will definitely intensify their protection of the stronghold. Before officially launching the attack, we need to first ascertain the situation in the vicinity of the Dragon Port,” Xie Yu enlarged the star map near the Dragon Port and circled it with his finger.

“If the defense perimeter is built too far out, it will require more military equipment and manpower, and it will also be easier to be discovered. Judging from the size of this planet itself, I estimate that the outer defense system should be set up at a distance of 300,000 to 400,000 kilometers from the planet. After half a star-hour of travel, order everyone to standby in place and send out reconnaissance aircraft to investigate.”

Xie Yu had commanded many battles, and he had fought around planets before, so battles like this were like second nature to him.

“Report, the Liao Yuan is equipped with unmanned reconnaissance aircraft J-10, which has strong concealment, automatic counter-reconnaissance systems, and weapon systems. It can participate in this reconnaissance mission,” Claude, who was from Pei An’s side, naturally knew about their research results.

“Approved. This reconnaissance mission will be carried out by the J-10 unmanned reconnaissance aircraft,” Xie Yu didn’t hesitate; he chose to trust Pei An and their research results directly.

Both he and Pei An meant that neither side should be separated from the other, which was why personnel were cross-assigned to each main ship, with the Liao Yuan serving as the command ship. This was to accelerate the establishment of mutual trust between the two sides and to familiarize each other.

Xie Yu couldn’t fully understand the weapons carried by the Liao Yuan, the Cang Long, and the Zhu Que immediately. It was necessary to go through this practice session. So when it came to using the J-10, which he was not familiar with, he immediately chose to approve the action. This was the decisive action a commander should have.

“The interstellar pirates use Dragon Port as a transit station, and there are many illegal transactions involved. In addition to eradicating the interstellar pirates, we also need to find a way to rescue those illegally abducted by the interstellar pirates,” Pei An flipped through the interrogation records. “Just the human trafficking case alone involves those sold into flesh trade and those forced into labor. There might be quite a number of them.”

Attacking Dragon Port couldn’t be as straightforward as before with direct firepower coverage. There were people to rescue, so the battle wasn’t that simple anymore.

If those sold into the brothels had to look good and have a good figure to make money, there might not be many of them, but there wouldn’t be few who were forced into labor.

According to the confession of the three interstellar pirates during the interrogation, they wouldn’t participate in labor themselves; they would make the laborers do it while they trained and went out to plunder.

“After the reconnaissance aircraft ascertain the situation, we’ll send people in and then formulate a specific action plan,” Xie Yu wasn’t someone who rushed things. Naturally, he would prioritize the safety of innocent civilians.

“We still have quite a few C1 bombs made in a hurry. They are small in size but powerful. They can be carried by the infiltrators and used when necessary,” Pei An didn’t hesitate to use those weapons either.

“Also, I have some people under my command who have turned over a new leaf. They still have tattoos and a bit of a rogue vibe. They are suitable for infiltration.”

With tens of thousands of people at Dragon Port and people constantly coming and going, it’s impossible for everyone to know each other. People like Ah Huai could blend in even if they were discovered.

Xie Yu nodded. “That’s good.”

As long as civilians could be protected, the other interstellar pirates could be bombed at will. With the six main ships forming the fleet, if they really let loose, Dragon Port wouldn’t stand a chance.

“Commander, radar detected a spaceship flying out from the direction of Dragon Port,” Xie Yu immediately walked to the screen, where a small red dot was heading towards the Locke Galaxy.

“Get Pang Li for me.”

The communication channel immediately connected to Pang Li on the Dark God.

“A spaceship has flown out from Dragon Port and is heading towards the Locke Galaxy. Intercept it.”

Pang Li received the joyful order and immediately ordered the Dark God to bypass the fleet and chase after the spaceship.

If the spaceship was carrying interstellar pirates, they would be eliminated in advance. If there was something else, it would still be a great achievement.

Pei An frowned. This was the first time he had been so close to the battlefield, so he couldn’t help but feel nervous.