"I'm not against attacking and occupying this planet, but if we are going to do sothing, let's do it big," he said, while pointing towards that central planet before adding, "let's conquer and rule this planet, and the other ten will fall in our hands without breaking a sweat."
The three people in the deck looked at Jas in a shocked way. They thought he might ask to wait for a bit, as their info was lacking, but he was bold enough to go even beyond the already risky plan they had.
"But our power now can't overco that planet, nevertheless defending it," Rigo said, expressing his doubts, which were everyone's as well.
"What is the other fleet force like?" Jas asked, without showing any sign of returning over his decision. He wasn't acting suicidal, but the lesson he learnt from Dora's accident made him quite clear on what he should do next.
It wasn't Dora's fault entirely, as despite all things he did to her he was just a re refugee, with a ager power that couldn't even take a single large cruiser!
He needed to be powerful, grow his own strength beyond his current limits. And to do so he had to be bold, greatly challenging the odds and taking the toughest road out there.
He made up his mind; from now on there would be no shortcuts at all! All he needed to do was to seize any chance, no matter how impossible it seed, and move forward; always moving forward, that would be his motto!
"One large cruiser, twenty middle sized cruisers, plus two hundred small cruisers. That is the main fleet standing on guard of that planet," Rigo said, expressing the numbers he had from the old data.
"So, we are dealing with a space fleet mainly, no ground troops?" Jas asked, as if these numbers didn't scare him. He had a strategy in mind, as if he couldn't beat the behemoth hord, then he should better scatter them and hunt them down one by one; hitting them where it really hurt.
"No, only space fleet," Rigo said.
"It's simple then," Jas said, as he was smiling comfortably. Rigo scanned him, feeling he was ill or sothing, but he found him healthy and very fine.
"How can we beat this massive fleet? Even if we have Dora's fleet, the odds aren't in our favor," Islinda said, expressing her doubts towards the plan she guessed, the one she thought Jas was considering.
"No, you misunderstood again," Jas said, before returning to his seat as he tried to explain things to them:
"I know you are thinking rationally about this, numbers versus numbers, but you have to know that the fleet of the black rchants are all ford by rcenaries. They never trained together, they don't even know each other.
So, comparing them to us, a well trained and veteran army, can't be done in traditional ways."
He was speaking out of his personal experience in dealing with such black rchants and rcenaries back at the base. He knew their mindset, how they trained and even he witnessed their internal quarrels or fights with other soldiers when they did sothing foolish.
They always lost! They weren't organized, nor united as their large numbers and different forces would mistakenly delude others. He knew them and knew their numbers only work against their interest, only if things were planned out well and these plans were executed precisely and with great skills.
"But the numbers are still worlds apart!" Islinda wasn't convinced by his reply.
"I know, and here cos your second mistake. Black rchant fleet isn't situated and assembled like any regular army in one place. they are all scattered inside the planet, or any other planet. They only regroup when there is an ergency for that.
Besides, they are rcenaries, so if there is an opportunity, a rare chance for wealth, they wouldn't hesitate to go after it, even if that ant breaking the contract and losing the job, as long as the gains exceeded the losses," Jas added, while explaining his concept.
He knew deep down his soul he couldn't convince them with his logic, and he simply could use the order to make them follow his command; but he wanted them to believe in his call, see what he was seeing even if a glimpse of it.
This would make a huge difference in the upcoming battle, and the battles that would erupt after.
"aning that?" Rigo asked, as he, or anyone here, understood what Jas ant.
"aning that, if we sent one small cruiser, disguised as clients wanting to buy things, and spread the word about so treasure place in planets just outside the control of the black market, then those loose rcenaries will chase after these news and try to claim the treasures to themselves," Jas explained further his plan.
"So, you want us to lure them away, then attack and snatch the base?" Islinda asked, not totally convinced by this plan.
"No," Jas shook his head again, "I an if we lured them to places were we set our traps there, then we can kill them down one by one, group by group, until there are none left, then we can attack the planet and control it completely," he added, saying the full details of his plan.
"Interesting," Rigo said, before he looked at the map. Jas knew what he was doing, as he was now selecting places to be used as traps. "Here, here, here, and here," he pointed to four places, where they were near from the planets, plus having an asteroid field all around. This asteroid field would act as a limitation to any movent and scanning devices might be used.
So, they could act freely here, and in turn they could kill and run without the fear of being spotted.
"Good choices," Islinda comnded, as these spots were the best here, "who would go to act as a rumor spreading?" she asked.
"Either , you or Alex," Jas said, as he added, "we are the only normal humans here. any other droid will attract attention, and it will be enough for those rcenaries to leave anything and snatch them for a huge amount of money."
"It's dangerous for you to be there," Rigo said, refusing the option of sending Jas there.
"I can go," Islinda volunteered, as she wanted to see things first by herself, then might draw a better plan for the future. She just hoped these planets would be so good to be used as future bridges to start going to her grand sector.
"I can't send you alone," Jas said, as he refused to send a single girl, with such an elegance and royal learning, to deal with a group of thugs. "Alex, you will go and handle things there," he added, as this was the only option left to them. He couldn't go, as it was risky as Rigo feared, and so Alex was the one left.
"?" Alex said, in a surprise tone, before he laughed, like an idiot. He was enjoying the sense of importance, but Islinda hurried to whisper to Jas:
"He isn't trusted, might ruin everything."
Jas agreed, silently, with her, so he added, "and Islinda will go to help you there."
" and this beauty alone in the cruiser?" Alex, with his disbelieving reaction, said, expressing the inner thoughts of his, without prior thinking.
Jas just sighed, as if there was soone to be afraid of, this person would be Alex, not Islinda. Rigo then started a long, and detailed discussion with the two of them, while Jas kept himself away, sleeping for a while, as he was trusting his n would do it good.
After four hours of discussion, they awakened Jas again, and reviewed the plan with him. Jas didn't have any objection to the plan steps they arranged, as they would first start with a search mission, looking for those rcenaries positions, then try to send info, secretly, to them separately.
All this would be done with the coordination of the main fleet here, as they would go from trap to trap and attack the rcenaries one by one. That would take longer than separating the main fleet into two or three smaller ones, but that would endanger everything if one big fish caught the bait, or more than a fish ca at the sa ti.
As things settled, Jas gave the signal for them to start. Islinda took the simple minded Alex and went into the only small cruiser here ready to be mistaken as one of the regular custors of the black rchants, the one Jas had taken by force when he escaped from his planet, the one they were at currently.
So, it was Jas and Rigo and the other droids turn to leave, while leaving behind three droids, to act at ti of need, at the engine departnt.
Once ready, Islinda took the cruiser and went ahead towards the reign of these eleven planets, as everything, all the future, depended entirely on this single mission.
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