The Fire Lizard Clan Chief pushed aside the three curvaceous, seductive Fire Lizard women beside him.
He strode quickly into the outer conference room, looking at the several Fire Lizard generals projected before him via holographic display.
"Clan Chief, the latest news we've received. The Number Two Ship of the T3 Arkham-class Medium Starship Battleship commanded by Kulu has been destroyed!
At the same time, our Fire Lizard Fifth Fleet has suffered over fifty percent casualties..." one of the Fire Lizard generals reported solemnly.
The Fire Lizard Clan Chief's expression darkened as he stared at his fleet commanders under his command. "What exactly happened! How can we fail to subdue a mere Dwarf race planet and even lose a T3 Arkham-class Medium Starship Battleship?"
"According to the reports from the Fire Lizard Fifth Fleet starships that managed to escape, they were attacked by a starship suspected to be a T3 Interstellar Cruiser, or possibly a T3 Interstellar Battlecruiser.
The T3 Arkham-class Medium Starship Battleship was at a disadvantage during the engagement and was destroyed.
After that, the Fifth Fleet retreated one after another," the Fire Lizard general replied, simultaneously displaying the footage captured by the escaping Fire Lizard starships.
A gray starship could be seen.
Along with scenes of it firing beam lasers.
"Just this one starship! Defeated my Fifth Fleet? And even cost us a T3 Arkham-class Medium Starship Battleship!" The Fire Lizard Clan Chief was now barely able to suppress his rage.
One must understand how much time and wealth they needed to accumulate just to build a single T3 interstellar warship!
He could disregard sacrificing any number of T1 Interstellar Warships or T2 Starships, but a T3 interstellar warship was a trump card that determined status in the Reef Starfield!
"Based on the information we currently have, that is indeed the case," the Fire Lizard general said.
The Fire Lizard Clan Chief's tail slammed heavily against the floor behind him, emitting loud thumping sounds.
"Can't we identify which faction it belongs to?" the Fire Lizard Clan Chief demanded angrily.
"This starship has no data records, so we cannot determine its origin for now.
However, according to reports from our starships still stationed in the FY Star System, that T3 interstellar warship remains in the FY Star System," the Fire Lizard general said.
Hearing that the culprit who destroyed his T3 interstellar warship had not left.
The Fire Lizard Clan Chief's eyes instantly seemed to ignite with the flames of war. "How many fleets can we mobilize right now!"
"Currently, we can mobilize the Fire Lizard First Fleet, Third Fleet, Fourth Fleet, Seventh Fleet, and Eighth Fleet, totaling nearly over two thousand starships," the Fire Lizard general replied.
The Fire Lizard Clan Chief immediately issued orders: "We don't need two thousand starships to deal with a single starship. Have the Third Fleet remain to guard our headquarters.
The remaining four interstellar fleets are to assemble and depart. We are heading to the FY Star System!
I will make that starship pay the price. I will make those damned Dwarves kneel on the ground and become the lowest of slaves for the rest of their lives!"
"Yes!"
From that moment on, the Fire Lizard Tribe's interstellar fleet began large-scale mobilization. After replenishing strategic resources, they started heading toward the FY Star System through the nearest Stargate.
However, due to the dispersed nature of the various interstellar fleets, it took over a week just to assemble them.
In addition to other preparations, by the time this Fire Lizard Fleet passed through the Stargate and appeared in the FY Star System, it was already half a month after the incident.
The Fire Lizard Clan Chief sat in the captain's chair on the bridge of his T3 interstellar warship, his expression stern as he watched his starships pass through the old Stargate one by one.
In this area, he wasn't worried about being attacked.
Because there was an unwritten rule in the Reef Starfield: factions could fight each other, but combat was not allowed within a certain range of the Stargates.
This area around the Stargate was essentially a No-Combat Zone.
Stargates were crucial strategic resources, and the stellar powers in the Reef Starfield had poor capabilities for building them. These Stargates had been passed down from thousands of years ago.
They could be described as "one less for every one destroyed."
Hence, such a rule existed to protect the Stargates.
Of course, there were those who broke the rules.
And the result?
Whoever violated the rule would face the combined forces of the leading stellar powers in the Reef Starfield, who would completely eradicate the offending faction. After a few examples were made, no one dared to defy this rule again.
The Stargates were typically operated by neutral Interstellar Trade Consortiums. They charged Star Gate Usage Fees, maintained the Stargates, and allowed anyone who paid to use them.
"The Fire Salamander Tribe's interstellar fleet has actually appeared in this star system," remarked a man smoking a cigarette in the FY Stargate Control Room, staring at the screen showing the Fire Lizard starships emerging one after another.
The number exceeded 1,500 ships, including even two T3 interstellar warships.
Such a large-scale mobilization of an interstellar fleet clearly indicated major action.
"I heard that earlier, on the Dwarves' planet in the Third Planet, a T3 Arkham-class Medium Starship Battleship of the Fire Salamander Tribe, along with over 200 T1 and T2 starships, was destroyed.
All by a single starship!" his companion chimed in, displaying an image.
It showed a gray T3 interstellar warship, captured as it passed through a Stargate and appeared in this universe.
"A single T3 interstellar warship, taking on an entire fleet?
It seems the Fire Salamander Tribe has provoked a formidable presence. I need to report this to the boss," the smoking man said, immediately starting to compose a message to transmit the events here and what was about to happen to a major Trade Conglomerate within the Reef Starfield.
"Report, the Fire Lizard First Fleet has completed passage through the Stargate."
"Clan Chief, our Fourth Fleet is all assembled!"
"All starships of the Seventh Fleet are present!"
"Report, the Fire Lizard Eighth Fleet is fully assembled."
Upon receiving confirmation that all the Fire Lizard fleets had arrived, the Fire Lizard Clan Chief pointed to the location of the Third Planet in the FY Star System on the Star Map.
"Let's go and teach that T3 interstellar warship a lesson. Let it understand whose territory this is!"
"Yes!"
With over 1,500 starships, they set off in a grand formation toward the Third Planet of the FY Star System.
"Bro, what do you think will happen to that unidentified T3 interstellar warship this time?" the young man in the FY Stargate Control Room asked the man who had just finished reporting the news.
The man stared at the departing starships. "What else could happen?
This is a fleet of over fifteen hundred starships, including two T3 interstellar warships. No matter how powerful that T3 warship is, can it really take on a thousand by itself?
It's just a shame we have regulations that forbid us from leaving the No-Combat Zone around the stargate. Otherwise, I'd love to go watch this show."
The man lit another cigarette.
Just as he was about to finish it, the console displayed that over a dozen more starships were about to pass through.
"It's unusually busy today. Usually, this godforsaken FY Star System doesn't even see a hundred starships in a day," he muttered, then caught sight of the dozens of gray-painted starships emerging from the stargate.
His expression stiffened.
These starships… why do they feel so menacing…
And why does this gray paint scheme look so similar to that T3 interstellar warship?