The Mech Touch novel Chapter 4423

Several days passed before the coalition fleet finally arrived at their destination star system.

The sensor systems of many ships immediately became engulfed by a flood of chaotic energies!

Fortunately, every pioneering group already learned about the local conditions in advance and hardened the sensor systems accordingly.

Many of them had to be reinforced, recalibrated or even shut down entirely in order to avoid reducing their lifespans.

"We have dropped out of FTL travel at a greater distance from the center of the star system than usual. The cause of this is the excessive and unstable magnetic activity generated by one of the stars in this binary star system."

"Our effective observation range has dropped by at least 75 percent!"

"The excessive electromagnetic interference is preventing us from observing many areas of the Boryan System. A massive alien fleet could be hiding in our blind spots without our notice."

The Boryan System was anything but ordinary!

If the local alien pirate groups wanted to hide and escape pursuit, they couldn't take refuge in any ordinary star system.

There were many pockets of turbulent and abnormal space in the cosmos. One of the best sites for criminals to remain out of sight of their pursuers was to hide in regions with strange and abnormal environmental conditions such as the Nyxian Gap.

While the Boryan System wasn't as dangerous or extreme as the Nyxian Gap, it was still a difficult territory for anyone to maintain their footing!

The reason for that was because it was a special binary star system with an unusual pair of stars.

One of the stars was a relatively ordinary red giant star. It looked big but its mass and luminosity wasn't that impressive.

The other star was a lot more special, though. This was because it was a small, dense and heavy neutron star!

Consisting entirely out of neutrons rather than more complex atoms, these stars were known to be extremely active in generating electromagnetic activity.

Many of them spurted out powerful jets of energy in varying directions while others maintained such strong magnetic fields that the crust of the star itself would quake!

In other words, neutron stars were extremely unpleasant to be around, especially at closer ranges.

If any visitors wanted to do anything useful in a star system that contained such a powerful object, then they had to conduct their activities in the outer system.

Though the extreme magnetic fields and other electromagnetic activity were still fairly powerful at those ranges, they at least weakened to the extent that it was possible to build permanent bases as long as there was enough shielding.

The massive interference generated by the neutron star still played a useful role in disrupting the effectiveness of many sensors, so any pursuit force that wanted to chase after a fleeing pirate fleet would quickly lose the trail, especially if their target dove into an enormous asteroid belt.

"How are the conditions of our ships?" Ves asked as he observed the entry of the coalition fleet from the bridge of his flagship. "Do any of them report any malfunctions due to the hostile environment?"

"We have received no such reports, sir. All of our starships are in working condition. Our crews are monitoring every essential system non-stop. We estimate that we may start receiving reports about malfunctions once we travel closer to the center of the star system."

"Please keep me informed. We need to know how much abuse our starships can take. Not all of them are as hardened against environmental damage as I wish."

Once the starships of every fleet from every participating pioneering group had been accounted for, the Gemini Fleet led the way forward.

Even now, the Geminis did not extend complete trust towards its temporary allies. They still grasped the exact coordinates of the Palace of Shame.

From what the Golden Skull Alliance and all of the other helpers had learned about this site, the secret asteroid base was actually extremely well hidden.

Many generations of alien pirates had successively upgraded its anti-detection capabilities. Perhaps the variety of alien tech may have made the Palace of Shame's technological capabilities rather messy, but it was virtually impossible to find the right asteroid among countless other ones.

Combined with the serious electromagnetic interference generated by the neutron star in the center of the star system, a fleet could scan the asteroid belt for thousands of years and still miss their target!

The only way to track down the well-hidden pirate stronghold was to grab an insider or a memory device that possessed the coordinates.

The Geminis most likely found out about the Palace of Shame through one of these methods, so no one doubted their ability to lead them to the right place.

Of course, the Geminis did not make it easy for everyone. Their fleet followed a rather meandering route that made it a lot harder to pin down the destination by extrapolating the route of the leading fleet.

Ves understood why the Geminis made such a precaution.

They not only wanted to prevent their temporary coalition from becoming moving on without them, but they also wanted to limit those that hadn't signed any deals from deciphering the coordinates.

No one knew whether the temporary coalition was the only human force in the Boryan System.

The huge degree of electromagnetic interference meant that there was a possibility that other third parties might be hiding in the asteroid belt.

Perhaps these other human pioneers had gathered a few clues about the Palace of Shame but lacked the means to pin down its coordinates.

Maybe the pioneers had the same idea as the alien pirates and wanted to use the Boryan System as a secret base of operations.

It was a pity that Ves wasn't in charge of this operation. One of the terms of the contract was that the Gemini Family dictated the route and pacing. _{freёwebnoѵel.com}

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