Chepotai Star Segment, Helios Star Sector, Helios Star Domain, Helios Prime Star System.


    The Helios Prime Star System was one of the rare binary star systems with two stars within the Star System and more than five habitables. The Helios Civilization was one of the founders of the Chepotai Free Union and was one of the richest civilizations and star nations within the entire Chepotai Free Union.


    At the same time, their people were not really fighters or warriors; they focused mostly on trading, business, arts, and culture. So when Arcturus entered the Helios Prime Star System, he wasn''t that surprised to see that there was not even a proper defense fleet.


    Most of their society was built on the ideas of pacifism and negotiation and so on... they preferred to solve all of their conflicts with dialogue and without the usage of violence. As admirable as it was, it was also an utterly foolish thing to do so.


    Enve the mission to the Star Mercenary Association didn''t reallye entirely out of Helios Prime, which was their Homeworld, but rather from some of the most powerful corporations in Helios Prime.


    It seemed that the Sr Cult''s rapid increase in poprity was threatening the grasp of the powerful corporations on their own people. From what data he had on the Hyperion Federation, it was basically an oligarchy controlled by the most powerful and richest corporations within the nation.


    The ideas of secrism and ideas istionism were seriously causing them damage and risk of their monopoly on power crumbling in the future.


    "We are approaching the Helios IV."


    Arcturus heard Alice''s voice as he looked from the windows of themand deck and observed the wonders of the space. The Universe was indeed a very beautiful ce, a magnificent and wonderful ce, yet it was also very dangerous and full of threats.


    "Are there any defenses that could discover us?"


    Naturally, the Obscurus was armed with the Stealth Systems. It wasn''t the best one, but it was enough to be undetectable from many of the weaker and less developed factions within the gxy.


    "Zero. Neither are there any defenses across the entire Star System, aside from a few of the ces across Helios Prime, which have some rudimentary defenses. We can go safely to the Helios IV andnd down."


    Arcturus hummed, hearing that they were basically without any problems. Though considering the Chepotai Free Union and its existence, it was only understandable that most of the ces within the Union were without any significant military protection.


    What the Chepotai Free Union was doing was that they were protecting only their borders with some basic defense fleets, while the rest of the territory was not well protected. Mainly because many of the member states didn''t wish to invest a lot of money into the war machine.


    They were depending on the mixture of defense fleets, alliances and their trading partners to guarantee their borders. Not to mention, the private Corporations that had tremendous influence without the Chepotai Free Union and they were the de facto rulers of the Union.


    They only cared about the profits, and they had their own Private Military Companies that protected their interests.


    "Head toward the Helios IV. and find the ce where the Sr Cult is having their headquarters."


    Arcturus ordered as Obscurus was heading toward the Helios IV as he went to don his armor pieces and grab his sword. With the speed of the Obscurus, the spaceship arrived at Helios IV within a short time.


    Fortunately that, his ship had some stealth technology and managed to entire the territories of the Chepotai Free Union undiscovered, or else he would need to deal with their authorities, which was annoying.


    Though with his identity as the Star Mercenary, he could enter space of most of the factions within the Andromeda Gxy that weremonly essible for free visit. In fact, not many factions protected their borders to the extreme, like the Eternal Imperium of Asurya.


    Asuryani were even protecting their borders to the extreme, to the point where they even blocked all of the Hyperspace Lanes through a specific gateway system that was called the Gatekeeper.


    Hyperspace Lanes were established paths through hyperspace, which linked major worlds in the gxy, just as roads linked major cities on popteds. Those routes were regarded as safe, allowing starships to travel without colliding with a celestial body in realspace.


    Chains of important star systems formed runs, which were vital navigational routes for trade and transit, and such routes could cross multiple sectors. Star systems could have several or a single Hypene entrance/exit point, meaning that such points could be guarded and fortified, and ports of ess monitored and controlled.


    "The headquarters of the Sr Cult has been detected. The valley on the western hemisphere of the Helios IV, locally called Converging Sun, is one of the natural phenomena on the Helios IV because even the advanced scanners of most Type 2 civilizations would have a problem finding that ce.


    Aside from that, I have found several starships hidden across the valley, probably ready forbat or evacuation."


    Acturus looked at the information that Alice gathered and saw that the Valley of the Converging Sun, while giving the inhabitants natural protections, was in a certain way defective because there was only one visible way out.


    Not including the underground pathways, but even for that, he had his way of dealing with them.


    "Target all spacecraft and other vessels capable of flight and destroy them on mymand. At the same time, teleport the Battle Droids at the entrance to the valley and let them slowly advance deeper into the territory of the Sr Cult and before that, find the seismic points and give them a good stir."


    He then issued a series ofmands as he grinned at the holographic projection, showcasing the overall poption of the Sr Cult being at several thousands of people, most of them being only civilians, and only a part of them was the military of the Sr Cult.


    "The weapon systems are locked on their target. I have also targeted any visiblendcraft, artillery, and anti-air turrets. I can fire at any time."


    When he heard the voice of the Artificial Intelligence of the Obscurus, his heart started beating at a much faster rate... this was different from the space pirates that he killed in the first ce.