Before the expeditionary fleet moved on to the gate system, it had to complete one necessary chore.
"We need to dump our excess ships and goods."
This was why the Golden Skull Alliance stopped at an extremely busy port system that was filled with starships.
At least half of the hulls were recently sold and had not yet gained a new crew that could bring them away.
Thousands and sometimes tens of thousands of sub-capital ships passed hands every day as a constant influx of pioneering fleets sought to trim down their ship counts before passing through the gate system.
The restrictive limitations imposed by the Big Two left the pioneers with no choice but to offload all of their smaller vessels!
Fortunately, the Larkinsons as well as the Glory Seekers and the Cross Clan made preparations in advance. The expeditionary fleet calmly obeyed the instructions transmitted by traffic control and reached a moon orbiting a gas giant.
