Before the assault commenced, Ves and many others received a surprising piece of news.
Calabast had only recently left the office after she was done with giving Ves an update, but she returned right afterwards after receiving an important update!
"The Santana Group's covert operations unit has managed to capture an alien scouting vessel that strayed closer to our fleet's position." She succinctly reported even though Ves already received the same message through his comm.
Ves already had a lot of new questions in his mind. "Do you think this is a routine patrol or do you think the groups in control of the Palace of Shame have figured out that there is an approaching threat?"