Oh, it's pirates.
Shang Yanwen had seen some news reports about this before, mentioning the issue.
In one editorial, Shang Yanwen also saw a viewpoint that he quite agreed with, the arrival of pirates was an inevitable situation.
In the past, pirates were a rare sight in the Tianma Star Sector. On one hand, the powerful Tianma Fleet was stationed right in the sector, and any pirate group foolish enough to commit crimes here was truly courting death.
On the other hand, the Tianma Star Sector didn't have much to plunder. The Imperial Tax Fleet was not to be trifled with, and although the Imperial Merchant Fleet did have the Gu Commercial Firm, its shipping routes were difficult to pin down, and its vessels did not travel frequently. Plus, the Tianma Star Sector itself wasn't a particularly important transportation hub, so the long-term return on pirating activities in this sector wasn't too high.
However, in the last year or two, the situation had changed.
