>>5177591"Takin some work on from us for your intel? Sounds like a fair deal, no one smart wants to mess with an imp Fleet out here. I'll pass the word up the chain and we'll see what we can work out."
Some waiting is done for the next hour, before you get the data of coordinates and intel transmitted, as well as mercenary crew info.
The trader returns the call as well. "Seems you've got a reputation with the higher-ups. Anyways, theyve sent permission to send you along the way, and they'll be in contact when you're needed later.
>Gained Mercenary assistance-5 Corvettes and 3 Z-95 Squadrons have joined your fleet for the duration of this campaign.
>Gained Secure jump coords(Still a risk for Larger vessels, like Star destroyers to jump through, but relatively minimal.)>Gained intel on enemy fleet.Enemy ambush force
-1 Secutor Class Fleet Carrier
-2 Imperial II Star Destroyers
-3 Dreadnoughts
-2 Ton-Falk carriers
-3 Lancers
-4 Carracks
-3 Arquitens
-1 strategic shitload of fighters
The numbers on their fighters make you sweat a little, youll be facing an enemy force with somewhere around 12 to 13 wings of fighters. A stand up fight may be suicide, but theoretically you aren't necessarily required to fight them....
You could Jump in, and steam through at maximum speed to reach the opposite Hyperlane entrance, which would allow you to flow through past these guys, and continue onwards. They may well give chase, but if you have Hower come in behind you, they may end up going for him instead.
You could call Hower in and use the jump point to enter the system together through the other point, and try to engage the enemy head to head, but the fighters would heavily tilt this in their favor. Your own advanced fighters are a helluva help, but they wouldnt be enough to do more then distract for some time for you own fleet to make decisive action against their carriers.
Other then that, the thought of trying something stupid and attempting to board the secutor sounds appealing, but suicidal, unless you can come up with a crazy idea to pull it off.
>Sacrifice Hower, speed on through>Call Hower in, we'll crush their carriers and capture the fighters.>Write-ins acceptable 