When the last of Douvoi's ships had escaped the system, the Alliance Police vessels gave up on pursuit and returned to where the Intrepid was waiting.
As much as they would have liked to chase down the criminals, it just was not feasible.
The ships had scattered in dozens of different directions, and being quick and nimble they were able to eventually outrun and outmaneuver the larger Alliance Police vessels.
Avery felt aggravated that they had let people that were bound to attack them again go, but there was nothing he could really do in this situation.
Had he thought it was more important to destroy Douvoi and his fighters than maintain their cover, he would have gone on the offensive right from the start.
"Both the vessel that we believe belongs to the Odium Syndicate and the cloaked craft are no longer within our sensor range." One of the bridge officers told Avery when he asked for an update on them.
Both had made themselves scarce once the Alliance Police had arrived.
