The Little Dragon Star System has 1 star, 12 planets, 5 dwarf planets, 400,000 asteroids, 77 moons, and over 400 periodic comets.
Based on habitability coefficients, these are categorized into high-quality habitable planets, low-quality habitable planets, and sub-par habitable planets.
High-quality habitable planets, as the name suggests, have natural environments that are very suitable for life due to innate conditions or later modifications. Low-quality habitable planets indicate that there are some factors harmful to life on the planet, but they are still suitable for life. Sub-par habitable planets are more complex; some interstellar races can live on them, but most interstellar races need to wear special equipment to barely survive, or specialized small artificial habitable cities under energy shields must be built.
The Little Dragon Star System is resource-poor. It has only one high-quality habitable planet, seven low-quality habitable planets, and seventy-three sub-par habitable planets. These habitable planets include planets, dwarf planets, moons, and asteroids.
The Little Dragon Star System has a population of 500 million, 99% of which are human, with the remaining being humanoid interstellar races.
The main star of the Little Dragon Star System is called Little Dragon Main Star. Little Dragon Main Star is the planet where most of the nobles in the Little Dragon Star System live, and it is also the only high-quality habitable planet here.
And today, the entire Little Dragon Main Star is enveloped in a strange atmosphere. All space elevators are shut down, and no starship in the low-orbit starport of Little Dragon Main Star is allowed to depart. These commands seem to announce that a major event is underway.
Bao Family Residence
Patriarch Bao was currently sitting on a chair in the main hall, where a group of anxious Bao Family descendants were also waiting.
"Patriarch, can we attack the Chase Family Residence now?" one of the Bao Family descendants couldn't help but ask.
Patriarch Bao closed his eyes and said in a deep voice, "No rush. Without news from Dragon Tail Star, not a single starship, mech, or soldier of our Bao Family is allowed to move!"
Looking at the calm Patriarch Bao, many Bao Family members present believed that Patriarch Bao was too cautious. Now that good-for-nothing Baron was probably deader than dead; why waste this time here? But without Patriarch Bao's permission, no one dared to act rashly.
Hundreds of kilometers from the Bao Family Residence—the best environment on this Little Dragon Main Star—was the location of the Chase Family Residence.
The Chase Family Residence lacked a sense of technology; instead, it used wooden structures built on mountains, appearing ancient and elegant. Yet, in such a tranquil residence, all the Chase family members now looked ashen, some already burying their heads and weeping.
"It's over, it's over. Our Chase family is completely finished today."
"If only I had known, I would have moved out of the Little Dragon Star System with my cousin back then. Wandering in a foreign land is better than waiting to die here."
"My poor child, to suffer such a fate right after birth."
An old woman leaning on a dragon-head cane slowly walked out. She heavily tapped the ground with her cane.
"Looking so dejected, what kind of Chase family children are you!" the old woman angrily scolded.
Accompanying the old woman was a red-haired woman.
"Old Madam Zhao, now those guys led by the Bao Family and Cui Family have blockaded the entire Little Dragon Main Star and taken control of the patrol fleet. There are also rumors… they… they hired pirate fleets to ambush Zachary Chase and Wendy Chase. This… isn't this just trying to wipe out our Chase family!" a middle-aged man said helplessly.
"All communications on the entire Little Dragon Main Star have been blocked. Even if we want to ask for help, we can't reach heaven or earth. Our Chase family is going to perish today!" another woman, holding her child, cried profusely.
Old Madam Zhao looked at the appearance of these people, and she gasped for breath in anger.
"Old Madam, your health is not good. Please go back to your room and rest first," the red-haired woman said.
"Jenna Hong, still can't reach the eldest miss?" Old Madam Zhao whispered.
The red-haired woman shook her head: "I still can't reach the eldest miss."
"What about the second and third masters? You said they insisted on coming back before, but did you advise them not to return?" Old Madam Zhao asked.
Jenna hesitated: "I did advise them, but there has been no news since that last contact. I don't know what their situation is now."
"Xiao Hong, you originally concealed your identity. Now that you've openly appeared at the Chase family, you…" Old Madam Zhao was somewhat worried about the woman in front of her.
"My mission was originally to protect the Chase family. Jenna Hong's life was saved by the eldest miss, so I naturally must fulfill this mission. Today, I will live and die with the Chase family," the red-haired woman said without changing her expression.
This red-haired woman was Jenna Hong, the secret agent left by the Chase family's eldest sister in the Little Dragon Star System. Knowing that the secret agent's mission was no longer important, she resolutely came to the Chase family, preparing for the final decisive battle.
"Alas. Who would have thought that our Chase family would fall to such a state? To think that back then, Father was… cough, cough, cough…" Old Madam Zhao coughed violently a few times. Jenna prepared to help Old Madam Zhao back to her room first.
Just then, a huge explosion sound came from overhead.
Everyone subconsciously looked up.
Only to see a starship falling from outside the atmosphere, emitting flames, with multiple damages visible on its hull.
"That's… a T1 Vulture-class Interstellar Frigate!" Jenna recognized the crashed starship at a glance.
The T1 Vulture-class Interstellar Frigate plunged into the distant sea, and the impact of the crash stirred up a large area of waves, directly forming a tsunami that swept toward the surroundings. Fortunately, there were no densely populated areas around the tsunami.
"What's going on?" The Chase family members were greatly surprised.
"Look, there seems to be intense fighting in space!" Sharp-eyed Chase family members noticed red lights appearing intermittently outside the atmosphere.
Who is fighting outside Little Dragon Main Star?
This was a question in everyone's mind.
"Could it be that the interstellar pirates had a falling out with the Bao Family and Cui Family, so they started fighting?" someone mumbled.
"Activate the energy shield of the Chase Family Residence! Combat mechs, immediately enter combat positions." Jenna stepped forward at this moment and gave orders.
Soon, a light shield covered the entire Chase Family Residence. Energy shield technology is simple to implement on the ground, but to transfer it to a starship, it becomes a cross-era technology.
Thirty T1 combat mechs appeared around the Chase Family Residence. This was the Chase family's last fighting force, although if they faced a starship attack, they would essentially have no chance of winning.
"Look, something is about to enter the atmosphere!" someone exclaimed.
A huge silhouette was slowly entering the atmosphere, its size reaching three to four hundred meters.
"It looks like a starship?" Someone recognized the shape.
"It looks like an Aircraft Carrier Starship!"
As more than half of the silhouette entered the atmosphere, everyone finally saw its true appearance.
But now everyone was even more confused. This starship had never been seen before; why would it appear on Little Dragon Main Star?
Suddenly, a human voice resounded across the land, like the sound of thunder.
It came from that Aircraft Carrier Starship.
"I, Zachary Chase, am back."