Reaper frowned at that, before sighing in vexation. "Then the AIs on board are dead, and they failed to follow procedure. Which is surprising, as denying Barid access to our ships was going to be paramount to our actions. Give me the locations, I can start diverting some of the troops that have contacted me to them and taking them back. Politely or otherwise. Anything else?"<br/><br/>He had been getting bounced messages through Barid's own comms, the piggybacked encryption was doing its job at least, and it began dispatching ground troops without transports toward them. Most were either damaged or short squads, but it hadn't seen anything that would slow even those down so far. It did advise caution and ordered at least token diplomacy attempts to regain the ships. Which meant they would threaten violence before acting at least.