Chapter 237: Strike First (Third Update, Ask for a Monthly Pass!)
It was only a few seconds for the spaceship of the Gaia civilization to detach from the curvature voyage and appear in front of Mark and the others, and everyone on the Fengxiang battleship, including Mark, was stunned, this was the first time that the astronauts on Earth had witnessed the spaceship of the Gaia civilization with their own eyes, except for the missing Hades, and they had watched it emerge from the curvature.
"My God!"
A British captain couldn't help but make a cross in his chest, although science has long proved that there is no God, but this scene in front of his eyes is too amazing, especially when it suddenly appears in an unimaginable situation.
The spaceship of the Gaia civilization broke away from the curvature, causing the vibration of the surrounding space, and the space shock and gravitational contraction caused the Fengxiang battleship to instantly shift a certain distance in space, and at the same time, the alarm sounded loudly in the ship, and the emergency lights flashed continuously.
As the captain of the ship, Mark was the first to react, he hurriedly shouted loudly not to panic, and at the same time asked his subordinates to immediately verify the situation of the battleship, just a minute later, a good news made everyone breathe a sigh of relief, the space shock and gravity contraction did not cause any damage to the Fengxiang, except for the spare power engine due to overloading in the acceleration zhì stalled, everything else was fine.
"Captain, what are we going to do?" The first mate's eyes were fixed on the Gaia civilization spaceship that suddenly appeared, and he asked nervously.
Mark glanced at the Gaian spaceship that had broken away from the curvature voyage and had not moved for the time being, and then looked at the "meteorite" not far away, and he quickly made a decision.
"Keep moving forward, ready to attack!" Mark raised his hand to the "meteorite" and still gave the order.
The distance between the Fengxiang, the Gaia civilization spaceship, and the "meteorite" is about the same, and the positions of the three parties are basically in the shape of a pin, like three points on a three-dimensional plane. As an experienced astronaut, Mark still knows a little about the theory of curvature, recovering "meteorites" and dropping are two concepts, in the process of launching, the spacecraft of the Gaia civilization can be launched as soon as it sails out of curvature, and then starts the engine and returns to the curvature navigation state after the spacecraft reaches a certain speed.
From this point of view, the whole process does not take much time, and it only takes a few minutes before and after. However, it is not so easy to recover the "meteorite", the spaceship of the Gaia civilization has to start the normal engine when it is out of curvature, and then get close to the meteorite and then recover it, and then return to the curvature after the recovery is completed. In this way, it takes a lot of time, and more importantly, in order to ensure that the "meteorite" is not damaged, the spacecraft of the Gaia civilization must keep a safe distance from the "meteorite" when sailing away from the curvature, so as not to damage it due to space shocks and gravitational contractions.
This is also the reason why the distance between the three is equal at present, and Mark, who calmed down, quickly thought of this, at present, Fengxiang has an advantage over the other party is that they have been maintaining a high-speed approach, while the spaceship of the Gaia civilization has just broken away from the curvature of the voyage, and it takes some time to start the ordinary engine, plus the acceleration and the process of getting close to the "meteorite", if the speed of the two sides is not too different, then the Fengxiang may destroy the "meteorite" before the other party.
This is exactly the case, after Mark's order was given, the Fengxiang, which had not slowed down, adjusted its course slightly and continued to move in the direction of the "meteorite", and when they advanced for another 10 seconds, the spaceship of the Gaia civilization, which had not moved, began to move.
It must be said that the technology of the Gaia civilization is much higher than that of the earth, and the driving speed of the ordinary engine alone is much faster, and after only a few seconds, the spaceship of the Gaia civilization has accelerated to 30 of the current speed of the Fengxiang, and this acceleration has been growing rapidly.
"Sir! The other party's acceleration is almost close to ours! The observer shouted in horror, the spaceship of the Gaia civilization accelerated extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye, it reached an extremely high speed, and it would not take long for it to surpass the speed of the Fengxiang, and then the advantage of the Fengxiang would be gone.
"How long do we have to get into range?" Mark asked nervously, biting his lower lip.
"Another 134 seconds!"
"Particle Weapon Preparation!" Mark did not hesitate to give the order.
"Weapons ready!"
"Particle weapons are launched immediately!"
Before entering the range, Mark suddenly gave the order to launch a particle weapon, and the weapon operator who had been prepared for a long time pressed the button at the same time, and the lower part of the Fengxiang instantly shot out a dazzling light, this light is silver-blue, which looks somewhat similar to a laser weapon, but in fact it is a powerful particle beam, which can instantly destroy a fixed target of nearly 100 kilometers in space.
However, although this weapon is powerful, it also has flaws, which are similar to laser weapons, that is, as the distance is extended, its effectiveness will become weaker and weaker, especially when striking targets beyond range, and the destructive power will drop sharply.
Mark wasn't a fool, and he wasn't panicking and giving the wrong order, he had his own considerations in preemptively firing particle weapons. It would take more than two minutes for the Fengxiang to enter range, and the acceleration of the Gaia civilization's spacecraft was so fast that they simply couldn't wait so long. Once the opportunity is missed, then it is likely that the opportunity to attack will be lost, and when the "meteorite" is recovered by the spacecraft, then it will be all over.
The reason why Mark preemptively launched particle weapons at the target was because of his considerations, the particle weapons equipped with the Fengxiang are particle beams with electrons, which can not only have the ability to directly destroy the target, but more importantly, its electrons can also cause chaos in the electromagnetic field within the target range, and this is the real intention of Mark to launch particle weapons.
He was well aware that firing a particle weapon at this distance would not cause substantial damage to the "meteorite", and that it would be possible to fill the target with electron-charged particles in this way, thereby disrupting the opponent's recovery. Although he didn't know exactly how effective this would be, he could only try it in the current situation.
Mark's judgment was right, just as the Fengxiang was about to launch the particle weapon, the "meteorite" that had been floating in space on the screen suddenly moved, it began to rotate slowly, and then began to accelerate its movement, and the direction of its movement was exactly where the spaceship of the Gaia civilization was located.
Fengxiang's particle beam was suddenly launched at this time, and instantly passed through the space between the two at the speed of light, with the distance too long, although the emission of the particle beam was spectacular, but in the end it failed to bring any damage to the "meteorite", except for seeing the brilliant and colorful scene produced by the particle beam that had been emitted hitting the surface of the "meteorite", the whole "meteorite" was not damaged at all.
However, Mark's preemptive shot was not without use, although the surface of the "meteorite" was not damaged, but its accelerated action was significantly slowed down, seeing this result, Mark's eyes suddenly lit up, and he knew that he had succeeded in his bet. R1152