Like a leopard leaning only against its mother, Konoe 1 stopped on the outside of the left string of the Starshuttle.

Even if the Star Shuttle is a small transport ship, it is also a ship, and in the space age, the ship does not have a length of more than 300 meters, so how can it be embarrassed to call it a ship?

At the beginning of the search and rescue, David remotely controlled the unmanned aerial vehicle and entered the interior of the Star Shuttle through the hole in the left chord of the Star Shuttle.

The inside is dark and empty, there is no power, and the facilities are extremely intact and not messy.

"There were no fierce battles, and the people on board were easily suppressed. Apparently the battle happened very suddenly. Suspected to be a common trick of pirates, the equipment was completely shut down, and when it approached, it suddenly launched a strike. ”

Space pirates are not so easy to do, they are far more skilled than Somali pirates in the origin world. First of all, it must have a good detection system, which can find the target first, and secondly, the ship must be able to hit and rush, at least with good explosive power.

However, such a violent gameplay in the offensive cabin is actually rarely used. Generally, large-caliber weapons are forced to stop, and they can enter through the normal passage entrance.

When pirates are for money, not to pretend to be handsome, they are generally even scared and coaxed, and they go too far, which is easy to cause the overreaction of fat sheep.

If the fat sheep feels that there is no way to survive and overloads the reactor, then not only will it not be able to catch the fart, but it may lose manpower.

And once the notoriety spreads, there will be no more fat sheep, only large and small self-blowing sheep. Therefore, pirates also talk about reputation, they only know how to kill people ruthlessly, and they will go bankrupt in a few days.

The drone flew towards the stern of the ship and quickly confirmed that the reactor had not been stopped by the impact of the explosion or severely damaged, but had been shut down artificially.

At the same time, the scanner launched by the aircraft flew back.

David reported as indicated: "No signs of life were found, and all pressure hatches were open. ”

"Apparently this is not pirates at all, they didn't remove valuable parts like reactors, they opened all the doors, froze most of the equipment to slag, and looted the crew," Thomas said. Who's on board? The daughter of the president of the Federation or the princess of Mars? ”

At this time, the Constantine sent some messages.

Nick whistled after seeing it, "What a princess, the daughter of the president of Skyworth Group, the detective of the Alpha Space Station is looking for this missing heir to a huge fortune." And the registration information shows that the Star Shuttle has been bought by this Miss Olivier, and this time out, it is this rebellious daughter and her little friend. ”

He added: "The sound contrast also came out, and it was this princess who sent the distress signal." ”

David smiled: "Obviously, for the sake of money, we can no longer search in an disrespectful way like drones, and we have to show sincerity." ”

Thomas said: "Skyworth Group can probably give you a supermarket discount card or something." Because even if you go in person, you will only find one transmitter. ”

"If you don't give candy, you can make a mess and drag the Star Shuttle back to sell it for a good price. Anyway, this kidnapping shouldn't have been done by pirates, and it's very unprofessional to put so many valuable things without dismantling them. ”

"I guess I came to have a tryst, but I was tied up by the little white face who turned into hatred because of love, right?"

David reminded: "Patronizing the mouth of pleasure will cause trouble. Now it's live. ”

"Shit, forget about this stubble, I mean, the kidnappers have a military demeanor." ……

Just as he was chattering, the Constantine suddenly came out with an urgent message: "There is an unknown subordinate ship, code X, coordinates ......"

Thomas also found out here, and roared urgently: "Suddenly appeared, 800,000 kilometers away, Nick, give me a shot." ”

However, the equipment on the Constantine is still more powerful, and the AI has given a three-dimensional linear outline of the ship that suddenly appeared.

"This is a battleship, a battleship with stealth technology!" Thomas roared anxiously.

Nick also scolded: "How did the warship of the Martian Republic get here?" What do they want to do when they are secretly ambushing near the Starshuttle? ”

On the Constantine's side, Lariss asked the Information Officer to try to contact them.

Soon after, the report was sent here: "Ship X refuses to make any response. Guards 1 immediately evacuated the area, and the rendezvous coordinates and route were dispatched. ”

Li Qiong frowned and said, "These Martians are really crazy, don't they know that this is a live broadcast?" This is creating a diplomatic accident! ”

Xu Changqing took over: "Those who use stealth technology may not necessarily be Martians. Skyworth Group announced a major breakthrough in stealth technology three years ago, and Longteng Company, one of the weapons contractors of the Republic of Mars, said that Skyworth Group took the opportunity of business contacts to shamelessly steal technology. Moreover, this ship is different from any capital ship of this level in the Republic of Mars. ”

Mary also agreed: "This is a cutting-edge ship, see no, its acceleration takes a short time, on any active warship, the Republic of Mars does not have such engine technology." ”

"Okay, everyone is ready, the route correction has been completed, and we have to take a shot."

Hearing Thomas say this, David hurriedly said: "The drone hasn't been recovered yet!" ”

"Go back and let Skyworth Group compensate you better!" Nick said to Thomas, "GO! GO！ ”

The lifeboat's main engine ignited and soon went into maximum power jetting, and everyone in the boat began to endure the pain of increasing pressure.

The acceleration process of the space ship from stationary to extremely high speed is the most difficult for the members inside. Of course, this is all a technical problem, and the technology of human space ships in this era is so LO.

After a few minutes, Thomas said in horror, "The X-Fight is chasing us, it's getting closer and closer to us!" ”

Xu Changqing said: "No, it is heading towards the rendezvous point between us and the Constantine, and the military ships it carries are more AI-oriented. I suggest that Constantine launch Guards 2, detached in three directions. ”

Moments later, Laris's message came: "The medical officer's proposal is approved, disperse immediately." ”

Mary then shouted: "Unknown battleship firing torpedoes, oh my!" Absolutely new, too fast. Target...... It's us! ”

Thomas howled: "What are we going to do! What are we going to do! ”

Nick roared: "Turn around, turn around!" ”

As a result, Xu Changqing didn't know when he had left his seat, walked to Nick's side, and slashed Nick's neck with a palm knife, causing him to faint directly.

After unfastening the safety buckle and throwing Nick away, Xu Changqing sat down on Nick's seat and said with a cold face: "Guard No. 1 is now taken over by me." Thomas, turning off the main engine, began to slow down. ”

Thomas looked at Xu Changqing with a shocked expression.

Xu Changqing pulled out his pistol and aimed it at him: "Execute the order, immediately!" ”

Thomas swallowed and began to carry out the order.

Xu Changqing began to communicate with the Constantine: "The X-Battleship launched four high-speed space torpedoes, at least three of which were for the funeral of the Constantine, and it was recommended that the Constantine turn off its engines and respond to the battle head-on, ready to throw ice cubes." ”

"The Constantine accepted the proposal, and the strategy began immediately."

Xu Changqing continued: "Request, the Constantine adjusts its position to ensure that after being hit, the debris splash will not hurt the Star Shuttle behind the meteorite. After dodging the torpedo, the Guards 1 will go to the vicinity of the meteorite to deal with the unknown warship. ”

"Constantine understands."

Xu Changqing said without looking back: "David, help Nick to my seat and buckle up your seat." ”

Then he said to Thomas, "Increase the deceleration." ”

Nick was seated, and Guard 1 finished slowing down. Completely changed to jet handling, and the space torpedo is approaching.

Xu Changqing stared at the observation camera without blinking. This device is a bit like a periscope, of course, much more advanced.

He said to Thomas: "I'll tell you which posture to use to control the nozzle later, the error tolerance rate is very low, your reaction must be fast, whether we can survive or not, it's up to you." ”

Thomas naturally knew what Xu Changqing was going to do, sweating, swallowing saliva, and said nervously: "Okay, okay!" ”

"At the level of the Chief Flight Officer, it's just a matter of listening to the password and twisting it, as simple as a game of whack-a-mole, don't tell me you can't do it well."

Space torpedoes were approaching, and sure enough, as Xu Changqing expected, three were heading for the Constantine, and only one was heading for the Guards No. 1.

It is said that it is a torpedo, but it is actually a missile, and the intelligence is quite high.

But no matter how high it is, it is reasonable, and there are only a few ways to lock it.

Now that the Guards 1 main engine is turned off and facing it, it has at least one less way to lock on. Now it's a matter of who is more agile.

It is impossible for a high-speed space torpedo like this to fly back after passing by and then making a big bend. It doesn't have that secondary lock, and it's a long-range shot, and its fuel capacity doesn't allow it to play like that.

At the critical moment, Guards 1 spewed out and moved sideways by less than 2 meters, so the deadly space torpedo flew away almost against the outer edge of the lower left side of Guards 1.

The X-Battleship activated the remote control detonation, but unfortunately the space torpedo was too fast, and when they reacted and launched the detonation, the torpedo received a signal response, and the Guards 1 had re-ignited and moved towards the Star Shuttle.

The Constantine can't be played like the Konoe 1, its huge size, just relying on posture to control the nozzle, it is impossible to play the effect of the great shift.

But it at least spilled the ice at the critical moment. At this time, this thing is being used as a tracer to interfere with.

Interfering tracer bullets work by creating a misleading heat source. And now that the Constantine has also turned off its engines, the sprinkling of ice cubes is naturally aimed at another locking method, the target form contrast. This locking function is developed on the basis of terrain matching recognition of navigation, which is smarter and smarter, but still has shortcomings.

The three torpedoes exploded on the ice in an instant, and it turned out to be a very powerful metallic hydrogen warhead, and the Constantine was hit by the shock wave and sputter of the explosion at close range, like a broken bell that had been struck hard, and the huge intake in front of it was torn apart and bloomed, and countless fragments flew in all directions.

But the second half of the hull is basically intact, and the power is still there.

Guards 1 can't care about the scenery now, after all, it was not far from the Constantine before, only 100,000 kilometers, and this kind of small wrecked ship can't run very fast, and when the explosion fragments on the side of the Constantine fly over, you can experience the storm-like impact effect similar to the satellite debris storm in [Gravity].

Since there was not even one more second of daze or leisure to show off emotions during the whole process, Guard 1 finally managed to hide between the meteorite and the Star Shuttle before the debris storm approached.

During the flight, Nick woke up and listened in amazement to this somewhat informative message.

However, when he heard more than half of it, he was interrupted by Xu Changqing: "The Constantine is dead." Next, we played like this, we split in two, and one part remained on Guard 1, and after the rain of debris, it flew away. Although the high-energy signal is now jamming, the Constantine should cooperate with Guard 1 and make Guard 2 flee in the opposite direction. ”

"The other part stays here to see how sharp the commander of the X-Fight is. If he forgets the Starshuttle, those who remain will try to fix it and leave. If you haven't forgotten, hide on the meteorite and hope to wait for the arrival of the patrol high-speed ship of the Alpha space station. When something like this happens in the live broadcast, they'll probably come and take a look. ”

(End of chapter)