Chapter 6: Bandits in the Sea of Stars
ใ2333 Star Region Barren Cosmic Beltใ
"Hmm~ Where are we?" After waking up from the hibernation capsule and after three days of flight, the "Horizon" has reached the junction of the 2333 star region and the 2332 star region, which is the so-called barren cosmic belt, which is generally set up between the star regions, referring to the zone with no signs of civilization, and since the target of the voyage is the "Shenzhou" thousands of light years away, it is impossible to fly over it alone, only with the help of a common setting in science fiction - wormhole.
"It is currently located at the junction of the 2332 and 2333 star sectors," Mo Qinghan replied.
"How long will it take?" Liu Qi stretched and asked.
"There are still 36,000 kilometers to the nearest stargate, and it will take about 3 hours," Mo Qinghan paused and added, "If everything goes well." โ
"So what's not going well?" Liu Qi asked curiously.
"Now!" Mo Qinghan stretched out his hand and pointed at it, only to see that the originally dark cabin instantly revealed a stream of starlight, as if he was in the universe.
But now is not the time to see the scenery!
"Detected an unknown large energy reaction" The light brain sent a prompt, "about 20 yards away from our ship" (PS: yards - tactical language, 1 yard is equal to 10 kilometers)
"What?" Liu Qi stood up suddenly, "What is the other party?" โ
"80% probability, Star Thief; 17% probability, interstellar caravan; 2.7% federal or imperial fleet; 0.3% radar failure" The voice of the light brain was as cold as ever.
"The whole ship is in combat condition!" Liu Qi looked around and found that it seemed that he was the only one on the ship, so he cleared his throat to relieve the embarrassment, "Turn on the phase offset shield, charge the main gun, and closely monitor the enemy's movements." โ
"Reactor output adjustment" The light brain responded, "Reduce the engine output, the main gun is charging, it is expected to take 1 minute"
"So slow?" Liu Qi was obviously not satisfied with the efficiency, "1 minute, according to the standard speed of 1/15, is enough for the other party to enter the range of missiles with a radius of 100 kilometers." (Apparently, the "Horizon" does not have missiles)
After 1 minute, several points of light appeared on the radar screen.
"Dense physical attacks were detected, and the preliminary judgment - the "Intimidator" tactical jamming bomb, whether to intercept it? Light Brain asked.
"Intercept!" Once hit by a jamming bomb, then the engine will stall, then, it will really become meat on the board!
"Calculate the trajectory, charge the particle cannon, charge it, intercept it!"
I saw four turrets jump out of the deck of the "Horizon" and fire at the incoming missiles, and a series of sparks flashed in front of me, this attack was obviously unsuccessful, and therefore, the hit rate of the physical attack can be seen!
"Detected large-yield energy weapon reaction" finally appeared in front of the enemy warship, a narrow battleship, painted with a bad taste of pirate spray paint, although the hull is an old "African" carrier spaceship, but the weapon above is indeed extremely advanced "Oathor" II fusion cannon, even more powerful than the "Horizon" "Hunting I".
"Turn all the engine output to the right, tactically evade, and when it enters the range, fire immediately!" Liu Qi let the battleship quickly enter tactical evasion, however, it is obvious that a starship sprouts and does not know how to fight the galactic war at all!
"Stupid, running to one place as the opposite fire control system is an ornament?" Mo Qinghan helped his forehead, "Reallocate engine output, give priority to the supply of omnidirectional engines, and start the tactical maneuver mode." โ
I have to say that the artificial intelligence created by the system obviously knows much more than Liu Qi, a newcomer.
I saw that the blue flame of the tail nozzle of the "Horizon" weakened a little, but the flames of the four omnidirectional vents around the hull were a little larger, and at the same time, two seat belts jumped out of Liu Qi's seat, binding him tightly, after all, it is very dangerous to maneuver at high speed without wearing a seat belt, and the boat is not standardized, so what is that.
The "Horizon" began to maneuver tactically, only to see a moment of pitching excitement, a moment of horizontal maneuvering, even Liu Qi himself did not know where he was going, this may be the snakeskin move that is prevalent on the Internet in the 21st century.
"High-power energy has been detected!" The light brain alarm sounded, and the main gun muzzle of the Star Pirate Battleship in front of him suddenly spewed out a blue light, flying towards the "Horizon".
Eventually, the lower left side shield of the Horizon, which was still in irregular motion, was struck.
"Shield loss of 32%" light brain reported the loss, obviously, if Liu Qi's maneuver is used, the battleship shield is afraid that it is gone, after all, the battleship is several levels higher than the destroyer, and the energy cannon equipped with it is also different, but obviously, the star thief is not a tyrant to use the battleship-level reactor for the battleship, which can be seen from its much duller energy shield.
-- Star Pirate Ship Bridge --
"How did you fight, this can't hit!" A man wearing a mask with half of his face slapped the young man sitting in the gunner's seat.
"I'm sorry boss, there have been a lot of fixed targets lately," the man said honestly, "but boss, it seems that there is a Federation warship on the other side, is it really okay for us to do this?" โ
"Cut, it's the big guy who hired us! Those federal ruffians are a piece of! But what's on this ship? It's worth 200,000 credits. The "one-eyed dragon" man scolded and suddenly laughed - obviously daydreaming, "200,000, how many days is that enough for Lao Tzu?" โ
But what interrupted him was the tremor of the battleship!
-- Horizon Bridge --
"The main gun hits, it is expected that the enemy's shield will be broken, it will take 27min to repair, and the armor will lose 2%" reported the light brain.
"Very good, rush on!" Mo Qinghan said. As for a certain Qi, he was vomiting in the seat at this time, although the tactical action was very exciting, but for a body that had been sitting in the laboratory for a long time, it was still a little unblessed.
The blue light of the tail spout of the "Horizon" is sheng, and it is bullied at the maximum combat speed of 1/10 of the speed of light, this speed is far beyond the limit of the human brain's reaction, obviously, the star thieves can't afford to use artificial intelligence in combat at all, so before the other party can react, it was approached by the "Horizon" to a position of less than 0.1 yards, which is closer than the closest distance where the main gun does not hurt their own ship, so the main guns of both sides are equivalent to scrapping at this time!
"Aim at the enemy ship's missile launch bay, adjust the secondary gun to the first energy attack position, the engine secondary, and the main gun continue to charge!" Thanks to the "Nature III" reactor, even if the "Horizon" runs the rest of the equipment at full power, there will be a part of the remaining energy to supply the main gun, which is something that the rest of the warships dare not think of, because it involves electrical loss and the stability of the whole ship's path, but obviously, the subdimensional superconductivity does not need to consider this, which has also become the support for Mo Qinghan's behavior.