Chapter 179: Cultural Relics I
"What should I do?" Looking at the dense Star Alliance battleships outside the porthole, Lu Yuan asked Miranda in a low voice.
The two men were picked up by YF-533 and left the moon from the other side of the planet. With the interference of the thick acid rain layer on the satellite, Lu Yuan and the others even hid from the radar of the Star Alliance, and they were not discovered until they entered the channel.
Here I have to say a little about the fairway. Although it is said that the universe is very empty, it can be passed everywhere. But when this speed reaches above the speed of light, things are different. It's as if a 60 km/h car can have fun on the savannah, while a 300 km/h F1 car can only run on a dedicated track. Therefore, in order to increase the speed of navigation, the best way is to clean up meteorites, dust, debris, etc., and open up a "track" in the universe, which is the shipping lane.
Each colony is responsible for maintaining the shipping lanes near the planet. This maintenance usually relies on large astronomical space stations, armed patrol ships, and supercomputers. The combination of astronomical space stations and computers allows for real-time tracking of hundreds of millions of celestial objects – from ten-centimeter-diameter rocks to giant comets that break into galaxies. To achieve this, millions of detectors are usually placed near the channel, and of course, the instruments themselves are also one of the targets to be tracked.
Once it is calculated that the trajectory of a target is going to cross the shipping lane, it is up to armed merchant ships to clear it.
This is true of planetary shipping lanes, while public shipping lanes are left to patrol fleets. It is because of the maintenance of the shipping lanes that most of the patrol fleets have received donations from the beneficiary planets. Therefore, in fact, the patrol fleet has gradually separated from the star alliance and has become a "local fleet of law and order" that maintains local airspace, and has begun to show a tendency towards corporatization. Therefore, for example, in the combat mission of the Star Alliance Navy this time, the detachment is responsible for the battle. And the patrol fleet is used to block nearby shipping lanes.
The Star Federation has completely blocked this area, so after the "Racwalker" was discovered, it was quickly helplessly forced to stop by two frigates. And then it becomes the current situation.
"Navy smuggling, please go to the designated place and anchor. We will be after the inspection. Release. The Navy's anti-smuggling ......" channel was broadcast repeatedly, and of course, the frigate's rotating muzzle reminded the cargo ship at all times. "It's a patrol fleet...... Hopefully they didn't recognize the ship. Lu Yuan said a little speechlessly. The black history between him and the Star Alliance patrol fleet...... That's all the rivers and seas that can't be washed away.
"What to do? Surrender, of course! Miranda said lightly. I've wiped out the numbers in the pirate base, and they don't know we've been there. Now Starlink is just trying to find an excuse to temporarily block the news in the vicinity.
You are a civilian vessel, even if you have done something illegal, it is the responsibility of the patrol fleet, and it has nothing to do with the naval detachment. When they are on an important mission. Surely I don't have the heart to catch a little fish like you. ”
Lu Yuan nodded, agreeing with Miranda's opinion. He operated the control platform, and the navigation lights outlining the boundary line on the outside of the "Race Walker" turned green and then flashed continuously, signaling "You are the boss".
"Those goods of yours...... It can't be a problem, right? Lu Yuan shook his head in the direction of the back warehouse and asked. What was brought up from the pirate base was certainly not so innocent.
Unexpectedly, when they followed the pirate leader into the underground, the pirates who were left behind actually loaded the goods that Miranda asked for onto the ship. This solved a big problem for them, as the "Ka-shirt" smashed down on the pirate base, and YF-533 cleverly steered the ship out of the way. It gives them a lot of money. In this way, they actually owe a lot of favors to other pirates......
"It's just some artifacts." Miranda said ominously, and then diverted the subject. In fact. She hoped that Lu Yuan would stop here. The hired adventure captain is actually Mu Xing's younger brother (so he can't be sacrificed casually), which is already a big mistake. Therefore, Miranda very much did not want Lu Yuan to continue to be involved in this matter.
In just a few days of getting along, although the two often quarrel, from the bottom of her heart, she still has a good impression of Lu Yuan, the quasi-younger brother. In her thoughts, she and Mu Xing worked so hard to be sisters so that Oriena and Lu Yuan could live freely. The places they should go are bars where young people gather, or the Great Prothean Museum. Instead of participating in dangerous agent operations.
From the bits and pieces of information she knew, what followed would involve a mysterious and evil ancient race. They have been hidden behind the Milky Way for thousands of years. Once you go against this race, the danger is not the same as escaping from a pirate base! Not to mention...... Miranda lightly touched her multi-tool. The most important "cargo" is actually here, not in the back warehouse.
As long as she was able to get out of the way, most of the task was already accomplished—for in her hands there was unequivocal evidence of the existence of that mysterious race!
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"Escorted" by two frigates, the "Race Walker" came to the geosynchronous orbit of Tofan's third planet. There are already hundreds of ships, yachts, and shuttles of all kinds, and it seems that there are people of every race. There are often no people on this waterway for several hours, but I didn't expect so many to appear in one interception! It seems that everyone is also going off the beaten path......
Perhaps because Lu Yuan was from Starlink, the "Race Walker" did not suffer any trouble, but was just driven to the place where the cargo ship was moored. The "Race Walker" can at least get out of the escort and find a place on its own.
It's a strange location, and it happens to be on either side of Tofan Star from the main battlefield, with huge gas planets obscuring each other's views. Of course, there is also an implicit factor, that is, when Guangda, who does not know the situation on the battlefield, scans, it will be easy to find that there are "a large number of warships" moored here! If the Batarui fleet came to their aid, the two fleets that were "horns on each other" would be very painful for them.
The hundreds of spaceships that have been moored here have not yet realized that they have become the legendary "false targets", and the next moment there will be Batari's battleship falling from the sky! They are still complaining about this sudden "unlucky raid", some of them are making nonsense in the communication channels, some are trying to persuade the patrol team to let them go, and of course, there are also quarrels and friendships.
"I don't know if I'm alive or dead!" Lu Yuan frowned and commented, but in fact, in his heart, the Star Alliance Navy's approach made him dissatisfied again. Actually using civilians as a pretense...... It's just that Lu Yuan didn't know at this time that it was not only the Star Alliance Navy, but also Cerberus and the Dawn who were also involved......
Lu Yuan adjusted the channel casually, trying to find something different. But he suddenly stopped the FM action in his hand, and Miranda also looked at it for the first time. Both of them heard the voice of a young girl crying for help in the midst of the noise!
“help!” The little girl spoke in a strange tone, and her voice was hoarse and shouted in the channel. "Anyone?! Who's going to help me! My mom got shot, we need antibiotics, everything is fine...... Is there anyone here?! Please! ”
But no matter how much she shouted, the people in the channel were still arguing loudly or making yellow jokes. Nobody cares, no one cares...... Let the little girl's voice drown in the noise, and she can only shout heartbreakingly......
"Ah Yuan......" Miranda found that when Lu Yuan heard that voice, his face suddenly turned blue, and the green tendons on his forehead also exploded! Apparently furious to the extreme!
"Shut up!" Lu Yuan turned up the frequency of the Race Walker to the maximum, and then transported the "lion's roar" and roared at the channel! This sound resounded throughout the network, and countless people's channels were automatically shut down due to overload, and many people were almost deaf! The channel was immediately cleared!
"Little girl...... The Quarian who cried out for help! Tell me your position...... "Yes, Lu Yuan directly heard from that strange tone that it was the voice of a Quarian. It reminded him of the Quali shuttle that passed him when the Racewalker was about to land at the pirate base. It's just that there are hundreds of large and small ships parked here, and it's not easy to find them all at once.
He also knew why those people were not saved from death - because of the great mistake that the Quarians had made in the first place, the long anti-Quarian propaganda of certain races, and of course the problems of the Quarians themselves - the Quarians were always promoted as thieves and beggars. The tradition that they always start their wanderings with nothing and then end their journeys with a full load seems to confirm this view.
But Lu Yuan once had a Quarian friend, and he would never see it that way!
But before he finished speaking, he was immediately interrupted by a loud angry scolding voice in the channel! "That bastard dares to roar......"
Before the other party's words were finished, Lu Yuan instantly located = his position, and then a heavy machine gun stretched out from under the belly of the "Race Walker". "Da Da Da!" A line of fire was drawn! Sparks fly! Suddenly, there was silence in the channel again!
Everyone watched in amazement at the attack outside the window - although the heavy machine gun was of little use to the battleship, not even the outer shell of the shield could penetrate - but the blue flash that provoked it showed the strength of the "Racewalker" with certainty!
"You...... You ......" The man was clearly taken aback! But this person still didn't plan to stop, "Hahaha, the heavy machine gun is a fart!" If you have the ability, you bombard me......"
He still couldn't finish his words this time--because everyone saw that the red and black cargo ship suddenly jumped on the spot, and after stepping over four or five ships, it slammed into the cockpit of another cargo ship! Seeing that the spaceship that was ridden underneath was completely deflated!
"Ahh With that abruptly stopped screaming, there was a dead silence in the channel!
Then Lu Yuan's voice asked coldly in the channel, "Who else?!" ”
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ps: I stayed up late last night to read the book of the pure cat, it's good! The masterpiece "The Master of Darkness" is highly recommended! (To be continued)