Chapter 14: The Besieged Pirates

"Isn't that boss a real fixed-point monster? Same as the one who ran away last time? ”

The handsome guy heard the woman's question, smiled and shook his head: "No, we have been observing for a few days, it should be an ordinary boss, but the strategy team deduced that there should be a pirate starport with shipbuilding capabilities not far from that guy based on the summary information, and there is not enough time to find out the situation there for the time being, so let them take the lead." ”

"There are too many scruples, so it's better to go back to the resident star and play other games."

Since the Second World is called the World, it can do everything imaginable, including playing other games in the Second World without quitting.

"It's because it's challenging enough that so many people can throw in it." The handsome guy explained a little and said to the woman, "If you don't like it, go back to the stationary warehouse." ”

The effect of the Static Warehouse on NPCs is that the data is static, which is both a shutdown, but it is completely different on the player's side. Players are also limited by rules in normal times, such as the ship's communication ability is affected by its own machinery, there is a distance limit or even a short delay, and the static warehouse is not only used to exit the second world, but also can be used as a leisure area for players, which is equivalent to using it to temporarily travel to other places, which may be a chat room or a casual game or something.

The woman shook her head: "No, I want to see how much of what they call the transcendent world is exaggeration, and it can still be out of the scope of the game?" ”

The corners of the handsome man's mouth curled up, and he didn't reply to the woman again, in the second world, only after experiencing some things, will you know that this world does not exist as a game in the first place, and some things are not convincing only by empty words.

Patting the back of the woman's hand, the blue-eyed handsome guy returned to the captain's console and began to prepare for battle.

It was a small fleet of more than a hundred Guard-class gunboats and three Hall-class patrol ships.

The gunboat is an informal classification used to refer to the large main fighter, in the case of the "guard" of the Islamic Empire, this tonnage has a tonnage of 1800 tons and a length of 58 meters, and it has been equipped with a shield system that ordinary fighters do not have, although the greater weight reduces its flexibility as a fighter, the shield brings a better survival rate on the battlefield, and therefore can strike more accurately.

With 600 basic durability and 350 shields, the Guard is almost as strong as the lightest patrol ship, and it is also the most produced gunboat in the Islamic Empire. Of course, as a fighter in other aspects, it still has a gap with a real battleship, such as its own lack of hyperspace jumping ability, recovery speed after shield consumption, and firepower stability and range.

The emergence of the "Hall" class is thanks to the blessing of the new regulations, although it is a retired ship, after all, it is already a ship and no longer a machine, equipped with a hyperspace jump guide, which means that the restrictions on the player's range of action in the early stage are lifted, and in the future, as long as you are brave enough and fuel, you can go wherever you want.

"Hall" class, 96 meters long, 6,200 tons, minimum load of 11 people, basic durability of 1,000 points (retired model 850), shield 500, shield recharge efficiency of up to 50; The main armament plasma pulse cannon (level 5 energy consumption), the maximum range is 12W km; Two laser secondary guns (level 3 energy consumption) with an effective firing range of 3W km. It can quickly flow into the hands of players, which proves its service time and assembly capacity advantages from the side.

The durability and shields of the "Hall" class do not seem to be much higher than those of the "Guard", but that's not how the accounts are calculated. The "guard" is a fighter plane, and the engine that can be carried is limited by the size and can supply limited energy, especially when it comes to using energy weapons in combat, it is even more stretched, and how to distribute energy is something that every pilot must carefully consider. The ship's shield system is already perfect, theoretically enough energy to overload up to 200% in a short period of time, which means that it only takes 5 seconds to recharge the shield in an emergency, bringing more opportunities for counterattacks or finding cover.

The boss that this team is going to deal with today is the same as the guy who ran away outside the No. 3 military port last time, all of which are Wright AD03 type, but due to the limited reconnaissance means, it is not possible to confirm whether it is a heavier A type or a slightly crispy B type.

According to the previous plan, Mustache will take two "Hall" class and sixty "guards" to kill the boss directly, and the rest will be responsible for containing the surrounding small pirate ships. In view of the fact that the tonnage of the small pirate ships is about 3,000 tons, and it has a higher shield and firepower than the "guard", it is unlikely that it will be cleared in a short time, so it is good to drag it out.

"Guys, we're close to the target pirate group, let's fight as planned." The blue-eyed handsome man gave the order to act.

The slightly shuttled, silver-gray painted "Guards" partially detached from the fleet and began to accelerate over a larger range, and several of them also activated active enemy-seeking radars, which spurred pirates to react at greater distances.

After the team responsible for containment moved away from a bit, the main force also began to accelerate, and two "Hall" class arrows were used as arrows to form two close-to-bar formations, which could more easily offset the range advantage of the frigate's full-size main guns at the current stage, which relied almost exclusively on directed energy weapons. It's a pity that everything is not perfect, behind the thrusters driven by the quantum engine, the particle effect is almost equivalent to the slow-release EMP weapon within a certain range, and the distance between ships has to be increased to tens of thousands of kilometers, and the firepower that can be put into the first firefight will become more limited, and the small ships with lower range will be affected more.

The pirates showed the stupidity that a fixed-point NPC should have, and were lured by the active radar of the enemy, and the small pirate ships around the boss began to accelerate from a standstill. As he got closer and closer to the intruder, he didn't notice that the targets of the dozens of ships were not the same, and they were divided into several groups and flew away from the route between the enemy and his own boss.

From the radar information shared by the friendly forces in front of the decoy enemy, the mustache saw that there were only two points left around the BOSS frigate, and finally breathed a sigh of relief and entered the combat channel.

"Gentlemen! Our goal is ahead, let's get ready to be the first person to take down the frigate boss in the Galactic Era! ”

"Ahh Dozens of avatars on the communication split screen each let out a strange scream, and immediately all the ship's weapons cover was opened, ready to fight.

Once the influence of the surrounding mobs is gone, there will be a little damage based on the level difference between the two ships, but the battle is no longer suspenseful, because according to the fire density of the main gun that only fires one shot every 10 to 15 seconds, even if BOSS100% hits and destroys a gunboat every time, it will not be able to break the muscles and bones of the attacking troops in two or three hundred seconds. What's more, 100% hit is just a fantasy at a certain distance, and when the boss is not moving, the approach speed in the low-density area of the asteroid can be about 3000 kilometers per second, and the final breakthrough time will not exceed 120 seconds in total!

The only danger lies in the final engagement, the battle situation after the six secondary guns of the boss ship are activated, the energy consumption is level 4, and the laser cannon with a range of nearly 50,000 kilometers is definitely a nightmare for small boats.

"They're all battle-hardened warriors, so there shouldn't be any problems." After turning off the communication, the mustache was still a little nervous, in his opinion, the time for the opening of the Great Galaxy Era was really short, even if the players under his hands had a really strong sense of tactics and tacit understanding, but they didn't have enough time to familiarize themselves with the performance of their ships, accidents or something, it was not impossible.

……

In the MR240 galaxy, the outpost of the Islamic Empire developed a star field, the outer edge of the asteroid belt suddenly twisted, and a gray-painted battleship with the ship number Heavy Hammer appeared in the dark space.

"The shuttle program is complete! All crew members are free to move around. Senior navigator Su Qingsao announced.

"The Kuroshio signal was detected, she was above us, 3.2 million kilometers away." The radar communication group immediately had a catch.

Rough calculations have been done before, but the two different hyperspace jumps still make the relative distance after completion a bit outrageous. After this cooperation, the accuracy of the next time should be improved a lot.

Pan Wen was just about to send a gathering signal to the Kuroshio, and there was a situation on the side of the communication group.

"A faint non-directional call for help signal was detected, the signal system of the Star Brotherhood, a combat call for help from a frigate, at a distance of 5.5 million to 6 million kilometers."

6 million kilometers is not a very long distance in space, and it is not even the maximum active search distance of the Cam X-VI in an open area, but the ship that has just completed the shuttle program is still in a relatively stationary state, and it takes a lot of time just to accelerate.

Pan Wen's left brow jumped, and he clicked on the cracked audio file on his console.

"We are under attack by a large number of gunboats, and we need support immediately!"

The corners of his mouth curled, and he pressed a few times on the console to turn on band one, which is the internal frequency band of the fleet.

"Doris, advance to the coordinates I sent you, the Brotherhood guys have been beaten, get ready for battle, and be careful to keep silent."

"Roger."

After finishing here, he said to the people in the control room: "Let's go and see it too, and tell the crew to be silent." ”

"Toot toot! Level 2 combat alert, one group and two groups for each post should be in place as soon as possible, and three groups are free to move, please pay attention to rest. ”

"Silent combat procedures initiated, please maintain electronic silence for all crew members."

There is a gap between fighting in the sea, and the problem of sound in space is not big, mainly the electronic signals generated by various equipment and even the plasma pulses generated by maintenance facilities, etc., when their number is too large, it will be easy for the other party to judge it as a large ship and increase vigilance. On the contrary, in the case of silent success, it will take some time to quickly judge the specific size and distance of high-tech coatings for millions of kilometers away.

"In the second phase of Silent Combat, the shield level is reduced, and it is expected to be reduced to 10% of the normal level after 20 seconds."

The shield system uses 10 million joules of energy as a base point for energy weapons, and the maximum charge of the Hammer's shield can reach 500E joules, which is reduced to 10%, which is equivalent to only 500 points of shield, and the external passive radar response will be lower than that of a light patrol ship.

Reducing the level of shield protection is of course risky, but there is no risk where there is a huge profit.

"The thruster group is boosted to 60% after 30 seconds, so the crew can act cautiously." The acceleration corresponding to 60% thrust is also 2600 m/s2, which is still outrageous, but after the internal buffering of the battleship class, there will only be some sense of oppression similar to that when an aircraft climbs and accelerates, and the crew who has generally undergone a certain genetic optimization in the new era will not be unable to move.