Chapter 15: The Speed of Life and Death (I)
After receiving false information from Bert, a traitor to the Republic, and giving the order to attack, the Federation Army's "Ray" transport ship hidden in the meteorite belt once again poked out its ray-like flat head from the dense meteorite group, and in the launch port that had been opened, the remaining five Federation assault boats were all in position, waiting for the launch order.
But just as the captain of the federal warship was about to give the order to attack, the radar officer on the bridge suddenly let out a puzzled exclamation.
"They're out!"
"Coming out?" Thinking that the TR-735 was about to signal surrender, the captain smiled and stopped the sortie command, waiting for the other captain to send him a call request.
But soon, he realized that something was wrong. He discovered that the TR-735 had broken away from the meteorite belt where it was hiding, and had not sent a call request. Moreover, judging from the slightly swaying and brightening tail engines, the TR-735 is undergoing a static acceleration that is considered taboo in terms of.
"Is it ......?"
A terrible conjecture appeared in the mind of the captain of the Federation warship, and suddenly, he almost jumped into his driver's seat, quickly fastened his seat belt and yelled: "Those crazy people are going to hit us, get away!" ~Evade quickly! ~”
At the same time, the TR-735 ship in sight suddenly flashed away like a meteor breaking through the sky, and after passing through the two cross-moving meteorites in front of it in a magical arc trajectory, the instantaneous acceleration made the TR-735 ship like a wild horse that had escaped from the reins, and plunged into the meteorite belt ferociously.
With the dazzling fire caused by the collision and collision with the meteorite, the TR-735 hit the side of the "Ray" transport ship when it had just passed the hull of the "Ray" of the Federal Army. Suddenly, the huge kinetic energy generated in that moment caused the hulls of both ships to show varying degrees of damage, and the five assault boats in the launch port of the 'Ray' transport ship were actually thrown out of the launch port together in this collision, and they were scattered and ejected onto the huge meteorites that were constantly running around them, impacting into a dazzling fire.
"Damn...... Don't those bastards know how to hide? ”
In the arsenal of the TR-735, Robin held back the blood churning in his chest, and cursed viciously with a pale face.
"Even if he wanted to, he had to dodge...... Colin who had secured himself to his chair with two cross straps wasn't much better, the vertigo from the impact making him feel like his soul was about to be thrown out of his body.
"What the fuck, how does this big guy fly so fast!"
Now, Robin also feels that his proposal is quite stupid, and it is really no different from suicide.
"Report casualties!" As soon as the vertigo caused by the impact passed, Robin immediately let go of the safety buckle and shouted.
"No structural damage."
"Minor bruises."
"Still alive ......"
Responses began to flood the arsenal, and all of the Marines were alive and well, except for one hapless man whose head had been smashed in the head by a flying pistol.
"Prepare for battle." Robin checked his weapon and turned on the instant messenger to connect to the bridge's signal.
"Cecilia! How are you? Answer me! Cecilia! ”
When the communication is connected, what you see is a cockpit full of wolves. At the forefront of the impact, the bridge was far more damaged than the weapons depot in the center of the ship, so Robin panicked when he saw the smoke in the cockpit and the blood and metal shards on the ground.
"I ...... I'm fine......"
Gradually, Cecilia's weak voice sounded in the communication channel, and Cecilia's face began to become clear in the somewhat blurred video.
After seeing that Cecilia had no major wounds except for a scratch on the corner of her mouth and a bruise on her forehead, Robin's heart was tightened.
"What about the others?"
"Marsha, who is in charge of the ship's ecosystem, was injured, a piece of metal plate cut into her abdomen, the wound was deep, and ......"
"And me." In the video, Borg appeared in the picture instead of Cecilia, only to see him grit his teeth and pull out a piece of metal inserted into his shoulder, and roared with a blue face: "Cecilia has done what she promised, but now the damage to the hull is far more serious than we thought." The bridge's operating system had completely collapsed during the impact, which meant that there was no way for us to escape with the ship. Now, Captain, tell me what you're going to do next. ”
"The system is crashing?"
This news made Robin's face change drastically, which meant that their TR-735 ship had completely lost its driving ability, and ships without driving ability could float in space at will, which was no different from a huge coffin.
"Robin, we're in close proximity to the Federation's ships, and it doesn't look like they're in any better place than we are." Recovering from his vertigo, Colin turned on the ship's hull radar and graphically represented the distance and damage between the two ships.
"Huh? Their launch ports are open! Robin glanced at the open launch port of the Federation Ray.
"What do you want to ......" Colin vaguely guessed the crazy thoughts brewing in his head as he looked at Robin's increasingly hot and frenzied eyes.
"Borg, will the rescue hose on our ship still work?"
Sure enough, Robin said the last thing Colin wanted to think about.
"Rescue hose?" Borg was stunned for a moment, and then understood: "You want to use it to forcibly seize the ship?" ”
Rescue hoses, which are the basic equipment that every spaceship will have on board. This equipment is usually used to rescue friendly forces or to evacuate to other ships, but due to its extremely low safety status, no ship's personnel are willing to use this unreliable equipment unless absolutely necessary. Now, Robin apparently intends to use a rescue hose to connect the Federal Transport Ship while the other party's launch port is still open, and put the Marines on the Federal Transport Ship through this hose to forcibly seize the ship.
"Do you have a better idea than that?" Seeing that Borg broke his thoughts, Robin shrugged his shoulders indifferently and said very shamefully: "I will try to grab a transport ship that can be driven, and no matter how bad it is, I will grab one or two rescue pods." So, good luck to me. ”
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A few minutes later, in the aft compartment of the TR-735, several bloodstained ship maintenance personnel climbed outside the ship wearing space protective suits, opened the escape hose equipped on the TR-735 by manpower, and activated the electronic lock, aiming the connection point at the assault boat launch port of the Federal Army's "Ray" transport.
'Bang! ’
After a cannonball-like sound, a spear shaped like a whaling rifle shot out of the muzzle, and while accurately hitting the launch port of the 'Ray' transport ship, the spear tip that flew out disintegrated in the air, scattered into dozens of tiny diamond-shaped spikes, and nailed into the metal wall around the launch port.
After making sure that the fixing pegs had been attached, the crew members outside the ship immediately tightened the ropes. Suddenly, the ropes connecting each of the spikes stretched out like a large net, and between each rope there was a transparent film wrapping, forming a wobbling temporary passage between the two ships.
"What the fuck...... You don't really want us to pass through here......
After the escape hose was connected, the heavily armed Li stood at the entrance of the passage and looked out, and was immediately frightened.
Looking at the membrane that seemed to be pierced with his fingers, and at the escape hose that shook violently from the slight movement of the two ships, the more he looked at it, the more he felt that this unreliable thing seemed to be ripping off at any moment. Moreover, the outside of this escape hose is space, if this nearly 800-meter-long escape hose is poked out of a small hole by the metal or meteorite fragments flying in the air, then the vacuum environment outside will immediately produce a huge suction, and there will really be no chance to escape at that time.
"You have the kung fu to stand here and sigh, it's better to pass it sooner, at least it's not broken yet." Robin pushed Li away and hung up the pulley lock for himself: "Andy, Aven, you must always keep an eye on the returning assault boats after we leave, they are far less fast when they return than they were attacking, so you must knock them down on the way." Also, lock on to the battery of the Federation warships and knock them out for me. ”
"Yes!"
Hearing the affirmative answer from the headset, Robin closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and made an OK gesture to the crew member behind him who was in charge of ejection.
After seeing Robin's gesture, the crew nervously pressed the pulley starter. Suddenly, with a rustling sound of the machine springs, Robin slid into the escape hose with the pulley lock and staggered into the messy launch port opposite.
"If I were you, I wouldn't be the last." Colin followed Robin and squeezed in front of Lee to lock himself up.
"Hey! You ......"
As soon as Lee realized what Colin meant, Colin walked away with a grin.
"Hey! ~" Li, who came to his senses, couldn't wait to hang up the pulley lock for himself, and glared at the other team members who were also about to grab the padlock: "Don't rob me, I'm a veteran, I'll go first!" ”
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