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"Can anyone give me an explanation!"

Lieutenant Commander Tyron Seth, captain of the UN Starfleet cruiser USS Henry Vincent, walked briskly into the CIC and asked the officer on duty over the radio channel.

"Captain, the unidentified fleet has entered the strike range. But they still haven't indicated their intentions. ”

The officer on duty naturally knew some basic information, and the captain must have learned it through various human-computer interaction interfaces when he came, so he did not report all kinds of basic information like a running account, but just said the latest instant information.

"Did the inquiry send?"

Lieutenant Commander Terrence sat in the captain's seat, and more information was revealed to the lieutenant colonel.

"It's been sent for the first time, but it's been a minute, and there is still no answer, but their progress has slowed down by three-quarters."

In the process of answering the officers on duty, more off-duty officers entered the CIC and immediately entered their posts.

"It's true they're starting to slow down, but ......," Lieutenant Commander Terrence looked at the illustration in front of him, and although it was true that the unidentified fleet was starting to slow down outside the absolute range of the human starfleet cruisers, it was still heading in the direction they were now.

And most importantly, they are still in the transition tunnel, and it only takes a few seconds to recover their top speed, and if they move at their previous top speed, it will only take no more than thirty seconds for this unknown fleet to enter the Zymz system.

Even if they keep moving at this "low" pace. It will definitely not take long to reach the Zymz system, which means that there is not much time left for Tyrence to think.

Subconsciously rubbing his fingers. Lieutenant Colonel Terrenseth was lost in thought, and to be honest, he couldn't make up his mind to go or evacuate right now. Although theoretically he is the highest military commander in this mooring, in fact, the captain of the UN Planetary Defense Force Orbital Fleet battleship parked next to him is also a lieutenant colonel, and both of them are about the same age and seniority.

It is taboo to have two heads in management, especially if this is not a special situation and a special organizational structure, so he himself did not directly order the authority or qualification of all ships to collectively jump out of the mooring.

But at the same time, although he has the authority to order his own ships and the defenses of Starfleet's anchors to attack, at the moment when Starfleet has ordered the cessation of all combat operations, it seems unreasonable to take the initiative to attack.

And his classmates in the Starfleet General Staff also privately revealed that Starfleet has no intention of going to war with any alien race for the time being. In particular, the UN does not have any executive order for Starfleet to beat anyone.

Even though Lieutenant Commander Terron Seth is very proud and assured of his ship Cruiser Henry Vincent and the defense facilities of the Starfleet berth, and even confident that his ship crew can support and even win in the confrontation with the two-ship formation of the UN Starfleet, but he is not afraid of 10,000 in case of emergency!

As a graduated starship officer, Lieutenant Colonel Terrence can even simulate what it would be like in the event of a firefight in his own mind.

He glanced at the behemoth lying quietly a kilometer to the left of the Henry Vincent on a light screen, even with the help of the battleship "Corinthianth", there could be some unpredictable hazards, and because all the ships in the mooring were relatively too close to each other, any ship would disintegrate or even explode if it appeared. The debris and wreckage it causes will be a huge threat.

"Captain, our ship and the battleship Corinthut have entered a state of red alert."

At this time, the officer on duty, who had now been converted into a communications control officer, reported to Lieutenant Colonel Terrenceth about the ship, as well as the situation with friendly forces.

More detailed information appeared in front of Lieutenant Colonel Terrenseth's eyes. As a regular army. During this short period of time that the commander was thinking, all the preparations that should have been made were being carried out in an orderly manner.

In less than a minute, the cruiser USS Henry Vincent was back to peak combat condition. Although the high degree of automation allows the entire ship to fight even when it is empty, it still requires a certain number of crew members or three advanced AI and a larger number of specialized drones to be fully combative.

And at the same time. The battleship Corinthut, next to Henry Vincent's preparation, was a little slower to assemble because the crew was not completely resting near the ship. However, from the battlefield data connection, Lieutenant Colonel Terrenseth still knew that the defense system and equipment of the cosmic overlord of the previous space warfare era had been fully opened.

And although Starfleet and the Planetary Defense Force orbital fleet always don't like each other, there is still no problem in the interconnection and interoperability of the battlefield.

But just as the officer's voice fell, a light screen popped up in front of Lieutenant Commander Tyrann, and it was a message from the captain of the battleship Corinthut: "Our ship's probe on the edge of the Zymz galaxy has been destroyed. ”

Lieutenant Colonel Terrenseth's pupils seemed to shrink sharply the moment he saw this information, and a bad premonition arose in his heart: "The whole ship is ready for battle, the armed security lock is lifted, and the unknown fleet will open fire immediately when it enters the perimeter of the Zymz galaxy a hundred light-years." At the same time, the warning was immediately issued with all channels and means. ”

Just as Lieutenant Colonel Taryn finished speaking, more detailed information came from the Corinth-Stuart.

Although the information between friendly forces should be transparent to each other, in many cases each side will basically have its own preparations, for example, when the Corinthian Stuart entered the zymz system, some probes were placed around the system, and these probes were not connected to the UN battlefield network of the zymz system.

Lieutenant Colonel Taryn glanced at the details sent by the Corinthianth, and he was more focused on what had destroyed the probe.

"Subspace ripples? No, how could it not be detected, this ......"

In his own words, the lieutenant colonel seemed to think of something, but suddenly denied it. On the screen, the position of the unknown fleet is still moving, but the speed of progress seems to be even slower.

And the communication sent by Henry Vincent still did not receive any reply.

Shaking his head, Lieutenant Colonel Taryn thought of something more important: "How is the transport fleet doing now?" ”

"It's already starting to leave the berth, and the merchant ship Thomas A jump engine has been preheated...... "The transport ship moored in the mooring of the Zymz galaxy, there is a merchant ship that is temporarily requisitioned, just because the original jump engine needs to be repaired, so before the call, the owner just pulled out an antique jump engine from the warehouse in his home and installed it, intending to make do with it for a while, so it needs to be warmed up."

This ship is the most dangerous compared to other ships, so let it jump first.

"There are still two ships that have not fully arrived with personnel, so they have not yet left the port, respectively, ......"

Before the words of the communications officer fell, the Henry Vincent's close-in laser array was activated urgently, and the dense laser net was evaporated in an instant.

"Unknown objects appear! One light second away! The radar officer's voice rang out almost at the same time. (To be continued......)