Dark Age 387.

Orion arm, a floodlit galaxy.

Originally, this was the most prosperous star system of the Star Sea Federation, and it was also the largest trade hub of the Federation.

But at this moment, the former prosperity is long gone, and some are just kept in captivity like domestic animals...

Mankind!

That's right, it's the largest slave market in the galaxy, and it's a single-race market.

Since the collapse of the Federation more than 300 years ago, all humans in these star systems under the original Federation have been bought and sold as slaves.

It is sad that it is the most noble race in the galaxy, but now it has become a slave, and it is still an extremely sought-after type.

This is the inevitable result of the cosmic age, after the demise of a civilization.

After all, it was originally the most powerful civilization in the galaxy, and if it didn't matter which civilization it was, if there weren't a few human slaves, it would be embarrassing to say how high its status was.

Therefore, human beings have been bred in captivity and multiplied from generation to generation, but no matter how many generations they have reproduced, they still cannot escape the fate that has been written since birth.

Slave...

If it is bought back by some people to be a servant or coolie, it is still happy.

But if it is bought and abused by some perverted races, or bought back by some cannibal races...

That's the most tragic thing.

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In the floodlit star system, there are four planets of natural life, which is rare even on the four main spiral arms.

At this moment, in an asteroid belt not far from Snow, a very dilapidated spaceship is hiding in it.

If it weren't for the very conspicuous cannons on the ship, no one would have thought of it as a battleship with such a dilapidated level.

Even some of the interstellar pirate spaceships aren't so broken...

In the bridge, a group of people are busy at the moment.

"Captain, like intelligence, there is only one destroyer of the Carey Empire in the orbit of Snowstar!"

"Look at the logo, it should be the Vesss fleet belonging to the Empire!"

The chief officer of the radar department reported loudly.

Listening to the report, Su He, as the captain of the ship, still frowned.

For more than 300 years, there have been less than 10 human resistance armies, from the first few hundred.

The most important thing is that although they claim to be rebels, in fact they only have two federal patrol ships that are more than 400 years old, and their combat power is simply not comparable to the warships of the regular army.

Even...

Not even a single frigate of the Kerry Empire can do it.

He shouldn't have come here so rashly, after all, the warships of the four major civilizations have always been stationed in the Floodlight Star System to protect their assets.

To try to fight with a 400-year-old patrol ship is tantamount to a dream.

But that is a special signal that only federal special equipment can receive...

But they had to come.

"What about the signal source, has the location been confirmed?"

"The captain has been confirmed, 27 degrees south latitude and 87 degrees east longitude."

"Give me Solitaire Yuchao!"

"Yes, Captain, it's connected, it's on the home screen!"

Soon, a man wearing a driver's helmet with a face that could not be seen clearly appeared on the main screen of the bridge.

"Captain!"

"Yu Chao, I can only help you hold that Kairui Empire warship for ten minutes at most, and when the time comes, whether you come back or not, the Hope will leave, is it clear?"

"Clear!"

"Get ready, move in an hour!"

"Yes, Captain!"

At the end of the communication, Sukh stood up abruptly and waved his right hand.

"Accelerate to 200 km/h, then turn off all systems, and the whole ship remains silent!"

"Yes, Captain!"

The entire bridge was immediately busy.

The battleship slowly accelerated, and when it reached a speed of 200 kilometers per second, all systems were shut down.

It's like a wreck, relying on inertia to go to Snow.

Speaking of which, as one of the main battlefields in the Great War more than 300 years ago, there are really not a few wrecks of Federation warships in the floodlight star system that are like lonely ghosts.

Therefore, it is also common to encounter a wreck.

After all, this 400-year-old patrol ship was already very dilapidated, and before the mission, Suhe specially asked people to touch up the shell of the battleship to make it look more like a tattered wreckage.

At the same time, in the orbit of Snow, the destroyer belonging to the Vis fleet ...

At this moment, the sirens on the bridge suddenly sounded.

"What's going on?"

A burly man broke directly into the bridge and shouted.

"Captain, the radar has scanned a Federation warship, according to the database analysis, it should be the Star Sea Federation, Lankai Type 3 patrol ship!"

"Give me an observation screen!"

"Yes, Captain!"

Soon, on the main screen in the bridge, the figure of a battleship was revealed.

"Have you scanned the ship?"

"Scanned, no signs of activity, all systems are offline, moving only by inertia, and according to their trajectory, they should pass by Snow in an hour."

"Turn off the alarm, another goddamn wreck!"

Shaking his head, Kyle ordered.

This kind of Federation warship wreck, this is not the first time he has seen it in the floodlight star system.

Even if you open fire, it will be completely destroyed and shattered.

That's just wasting energy and creating more wreckage, and it doesn't make any sense.

It's better to let him go, anyway, his adjutant also said that it will just pass through Snow, and it's not on the collision route, isn't it?

"Yes, Captain!"

The next moment, the alarm in the battleship was turned off, and Kyle handed over command to his deputy and left the bridge.

He hadn't slept enough yet, so he went back to catch up on sleep.

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An hour later.

Bridge of the USS Hope.

"Captain, you're about to arrive at the combat position!"

"Be on point, be sure to destroy the enemy's main guns with one blow, otherwise this battle will not be fought at all!"

"Understood!"

"Ready... Now it's time to restart the reactor and restore all the systems! ”

"The reactor is starting up ... The startup is complete, and the whole ship's system is being restarted... Startup complete! ”

After all, it is the age of the universe, and the Federation was once the strongest civilization in the galaxy, so the technology is naturally not bad, and it takes less than ten seconds to restart a battleship.

At this moment, the dim bridge was lit up again, and the artificial gravity that reappeared pressed everyone back into their chairs again.

"The main gun is calibrated!"

"Fire!"

"Yes, the main cannon fires!"

A blue beam of light was shot out in an instant, directly bombarding the Kairui Imperial destroyer not far away, which was defenseless and did not even open its shield.

Rumble!!!

In the face of a battleship that stays in orbit and does not maneuver at all, it is obvious that as long as it is not a layman, it will generally miss.

Direct hits!

Although the patrol ship's firepower was weak, even a direct hit failed to destroy the huge main gun turret.

But...

It also brought some damage to it, at least without a single repair, this main gun will definitely be useless.

"Order Long Yu to move and set a ten-minute countdown at the same time!"

"Helmsman, keep me in the middle of the enemy ship and the Long Yu Super Squad, and protect them to complete the orbital airborne!"

"Weapons officer, look for an opportunity to attack the enemy ship's sub-light engine!"

"Radar officer, keep an eye on the location of the rest of the Kerry Imperial warships in the floodlight star system, and report at any time!"

Sitting in the command chair, Sukh constantly gave orders.

At the same time, more than a dozen mecha were ejecting out of the battleship's hangar one after another.

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Snowstar.

In the middle of a mountain range, the wreckage of a small shuttle ship lies silently, its shell covered with various vegetation and almost integrated with its surroundings.

Inside the shuttle, however, there is a device that is still working.

This is a container that can be clearly seen through the glass on the casing when looking inside...

A baby is lying quietly in it.

What a bizarre scenario, after all...

Judging from the hull of this shuttle ship, it has been at least two or three hundred years since its crash here.

"Captain, here!"

"That's where the signal comes from!"

In the air, twelve mechs quickly fell, and they found this place as soon as possible.

Immediately, one of the pilots shouted in the squad channel.

"Captain, one of the Helicarriers of the Kairi Empire is approaching, 300 miles away."

Just as Long Yuchao was about to leave the cockpit to go down to investigate, the member of the team in charge of vigilance reported.

This made his face change suddenly.

The Kerry Empire's intraplanetary helicarriers, each carrying 300 planetary killers, were simply not something their twelve Raider mechs could fight.

And the distance of 300 kilometers is only a few minutes for an aerospace carrier.

"There's no time, take the whole shuttle ship away!"

"Yes, Captain!"

Although the shuttle ship is called a ship, in fact, the size of this thing is not as big as a mecha, and it is less than 20 meters long.

Therefore, as long as a few mechs work together, it will be enough to send him into space.

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in orbit of the planet.

The battle between battleships and battleships continued.

There was another violent shock, and everyone knew that just now the battleship had received another shot.

"28% of the shield remaining!"

Even if it was by sneak attack, he killed the opponent's main gun.

But this is a capital destroyer after all, and Sukh's car is just a patrol ship.

And...

It is still a patrol ship with an age of more than 400 years, and many of its equipment are in disrepair and cannot exert its full combat power.

Fortunately, in the original Federation, even the patrol ships were equipped with energy shields, otherwise they would have been killed by the other party a long time ago.

"Long Yuchao, do they have any news?"

"Report, Captain Long sent a message that the target has been reached, and it is currently returning home, and it is expected to arrive at the evacuation point in three minutes!"

"Weapons officer, shoot all the missiles and drop the mines at the same time!"

"Yes, Captain!"

"Helmsman, turn to the rendezvous and get ready to jump!"

"Yes, Captain!"

Missiles, one after the other, kept shooting from the back of the battleship.

However, after all, it is only a patrol ship, and there are only eighteen missiles in total, but this is enough.

After all, Sukh's goal was not to destroy enemy ships in the first place, he knew very well that this was unrealistic, just to buy time for the ship to turn and deploy space mines.

Outcome...

Naturally, none of them hit, and all of them were intercepted.

However, while the other side was desperately trying to intercept the missile, the Hope also completed the turn, and while withdrawing towards the rendezvous point, it laid a large number of machine mines.

Although the threat of a mine is not great, it is a type that can automatically seek the enemy, so it is no problem to delay the opponent for a while.

For a while, the destroyer did not dare to break through, but after slowing down, it destroyed the machine mines at a fixed point.

Otherwise, if you rush straight ahead, you will likely trigger these mines to attack you.

Three minutes later.

When the Hope arrived at the meeting point, Long Yuchao's team also happened to arrive.

However, the original team of twelve people is now only eight people left, and the remaining four people have volunteered to stay behind to block the Helicarrier, buying precious time for the others to evacuate.

As for the fate of those four players, there is no need to guess at all.

In front of the three hundred planetary killers, they had no way to live.

"Captain, Captain Long has boarded the ship!"

"Jump Engine Start, Evacuate!"

"Yes, Captain!"

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A few minutes later, Sukh stood in the hangar with a bewildered expression.

In one battle, the rebels lost 30% of their ammunition and energy reserves, and also sacrificed four pilots, and that's the result?

An unidentified device that could be a dormant device, plus a sleeping baby?

Soon, however, Sukh's eyes widened when he saw the words engraved on the device's casing.

Jiang Xingchen, is this baby's name?

And also...

Star Sea Federation, First Academy of Sciences?

The First Academy of Sciences, he knew.

It used to be the scientific and technological mecca of the Star Sea Federation, a place that all scientists wanted to enter, and there were many records in the historical materials of the Federation.

But this device...

The exterior is just an ordinary shuttle, but the equipment inside is incomprehensible to him, and there is a set of energy devices that he can't understand at all, which is performing a separate function for the device that seems to be a dormant chamber, and the most important thing is...

In the installation, the baby who looks like he is sleeping!

What the hell is this?

"Captain, what do we do now?"

"Don't move yet, send someone to guard this shuttle ship, and let Dr. Ling take a look when you get back!"

"Yes, Captain!"