One Hundred and Five, The Miracle of the Black Tulip (1)

"The bow is half raised, a quarter to the left, the stern is to the right, a slight speed, a third."

"Understood, Captain."

The helmsman of the Alliance One listened intently to the order, maneuvering the fast ship several hundred meters long, carefully following the Hercules, which was piloting the transport ship in front of it, within this dangerous nebula. Since the original hiding place had been discovered by the Empire, in order to prevent the Empire from making a comeback, the three ships ventured further into the nebula.

The small fleet did not go long, and they soon stopped near a star object, which was numbered XXS-761C, according to the star map of the Hercules.

"Hey, I didn't think there was a star inside this nebula." Schneier glanced with interest at the planetary object outside the porthole, and turned back to Risen who was buried in a pile of charts.

"I know." Rison replied casually, of course he knew that there was a star inside the nebula, and the people of the transports Hercules had given them the details of the nebula, which could be clearly marked.

A celestial body is a special kind of star, which exists independently and does not move around any star, but its volume and weight do not meet the standards of substars. The volume and size of this XXS-761C gas-like linear object is slightly larger than that of Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, but it is very unstable, and there are often large-scale violent eruptions, throwing various gases and substances into space, people have detected the same composition on the surface of this star as those explosive gas groups, according to some scientists' estimates, the formation of this nebula is due to the fact that this star has been violently erupting into space for hundreds of thousands of years, if there are no unexpected factors to disturb, It will continue to erupt for millions of years.

For this unstable star. The advice given by the people of the Hercules' transport mountain was to keep a certain distance as much as possible, because no one knew when the next eruption would be, and they would not have ventured close to this dangerous star if it had not been discovered by the Empire in its previous location.

However, it wasn't his concern, he was concerned about Lady Almeda's mission, and Reson sighed and looked up. Said helplessly, "You are still in the mood to see the scenery there, Mrs. Almeda has no clue about what she explained, I asked you to come back to help me figure out a way together." If I had known this was the case, I shouldn't have replaced you in advance, I should have let you stay outside. It's a good place to see the scenery.

"If you can't think of it, don't get into the horns, relax your brain, change the environment, maybe there will be a good inspiration." His friend grinned disapprovingly.

"Inspiration? You've been looking at the scenery for a long time, and lo and behold, it's a good way to come up with it? Risen scoffed, grabbing a piece of paper and reading it aloud. Take advantage of Risen . Captain Nigaul excelled in fighter piloting skills, and with the help of the nebula's cover, he broke through the interception of Emperor ** and returned to the XY-245 star field through the space jump point...... Do you think I'm Superman? Do you want me to challenge hundreds of Imperial fighters and a large number of Imperial warships by myself? Wouldn't it be more worry-free for you to tell me to just find a blob of gas and crash to death? ”

"I think there's some hope, lightning is fast, you don't have to hold it for too long. At the speed of Alliance One, you may not be able to reach that jump point even if you die hundreds of times. Besides, your brother is not alone, isn't there still our cover? The Lombardians didn't want the Alliance-One, they wanted to see Mrs. Elmeda, but the lady didn't say what kind of space transportation they wanted to take, and the Alliance-One was tired of it, so this time they switched to the Lightning fighter. Isn't it possible? His friend said eloquently.

"Well, even if it works, the Lightning fighter is a one-man fighter. You actually told Mrs. Almeida to squeeze in the cockpit with me for hours? The two of them don't know if they can squeeze together, and even if they can, how do you tell me to manipulate the fighter jet to avoid the pursuit of the Empire? He angrily questioned his friend.

"This ......," his friend said, "how about a pod like the commando use, hanging under the fuselage of a lightning fighter?" This doesn't affect your operations. ”

Risen couldn't believe it, he stared at his friend for a long time, until he made Schneier feel furious, and then said slowly, "You...... You're going to hang Mrs. Almeida on a bullet point? You're such a genius, you can think of it, do you know that if the matter gets out, the face of the entire alliance will be disgraced. ”

"Otherwise, what else can you do to break through the blockade of the Empire? With our little strength, it is not enough to put the gap between the Empire's teeth, and we have no support. The closest reinforcement to here is the 7th Fleet, four hours, the 7th Fleet is far from arriving, even if it arrives, it is useless, in the face of the huge Imperial fleet outside, the 7th Fleet is just a piece of cake, I am a little worried about the message we left on the unmanned reconnaissance plane earlier, I hope the fleet will not find that reconnaissance plane, otherwise it will only be a great gift to the Empire. Schneier cheekily argued.

"Get out, you don't need to do it here, you can go sleep in your sleep." Risen leaned back in his chair weakly, pointed to the door, his voice became weak, he felt that it was a big mistake to bring Schneier to discuss together, this guy couldn't think of a good way, so just give a few words of encouragement, as a result, the encouragement did not come, but the discouraged words never stopped.

"Ah, that's what you said, as a junior officer, I have to obey the orders of a senior officer." Schneier was glad to walk to the door, without looking back, lest Risen see a treacherous look on his face.

As if he couldn't bear it, he walked to the door, paused, turned around, and persuaded with a straight face, "Rise, give up, it's impossible." To be honest, even how to get rid of the pursuit of the Imperial fleet is still a headache, you don't forget, we are still trapped in this nebula, one will not fall into danger if we are not careful, and the other space jump point to the XY-676 star field is still a big distance away from our current position, and as soon as we leave this nebula, we will be immediately exposed to the Empire. ”

He shook his head, "To paraphrase a simple saying, you want to run if you don't learn to walk, you can't even climb?" The problems have to be solved one by one, it is impossible to reach the sky in one step, and the most important thing at present is to solve the problem of survival first. Mrs. Almeda is a reasonable person, she uncharacteristically gave you this task, to be honest, it is indeed difficult for a strong man, it is estimated that Mrs. herself has no hope, just a try, even if you can't think of any solution, it is not your responsibility, Madame will not say anything, so many staff officers on Alliance No. 1, are they not as helpless as you? ”

"The food problem." He hesitated for a moment, "We can continue to cut back on food and clothing, and maybe there are other ways, other methods, we can get some food, and support our own food production base to fully meet the demand." ”

"What if you can't find it?" Risen asked rhetorically.

His friend didn't answer, he and Risen both knew the answer, they wouldn't be able to sustain their current size without food, and in order not to starve to death, what they might be able to do was lay off their personnel and let many of the members of the Empire's Empire's hunted or wanted rebel alliance venture back into the Empire's controlled area to try to make a living.

The loss of personnel must be quite large, and the lost confidence of the rebels is difficult to recover, once the word spreads, the impact will be very bad, and many governments, organizations, and groups that originally wanted to cooperate with the alliance or intend to provide assistance to the alliance may reconsider their decision and wait and see if the alliance can survive; Worse still, if the Empire were to perceive the effectiveness of their blockade measures, they might be encouraged to continue to strengthen the blockade network, which was gradually crumbling due to the operations of the 7th Fleet, into a death noose that would truly strangle the Alliance.

"I'll think again." With a wave of his hand, Risen regained his spirits and continued to work.

"Forget it, don't talk about it, then you can continue to be busy, cut, it's all to blame on the damn imperial fleet outside, don't give me a chance in the future, otherwise they must all be wiped out without discussion." His friend vented harshly, turned his head and continued to walk out the door.

"Wait a minute, what did you just say?" Risen was stunned for a moment, he stopped his friend, he suddenly felt as if a certain string had been touched in his heart just now, but when he thought about it, it seemed like nothing.

Did he miss something, or was there something he didn't think of?

"I say, keep busy, man." Schneier replied.

"No, it's from behind, I think I heard you just say that you want to destroy this imperial fleet??" Ressen slowly recalled, and at the thought of destroying this Imperial fleet, he immediately felt as if his heart was jumping again.

He did miss something, and their previous plans were all considered in negative aspects such as how to escape, avoid, and get rid of pursuit, but these paths are basically dead ends, in this case, can they take the initiative and consider the attack? If the Imperial fleet is gone, lured away, or destroyed, their problem will be solved.

"Just talking, let's vent." Schneier said, seeing Rise's serious thinking expression, and wondered, "Why, you don't really want to do that, do you, you really want to deal with this Imperial fleet?" Dude, don't waste your time, what you have in your hands is a dozen fighters, two ships and a transport, that's called eggs hitting stones. ”

"Who said that? We have one of the most powerful weapons we have yet to use. ”

"Where? Have it? ”

"Of course, why didn't the Imperial fleet dare come in and search for us? Isn't it just a fear of its power? Risen gestured meaningfully to the pale blue nebula outside, "That's our weapon." ”

However, how to use it is still a question, the Imperial fleet will never run into the interior of this nebula, is it a way to trick the fleet in? Or...... Wings of the Starry Sky Text One Hundred and Five, The Miracle of the Black Tulip (1)