After thinking for a while, Tucker pressed a rune on the podium and connected the internal communication channel leading to the engine room.
There, the Mechanical Church's Technological Priest maintains and monitors the ship's energy system's beating plasma heart.
"To the sage of Bente. Please start preparing for the overload ceremony, I will turn off the cooling system and..."
Suddenly, a yell on the bridge of a crew member staring at the sensor interrupted the captain's words.
"Captain! We detected the engine signal of another ship that was advancing directly here! The Emperor blessed it, it is the reliable loyal servant!"
Captain Tucker ecstatically smashed the communicator directly to the ground.
"Ouch! The Emperor is really showing up!"
At this time, the crew member in charge of the sensor suddenly made a puzzled sound.
"Huh? The pirates are also turning around. They are going to run away at this time? So fast?"
"How dare their little broken ship face the loyal servant!"
"But in theory... they really gritted their teeth and could completely sink us quickly..."
"Don't tm the crow's mouth!!"
The Reliable Zhongpu moves forward smoothly, and the armored explosion-proof doors of the take-off and landing platforms on both sides slowly rise.
Soon, from the armored hull, a squadron of deadly silver dart-like fury-class interceptors flocked out.
The fighters immediately locked in the nearest target and launched a ruthless attack on their targets. The void between the Mackerel and the chaotic ships around it was instantly filled with the trajectory of laser cannon firing and the flash of the assault boat explosion.
At the front of the attack queue, the leader of the Furious Squadron slightly lowered the engine output and fixed the target with armor like a clam shell in the center of the weapon scope.
The captain looked at a line of green runes flashing on his instrument panel, and then whispered:
"Go to die, heresy!"
He pulled the fire trigger and activated the laser cannon mounted in the weapon hanging compartment of Yigen.
The assault boat carrying the jumping team disintegrated instantly, and burning combustible gas poured out of the destroyed hull.
The furious captain could see some corpses spewing out of the cracks, and by this time he had pulled up and began to search for the next target.
On the True Loyalty, Neo watched the Chaos plundering ship escape from the battlefield around the Mackerel, leaving behind the assault boat that was being slaughtered by the Furious Class aircraft.
"The goal is right ahead!"
The ordnance chief reported loudly:
"The torpedo can be launched at any time."
“They are too close to the Mackerel.”
Neo shook his head.
"We cannot risk any off-target torpedo to lock in the Mackerel, the helmsman, accelerate to the impact speed, pull into the distance and then hit!"
The Imperial Cruiser's plasma engine uses its surging power to carry the hull toward the target. In the last few seconds before the torpedo launch, Neo could even clearly see the stance of the thrusters scattered around the hull of the Chaos Plundering Ship. It was trying to slide out the oncoming torpedo.
trajectory.
The next second, the huge impact of the torpedo collision made the clouds composed of countless pieces of debris just a few seconds ago.
A burst of joyful cheers erupted from the bridge.
"The Mackerel sent a signal to express gratitude and asked for escort to return to the fleet. The remaining enemy ships have begun to evacuate, but they are still within the range of the side gunship of the ship. The gun team has been in place and is waiting to open fire."
"Running?"
Neo frowned as he looked at the light spots on the scanner that symbolized the rapid escape of the enemy ship.
"No, it will take a long time for us to completely eliminate them. They are fully capable of launching the final attack on the transport ship. Why are they running so anxiously..."
Later, he said to everyone with a little surprise:
"Oh no, they must have attacked the transport fleet, but these two transport ships are too slow, if they are left behind-"
Only then did everyone realize that they had fallen into a trap for each other.
If the reliable loyal servant leaves, then these two transport ships will undoubtedly die. But if the two transport ships are protected from returning, then the slow speed will make everything irreversible.
This is why the Black Legion Plunder Fleet chose not to sink the two transport ships.
"Sir! We have received an emergency distress signal from the main escort. What is your order?"
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"No. 3 was shot!"
The vacuum around the Star Eagle Bomber Captain was filled with bright burst energy, and the squadron commander dodged and rushed past the incoming enemy barrage.
A few kilometers away from him, a wingman was swept up by the barrage and exploded instantly, forcing the surrounding warships to turn back and retreat.
As they approached the target, the slave behind the driver who was accessing the Star Eagle's sensing system calculated the incremental range of several kilometers around the enemy ship.
Previous reports showed that eight raiders were hovering on the edge of the fleet, and they maintained a cautious distance with the powerful light spears of the 3 Firestorm-class frigates, but the three Firestorm-class cannot protect the entire fleet, while the Black Legion's predators were repeatedly launching tentative activities from around the transport team.
Attack, testing the strength of the second line of defense composed of four Star Eagle squadrons temporarily left by the reliable loyal servant.
The Star Eagle Bomber, also known as the Karisis type Star Eagle Bomber, is a bomber not used by the Imperial Navy in the atmosphere.
The Starhawk bomber is larger and slower than the Raider bomber. It can fly in vacuum environments and atmospheres, and is an old-fashioned main combat bomber used by the Imperial Army.
The bomber is designed to carry heavy plasma bombs and plasma missiles, only for use against enemy battleships rather than planetary targets
It has a front-mounted missile rack that can be equipped with up to 10 large anti-ship missiles, each carrying a plasma warhead with powerful armor-piercing capabilities.
And a fuselage mid-cabin that accommodates multiple bomb drop slots.
When launching an attack, the Star Eagle will first fire a series of missiles at the precise targets on the enemy ship, then cease fire and "bomb" its hull, and release a large number of plasma bombs, usually a squadron of 10 aircraft to form a destructive firepower.
Usually Star Eagle's crew ranges from ten to fifteen people, and there is a narrow living space inside, which allows these interstellar aircraft to perform tasks for a long time, and even chemical treatment toilets, as well as automated medical equipment.
As a Void Combat Vehicle,
Star Eagle is equipped with many short-range defensive weapons, such as laser cannons and automatic cannons, used to resist enemy fighters.
In rare cases, the Star Eagle can be converted into a torpedo aircraft carrying a very small number of anti-starship torpedoes.
As the plundering ships determined their weakness to their defense line, a team of three plundering ships launched a direct attack on the fleet, and the Hurricane Wing could only urgently mobilize a squadron to intercept.
When the target entered the optimal strike distance, the profane contour of the plunder ship was clearly displayed on the enhanced visual port of the cockpit. These plunder ships were not big, and the experienced eyes of the driver immediately recognized the details of the different types of warships built in different regions, many of which were modified by armed merchant ships.