"Republic Fleet?! 200 ships?!" Severance Tann was shocked, even she couldn't calm down now, "Damn it! Did we just jump to the naval base of the Galactic Republic?"
"Probably...no. This is an empty star field, and the nearest galaxy to us is 11.7 light-years away," the navigator said.
"Self-check immediately and tell me the current situation of the Plague!" Severance Tann punched the console hard. Her punch was real fire, and it was very hard. The console was originally affected by the impact.
The structure was unstable, and this punch actually made a gap in the console.
In fact, even without conducting a self-examination, Severance Tann understood that the Plague was basically in a state of destruction. It was difficult to even fly, let alone fight.
After the spacecraft jumped out of hyperspace, because this was a random jump and the hyperspace engine was not fully charged, the jump was completed very reluctantly. Therefore, the physical reaction caused when leaving hyperspace still left the battleship's already devastated hull.
More shabby.
In fact, when the Plague was in hyperspace, it originally jumped with a large number of nearby debris. Now that the jump is over, these debris immediately flew away in all directions, and one of the four fins at the rear of the battleship
It also broke apart, taking away the Plague's last set of usable missile launchers.
On the bridge, the operator also completed the system self-check. He looked at the red warning light on the screen that spread almost four-fifths of the ship, sighed, but still turned back and said: "The engine power is only 14
%, the flames in the No. 3 energy cabin have still not been extinguished, but a group of Marines just went over to manually lower the fire compartment. It should not affect other areas for the time being. The outer armor belt of the battleship was penetrated in 1211 places, and it still has defensive capabilities.
Less than a third of the armored belt was left, and then..."
He sighed again, "We still have 110 close-in defense systems and 4 twin-mounted heavy turbolaser cannons that can fire. The hyperspace engine has been completely shut down. 6 of the 8 shield capacitor cabins were thrown out by the explosion. The remaining
Two are also unable to work, and the hangar platform was completely destroyed. There are 1,707 remaining crew members on the ship... The only good news is that the life support system can still cover about half of the cabins, and the remaining crew members have begun to evacuate towards these cabins."
At this time, the radar soldier also came over and said: "General, the sensor has completed scanning the 200 Republic warships, but because of the serious damage, we can only see blurry images."
"Pass it over." Severance Tann nodded.
The screen in front of me flickered, and then a picture with a lot of interference appeared. Because there were no stars around in this empty star field, the picture was very dark, but some darker strips could still be vaguely distinguished.
There are black shadows, and red indicator lights are flashing on these black shadows.
"Has the system identified the opponent's warship model?" Severance Tann asked.
"It has been identified. There is about a 70% probability that it is a Dreadnought-class heavy cruiser of the Galactic Republic Navy. However, the strange thing is that the engines of these battleships are shut down." said the radar soldier.
Severance Tann took a deep breath, "They didn't rush over immediately, and we still don't know the reason. Stay where you are and get ready for battle! Send a search ship to retrieve the missile launcher that just broke off.
Pick up the missile."
"yes!"
"General, should we ask for help from headquarters?" the adjutant asked cautiously.
"Keep the communication silent. We are not yet sure of the situation of this fleet. Blindly sending out communications will only expose our situation. It will be even worse if it is intercepted by the pursuers." Severance Tann shook her head.
The head of the communications department spread his hands and said, "In fact, it is impossible not to keep communications silent. Our current hyperspace communications equipment has been completely destroyed, and only ordinary radio wave communications equipment can be used. We need to send our messages to
It will take them 8,000 years to receive the Dawn Planet... Now we are gathering those damaged communicators to see if we can build a functional hyperspace transmitter."
Severance Tann nodded solemnly.
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Time passed by minute by second, and everyone inside the battleship remained silent. Except for the crackling sound of electric sparks from broken electronic components, and the creaking sound caused by the distortion of the hull structure, the battleship was silent.
, there is no other sound.
Everyone held their breath, not even daring to breathe hard. People in the bridge were all staring at the sensors, and people in other cabins were also staring at the nearest screen or loudspeaker around them.
Severance Tann's body was still a little weak due to the serious injury she had suffered just now. She leaned against the head of the radar department, unaware of how down-to-earth this action was. It was different from her usual self-esteem, cold and noble self.
The look is completely out of place.
5 minutes, 10 minutes, half an hour...
A full hour passed, and there was still no movement from the 200 warships. They didn't even start their engines.
"It doesn't make sense... It stands to reason that with the current situation of our warships, even the opponent's warships that are lagging behind should have discovered us. But they didn't do anything... Why? At the very least, they should have started their engines, right?"
The department manager frowned and said.
Severance Tann looked at the blurry black shadows on the screen and the flashing red lights, and said in a deep voice: "Let's go there."
"General, you mean..." The adjutant's expression changed.
"But, isn't this too risky? In our current situation, just two or three ships from the opposite side can completely destroy us, let alone 200 ships!" said the adjutant.
"Is it safe if we wait here? Haha... Stupid choice." Severance Tann snorted coldly, "Start the engine immediately, let's fly over. Calculate the time."
The navigator immediately input the data into the computer and quickly came to the conclusion, "General, the opponent's fleet is 5 light minutes away from us, which is almost 100 million kilometers away. According to our current sublight speed, it will take about 25 standard hours to arrive."
"Start the engine and move forward!" Severance Tann gave the order decisively.
"yes!!"
The huge and incomplete body of the Plague Titan battleship moved again. The vibration caused by the engine output caused the battleship's damaged hull to be further damaged. Many fragments and parts fell off and separated from the hull.
But the warship still began to accelerate steadily, flying towards the fleet 100 million kilometers away.