Originally, this was the most prosperous star system in the Star Sea Federation and the largest trade hub of the Federation.
But at this moment, the prosperity of the past is no longer there, and all that is left is just being kept in captivity like domestic animals...
Humans!
Yes, this is the largest slave market in the galaxy, and it is also a market where only a single race trades.
Since the demise of the Federation more than three hundred years ago, all humans in the star systems originally under the jurisdiction of the Federation have been traded as slaves.
This is the most noble race in the galaxy, but now it has become a slave, and it is also an extremely sought-after type. How sad.
This is the inevitable result after the demise of a civilization in the age of the universe.
After all, it was originally the most powerful civilization in the galaxy. No matter which civilization it was, if it didn't have a few human slaves, it would be embarrassed to say how high its status was.
Therefore, human beings are kept in captivity and reproduced from generation to generation, but no matter how many generations they reproduce, they still cannot escape the fate that has been written since birth.
slave...
If you are bought back by some people and used as servants or coolies, you are still happy.
But if they are bought back by some perverted races and abused, or bought back by some cannibal races and used as...
That is the most tragic thing.
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There are four natural life planets in the floodlight star system. This situation is rare even on the four main spiral arms.
At this moment, in an asteroid belt not far from Snow, a spaceship with a very shabby appearance was hiding inside.
If it weren't for the several very conspicuous cannons on the spacecraft, no one would have thought of it as a battleship given its level of dilapidation.
Even some interstellar pirate spaceships are not so broken...
In the bridge, a group of people are busy at the moment.
"Captain, as per the intelligence, there is only one Kerry Empire destroyer in the orbit of Snow Planet!"
"Looking at the logo, it should be the Ves fleet belonging to the empire!"
The chief officer of the radar department reported loudly.
While listening to the report, Su He, as the captain, still frowned.
Over the past 300 years, the number of human resistance armies has increased from hundreds to less than ten now.
The most critical thing is that although they claim to be a rebel force, they actually only have two federal patrol ships that are over 400 years old, and their combat capabilities are simply incomparable to those of the regular army's warships.
even...
Not even a Kerry Empire frigate can defeat it.
Originally, we shouldn't have come here so rashly. After all, there have always been warships from the four major civilizations stationed in the Flood Star System to protect their assets.
Trying to fight against a 400-year-old patrol ship is tantamount to wishful thinking.
However, that special signal can only be received by special federal equipment...
But they had to come.
"Where is the signal source? Has its location been confirmed?"
"The captain has been confirmed, 27 degrees south latitude, 87 degrees east longitude."
"Pick me up Long Yuchao!"
"Yes, Captain, it has been connected and it is displayed on the main screen!"
Soon, a man wearing a pilot's helmet whose face could not be seen clearly appeared on the main screen of the bridge.
"captain!"
"Yuchao, I can only help you hold the Kerry Empire warship for ten minutes at most. Once the time is up, the Hope will leave regardless of whether you come back or not. Is this clear?"
"clear!"
"Be prepared and take action in one hour!"
"Yes, Captain!"
After ending the communication, Su He stood up suddenly and waved his right hand.
"Accelerate to 200 kilometers per second, then shut down all systems and keep the entire ship silent!"
"Yes, Captain!"
The entire bridge suddenly became busy.
The battleship slowly accelerated, and when it reached a speed of 200 kilometers per second, all systems were shut down.
Just like a wreck, it relies on inertia and heads towards Snow Star.
Speaking of which, as one of the main battlefields in the Great War more than 300 years ago, there are quite a few wrecks of Federation warships in the floodlight star system that look like ghosts.
Therefore, it is also common to encounter a wreckage by chance.
After all, this 400-year-old patrol ship was already very dilapidated, and before going on a mission, Su He specially asked someone to touch up the outer shell of the battleship to make it look more like a dilapidated wreck.
.
At the same time, in the orbit of Snow Star, the destroyer belonging to the Weiss fleet...
At this moment, the sirens on the bridge suddenly sounded loudly.
"What's going on?"
A burly man with a burly nature broke into the bridge and shouted loudly.
"Captain, the radar scanned a federal warship. According to the database analysis, it should be the Star Sea Federation, Lankai Type 3 patrol ship!"
"Give me the observation screen!"
"Yes, Captain!"
Soon, the figure of a battleship was displayed on the main screen in the bridge.
"Have you scanned this battleship?"
"It has been scanned, and there is no sign of activity. All systems are offline. It is moving only by inertia. According to its trajectory, it should pass by Snow Star in an hour."
"Turn off the alarm, another damn wreck!"
Shaking his head, Kyle ordered.
This was not the first time he had seen this kind of federal warship wreckage in the Flood Star System.
Even if you open fire, it will be completely destroyed and shattered into pieces.
That's just a waste of energy and creating more wreckage, and it has no meaning.
It's better to let him go. Anyway, his adjutant said that it would just pass Snow Star, and it wouldn't be on the collision course, right?
"Yes, Captain!"
The next moment, the alarm in the battleship was turned off, and Kyle handed over the command to his deputy and then left the bridge.
He hadn't slept enough yet, so he went back to catch up on his sleep.
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One hour later.
The bridge of the USS Hope.
"Captain, we are about to arrive at the combat position!"
"Aim accurately and be sure to destroy the enemy ship's main gun with one blow, otherwise this battle will be impossible to fight!"
"clear!"
"Prepare... right now, restart the reactor and restore all systems!"
"The reactor is starting up...the startup is complete, the entire ship system is restarting...the startup is complete!"
After all, this is the age of the universe, and the Federation was once the strongest civilization in the galaxy. The technology is naturally not bad. It takes less than ten seconds to restart a battleship.
At this moment, the dim bridge was lit up again, and the reappearance of artificial gravity pushed everyone back to their chairs again.
"Main gun calibrated!"
"Fire!"
"Yes, the main gun fires!"
A blue beam of light was shot out instantly, directly bombarding the Kerry Empire destroyer not far away, which was defenseless and had not even opened its shield.
boom!!!
Faced with a warship that is on orbit and has no maneuvers at all, it is obvious that anyone who is not an amateur will miss.
A direct hit!
Although the patrol ship's firepower was very weak, even a direct hit failed to destroy the huge main gun turret.
but...
It also caused some damage to it. Without at least one repair, this main gun would definitely be useless.
"Order Long Yuchao to take action and set a ten-minute countdown at the same time!"
"Helmsman, stand between the enemy ship and Long Yuchao's team and protect them from completing the orbital airborne landing!"
"Weapons officer, look for opportunities to attack the enemy ship's sublight engine!"
"Radar officer, keep an eye on the location of the remaining Kerry Empire battleships in the Flood Star System, and report back at any time!"
Sitting on the command chair, Su He kept giving orders.
At the same time, more than a dozen mechas were being ejected one after another from the battleship's hangar.
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Snow Star.
Among the mountains, the wreckage of a small shuttle ship is lying quietly here. Its outer shell is covered with various vegetation, almost blending in with the surrounding environment.
But inside the shuttle ship, there is a device that is still working.
This is a container. Looking inside through the glass on the outer shell, you can clearly see...
A baby is lying quietly in it.
What a weird scene this is, after all...
Judging from the outer shell of this shuttle ship, it must have been at least two to three hundred years since it crashed here.
"Captain, here!"
"That's where the signal comes from!"
In the air, twelve mechas fell quickly and found this place immediately.
Immediately, one of the pilots shouted on the team channel.
"Captain, a space carrier from the Kerry Empire is approaching, the distance is 300."
Just when Long Yuchao was about to leave the cockpit and go to investigate, the team member in charge of security reported.
This made his expression suddenly change.
Each of the Kerry Empire's planetary space carriers carries 300 planet killers, which are simply not something their twelve Raider mechas can fight against.
The distance of three hundred kilometers is only a few minutes for the space carrier.
"There's no time, take the entire 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 twenty meters in length.
Therefore, as long as a few mechas work together, it is enough to send him into space.
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In orbit of the planet.
The battle between battleships and battleships is continuing.
There was another violent shock, and everyone knew that the battleship had just been hit by another shot.
"The shield remains at 28%!"
Even if he relied on a sneak attack to kill the opponent's main gun.
But this is a main destroyer after all, and Su He's car is just a patrol ship.
and...
It is still a patrol ship that is more than 400 years old, and many of its equipment are in disrepair, making it unable to 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 opponent long ago.
"Is there any news about Long Yuchao and the others?"
"Report, Captain Dragon sent a message that the target has been obtained and is currently returning. It is expected to arrive at the evacuation point in three minutes!"
"Weapons officer, fire out all missiles and drop mines at the same time!"
"Yes, Captain!"
"Helmsman, turn to the rendezvous point and prepare for the jump!"
"Yes, Captain!"
Missiles, one after another, were continuously fired from the back of the battleship.
However, after all, it is just a patrol ship, with only eighteen missiles in total, but this is enough.
After all, Su He's purpose from the beginning was not to destroy enemy ships. He knew very well that this was unrealistic and was just to gain time for the warships to turn and deploy space mines.
result...
Naturally, none of them hit, and they were all intercepted.
However, while the opponent was desperately trying to intercept the missiles, the Hope also completed its turn and laid a large number of mines while evacuating towards the rendezvous point.
Although the threat of the mine is not great, it is a type that can automatically detect the enemy, so it is no problem to delay the opponent for a while.
For a while, the destroyer did not dare to rush in, but after slowing down, it targeted the mines to destroy them.
Otherwise, if you rush forward directly, you may trigger these mines to attack you.
Three minutes later.
When the Hope arrived at the rendezvous point, Long Yuchao's team also happened to arrive.
However, the original team of twelve people now only has eight people left, and the remaining four people voluntarily stayed to block the space carrier, buying the others precious time to evacuate.
As for the fate of the four team members, there is no need to guess.
In front of three hundred planet killers, they had no way to survive.
"Captain, Captain Long has boarded the ship!"
"Start the jump engine, evacuate!"
"Yes, Captain!"
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A few minutes later, Su He stood in the hangar with a confused look on his face.
In one battle, 30% of the resistance's ammunition and energy reserves were wiped out, and four pilots were sacrificed. The result was this?
An unknown device that may be a hibernating device, plus a sleeping baby?
But soon, when Su He saw the words printed on the shell of the device, his eyes immediately widened.
Jiang Xingchen, is this the baby's name?
besides...
Star Sea Federation, First Academy of Sciences?
He knew about the First Federal Academy of Sciences.
It was once the technological holy land of the Star Sea Federation, a place that all scientists wanted to enter. There are many records in the federation's historical data.
But this device...
It just looks like an ordinary shuttle ship, but even he can't understand the internal equipment. There is also a set of energy devices that he can't understand at all, which is performing separate functions for the device that is suspected to be a sleep chamber. And the most critical thing is
yes...
In the device, the baby appears to be sleeping!
What the hell is this?
"Captain, what should we do now?"
"Don't move around yet. Send people to guard the shuttle ship. Let Dr. Ling take a look at it when we get back!"