The Louis family's assessment battle is very strict, and the simulated battle is not a simulated battle in the ordinary sense. The two warring parties will drive real starships and fight in the designated star field. The whole process is the same as a real fleet battle, except that the battle is high-energy.
The power of the beam is adjusted to one-tenth of its original value, as are the particle cannon and electromagnetic cannon, and the missiles are replaced with solid warheads. The referee will convert it into real war damage based on the battle situation and judge the starship's condition.
This level of simulated war is no different from a real war, and only the wealthy Louis family can afford it.
According to the rules, Xino, as the challenger, will be at a disadvantage. The fleet's combat power will be 20% less than Lucian's, and it will enter the battlefield half an hour later. If they are two commanders of equal skill, then these differences are enough
It determines the outcome. But for Chu Jungui, it is the same whether or not this rule is provided. He has never fought a battle in which he has a superior force.
During the rest of the journey, Chu Jungui asked for the starship models and performance parameters of the Louis family fleet, and began to analyze and prepare for the war. Kaitian was responsible for analyzing Lucian's past battles and finding out his habits and weaknesses.
Xino is in charge of being in a daze.
The Tabby 3 galaxy is rich and magnificent. It is home to one of the three major financial planets in the Federation and is also the headquarters of the Louis family. However, this highly developed galaxy is not the only one owned by the Louis family. There are two other large families who also have their bases here.
Got here.
At this time, the Louis family's elders' meeting was being held. The meeting hall was almost full. 31 of the 36 elders were present. Many elders in other star fields also found time to participate remotely. The core topic of this meeting was the assessment battle.
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Lucien had just delivered an impassioned speech, commenting on the challenge in the harshest tone, and lashed out at the Presbyterian Church for allowing the challenge. In his view, even if this ancient rule had not been officially declared invalid, it
It should not be used as an excuse for some ridiculous behavior.
At the end of the speech, Lucien made a concluding statement: "Whether that clown really wants to usurp this position or just wants to gain attention, he is destined to fail! However, the purpose of this assessment battle itself is to
My insult is also an insult to all the officers and men of the fleet! Such a farce should not have happened, but it did happen. We should all reflect on why we let a clown jump up and down. Is it him or us who is wrong?
!My speech is over, thank you all.”
However, to Lucien's surprise, the wonderful speech did not have the desired effect, and there was even very little applause. Most of the elders were in a strangely quiet state, with no intention of expressing their opinions at all. Even those who usually talked to him
The elders with the best relationships also remained silent and did not express any opinions.
As soon as Lucien stepped off the podium, an elder suddenly asked: "What will happen if Xino wins?"
Lucien was startled for a moment, and then said categorically: "Absolutely impossible!"
After the elders' meeting ended, Lucien walked out of the elders' house full of anger. Just as he was about to board his flying car, he saw the head of the family waving to him. Lucien hesitated for a moment, then walked over and boarded the other party's car.
's flying car.
The head of the Louis family looked like he was in his early forties, but he was actually a generation older than Lucien. When Lucien got on the speeder, he asked in a casual tone: "How are the preparations for the assessment battle?"
"Do you still need to prepare? To deal with a rookie who has never commanded a large fleet, the question is whether the victory is beautiful enough."
The head of the family looked at Lucien with a playful look and said, "Do you know why the application for this assessment battle will be approved?"
Lucian sneered: "Isn't it because many people want to see my jokes? Do you think I will believe the ridiculous reason of the regulations?"
The head of the family said: "Regulations are very important, which makes it very difficult for us to reject applications. It's not that there are no people who want to laugh at you, but the number is not as many as you think. Another reason is that many elders have been secretly manipulated
Lobbying.”
"Who? Who did this?" Lucien immediately became furious.
"Even if you find out, you can't retaliate. They are lobbying legally. By the way, I am also the target of lobbying."
Lucian was stunned, "Then you agree?"
The head of the family shrugged and said, "Of course, why not? As the head of the family, of course I have to stand with the majority of people."
"Then what do you mean by coming to me? To persuade me to give up?! No problem, as long as the Presbyterian Council passes the resolution to remove me, I will resign immediately without any hesitation!" Lucian was already furious.
The head of the family was still calm and said slowly: "You are thinking too much. I just want to remind you to take this battle seriously. This is not just an internal matter within the Louis family. In case, I mean in case."
One, if you lose, you may lose the commander."
Lucien heard the unusual meaning, calmed down and said, "Should we let that clown be the one?"
"Even if he is elected, everyone will think it is just a transition and will find another candidate. However, there is always a possibility in everything. What if he does a good job?"
Lucien's anger completely disappeared, and there was a chill in his eyes. He asked, "Is this what the person behind the scenes meant?"
The head of the family said: "That person doesn't really care about who becomes the fleet commander. His purpose is just to suppress your faction. He paid a good salary, so the lobbying was successful. Of course, as the head of the family, I must uphold justice.
.So I will ensure that this assessment battle is fair, from the process to the results, do you understand?"
Speaking of which, how could Lucien not understand? Once he loses, the commander will definitely be gone.
Seeing that Lucien understood what he meant, the head of the family gave a rare smile and said: "Be well prepared, I mean, use all available means. In addition, I will temporarily increase the amount of your loan to the family by three times.
Until the assessment is over. Do your best, Lucien."
Lucien got out of the car and watched the owner of the family drive away with a cold look.
He stood there for a while, then got into his speed car and connected to the communication of another elder in the faction: "Mike, can you find out who is lobbying behind this?"
"This is a bit difficult, the time is too tight, and many people are not willing to talk about it at all."
"Forget it, we'll talk about it later. The key now is to win the assessment battle."
Mike was a little surprised: "You can't win, can you?"
"How is it possible? But you have to win beautifully! I think it's time to take advantage of the rules. Haha, does that little guy think he is the only one who can take advantage of the rules?"
Mike smiled and said: "I just like your insidiousness! Tell me what you plan to do, and I will do my best to support you."
"In this assessment battle, the fleet I command can have 20% more combat power than that little guy. But according to the rules, this 20% refers to the number of starships, and there is no specific limit on a single ship. The loophole is here! I
I have one heavy cruiser and two light cruisers on hand. Don’t you have channels to get heavy cruisers? Get one for me. I want to replace the light cruisers.”
Mike laughed exaggeratedly and said: "You are so insidious! I can only imagine how shocked and desperate the little guy would be when he suddenly saw two heavy cruisers appearing in front of him! He would probably scream, 'This is
It's not fair, I'm going to complain to the Presbyterian Council.' Hahaha! But if you do this, I'm afraid some Presbyterians will have opinions about you."
Lucien smiled enigmatically and said: "I just want those guys to know that if they really make me angry, I will do whatever it takes! If they had this understanding, there would be no assessment battle.
It happened."
"Okay, anyway, I have always known that you have no bottom line. Time is a little tight now, and the only heavy cruiser I can find is this one. It is 20 years old and has an estimated combat power of 9912, which is a little worse than the federal heavy cruiser combat power standard of 10,000.
, but no worse than your flagship."
"The combat power of my flagship is only 9700, which is very small. This is it. It just replaces that old light cruiser."
After hanging up the communication, Lucian sneered and made an X on Xino's profile picture.
At this time, Xino and Chu Jungui had arrived, and Xino got the form of the starship assigned to him. Seeing the form, Xino sneered: "I knew they would definitely do something. A heavy cruiser with a combat power of 8,500? This
What is this thing? Better light cruisers are better than this thing. Are all the family fleets full of antiques like this? Well, you also gave me a light cruiser and let me see... your uncle’s! In this world
And the 5100 light cruiser? Is this a destroyer? It’s 210 years old! It’s a miracle that this thing can still fly!”
Amidst Xino's constant complaints, Chu Jungui had already read the entire list. To be fair, the distribution this time was fairly fair. It was basically sorted by combat power, and then the two sides were assigned in the order of one ship and one ship.
Sean has an additional light cruiser and a destroyer.
Xino was still complaining endlessly, but Chu Jungui already had a plan: "There are many loopholes in the rules, we can take advantage of them. Since the rules do not say that starships cannot be modified, then we will remove all the weapons on all destroyers and frigates.
All the advanced equipment and weapons were removed and installed on the light cruiser. After modification, the combat power of the light cruiser can be increased to more than 8,000, which is enough."
"Aren't the other starships useless?"
"It doesn't matter, we don't need them anyway, one light cruiser is enough." After ravaging many federal front-line legions, Chu Jungui came back to look at the configuration of this family fleet, and he always felt that it had a complete feel.
In an adjacent galaxy, Hathaway was sitting in a conference room, looking intently at the information in front of her. There were several elderly people in the conference room, all of whom were impressive.
Hathaway raised his head and smiled: "Their rules are full of loopholes, and we can make full use of them. Since the rules allow the replacement of starships of the same level, then we are welcome. There happens to be a fleet of the Jolly Roger nearby, and it has just been changed recently.
.Ask them to send a heavy cruise ship over and pick the best ones. Don’t take out the garbage that costs less than 15,000 and embarrass people.”
An old man nodded in agreement, and then asked: "Do you want to replace the destroyer and frigate together?"
The little princess shook her head: "No, I know very well about that guy Xino, he can't command them if there are too many starships."