In order to prepare for the next naval battle, Soshyan deployed the fleet in the high orbit of the planet, and all ships entered a state of full alert - on the huge hull, the gun doors were opened, the plasma cannon poked out, and the launch bay
The explosion-proof armor was also put away, preparing to launch missiles and torpedoes. In the engine room, the technical priests extracted more energy from the huge engines and sent it to the void shield and bombardment cannon.
Thousands of crew members, both human and otherwise, were performing their duties. Transport convoys began to roll out of the armory. Huge tracked cargo holds and transport machinery were loaded with missiles and charging packs, while the elevators responsible for the cannons
Beginning to teleport up and down the ship's superstructure, huge chain carousels were driven by legions of mindless servitors and their sweaty overseers.
Their firepower is enough to destroy a planet, and now they are just waiting for their prey to appear.
Suddenly, a warning light came on on the bridge, and the mechanical priest responsible for monitoring the array made a high-pitched voice.
"Violent features were found on the planet's surface, coming from the north and south poles!"
Then a blurry image appeared on a picture screen in front of Soshyan. It shook as the moderator tried to make up for the clarity. The ice caps at the north and south poles of the planet had been torn apart, revealing a jagged green building on each side.
"Looks like...crystal?"
"Energy shock! The system is paralyzed and disturbed!"
Just as Soshyan was staring at the picture, the alarm sounded, and as the picture suddenly blurred, two beams of emerald green light could be vaguely seen piercing the earth's crust.
"It's coming! The alien ships are hidden at the top... All ships, prepare to fight!"
"A huge burst of energy."
The next second, the sounds on the bridge were almost drowned out by the sudden burst of noise.
At the north and south poles of the forge world, huge crusts were thrown out of the planet's surface, dragging large pieces of broken rock with them and creating a terrible earthquake on the planet. Under the sudden appearance of huge craters, there were flashes of light.
It was dim silver and metallic green-brown, like corroded bronze, and among them, spaceships the size of frigates appeared. Their shapes were all highly similar, like a crescent moon. At the same time, the spaceships
There is a towering pyramid in the middle, dotted with green light, and strange weapons are placed at the tip of the crescent moon, which emit a sickly green light when charged.
As for the larger cruiser-sized ships, in addition to their crescent-shaped bows, they also have three weird fins and a long "tail", making them look like some kind of insect.
"All ships, lock on target, orbital defense platform, adjust position immediately, and lock on fire!"
As the defense platform in orbit began to aim its guns at the north and south poles, the ascending alien spacecraft seemed to be aware of the threat, spinning rapidly and moving horizontally with incredible maneuvers.
Then, the first laser cannon fired, shooting a burning beam of light towards the alien spacecraft.
But it missed, and then more defensive platforms opened fire.
In an instant, the entire orbit was lit up by the flash of heavy laser cannons, and Soshyan ordered the fleet to maneuver to the North Pole first and annihilate the enemies there first.
Under the covering fire of hundreds of laser cannons, a victory was finally achieved. Two of them hit the upper hull of an alien spacecraft. The energy of the explosion was so bright that the spacecraft looked like a burning sun.
When the glare gradually faded, the crescent-shaped wreckage of the spacecraft spun and fell to the ground, no longer able to resist the planet's gravity.
However, more warships had already reached the edge of the atmosphere, and they immediately began to counterattack before they could escape. Green light flashed across the void, and in a series of strange flashes, defense platforms disappeared one after another.
"The enemy ship is too fast...too fast..."
During this period, Soshyan had been observing. He saw that an enemy cruiser-sized warship had been hit four times by heavy laser cannons, but it only made some ablation marks and no substantial damage at all. He had to attack the Necrontyr warship.
Amazing defense and technology.
More importantly, the enemy's speed was far beyond his imagination. Knowing it was one thing, but seeing it with his own eyes was another. His "whack-a-mole" plan was too wishful thinking from the beginning. The Necrontyr's fleet was almost
It was about to leave the planet's atmosphere in the blink of an eye.
If Harlequin's intelligence is correct, then this is the Necrontyr's harvester, a battleship made entirely of active metal. Its main weapons are stellar pulsators, particle whips and lightning arc launchers. It can attack any human battleship level.
of battleships posed a deadly threat.
And just at the North Pole alone, there are three ships!
In addition, according to scanned statistics, there are 35 other small ships.
However, Soshyan also has 33 battleships from the White Templar and 43 battleships from the Forge World, for a total of 76 battleships!
Meanwhile the orbital defense facilities are still firing!
Although he knew that the Necrontyr's ships were powerful, Soshyan, who had twice the number of ships, did not think he would lose.
The Necron fleet, composed of 3 Scythe-class harvesters, 8 Shroud-class light cruisers, and 24 Elegy-class and Jackal-class frigates, flew out of the atmosphere at an astonishing speed and approached the high-orbiting Imperial fleet.
In response, the Imperial fleet, which had a superior offensive position, immediately moved. The densely packed destroyers, frigates and cruisers spit out hundreds of torpedoes and missiles from their launch tubes, but the leading Necron ship did not try to change its course or
He evaded and did not fire back.
Soshiyang stared at the torpedoes and missiles as they entered the range with bated breath. But after a few seconds, hundreds of blue icons used to track the missile tracks on the tactical screen simply disappeared. They were not detectable by the imperial battle auger.
Under the influence of some kind of force, they become sluggish and powerless, or even stop running completely, and some self-destruct, or deviate significantly from the route as if they are blind.
"This is impossible!"
The data sages on the ship made surprised sounds, and even the fourth captain of the White Temple, Ahaslu, who was following Soshyan on the ship, opened his eyes wide, as if he had seen a ghost.
"How can this be!"
Soshiyang seemed to have expected this to happen. He nodded gloomily and said softly:
"There is nothing impossible. They are an ancient remnant species from 65 million years ago. They have many incredible technologies, but... don't underestimate us."
Suddenly, an icon flashed across the screen, and then there was an excited roar on the bridge.
"Sink two enemy battleships!"
The 72 super-high-speed missiles launched by the Viper-class guided missile destroyer were not disturbed. They were hidden behind the first wave of missiles, and one of them directly hit two small enemy ships with a radius - obviously the Necron were also guilty of this.
They made the mistake of arrogance, believing that these missiles from humans pose no threat.
But reality slapped them hard in the face. With the devastating plasma burst, the two Jackal-class assault ships were directly smashed into pieces. Even Soshiyang was surprised by such a performance, but he guessed that it was the resistance of the black iron core.