"The Astropath reported that he received a red emergency distress signal from Nessen-6."
When the young lieutenant reported the information to Soshyan, he was standing on the command platform of the bridge.
Below him, the crew had just completed final inspections and were receiving reports from the gunnery officers and engineers on the ship's supply status.
After a week of assembly, he mobilized all the operational warships on hand to form a new strike group for the Astral Knights, including the original flagship Vanguard-class strike cruiser 'Starfire' - she was basically ready and could
Make long distance voyages.
There are also the newly changed "Alien Killer" and "Sword of Destruction" who have just changed the group logo, and have also joined the strike group.
The entire strike group, including the flagship Unbound Soul, consisted of a total of 4 battleships and 5 frigates, which could be said to be an overwhelming force.
It was not Soshyan's original intention to waste so much effort. Originally, he only planned to bring the Unbound Soul and two frigates, but Sevita strongly advised him to bring everything he could.
The Prince of Crows told him that the Eldar fleet was not easy to deal with.
"Recheck the information on Nessen-6, and then open the communication channel with the escort formation."
"Recheck completed, the code is correct, the prison colony is under attack from an unknown enemy, and the system defense force has been defeated."
"How is the situation of the escort formation?"
"They reported that final inspections have been completed and they are ready to go, my lord."
Soshyan nodded.
"Start the main engine and ask the navigator to plan the best route to Naisen 6 for me. I hope that the long-range sensors will report the situation immediately after we enter the scanning range and notify the officers on duty on each ship to report their current situation. We
We will attack after receiving all the information."
Under a series of orders, the lower deck turned into a busy hive, with various officers and crew members busy at work.
Deep inside the warship, the powerful pulse of the engine became more and more intense, and the titan-like power was tremblingly bound to the deck.
On the front deck, the roaring horn guided the cruiser's crew to their fighting positions. The gun crew servants were activated in the standby state and went straight to the light spear turret - huge energy was already surging in the gun barrel.
"Set off……"
The Unbound Soul moved away from the orbital gravity of Nessen IV, and then the plasma engine was ignited. The engine, burning like a small sun, accelerated the ship and left the base.
After turning to starboard and freeing itself from the shackles of the gravity well, the Unbound Soul's engines were shut down, waiting for three other cruisers and five escorts to assemble.
The first to arrive were the three Gladius-class destroyers of the Scythe of Wrath squadron, and then the two Sword-class frigates. They formed a dispersed formation and served as the vanguard in front of the flagship.
Then the Starfire also formed a formation behind the Unbound Soul.
After the formation was completed, the strike group moved forward again, approaching the outer layers of Nessen's galaxy and the unknown enemies there.
Because they are in the same galaxy and the two planets are not very far apart, this voyage did not take much time.
Only six hours later, they arrived at the orbit of Nathan 6.
During the voyage, Soshyan kept focusing on the electronic telescope on the observation dome, observing the rapidly approaching flashing light spots.
Sensors confirmed it was an approaching enemy ship.
It is very fast, very fast, neither the green gunboat nor the Chaos plunderer can reach this speed.
There are not many races in the galaxy that can achieve such speeds with battleships.
"It's the Eldar."
Soshyan said to himself - the intelligence is correct, the Eldar are attacking Nessen Six.
He will teach this alien invader a painful lesson.
"There are no further contacts in the sensor information, Your Excellency."
The correspondent broke the silence.
"Scythe of Wrath Squadron to intercept."
Soshyan gave the order.
"Allow them to fire freely."
He gave the escort captains free rein to engage the enemy, and a small Eldar ship would have no trouble.
The three Gladius-class ships separated, moved at full speed away from the Unbound Soul, and moved forward to intercept the single ship.
Soshyan watched the impending contact on the tactical display and noticed that the lone scout ship began to turn, but the frigate had also entered weapons range.
Then, all three frigates opened fire, their respective ammunition streaking across the universe.
But unfortunately, it did not hit the target, or it did not cause any damage. This is regrettable, but not surprising - Soshyan had anticipated the flexibility of the enemy warships.
The enemy ship began to escape and went straight to the back of Nessen 6. From the bridge, Soshyan could see a large amount of debris in the orbit and the main structure of the orbital station that had not been completely destroyed.
He didn't know what kind of weapon the enemy used to destroy the orbital station, but it was definitely very powerful, and Savita was right to be worried.
However, when he ordered the scan to increase power, he discovered that there seemed to be something else among the wreckage of the orbital station.
It looks like a incomplete bow ram, and from the outline analysis, it is obvious that this is not an Eldar battleship.
"Turn and head for the planet, helmsman."
Soshyan planned to observe closely. He didn't think there would be any battle next.
"Big energy signal! Readings are rising."
Suddenly, the alarm sounded and the tactical display lighted up.
Something huge was launched. It was a very huge target, and the pursuing frigate was almost directly above it.
There is no doubt that they were led into a trap.
Through scanning from the electronic telescope, Soshyan finally saw his new enemy.
It is very huge, at least at the level of a main cruiser.
From the appearance, it looks like a huge sea creature, shaped like a skeletal barracuda with a huge tail fin, dragging several shiny solar sails.
A minute ago, it was completely invisible, and then it suddenly appeared again in the starlight.
The three pursuing frigates maneuvered desperately to avoid the enemy emerging from the edge of the planet, but it was already too late.
A huge beam of light was shot out from the enemy ship, and the energy wrapped around it like a forked finger instantly engulfed a frigate, the Breaking Front.
Even though the engine power was turned on to the maximum, the Breaking Front was still unable to escape, and the terrifying energy quickly destroyed its hull.
A few seconds later, the Breaking Edge exploded with a blinding flash. The hull and ship were torn into pieces, and the broken engines spun into the void.
The other two ships immediately dispersed.
The Unbound Soul also immediately turned urgently, and all the weapon arrays on the port side opened fire.
The Starfire, the Alien Killer, and the Sword of Destruction followed closely behind, forming an orderly battle line with the flagship and firing salvos at the enemy ships.
This tactical maneuver was skillful and sophisticated, but ineffective. The enemy ship's shields sustained the damage.