"Oh, if I had known better, I wouldn't have become a navy."
After thinking for a while, Tucker pressed a rune on the command platform and connected the internal communication channel to the engine room.
There, the Tech-Priests of the Adeptus Mechanicus maintain and monitor the beating plasma heart of the ship's energy system.
"To Sage Bente. Please start preparing for the overload ritual. I will turn off the cooling system and..."
Suddenly, the captain was interrupted by a shout from a crew member on the bridge who was staring at the sensor.
"Captain! We have detected the engine signal of another ship heading directly here! By the Emperor's blessing, it is the Servant of Reliability!"
Captain Tucker smashed the communicator directly to the ground in ecstasy.
"Ouch! The Emperor really showed his spirit!"
At this time, the crew member in charge of the sensor suddenly made a suspicious sound.
"Huh? Those pirates are also turning around. Are they going to run away now? So fast?"
"How dare their little broken ship face the Loyal Servant!"
"But it stands to reason... If they really bite the bullet, they can sink us quickly..."
"Don't fuck with the crow's mouth!!"
The Reliable Loyal Servant moved forward steadily, and the armored blast-proof doors on the take-off and landing platforms on both sides slowly rose.
Soon, squadrons of Fury-class interceptors, like deadly silver darts, swarmed out from the armored hull.
The fighters immediately locked on to the nearest target and attacked their target mercilessly. The void between the Mackerel and the Chaos ships around it was instantly filled with traces of laser cannon fire and the flash of explosions from assault boats.
At the front of the attack formation, the leader of the Furious Squadron slightly reduced the engine output and fixed the target with armor like a clam shell in the center of the weapon sight.
The captain looked at a row of green runes flashing on his dashboard, and then whispered:
"Go to hell, heretic!"
He pulled the firing trigger and activated the laser cannon mounted in the weapon pod at the wing root.
The assault boat carrying the jump gang disintegrated instantly, and burning flammable gas poured out from the destroyed boat body.
The furious captain could see some bodies erupting from the cracks as he pulled up and started looking for the next target.
On board the Reliable Servant, Neo watched as the Chaos marauding ships broke away from the battlefield around the Mackerel, leaving behind the assault boats that were being massacred by Fury-class fighters.
"The target is ahead!"
The Chief of Ordnance reported loudly:
"The torpedoes are ready to launch at any time."
"They're too close to the Mackerel."
Neo shook his head.
"We cannot take the risk of any missed torpedoes locking onto the Mackerel, helmsman, accelerate to impact speed, close the distance and then attack!"
The plasma engine of the Imperial cruiser used its surging power to bring the ship towards the target. In the last few seconds before the torpedo was launched, Neo could even clearly see the flames ignited by the posture control thrusters all over the hull of the Chaos plunderer.
In a vain attempt to skid out of an oncoming torpedo
traces of.
The next second, the huge impact caused by the torpedo collision caused the creation of another warship just a few seconds ago to instantly distort the cloud composed of countless fragments.
A burst of joyful cheers erupted on the bridge.
"The Mackerel sent a signal to express its gratitude and requested escort back to the fleet. The remaining enemy ships have begun to evacuate, but they are still within the range of the ship's broadside gun array. The gun crews are in position and waiting to fire."
"Ran?"
Neo frowned as he looked at the light spots on the scanner that symbolized the enemy ships' rapid escape.
"No, even if we want to completely eliminate them, it will take a long time. They launched the final attack on the transport ship entirely based on their abilities. Why are they running away in such a hurry..."
Later, he said to everyone with a slight surprise:
"Oops, they must have gone to attack the transport fleet, but these two transport ships are too slow. If they are left behind -"
Only then did everyone realize that they had fallen into each other's trap.
If the Loyal Servant were to withdraw and leave, then the two transport ships would undoubtedly die, but if the two transport ships were protected and returned, then this slow speed would make everything irreversible.
This is why the Black Legion plundering fleet chose not to sink these two transport ships.
"Sir! We have received an emergency distress signal from the main convoy. What is your order?"
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"No. 3 was shot!"
The vacuum around the lead Starhawk bomber filled with a bright burst of energy, and the squadron commander ducked and charged through the incoming enemy barrage.
A few kilometers away from him, a wingman was hit by a barrage and exploded instantly, forcing the surrounding warships to turn back and retreat.
As they approached their target, the slave behind the pilot, who was plugged into the Starhawk's sensor system, calculated the range in increments of several kilometers around the enemy ship.
Previous reports showed that there were 8 plunderers lingering on the edge of the fleet. They kept a cautious distance from the powerful bow lances of the 3 Firestorm-class frigates, but the 3 Firestorm-class frigates could not protect the entire fleet, and the Black Legion's
The marauders are repeatedly launching exploratory attacks from around the convoy.
attack, testing the strength of the second line of defense composed of four Starhawk squadrons temporarily left behind by the Reliable Loyal Servant.
The Starhawk bomber, also known as the Calixis-type Starhawk bomber, is a non-atmospheric bomber used by the Imperial Navy.
The Starhawk bomber is larger and slower than the Predator bomber. It can fly in a vacuum environment and the atmosphere. It is an old-fashioned main battle bomber used by the Imperial Army.
The bomber is designed to carry heavy plasma bombs and plasma missiles, and is only used against enemy capital ships and not planetary targets.
It has a front-mounted missile rack that can be equipped with up to 10 large anti-ship missiles, each of which carries a plasma warhead with powerful armor-piercing capabilities.
and a mid-fuselage compartment that accommodates multiple bomb chute.
When launching an attack, the Starhawk will first fire a series of missiles at precise targets on the enemy ship, then cease fire and "bomb" its hull, dropping a large number of plasma bombs, usually consisting of a squadron of 10 aircraft to form a
Destroying firepower.
Starhawk crews typically range from ten to fifteen people, and there are cramped living spaces inside that allow these interstellar vehicles to be used for long missions, and even chemical processing toilets, as well as automated medical equipment.
As a void combat aircraft,
The Starhawk is equipped with a number of short-range defensive weapons, such as laser cannons and automatic cannons, to defend itself against enemy fighters.
In rare cases, the Starhawk can be converted into a torpedo plane carrying a very small number of anti-starship torpedoes.
As the predator ships determined the weakness of the defense line, a detachment of three predator ships launched a direct attack on the fleet. The Hurricane Wing could only urgently mobilize a squadron to intercept.
When the target entered the optimal striking distance, the blasphemous outline of the predator ship was clearly displayed on the enhanced vision port of the cockpit. These predator ships were not large, and the experienced eyes of the driver immediately recognized the different ones built in different regions.
The details of the model warships, many of them were modified from armed merchant ships.