Chapter 647 Abnormal situation in the Black Gate Star District
Let’s start with some recent abnormal developments in the Black Gate Star Region.
This is also an empire border star area close to the center of the galaxy, adjacent to the Jijiang star area where Yu Lian and his friends are currently located. In addition to the two jump channels bordering the Jijiang star area and the Gate of Glory star area respectively, the other
The border galaxies are generally close to the galactic center, and the other half faces the Abyss Nebula, the most mysterious and vast galaxy in the entire galaxy. You can imagine its geographical situation.
If it hadn't been for fifty years ago, a star gate directly leading to the "New World" had opened in this star region, it would have been destined to be just a remote star region where exiles and coolie camps gathered.
This star area is adjacent to the center of the Milky Way, and is of course also the target of plunder by the Predator Legion. However, most of the transition channels between the Black Gate Star Area and the Galactic Center pass through the starry sky composed of extremely unstable dwarf stars, giant stars and variable stars.
Isolation zone. We all know that the gravity wells formed between these unstable star bodies are also unstable. They are outlined with dotted lines on standard star charts, so the conditions for their passage can be easily imagined.
This isolated space composed of hundreds of star galaxies is known as the "Wall of Sighs of Prince Noreus", or simply "The Sigh of Noreus". This has nothing to do with the Greek mythology of the earth. It is a famous historical event in the empire.
Before leading the scientific research ship to this galaxy, the navigator Duke Norius looked at the impassable stars and the "close at hand" galactic center and knew that the empire's territory in this direction ended here, and could only send out
Sighed.
Duke Norius was a member of the royal family, so this isolation zone in the starry sky got its name.
Criminals wanted by the empire will use these "Sighs of Norius" to escape to the Galactic Center desperately, but plunderers rarely appear from this direction. After all, the interstellar nomads in the Galactic Center only risk war for wealth.
It’s not like you have to risk your life to climb mountains and ridges just for this little bit of food.
Therefore, compared to the Jijiang Star Region, which is the frontline facing the predators, the Black Gate Star Region does not have many troops, and the main force is marine troops. It is not so much used to defend against predators.
It is said to be used to suppress slave labor and exile criminals.
Later, the empire built the Dragon's Throat Fortress at the level of Sky Castle in the star area. However, this was originally prepared for the sudden opening of the Morning Star Gate. You must know that these star gates to another universe were opened at the beginning.
At that time, everyone was facing a formidable enemy, waiting for the high-dimensional demon to come and fight to the death.
However, it was later determined that there were no high-dimensional demons or other powerful civilization invaders in the New World. Instead, it was a gift package bestowed upon the civilizations of the Milky Way galaxy. As a result, the Dragon's Throat Fortress changed from a pure military fortress to a
It guarded the L3 Venus Gate, which was later officially named the "Dragon Throat Star Gate" by the imperial official, and maintained the core transportation hub for continental waterways and freight transfers.
Agnes and the others are preparing to go to the New World through this "Dragon Throat Star Gate". However, the Dragon Throat Star Gate has now implemented a limited blockade, eating up the military and government transport fleets, and all other merchant ships and passenger ships have implemented
Due to the traffic restriction policy, you must queue up to pass.
As a result, the big guys who had just gathered to do a big job suddenly discovered that by the time they arrived at the work place, they could already celebrate the New Year there.
If it were just this, it would be fine. Anyway, the reporting time required by the contract is March next year, and whether this is a force majeure or a force majeure caused by Party A itself. However, there is already a member of the group, No. 30,
Eating horse chews is not a small expense. The minimum personnel and training expenses can easily be exhausted.
In fact, they were indeed at the end of their rope. If Feifei had not secretly given Agnes 10,000 gold dragons before coming here, they would have been evicted by the landlord.
...If the God of the North Wind, who has been strengthened by personnel in advance, can really establish itself as an industry benchmark like in another timeline, this will surely become a model entrepreneurial story that inspires generations of workers, right? For those in Yu Lian’s hometown who work in garages and
A story about building a business empire in a college dormitory.
However, after all, like the championship team of the God of War Festival, they were dragged down by their new friends to the point where they could hardly even afford to eat. They had done well enough... Well, they had really done well enough to be appointed to the task.
Human beings too.
"Miss Agnes is planning to collect military expenses like she did before, and she actually went to a local underground boxing match." Speaking of this, Feifei couldn't help laughing: "But this is Luyuan Star on the border, and it is not as formal as the imperial capital.
She was cheated and got her bonus, and in a fit of rage, she and her gang smashed up the local gang's place. Fortunately, the police came quickly, so no one was killed, and it ended well. She herself was okay, because
Due to the merits of the God of War Festival, I have automatically become an empire citizen. But there are still many companions in the detention center, and they have to pay bail before they can be released!"
It turns out that this is the real reason! Yu Lian couldn't help but sigh.
This may be regarded as a blessing in exchange for misfortune. All in all, with Yu Lian... ah no, with the capital injection from the Red Star Institute, the structure of the God of the North Wind will be set up soon, and it should be comparable to the previous timeline.
Grow up faster.
As for Mr. Ginsu and his Terrabi team, he didn't say anything anyway, and Yu Lian pretended to know nothing. This is the tacit understanding that mature adults should have.
For now, let’s put aside the future of the North Wind God Company and the development of the Red Star Institute into a military-industrial complex, and let’s return to the issue of the Black Gate Sector. At present, the Dragon in the Black Gate Sector
The man in charge of the Dragon's Throat Fortress is the Imperial Navy Admiral Zhu Shilang, Viscount Tidalos. Of course, since the main function of the Dragon's Throat Fortress has been changed from a military fortress to a trade transit station, the real manager is actually
Admiral Tidalos, an administrative bureaucrat directly appointed by the Prime Minister's Office, commanded only an imperial-standard border patrol fleet, with more than 300 large and small ships, and the main battleships were three battle cruisers of just over 2 million tons.
and two heavy armored aircraft carriers. The total strength of the crew and marines is only about 200,000.
This amount of troops should be enough to guard the border, at least this has been proven in the past few hundred years. Anyway, the New World behind the Star Gate does not have the same level of space civilization, and the predators in the center of the galaxy are unstable
The stars are blocked behind the more distant starry sky, and it is impossible to maintain a large-scale fleet. Only occasionally some small-scale predator warships leak out from the "small paths" in the starry sky, and it is impossible to pose any threat.
.
In comparison, the pirates emerging from the Abyss Nebula caused even greater damage.
This is also the reason why the imperial fleet stationed in the Dragon's Throat Fortress is dominated by high-speed battleships - of course, catching pirates requires mobility. Is it possible to expect the pirates to pull out a battle line and fight you in a fleet battle?
However, in the peaceful days of the Black Gate Sector and Dragon's Throat Fortress, a very strange rumor has appeared recently. It is said that a vigilance supervision team consisting of three small ships was conducting routine combat readiness patrols, and
The Dragon's Maw Fortress has lost contact. The lost galaxy is three jumps away from the Dragon's Maw Fortress, about 70 light years away. In the age of the universe, this is equivalent to happening right under your nose.
But the really scary thing is that the automatic detector installed in that galaxy captured the signal of a huge battleship. The size is at least fearless.
But don’t think that the starry nomads in the Galactic Center are barbarians. You must know that they are a civilized race that failed in their struggle for hegemony in the Galaxy, not to mention that there have been defectors who have fled into the Galactic Center over the years and brought them with them.
The latest information, cultural trends and even technology. At least in terms of military technology, they are still very advanced.
In the countless raider attacks in history, they have already proven to the world that they really have dreadnoughts. Although they look very ugly, their combat power is really tough.
The Black Gate Star District suddenly felt as if it was facing a formidable enemy, and directly closed the star gate and entered a battle-ready state. It even sent a request for help to King Slenn, who had already rushed to the Sarna planet to eat melons.
The man who was responsible for the defense of the Gate of Glory, and whose subordinate was in charge of one-fifth of the empire's central military strength, was the top thug of the Chosen Emperor. He immediately ordered his fleet to reorganize and prepare for rescue, and he also rushed to the Gate of Glory overnight.
No matter how the Marauder's dreadnought passed through those dotted jump channels, it was always right to be alert and alert.
The Imperial Fleet did find the wreckage of its own ship in the galaxy where the accident occurred, but no survivors were found. Then, after another week of searching, most of the Imperial Fleet affiliated with Dragonmaw Fortress searched several galaxies, but there was still no trace of any survivors.
Enemy traces.
The shadow of the ship illuminated by the detector seemed to be nothing more than a ghost flashing behind the deep cosmic sky.
Naturally, it is possible for unmanned automatic detectors to malfunction, but the Imperial Fleet cannot simply end this incident with mechanical failure, and still maintains a considerable number of troops near the Black Gate Starfield. There are also
Including the support fleet sent from the Gate of Glory, there are four dreadnoughts as the battle core of the fleet - this is of course a prepared countermeasure for the possible presence of dreadnoughts by predators.
The above is the real reason why the Dragon's Throat Star Gate is restricted.
"However, only three patrol gunboats were attacked, and the total number of dead did not exceed thirty people. At the Black Gate, similar things happen every month. Everyone thinks that the real culprit is probably the pirate group of the Abyss Nebula.
Or some violent smugglers or something like that." Feifei said.
Indeed, the universe is so big that even an empire cannot truly seal its borders watertight. There will always be outlaws infiltrating.
Naturally, the empire has blocked information about the above situations, but it has not been kept secret to the point of military secrets. After all, there are too many witnesses present, so it is impossible to completely block the information. Feifei, as a spy who is not well-trained but has extraordinary talents,
No, reporters, it is reasonable to know this information.
However, as an insider, she was still very confused: "It is impossible for the dreadnought to pass in the direction of Norius Sigh, and those extremely unstable jump channels cannot stabilize a creation of such a large mass. In the past thousand years,
The looters have not launched any large-scale invasion from this direction."
After saying this, Yu Lian suddenly stopped feeling sleepy and said seriously: "This is impossible to say. For more than a thousand years, the God of War Festival has never given birth to a champion chosen by the gods."
Feifei glanced at the other party, shrugged her elegant nose in dissatisfaction, and said angrily: "Yu'er, aren't you already a mature adult? Are you trying to argue with me?"
Yu Lian thought to himself that this is really not an argument. In another world line, the predators have mastered a new technology, or a product of the combination of science and spiritual energy. It is said that through a drug, the "exploration" star will be given
The hidden potential of the ring's psyker allows it to gain stronger space recognition capabilities and the ability to calculate cosmological constants.
A psychic who swallows this drug will truly become the most sophisticated aerospace detection radar, able to find some undiscovered pathways. At the same time, it can also perform on-site high-speed analysis of unstable gravity wells to find its fluctuations.
Period, determine the time that large ships can pass.
Therefore, in the turbulent era that followed, part of the main force of the Marauders actually passed through the Great Spiral Nebula and appeared in the hinterland of the Alliance, catching them off guard. Since the Marauders could cross the Spiral Nebula, how could they pass through it?
Norius sighed, which was very reasonable.
All in all, this is indeed a stagnant universe, but there is still a lot of progress in the application of some subtle technologies and tactics.
However, Yu Lian vaguely remembered that this incident should have happened more than ten years later. At that time, because the empire had mastered the weapons of doomsday first, it gained a considerable degree of initiative and launched an all-out offensive on the battlefield of the two camps' struggle for hegemony.
The alliance was in dire straits for a while, but it rained all night and was invaded by the largest raider attack in thirty years. Many people began to doubt that this huge alliance was.
If not, I won't be able to continue.
Of course, there are rumors that this is actually a taboo technology. The body of a psyker who has taken too many drugs will swell and twist, completely turning into a sarcoma-like monster that lives on the ship and becomes part of the hull.
, achieving a certain sense of "ascension" to another level of life.
However, this is just a rumor in later generations. You must also know that although it is said that upright individuals born in the Galactic Center are more likely to awaken to "exploration", the population in the Galactic Center is limited after all, so how can they not
So abundant that it can be used as a consumable.
All in all, it is still unclear whether the Predators have really mastered this evil technology in advance, but Yu Lian feels that combined with the news from Deng Zhengqing, who is serving in the outer cantilever fleet, his side still cannot take it lightly.
Yu Lian proposed that these news should be notified to the country as soon as possible.
"I've already done this a long time ago. Don't forget what they do?" Feifei said with a smile.
"Oh, yes, you are a well-trained spy, ah no... an excellent reporter!" Yu Lian was pinched by Feifei again, and he immediately changed his words: "It would have been easier to send the situation reported on the scene back to the country in a timely manner.
It’s your job.”
Feifei laughed, not bothering to pay attention to the other party's weirdness, and said: "However, it is difficult for the National Defense Committee to pay attention to this kind of thing. Besides, even if the plunderers really come from Norius Lament, they will not pay attention to it.
What influence does the community have? At this time, as long as Father Paris agrees and maintains the defense zone in the cantilever direction, it will be fine."
This is indeed the truth.
"In comparison, let's do our own thing first! This exercise has reached this level, how will it end? Also, people are also very interested in what kind of future Yu'er is talking about!"