Any decent adult must understand that if you dig a hole for yourself, you have to fill it with your own flesh. If you pretend to be awesome, you have to hold your nose and lick it clean even if it stink.
As a result, Colonel Yeager Soback, who was on the verge of mental collapse, finally did not lose the upright and upright attitude on his face, and boarded a Clear Sky-class cruiser with tears in his heart.
The name of this cruiser is the Etrida, which is the pronunciation of Sanan secret language, and the direct translation is "Snowstorm".
She sacrificed a little bit of firepower, but installed an additional set of source wave transceiver devices and wide-area gravitational wave sensing devices. In fact, she can serve as a specialized flagship and communication ship. The captain is a man named Sa
The Kimyan naval lieutenant colonel of Dem Red Sand, although he is highly qualified, capable and experienced, and twice as old as Sobek, at least on the surface he is still very respectful.
Of course, even if things were disrespectful, Sobek really had no time to pay attention to the other party's attitude. Now he realized for the first time that his ability to survive in the workplace through hard work and hard work among the colonial repressive forces did not seem to be the same every time.
They are all so easy to use. These astral knights, who claim to value honor more than any other, are just like that.
Look at this Viscount Chamaine! Except for the recent God of War Festival, he has been a winner in life. Naturally, he has developed such a model of a perfect knight who is open-minded, magnanimous and courageous.
But now? He actually knows how to use his own strength to pull off tricks! Who knows what kind of bad water is flowing in his stomach?
Yeager Soback, have you been a little too complacent recently? You are going to marry the eldest daughter of a wealthy family, revive the Soback family, and reach the pinnacle of life step by step! How can you forget your ancestors?
The expectations of Liezong, and your mother who is waiting for you to succeed in your hometown!
From now on, when interacting with a genius child from a famous family like Ymir Shameen, you must pay more attention to your methods.
Soback is still a bit of a scoundrel and tries to judge a gentleman. In fact, a talented young man like Viscount Shameen, who has attracted much attention since his childhood, will eventually become a Knight Commander or even enter the Privy Council as long as he survives.
A proper descendant of the elite elite of the empire's ruling class.
This kind of person has received "big picture" leadership education since he was a child, and he really doesn't bother to think about office politics. He really feels that Colonel Soback is a very strategic and quick-witted general, with insight and imagination.
His strength and logical calculation ability are both a temporary choice, and he is indeed more suitable for this investigation mission than himself.
Of course, such a top-notch wise general Miaozi is not without his shortcomings. For example, at critical moments, he will always react with hesitation and wavering. Although he appears calm on the surface, how can he hide his violent psychological fluctuations?
Passing through Shameen.
This may be related to the fact that he lacked rigorous knight training since childhood, and the wars he has experienced before were basically suppressing the indigenous people in the colonies, and the intensity was not high. Shameen felt that if he could find a way to force him, maybe
It can bring out his potential and become a pillar in advance.
In short, the two parties broke up with tears in their eyes. Shameen held Sobek's hand tightly for a full minute, and then reluctantly separated, and said earnestly: "Take care."
Yourself! The first priority must be to protect yourself! Remember, your wisdom is the empire's precious wealth! You are much more important than you think! Please take care of yourself."
Shameen's words were so sincere and sincere that Colonel Soback was somewhat moved, and some of the previous resentment disappeared. He suddenly realized that his life before he was twenty-five years old
He is a (relatively) mediocre psychic and a (relatively) ordinary officer, and the one who values him first, the "God's Chosen Champion" whose name cannot be mentioned except for that one on Earth, is Viscount Shameen.
"Sure enough, even if the outstanding people's positions are opposite, at least they have similar visions!" After parting, Soback said with emotion to Captain Saddam Hongsha.
Captain Hongsha just didn’t understand it, but when he saw the sympathy between the two of them when they parted, he was greatly shocked. He always felt that some kind of flag had been raised in his profession.
"As the Imperial Navy, how can we be so superstitious? As long as we act carefully, everyone will return safely!" Colonel Soback said to him: "Anyway, listen to me, go here first and observe the D77 galaxy with the telescope. Here
There are only two jumps away from the lion's den, and I guess that if the predators launch attacks from all directions, they will take this route."
Captain Hongsha looked at the star map and felt that unless the predators wanted to turn into the Abyss Nebula or "go south" to the Gate of Glory star area, they would never use the telescope in the D77 galaxy. Of course, the telescope in the D77 galaxy
There are two frost planets and a large string of beautiful ice crystal asteroid belts. Once our ship drills there, even the most advanced radar cannot find it.
Although the captain had such doubts, since he had the endorsement of Viscount Chamaine, it was of course hard for him to say anything. In other words, he wished he could say nothing at all.
The cruiser Buran broke away from the formation and moved quickly towards the Lion's Den. Then, still one hundred and fifty light years away from the fortress, it made a direct turn in front of the enemy, changed its route, and bypassed the Lion's Den.
The galaxy jumped three more times and took more than a day's journey before arriving at the telescope D77 galaxy.
This is also the border galaxy of the Extreme Star Region, but there is no passage to the Galactic Center. On the contrary, its jump passage leads all the way to the Lion's Den, and all the way to the hinterland of the Milky Way, which is the Abyss Nebula and the Gate of Glory.
direction.
If the plunderers really want to go deep into the empire to plunder, they will definitely not take this route. Of course, it is okay to hide here for a while and then find an opportunity to go to the lion's den to observe the situation.
It can be used as an outpost for reconnaissance.
The nearly three-day voyage, although not calm, can be regarded as a near miss. The enemy they encountered most was a predator reconnaissance fleet composed of three small ships. Although it was based on
One versus three, but in a real fight, the winner would most likely be our own heavy cruiser. However, to avoid alerting the enemy, Soback did not launch an attack, but tried to keep communications silent and sail at a constant speed.
Obviously, the reconnaissance level of the Predator fleet was not too high. It did not discover an Imperial cruiser in the same system. Instead, it discovered an automatic space mining factory that was still operating. It immediately rushed over to rob and mine with great laughter.
The laser battle was a blast.
Soback, who arrived at the telescope D77 galaxy, was ready to go. Of course, in order to ensure his character, he still had to make some arrangements, so he called a meeting with the officers on the ship: "We are hiding here, no, there are twelve lurking
hours before taking the next step.”
He estimated that in twelve hours, Queen Brunhild's fleet would have arrived nearby, and at least they would be able to meet up with the remaining soldiers of the Valor. At that time, she would definitely give the next order, and he would
All you need to do is execute it. If you are so unlucky that there is still no news after twelve hours, then...of course you have to admit that you are unlucky and then think about it in the long term.
"We have six automatic detection machines on board, and we can launch them into the Lion's Den Galaxy to have a look." Captain Hongsha suggested.
"Wouldn't it... alert the snake?" Soback actually wanted to ask if there would be any safety hazards. He knew that unmanned detection aircraft have extremely powerful detection capabilities, good self-defense and survivability, and are also equipped with small
Jump engine. However, we must know that any aircraft equipped with a jump engine, no matter how small it is, will not be able to go far, and no matter how concealed it is, its concealment will be limited.
More importantly, we all know the level of AI in this universe. Every automatic machine is stupid and will only detect or escape according to rigid predetermined procedures. It is difficult to predict potential dangers and retreat in advance.
"There will be certain risks." Captain Hongsha also showed a helpless expression: "But we can't just do nothing? This is not easy to explain to the superiors!"
"What, what do you mean by doing nothing?" Colonel Soback felt that he was indeed offended, and immediately ordered all the drones to be released. However, they were not sent directly to the Lion's Den Galaxy, but
It is a walk on several important star systems that can be called transportation thoroughfares.
"We don't need to ascertain the enemy's entire strength, but we must ascertain their movements in advance." He said plausibly.
Captain Hongsha felt that what this guy said was quite reasonable, but he always felt that this was not his true purpose.
Just as he was thinking about pretending not to hear, the voice of an intelligence officer came to the bridge: "Captain, Lord Soback, a high-quality reaction has been detected. A large man-made object is passing through the jump channel."
In fact, Soback is still just a colonel, so he is not qualified to be called "Your Excellency", but he is a genuine astral knight after all. As long as he doesn't die now, he will get the title of admiral sooner or later.
Anyway, there are no other generals on this ship, so calling him in advance is not a problem. Just like in the workplace, only people with hopeless emotional intelligence will call the deputy director "Deputy Director X".
"Man-made object? Where is the direction?" Soback asked.
"It's from...the direction of the lion's den! The mass parameters are being calculated, but it's at least...more than 6 million tons!"
Is this the dreadnought class? Colonel Soback and Captain Hongsha exchanged glances, each seeing shock in the other's eyes.
Not only is it a dreadnought, but it is also the largest among dreadnoughts, even surpassing many lighter Titans.
No, really not! We are just an ordinary small cruiser that came over to observe us secretly. As for sending out a dreadnought to attack us?
"It's still too late to retreat now." Captain Hongsha reminded in a low voice: "Although this is not very honorable, according to the Imperial Navy's regulations, we have no reason to fight the dreadnought..."
Uh, isn't it in the Empire's naval code that you must fight the enemy when you see it?
"The spirit belongs to the spirit, and the ethics belongs to ethics." Captain Hongsha showed an apologetic expression: "As an old Kimyan sailor like me, I can only put production considerations first! Your Excellency, I hope you will
I can forgive you, but I hope you can carefully consider my suggestion."
Looking at the other officers on the bridge, not only did no one object, they all even looked concerned.
Sobak suddenly felt that one of the wisest choices he had made during this period was to board this ship, so he wanted to agree. However, for the sake of human character, he still proposed to keep the communication and engine silent and wait for the ice crystal
Let’s take a closer look at the asteroid belt.
"You can run away, but you can't just hang out without seeing the enemy?" He said: "Even if we can't fight the enemy when we see it, we should at least escape when we see the thief."
Captain Hongsha felt as if he had been ridiculed, but he had to admit that what the other party said was quite reasonable, so he acted like this.
Then, the next thing that appeared in their observation range was not the ugly and hideous Dreadnought-class battleship of the Predator as they imagined, but a very flat-looking ship with a circular shape.
Because of the flat shape of the ship, the battleship generally looks larger.
There are more than a dozen transparent domes laid on top of the huge hull, reflecting the colorful and changeable light spots in the light of stars and stars, with a slightly transparent beauty. Going far away, it is like holding a boat.
Giant oval plate with jelly.
"What a majestic giant ship!" Soback sighed with emotion. Although he had been studying naval knowledge recently and wanted to get a degree at the Royal Naval Academy, he had never seen such a ship. He only felt that those huge jelly
It must be the predator's secret weapon. Just looking at it makes one feel chills all over.
Didn't the predators even take down the lion's den? Wouldn't it be reasonable to have some secret weapon?
"Yes, it is an almost perfect little world! Air, water and various microorganisms circulate as much as possible in these closed domes, operating accurately to milligrams. Only in this way can the loss be minimized.
Maintain the longest life-support environment under the conditions." Captain Hongsha also agreed: "In this regard, the predators have a lot to learn from the empire."
"...Oh, it turns out this is the predator's residential ship!" Sobek suddenly realized.
He knows that there is a lack of stable stellar environment in the galactic center, and even if there is a geological structure of livable planets, they are not stable. Therefore, most civilians and slaves of the predator tribe can only live in large ship groups.
on the planet, constantly migrating between relatively stable star systems. This is the origin of the so-called interstellar nomads!
In a sense, they are more worthy of the title of "People of the Void" than the Tirero people who claim to be the conquerors of the universe.
There is no race in the known universe that is better than them at transforming a large ship into a mobile city and extending the life of the city.
"But why are the predators' residential ships here?" Colonel Soback was extremely surprised: "In previous predator wars, did they let civilian ships accompany them?"
"...Well, the production fleet has accompanying people. They are nomads after all. But I have never heard of the residential fleet." Captain Hongsha thought carefully and shook his head again: "At least the war history records
There is none!”
Everyone on the bridge was puzzled. At this moment, two more residential ships of the same size jumped into this galaxy. Captain Hongsha still has a certain understanding of the predators, and I will tell you,
There are at least a million people in these three ships alone.
Soback was a little excited, and he was wondering whether he should drive over to the blizzard and shoot a few rounds. Even if he only sunk one ship, it would be enough to change his epaulettes to general stars.
As for whether the people on board were civilians, the Marauders had not joined the Galactic Civilization Council anyway, so they naturally had no human rights. Soback said it was a battleship, so it was definitely a battleship, and everyone on the Blizzard must be able to accept it.
But at this time, another seven or eight cruiser-sized Predator warships entered the galaxy and joined the escort queue. Accompanying these three giant Predator residence ships, they sailed towards the distant starry sky.