"Captain Lothar, I don't mean to hide it, but... Alas, the commander has no choice. In the long-term tug of war, although both sides have suffered losses, our losses have always been greater, even if we can continue to receive battleship replenishment. , but the Black Legion also found a way to attack us. They began to avoid the main force of the battle group and kept attacking our supply lines... The entire battle group, together with the Gaiya Airport, has a million people, Pandora The galaxy is notoriously barren, and the logistics pressure is extremely huge. In just half a year, we have already lost hundreds of transport ships. If this continues, the situation will not be good. The commander decided to launch a general attack first while the opponent is still obsessed with attacking the logistics line. At least the Black Legion must be beaten painfully."
"I don't question Admiral Kalanswo's strategy, but what do you think the chances of winning are if the two sides fight in a decisive battle?"
"Sixty to seventy percent should be there."
"Seventy percent, ha, then if I tell you that the Red Pirates also intervened in this war, what do you think the chances of winning are?"
"What!?"
Neo's voice was trembling a little. If there really was the extra power of the Red Pirate, then Kalanswo's plan would not just fail.
Even the entire strike group will be buried with him!
"It's useless to talk more. Replenish ammunition and fuel immediately, and then we will go to support General Karanswo immediately."
At the edge of the 'Adman Alloy Realm', the Pandora battle group had been stagnant for twenty minutes.
Admiral Orson Kalansworth, who was wearing a smart blue navy uniform, paced back and forth on the gorgeous bridge of the Revenge, but still did not take his eyes away from the main display screen.
They had been tracking the predator ship for 6 hours. They originally thought that the other party would take them to a temporary stronghold of the Black Legion or a naval base, but the other party suddenly shut down and stopped.
After waiting for no movement for a long time, General Orson Kalansworth guessed that they had been discovered.
Then there is no need to continue hiding.
"Call to them."
The general, who was nearly seventy years old but still tough, said sternly to his communications technician:
"Make it clear that if they raise their shields or charge their weapons, we will open fire immediately."
The waiter nodded and spoke to the pickup on his console:
"Heretic, this is the Revenge. You have entered the fire range of our ship. Stay still and do not activate any defense or attack systems, otherwise you will be eliminated immediately."
But there was only a static hiss in response.
"We're going to board the ship."
The admiral said to his first mate:
"Ask the second jump gang to report to the starboard flight cabin and prepare to launch three assault boats."
"A whole gang-hopping team, Commander?"
Admiral Karanswar ran his hands over his uniform jacket.
"It may only be a frigate, but it can hold twice as many traitors and deliver orders."
"With all due respect, Commander, why not destroy it now?"
"Intelligence, we need to find out where it has been and know any information related to the Black Legion fleet, even if it is a servitor."
"Understood, Commander."
Soon, an assault boat carrying a team of 300 jump gang members was launched.
The ship was not far away and the commandos soon sighted it.
It was obvious that it had just endured a brutal battle. The hull was scarred, and some of the damage looked horrifying - mainly the large open gashes on the flanks.
According to the scan, it can be seen that its engine is running, ejecting bursts of plasma clusters intermittently.
Its orbit is somewhat curved: the hull slowly rotates around its axis.
After approaching, the assault boat did not rush in. Instead, it slowed down and swept a section of the hull with a searchlight, illuminating the plasma burn and the large pale patches swept by the laser.
The close-range scanning auspices returned minimal detail—residual signs of life, perhaps, but nearly impossible to discern from the nascent energy of the plasma reactor and environmental systems.
"There might be someone on board."
"Servitors, robots, a lot of things can survive out there without a crew."
"I wonder if there are any heretical chicks."
"The kind that can eat you down there?"
"Sir asked us to catch them alive. Now the ship may not be able to withstand the forced shell breaking. We have to find a suitable crack to get in."
"Hey, wait!"
The pilot's call drew everyone's attention outside the main boat, and then he locked the searchlight on a specific area at the bow of the frigate:
"That is......"
The light showed an eight-pointed star pattern on one side of the beak-shaped collision angle. The focus was that the gun emplacements on both sides of it were slowly rotating.
"withdraw!!!"
As the assault boats turned around and left the enemy ships, various displays on the Revenge's bridge suddenly lit up, and the warnings from the scanners flashed like lights at a celebration.
"Commander, we have detected a surge in enemy ship energy!"
"Assault craft being targeted, enemy point defense turrets activated!"
Admiral Kalanswo watched as the three landing craft pushed into a rolling dive attitude, while the automatic countermeasures system carried by the landing craft accelerated and ejected a cloud of wires and flares that were of a scanning impedance nature.
"Fire!"
The admiral sternly ordered over the communicator.
"Commander, that bombing might—"
The divination device of the plundering ship was locked on the dodging assault boat. The siren immediately blared, and the whimper of the sensor warning also increased to a wail.
A second later, the pilot of one of them cursed.
"The missiles were launched, a whole cluster of twenty missiles, and there were still 13 seconds before impact."
The small bright spot on the plundering ship instantly turned into an orange star. A second later, several laser beams burned silently towards the spinning assault boat, and the nearest one only passed within a few meters.
As the energy approaches, more warning lights and sirens flash.
The driver pulled the assault boat from the evasive roll onto a direct course away from the enemy ships. They left blue trails as they passed through the void.
Eight seconds after the raider opened fire, a series of missiles streaked through the void, but fortunately they were still some distance away from the assault craft, which was still accelerating.
Thirteen seconds later, the missile hit, and the flames on the plundering ship burned from the middle of the ship to the bow. The plasma and burning gas licked along the broken guardboard, like colorful ripples on the surface of an oil body.
Admiral Kalanswo took a long breath and sat back in his seat.
At this time, the communication link suddenly rang.
"Commander, we have detected multiple signals at the boundary of the asteroid.
"More ships? Speed, direction?"
"Straight toward us! Six so far, and the navigator thinks there are at least four more on the way."
"Damn-"
Admiral Kalanswo muttered to himself.
"I didn't expect that we would take the bait."
