From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 198 Hide and Seek

'Psychic intuition' was Amber's joke, of course.

Although psykers can indeed provide early warning of danger, it is only a warning, not a prophecy.

Even the most powerful psykers cannot predict the future.

The reason why Amber was able to guess the next move of Mary Bay Industries was simply because he had dealt with these giant companies too much in the game.

People from these big companies have always been ruthless when engaging in such shameful actions.

And driven by the 'result-oriented' nature of large enterprises, they often seek to achieve their goals by any means necessary.

So when Telak and the others encountered an interception on the expressway, Amber had already guessed that the opponent would prepare for the next move after the interception failed.

Being able to send so many armed personnel to Industry 4 means that the other party is probably coming with its own ship.

At least Amber has never seen a company of the size of Mary Bay Industries letting its staff take public transportation to their destinations to carry out operations.

The multiple spaceports attached to the space elevator also make Kandahar 4's orbit extremely busy.

As the most massive planet in the galaxy, Kandahar 4 is mainly used as a mining planet, providing raw materials for a large number of factories in this galaxy.

Amber originally planned to let Lilith hack into Industry 4 to see if she could find an opportunity to hack into Mary Bay Industries' ship.

The location of Industry 4 is in the synchronous orbit of the Kandahar galaxy - Kandahar .

Federal administrative agencies on planets, spaceports, satellite cities and other places have jointly deployed a large number of self-disciplined early warning terminals on major routes.

Amber has always viewed these 'corporate dogs' with the worst possible intentions. These guys will do anything for performance appraisal.

Therefore, the local administrative agencies adopted this simpler and more crude law enforcement method.

However, there are only two destroyers at most. If there are more, people of ordinary ranks cannot mobilize them.

Although he could roughly judge Mary Bay Industrial's next move, he actually didn't want to go head-to-head with the opponent.

Since Kandahar 4 was developed relatively early, there are multiple space elevators on the planet.

It would be best if you could hide your traces before the opponent intercepts them, and then enter the jump far enough away from Industry 4.

Based on the above factors, in order to ensure that the main routes near the planet can operate in order.

That's too low a price.

Amber looked at the location and virtual track of Ares displayed on the holographic projection platform in the center of the bridge, and began to think about the next route plan in her mind.

After all, in such a large area, even the patrol fleet cannot 'rush to the scene' as soon as possible.

However, after the release of LLS943823, both Amber and Lilith were much more cautious in releasing their clones to go out into the jungle.

Therefore, Amber also used this as the basic principle in her subsequent route planning.

As long as there are abnormal situations such as ship firing in the area with an orbital altitude of 30 kilometers, high-energy lasers and charged particle cannons will directly sweep over.

In the worst-case scenario he deduced, the opponent should mobilize one or two warships to conduct interception operations.

After all, as long as the two sides exchange fire, there will be a risk of being sunk.

If the opponent was a high-ranking and high-authority company employee, then the enemies Telak and the others encountered on the expressway would certainly not be of this size and level of force.

The ship's jump is also required to start after leaving the 30-kilometer area.

Therefore, according to Amber's judgment, the area where Mary Bay Industries is most likely to launch an ambush is outside this 30-kilometer border.

It is currently known that the other party has a high probability of parking a ship in the port of Industry 4, and will probably pretend to be a "passerby" and follow Amber and the others.

Then the other ship should jump directly from somewhere else to the predetermined ambush position, forming a flanking situation.

If you want to hide from the noses of these two ships, the first step is to enter the shadow of the planet.

Otherwise, if the sun of this galaxy keeps shining on it, the temperature on the surface of the ship will quickly soar to hundreds of degrees.

Against the icy backdrop of space, this infrared signature stands out.

Amber briefly communicated his plan to Randall, who, as a former federal navy lieutenant colonel, immediately understood what he meant.

"Attention helmsman, after leaving the fixed navigation area of ​​the port, follow the route I gave and enter the shadow of the planet.

All other personnel on the ship have entered the first level of combat readiness, wearing spacesuits and preparing to evacuate oxygen. "Under Randall's order, the crew of the Ares got busy in an nervous and orderly manner.

Banninger and others installed an additional life-support system on their exoskeletons. Since the Roma people do not have a usable exoskeleton yet, they can only wear it like other crew members. The largest space suit.

The helmsman also followed Randall's instructions, and after leaving the fixed navigation area, he controlled Ares and plunged into the shadow of the planet.

As the surface temperature of the ship began to drop rapidly, the helmsman also pushed the clock to the 'forward three' position.

The plasma propulsion array soon burst out with a burst of dazzling blue light, and the entire destroyer began to accelerate towards the predetermined course as if being pushed by an invisible hand.

At the same time, radar operators are constantly monitoring movements in the direction of the port through a variety of reconnaissance equipment.

Maybe Amber and the others moved too quickly after spending money to open the road, or maybe the people at Mary Bay Industries were slowed down by the aftermath.

In short, after leaving Industry 4 at a distance of 8000 kilometers, the radar operator found no trace of other combat ships.

"What is our current velocity relative to the border area?"

"20 kilometers per second, Captain."

After hearing the information briefing from the tactical information coordination officer, Randall issued new orders.

"After the relative speed reaches 25 kilometers per second, turn off the main propulsion array and force heat dissipation!

After the main propulsion array is turned off, the axial direction is adjusted 180 degrees while keeping the track unchanged.

Optical camouflage and black body coverings are activated, the entire ship enters a silent state, and intra-ship communications switch to wired mode. "

As the order was given, Ares turned somersaults in space and pointed the bow in the direction of Industry 4.

At the same time, the ship body seemed to have a bug in the game screen. After flashing for a while, it merged into the background of the universe.

Compared with ground combat, HCP's combat assistance AI needs to maintain high-frequency operation of the processor in order to process a large number of complex dynamic polygonal images at the same time to achieve the effect of optical stealth.

When optical camouflage is turned on in the universe, the requirements for computing power are greatly reduced.

This is similar to the situation when players play games and their frames drop when they look at a complex environment, but as soon as they look up at the sky, the number of frames increases significantly.

"At the current speed, we will arrive at the border area in about three hours. The next step is to see how the other party finds us within this time. The familiar hide-and-seek link is back."

Amber put her hands on the back of the captain's seat, looked at the relative positions and tracks displayed on the holographic projection platform and murmured:

"But why are they dispatching so slowly? Isn't this too inefficient?"

"These vampires won't let us leave until we pay."

On the bridge of the Peregrine-class destroyer 'Freedom Radical', a mobile fleet affiliated with Mary Bay Industries.

Captain Cleeves looked at Industry 4 getting further and further away on the holographic projection platform with a dark look on his face, and a series of curses burst out from his mouth.

The expression on the face of Oens, the third director of product development, who was sitting next to him, was not very good either.

Although he was acting in the name of Mary Bay Industrial, the chief executive of this industrial satellite city did not take him seriously at all.

He was required to pay a huge amount of 'road repair costs' and 'proper placement of the deceased'.

Although Oens couldn't afford the money, it still hurt him for a long time to give it out for free.

Considering that any further delay would lead to the unknown mercenary group's ship being let go, Orns finally reluctantly paid the fee.

Seeing that his personal account was missing a few digits, Orns took out a small pill bottle and took a few pills, and finally he felt relieved.

"Captain Cleaves, which direction do you think the target will escape?"

"Well, based on my experience, 99% of captains in this situation will choose to hide in the shadow of the planet.

Moreover, the reconnaissance unit has not discovered the infrared signature of military ships so far, so this probability is even greater.

But now we can only guess a general direction, and the exact location will depend on subsequent actions. "

After listening to Captain Cliff's speculation, Orns nodded, and then looked at the Yaoguang defense liaison on the other side.

"Do you know where to deploy the intercepting destroyer?"

(End of this chapter)