From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 202: Let’s keep up with my Speed ​​first.

About 6500 kilometers away from Yaoguang Defense's Peregrine-class destroyer, three 'comets' were rushing in at high speed, dragging long wakes.

This is the only three HCP currently available on the Ares.

In addition to Amber, who is the captain of the aircraft, Murat and Lewis, who piloted the No. 2 and No. 3 aircraft, all conducted actual combat in space for the first time.

Murat and Louis in the Fanatic's cockpit looked at the enlarged captain's aircraft on the all-circle display with a hint of envy in their eyes.

Amber's Zealot has a different body than the two of them, and does not use the same low-visibility paint as them.

Instead, it was painted arrogantly into an extremely eye-catching color combination of deep red and pink.

This is a treatment only available to captains or ACEs.

Coupled with the fanatics and a lot of accessories sent by Isabel's father, the leader of the maintenance team never stopped looking at it.

While sighing, "I have never fought such a rich battle," the team leader led his team members to adjust all three main HCPs.

"Attention of the Caliburn (Sword in the Stone) team, the enemy HCP has begun to dispatch. The current number is 3. The mid-infrared signature comparison database is continuing to be added. It is determined to be the 'Platypus' series. The relevant information has been synchronized through the data link."

Although they couldn't hear the sound, both Murat and Louis saw an even more dazzling light erupting from behind the lead aircraft at this moment.

Listening to Amber's words, the two of them were still a little unconvinced and were about to say something when the voice of the tactical information coordination officer on the rear destroyer was inserted into the communication channel.

He felt that after such a long period of adaptation training and intensive training in space combat, he should start to share the pressure of the instructor.

Amber's captain aircraft has an additional communication antenna installed on the main head monitor, and the power unit of the entire aircraft has been customized to pursue higher thrust.

There was a burst of laughter from the communication channel, which contained a feeling of relief.

While the tactical information coordinator was synchronizing information, a beeping warning sound also sounded in the cockpit of the three people.

"It seems that the other party has come out to greet us~"

The words of the pilot with the ID 'Ozma' came to mind, and Amber's tone suddenly changed.

After exchanging information with the Ares data link, several red diamond-shaped boxes also appeared near the target destroyer on the all-day display.

"Ha ha ha ha."

Murat said in the communication channel that he was still a little embarrassed about the fact that his instructor always protected them behind him.

Lewis also echoed in the communication channel.

"Yeah, I can't always let you stand in the front!"

Even though the two fanatics were pushing at full power, they were still thrown away by Amber in an instant.

Amber's voice sounded again. This scene of taking a rookie out reminded him of the yellow-painted lead aircraft of his team when he first participated in a space battle.

"Spectre one, the opponent should have a lot of HCPs. Let us also come forward to assist you in the battle!"

Well, the elements of red, horns, and triple speed are all there.
"Rookies, this is your first actual space battle. Just keep a good distance behind me and provide fire cover."

"You two are so confident now? Then try to follow where you can smell my exhaust first!"

Amber's calm voice sounded over the communication channel, giving the two of them the feeling that their instructor was driving a car instead of driving an HCP through space at high speed.

"Team, adjust your formation to PLANET DANCE!"

"Oh! I really can't keep up."

Complaints were complaints, but the two of them immediately followed Amber's orders and spread out to adjust their formation.

Formation adjustment during a high-speed advance is not a comfortable thing even in gravity-free space.

This is especially true for a nearly 100-ton heavy-duty machine like the Fanatic, whose high quality brings greater inertia.

The two rookie pilots were pressed into their seats the moment they started maneuvering. With the help of trained positive pressure breathing and heavy hydraulic anti-gravity suits, they did not faint immediately.

But the bigger blow came from Amber who was gradually moving away and constantly making maneuvers.

"Huh. Such a heavy machine can still be so flexible! Instructor, is he even a human being?"

"Of course. Huhu no!"

"It feels so good! This is how it feels!"

Amber, who gradually adapted to high-speed sprinting, relied on her own physical fitness to push herself up from the back of the chair, and took over control of the machine from Lilith again.

At this moment, two additional sets of auxiliary propulsion arrays were deployed on both sides of the plasma propulsion array on the back of the Zealot he was driving.

Coupled with the optimized energy output logic of the subcritical reactor, the overall performance of the fanatic's power unit has been improved by nearly 30%.

The maintenance team's miraculous transformation technology made Amber sigh that she had really found a treasure.

After the formation was deployed, in order to prevent the opponent's electronic warfare offensive, the team switched radio communications to blue-green laser communications.

Although there is a '10-year veteran' class shipboard control personality trained by Lilith herself on the Ares, it has completely suppressed the opponent in terms of electronic countermeasures.

But Amber didn't want to capsize in the gutter, so she still switched the communication method in accordance with combat regulations.

He looked at the straight-line distance and relative speed between himself and the target. Basically, after 3 minutes of sprinting, he was directly close to the target.

This is also a common method used by HCP to fight frigates and destroyers. It is impossible to defeat a warship by shooting at a distance. Only by bypassing the opponent's axis and shortening the distance can you put enough pressure on the opponent's close defense unit.

But this step is not that easy to do. The rushing speed alone is not enough, and you also have to find a way to get rid of the HCP coming to intercept the opponent.

At present, the left electromagnetic ejection track of this Peregrine class ship is temporarily unavailable, so the HCP's dispatch efficiency has dropped by 50%, making it impossible to form a numerical advantage in a short period of time.

And Amber wants to seize this opportunity and tear apart their defense.

Seeing a flash of white light in a red diamond-shaped box in the distance, Amber controlled the sideways movement of the machine without any delay.

The next second, a white beam of light swept across his position, and the opponent's HCP's heavy particle cannon opened fire.

Amber did not pause to evade, and followed with a series of suffocating evasive maneuvers.

Not only did Murat and Louis, who were trying desperately to keep up with him, look stupid, but also the HCP pilots near the Peregrine class who were firing to intercept him were dumbfounded.

"Is this a prediction that humans can make?"

"Brother, let alone prejudgment. Look at his maneuvers. I wonder if there is no one inside."

"Stop talking nonsense, spread out and pack up, rely on the advantage of numbers to block his maneuvering space!"

The squadron leader's voice sounded in the communication channels of these HCP pilots:
"This guy looks wrong, we can't let him break through our defense!"

After saying that, the squadron leader took the lead in driving the HCP to meet them. The surrounding HCPs who had separated from the ship also spread out under his command, forming a 'big net' and surrounding them.

Then, a hole was immediately poked in this big net.

The squadron leader who rushed the fastest still underestimated Amber's strength, and also overestimated his shooting skills and the auxiliary aiming ability of the airborne combat auxiliary AI.

After the relative speed of the two sides reached more than 40 kilometers per second, it became an impossible task to hit Amber, who was darting left and right and performing a zigzag maneuver.

"As long as you can't hit, there's nothing to be afraid of!"

While talking, Amber took off the new toy customized for him by the maintenance team from the weapon rack on his back.

Folding plasma heavy ship-killing knife.

When the blade is fully unfolded and the plasma blue light lights up on the blade, the length of the entire ship-cutting knife has reached 16 meters.

However, due to its foldable structure, this thing has quite a problem with its structural strength.

According to the leader of the maintenance team, it is basically a one-time product that will be discarded after one attack.

But for Amber now, it's enough.

Two approaching machines passed each other in an instant.

Before the other surrounding HCPs even had time to react, they saw that the squadron leader in the center of the 'siege net' had been cut into two pieces by Amber.

What followed was a huge fireball formed after the plasma beam inside the body went out of control.

The culprit had already dragged a long blue trail out of their yet-to-be-formed encirclement.

"Squadron Captain!"

These HCP pilots, who were panicked because of the squadron leader's "fleeting moment", made a very wrong decision at this moment.

Everyone chased the fanatic driven by Amber, adjusted their direction, and then deployed their weapons to intercept and fire.

But they apparently forgot that Amber was not the only one who launched the attack.

And there is no deflection force field on the back of their body to protect them.

Two beams of flashing arcs swept across, and then lit two 'candles' in this dark universe.

At a distance of several thousand kilometers, even if there is still a certain relative speed between the two parties.

But for light-speed weapons such as charged particle cannons, it is enough to hit the target during irradiation.

Not to mention Murat and Louis, what they practiced most during this period was long-range shooting, and there was also a combat auxiliary AI in the machine to help them correct their aim.

And not everyone can perform such perverted evasive maneuvers like Amber.

The remaining two HCPs turned back in fear and blocked the next round of shooting from Murat and Louis.

Amber was suddenly turned around and fired a cold shot from behind.

When the plasma fireball formed by the explosion of the aircraft body was extinguished, only one of the five HCPs released by the Peregrine-class ship was left alone.

"The rest is up to you, don't overturn."

After sending a text command to Murat and Lewis, Amber suddenly changed direction and cut into the direction where the Peregrine's anti-aircraft firepower was weakest.

Since Ares was still watching from afar, the Yaoguang Defense destroyer could only keep its bow to meet the enemy, allowing the deflection field and the stronger armor structure of the bow to deal with the attack.

The remaining five HCP pilots in Gnaku were unwilling to dispatch after discovering that four of their dispatched teammates had been shot down in a short period of time.

After all, they are just mercenaries who are paid to do things, not soldiers who protect their homes and countries.

This kind of dispatch is almost a fatal battle, and they are not willing to do it.

(End of this chapter)