The Bizarre Adventure of Tartaros Fleet

And the other three guards cast their shield generators to protect the felled Salari, locked the cardinal and the sisters together, and then set up electromagnetic rifles—their holding guns were the same as the conventional ones. The method is different. Hold the handle with your right hand, and the front end rests on the raised armor of the left arm. There is just a groove to catch the structure under the rifle, and then the light blue square light film is unfolded with the arm armor as the center, then It is a shield that can block the whole body.

Then, break out of the breach and charge at the enemy at full speed while shooting.It felt like a machine gun bunker was advancing on the battlefield at a speed of hundreds of kilometers.

One of the guards still in the room kept an eye on the front, while the other guarded the passage behind.

Alicia poked her head out and glanced out, her guards had suppressed the attackers.One attacker was shot in the chest, the shield flickered twice, the light and blood sprayed out at the same time, and the rest of the people were so crushed that they couldn't lift their heads. The bullets kept splashing sparks on the building. The heavy gunshots from mass effect rifles echoed in the air.

"How did the assassins get here? Are you not mistaken... Is the Fortress of God so easy to be attacked?" asked Lana, leaning against the wall, holding a handful of 'Asylum' in her hand. 'type laser pistol "What about the security measures of the Citadel?!"

This way, the ground is considered to be heavily guarded. There should be guards in the embassy area, and it should be very difficult to sneak in.If infiltrating with the help of something like a ventilation duct, the attack would start from inside the building, not on top of a nearby building.How is this going……

The guard area outside the Divine Castle is an open space. Except for the air seven meters below, the outside is directly outer space. If it is a guard area, then the soldiers will be thrown out by special means and slide thousands of meters or even tens of thousands of meters. Mi is also possible, but this is a ring area, a closed space, and if you want to get in, you can only use normal channels...

However, the strict security is only based on the premise that the guards are reliable.If the guards themselves are unreliable—such as being corrupted, bribed, or the person on the other side—then all precautions are nothing more than castles in the air.So what is the reason?

It didn't take long for the gunfire to become intense.A small shuttle that is common in the Citadel - the kind that is often used for fast traffic, the gunner on it fired heavy weapons at the Katari guards from the open side door, which suppressed the situation for a while. side offensive.They tried to stop at the building to rescue their companions, and one of the gunmen pointed what looked like a rocket launcher.

But before he could pull the trigger, his head was blown away.A contingent of Starfleet soldiers - what looked like guards from the Starfleet embassy had been sniping from a good angle, which had the Assassins scrambling and the fire scattered.The guards in Katari did not let go of this opportunity. Guard Alan sent a dozen bullets into the rear of the car where the engine was located. The flames of the propelling port immediately flickered like a cough, and they immediately flew away. But another blue-and-white painted floating vehicle has already crashed over.

It was the car of the Citadel Police.

In the blink of an eye, the car was pushed towards the roof of the building by a powerful impact, and at least three assassins were crushed to a pulp during the impact.The rest of the people fell with the car and crashed into the pool below.Several turian policemen jumped out of the car immediately after landing, pulled out the living assassins one by one and pinned them to the ground, their voices became tense and changed their tone.

It's not difficult to guess what they think, after all, such a big incident happened in their own jurisdiction, and it may be difficult to end it next.

Alicia sighed, and walked out from behind the shield. She looked at the debris all over the floor, and her eyes moved to the corpse of Salari, feeling a headache... Besides herself, there must be some important person who absolutely does not want to See this scene.

But at this moment, there was a sound from the ceiling.When she looked up, a black figure had already kicked open the grille of the ventilation pipe, jumped down from above, and pointed a pistol straight at Alicia's face, less than ten centimeters away.

The mass effect shield couldn't cope with shooting at this distance. The assassin smiled behind the mask. He looked at the stunned expression of the human-like creature in front of him and pulled the trigger.

The gun went off.The shield deflected the bullet, and the metal projectile punched a small hole in the wall.

"?!"

The expression on the face in front of her suddenly changed from stunned to frightened. Less than half a second later, she narrowed her eyes and frowned slightly, and the atmosphere of her whole body underwent a terrible change.The next moment, the assassin felt severe pain in his abdomen, and the metal-wrapped Maomao fist was deeply buried in it. He raised the gun desperately, but saw a small golden pistol against his chest. On the right elbow.

She pulled the trigger six times without mercy.

When two Turian Citadel police officers rushed into the room, they were surprised to see that the ambassador of the Ministry of Consolidation was picking up an assassin from the ground and throwing it aside. The air was full of the smell of ozone.The place where the assassin's right hand was broken was charred, and it looked like it had been hit directly by a thermal weapon.And the broken right hand is falling on the other side of the room, holding an X6-E 'Executioner' heavy pistol.

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'False' repeater surrounding space domain.

This vast cloud of gas is a vast and ancient corpse.The gas ejected when the star died is still hot, even bursting out with purple light, but it is very thin and not enough to hurt the battleship.Layers of gas, like ivory balls, were vigorously thrown out by the exploding star, and they are still flying outwards today.The space contained by the gas can accommodate thousands of solar systems, and at the center is a strange celestial body, a white dwarf star about the size of the earth but millions of times heavier than the earth.

Thirty Hell's Angel-class battleships are already in battle formation, and fifteen tornado-class battleships farther away are also ready for battle.The light of shields and thrusters brightened and dimmed in the void, and the surrounding illuminated gas radiance dispelled the usual darkness of interstellar space.The shimmering gas cloud has lost its galloping dynamism, but is still moving slowly, and after a few generations the naked eye may be able to detect subtle changes in the entangled eddies of gas.

And not far behind is that ancient mass repeater.Its light is very dim, and its temperature is also low. Even the light emitted by the blue light sphere in the center cannot be detected through the gas cloud several light years away. This is the key to why it has been hidden for so many years. reason.But now, this has become an excellent bait, the fleet is hiding in this corpse of the star, planning to kill the guy who comes following the scent with one blow.

On the very leopard bridge, Oregana huddled up in the swing, sighed with a piece of crushed ice in her mouth:

"Within the cone of light is destiny..."

I have been squatting here for about five hours, and Saren is still on the way, and I don't know when I will arrive.

Liu Lizi was sitting in the driver's seat with a data cable attached to the back of her neck. She turned around helplessly:

"What's wrong with you all of a sudden? You're muttering weird things while you're not working."

Because light travels in a cone along the time axis, physicists call this a light cone, and it's impossible for someone outside the light cone to understand what's happening inside the light cone - light travels at a finite speed, if you If you are far away, you will not be able to see the light from the light source in a relatively short period of time. For example, the sun suddenly wanted to give the earth a middle finger, so it sprayed a uniquely shaped prominence, and humans on the earth see It takes 8 minutes to get to this middle finger-shaped prominence, and you will not know anything during these 8 minutes.

If the light from something has not yet reached here, then there is no other way to know about it - this was the case in the ancient past, and it was the case when Limina was heading towards Earth at the speed of light .With the development of sensor technology today, the space/subspace detection technology of the Consolidation Department has been able to get rid of such shackles, and can use space changes to detect superluminal maneuvers of ships, that is to say, people use technology to go beyond the light cone.

It's just now... everyone in this universe goes faster than the speed of light by changing the space, but changing themselves, so it's really difficult to do.Because compared to the noise caused by changing the space, the movement of changing oneself is too small, and the current sensors cannot detect it.In other words, long-distance detection has returned to the state where the upper line is the speed of light.

"It's just a sigh that we will have such a day. Saren is rushing towards us... and knowing what he looks like at this moment, the battle may be over."

Half of Liulizi's attention is on various sensors and communication interfaces:

"Low light speed detection is like this. It's the same for Saren, he can't detect until he lands." She continued, "If he doesn't land, he can't see us."

"So he can't change..."

Before Oregana finished speaking, the indicator light on the tube cable behind Liu Lizi's neck changed from blue to red, and then the alarm sounded—because the detection cannot exceed the speed of light, the enemy's landing is unpredictable. This is the same for both parties.In addition, because it is impossible to judge the opponent's landing point, the air mine system cannot be deployed at all.

This also means that the battle will start with a rapid artillery battle.

"The target appears! The distance is [-]!"

"locked!"

One by one the enemy ships made their final deceleration, first the sixteen geth cruisers, then the four dreadnoughts, and the Overlord.

Oregana stood up, she walked to the rear of Liu Lizi's driver's seat and stood still, and ordered:

"Get those on the other side ready!"

"learn."

Four geth dreadnoughts plus one 'Overlord' is enough power to win a major battle in this world.He should also have expected that a battle might happen here, so he concentrated the forces 'enough to defeat the Patrol Fleet of the General Assembly' and launched an assault here in one go?

smart idea.

But that's not enough.If it is used to break through this line of defense, or even seize the control of Eros, such a force is not enough.Oregana raised her right hand:

"The attack begins."

For a split second, a flash from a pulsed laser illuminates the gas cloud, making the beam more magnificent than ever.The high-energy light beam passed through the clouds, and the strange neon lights mixed with jumping arcs seemed to light up the entire universe.The enemy's counterattack was half a beat slow, which put them at a disadvantage in the beginning. A geth dreadnought was swept by hundreds of beams. Its kinetic energy shield did not have any effect at all. It suddenly became riddled with holes.

Half a beat later, the shells of the tornado team had already struck, and the terrifying power of the nuclear long guns split its bow, and half a second later, its hull was quietly scattered in the explosion.But immediately the cruiser began to charge, and the shells they fired hit at high speed through the thin gas cloud, and the appearance of the light flickering was extremely clear.

But what these shells can do is only weaken the shields of the two Hells Angels, and the last three rounds did penetrate the shields, but the armor that the Hells Angels-class battleship is proud of showed excellent performance in front of the shells. Defensive performance, the shell left a little damage on it, but it was far from damaging the foundation. Even the main gun of the dreadnought ship could not break through the protection of the Hells Angels in a short time.

After all, they are low-speed, heavy-armored and heavy-fire battleships famous for their thick armor. All enemies within sight were swept to pieces, and in the end they stood intact on the battlefield.

But that time is not long. (far eye)

Less than 10 minutes into the battle, more than half of the opponent's cruisers were lost, and two of the four dreadnoughts were damaged, but the overlord was still unscathed - it didn't attack, it didn't even respond to the outside world, it just aimed at the mass repeater The direction continues to sail.Be it pulse beams or 1400mm shells, a large number of attacks were concentrated on its hull, but it didn't leave even the slightest scar.

It continued to advance in this way, gradually approaching, passing through the battleship formation that was attacking forward, and was extremely violently attacked at close range.

Even so, its defense is still rock-solid, as if it is labeled as 'unbreakable by battle' just like a mass repeater.

"What's going on here?" Liu Lizi focused all her firepower on it. She watched the fire burst, and then the majestic hull emerged from the flash and continued to move forward through the explosion. She hammered the handrail hard, "And this kind of thing?"

Oregana showed a clear expression:

"Did the other party open the module? Since the Reapers can create a mass repeater that can't be destroyed in a supernova explosion, it's not incomprehensible for them to install similar technology on board. But..."

"But when this mode is activated, it can't attack, and it can't even accelerate, right?"

When seeing a strange phenomenon on the battlefield, it must be difficult to figure out the principle at the first time, but the appearance can still be seen.Perhaps because of the energy consumption problem, the Reaper warship did not fire a single shot after pressing the module. This is completely different from its way of acting on Eden. I am afraid that it is really planning to drive the module to the star. The door is closed.

"Okay! The cannon can't hit it, but we have a way to stop it. Can your module last a lifetime?" Liu Lizi turned on the communicator "Ship 18,22,24, [-], [-]! Slow it down by impact! Support Before boarding the ship, use the stasis coiling beam!"

【clear! 】

Only Tartarus can do such a thing without hesitation with a battleship.The three warships moved forward from the front, firmly resisting the advancing Reapers with their bows, and their propellers sprayed out a thousand-meter-long propelling flame.Just by looking at it with the eyes, you can see the terrifying power generated at the moment of the collision between the two sides. If it is an ordinary warship, the hull may have been broken at this moment.

But the reaper who opened the module resisted the blow.

The two sides were at loggerheads, heavy steel pressing against each other, sparks and armor fragments bursting out in all directions under the fierce collision.And the subsequent stagnant winding beam completely reduced the speed of the Reaper battleship. The last [-] kilometers away from the mass repeater is usually very close, but at the current speed, it is like a natural moat in front of you.

If the 'module' is removed, the overlord will be sunk in an instant; if the 'module' is not removed, he will be trapped here forever, and the opponent obviously has more troops-they may mobilize reinforcements at any time, use larger The ship sent bigger guns.

So how would Saren choose?How long can his 'module' last?

Just as Oregana was still guessing the other party's next move, the sensor rang again——

"There is still a fleet approaching! Flagship class! The long axis is close to 2000 meters! The number is six!"

But this time, the opponent was ready.

Those six ships looked very strange, as if a lot of biological tissue had been added to the mechanically constructed hull, forming a mixed structure of biological and mechanical.The brown carapace and tissues covered four-fifths of the front half of the hull, and the giant cannon in the center of the bow was shining with golden light.In the next instant, six galloping streams of golden light tore through the air cloud and galloped towards the fleet.

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Chapter 1204 Chapter 223: Relics of Civilization

Meow, I almost... didn't catch up...

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The golden streamers are like elongated flames, they look so beautiful, they glow with illusory light like jumping prominences, and the blinding flashes roll like a raging vortex.

This reminds people of Gatarantis' blazing direct blaster.

"Prepare for impact!"

"It's not for us!"

In an instant, six light cannons passed through the queue, illuminating the port side of the Very Leopard, and directly hit the three Hells Angels holding up the Overlord.This is not a particle cannon that fires clusters of particles, but a directed energy weapon that emits continuous radiation.They slowly burned through the solid armor of the Hells Angels in the next few seconds, deep into the interior of the hull like a welding torch melting a steel plate, and the terrible heat spread wantonly in the cabin of the battleship.

The driver scolded in the communication. They were extremely dissatisfied with the status quo of being a 'target', and tried to fight back with the front turret, but the effect was not good-at this engagement distance, the shaft gun has a high output The advantages are no joke.After a few seconds of cooldown, the next round of shots wreaked even more horrific damage.

The hulls and heads of the three Hells Angels were torn to pieces, their shattered engines spinning and falling into the void.This is undoubtedly flagship-level firepower, which is more powerful than ordinary dreadnought naval guns. Only such an attack can destroy a heavy-armored battleship within five rounds. Overlord continued on through the wreckage and debris cloud, glowing blue and purple like those glowing creatures in the sea.

Oregana didn't show any expression of anger or panic, just three battleships, this kind of loss is nothing to worry about.Instead, she was concerned about other things.She touched her chin and looked at the enemy ship that was continuing to attack, showing a thoughtful look:

"interesting……"

She recognized it. It was the Collector's warship.

The Gatherers are an insectoid race that has long been considered a legend by most Citadel races, but it is not a legend in the Kaiser galaxy.Collectors get their name from their trade needs, these four-eyed, thin-winged creatures often trade their high technology for individuals with special traits from other races, such as the left-handed quarians, Bata The Rui twins, the Furui-controlled humans, the Hana people who don't speak honorifics, the super-fast Echo people, or the handsome Wocha people.

In general, it's like Team Rocket collecting flashy Pokémon. After all, the method of collecting is completely illegal and inhumane.

But in reality, these creatures are actually descendants of the supposedly extinct Protheans, who were genetically modified and used as a slave race by the Reapers.The Collector's DNA was identified as having a very high similarity to the Protheans.They collect flashy Pokémon... No, the collection of individuals with characteristics is to collect special DNA types for analysis and preservation, and then directly participate in the "harvesting" of human beings.

In the opening scene of Mass Effect Part II, it is the Collector's warship that sinks the Normandy with such an axle gun.In order to save the life of the handicapped Joker, Commander Shepard did not have time to enter the cockpit, and ended up experiencing an orbital airborne like a UNSC second-stage Spartan soldier...

But at that time, the light beams fired by the opponent's warship were not so thick and powerful, and a small ship like the Normandy could last for a long time.Combined with the scramble between the Reapers and Cerberus to complete the orbital airborne Shepard, it can be seen that their purpose of destroying the Normandy is actually to get Shepard, a super shiny Pokémon.

Perhaps this high output mode is the true strength of that cannon...

But so what?

What is the Collector Warship Triple Axe?The high-precision ultra-light speed navigation technology far exceeds that of the Star Alliance battleships, the powerful shaft cannon, and the shipboard marines with strong combat effectiveness-including collectors with strong combat effectiveness, a large number of corpse puppets, etc... How can it be possible to win with these things? Tartarus?What's more, deploying a flagship when there is a lack of auxiliary units is inherently dangerous, and it's still an axis-gun flagship. Isn't this asking someone to kill it?

"Third Fleet! Dodge the shaft bombardment! Jump to close combat!"

【clear! 】