The Bizarre Adventure of Tartaros Fleet

A few seconds later, the other three Phoenix-class ships also began to accelerate slowly—no, that was not acceleration, but preparation for a tactical leap!

"That's right, you're right...the battleship formation is covering them!" Essex nodded. "Go! Smash it! Put an end to this madness!"

【We and the Phoenix are really worthy, to be reborn in the flames of destruction, this is the so-called Nirvana, right? 】

"... According to the legend, the phoenix will reincarnate once every 500 years. We take baths too frequently. It doesn't look like the legendary phoenix, but rather like the Penglai people living in the bamboo forest."

[Haha, that's right~] Even the point of crashing into the barrage all the way is very similar.

While talking and laughing, Aweiyi's Phoenix-class had already started a tactical leap, and appeared within 2000 meters of the enemy ship in just three seconds—this is less than a position for a flagship. With the accumulated speed, the phoenix that had activated the emergency hull energizer smashed the smooth armor of the enemy ship, tearing apart the thick buffer zone along the way, leaving only the stern of the ship that was still emitting flames exposed. It's as if an extra thermal knife for close combat is installed on the bow.

Obviously, no one would give an AI a list of instructions [what to do when being loaded into the ship by the opponent's capital ship]. The sudden impact threw the warship into chaos, and the launching of missiles and carrier-based aircraft stopped.

The brave fighters of the boxing group will not let go of this opportunity... Well, they didn't regard this as an opportunity at all. Anyway, no matter whether there is a chance or not, they should hit or have to hit. This doesn't really depend on whether the opponent has counter firepower.

Two from the top, one from the bottom, and the remaining three Phoenix-class ships are deeply embedded in the armor of this battleship. Not far from them is the missile launch array that is ready to launch. The filling is ready, and the warheads in the magazines are shining coldly.

"Immortal, immortal, reborn."

In the severely damaged battleship, Aweiyi finished these three words softly, leaned on the captain's seat and closed his eyes, and then pressed the big red button on the armrest without hesitation.

From the perspective of Essex, the battleship was suddenly surrounded by clusters of bubbles, and the phenomenon of space distortion appeared so clearly around it—the graviton response unit of the three Phoenix-class battleships The runaway, the graviton missiles full of gravitons were detonated, and the G element overflowed three prongs. The complex and powerful chaotic gravitational field tore and swallowed each other, and the structure of the ship was torn apart in the mutual devour of these 'monsters' Crush, compress, and then continue to shred.

In just a few seconds, the majestic battleship was transformed into a sphere of bright debris dust, and the debris flew outward at a rapid speed, but the next second was pulled back at an even faster speed, compacted. .In just a few breaths, the nearly thirty-kilometer-long battleship has turned into a sphere with a diameter of less than two kilometers.

This astonishingly high-density wreckage floated in place for a while, gradually drifting towards the largest nearby source of gravity—the Earth.

Seeing the terrible sight, Essex couldn't help swallowing a mouthful of saliva.

"The enemy ship has been wiped out! The refugee ship evacuated immediately!!"

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[Four Phoenix-class dreadnought ships have been lost on the Earth Sphere front, and the enemy ship has been sunk.] The war scythe sounded a bit dull, and Oregana guessed it was because of the large loss [the last ship 2 minutes ago The refugee ship has begun to jump, and the wreckage of a large number of ships has fallen to the 'Earth'. Essex reports that it is impossible to intercept. 】

"The treasure in the box has been taken away. If the box is broken, it will be broken." In this case, the key thing is human beings who are the main body of civilization rather than the earth itself. I can only follow him. "Prepare to retreat. In order to avoid being exposed to New Eden by reverse space fluctuations, all warships will jump towards the star gate, and light interceptors will arrange interception bubbles in the rear."

【clear. 】

The battlefield was in chaos, energy beams and electromagnetic cannon bombs smashed both sides into pieces, Tartarus' doomsday dreadnought fleet had lost more than half, the anchored control tower had been destroyed, a large number of turret wreckage was scattered in the universe, and the enemy Fang still has eight warships with sufficient combat power.

The staff of the Warp Observation Tower had already evacuated, so the AI ​​reported the data directly to the Legion Master, and she noticed that the enemy's reinforcements were heading here.It is enough for the battle to go here, the combat goal has been achieved, and the main force of the enemy army is dragged to the refugee ship to evacuate here, and there is no way to continue to attack inward, so meaningless attrition should be avoided, and active retreat is the right way.

The main gun of Tiamat pointed at the wreckage of the control tower and the nearby turret. The powerful laser shattered the wreckage one by one. The energy response unit of the control tower, the main body of the turret, and the fire control unit were all destroyed. She didn't want to leave these things to the enemy for analysis.

[It's really thorough. 】

"Of course, not a single screw can be left."

In the next few minutes, the remaining doomsday dreadnoughts began to retreat from the battlefield one by one. This retreat was calm and dignified.The enemy ships seemed to wait for reinforcements and made no attempt to attack the retreating fleet.The two titan ships left the battlefield at the end. After they activated the jump engines, four light interceptor ships entered the battlefield and fired a large number of jump interference probes at the silicon-based biological battleship as insurance.

With this, it is impossible for them to catch up in a short time.

It was the first time that Tartarus withdrew from the battlefield and explicitly surrendered a world.

"I didn't lose to the dark worm, but I was forced to retreat by this kind of thing," Oregana gritted her teeth, revealing a trace of unwillingness in her tone, "I feel a very uncomfortable sense of frustration in my heart."

[This can't be transferred by our will,] and the war scythe is very open [Fortunately, I got a lot of wreckage in my hand, I can analyze it after I go back, and get new technology, the interior will also change. More stable, which is also pretty good.There are also many benefits for us to suffer a moderate defeat. 】

"Only we will know that this is a 'losing battle', and the Consolidation Department will be more closely linked because of this battle, and this retreat will also be publicized as a brilliant victory. We can now guess that Beria will Write something, but we're actually very dissatisfied with the result."

The publicity will say [rescue the last fire of a civilization from the mouth of the dark worm] [one billion survivors!This civilization is not dead! ], and some directors even made one or two films to commemorate the war after getting the license, but no matter what she said, Oregana felt that she couldn't swallow the breath in her heart.

Hit by the machines left by the ruined civilization, must abandon the entire galaxy and retreat?Our warlord has never been so useless!

"After going back, let's hold a reflection meeting..."

She took one last look at the familiar galaxy, and then drove the Tiamat into the star gate.

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Chapter 333 Chapter 303: Your pot, take it

The urgent gathering of the expeditionary force made the civil servants working in New Eden, the businessmen who ran the ship, and the tourists all feel uneasy.The temporarily closed star gate caused delays in business affairs, loss of business opportunities, serious impact on the transportation of goods, and not a single bit of economic loss.

However, no one is still thinking about money at this time.

All fools know that gathering a combined fleet of this size at this time must be to attack the dark worms, and to allow so many warships to attack together, the opponent must be ridiculously strong.

If they're defeated and the enemy marches right in, there's nothing anyone can do to stop these monsters.All civilizations in the Ministry of Consolidation are very dependent on their home planets and colonies. It is absolutely impossible to abandon these and flee to the depths of the vast universe. If they stay, they will only end up being swallowed by worms like pigeons. .

The tragic situation of the colony star that had been landed by the dark worms in the star ring was made into a documentary. In the entire civilization circle, anyone who can speak knows how terrible those worms are.People stared at the screen for more than ten hours, refreshing the news page nervously. They were very eager to get news from the front line.

In those few days, the way parents kept pressing the refresh button in the room with blank faces became the childhood shadow of many young children.

Sociologists who are free after the fact have done an analysis. During the war, the number of people speaking on social networks and in daily life has decreased by about 60%, and they have written tens of thousands of words of paper analysis. This phenomenon was named [Fearful Collective Aphasia Syndrome in the Rear of the War].Thousands of words merged into one sentence—everyone was too scared to speak.

Until a whole group of battered warships returned to New Eden from across the star gate, and broadcast the news of victory on all channels——

[The largest dark worm swarm so far has died tragically under the artillery fire of the coalition forces!We did it! 】

At the same time, Beria released the press release that had already been drawn up, and held large-scale celebrations in several cities at the same time, and people flooded the streets to celebrate the victory.In the hours that followed, soldiers who fought in the short war would return home to be with family and friends and get a good look at those they risked their lives to protect.

Every civilized cake layer delivered congratulatory or motivational speeches, and the atmosphere was heated up. Everyone was immersed in a joyful atmosphere and could not extricate themselves. This happy mood may last for a long time.

However, at this moment in a meeting room in New Eden Star City, it was completely opposite to the outside, and the atmosphere was very depressing.

"What else do you want to say?" Haitu twirled the pistol between her fingers, "How are you going to carry this blame?"

"Emmmm... Although I don't want to admit it, it's all young people's mistakes."

There is a sign hanging around Oregana's neck, on which the phrase "soul ship designer" is densely written in more than 30 different languages. This guy knelt on it and reflected.Let her pat her head and make things and mess around without checking.

In the final onslaught and the operation to escort the Solar Ark class, many warships were blown up. Basically, these blames can be thrown to Oregana alone - if you use a little more brain when designing Cells, the boarding time will not be delayed so long, and without such a long boarding time, they can completely slip away before the arrival of the enemy ship, and naturally there will be no large number of dreadnoughts shipped.

"Has no one reviewed the blueprint of the ship?" Dark Rock asked in a low voice, "I thought there was a guy or department that reviewed the blueprint."

"How is it possible that someone will review it...Let's not mention that this is the picture made by the boss himself, and no one thought that this ship would really be used so soon." Huo Lingye replied novelly, "At that time When I made it, I thought that I would have to change it a few times, but whoever thought it would suddenly take it out and use it.”

As a result, the Solar Ark class has become completely famous in Tartarus for its huge carrying capacity, crude boarding/containment equipment, and jaw-dropping habitability...

"Fortunately, it didn't cause a catastrophe... This class of immigration ship must be redesigned, otherwise it will be difficult to complete the mission requirements."

"Let's stop here for the critique meeting," the legion commander nodded, and took out a report. "From this battle, our fleet has exposed the problem of insufficient firepower. We hope that it can be improved in the future." .”

Everyone unconsciously twitched their eyebrows——

More than 40 rounds of doomsday spears can be used, and you are still talking about the lack of firepower here?I'm afraid there is only a full-stacked Titan riding face stronger than this, right?

"During the battle at that time, our firepower could not make the enemy ship lose its combat effectiveness in a short period of time, which made the battle damage reach an unacceptable level, and it was regrettable to withdraw from the battlefield afterwards."

"You can't say that," Scythe of War shook his head, "At that time, it wasn't that we couldn't defeat the super-flags of the dozens of aliens, but the cost and benefit of doing so were out of proportion. It is very important to understand this point—— We are not retreating, but calmly withdrawing from the battlefield after achieving our combat objectives."

Oregana instantly thought of the fight between the Caldari United States and the Gallente Federation. The reason why both sides insisted that they won a certain battle was because of this...

Others recalled the past, when the fleet that fought the Sovereignty War returned, what Oregana asked would be【How much did you fight?How much did you lose? ], and the Scythe of War will ask 【Has the pole been photographed? 】

One focuses on the purpose of fighting, and the other loves fighting itself; this is the fundamental gap between the two, and it has already involved the problem of thinking habits, which may be difficult to correct.

"If possible, give me the colony ship to modify, and the boss can research and develop new types of artillery." The Tin Woodman said suddenly, "I've been idle recently, maybe I can modify the design of the colony ship? "

"Eh? Aren't you better at small computers? Can you do something big like a colony ship? How to arrange the crew compartment inside...is there no problem?"

"Isn't it okay to just place it like Ganaku?"

"Emmmm...not possible."

"I think it's okay."

"We don't think it's okay..."

"But before that, we still have more intense and important work to do..." Xuefeng cleared his throat, and said in a low voice, "The one billion people... are still on board."

"...MMP oh." Thinking of that boat of sardines, the Shadow Hunter, who had been awakened as a frozen fish in the refrigerator, couldn't help but want to curse out loud.He seemed to be able to imagine the dreadful situation of the cashier--

Hot and humid, turbid air, lack of oxygen, people's sweat transpired into mist and drifted among the individual rooms, everyone wanted to be marinated as if they lost the motivation to move, and then gradually drifted slowly in the hull like a sardine can. Become salty, and finally move towards the end of life slowly and in obscurity.

"Wait, I have an idea..."

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Two days later, in the Star City conference room.

"In summary," Oregana said to the other leaders of the Consolidation Department, "under the emergency situation at the time, we thought that it was the best choice to retreat with the refugees. With the fighting power of the coalition forces, it was difficult to defend that galaxy at that time. "

Although everyone understands what is going on, but the problems that should be solved are still all——

Where should these refugees be placed?Scatter and throw it into each civilization?

Of course it is impossible, the consequences of absorbing refugees at will are probably clear to everyone except a certain German Obasan.No one wants their country to fall into a headache and unrelieved turmoil.This is not like the cursed son before. Although the cursed son is very powerful, he is still a child. As long as he is taught well and listens, he can become a good child, but a stubborn adult has no choice.

"This is the right choice, Your Excellency, Legion Commander," the representative from the Starlink Community, Governor Alqiu Baisen nodded in response, "However, there are a billion mouths to eat."

"The 'Low Stage Civilization Support Foundation' can provide food, but there is not much in quantity. At the beginning, no one would have imagined that one billion poor people who lost their homes would suddenly appear one day. At most half a year, the foundation The food reserves will be exhausted." This time it was Cardinal Ugudora Hill, the meow star, who spoke this time. This cute meow girl is holding a folding fan in her hand, and the pointed ears on her head are dangling, "We We have to find a place to live quickly for these refugees, and they have to learn to survive in their new environment and be self-sufficient. We can’t keep them forever.”

When she said this, the look in her eyes was like a big cat driving a kitten away from her.

"Didn't our explorers and scientists find many habitable planets nearby? How about placing them there?"

"It's not easy. These refugees even speak more than a dozen or twenty different languages, and their ideology is completely different," said Governor Aleqiu Baisen with a puzzled expression. This middle-aged man with a red nose Ren is a person who is good at politics and engineering. He is very good at managing territories. He never does things like [building a xenomorph zoo on top of the Seberian Stone], throwing colonial ships on waste earth planets and holy land planets. , is the representative of the intelligence of the governor "I can't believe that they can be in an unfamiliar environment..."

"Everyone, stop, we have an idea."

"Please speak, Your Excellency, Legion Commander."

"Our construction department designed a brand-new living station before," she opened several holographic projections, which showed a huge cylindrical space building "eight kilometers in diameter and forty kilometers long, relying on centrifugal force inside Generate gravity. With port areas, simple processing plants, hydroponic farms, etc., there is no problem in achieving self-sufficiency. If the space is used reasonably, such a living station can accommodate about 5000 million to [-] million people. This is comparable to directly It is much more reliable to put people on a livable planet.”

"5000 million people, so many?" Patrick Sala expressed his surprise. The number of people living in this kind of civil space facility has far exceeded his knowledge system, showing a kind of crushing performance of the PLANT satellite group. Feel.

"This is indeed a wise design. It has a simple structure, low resource consumption, and a short construction period. It is suitable for use at this time. The Star Ring Community can fund the construction of two of them..." The Governor said it was okay, it must be like this, Can't go wrong.

The star ring community is rich and powerful, Meow Xing and other civilization representatives look like you said it first, and after the star ring community 'claimed' two, they proposed that the three jointly fund the construction of one.

Oregana readily agreed, and said that in order to supplement the fleet, Tartarus had to build a space habitat station, and the mineral reserves were somewhat insufficient, so she proposed to recruit felons from the other three civilizations to mine.Many parties quickly reached a consensus, and the refugee resettlement plan code-named "Hope" was officially launched.

When leaving the conference room, the corner of the legion commander's mouth revealed an unobtrusive smile.Indeed, it is indeed more convenient to build a space station for refugees. There is no harsh natural environment here, and everything is under artificial control. But it's really crowded. When people are full, such a space station certainly can't meet their requirements.

According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory, human beings have five levels of needs: physiological needs, safety needs, belonging and love needs, respect needs and self-actualization needs, and a crowded space station can only meet their first two needs, while the latter The third one seems to be just a fantasy - the closed colony is too small to meet everyone's needs.

But something else would—a planet, one in the habitable zone, with a temperate climate reminiscent of home Earth, would suffice.