The Bizarre Adventure of Tartaros Fleet

A short meeting was held shortly after that, as is often the case at intervals, to keep everyone abreast of the latest swarm intelligence—

The sphere of influence of the civilization circle of the Ministry of Consolidation is getting bigger and bigger (although the area that can actually be controlled is much smaller), and the patrol fleet sailing on the border will occasionally encounter single large dark worms drifting aimlessly, most of them are A heavy aircraft carrier with no brains.These [-]-kilometer big guys look formidable, but when they are equipped with armed and well-prepared patrol fleets against the dark worms, they usually don't end well.

Generally speaking, the main force of the patrol team is two to three 'javeliners' equipped with large long-range railguns. They are usually dreadnoughts or super dreadnoughts built by each civilization. Those skilled pitchers nailed the barbed guns into the black, evil and twisted 'Moby Dick' bodies.

But you can't do whaling with javelins alone—it's pointless if the prey just slip away by themselves before they die.So, the three light ships equipped with jump-disrupting warheads were like ropes attached to the back of the javelin. They bypassed the dark worm's convoy with high maneuverability, and hit the jump-disrupting warheads on the monster's way to prevent it from escaping. .

However, even whales will sometimes want to fight back——In 1820, the American whaling ship Essex sank the head of an angry sperm whale, and even the kamikaze aircraft could not do it. (suddenly gibberish).Whales are still like this, let alone the ferocious dark worm. When the dark worm notices that its biological laser cannon can't penetrate the shield that strengthens the electric thermal resistance, it will definitely send a carrier-based aircraft to attack, and this At that time, it was time for the peripheral air defense ships to work.

Due to excellent equipment and targeted preparations, hunting a single heavy aircraft carrier is not very dangerous, but the hunting time may last for several days-because this hunting does not refer to [tracking-hunting], but refers to 【Chasing and hitting non-stop】...

The location, passage, and hunting report of each encounter with the dark worm will be uploaded and archived, and a detailed analysis will be made-researchers believe that perhaps the dark worm will pass through certain points or areas when entering the known world , if you can find those points that will be regarded as 'gates', whether it is defense, or simply destroying the 'gates', there will be a benign change in the situation.

But this time, Oregana brought them news that didn't sound good——

Three intelligent mothership classes, and the dark worm fleet that may exist under their command.

After 10 minutes of explanation, Oregana closed the folder in her hand, and dispatched the military officers stationed in New Eden to each civilization to communicate and maintain the coordination of troops, saying:

"To sum up, the bug swarm has now retreated from the void of Koprulu, and went to a nearby adjacent world," said the army in the Ministry of Consolidation, because their respective armies usually manage themselves, and some information does not communicate with each other. It is also inevitable, but the information related to the dark worm must be interoperable, and there is no cover-up. "But where it went, no one knows yet."

This is not an opponent that can be "hunted" by one or two patrols. The tragic results of the battle with the ice shell monster are still vivid. After hearing the news, everyone showed disgust The bitter look of all—except for those generals with cat ears.

The ears stood up, and the eyes were shining...

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"Is the size of the opposing fleet three motherships?"

Azalia Jul's ice-blue eyes were as sharp and energetic as an eagle, shining like a cold sword.Ever since her son left the battlefield to build a colony in a distant place, she has been trying to increase the speed of the fleet... Occasionally, when she is free, she will calculate how long it will take for the support fleet to arrive at the colonial star from PLANT.

Everyone knows what she is thinking. (nod)

Oregana nodded:

"That's right, three Motherships." She said with certainty, "But as everyone knows, the core is three Motherships, but... I don't know how many there are. The battlefield may be spread all over the Keprulu , or beyond—we don't know where they're going to come from after all, after all."

Everyone knows that smart guys can trick stupid fools into being cannon fodder for them.Thinking of that terrible number, and considering Tartarus' recent loss, I always feel uncertain.

"Warning in the whole area..." Wearing a purple robe was General Ludquin of the Starlink Community. The old man glanced at the person sitting next to him and said, "The locals have to come and help."

That was General Warfield of the Tyrannian Empire, and Orvi, a high-ranking templar.

"Everyone," General Warfield with a mouth spoke first, "What should we do?"

"Place scout posts near any inhabited colony planets, and prepare induction force fields—they tend to attack planets inhabited by intelligent life," Oregana said without thinking, "After the arrangements are made, In the event of an accident, the superior fleet can immediately enter the battlefield."

Warfield seemed to be in hesitation, and it wasn't until a long time later that Oregana realized what he was hesitating about.

Perhaps, for everyone in Koprue, placing alien induction force fields near the colony is very exciting.But just when the head of the army was about to say something, General Warfield had already made a decision. He swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and then said calmly:

"I understand, I'll do it later." The old general said in a deep voice, "Can the enemy's position be determined now?"

"Unconfirmed." Oregana shook her head, "They didn't enter Koprulu, and began to move away from the void. But we are not sure whether they want to come back in a circle, or simply give up Koprulu and plan to go to other places. chaos in the world."

"This cannot be easily let go."

"A huge hidden danger."

"The star ring community can't bear to have these monsters wandering around the door."

"Reconsideration."

The horror of the dark worm can only be known by a real face-to-face confrontation, and those who have faced those monsters will never leave any luck.I haven't seen the third treasure star federation of the dark worm, and everyone in Kepulu may not have thought of this for the time being, but they will know it soon.

"Our reconnaissance team has already set off, and we will definitely find traces of those monsters in the near future." A malicious smile flashed across Oregana's face, like a fat major boarding an airship to attack London. Relying on your strength."

A similar smile appeared on the faces of most of the people present like an infection, and the sudden change in the atmosphere frightened Warfield and Olvie——

"For...world peace!"

This is the behavior of a warlike person, but belligerence is not to start a war, but to end it.

In this universe, it seems that the war with the dark worm will not stop in a short time, and even has a tendency to intensify.In the dark, harsh and distant future, there seems to be only endless war.However, every bomb, every doomsday weapon, and every heroic soldier is weakening the enemy's strength, buying time for our own side, and protecting the people behind us.

Maybe one day, maybe a hundred years from now, maybe a thousand years from now, maybe a long time later, this war will end in victory, and everyone will live in peace and peace-but it's not now.

In order to protect goodness and humanity in this dark universe, troops eager for destruction began to gather one after another.

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The four Panther-class black hidden special service ships have just completed their supplies in the void. The supply ships came directly from the fortress outside the Gate of Urna. For this scout team, this supply point played a very important role at this time. effect.

The black hidden special service ship can jump, but the cargo and fuel tanks are too small to limit their movement distance.If the supply ships are not added to the army, their range of action will be limited to fifty light years, but most commonly used supply ships cannot keep up with the speed of the black stealth special service ship, and joining the fleet will slow down the reconnaissance team s efficiency.

In this case, a wave of supplies before entering the war zone will give you a lot of leeway in action.

What?Is there any supply ship that can keep up with the speed of the black hidden special service ship?Yes, the strategic cargo ship can...but it is the supply ship that follows the flagship captain when he jumps. Tartarus is not extravagant enough to equip each scouting team with a jumping cargo ship.

The team commander Graham looked around carefully, although the void here still looked uncomfortable, all kinds of things that violated the common sense of physics emerged one after another—he never thought that he could actually see one with his own eyes. Penrose stairs (Note ①), if not because he is in the hydrostatic cabin, he really wants to go up and walk around.

(Note ①: The paradox of geometry refers to a ladder that always goes up or down but never ends. There is no highest or lowest point on the ladder, and it does not exist in three-dimensional space.)

Not long after, a high-energy response appeared not far from the port side, and at the same time, the light radar also found a unique target.Graham turned his head and saw a human figure that seemed to be burning with flames spreading its wings, standing in the void and looking at him.

Queen of Blades Kerrigan, no, it's Xel'Naga Kerrigan now.

"This is Tartarus's company, the Lion Helmets of the Dark Angels Chapter. I am Commander Graham." Graham immediately opened the communication. "Nice to meet you, Ms. Kerrigan."

Because of some cooperation projects with Tartarus and some previous favors, Kerrigan's attitude towards Graham can be regarded as very good.

And there is another point, those monsters they call dark worms are really unbearable.

Remember the cockroach analogy from earlier?

If that analogy is exaggerated for other civilizations in the Ministry of Concord, for Kerrigan, it is not exaggerated at all-she even saw a large line of small cockroaches slapping on the doorway of the gate It looks like it is crawling around.

Only Abathur would be interested in these things, and Zagara would only '嘿~! 'Called out.Kerrigan, the strongest and most vicious female devil ever in Keprulu, the Queen of Blades, Kerrigan, made a tough choice. She drove a tank to run over her, but the cockroaches didn't kill a few, and all of them were scared away... But after being scared away , not knowing where they went is more upsetting than seeing them.

[I've been waiting for you for some time. 】Through communication, she sent a star map to Graham, explaining 【Those monsters were evacuated from here, but I can't leave the void to pursue them for the time being.I have a hunch that there must be a big guy behind that. 】

But luckily, the exterminators are here.Oregana said that she has experience with these ghosts.

Since she said so, Kerrigan chose to believe it.In the battle with Amon, Oregana has already proved her strength. She can withstand Xarnaga's full attack. It shouldn't be difficult to get rid of a bug, right? (think)

While she was looking at these ships, Graham had finished reading the information, and he said:

"Thank you for your cooperation, we will take over after that."

【Bon Voyage. 】

After signaling with lights, the four Panthers ignited their conventional engines and headed towards the target point marked by Kerrigan.

On the bridge, a man in a straight black military uniform was sitting on the observation seat next to the captain's seat in a straight posture suitable for a soldier, with a golden dagger—Necter's Blade pinned to his waist.

Cratch, Mackenzie soldier.Originally he was seriously injured in the defensive battle of Denoyalas, and the adjutant used the Necht blade to preserve his soul, and was reawakened in New Mackenzie after hundreds of years.After the physical adjustment, the dark worm defense was first taught at the Tartarus Academy-in short, it was about the methods and weaknesses of fighting the dark worm, and was later taught by the leader of the Dark Angels, Beria. Invited to come to the Dark Angels as mentors.

The usual work is mainly to analyze the behavior of the dark worm, and this operation is also the first time he cooperates with the dark angel to set off to chase the dark worm together.

Although he has no command authority, his task is to analyze the behavior of the dark worm based on his own experience and accumulation-this work must not go wrong. If he misled Commander Graham and made the task fail because of his own analysis error, then I will never forgive myself.In order to avoid the discovery of this situation, Kraqi re-read the information again and again, for fear that he might miss even a little detail.

At this moment, a communication from the hydrostatic cabin came in, and Graham asked:

"Dear teacher, what do you think?"

For Krach, the hydrostatic module is a novelty. It is like an integrated CIC, which can integrate all the functions of a bridge into an egg, and only one person can operate it.Thanks to this, the bridge is now empty, except for himself, there are only two sleeping deputy captains - they must ensure that they are full of energy, and it is up to these two to avoid jumping fatigue during high-speed maneuvering.

"Don't call me that, it feels weird, just call me Kratch."

"Well...but you taught us a lot..."

This made Kraqi a little uncomfortable. He only felt that he had done some work that anyone could do, but the other party paid too much attention to etiquette. This always made people feel breathless. He complained:

"Then you should consider my comfort even more, call me Kratch, that's the decision." Before Graham could speak, he preempted: "In short, let's analyze the clues in this picture first. .”

"Understood, Mr.... Mr. Kratch."

Indeed, compared with the task, the dispute about titles seems very stupid, and it is enough to save this kind of thing to do when the battle is over and smoking.

"First of all, according to Ms. Kerrigan's information, the dark worms dispatched two teams of scouts to investigate here," Krach analyzed, pointing to the two ends of the star map, "one is here, and the other is here, There was an interval... about 7 minutes?"

"Frankly speaking, it's been a long time, and the distance is too far, it doesn't seem like we are together."

"I think so……"

If they are together, after the troops sent in for the first time are wiped out in a short time, the second wave of troops will not come in - the enemy is already prepared, sending troops in at this time is just a waste, and the dark worms never Do wasteful things.

"Maybe more than one has a brain? Maybe it's two swarm fleets, just traveling together temporarily for some reason?"

It sounds like they have a bad relationship, but it's better not to make such flag-like guesses just yet.

"The dark worm will send scout troops to carry out fire reconnaissance before launching a raid with a clear target. This is not a special way of action. But it seems to be the first time here... There should be many reasons for this." He said as he was thinking, his hands were dancing rapidly on the operation panel, which made him look like he had worked on the Starship Enterprise or some other hardcore place "In short, if you judge by experience, they There are two ways of action - one is to start preparing the fleet in the nearby area and increase the number of small and medium-sized warships; the other is to change the direction of attack and continue to try."

As for retreating...the act is basically nonexistent.Only the dark worms that have been severely hit in the battle will choose to retreat, and the dark worms that have left their prey and fled without even fighting can be counted in one slap.

"Isn't there an option to wait for reinforcements?"

"They usually have no concept of reinforcements. An intelligent entity will attract a group of unintelligent individuals to follow it, but after an attack begins, its number of troops will not increase. We previously guessed that this may have something to do with their 'control' upper limit', but there is no condition to study how. However, there are a small number of counterexamples."

In the later battles, Mackenzie no longer had the energy to conduct a very in-depth study of the dark worm - most of the information came from the content and experience observed on the battlefield.However, the dark worms raging in Mackenzie are not the same as the worms active in this universe in terms of behavior... This should be caused by the density of dark worms, or the proportion of intelligent individuals.

The dark worms in the Mackenzie Refuge used to have an overwhelming amount of material, but there seemed to be surprisingly few intelligent individuals, and most of the unintelligent individuals behaved very dull, not as much as here. An ice shell The weird coquettish operation is already so charming, God knows how many other wonderful ideas are there for the bugs here?

Generally speaking, the information is not as much as imagined, but if all the information can be thought out in front of the table, then the behavior of 'reconnaissance' will have no meaning.

"I see," the detector easily read out the space distortion caused by the dark worm's entry, and it didn't take long for the navigation computer to deduce the coordinates on the opposite side--it didn't need to rely on the final world to project The ultra-long distance sent, only needs to activate the jump engine of the Panther-class equipment, and the process of floating from the subspace can be completed. "In short, let's see what's going on first-floating from this coordinate."

Of course, before surfacing, the Panther-class battleship activated the stealth action device to prevent itself from being hit by the door opener.As they faded into space, Krach lamented:

"I absolutely love this cloaking system."

"As it happens, so am I."

Chapter 648 Chapter 588: Farm

The Panther-class battleship used by the Lion Helmets is equipped with a special stealth action device called "Mahonin".This type of stealth action device does not allow the stealth warship of the black stealth special service ship-this is too difficult for a ship of this mass and size-but it has a very good characteristic, that is, it can float to the surface Space, when passing through star gates and wormholes, the moment of exiting from the superposition state unfolds extremely quickly.

Normally, ships don't have access to any special equipment on the hull while they're in superposition, making them defenseless for a few seconds after coming out of superposition - like being shirtless on a battlefield .It doesn't matter if you're a warrior on the charge, shirtless or not, as Bill Razer and Lance Bean of the duo of red and blue long johns, or the hunks of Catachan have proven.

Combatants don't have to wear clothes, but scouts can't.Imagine a ninja in a night suit jumping lightly over the house, looking very powerful, but if he doesn't wear clothes... unless this ninja is from Africa and went to the Far East to learn art, everyone will see it in black at night No, most people are definitely looking for death if they do this.

In just a few seconds, even if the other side is noticed by the enemy, it is absolutely impossible to lock and attack.But the enemy spotted the scout ship, and that was bad enough.A reconnaissance ship appeared within the scanning range of the detector and was recognized, and the state of alert would be full at once—this is not the stupid Germans in "Sniper ○ English", their own people were killed, and the enemy If I didn't catch it, I forgot about it in a few minutes, and continued to walk around according to the previous actions.