The Bizarre Adventure of Tartaros Fleet

"The target has been found." While reporting, he began to read the information sent back by the detector.The ship's current position is about two astronomical units away from itself, which is exactly within the optimal reading range of the detector. In this case, the error can be suppressed quite low-as a result, Pilio Gioro was read The space signal that arrived was startled.

How can this be the jumping reaction of a ship?This kind of space fluctuation is not surprising if you say that a whole fleet jumped in!But the sensor scans showed there was only one ship... and there was quite a bit of wreckage around the hull.If it wasn't for the response of the transponder, Pilio thought that the ship would have been blown up halfway through the transition, and only the wreckage flew in.

"Something's wrong..."

The voice of the unicorn came from the other side of the communication, and she asked nervously:

【What's wrong? 】

"There seems to be something wrong with the ship when the opponent came out of the subspace corridor." He turned on the probe launcher and fired eight combat scanning probes in that direction, and the images and accurate space coordinates were quickly sent back. "Now A part of the armor plate peeled off, and the space shock was very serious—but the impact on the interceptor ship was not great."

【Huh? 】The sudden situation made the unicorn exclaim without turning her head, and she urged 【Show me the live image. 】

"Hold on."

What greeted my eyes was a rather miserable appearance. There was a transport ship with a beautiful appearance in the port before, but now it has become completely different-a large number of debris on the port side is slowly drifting away, and several large holes are hideously The hull is open, and from the damaged parts, it can be seen that the messy internal structure is jumping with electric sparks.Several unmanned workboats were busy near the hole, seemingly repairing the hull.

It looks like...the ship has gone awry in the Warp.This kind of situation does not seem to be particularly rare in this universe-although subspace navigation has become popular, it is not as safe as imagined.If some key component failed in the warp corridor, it could have devastating consequences, and the ship was lucky enough to barely escape.

It's just luck?

The unicorn looked at the image sent back by the probe, and opened the thermal image for careful comparison.After a while, she let out a cold snort:

[Well, quite smart. 】

"Ok?"

[They found the 'barnacles', this is a trap, they tricked us into taking the bait. 】

It is true that several holes were blown in the hull, but after careful comparison of the infrared radiation, it can be found that the heat source response does not match the prediction.

What is the specific situation?

First of all, near the explosion area, there is no jet and continuous heat source reaction—this very characteristic heat source reaction comes from the gas ejected from the inside of the hull.After holes appear in the hull, the gas inside the hull will leak out, bringing with it the heat inside, not to mention very conspicuous at the background temperature of the universe, but it can also be observed.

However, there is none here, which means that the explosion is limited to the outside of the hull.Those holes, which looked terrible, actually didn't hurt the ship at all, they were just flesh and blood wounds.The explosion did not happen inside the hull, but on the surface of the hull—this was most likely caused by the other party detonating something on the outside of the hull.

And if something explodes outside the hull, it won't cause huge spatial vibrations.

Then--

On the opposite side to starboard, a jet of heat source response was observed, which appeared to be caused by the compressed air impinging on the container.The group apparently launched something over there...

Taken together, the conclusion is obvious.

The bomb was detonated on the outside of the hull, causing the ship to be shattered, combined with the jump system that moved the hands and feet, making the ship look like it was seriously damaged.But in fact, the actual damage to the ship is minimal compared to what it looks like.What's the point of moving like this?Naturally, this is to mislead something, definitely not to cheat insurance or show a play to subspace.So why did you suddenly think of misleading something?

The conclusion could only be that the barnacles were discovered.

This group of people definitely thought that they were being targeted by the pirates, and they planned to pretend to deceive the pirates and fight back... Unicorn can be sure that the other party has not yet connected this barnacle with the previous Very Leopard.Otherwise, they would never have made such preparations for a counterattack - after understanding the strength of the very leopard, the opponent wanted to write a script, and it was definitely not such a crude and thin script.

"Trap?" After only a few seconds, Pirio Gioro also reacted, "That's right... Look carefully, only the outer armor is peeled off, and the special infrared response caused by the rupture of the cabin is completely unreadable. "

[Scanning around, the other party intends to give us a 'gaze of the void'. 】

"Huh? I understand." Pilio nodded. "In the Starship Road Competition last time, it seemed that a team used this tactic to fight back beautifully."

The so-called Starship Road is a simulated competition for space battles between warships in an absolutely safe environment, where folk enthusiasts and trainee pilots from various civilizations hone their skills.Most of the participants are young people and students at school. It was originally developed on the basis of club activities at the Tartarus Naval Academy. Recently, it has become popular in the civilized circle of the Ministry of Consolidation. There are special events every year. The famous The contestants are as popular as sports stars have been on Earth in the past.

Although from the perspective of active professional soldiers, these players are still a little immature, but sometimes there will be some strange tactics in them that make professionals dumbfounded.This is also the reason why every important event, the military of various civilizations will send people to observe - in addition to recruiting good seedlings, some noteworthy, practical skills will also be seriously discussed later.

Due to the restrictions of the game rules, there is almost no possibility of tonnage crushing, so everyone will rack their brains to think about tactics and improve their practice.Now this kind of operation of laying out various things in reverse has become the norm in the arena. It is no longer surprising that beams or missiles are fired from strange directions during the battle. There are even mobile suits equipped with heavy firepower hidden in the The destroyed battleship waited for an opportunity to ride on the face and other coquettish operations.

This kind of tactic of arranging messy things on the outside is called 'void staring' in the Battleship Lane game, which is a very vivid description-think of floating mobile artillery You know that feeling.Basically, it is very useful in the early stage, but as you see more, it becomes easier to counter, but occasionally it can still see miraculous tactics.

[Look around, are there any missiles, air mines or mobile turrets?Possibly mixed in with the debris from the explosion. 】

The so-called countermeasure, of course, is to scan immediately when something is wrong, and find out what was thrown out.After all, if it is not found, it will be difficult for the gods to save it when the fort starts to work. On the contrary, as long as it is found, there will be no threat.

Soon, Pilio found the target—a cuboid box located on the starboard side of the target, which had already floated nearly [-] kilometers away.The outside of the box was also coated with special paint that could absorb radar waves, and it was painted black that was close to the background of the universe. There was almost no energy response, and the heat source was handled properly, which made it escape the first round of scanning.

But it did not escape the scanning of the LiDAR "Eye of the Mantis Shrimp".

"Found a missile launcher. Quadruple, slightly larger than our heavy missiles."

【Row. ] The unicorn nodded, and connected to the communication on the other side [32, we have been discovered, do you have any plans? 】

【Oh...】

Soon, under the explanation of the unicorn and the explanation of the detailed intelligence data, Oregana, who seemed to have just woken up, understood the whole picture of the matter.

To be honest, it was a phantom limb pain to be discovered at this time.Because this may expose our actions, and the progress of bomb disposal is not enough. If the opponent panics and presses the big red button to start Heavenly Manufacturing, even if the universe cannot be blown up, it will be annoying enough to blow up an eye of fear.

However, all our actions have not made mistakes - after many tests, it has been proved that barnacles are extremely difficult to detect, and there is no problem in using this to track.Now that I have been discovered, I can only slowly find out the reason later, to see if there is any lack of thoughtfulness... and the problem in front of me must be dealt with now.The opposite side has already set up a formation, this formation should be or should not be.

No, the other party has already discovered that there are things on the ship, and they are ready for the pirates to come, but the pirates did not come, and all the things on the ship self-destructed and blew up—doesn’t this look a little weird?If you are not afraid of the thief stealing, you are afraid of the thief thinking about it. This kind of reaction is obviously for the thief thinking about it. This will definitely make the man more vigilant, which is not good for the overall situation.

The best way at this time is to pretend to be a pirate and fight a wave. During the battle, the barnacles were "accidentally injured" and hammered off, and then pretended to be invincible in the boarding battle and retreated from the battlefield-this is the only way to minimize the damage. The vigilance and nervousness of the other party reduce the possibility of exposure...

After thinking about it, Oregana finally made up her mind and replied:

[Then... simply pretend to be a pirate attack and make a tentative attack on them.They have already discovered the barnacles, and if they don't follow their train of thought to fight a wave, they may be exposed.Don't destroy the ship, now less than half of the warheads have been found, and it's not time to officially start hammering, understand? 】

【I see. 】The unicorn replied【Also, collect as much information as possible? 】

[Yes, please. 】

She nodded, turned off Oregana's communication, and said to Pilio:

['Brianac' prepares for the boarding battle. Use local power armor and weapons for a tentative attack. 'Kara de Poga' is guarding the surroundings to ensure that 'Brionac' can retreat smoothly.The battle time is limited to 10 minutes, cause as much damage as possible, but don't damage the components related to navigation, just run away after fighting, understand, pretend to be a little bit. 】

Pilio shrugged:

"You mean to be a little cowardly?"

【That's right, be like a pirate, not an egg man. 】

"understood."

Of the two warships in this group, Calade Poga is a Petrel-class destroyer, and Brionacre is a Dragoon-class destroyer.After the modification of the painting and the replacement of the weapon configuration, the two destroyers can at least blend in with the various local spaceships without looking obtrusive.As for the transponder, it is definitely not open—what kind of transponder is used for special industries?Have you ever seen a military unit with a transponder on during combat?

emmm... Maybe some places do have it, but most places don't. (convinced)

Kara de Poga is a standard egg-man light ship configuration. The driver is alone and cannot engage in boarding battles. Brionac has a squadron of marines on board to deal with contingencies. The two ships are matched. Basically, it can deal with all the problems that may be encountered in the investigation process - although this configuration is used for anti-smuggling in the border area of ​​the Ministry of Integration, it is also very useful to move it here.

For example, use it now.

Pilio piloted Cala de Poga to anchor himself on the back of a large asteroid in the asteroid belt, while Brionac, under the control of the pilot Torreski, undisguised himself. Jump over to the miserable-looking transport ship.

Looking at the radar scanning chart, the energy response of the battleship is getting closer and closer, and everyone on the bridge is silent.The atmosphere began to become a little depressing and tense.

Thanks to Arcadia, everyone here has extremely high immortality.As long as there is enough dark matter to repair the body, even if the head is blown off, it can survive.But not here—because it is far away from Arcadia, and it is impossible to obtain enough dark matter directly from the power furnace, this ship only carries a small amount of dark matter to deal with contingencies. It's really possible to die.

And if they act rashly and cause the entire ship to be sunk, everyone will have only a dead end.You have to be careful.

"Here we come." Duojilang whispered, "There is a communication coming in, everyone pretend to be nervous."

"Even if you want me to pretend to be nervous...but I'm already nervous enough..."

Duojilang didn't take the navigator's nagging to heart, he pressed the communication button, and the pirate's face immediately appeared on the screen——

It was a pirate who looked a bit arrogant, with big cheeks and greasy black hair, which made people feel uncomfortable.This is definitely not a privateer. If it was a privateer, the appearance should be more pleasing... Even if it is fierce, it still has a cool feeling, and it is not this kind of greasy man who gives people a gloomy feeling.

But this also made Duo Jilang breathe a sigh of relief.

If there is a guy like a high school girl on the screen, then the trouble is really big... If it is a privateer, it means that some force is involved in this matter, which is not good for the whole plan, and the wild pirates If so, there is no problem.

And then, what the man said also confirmed Duojilang's conjecture:

"We only want goods, we don't engage in human trafficking and we don't want any live organs. Don't act rashly, honestly, you can survive. Don't plan to do any tricks, the main guns have been aimed at the bridge and power cabin, escape and resist It's all meaningless."

If you don't have the habit of declaring yourself, don't put on airs, speak clearly from the beginning, and avoid battles that may cause casualties, you should be a pirate.

Thinking of this, Duojilang pointed his middle finger at the screen:

【Come and get it if you can get it!offal! 】

In order to avoid damage to the cargo, pirates rarely sink their prey, and eventually they will enter the boarding battle anyway.So he behaved like a captain who was extremely confident in his security forces-whether the pirates were angered or laughed at himself, that was in his own interest.

"Okay, wash your neck and wait."

After saying this, Torreski took off his greasy wig, revealing the beautifully trimmed silver hair underneath, put his hand into his mouth, took out the resin block fixed on the inside of his cheek, picked up the cup and rinsed After rinsing his mouth, when he raised his head, he had returned to his usual handsome young man who looked a little bit bad.

Because he didn't look like a pirate, he made a temporary disguise with the help of his comrades, and it seemed quite successful.

That is, the resin block is dry and astringent, making it uncomfortable in the mouth.

Captain Mania of the Marine Corps took the wig and threw it aside, fixed the high-vibration sword under the wrist armor, showing approval:

"It's kind of like that."

Torreski shrugged, he controlled the dragoon to approach the target, and said:

"I have carried out seven operations to encircle and suppress pirates. The lines spoken by those guys are basically the same, and I can memorize them after reading them a few times."

"Same lines...same action mode, do you think pirates have training schools or something like that?"

"How is it possible? Put on the armor and get ready to board!"

"This kind of armor doesn't feel safe to wear." She... not only her, but also the marines on this ship are now using power armor that can be purchased on the market (including the black market) in this universe , the Tartarus products used in peacetime are simply incomparable. This feeling always reminds Mania of the new generation of civilian power armor that the Tyranid Empire has recently put on the market for pioneers—a cheap version CMC.

He was called [30 yuan's good brother] by the legion commander.

"It doesn't matter, you rely on your roots! Anyway, you don't want to win, just fight casually."

"That's why I'm not happy..."

He obviously didn't suffer any damage, but the opponent was not ready to run at all.Using the information interface provided by Jasmine to carry out electronic offensive and defensive warfare for a few seconds, Torreski successfully connected to the port of this ship, and forcibly connected in a process that conforms to the identity of a pirate.

Both sides are acting, but one side knows that the other side is also acting, and the other side only knows that they are acting.

There was a vibration on the hull as if being stabbed by a heavy harpoon, and the two ships remained relatively still.

After the final airlock was opened, the prepared troops of both sides almost simultaneously raised their rifles and aimed at the opposite side of the passage and fired with all their strength——

To be honest, ordinary pirates and robbed guys don't fight like this.How can there be such a neuropathy of shooting at each other regardless of the bunker after the battle starts?Are you the line infantry of the eighteenth century? (cover face)

But for both sides, this is everyday, we have always fought like this, there is nothing strange, so that we didn't notice this abnormality at all at first... until the good brothers wearing 30 yuan were shot down several times , Mania began to feel that something was wrong—no way, this battle cannot be fought like this!

Even if it's acting, you have to be a little more cheerful!

"Release thermal electronic smoke and prepare for hand-to-hand combat!"

"learn!"

Behind the bunker, a marine handed out a rifle with a grenade launcher attached to it from the side of the bunker, and pulled the trigger without aiming.The grenade in the launcher hit the opposite ceiling and exploded in mid-air.

You Jiying was taken aback, she thought that the other party actually used grenades in such a deadly place.This will cause the feeder channel to explode, which is tantamount to killing both in a firefight.But after only half a second, she knew she was wrong—the high-temperature electronic smog instantly covered her vision, and all kinds of sensors also failed at the same time.