In this vast universe, if you want to travel across galaxies, the most important thing to rely on is the astral tunnel.
A star tunnel connects two galaxies, compressing the distance of hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of light-years into a voyage of a few days, a dozen days, or at most a month.
Spaceships and starships that have the ability to enter astral tunnels essentially enter a hyperspace state after entering the tunnel.
The normal way for a starship to sail in the universe is to sail within the star system at sub-light speed, fly from one transition point to another, then enter the star tunnel and arrive at In another galaxy, find the next transition point
This requires a star map and a navigator.
The latter are specially trained psykers.
Only they can identify the specific location of the star tunnel transition point in the void of the universe, guide the ship through the tunnel, and reach the opposite side of the tunnel.
At the same time, the so-called star map also has meaning.
The star map shows many star fields connected through astral tunnels. Two adjacent star systems may actually be very different in a physical sense. Perhaps two star systems that are physically close are only a few dozen light-years apart. However, since there is no direct connection through astral tunnels, navigation between each other requires jumping through multiple astral tunnels, so they are far apart. Very far away; and in a physical sense, two star systems that may be tens of thousands of light years apart are connected by a star tunnel, so they are two similar places on the star map.
In the Imperium of Man, the physical distance between galaxies means little. Without an astral tunnel, relying solely on the power of the spacecraft itself and sailing at sub-light speeds, communication between two galaxies no matter how close they are is unrealistic.
Of course, physical distance cannot be completely ignored. Some monsters, ghosts, and snake gods can really endure countless years of time, slowly fly out of the void of the universe, and actually fight their way out.
The empire's territory is divided into cosmic regions, star regions, star regions, and galaxies. These four-layer structures are all based on star maps. The dense astral tunnels are like a huge network, connecting the entire empire.
There are three astral tunnels in the Nuo Xiao Galaxy. Tunnel No. 1 connects to the Koroga Galaxy, Tunnel No. 2 connects to the Black Arrow Galaxy, and Tunnel No. 3 connects not the Pegasus Galaxy, but the Pegasus Galaxy. The Shenjun star area next door. The Pegasus Star Region and the Divine Horse Star Region both belong to the Dragon Eagle Star Region and are both under the jurisdiction of the Eastern Universe Region.
Wang Jiarong’s caravan came exactly from Tunnel No. 1. They had just completed a business in the Koroga system.
Originally, her plan for this voyage did not include a remote place like Raging Owl. Wasn’t this Yelicia conveying her cousin’s needs to her?
After thinking about it, It wouldn't be a big problem to take a detour to the Raging Owl Galaxy, then go from Tunnel 2 to the Black Arrow Galaxy, then transfer back to Koroga 3, and then back to the capital Wing Star.
Run more distance, run two more planets, it should not be a loss at most but not a lot of profit, just support the cousin who used to hang out with me when I was a kid.
It takes five days for the fleet to travel through the astral tunnel from the Koroga Galaxy to the Angry Owl Galaxy. Nothing major happened in the first four days. As always, I could see strange scenes outside the window. But in fact, as long as I didn't leave the ship and didn't risk my life by releasing any detectors or the like, there would be no danger.
But on the fifth day, the navigator on the Beautiful Maiden reported news that they detected an abnormal signal in the astral tunnel, and there seemed to be a fleet following them. , also walking through the astral tunnel.
This made Wang Jiarong very uneasy.
The tunnel from Koroga to Raging Owl is a desolate place. It is not a busy waterway. Even the empire is too lazy to build checkpoints at the jump points on both sides.
Besides the destruction of the Raging Owl Star, this situation has been going on for hundreds of years.
In addition to her fleet, who else would pass through here
Go to the Shenjun star area next door
That is not realistic, Prosperity There is a route directly to the Shenjun star area in the hive city of Koroga. No one will go to the Divine Horse System through the Raging Owl Star. No one will do the detour and higher cost.
What is the situation with this fleet?
In interstellar navigation, you need to be vigilant for any abnormalities.
The empire’s space is not really that safe.
Pirates are the most common threat, and there are always threats from other aliens.
The Empire calls all non-human races aliens and is committed to annihilating all intelligent races except humans.
Not to mention that when traveling through the astral tunnel, it is easy to encounter some supernatural events. For example, a ruined ship crashed in the astral tunnel, dozens or hundreds of people were missing from the ship during the voyage, and sometimes there were even dozens or hundreds of people added
These Things are even somewhat commonplace.
Now, after they clearly noticed that there was more than one ship following them in the same astral tunnel, they had no choice but to be careless.
After completing the astral jump, they did not dare to stay longer. They chose to switch the engine mode immediately, gradually accelerate, try to bring the speed to the upper limit of sub-light speed, and go to the Raging Owl Star.
Wang Jiarong knew that Ye Lixia’s cruiser was docked in the orbit of the Raging Owl. After rendezvousing with the Quintet, her merchant ship had strong security protection.
To this end, she also ordered the astropaths on the ship, which were also psykers' professional attempts after special training, to communicate with the Quintet.
However, the Astropath brought her quite bad news that they could not contact the Quintet.
The Star Language message has been sent, but there has been no response.
In this case,The anxiety in Wang Jiarong's heart deepened further.
If they cannot be contacted, there are only two reasons: either their astrological messages are blocked and cannot be sent out, or the Quintet cannot receive their messages.
None of these are good things.
When the ship leaves the transition state and resumes regular sublight speed navigation, it will take a certain amount of time for the engine to accelerate.
Now she just hopes that this acceleration process will pass quickly. For this reason, she has urged the mechanical priest in charge of the engine many times.
At the same time, she also ordered that the entire fleet enter a first-level combat readiness state and must be prepared to face the enemy at all times.
The Beautiful Maiden is equipped with 11 thermal hammer macro cannons ready to go. The other three frigates are also equipped with 15 S-class defense rapid-fire cannons and 3 retribution cluster laser cannons.
These naval guns, as well as the operators behind the naval guns and the Thinker array as the fire control system and navigation system, have all entered the highest combat readiness state.
The so-called cogitator array refers to a collection of wetware composed of specially trained psykers or even ordinary people under the cogitator technology, combined with basic mechanical calculators , assisting ship operations and assisting artillery in calibrated firing.
Although she had made all preparations for the war, Wang Jiarong was still praying to the emperor, hoping that bad luck would not really befall her.
It is definitely best if nothing happens. As for the current tension and extra preparation, it doesn’t matter if it is in vain.
However, not every prayer can have corresponding good results.
"They are coming out" the navigator's voice sounded in Wang Jiarong's ears.
She quickly returned to the main console, and the screen cut to the opposite direction of the starship's travel.
In the void, many ships are gradually taking shape.
In fact, the distance between the two sides is already more than 50,000 kilometers.
However, this distance is still too close in space.
By zooming in on the virtual screen in front of the meditator array, the identities of the ships that followed them, passed through the transition point, and entered the real universe were very obvious
p>The fleet of green-skinned orcs
This can be distinguished from their exaggerated, chaotic appearance, like a pile of garbage randomly spliced together. Only green-skinned orc warships will develop this virtue.
However, it was ugly, the painting was messy, there was no beauty in the traditional sense, and the rough appearance did not look like a technological product. However, it was indeed a serious interstellar battleship.
"One, two, three and forty-two green-skinned warships. Can anyone tell me why there are so many green-skinned battleships here?"
Wang Jiarong was a little out of sorts.
However,No one could answer her question.
The middle and senior managers of the caravan on the console are not ignorant. The orc ships that appeared later were not easy to deal with.
In the starry sky, the most intuitive way to judge the strength of a starship is to look at its size.
Of course it cannot be 100% accurate, and there are countless exceptions to prove it. However, when the difference in technical level is not that big, generally speaking, the bigger the warship is, the stronger it is. This is a piece of information that holds true in most cases.
At present, four of the twelve green-skinned warships are as large as destroyers in the human empire fleet; the remaining eight are at least the size of frigates.
The huge, outward-flaring artillery on these ships also adhered to the style of the green-skinned orcs and caliber first
Wang Jiarong tried hard to keep calm and Giving the order, "The engine team accelerates with full speed. We must try to get rid of these green-skinned orc fleets before they speed up."
"All fire teams, open fire and concentrate firepower on the green-skinned orc fleet. Target a single target and cause as much damage as possible."
"Yes"
Everyone on the ship knows that the critical moment has come. No one dares to be lazy when their lives are at stake.
It is certainly the right choice to distance yourself and try to escape.
The Beautiful Maiden is larger than the average main destroyer, but most of the space is used as a cargo warehouse. The strength of the void shield and the strength of the ship's armor itself can barely reach the level of a destroyer. However, the firepower is only half of that of a normal destroyer at most.
The other three frigates are of normal frigate specifications, and at most they only carry some cargo.
Compared with the 48 configuration of the Greenskin Fleet, a head-on confrontation is hopeless.
When you fire, you just have to fight for free. The key is to run.
While escaping at full speed, it was certainly impossible for them to adjust the hull so that all firepower could be directed at the enemy. In fact, if you fire behind you now, only one-third of the firepower can be used.
However, those green-skinned ships had just left the astral tunnel. The energy shield on the hull has been turned on, but obviously the power has not yet been reached to the maximum.
When you just jumped out of the star tunnel, the starship was relatively vulnerable.
Because of this, three rounds of concentrated firepower directly destroyed a green frigate.
The energy shield of the green-skinned starship was overloaded, and in the blink of an eye it changed from blue light to dangerous red. A large number of shells passed through the overloaded energy shield and hit the hull. The armor was shattered and the hull was severely damaged. If you zoomed in closer, you could see many green-skinned orcs flying out of the damaged parts of the hull.
This green-skinned escortThe ship has basically lost its combat capability. If the greenskins win at the end of the battle, they may be able to recover the ship and repair it for use, but at least in this battle, the frigate cannot pose any threat.
Wang Jiarong was somewhat inspired by the victory, and the morale of the entire caravan also improved slightly.
However, this is almost the only good news in the future, and the bad news will follow one after another.
When they turned their firepower focus to the second greenskin ship, the greenskin fleet had already gotten rid of the fragile state it had just completed the transition. This not only means that the energy shields on their ships have begun to operate at full power and are not so easily penetrated, but it also means that the weapon systems on their ships have also begun to operate normally.
The eleven green-skinned starships that were still functioning normally opened fire at the same time.
Kinetic energy cannons and green laser cannons all fired fiercely.
The style of the green-skinned ships is consistent with the style of their entire race. The number of various types of artillery fire on ships is generally much greater than that of human warships of the same level, and the caliber is generally larger. But at the same time, the characteristic that the accuracy is generally much worse than that of human naval guns has also been perfectly inherited.
But the distance between the two sides is really too close. At this time, the distance is only about 70,000 kilometers at most, but this is still almost a close match for a space naval battle. To Boom.
Humanity will suffer a big loss.
On the four ships under Wang Jiarong's command, almost at the same time, there were blue lights flashing around them. This is how the void shield will appear after being exposed to fire.
In the blink of an eye, the void shields around the four ships showed signs of turning purple, which was a sign of imminent overload. Please remember to bookmark, the latest and fastest website is free to read without anti-theft