Chapter 827 The Lost Fleet (2)
826. The Lost Fleet (1)
“Republic Fleet?! 200 ships?!” Severance Tann was shocked, now Even she couldn't calm down anymore, "Damn it! Did we just jump to the naval base of the Galactic Republic?"
"Probably...no. This is an empty star field, and there are all the galaxies closest to us. 11.7 light years," the navigator said.
"Self-check immediately and tell me the current situation of the Plague!" Severance Tann punched the console hard. Her punch activated the real fire, very hard and controlled. The console was already structurally unstable due to the impact, and this punch actually made a gap in the console.
In fact, even without conducting self-examination, Severance Tann understood that the Plague was basically in a state of destruction. It was difficult to even fly, let alone fight.
After the spacecraft jumped out of hyperspace, because this was a random jump and the hyperspace engine was not fully charged, the jump was completed very reluctantly, so the physical reaction caused when leaving hyperspace still made the battleship The already devastated hull became even more dilapidated.
Even speaking of it, when the Plague was in hyperspace, it originally jumped with a large number of nearby debris. Now that the jump is over, these debris immediately flew away in all directions, and all four sides behind the battleship One of the ship's fins also broke, taking away the Plague's last set of usable missile launchers.
On the bridge, the operator also completed the system self-check. He looked at the red warning light on the screen that spread almost four-fifths of the ship, sighed, but still turned back and said: " The engine power is only 14%, and the flames in the No. 3 energy cabin have not been extinguished. However, a group of Marines just went over to manually lower the fire compartment, which should not affect other areas for the time being. The outer armor belt of the battleship was penetrated 1211. At this point, less than one-third of the armor belt with defensive capabilities is left, and then..."
He sighed again, "We still have 110 close-in defense systems and 4 double-mounted installations. The heavy turbolaser cannon can fire, the hyperspace engine has been completely shut down, 6 of the 8 shield capacitor cabins have been thrown out by the explosion, and the remaining two are unable to work. The hangar platform has been completely destroyed, and the remaining 1,707 people on the ship... The only good news is that the life support system can still cover about half of the cabins, and the remaining crew members have begun to evacuate towards these cabins.”
At this time, the radar soldier also came over and said: "General, the sensor has completed scanning the 200 Republic warships, but because of the serious damage, we can only see blurry images."
"Pass it here." France Tann nodded.
The screen in front of me flickered, and then a picture with a lot of interference appeared. Because there are no stars around in this empty star field, the picture is very dark, but some darker long black shadows can still be vaguely distinguished, and there are red indicator lights flashing on these black shadows. .
"Has the system identified the opponent's warship model?" Severance Tann asked.
"Identified it, with a probability of about 70%, that it is the Dreadnought-class heavy cruiser of the Galactic Republic Navy, but the strange thing is that the engines of these battleships are shut down." said the radar soldier.
Severance Tann took a deep breath, "They didn't rush over immediately, and we still don't know why. Stay where you are and get ready for battle! Send a search ship to retrieve the missile launcher that just broke out. The missile was picked up."
"Yes!"
"General, should we ask for help from headquarters?" the adjutant asked carefully.
"Keep the communication silent. We are still unsure of the situation of this fleet. Blindly sending out communications will only expose our situation. It will be even worse if it is intercepted by the pursuers." Severance Tann shook shook his head.
The director of the communications department on the side spread his hands and said; "In fact, it is impossible not to keep communication silent. Our current hyperspace communication equipment has been completely destroyed, and only ordinary radio wave communication equipment can be used. We need to Sending our message to the Dawn Planet, it will take 8,000 years for them to receive it... Now we are gathering those broken communicators to see if we can put together a functional hyperspace transmitter. .”
Severance Tann nodded solemnly.
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Time passed minute by minute, and the people in the entire battleship There was no sound, and there was no other sound inside the battleship except for the popping sound of sparks erupting from time to time from the damaged electronic components, and the creaking sound caused by the distortion of the hull structure.
Everyone held their breath and concentrated, not even daring to breathe hard. Everyone in the bridge was staring at the sensors, and people in other cabins were also staring at the nearest screen or loudspeaker around them.
Severance Tann's body was still a little weak due to the serious injury she had suffered just now. She leaned against the head of the radar department, unaware of how grounding this action was, unlike her usual He has a very high self-esteem and his cold and noble look is completely out of place.
Five minutes, 10 minutes, half an hour...
A full hour passed, and there was still no movement from the 200 warships. They didn't even start their engines.
"It doesn't make sense... It stands to reason that with the current situation of our warships, even the opponent's warships that are lagging behind should have discovered us. But they didn't make any move... Why? At the very least, they should have discovered us. Start the engine?" the director of the radar department said with a frown.
Severance Tann looked at the blurry black shadows on the screen and the flashing red indicator lights, and said in a deep voice: "Let's go over."
"General, you I mean..." The adjutant's expression changed.
"Yes, we will fly over." Severance Tann said.
"But, isn't this too risky? In our current state, just two or three ships from the opposite side can completely destroy us, let alone 200 ships!" said the adjutant.
"Is it safe if we wait here? Haha... stupid choice." Severance Tann snorted, "Start the engine immediately and let's fly over. Calculate the time."
The navigator immediately input the data into the computer and quickly came to the conclusion, "General, the opponent's fleet is 5 light minutes away from us, which is almost 100 million kilometers away. According to our current sublight speed, it will take about 25 standard hours to arrive."< br>
"Start the engine and move forward!" Severance Tann gave the order decisively.
“Yes!!”
The huge and incomplete body of the Plague Titan battleship moved again. The vibration caused by the engine output further damaged the damaged hull of the battleship, and many more Debris and parts fell off and separated from the hull.
But the battleship still began to accelerate steadily, flying towards the fleet 100 million kilometers away.
(End of this chapter)