Chapter 902 Kailis Star Ambush
Standard Terra Calendar, 954.M41
Ultimate Star Field, Demeter Sector, Pandora Galaxy
"Jumped out of Asia Space!”
Amidst the bursts of loudspeakers on the command deck, the Massacre-class cruiser [The Great Huron] broke free from the twisted fury and crashed into the material reality again, leading the Red Pirates’ division. The fleet entered the Pandora galaxy and arrived at the Kairis star at the edge of the galaxy.
Behind it were the Murder-class cruiser [Death Blade], the Redemption-class cruiser [Unrepentant], and the three Heretic-class plunderers of the Red Fury Squadron.
At this time, nearly half a year has passed since the Battle of Pandora began. During this period, the Empire has been fighting a protracted war of attrition with the Black Legion fleet in the asteroid belt.
But now, under Abaddon's repeated urging, a force that is about to change the situation of the war has surfaced.
The commander of this fleet, War Lord Onius Plaid, was fully armed, wearing armor as red as blood, standing behind the porthole, pressing one hand on the thick armor In glass, this window forms the right eye socket of the massive stone skull at the bow.
He was once a company commander of the Red Scorpion Chapter, but he defected to Huron and became a traitor. As for the reason, only he and Huron knew it, and no one dared to ask.
But no matter what, Plaid has abandoned his former glory and turned to the embrace of Chaos, replacing the Eagle emblem with an eight-pointed star. As for his appearance, there has not been much change, he is still cold and calm.
"The fleet maintains its course formation."
Under his instructions, the small predator ships quickly arranged themselves in arrows.
Soon, the repeater light set on the control panel below the window made a clicking sound and changed, indicating that all the battleships in the fleet had arrived.
Plaid’s deputy looked up at his commander and said carefully:
"My lord, the fleet is ready to obey your latest orders."
The war lord nodded and still stood there silently observing the void around him.
After a while, the adjutant felt the need to say it again.
"My lord, when we arrive, shouldn't we be ordered to immediately support the Black Legion?"
Plaid suddenly grinned.
"Ah, Yidun, it is very impolite for guests to enter the stage from outside too early. I must respect the Warmaster and let them harvest more honor and blood from the false emperor, otherwise we will make the Warmaster angry. ”
The adjutant immediately realized the essence of his commander’s words.
“That’s right, let those black legions with their eyes high above their heads fight the empire for a while and shed more blood, then they will take our role seriously.”
Hearing this, Pu Raid's smile continued to grow.
“Of course, sometimes it takes strategy to make them aware of this.”
"Then...how long do we have to wait, my lord?"
An unpredictable smile appeared on Plaid's scarred face, and he turned and left the observation window.
"Let's see what happens."
Suddenly, the bridge alarm bell sounded!
Plaid's face suddenly changed. This is a signal of enemy status, but there should be no enemies here!
"Report! A large enemy fleet has been scanned!"
Plaid hurried to the command platform and growled:
"Tell me the specific number!"
>"At least twenty ships!!!"
This number shocked Praid, and he subconsciously thought that the second fleet of the empire had arrived.
"What number?"
"The source of the signal is. Astral Knight!"
Plaid was stunned as if struck by lightning.
"Astral Knights. How could it be them? How could it be them!?"
No one responded to his roar. Everyone was confused. Who would have expected the Astral Knights? Will it suddenly appear in the distant extreme star field?
But there was not much time left for them to react. A huge fleet emerged from the void, and the huge Eternal Loyalty rushed at the front. The Sky Eagle emblem on the bow of the ship filled Praid's entire sight, making Plaid's eyes wide open. His hands and feet were cold - why didn't they notice each other at such a close distance?
While he was still in doubt, the other party had already opened fire.
Silver-white spears of light shot out from the bow of the Unbound Soul, followed by countless cannonballs. The furious firepower that could destroy the city first hit the Death Blade without a trace. The unprepared void shield stirred up bursts of diffuse prisms, and then hit its defenseless hull like a rain of fire.
The Eternal Loyalty fired a salvo of macroguns, releasing terrifying power that instantly turned the Murder-class cruiser into a pile of burning ruins in the void.
Then, the main guns of other cruisers were like scalpels, dismembering the remains of the Death Blade.
In just one minute, the red pirate battleship was torn apart.
"Retreat! Retreat with all your strength!!"
Although he knew that the chance of survival was low, Praid still wanted to give it a try. He ordered small warships to intercept the enemy and prepare for the enemy. The main force buys time.
But he ignored the fact that the Red Pirate is a pirate——
All of a sudden, all the small battleships, without waiting for his order, abandoned the main force and fled, completely ignoring him as the fleet commander. Even the Unrepentant abandoned the slowest Huron and fled for their lives.
This time, Plaid became the queen.
On the bridge, the weapons supervisor and artillery supervisor shouted various orders to their intercoms at the top of their lungs. The ship's spine fortress illuminated by fire filled the entire image of the imager.
Noise, bells, fire, thunder, screams, explosions, death.
Countless projectiles still rained down on the shields of the Great Huron, but the battleship just tried to turn around and rush in the opposite direction without fighting back.
The gravity generator tried its best to keep up with the turning rhythm of the battleship, but it still pushed many people to the ground. Only the Space Marines managed to stay standing by relying on the magnetic locks on their boots.
But everyone looked bad.
Suddenly, the firepower directed at the Great Huron weakened, and Plaid then realized that the other party had not let him go.
They wanted to keep all the main force of the Red Pirates, so they allocated part of their force to hunt down the Never Repentant.
The Absolute Repentance is now like a small boat in a violent storm, struggling to start the subspace engine.
At this time, the Heart of Light, which had already been eyeing it, took action.
As an ancient Scourge-class battleship, it has the most terrifying light spear array in the Imperial Navy. When several large light spear arrays fire at the same time, they converge into a line, making the void look like it is being cut. Average.
With just one blow, it broke through all the barriers that were trying to block it, causing a small explosion near the bridge of the Never Repentant.
The technology behind this beam is so ancient. Although the natural disaster-level multiple light spear turret technology has been lost, today it played its due role, and the blue-white scorching energy penetrated cleanly. Enemy void shield.
And this is everything the White Temple needs.
The moment the void shield went out, several frigates quickly attached themselves to it, and then launched a series of landing torpedoes.
Plaid also saw this scene, and immediately gritted his teeth and gasped angrily:
"They are going to take away the Never Repentance!"
This At this time, the last message from the bridge of the Never Repent suddenly echoed on the bridge.
"Sir, a large number of enemy Terminators have boarded the ship, request——"
The message was interrupted, leaving only the sizzling white noise, and Plaid knew that the Redemption-class cruiser was hopeless.
And he himself——
Looking at the approaching enemy ships one after another, feeling the tremor of the armor under his feet being torn apart by gunfire, listening to a series of words such as engine failure, protection, etc. With the bad news that the shield failed and the power system was overloaded, the war lord Praid of the Red Pirates pulled out the finely crafted power sword from his waist, smiled miserably, and issued the final order.
“Everyone is ready to fight against the anti-jump gang.”
(End of this chapter)