Chapter 1181 Ryza Exploration Fleet
In the void, the Oberon-class battleship Meteor was leading the fleet through a stardust field on the edge of the extreme star field, but unexpectedly ran into a strange battleship .
They are an exploration fleet from the forge world Reza, which has just left their home planet not long ago.
As a capital ship, although the Fallen Star is not as good as some of the ancient and powerful battleships in the Empire, it is still a highly maneuverable and well-equipped battleship. The weapons made by Reza make it even more powerful. It cannot be measured simply by tonnage.
Her sister ship "Quadrant III" is slower and less maneuverable, but has more firepower. It is equipped with a huge Ryza-type plasma nova on the bow, which is enough to blow the cruiser in half - -The Nova Cannon uses a highly unstable plasma macrocannon shell instead of the explosive shell used by the Mars-type Nova Cannon, making it much more powerful than the latter. However, combining such a huge plasma weapon Chemicalization itself brings risks, as overheating systems can cause damage to weapons and the spacecraft itself.
All battleships are painted in the dark red of Mars, and decorated with the Ryza logo made of plastic steel as a proud crest.
Several escort exploration ships of the exploration fleet are on guard around the two capital ships. They are smaller battleships, but they can endure the most extreme cold in deep space. They are used to explore harsh areas and withstand the worst Star-radiated and meteorite-struck, they are also powerful frigates, strong enough to withstand enemy fire and agile enough to defeat the slower hunks.
The light cruiser Tornado was converted into a mobile experimental vessel. Its macrogun array was removed and replaced with an alien research laboratory and material analysis device to study anything the fleet might find.
The entire deck is tightly sealed, and it is used to study the alien relics. A sage is responsible for the command of the spacecraft.
The reason why Reza dares to study alien creations so boldly is related to its long history of struggle with Mars. Due to Reza's in-depth research on plasma technology, it has constant conflicts with the orthodox Mars, and the conflicts between the two sides It has not stopped since the era of the Great Rebellion. Therefore, to the sages of Reza, the commandments of Mars are just something a little more advanced than waste paper. Of course, the Crimson Protocol is the bottom line that all mechanical cultists cannot touch. Reza has always done a good job at this point, and Mars has not caught anything.
The Tornado is usually protected by the huge Volcano.
The Volcano is a bulky armed foundry spacecraft that carries a huge foundry and storage factory. When it converts the cargo and chemicals loaded into fuel or components for use by the rest of the fleet, Dazzling plumes of plasma fire shot through the vents and along its hull.
The ship's commander, Tammy Poulsen Sage, is as much a part of the ship as its chemical tanks and plasma fusion engines.
The final component of this fleet, and the largest, is a collection of small expedition ships, armed merchant ships, technical guard transports, cargo ships, and small aircraft carriers, known as the "Ring" group".
They fly around large battleships in the nebula, serving as mobile laboratories, reconnaissance ships, and cargo ships.
If a frigate's crew is slaughtered, the ships can attempt to recapture it, and their crews can replace the dead.
In naval battles, the ring fleet can divert enemy ships' targets, flank enemy formations, and disperse enemy firepower. These flexible ships are also indispensable in tasks such as exploring hidden areas. Less.
The master who controls the entire fleet is Reza's famous sage of exploration, Deejay Katona.
Now he is facing a decision.
Nebulae gather around the fleet, extending outward into overlapping regions of deadly radiation, throwing out the flares of infant stars.
However, the fleet has an advantage in that it has gathered thousands of years of knowledge of the Void, allowing them to travel through outer space at relatively high speeds.
It approaches the boundary of the target ship's hidden area, and hundreds of sensor arrays scan to collect images of the ship and the energy signals flickering within it.
All information is filtered into the Thought Array, a cave-like appendix room opposite the bridge library, filled with all kinds of information that are different from books or data pads: stone tablets stacked against the wall , symbolic statues and paintings, all read using the senses, mostly automated quills spitting parchment over jagged signal wires and screens displaying torrents of data. Deejay Katona looked over the shoulder of a tech-priest, watching the data being compiled into the first images of their prey.
The convoy's sensors pictured one ship, a strike cruiser, so much so that they checked over and over again to make sure it was accurate.
The closest the fleet had come to an image of it was a composite holographic image, and the sensor that contributed such a sharp image was fragmented by stardust - the sensor dome picked up contact with the strike cruiser some distance ahead of the fleet. The silhouette is shrouded in blurry shadows of stellar dust.
Suddenly, a Tech-Priest said:
“This is an Astartes strike cruiser.”
He parsed the torrent of data and was surprised. Said:
“It seems that the damage is quite serious, but it does not produce abnormal subspace fluctuations. It is not a ruined ship.”
"Too much interference to provide more data."
Digi Katona checked the blurry image rotating on the holographic unit, and then a hoarse mechanical voice said:
"If This is an Imperial ship, then he should have responded to us instead of trying to escape."
He pointed to a long section of the ship's hull, located in the upper part of the hull, where it should have been. There was a sign, but it was erased.
"Only traitors would erase the Mark, especially those rebel Astartes."
Deejay Katona spat out the last word as if he were commenting on a disgusting meal.
“Prepare to input all the data into the fort and restore it to its atomic state.”
“Follow your orders, Great Sage.”
Dije Katona strode Walking through the data lair, the mechanical feet clicked on the marble floor. His highly modified body looked like a multi-armed ostrich from a distance. He would feel a sense of "excitement" every time he approached a battle. ".
Although his sensors told him that his internal body temperature was even far higher than the maximum temperature of an ordinary human being, now that he had given up most of his body's weaknesses, these were no longer important to him.
His heart is synthetic, as are his legs and most of his organs, his face was reconstructed with synthetic muscles, the eye part is a triangular slit, the nose is flat, and a simple rectangle above the ferocious mouth , there seems to be a green luminous body on the forehead, like a third eye, and a nest of metal lines and probes hanging on the back of the head.
Only his mind is intact, which is irreplaceable, but the rest of the body has been almost completely abandoned, after all-
The flesh and blood are weak, but steel will last forever.
(End of this chapter)