Chapter 198 Hide and Seek
‘Psychic intuition’ is naturally Amber’s joke.
Although psykers can indeed provide early warning of danger, it is only a warning, not a prophecy.
Even the most powerful psykers cannot predict the future.
The reason Amber was able to guess the next move of Mary Bay Industries was purely because he had dealt with these giant companies too much in the game.
People from these big companies have always been ruthless when engaging in such shameful actions.
And driven by the ‘result orientation’ of large enterprises, they often seek to achieve their goals by any means necessary.
So when Tailac and the others encountered an interception on the expressway, Amber had already guessed that the opponent would prepare for the next move after the interception failed.
The ability to send so many armed personnel to Industry 4 means that the other party is probably coming with its own ship.
At least Amber has never seen a company of the size of Mary Bay Industries asking its staff to take public transportation to their destination to carry out operations.
That's too low a price.
And Amber has always viewed these 'corporate dogs' with the worst possible intentions. These guys will do anything for performance appraisal.
In the worst-case scenario he deduced, the opponent should mobilize one or two warships to conduct interception operations.
But there are only two destroyers at most. If there are more, people of ordinary ranks cannot mobilize them.
If the opponent is a high-ranking and high-authority company employee, then the enemies Telak and the others encounter on the expressway will definitely not be of this size and level of force.
Amber originally planned to let Lilith hack into Industry 4 to see if she could find an opportunity to hack into Mary Bay Industries' ship.
However, after the appearance of LLS943823, both Amber and Lilith were much more cautious in letting their clones go out to ‘fight in the wild’.
Amber looked at the location and virtual track of Ares displayed on the holographic projection platform in the center of the bridge, and began to think about the next route plan.
Although he could roughly judge Mary Bay Industrial's next move, he actually did not want to confront the opponent head-on.
After all, as long as the two sides exchange fire, there will be a risk of being sunk.
It would be best if you could hide your traces before the opponent intercepts it, and then enter the jump far enough away from Industry 4.
So Amber also used this as the basic principle in his subsequent route planning.
The location of Industry 4 is in the synchronous orbit of the Kandahar galaxy - Kandahar 4.
As the most massive planet in the galaxy, Kandahar 4 is mainly used as a mining planet, providing raw materials for a large number of factories in this galaxy.
Since Kandahar 4 was developed relatively early, there are multiple space elevators on the planet.
The multiple spaceports attached to the space elevator also make Kandahar 4's orbit extremely busy.
Based on the above factors, in order to ensure that the main routes near this planet can operate in order.
Federal administrative agencies on planets, spaceports, satellite cities and other places have jointly deployed a large number of self-disciplined early warning terminals on major routes.
As long as there are abnormal situations such as ship firing in the area with an orbital altitude of 300,000 kilometers, high-energy lasers and charged particle cannons will directly sweep over.
After all, in such a large area, even the patrol fleet cannot 'rush to the scene' as soon as possible.
Therefore, the local administrative agencies adopted this simpler and more crude law enforcement method.
The jump of the ship is also required to be carried out after leaving the 300,000-kilometer area.
So according to Amber's judgment, the area where Mary Bay Industries is most likely to launch an ambush is outside this 300,000-kilometer border.
Currently it is known that the other party has a high probability of parking a ship in the port of Industry 4, and will probably pretend to be a "passerby" and follow Amber and the others.
Then the other ship should jump directly from somewhere else to the predetermined ambush position, forming a flanking situation.
If you want to hide from the noses of these two ships, the first step is to enter the shadow of the planet.
Otherwise, the temperature on the surface of the ship will quickly soar to hundreds of degrees if the sun of this galaxy shines straight on it.
Against the icy background of the universe, this infrared signature is simply too conspicuous.
Amber briefly communicated his plan with Randall, who, as a former federal navy lieutenant commander, immediately understood what he meant.
“Attention helmsman, after leaving the fixed navigation area of the port, follow the route I gave and enter the shadow of the planet.
All other personnel on the ship have entered the first level of combat readiness, wearing spacesuits and preparing to evacuate oxygen. "Under Randall's order, the crew of the Ares got busy in an nervous and orderly manner.
Banninger and others added equipment to their exoskeletons. An additional life-support system, and since the Roma do not yet have a usable exoskeleton, they can only wear the largest space suit like other crew members
The helmsman also followed Randall's instructions, and after leaving the fixed navigation area, he controlled Ares and plunged into the shadow of the planet.
While the surface temperature of the ship began to drop rapidly, the helmsman. Also pushed the car clock to the 'forward three' position
The plasma propulsion array soon burst out with a burst of dazzling blue light, and the entire destroyer began to accelerate towards the predetermined course as if being pushed by an invisible hand.
At the same time, radar operators are constantly monitoring movements in the direction of the port through a variety of reconnaissance equipment.
Maybe Amber and the others moved too quickly after spending money to open the road, or maybe the people at Mary Bay Industries were slowed down by the aftermath.
In short, after leaving Industry 4 at a distance of 8,000 kilometers, the radar operator found no trace of other combat ships.
“What is our current velocity relative to the boundary area?”
"20 kilometers per second, captain."
After hearing the information briefing from the tactical information coordination officer, Randall issued a new order.
“After the relative speed reaches 25 kilometers per second, turn off the main propulsion array and force heat dissipation!
After the main propulsion array is turned off, adjust the axial direction by 180 degrees while keeping the track unchanged. .
Activating the optical camouflage and black body coating, the entire ship enters a silent state, and the internal communication within the ship switches to wired mode. ”
As the order was given, Ares turned somersaults in space and pointed the bow in the direction of Industry 4.
At the same time, as if there was a bug in the game screen, the ship flashed and then merged into the background of the universe.
Compared with ground combat, HCP's combat assistance AI needs to maintain high-frequency processor operation in order to process a large number of complex dynamic polygonal images at the same time to achieve the effect of optical stealth.
When optical camouflage is turned on in the universe, the requirements for computing power are greatly reduced.
This is similar to the situation when players play games and the frame rate drops when they look at a complex environment, but as soon as they look up at the sky, the frame rate increases significantly.
"According to the current speed, we will arrive at the border area in about three hours. The next step is to see how the other party finds us within this time. The familiar hide-and-seek link is back."
Amber Holding his hand on the back of the captain's seat, he looked at the relative positions and tracks displayed on the holographic projection platform and murmured:
"But why are they so slow to dispatch? This efficiency is too low, right? ?”
“These vampires won’t let us leave until we pay.”
On the bridge of the Peregrine-class destroyer ‘Freedom Radical’, a mobile fleet affiliated with Mary Bay Industries.
Captain Cleeves looked at Industry 4 getting further and further away on the holographic projection platform with a dark look on his face, and a series of curses burst out from his mouth.
The expression on the face of Oens, the third director of product research and development, who was sitting next to him, was not very good either.
Although he was acting in the name of Mary Bay Industrial, the chief executive of this industrial satellite city did not take him seriously at all.
He must pay a huge amount of 'road repair costs' and 'proper placement of the deceased'.
Although Oens couldn't afford the money, it still hurt him for a long time to give it out for free.
Considering that any further delay would lead to the unknown mercenary group's ship being let go, Orns finally reluctantly paid the fee.
Looking at the personal account that was missing a single digit, Oens took out a small pill bottle and took a few pills, and finally he felt relieved.
“Captain Cleaves, which direction do you think the target will escape?”
“Well, based on my experience, 99% of captains will choose to escape in this situation. Hidden in the shadow of the planet
And the reconnaissance unit has not found the infrared signature of the military ship so far, this probability is even greater.
But now we can only guess a general direction, and the exact location will depend on subsequent actions. "
After listening to Captain Cliff's speculation, Orns nodded, and then looked at the Yaoguang defense liaison on the other side.
"Know what time to intercept. Where are the destroyers deployed? ”
(End of this chapter)