Chapter 202 Let’s keep up with my Speed first
About 6,500 kilometers away from Yaoguang Defense’s Peregrine-class destroyer, three ‘comets’ were rushing in at high speed, dragging long wakes.
This is the only three HCP currently available on the Ares.
In addition to Amber, who is the captain of the aircraft, Murat and Lewis, who piloted the No. 2 and No. 3 aircraft, all conducted actual combat in space for the first time.
Mura and Louis in the Fanatic cockpit looked at the enlarged captain's aircraft on the all-circle display, with a hint of envy in their eyes.
Amber's Zealot has a different body than the two of them, and does not use the same low-visibility paint as them.
But it was painted arrogantly into an extremely eye-catching color combination of deep red and pink.
This is a treatment only available to captains or ACEs.
Coupled with the fanatics and a lot of accessories sent by Isabel's father, the leader of the maintenance team never stopped looking.
While sighing, "I have never fought such a rich battle," the team leader led his team members to adjust all three main HCPs.
Amber's captain aircraft has an additional communication antenna installed on the main head monitor, and the power unit of the entire aircraft has been customized to pursue higher thrust.
Well, the elements of red, horns, and triple speed are complete.
“Rookies, this is your first actual space battle. Keep a good distance behind me and proceed. Just provide fire cover."
Amber's calm voice sounded on the communication channel, giving the two of them the feeling that their instructor was driving a car instead of driving the HCP at high speed in space.
"Spectreone (Ghost One), the opponent should have a lot of HCPs, let us also step forward to assist you in the battle!"
Murat said in the communication channel that he was still a little embarrassed about the fact that his instructor always protected them behind him.
He felt that after such a long period of adaptation training and intensive space combat training, he should start to share the pressure of the instructor.
"Yes, we can't always let you stand in the front!"
Louis also echoed in the communication channel.
“Hahahaha.”
There was a burst of laughter from the communication channel, which contained a feeling of relief.
"You two are so confident now? Then try to follow where you can smell my exhaust first!"
Listening to Amber's words, the two of them were still a little unconvinced and just thought As he said something, the voice of the tactical information coordinator on the rear destroyer was inserted into the communication channel.
"Attention of the Caliburn (Sword in the Stone) team, the enemy HCP has begun to dispatch. The current number is 3. The mid-infrared signature comparison database is continuing to be added. It is determined to be the 'Platypus' series. The relevant information has passed the data link. Synchronize.”
While the tactical information coordination officer was synchronizing information, a burst of warning sounds also sounded in the cockpit of the three people.
After exchanging information with the Ares data link, several red diamond-shaped boxes also appeared near the target destroyer on the all-day display.
“It seems that the other party has come out to greet us~”
Amber’s voice sounded again. This scene of leading a rookie out reminded him of his first time participating in a space battle. , the yellow-painted lead aircraft of his team.
The words of the pilot with the ID ‘Ozma’ came to mind, and Amber’s tone suddenly changed.
"Team, adjust your formation to PLANETDANCE!"
Although they couldn't hear the sound, both Murat and Louis saw an even more dazzling light erupting from behind the lead aircraft at this moment.
Even though the two fanatics were pushing at full power, they were still thrown away by Amber in an instant.
"Oh! As expected, I can't keep up."
Complaints were complaints, but the two of them immediately followed Amber's order and spread out to adjust their formation.
Formation adjustment during a high-speed advance is not a comfortable thing even in gravity-free space.
This is especially true for a nearly 100-ton heavy-duty machine like the Fanatic, whose high quality brings greater inertia.
The two rookie pilots were pressed into their seats the moment they started maneuvering. With the assistance of trained anti-gravity positive pressure breathing and heavy-duty hydraulic anti-gravity suits, the two were not in the first place. Time fainted.
But the bigger blow came from Amber who was gradually moving away and making constant maneuvers.
"Huhu. Such a heavy machine can still be so flexible! Instructor, is he a human?"
"Of course. Huhu is not!"
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"It feels so good! This is how it feels!"
Amber, who gradually adapted to the high-speed sprint, relied on her own physical fitness to stand up from the back of the chair, and moved from Lilith again He took over the control of the machine in his hands.
At this moment, two additional sets of auxiliary propulsion arrays were deployed on both sides of the plasma propulsion array on the back of the Zealot he was driving.
Coupled with the optimized energy output logic of the subcritical reactor, the overall performance of the fanatic's power unit has been improved by nearly 30%.
The miraculous transformation technology of the maintenance team made Amber sigh that she really found a treasure.
After the formation was deployed, in order to prevent the opponent's electronic warfare offensive, the team switched radio communications to blue-green laser communications.
Although there is a 'ten-year veteran' class shipboard control personality trained by Lilith herself on the Ares, it has completely suppressed the opponent in terms of electronic countermeasures.
But Amber didn’t want to capsize in the gutter, so she switched the communication method in accordance with combat regulations.
He looked at the straight-line distance and relative speed between himself and the target. Basically, after 3 minutes of sprinting, he was directly close to the target.
This is also a common method used by HCP to fight frigates and destroyers. It is impossible to defeat a warship by shooting at a distance. Only by bypassing the opponent's axis and shortening the distance can you put enough pressure on the opponent's close defense unit.
But this step is not that easy to do. The charging speed alone is not enough, and you have to find a way to get rid of the HCP that comes to intercept the opponent.
Currently, the left electromagnetic ejection track of this Peregrine-class ship is temporarily unavailable, so the HCP's dispatch efficiency has dropped by 50%, making it impossible to form a numerical advantage in a short period of time.
And Amber wants to seize this opportunity and tear apart their defense.
Seeing a flash of white light in a red diamond-shaped box in the distance, Amber controlled the sideways movement of the machine without any delay.
The next second, a white beam of light swept across his position, and the opponent's HCP's heavy particle cannon opened fire.
Amber did not pause to evade, and was followed by a series of suffocating evasive maneuvers.
Not only did Murat and Louis, who were trying desperately to keep up, look dumb, but they also dumbfounded the HCP pilots near the Peregrine who were firing to intercept him.
“Is this the kind of prediction that humans can do?”
“Brother, let alone prediction, look at his maneuver, I wonder if there is no one inside. ”
"Stop talking nonsense, spread out and get on board, rely on numerical superiority to block his maneuvering space!"
The squadron leader's voice sounded in the communication channels of these HCP pilots:
" This guy looks wrong, we can’t let him break through our defense line.”
After saying that, the squadron leader took the lead in driving the HCP to meet him, and the surrounding HCPs who had already separated from the ship also dispersed around under his command! Open it, forming a 'big net' to wrap it up.
Then, a hole was immediately poked in this big net.
The squadron leader who rushed the fastest still underestimated Amber's strength, and also overestimated his shooting skills and the auxiliary aiming ability of the airborne combat auxiliary AI.
After the relative speed of the two sides reached more than 40 kilometers per second, it became an impossible task to hit Amber, who was darting left and right and performing a zigzag maneuver.
“As long as you can’t hit, there’s nothing to be afraid of!”
As he spoke, Amber took off the new toy customized for him by the maintenance team from the weapon rack on his back.
Folding plasma heavy ship-killing knife.
When the blade is fully unfolded and the plasma blue light lights up on the blade, the length of the entire ship-cutting knife has reached 16 meters.
However, due to the folding structure, this thing has a big problem in terms of structural strength.
According to the leader of the maintenance team, it is basically a one-time product that will be discarded after one attack.
But for Amber now, it is enough.
Two approaching machines passed each other in an instant.
Before the other surrounding HCPs even had time to react, they saw that the squadron leader at the center of the 'siege net' had been cut in half by Amber.
What followed was a huge fireball formed after the plasma beam inside the body went out of control.
The culprit has already dragged a long blue trail out of the encirclement network they have not yet formed.
"Squadron Captain!"
These HCP pilots, who were panicked because of the squadron leader's 'fleeting moment', made a very wrong decision at this moment.
Everyone chased the fanatic driven by Amber, adjusted their direction, and then deployed their weapons to intercept and fire.
But they obviously forgot that Amber was not the only one who launched the attack.
And there is no deflection field on the back of their body to give them protection.
Two beams of flashing arcs swept across, and then lit two 'candles' in this dark universe.
At a distance of several thousand kilometers, even though there is still a certain relative speed between the two parties.
But for light-speed weapons such as charged particle cannons, it is enough to hit the target during irradiation.
Not to mention Murat and Louis, what they practiced most during this period was long-distance shooting, and there was also a combat auxiliary AI in the machine to help them correct their aim.
And not everyone can perform such perverted evasive maneuvers like Amber.
The remaining two HCPs turned back in fear and blocked the next round of shooting from Murat and Louis.
Unexpectedly, Amber was turned around and fired a cold shot from behind.
When the plasma fireball formed by the explosion of the aircraft body was extinguished, only a solitary one remained among the five HCPs released by the Peregrine Falcon.
"The rest is left to you, don't overturn."
After sending a written instruction to Murat and Louis, Amber suddenly changed direction and cut her head. Entering the position where the Peregrine's anti-aircraft firepower is weakest.
Since Ares is still eyeing the enemy further away, this destroyer of Yaoguang Defense can only keep its bow to meet the enemy, allowing the deflection field and the stronger armor structure of the bow to deal with it. attack.
The remaining five HCP pilots in Gnaku were unwilling to dispatch after discovering that four of their dispatched teammates had been shot down in a short period of time.
After all, they are just mercenaries who are paid to do things, not soldiers who protect their homes and countries.
This kind of dispatch is almost a fatal battle, and they are not willing to do it.
(End of this chapter)