Chapter 376: Skyfall Male Protagonist
Breaking into the atmosphere alone is nothing new for Amber.
Whether you are sitting in an orbital drop pod as an 'orbital paratrooper', or taking a HCP and performing a 'descend operation' under the package of a dedicated drop pod, it was like eating and drinking in previous games. 'daily'.
Because players, especially the players in the land reclamation group with all members of the "Emergency King", are an "efficiency first" group.
So many times, transportation projects such as orbital elevators or sky routes that are comfortable but require queuing and take a long time will be passed by players.
In most cases, these more anxious players will choose to pay a small fee and take a "cheap interstellar flight route" set up by a certain player.
This kind of carrier spacecraft for players' self-built routes is usually 'harmless' modified from decommissioned close-air assault ships or orbital assault ships.
They will stop briefly in the medium and low orbits of the planets they pass along the route. At the same time, the method of 'picking up and dropping off passengers' is also very simple and crude.
After entering the orbit around the star, first avoid the planet's patrol fleet and find the orbital management blind spot of the planet - in T2, T3 or border planets of the Federation and Empire, this kind of 'management blind spot' exists very much universal.
Then, after secretly descending to low orbit, the passengers who need to disembark at this station are placed in the airborne capsule like a hen laying eggs.
Depending on how much the player pays, they can choose a more comfortable and private single-person airborne capsule, or they can squeeze into a standard airborne capsule with other players
After finishing, the spacecraft will return to the high orbit. Then go to the airport or satellite city to 'board passengers', and replenish the consumed airborne capsules at the local 'office'.
This set of skillful operations made the business of this 'cheap interstellar flight route' extremely prosperous. Later, it was dug out by a good player, who was actually the boss of a traditional transportation giant
So, players of "Starry Sky OL" are no strangers to the idea of a single soldier jumping into the atmosphere. They will jump every three or five, because many people come to play this game for these "stimulating projects".
But it was really the first time for Amber to drive an HCP into the atmosphere without the assistance of additional airborne components.
Even if this 'ATLAS' heavy-duty space warfare specialized HCP was put into formal production, its test model also underwent experiments of entering the atmosphere, but all without manned personnel.
Before the manned test could be carried out, the conflict between the Atlas IV and the Federation Army had already begun to intensify, so Amber initially thought of conducting a conventional battle first. These functional projects that have not yet completed testing will not be touched for the time being.
But the battlefield situation is changing rapidly, and in many cases you will not have time to prepare.
But Amber will not give up entering the atmosphere to fight fires because he has not completed the test. After all, he himself has been instilling an idea into the Atlas combat units:
“The duty of the Atlas combat units is to go to the battlefield when needed, not to do a good job. Prepare before going to the battlefield. "
Don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you. If you shrink back at this time, don't expect that the combat troops will be able to implement this fighting spirit in the future.
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“Master, there is good news and bad news, which one do you want to hear first?”
“Tsk, let’s tell you the bad news first.”< br>
In the cockpit of the 'ATLAS' heavy space combat specialized HCP, Amber, who was wearing a heavy-duty hydraulic anti-gravity suit, was wrapped in an additional set of buffer devices that were usually hidden.
At the same time, the heavy-duty hydraulic anti-gravity suit also activated the highest level of 'pharmacological anti-gravity system', injecting drugs throughout his body through intramuscular injections to assist in hard resistance to high G forces.
"The bad news is that because there is no time to equip the egg-shaped airborne component, we can only enter the atmosphere using the 'lift re-entry mode' that has not been tested in any way
Also because there is no data to Reference, so during the process of entering the atmosphere, the flight control system can only make real-time adjustments myself after collecting the data from each sensor~"
"The data of other lift-type re-entry spacecraft cannot Reference?”
“The aerodynamic shapes are all different, so there is no reference at all, Master~”
Lilith's voice was sweet, but the words she spoke still made Amber's heart tighten.
Friends who often re-enter the atmosphere or are familiar with the 'EDL (Entry, Descent, Landing) process know that compared with the 'ballistic' and 'semi-ballistic' reentry methods , although the lift-type reentry has the advantages of small overload, large maneuvering range, and high landing accuracy, it is also technically much higher than the first two, especially the requirements for the flight control system are extremely high.
After all, if an ordinary aircraft has a problem with its attitude during flight, there is usually still time to find a way to save it, but in the case of high-speed friction with the atmosphere, as long as there is a slight problem, it is likely to happen in the next second. Disintegrated immediately.
So even if Lilith, a strong artificial intelligence, is now in charge, Amber will still feel a little panicked. Although he is a psyker, he is not yet powerful enough to 'break into the atmosphere physically'.
“What’s the good news?”
"The good news is that the currently measured landing trajectory will just fall over the area where the Fifth Combined Battalion is located. We don't need to readjust the landing trajectory."
"Thank you very much"
"Just tell me if it's good news~"
While Amber and Lilith were communicating, 'ATLAS' also ended its 'braking section' flight and loaded additional With the help of the propulsion component, the relative speed of the body and the planet has dropped from the previous combat speed, and has shifted into a trajectory flying towards the planet's atmosphere.
At this time, ‘ATLAS’ is 110 kilometers above the surface, which is also the so-called upper boundary of the planet’s atmosphere.
At this time, the main thruster of the fuselage temporarily stopped working, and was controlled only by the occasional injection of attitude control nozzles throughout the fuselage to ensure that the fuselage could freely descend and fly under the influence of the gravity of celestial bodies.
At the same time, equipment such as bulky external propulsion components, large weapon units on the fuselage, and empty missile launch boxes were also abandoned at this stage.
These things, especially the lance-like heavy particle cannon and the long-range electromagnetic sniper cannon, definitely cannot be brought into the atmosphere.
Not only will they destroy the aerodynamic shape of the body, they are also easily damaged under high temperatures caused by severe friction with the atmosphere.
Looking at the equipment being abandoned behind and getting farther and farther away on the rear view screen, Amber shook her head with some distress.
"It's such a waste. The long-range sniper electromagnetic gun only fired one shot. We have to let Eugene and Orns recycle the entire module, otherwise we have to throw it away every time."
While thinking about equipping the equipment. The two heads of the R&D center arranged their homework while Amber looked at the multi-function display on the lower left.
At this time, after discarding the weapons and additional components that had been used up, the machine body has returned to its regular 'human form', with only the close defenses on both sides of the main monitor on the head remaining. laser, and a heavy shield mounted on the left shoulder pad.
"Lilith, where is 'Icarus'? The aircraft's armament has been exhausted, and the weapon components will need to be airdropped later."
"The high orbit has been behind us. Follow me, Master~" Lilith's voice came again,
"The federal fleet and the three cruisers behind us seem to have no time to care about it, so it keeps maneuvering behind us. Master, what weapon components do you need? I will arrange the airdrop now to ensure that it can enter the atmosphere at the same time as us. "
"Three-piece land combat set, plus a set of plasma rocket launch nests and tactical missile launch bays."
Amber quickly talked about his needs, and then seemed to think of something. He opened his mouth and asked:
"By the way. Has the newly made plasma beam saber been loaded on the 'Icarus'?"
"It was loaded just in time before I came here."< br>
"Very good, get me two and send them down!"
While Amber and Lilith were communicating, 'ATLAS' also began to move from 'entry into orbit transition section' to real 'entry' part'.
Starting from the highest point of the dense atmosphere, the effect of aerodynamic force on the body begins to become more and more obvious.
Amber also controlled the machine body to erect a heavy shield in front of him, and tried to hide other parts of the machine body behind the shield.
At this time, the surface temperature of the body and shield began to rise rapidly. Although the insulation material on the surface of the external armor began to ablate and melt, and took away the huge heat generated by friction with the atmosphere, 'ATLAS' after all It was not a professional re-entry spacecraft, so the temperature in the cockpit began to rise rapidly, and finally stabilized at around 39 degrees.
"If I survive this time, I must let them work on the cockpit temperature control! It's too hot"
"Received from Master, and the previous request has been recorded~"< br>
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The battle has progressed so far, and most of the viewers watching the live broadcast of 'Eye of Reality' are shouting excitement, because this is the first time for them to see a battleship being chased. Live broadcast held on.
There is always a small screen in the upper right corner of the live broadcast screen, which displays the distance and relative speed between the Atlas fleet and the Federation fleet in real time.
Everyone is beginning to wonder at this moment, when the federal fleet catches up, what kind of battle will break out between the two fleets, and how long will this live broadcast last?
While 'ATLAS' turned into a meteor and fell towards the surface of the planet, both the pursuing Federation fleet and the pursued Atlas fleet captured this conspicuous object that flew quickly under them. 'heat source'.
In the broadcast center of the Hermes, the director of the 'Eye of Truth' also asked Isabel with some uncertainty: "About the fact that the Boss is entering the atmosphere, do we also need to inform him at the same time? Wan "One"
"Nothing just in case"
There was no doubt in Isabel's words. She turned to look at the director of 'Eye of Truth' and said firmly:
"Boss can definitely do it. And as an employee of Atlas, you can also You should believe that he can do it, go ahead. Let the anchor report it truthfully."
"Yes, supervisor"
Soon, the audience in the 'Eye of Truth' live broadcast room listened. The news that made them even more explosive was that the boss of Atlas, the guy who had just launched a solo attack, was now starting to complete the "single aircraft entry into the atmosphere" task.
At this moment, there are not only these ordinary audiences, President Brandon and his party in the conference room of the Federal Ministry of Defense Building, but also the regent and Princess Agnes in the Star Dragon Empire, as well as people from thousands of miles away. Elenita from the Star Empire also stayed in front of the screen, paying attention to Atlas and Amber's situation.
Some people hope that he will burn to ashes in the atmosphere, some people hope that he will fall to the ground and cause trouble, and some people just hope that he can return safely.
Para 4 surface, Many refugees and troops from both sides who were in suitable positions saw the group of light spots passing through the sky.
In the ten refugee camps in Atlas, almost all the refugees gathered in front of the many screens set up in the camps, watching the synchronized images from the camp's air-to-air optical tracking sensors.
When this fiery red ‘meteor’ with a long tail and scattered debris appeared in the center of the screen.
The old people sheltered in various camps who shouted "Battlefield Angel" when the Atlas troops arrived, directly shook off the hands of others supporting them, then trembled and knelt on the ground, looking towards the horizon Amber Worship in the direction of the fall.
Other well-meaning refugees around them stepped forward and tried to pull these old people up from the ground, but they heard their mouths murmuring in an excited voice:
"It's the Holy See who has arrived. The sages’ predictions came true!”
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“Height 80 kilometers”
“Height 65 kilometers”
"Height 40 kilometers"
"Height 35 kilometers Master, we have successfully escaped from the black barrier area, the current descent speed is Mach 7.5, and the EDL process has entered the 'descent section'!"
"Holy shit! Done?”
This was the first thing Amber blurted out after she recovered.
After leaving the black barrier area and the reentry speed began to gradually decrease, the most dangerous part of the entire process has passed.
Although it is still more than 30 kilometers above the ground, as long as nothing goes wrong, the final deceleration can be completed calmly with the help of the body's own propulsion device.
After calming down the excitement in her heart, Amber first removed the extra restraints on the pilot in the cockpit and returned to the normal driving posture. At the same time, she began to check the condition of the aircraft.
Thanks to the fact that no corners were cut during the construction of the aircraft body, coupled with Lilith’s continuous corrections to the flight control just now, there is no problem with the aircraft body, but the shield in front of it, which acts as the 'outsole', is On the verge of scrapping.
The heat insulation layer on its surface has been completely ablated, and more than half of the armor layer below has been burned away. The coolant inside has also been consumed in the process of breaking through the 'black barrier zone'. Basically, It is equivalent to losing the ability to defend.
The radars and sensors that were temporarily shut down after entering the 'black zone' also re-entered working status at this time. The downward-looking radar and terrain scanning radar specially used for combat in the atmosphere will soon become important. Information is updated.
But before Amber had time to check her current position, a quick beep sounded in the cockpit, and then turned into a sharp beep.
"Master, we are locked by the fire control radar! It is the ground air defense force of the Federal Army!"
"Understood, I started to perform evasive maneuvers to help me guide the threat."< br>
Amber glanced directly below the full-circle cockpit, where multiple radar signal sources on the surface had been marked, and he also began to adjust his descent trajectory through the attitude control nozzle.
"Lilith, where is the weapon support component?"
"Just out of the black zone, it's right above your head, Master!"
Hearing Lilith's answer, Amber looked up and saw a green frame also appeared above her. Marked black dots.
At the same time, the beeps in the cockpit became increasingly harsh, and eventually turned directly into Lilith's voice warning.
"Master, an anti-aircraft missile has been detected taking off! According to the federal army's usual air defense combat procedures, high-energy lasers should be irradiating the next step!"
"Don't panic, assist me first. Get the weapon.”
Amber's voice had become very calm at this moment, and the plasma propulsion array on the back of his special machine "Colossus" also emitted a burst of surging blue light.
The descent speed of the aircraft body began to slow down sharply, and the distance to the weapons drop cabin overhead became closer and closer.
After entering a certain range, this huge airborne capsule exploded violently, throwing away the external insulated pneumatic components and revealing the internal parallel weapons container.
"Lilith, execute the docking procedure."
Amber said, and at the same time, the proximity lasers on both sides of the main monitor on her head began to flash at high frequency.
Soon, two fireballs erupted from the lower right side of the machine body, but there were still a large number of dangerous red targets marked in red approaching at high speed.
But Amber did not panic. While he continued to reduce the height difference with the weapons container, he maintained evasive maneuvers and used two close-in defense lasers to name these missiles one by one.
The thin atmosphere at high altitude will actually maximize the combat effectiveness of the close-in defense laser. With the help of the advanced radar set and sensors installed on the 'Colossus', all the anti-aircraft missiles that were trying to climb were shot down.
But Amber knew that these anti-aircraft missiles were just an appetizer, and the real threat came from subsequent directed energy weapon attacks.
But the good news is that the high-altitude docking of the airframe and weapons containers is about to be completed.
As several dull 'clicks' sounded along the body of the machine into Amber's ears, the body's armament information on the multi-function display screen was also rapidly updated.
"The fire control unit adaptation is completed, and the energy circuits begin to be redistributed."
"Heavy particle cannons, charged particle cannons, and electromagnetic reconnection cannons are online. Plasma rocket launch nests begin to be transferred to the legs. "Part pylon"
Watching the icons representing the corresponding weapons turn green on the screen, the corners of Amber's mouth kept rising, and eventually turned into a slightly perverted smile.
When a charged particle beam from the surface hit the heavy shield in front of him, the 'hero' who accompanied Amber to complete the atmospheric penetration also completed its final mission.
The huge shield shattered into several pieces and scattered, and the long-range weapon set originally stored in the weapon container also completed its deployment in the process.
Under the control of Amber, the fire control unit quickly locked on the location where the charged particle beam had just been irradiated. There was a temporary air defense position where HCP and high-energy laser air defense vehicles were assembled.
"You are the only ones with directed energy weapons, right?"
As Amber muttered to herself, she switched to the 'irradiation' mode of the heavy particle cannon and blasted out a blue-white beam. Heavy metal ion jet.
While destroying most of the targets on the position during strafing, it also kicked off the "famous scene" that cast a shadow on the federal ground forces of Para IV.
(End of this chapter)