Chapter 1549 Trojan Horse
As the distance continued to shorten, the image of the unmanned reconnaissance station that looked like a meteorite became clearer and clearer. Later, it could even be clearly seen with the naked eye just through the porthole of the Swan.
Although the unmanned reconnaissance station is very fast, it does not actually turn on the engine, nor does it have the ability to jump or pulse flight. It just accelerates to a suitable speed and then glides in the void by inertia.
Anyway, there is no air resistance, so this is the most cost-effective solution.
At a distance that can be seen with the naked eye, everyone can now be sure that they have not found the wrong target.
It looks like a meteorite from the outside, but under the illumination of the searchlight, you can still see the artificial parts on this thing, such as the attitude control nozzle, the tall antenna, and the engine hidden in the cavity at the tail.
"Stable speed, dangerous distance."
The dangerous distance refers to the distance between two ships being less than the length of the ship, which will cause a collision between the two ships when turning and maneuvering, while the safe distance is more than twice the length of the ship between the two ships. .
When approaching an unmanned reconnaissance station, the Swan's machine spirit can be used to assist in correcting the route, but now, the role of the machine spirit is not obvious, and it must be driven manually.
For new helmsmen, this is an operation they would never dare to do. Normally, the docking of two ships is done with the assistance of machine spirits. However, the unmanned reconnaissance station obviously does not have a docking function, and at such a high speed, it is not possible to do so. Pay attention to the Swan and it will be shot directly on it. The ship will be destroyed and people will be killed.
Fortunately, the helmsman of the Swan is Carlos.
Not only has he received formal courses on battleship control and command, he also has more than twenty years of driving experience. Except for Li Chengqi who personally took over the Swan, no one is better than him.
The bridge was on the top of the battleship, and he couldn't see what was happening below at all. Carlos stared at the data given by the laser rangefinder, but in addition to the data, it was more about experience and feel.
They only have one chance. If they miss it, the Swan will be left behind by the unmanned reconnaissance station, making it difficult to catch up with conventional navigation.
Finally, when the data given by the rangefinder was less than one hundred meters, Alyssa ordered:
"Ejection hook!"
The Swan fired its hook again and fixed it on the rock surface used as a camouflage by the unmanned reconnaissance station. It assisted the Swan to continue approaching the unmanned reconnaissance station. Finally, with a slight vibration, the Swan landed on it.
Everyone on the Swan breathed a sigh of relief:
"Launch the route coordinates and restart the optical camouflage stealth. Continue to reinforce. According to intelligence, we may have to stay here for at least ten hours."
The Trojan horse is complete, now it's time to see if this thing can take them to their real destination.
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The unmanned reconnaissance station is essentially a flying super-large radar, which is not technically difficult. The Spinwater Federation is also using similar technology to give early warning to fleets or colonial satellites.
But no one has thought about the operation of lying on it like the Swan.
The error tolerance rate is too low, and if you make a slight mistake, you will be killed. The army will not use this crooked trick.
After all, when the army wants to attack a certain colonial satellite, the worst they can do is blow up the unmanned reconnaissance station. Anyway, this thing is not real-time communication, so there is no need to take risks to hijack it.
However, there is also a new problem. The Swan is now just lying on an unmanned reconnaissance station. With the Swan alone, facing a colonial satellite and a possible escort fleet, it is somewhat courting death.
Princess Leia can indeed take on an entire fleet, but the problem is that after she dismantles the fleet, the Swan will definitely be gone.
Therefore, even if the secret laboratory of the Red Maple Republic can be found by this method, the Swan must not be stubborn, otherwise it will be courting death. The safest way is of course to give the location of the secret laboratory to the royalists and let their fleet come over to participate in the grand event.
But again, the void is too big, communication is not possible, and the Swan cannot report the point.
The royalist fleet cannot follow the unmanned reconnaissance station. This thing is just a bunch of flying radars. The detection range is very large, and it will be discovered just by getting close.
In that case, when the unmanned reconnaissance station approaches the secret laboratory and enters the extreme communication range, the secret laboratory side will learn that a fleet is approaching, and then run away immediately.
Therefore, the Swan will mark a route coordinate outward every once in a while, just like marking it so that the royalist fleet can pursue it along the way.
Since the unmanned reconnaissance station cannot jump or pulse flight, the Swan does not have to worry about being thrown off. The thing itself is not particularly far from the secret laboratory, but the void is too huge, and it is really difficult not to rely on this thing for guidance. It is difficult to lock the position in the dark star field.
Of course, everyone on the Swan could not just lie down and sleep during this period. After confirming that the Swan was firmly secured, Alyssa sent an action team and entered the unmanned reconnaissance station.
But it is a pity that there is no location for the secret laboratory in the terminal of the unmanned reconnaissance station. There is only a set oval route. It is impossible to see where it will meet the secret laboratory, otherwise it would save trouble.
Using the boot disk to bring the unmanned reconnaissance station under Li Chengqi's control, Villagna then used the highest authority obtained to check the data of the unmanned reconnaissance station and covertly change the radar sensitivity.
The Swan's absorber can almost make it invisible on radar, but during the approach and landing process, some data will definitely be collected by the unmanned reconnaissance station. This part must be erased to prevent any flaws from being exposed.
The radar sensitivity is also adjusted to prevent any information from the Swan from appearing in the data, and to ensure that there will be no abnormalities in the data sent by this thing when it enters the extreme communication distance with the secret laboratory.
When all of this is done, the Trojan horse will truly take shape.
Alyssa said it would take at least ten hours, which was actually a very conservative estimate. The actual situation was that it was not until Li Chengqi came back online the next day that there was finally some movement.
Carlos, who was on duty on the bridge, pressed the alarm, and everyone who was busy washing or sleeping in returned to work.
"Are you here already?"
Alyssa rushed into the bridge without even wiping off the toothpaste foam on her face.
"There was an unknown communication involving the unmanned reconnaissance station just now. It may be that the communication distance with the secret laboratory has been reached."
Although nothing can be seen except darkness, the so-called ultimate communication distance is actually not too far. Without the help of relay satellites, Alyssa's technical capabilities cannot achieve intra-galactic communication. .
Alyssa quickly touched her mouth and sat on the captain's seat. At this time, everyone else also took their places.
Immediately afterwards, the Swan implemented light control and turned off all lights that might expose itself. Except for the closed hangar, even the lights in the bridge were turned off.
Although the optical camouflage invisibility can make the Swan lying on the unmanned reconnaissance station invisible to the naked eye, there is no guarantee that the other party will have some means of spectral analysis and inspection, and the light may expose itself.
(End of chapter)