Chapter 1086 Young Galaxy
Space is just so fucking empty, and so is the void.
Galaxies are not close to each other. For example, Proxima Centauri, the nearest star to the earth, is 4.25 light-years away.
The area between the two star systems is the dark star field. It is very empty here and there cannot be an asteroid belt composed of a large number of asteroids. Those things usually only appear in star systems.
The Swan is located in this dark star field. If you are lucky, you may see some stray celestial objects, but other than that, there is nothing.
In a place like this, even if you want to use the celestial body as a shield, it will not work. It is really empty, there is nothing.
What's terrible is that the regular warships of the Constellation Alliance are still following behind the Swan, and they can't get away at all.
The only way the Swan can pose a threat to the three battleships is to release Li Chengqi and the space fighter he calls the Lionfish.
The modified Lionfish carries a Gundam backpack and has enough firepower to threaten battleships.
But the problem is, even though the battleship is chasing closely, that is only from the perspective of the battleship. If it were replaced by a space fighter, the distance between the two sides would still be very far.
By the time Li Chengqi gets rid of those three battleships, the Swan will probably have long since turned into space garbage.
Therefore, it is simply unrealistic for Li Chengqi to play, which also caused him to watch the whole show.
Of course, Alyssa has been exposed to the work of a recycler since she was a child and has extremely rich navigation experience. This difficulty will not make her unable to overcome it.
Opening the star map, Alyssa took a quick glance:
"Get ready for the jump!"
Energy flows into the jump mechanism again, and Alyssa leaves a string of jump points on the star map to guide her.
Immediately afterwards, the image of the Swan was distorted again. Almost the next moment the Swan disappeared, three warships of the Constellation Alliance also appeared in this star field.
Of course they discovered that the Swan had jumped away again, and the three warships immediately started jumping to follow.
The few seconds of time difference caused by super-speed navigation are crucial. Since the jump signal is sent first and then jumps, the other party will receive the signal and know the Swan's next destination before the Swan disappears. Without these few seconds With the time difference, the Swan is likely to be overtaken.
At that time, under the engine shielding effect of the larger battleship, it will be difficult for the Swan to break free, and then it will have to fight a head-on artillery battle.
This is absolutely fatal to the Swan.
It jumped four or five times in a row, with a total mileage of more than eighty yars. Although the deadline for retaining 10% of energy has not yet been reached, the shipboard system issued an energy alarm to remind Alyssa that the storage pool was running low.
At this time, the Swan came to a star system. This was an uninhabited star with neither resources nor colonial satellites. The Spin Water Federation simply included it within its own territory.
Only two gaseous planets in this star system are the most complete, and the other planets are still in an unformed state. It is a very young star system.
The Swan did not continue the jump, but started pulse flight according to the route set by Alyssa, and broke away from pulse flight ten seconds later.
"Turn on wide area search radar."
She had just given the order when several beams of light came from behind and flew forward across the bridge of the Swan.
As expected, the Star Group Alliance Army was chasing after them, and they were chasing them very fast.
Directly in front of the Swan, there is a planet that is gradually taking shape. It now looks as big as the moon, and a large number of meteorites are orbiting it nearby.
The Swan immediately drilled into the meteorite belt to avoid the bombardment from behind.
In the dark star field, the speed of the Swan can be used, but the flexibility advantage is not as obvious as in such a complex environment. The Swan can easily avoid meteorites of all sizes and find a route in the intricate meteorite belt, but the larger and clumsier destroyers and frigates chasing after it obviously do not have this ability.
But it doesn't matter, as long as it's not a too big meteorite, it will be directly opened at worst. The destroyer's shield is much more resistant to beatings than the Swan, let alone a ship like a frigate that is specialized in defense.
It's still impossible to get rid of them.
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Alyssa felt like shit. In fact, the Constellation United Army also felt like shit.
The captains of these three battleships received orders to do some dirty work, which was very disgraceful and not very willing.
I just found out that the target was a light cruiser or a civilian ship belonging to a recycler, so I thought that I could just do it in a few casual steps and be done with it.
It wasn't until I fought against the Swan that I realized that this ship was not simple.
Not to mention running faster than a rabbit, now it has penetrated into the meteorite belt, which has a greater impact on the battleship than the smoke screen. It often aims at the Swan, and as soon as it fires, it is blocked by the meteorite and completely beaten.
This situation made the captains of these three ships anxious.
They do dirty work in the name of exterminating pirates. If they do things in the Dark Star Territory, they will naturally die without any evidence, and no one can be held accountable.
But now that we have entered a star system, even if it is an uninhabited star system, there are still risks.
This star system belongs to the Spin Water Federation, which means that even if the Spin Water Federation does not deploy manpower here, it will still place reconnaissance beacons or automatic base stations marking sovereignty, and this possibility is almost 100%.
After all, we are at war with the Red Maple Republic. What if the Red Maple Republic’s fleet passes by this unmanned star system?
Even if there are not enough manpower for a comprehensive defense, this level of caution is definitely necessary, otherwise it would be too stupid.
The warships of the Constellation Alliance can sail within the scope of the Swirling Water Federation in the name of suppressing bandits, but the detection beacons and automatic base stations will not recognize who you are. Once triggered, they will report to the Swinging Water Federation that a warship has passed here. Send someone over quickly to check on the situation.
Taking into account the reaction speed of the Spinning Water Federation and the distance of the nearest garrison, the captains of the three battleships judged that it would take about half an hour to an hour.
I'm afraid there is a patrol fleet nearby, so I can't tell when it will come.
This time is enough to deal with a light cruiser, but the premise is that they will be brought out of the asteroid, otherwise this cat and mouse game will last for who knows how long.
Some people want to retreat. After all, if they are really caught, the matter will be serious, but they have to obey the orders from above...
While he was thinking about countermeasures, suddenly, the siren sounded loudly, and a bright pink beam of light reflected on the glass of the bridge.
"Visual confirmation of damage to the port side of the St. Amber!"
The beam penetrated diagonally below the port side of the frigate in front, causing continuous explosions. However, the ship's damage control was still very powerful, and the explosions were quickly controlled.
"What launched the attack?"
"Unknown, no ships were detected by radar or visual inspection."
The frigate walked in front in order to use the frigate's thick shield to break away from the meteorites blocking the way. Although the strength of the shield would be reduced due to the impact, it would not be penetrated by a casual shot.
"The anti-aircraft fire started, so all the gunners kept an eye on it!"
The prey will not run around for no reason, and the Swan does not simply want to use the meteorite belt to entangle it, waiting for the Swirling Water Federation to come to rescue.
(End of chapter)