From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars

The silver-white steel giant broke away from the battleship under the acceleration of the electromagnetic ejection trajectory.

Amber, who was in the cockpit of the Zealot, pushed the power of the plasma propulsion array to the maximum. A long blue tail flame was dragged out from the back of the Zealot in a long-lost pushing feeling, and he rushed towards it like a meteor. Swiftstrike less than 3,000 kilometers away.

"Warning! A strong electric field has been detected, and it is judged to be a target heavy particle cannon shot. Be careful to avoid it."

Lilith's voice sounded in the cockpit, and at the same time, a simulated ray also appeared on the screen of the cockpit.

Amber twisted her body skillfully, controlling the Zealot to stay away from the ray and rush towards the lower hemisphere of the Swift Strike.

Soon, a blue-white beam suddenly lit up and coincided with the virtual ray.

Amber, who was accelerating and sprinting, tilted her head slightly and looked at a small window on the screen showing the scene behind her. The bow of the Glory was now wrapped in a large group of bright and twisted electric snakes.

Both sides are frigates of the same model, and each other's weapons and deflection field generators are of the same model.

As long as you don't forget to turn on the deflection field, it will be difficult for the heavy particle cannon to sink the target with one shot.

That's why Amber was heartbroken over the perfect shooting opportunity she just lost.

But he had calmed down at this time. After all, the gunner was put on the shelf after emergency training. In addition, the battle area was near the star, and the gravitational and magnetic fields were inherently unstable.

And due to the severe shortage of personnel on board the ship, Lilith took over almost all subsystem operation, maintenance, monitoring, and a large amount of real-time data analysis work.

At this time, Lilith has not yet grown into the 'Crimson Queen' in her previous life.

This resulted in her not being able to allocate much computing power to help the gunner correct the trajectory.

This was not the first time Amber had experienced such a scene.

In the early stages of the game, players often encounter the situation that after acquiring a ship, they do not have a shipboard control personality with stronger overall performance.

In this case, the player groups on these ships often need to perform manual operations to maintain the operation of the warship.

Although it is a game, in order to increase the sense of immersion, the designers still made the manual operation process a bit hardcore.

This also allows players to often cause various oolongs due to operational errors.

The position of gunner is the hardest hit area, and everyone is a master of hull outline.

It is too common for the two sides to shoot at each other for 20 minutes without even removing the ship's paint.

"But it's too outrageous for me to miss the target at 3,000 kilometers. I still need to recruit a more reliable professional gunner in the future."

At this moment, Amber missed the gunner of her flagship very much.

With the help of the shipboard control personality, this female player whose ID is "Takamachi Nanoha" can even perform many exquisite tricks at a distance of tens of thousands of kilometers.

Although in large-scale fleet battles, the warships of both sides have assigned their own targets, and then shoot at the preview points on the target's track with the assistance of the control personality. The role of the gunner is more to decide the timing and attack of the attack. method and type of ammunition.

But in small-scale confrontations, an excellent gunner can often use his experience and skills to launch some incredible attacks.

At present, the two frigates have begun to enter the shooting stage.

In the past, the temporary gunners aboard the Glory finally adapted to the firing of the battleship's main gun. Although the heavy particle cannon's firing was blocked by the opponent's deflection field, at least it still hit the target.

At this time, the actions of both parties were completely consistent.

It is nothing more than turning on the deflection field while maintaining the track and axis against the enemy, shooting an enemy's main gun, then closing the deflection field and switching the energy supply to the main gun, and then counterattacking. This cycle repeats .

Although Lilith tried to conduct an electronic warfare attack, the other party shut down all communication channels and even the blue and green laser communication units were offline.

Faced with such an iron can that almost physically isolated her, Lilith was at a loss for what to do for a while.

Perhaps for heavy cruisers and battleships with multiple fusion reactors and more abundant energy supply, some other attacks can be mixed in between main gun firings, making the battle process more complicated.

But for frigates, it's just a boring shooting game where you shoot and I shoot.

In this case, the competition is about the maintenance status of each unit of the ships on both sides, as well as the tacit cooperation of the personnel on the ships.

Amber naturally knew that there were a bunch of half-hearted people on his ship - but these guys couldn't even be considered half-hearted, because there wasn't even a serious crew member on board.

If such a combination were to compete with the Swift Strike crew members in terms of proficiency and tacit understanding, it would undoubtedly be self-defeating.

As long as the stalemate continues for a while, it will definitely be our own warships that make mistakes in rhythm.

That's why Amber rushed to attack, preparing to take the initiative before the opponent released HCP.

In the case of a duel with its own warship, the Swift Strike would never dare to adjust its axis.

The deflection field on the bow of the ship must be used to meet the enemy, so the job of driving away the enemy's HCP can only be left to the high-energy laser transmitters and charged particle cannons arranged on the ship's body, and then releasing one's own HCP to protect the rear of the warship. hemisphere.

If faced with monsters like heavy cruisers or battleships, Amber would definitely not drive up this mass-produced HCP to show off.

But now it is just an isolated high-speed frigate. For a veteran like Amber, it is a matter of control.

The laminated armor shield with anti-beam coating mounted on the left side has been slid from the bracket of the shoulder armor to the left arm and fully deployed.

The deflection field generator built into the shield was also activated.

Under Amber's posture control, most of the body's torso is now hidden behind the shield.

When faced with weapons that attack at the speed of light, such as high-energy lasers and charged particle cannons, don't think about avoiding them. The best way to deal with them is to defend them with a shield.

Moreover, the Swift Strike has to fire its main cannon from time to time and maintain the operation of the deflection field generator, so the attack frequency of either high-energy laser or charged particle beam is not high.

Amber glanced at the durability of the shield. The memory metal on the surface even had time to repair and reorganize under this attack frequency.

The other party's captain obviously knew that such an attack might not even be able to contain it, so he also started the HCP's emergency attack procedure.

As everyone knows, this is the moment Amber has been waiting for.

After more than a minute of high-speed advance, the distance between Amber and Swift Strike was less than 600 kilometers.

At this time, the opponent's urgent attack fanatics had just moved to the ejection track through the elevator.

The heavy particle cannon on the weapon rack on the left rear of Amber's body has been deployed.

"Reduce the output power of the heavy particle cannon, set the initial velocity to 500 kilometers per second, and the irradiation time to 1.5 seconds."

Amber skillfully adjusted the setting parameters of the heavy particle cannon, and then fired directly without any hesitation.

Whether it was the HCP on the electromagnetic catapult orbit or the Swift Strike frigate, they all sent out 'Strong electric field detected! ’ warning.

The HCP pilot knew that he would become a target if he did not leave. He immediately pressed the virtual button for ejection, and the aircraft instantly accelerated forward.

But at this moment, a huge 'light saber' swept over.

Before the pilot could react, the Zealot crashed into it while accelerating on the electromagnetic track.

Without the deflection field turned on, even if the HCP is a solid lump of iron, it cannot withstand this jet of heavy metal particles.

So it was no surprise that the Zealot was cut into two pieces by this huge 'light saber'.

The pilot in the cockpit was directly vaporized.

But it wasn't over yet. Amber had already turned around and relied on his back to propel the array and began to slow down. A charged particle beam hit the elevator responsible for transporting HCP.

In a short period of time, this frigate will no longer be able to threaten Amber.

After finishing all this with satisfaction, Amber took off the electromagnetic rifle from the weapon rack and began to attack the attitude nozzle on the starboard side of the Swift Strike.

"Warning! The Gnaku elevator and the electromagnetic ejection track under the ship are damaged! Subsequent HCP release cannot be carried out!"

"Warning! The starboard attitude nozzle has been extensively damaged, and the battleship's emergency steering ability has been reduced."

When warnings sounded across the bridge, the captain of the Swift Strike, Klein, knew that everything was over.

The final direction of the battle was almost consistent with what Amber predicted in her heart.

With its steering ability severely reduced, the Swift Strike frigate, which had nearly half of its main propulsion array damaged by Amber, was successfully cut into the side hemisphere by the Past Glory.

This time, the gunner didn't waste any more opportunities.

The full-power shot of the main gun hit the middle of the hull and penetrated the fusion reactor. With the electromagnetic reconnection cannon and Amber's finishing blow, the superconducting battery stack of the Penitent-class frigate was successfully detonated.

The nearly 400-meter-long battleship turned into a huge plasma fireball in an instant.

At this time, Amber in the HCP cockpit was quietly looking at the time in the upper right corner of the multi-function display.

When the time number jumped to the agreed time, the words 'Space collapse detected! ’ warning.

Immediately afterwards, a huge ship emerged from a space rift that suddenly opened 1,000 kilometers away.

The overall turquoise color tone and the biological ship-style shape prove that this ship belongs to the elves of the Thousand Star Empire.

"What the fuck?! Serenity Garden class armed cruise ship"