Survival of the Stars: Rise of the Fourth Scourge

A few days later, subspace.

In the world of red energy, a huge fleet travels with the surging warp space storm.

Flagship, on the bridge.

"My lord, this is Shatuo Star. It is a desert planet with large and small oases all over the surface. According to the analysis, although the planet's surface water source is scarce, there should be abundant underground rivers. The Ork barbarians on the planet It has entered the space age and has the ability to build a battle moon."

In the bridge, blue lights flickered.

A holographic stellar system star map was revealed in Li Meng's eyes.

A yellow planet quickly drew closer and appeared in front of Li Meng's eyes.

Mullen at the side is reporting information about "Shatuo Star" to Li Meng.

"According to the previous investigation, there are many traces of Ork barbarian aircraft activities in the S-77821 star system. The strength of the fleet is unknown, and the strength of the planet's orbital defense is unknown. It is recommended to send a vanguard fleet to find out the truth and open the way for the main fleet!"

Looking at the star map in front of him, Li Meng showed a thoughtful look.

Shatuo star is the first stop of the expedition fleet.

It is about a month away from Xintera.

Although habitable planets in the Milky Way are not uncommon.

But the Milky Way is too big, and exploring thousands of star systems may not be able to find a habitable planet.

The Dark Realm is the base camp of the Orcs, and the Omnic Legion is the outsider.

With the character of the Orc barbarians, they don't have the concept of guarding the house.

Orc barbarians have invaded the universe where the Omnic Legion resides.

It will definitely take away all the fleets that can be taken away.

The Ork barbarians left behind will develop again.

Without external enemies, they will fight among themselves.

The winner will become the new war boss.

Once new warlords are born, they will follow in the footsteps of their predecessors to launch another expedition.

And at this moment, the Ork barbarians are at their weakest.

After thinking for a while, Li Meng said: "No need, just let the transport fleet separate from the main fleet and just follow up!"

Compared with battleships, transport ships are relatively fragile.

The shields aren't strong enough, the armor isn't thick enough, and they aren't fast enough to be easily knocked out.

Lowering his head slightly, Maren said, "Yes!"

half a month later.

S-77821 star system.

The starry sky was vast, dark, cold and dead.

In a dark universe, a purple-red halo suddenly flickered.

One after another, the dark giant ships jumped out of the subspace and entered the physical universe.

After a while, the dark starry sky filled the shadow of the ship.

This is a fleet of more than 100 warships.

As soon as the fleet jumped out of the warp, the engines at the tail of each ship spewed out dazzling white tail flames.

Under the powerful thrust, the fleet sailed into the depths of the starry sky in a dense formation.

And in the starry sky not far ahead, a topaz-like planet is floating in the icy universe.

"A number of giant targets have been detected, and the high-energy response is continuously increasing. The distance is 5.4 astronomical units. Warning, the signal has been lost."

Once out of the Warp, the auspicious arrays detected orbiters active in the star system.

Fleet flagship, on the bridge.

Listening to the report of the observer of the bird divination instrument, the expression on Li Meng's face was only calm.

He knew it was an orc warship.

They detected the fleet's presence, jumped into the slipspace, and attacked the fleet.

With a wave of his hand, Li Meng said in a deep voice: "Notify the whole ship, prepare to meet the enemy!"

Following Li Meng's order, all the ships in the fleet responded immediately.

Each ship adjusted its position slightly, and the main and auxiliary turrets also rotated slightly for pre-war adjustments.

Soon, just a few minutes.

"Anomalous gravitational fluctuations detected, azimuth 07, distance 150 kilometers."

Outside, the dark starry sky.

A flash of light suddenly appeared, and huge battle moons jumped out of the leap space.

They are round and several kilometers in diameter, with thick gun barrels all over them.

The engine at its tail spewed out long orange flames.

A total of thirteen warships transformed from asteroids.

Also known as the Battle Moon.

The last one was more than ten kilometers in diameter.

In the universe, 150 kilometers is almost a distance.

As soon as the orc fleet appeared, both sides opened fire almost simultaneously.

The thick gun barrel on the battle moon spewed out long tongues of flame.

Entity projectiles were ejected at high speed, and attacked the fleet.

More densely packed torpedoes lifted off from the silo and flew into the starry sky.

It is said to be a torpedo, but it is actually a giant missile.

It's just that compared with missiles, torpedoes are cheaper and do not have more precise guidance capabilities.

Once launched, it can only lock targets within a certain angle.

Unlike missiles, which can be locked in all directions.

Because the orc fleet appeared in the starry sky on the side.

This gave the best firing angles for the Imperial fleet.

The macro artillery arrays of the Lunar-class cruiser and Mars-class battlecruiser opened fire immediately.

In the shining flames, shells with a caliber of hundreds of meters flew out.

Accompanied by the white beams of light spear arrays of the lunar cruiser.

The beam of light fired by the lance hit the target first.

The surface of the battle moon was immediately baptized.

Where the beam of light irradiated, the hull of the ship was torn apart layer by layer.

Lots of weapons, buildings melted down.

Some of them were even martyred, and the shining flames rose from the battle moon.

Followed by the shells fired by the macro cannon.

"boom!"

The power of shells with a caliber of several hundred meters is astonishing.

A cloud of flaming mushrooms suddenly rose from the battle moon.

The shell directly penetrated the hull and exploded inside.

After enduring three shells, a battle moon exploded and was shattered.

After all, there were only thirteen ships, and the shells and torpedoes fired by the battle moon did not bring any results.

Before it got close to the torpedo, it was shot down by dense close-in artillery.

Shells are also blocked by void shields.

Less than 10 minutes later, the Orc fleet was wiped out as the last battle moon was destroyed.

The gap is too big, only thirteen battle moons dare to fight the imperial fleet.

I am afraid that only orcs have such courage.

Courage is commendable, but it is of no use.

"strangeness……"

The battle is over and the Empire is victorious.

Although such a result is expected, it is also puzzling.

Why didn't the orc warships encountered by the imperial fleet have shield protection?

When the orcs fought against the omnics, the orc warships and the battle moon were protected by shields.

"Notify Major Hawley and let him lead the squadron to the departure point of the orc fleet!"

Following Li Meng's order, outside, in the dark universe, the fleet split into two.

The squadron consisting of thirteen warships broke away from the main fleet and sailed into the depths of the starry sky.

Soon, a purple halo flickered in the dark starry sky, and the squadron jumped into the subspace.

The main fleet continued to move forward, approaching the yellow planet ahead.