From Titan Corporation to the Empire of Man

More than five hours later, Campbell was in low-Earth orbit, on the dark side of the sky;

The remnants of the expeditionary fleet, consisting of twelve escort transport ships and one Paris-class frigate, are working closely with four orbital defense space stations and are on high alert.

Each member of the fleet was at their respective posts, with serious expressions, waiting for the upcoming challenge.

And inside the bridge of the Paris-class ship;

Looking through the sealed porthole at the front, one can only see the dark background of the universe and the brilliant nebulae hundreds of light years away.

But Captain Delatir, who was sitting in the main seat, could clearly see a shocking picture through the hard-light screen on her right hand side.

The Arachi biological fleet, consisting of at least 100,000 transport insects, was rapidly approaching their location like a flooding tide.

Although the size of transport bugs is generally similar to that of the Federation's escort transport ships, the Federation cannot produce 100,000 of them anyway.

On the other hand, the Arachi Zerg have maximized their numerical advantage.

Moreover, countless meteorites were flying rapidly across this Zerg fleet.

The interior of these meteorites is covered with insect eggs, and the cracks on the surface extend with wriggling tentacles. If they are allowed to successfully break through the atmosphere, it will bring devastating harm to a habitable planet.

After all, meteorites can carry insect eggs deep beneath the surface.

If the biological fleet gains the upper hand, then Arachi's swarm will will directly order the eggs to hatch in order to increase their overall numbers and strength.

If they are at a disadvantage, the eggs will follow the will of the swarm, hiding and waiting beneath the surface of the planet, waiting for the best time to suddenly erupt.

The biological fleet that wanted to act as a "jackal" and launch a surprise attack on New Hope encountered a true all-out attack from the Blood Angels.

All the meteorites were completely destroyed and could not pose any threat to New Hope.

If the Investigation Department did not need a million living insects to enhance Lyon's prestige and control the mobile infantry, the Red Tear, a dreadnought battleship of the Terrigen class, would be enough to destroy the entire biological fleet.

This is mainly because the firepower gap between the two sides is too obvious.

In addition, there are swarms of space plasma worms.

Unlike their clumsy counterparts on the surface, they are able to cruise quickly in space, emitting a faint and strange light, wandering like ghosts.

According to the estimated data displayed on the hard light screen, the number of plasma worms is only around ten thousand.

But even so, the remnants of the expeditionary fleet and the Campbell orbital defense system are not able to withstand it head-on.

Delatir, who was entrusted with the position of captain by Leon, could only worry in his heart.

But Dratiel knew that she had to remain calm at this moment and command the fleet to do its best.

It was based on the advice of the Intelligence Department that Lyon delivered the "captured" Paris-class ship to the former captain of the Roger Young.

Moreover, even Carmen Ibanez, who did not get along well with Rico and Tiz and would do anything to get promoted, also served as the helmsman of the Paris class.

Although Leon already regarded Rico as a close friend, among all the naval officers who followed them to escape New Hope, Carmen Ibanez had the best driving skills.

Regardless of her character, the only person who can bring out the Paris-class performance to its full potential is Carmen Ibéniz.

When it comes to important matters, it is naturally impossible for Lyon to put personal feelings first, so he lets Carmen be the helmsman of the Paris class.

As for Xander Barrow?

Even though this guy managed to steal Rico's girl, it must be said that Xander Barrow is also an excellent member of the bridge crew, and the fact that he was able to successfully steal Rico's girl is also directly related to Carmen herself.

Therefore, Sander Barrow also served as Delatir's deputy to enable the Paris class to perform at its best performance and combat power.

In order to make Rico "out of sight, out of mind", Leon put him in charge of the assault battalion equipped with mechanical skeletons.

Rui Ge himself had no objection to this.

After all, the main enemy at the moment is bugs.

Beep-beep-!

Inside the bridge, alarms continued to sound.

Prompts flashed on each screen, and the accompanying data was constantly updated, indicating the enemy's approach speed.

Every crew member was fully focused, quickly debugging the weapon system in preparation for the upcoming life-and-death struggle.

Looking ahead of the fleet, all one could see was the pitch-black universe.

Seeing that the biological fleet was about to enter the range, Dratiel shouted:

"Everyone is ready!"

Dratiel's voice immediately broke the tense atmosphere on the bridge.

"Yes!"

The crew responded quickly and focused on their respective jobs to ensure maximum combat effectiveness in the battle.

At the same time, everyone was praying silently in their hearts, hoping that they could safely exit the battle and return to the atmosphere after three rounds of salvos.

I also hope that the Human Empire can truly live up to its "people-oriented" propaganda and send a fleet to support Campbell and resist this crazy attack from the Zerg.

quickly!

The hard light screen, which was originally showing yellow, suddenly turned green, indicating that the biological fleet was within range.

Seeing this, Dratiel gave the order loudly without hesitation:

"Fire!"

Upon hearing this, the gunners quickly pressed the physical keys and buttons on the control panel.

Ri~Swoosh————! !

Boom—boom—! !

Swish~Swish————!!

In an instant, the noises of the electromagnetic main gun, Gauss and plasma secondary guns, and missiles leaving the bay were transmitted into the bridge with the help of the hull vibration, making a dull echo.

The dazzling blue light trajectory, artillery groups, and missiles with tail flames flashed across the porthole view in an instant, as brilliant and dazzling as meteors.

The next second, the needle-shaped tungsten steel bullets fired from the electromagnetic main gun rushed straight towards the target at an extremely high speed, successfully "burning" many transport insects and plasma insects.

Boom. Boom——! !

After being pierced by the needle-shaped tungsten steel bullet, the plasma worm instantly fell into an uncontrolled self-explosion state, adding more dazzling blue "light balls" to the dark universe.

When the attacks from secondary guns and missiles came one after another, Arachi's biological ships were like fireworks that were detonated, bursting into dazzling flames, which also meant that they instantly lost hundreds of transport insects and plasma insects.

Although the Federation's escort transport ships are far inferior to the Paris-class in firepower, they are still equipped with live ammunition and missile weapons, and still form a powerful firepower output.

On the other hand, the range of the plasma worms was not as good as that of human weapons. Faced with the threat of artillery fire, the plasma worms quickly received the command of the swarm will and began to disperse to the periphery to avoid being destroyed by concentrated firepower.

At the same time, the biological fleet accelerated as a whole, and when Campbell's defenders entered their range, thousands of plasma worms also began to "fire a salvo".

Afterwards, thousands of plasma artillery groups, also emitting brilliant blue light, rushed towards the remnants of the expedition fleet and the four orbital space stations like a gorgeous feast of light and shadow.

See this scene.

Carmen, the helmsman, did not need any orders or reminders from Delatil. Almost driven by instinct, he quickly controlled the Paris-class frigate to dodge quickly, as if an invisible tacit understanding had been formed between himself and the ship.

He is worthy of being the person who can finally serve as the commander-in-chief of the fleet in the "Star Trek" universe.

All escort transport ships followed closely behind, also making rapid evasive maneuvers to reduce the possibility of being attacked.

However, the transfer speed of the four orbital space stations is obviously inferior to that of the battleships. It can only be said that they are as slow as a snail and it is difficult for them to quickly adapt to the ever-changing battle situation.

Therefore, the space station fired all missiles with nuclear and hydrogen warheads in the first round of salvos, and is now trying its best to evacuate and hide behind the remnants of the expeditionary fleet.

And the people inside the space station are also carrying out escape procedures.

If the space station is unfortunately destroyed, everyone will be able to escape immediately.

Fortunately, despite the huge number of plasma worms, their accuracy is far inferior to the sophisticated fire control systems equipped on human warships.

Thousands of incoming plasma artillery groups drew dazzling tracks in the dark universe, but ninety-nine percent of the attacks missed the target and failed to pose an effective threat to the remaining main forces.

But even so, the belly and stern of two escort transport ships still suffered direct hits from the plasma artillery regiment.

Boom. Boom——!

In just a moment, the escort transport ship was hit in the belly and its hull was blown in half, like a torn piece of paper, scattered in the endless universe.

The other one completely lost power and came to a complete standstill.

The cruelty of this battle lies in the fact that no matter how poor the accuracy of the plasma worms is, when their numbers reach a certain level, they can still make up for the shortcomings in technology and quality.

After all, the technology trees of humans and Zerg are completely different.

The two escort transport ships that suffered direct hits and had their hulls severely damaged had to face the fate of being abandoned.

The surviving crew members responded quickly, immediately implementing emergency evacuation procedures and heading for Campbell's surface in escape pods.

As for the carrier-based aircraft and landing craft of the remnants of the expeditionary fleet, they were transferred and deployed to the Campbell starport before the fleet took off.

Although the loss of the remnants was heartbreaking, at the overall strategic level, this loss was still within an acceptable range, giving the fleet the strength to continue fighting.

However, as the battle intensified, the atmosphere in the bridge became increasingly tense.

Delatir stared at the screen intently, secretly calculating his next strategy in his mind.

The plasma worms' attack did not stop.

Under the influence of the swarm's will, they also know how to fire intermittently to avoid the energy storage and buffering window caused by firing at the same time.

Seeing that the biological fleet had also changed its strategy and that the distance between them was less than 100,000 kilometers, Dratiel understood that he had to respond correctly to ensure that the remaining warships could continue to fulfill the salvo requirements.

Then, Captain Delatir gave the order decisively, his voice firm and clear:

"Adjust the ship's shield power to 160% and lower the main gun power to 45%!

Helmsman, speed us up and attract enemy fire for the fleet. We must hold out for three minutes!"

"Yes! Captain!"

As Delatir's orders were given, Carmen and the other bridge crew members responded loudly and began to operate.

The members on the bridge maintained their status, each doing their own job, busy and efficient.

Not long after, the Paris-class took the initiative to deploy a light golden energy shield, and then, like a shining sword, accelerated towards the huge biological fleet.

Speed ​​and momentum coexist.

This bold move, just as Delatil had expected, instantly attracted the firepower of the biological fleet and forced the enemy to shift its attention from the remnant fleet to the Paris-class, which greatly reduced the pressure on the latter.

Immediately afterwards, the remaining fleet launched a second salvo of fire.

And the remaining fleet seized this opportunity to accurately lock on to the main targets, which were the plasma worms with orbital bombing capabilities.

The flames produced by ballistic missiles, artillery shells and missile tails once again cut through the space, buying Campbell precious time to survive.

Of course, even if the Paris class successfully dodged many attacks under Carmen's operation, it could not guarantee absolute safety.

Boom. Boom——!

Among them, several plasma shells successfully hit the shield.

And it exploded immediately when it hit the shield, causing plasma sparks to wrap around the entire shield and also causing the Paris-class hull to shake violently.

The observation portholes of the bridge were illuminated by plasma sparks, as if covered with a layer of blue mist, making the faces of each member seem to glow with a faint light.

Seeing this, Dratiel couldn't help but sweat on his forehead.

She knew very well that without the protection of the energy shield, even though the Paris-class ship was much stronger than those escort transport ships, it would still be unable to withstand the concentrated fire attack of the plasma artillery regiment.

Once the shield fails and is hit by the enemy, it may lead to the collapse of the ship's structure and complete loss.

Every second is crucial now and there can be no room for error.

"Captain!" At this time, a crew member hurriedly reported:

"We have less than 50% of our shield left! If we continue to receive concentrated fire from the enemy, our shield will be overloaded immediately!"

"Gunner!" Knowing that the shield could no longer withstand the next round of concentrated fire, Dratiel did not bother to respond to the crew member, but asked the gunner loudly:

"How is the main gun's charging progress?!"

"75%! Twelve seconds left!" The gunner also responded quickly.

Knowing that the main gun was about to be fully charged, Dratiel looked at Carmen who was sitting in front of him and continued loudly:

"Helmsman! Adjust the ship's position immediately to create the best shooting angle for the third round of artillery fire!"

"Yes!"

Carmen reacted quickly as well, gripping the joystick tightly with both hands, veins on her forehead bulging slightly, her expression focused and serious.

Although her conduct has been criticized, her operational skills are amazing, and Carmen is now no less capable than any experienced elite helmsman of the Empire.

Under Carmen's control, the Paris-class once again dodged several plasma artillery shells attacking them, and at the same time, the bow of the Paris-class was aimed at a plasma worm that was more than two kilometers long.

"Fire!!!"

Dratiel shouted this order with almost all his might.

Ri~——咻————! ! !

As the needle-shaped tungsten steel bullets that had completed their energy storage were fired instantly and cut through the universe, it also meant that they had successfully completed their mission and it was time to evacuate into the atmosphere.