The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge

1054. The Second Battle of the Mordel Sector (End)

It is not a simple matter for the Finwhale-class industrial flagship to suddenly resist almost 10 rounds of salvos from more than a dozen Jager-class battlecruisers of the Republic. This is because of the latest research results of the United Mining Group - the industrial module , pulse-activated associated almighty core.

This industrial module is equivalent to a super powerful energy overload system,

After activating this module, the energy output of the engine will reach hundreds of times the normal situation! And because the energy supply is too large to be effectively distributed, all systems of the entire spacecraft except the life support device will be offline, and all energy will be supplied to the shield system.

Because at this time, only the shield system that is constantly being beaten can absorb such a huge amount of energy. The weapon system is not good. This module can only be used for shields with relatively calm energy flow, but not for weapon systems that use explosive energy. Otherwise, the result is that the entire spaceship will become an oversized bomb.

The effect is so outstanding, the price is also very high.

In addition to the fact that the entire battleship can't do anything but sit and die when the module is activated, and because of the huge heat generated by the engine overload, the battleship must be docked near an icy asteroid.

As we all know, in the vacuum state of the universe, because there is no heat exchange brought by air, heat dissipation is the biggest problem, and a large amount of coolant is generally required.

The heat brought by the pulse-activated associated omnipotent core is also terrifying, which cannot be cooled by ordinary coolants. The spacecraft must be docked near an icy asteroid, and then the asteroid is crushed into fine powder, and the medium It is launched in the form of pulse waves, and the pulse waves are continuously ejected to cool down. The ejection volume is so huge that ordinary cargo spacecraft cannot hold it at all (PS: I think this explanation is better).

Among other things, just using the pulse-activated correlative omnipotent core this time, less than one-third of the icy asteroid with a mass of more than 2 million tons found by the spacecraft is now left.

And even so, after the continuous volleys of Republic warships, the pulse-activated associated almighty core still inevitably melted down, and since this module was an experimental model, one of them was not controlled after the meltdown, and the flames spread to the In the engine room, there was almost a ship-wide fire, and it burned everything down.

But even so, the fin whale-class industrial flagship now basically needs repair and replacement from the engine to the power plant, to the shield generator and shield capacitor, plus at least 40% of the energy transmission path.

Although the fin whale class is just a civilian ship, the various advanced technologies integrated on it make this overhaul take at least 2 months, and the cost is as high as more than 40 million!

Of course, if you plan to install another set of pulse-activated associated almighty cores, the cost will add another 20 million.

For Volgograd-Kanidi, the high price of more than 60 million credits in exchange for a successful bait operation is completely worth it.

The fleet of the Galactic Republic poured all the remaining ammunition on the fin whale-class industrial flagship with the industrial module turned on. Therefore, although under the cover of Master Yoda and decisive orders, there are still 13 hunter-class warships. A row of cruisers broke through the encirclement and entered the hyperspace channel, but those battleships had almost no combat effectiveness.

...

At the same time, the planet Anji.

The battle between the Civilian Fleet and the Republic Squadron has reached an extremely tragic stage. Hundreds of small spaceships of various types launched a crazy attack on the Republic Squadron. A turret that can fire fires on the 10 Jaeger-class ships.

Under normal circumstances, the well-prepared 10 hunter-class battlecruisers would not be afraid of these hundreds of small spaceships at all. Because the 10 Jaeger-class ships are fully loaded with more than 4,000 carrier-based aircraft, so if there is a real fight, the real numerical advantage should be on the Jaeger-class side.

But now it is not normal!

The remaining 10 hunter-class battlecruisers were originally consumed in a series of previous battles, such as warships that broke into the planet's atmosphere to perform landing missions.

Keeping them, on the one hand, is to consider that during the expedition to the Kuna star cluster, it is likely that they will not be able to get supplies, so it is the best choice to go in the best condition. On the other hand, these left behind warships can also continue to search for supplies on the spot, and then replenish their depleted material warehouses.

However, this is only the best case scenario.

In fact, these planets in the Model star area are hardly ever peaceful. All kinds of riots and strikes emerge in endlessly. Space lanes are being pillaged.

Under such circumstances, the left-behind Republic Squadron not only got supplies, they even had to go out repeatedly to eliminate those annoying interstellar pirates and ensure the smooth flow of transportation routes.

Therefore, these 10 Jaeger-class battlecruisers are also in a state of exhaustion!

Moreover, they managed to get a batch of supplies from the Ailu people whose industrial system was destroyed. Before the shipment started, they were attacked by this motley civilian fleet.

Facing the frantically attacking civilian fleet, they had to passively put up a defensive formation.

And those civilians naturally know what this Republic fleet values ​​most—that is, the transport fleet hiding behind!

Those spaceships were like locusts, trying every means to attack the transport fleet, making the warships of the Republic lose sight of one another.

Finally, at this moment, on the bridge of the flagship of the Republic Squadron, an exciting news was received—hyperspace fluctuations were detected, and a fleet of large warships was approaching!

There is no doubt that it is their own fleet!

It's Master Yoda who returned triumphantly from the Kuna star cluster!

Almost every soldier and officer in the Republic thought so.

Following a flash of dazzling white light, 13 Jaeger-class battlecruisers left the hyperspace channel and appeared near the outer orbit of the planet Anji.

However, these 13 battleships are all covered in scars, the armor in many places is damaged, and the flames in many places have not been extinguished, and they are spraying long flames into the vacuum space. .

All the Republic soldiers who saw this picture on the sensor were stunned.

Generally speaking, when a spacecraft enters the hyperspace channel without even extinguishing the fire on its body, there is a possibility of failure. This is something that any experienced captain will avoid.

However, if a fleet sails into hyperspace in such a posture, there can only be one possibility—they are fleeing for their lives!

Sure enough, the radar soldier roared loudly, "Another hyperspace fluctuation has been detected! From...from..."

A large piece of dazzling white light began to flicker, which is a phenomenon that a large number of fleets are leaving the hyperspace channel...

The radar soldier looked back at the squadron commander blankly, "It's from another fleet..."