Chapter 529: Scorpion

The Notre Dame cannot adjust the gravitational field formed by the black hole at will, and all objects within its radius of action will be crushed and sucked into the singularity. However, the main gun of "Fearless Commander" is very strange. Its ammunition is an isotope of zero element. This kind of substance that is more powerful than zero element can be transformed into super high-energy graviton under specific catalysis. It is unique in the "Apocalypse" position. Under the influence of the directional gravitational fluctuations, it can form a precise strike on a specific area, and broken stars are naturally no problem. Moreover, as long as the Epsilon wants to, he can transform the energy expression form of "Apocalypse" at any time to produce an attack similar to a black hole.

However... the preparation of zero isotope is too difficult. In order to meet the needs of scientific research and military affairs, the people of Ipsilon had to build a large-scale zero isotope refining plant. For this reason, they did not hesitate to destroy a star system to create a Dyson sphere system. No scruples about life philosophy and natural ethics such as harmony and balance.

In comparison, Protoss possesses growable Cadarin crystals and nearly unlimited psionic energy resources. It can be said that they are truly blessed --- the eldest son of God. This term is not a nonsense.

From "Apocalypse" level weapons, to the preparation of zero element isotopes, to the spiritual network constructed by the dark matter standpoint, these extraordinary technologies are all developed and perfected by the Ipsilonians themselves.

Tang Fang felt that there were two words that could perfectly describe the origins of the protoss and the Ipsi dragon... rich second generation and silk.

The moment this idea was born in the bottom of my heart, I suddenly thought of myself. Is the human civilization that has obtained the inheritance of Ypsilon considered another form of rich second generation?

Emma is still chattering about what zero isotopes mean to him. With the current zero refining technology of human beings, it is wishful thinking to prepare zero isotopes. Even if Captain Tang, who has obtained a complete set of zero element refining-isotope preparation technology, wants to build a smelting factory in the human world, he must first improve the basic industrial facilities at the bottom of the Ipsilon technology tree, and then the entire smelting system can be formed. With "Cupid" and other Ypsilon engineering robots to help. It will never be completed in a few years or more than ten years.

That's why "she" used "daydreaming" to describe Captain Tang's whimsy.

In fact, this is only the primary restrictive factor, and there are secondary restrictive factors... "Fearless Commander" is a fortress-class warship, and it must be operated by multiple people to exert its full performance. Only Captain Tang alone. At most, with the help of the central processor, interstellar navigation, or rough combat.

Tang Xianglai is a thick-skinned person, and he can tell three points of reason without reason, even if he knows that being serious with Emma is asking for trouble, but he is nagging because of "her". There is no credit but there is hard work, and I still argue with strong words: "I have difficulties in building my own, so let's use the ready-made head office."

Emma hit and said: "Ready-made? The Nami star was blown up by you, and the Dyson sphere of 'Gamma-3' is extremely unstable. It might be out of balance and destroyed one day.

Taking a step back, even if there is no problem in a short period of time, it is such a huge monster. How long do you think it will take to fix it, 5 years? 10 years? Or 20 years? "

"..." Tang Fang was speechless for a while. Then she came to her senses and cursed loudly: "Mother Xipi, Emma, ​​were you complaining about me just now?"

"Commander, I'm just stating an objective reality."

"...Let's talk about rough combat."

He finally recognized the fact that being true to a robot is the same as being reasonable with his girlfriend. There will be no good fruit to eat, so I changed the subject very witty.

Emma continued to explain.

The so-called rough combat. That is to say, the role of "Fearless Commander" at the strategic level is limited, for example, "Apocalypse" cannot be put into use. The aircraft carrier platform can only dispatch unmanned aerial vehicles with low offensive capabilities, and it is difficult to form force deterrence, strong fire support, and perform operations such as lightning strikes and beheadings. At the same time, the battleship's central system can only rely on the battle program he entered in advance to adjust the battleship's actions, lacking the ability to adapt flexibly, and may make mistakes in detail processing.

Of course, having "her" support can more or less make up for some shortcomings, but just like the case of Behemoth, it will bring a heavy burden to the processing power of the star trail command center.

Tang Fang didn't think so. Emma's analysis was from the perspective of the Ipsi Dragons, using the Star Wars of the same level of civilization as a hypothetical environment. If it is used to deal with human national forces, only those 28 super-heavy condensing rays Cannons and 36 hybrid particle cannons are enough for them to drink a big pot.

"I want to order this ship! Emma, ​​immediately send an inspection order to the central processor of the battleship."

"Okay, please wait."

After a few breaths, the Ipsilon rune on Tang Fang's forehead flickered several times, and the "water polo" named "Hestia" by Emma (meaning in charge of the stove and housework) also flickered a few times, a fearless commander-level There was a slight vibration from the belly of the fortress ship. From the holographic image projected by "Hestia", it can be seen that the upper deck near the stern of the ship is slowly cracking, and one after another, the 100-200-meter-long infinite The artificial engineering workboat flew out to start the analysis and collection of the wreckage of the nearby warships.

Only then did he find the time to look at Freya, and found that the little girl was standing obediently not far in front of the bridge gate, and she really didn't move a step.

He didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "Freya, I told you not to move. I meant not to run around, not to make you really stand still."

Freya shook her head and said smartly, "I won't make excuses for you to drain the electric energy in my body."

Tang Fang walked over, hugged her waist and kissed her face hard: "You are so cute even if you think you are smart, you are not only my little apple, but also a pistachio."

Freya tilted her head and thought for a long time, but she couldn't figure out whether Captain Tang was scolding her or praising her. Anyway, she was very happy, and that was enough.

"Commander, the teams sent to investigate other aircraft have sent mission reports one after another. I have uploaded the general situation to the digital display system of the harsh environment protective suit."

"okay, I get it."

While holding Freya's little hand, he went back the same way, while checking the mission reports sent by each team.

It records all kinds of information about some well-preserved stranded warships of "Delta-5", from the degree of damage, preliminary diagnosis results, to internal conditions, warship configuration, comprehensive performance, whether it can be repaired, etc. Very detailed.

He selected several warships with relatively low damage and studied them in detail.

Among them is a squid-shaped battleship with a length of more than 600 meters. It is exactly the same as the battleship that he saw when he first came into contact with the "Zero Element Particle Space Effect Field Generator", but the configuration is different. , the "Zero Element Particle Space Effect Field Generator" is not loaded, and the tip of the tentacles is replaced with 12 large-caliber neutron cannons. The attack method is very flexible.

There is also a key-shaped warship with a body length of more than 240 meters. Its role on the battlefield is similar to that of an electronic warship. By launching a missile, it can cause super strong emp shock waves to electronic equipment exposed in a wide area, especially for unmanned aerial vehicles. The most serious damage, even It can penetrate the weaker or weaker shields on the periphery of the battleship or defense loopholes. damage its internal circuits.

Another team sent a lot of relevant information about combat aircraft. The small unmanned combat units of the Ipsi Dragon mostly use photon weapons and magnetic bombs as the main weapons. The combination of the two can effectively attack the "Aurora" shields. A general-purpose shield that creates favorable conditions for one's own warships. If you encounter a small ship that has lost its shield protection, or encounter an aircraft of the same level. The photon weapon of the UAV can also provide a good output capability. In addition, due to its small size, it is faster and more flexible.

The small manned combat aircraft of Ypsilon are generally between 30 and 70 meters in length. They can be called aerospace fighters or combat escort ships. They are generally equipped with independent shield devices with slightly lower performance than "Aurora". According to The actual need can choose to install or not install the warp speed engine. In terms of weapons, it is generally a combination of small and medium-caliber particle weapons and high-power missiles --- generally torpedoes filled with antimatter or high-density zero elements. There are also a small number of exceptional models equipped with rail guns, which use armor-piercing projectiles prepared from high-purity inert zero element crystals that make up "Cupid" for kinetic energy attacks.

He also paid special attention to the situation of the opponent of the Ipsi dragon, a star-burdened trident warship. It was found that the technological levels of the two sides were similar. The main gun of the Astral Trident battleship was a super-large-caliber plasma cannon, the secondary gun was composed of a large number of laser gun groups, and there was another beam turret specially designed to deal with large shields. The super-active zero-element particle cloud corresponding to the inert zero-element crystal forms coherent light, which continuously illuminates the large shield. The super-active zero element particles will react with various particles to form a storm surge and magnetic coupling effect at the quantum level. In this way, the influence of the magnetic confinement device on the particles of the shield is disintegrated, and the effect of destroying the target shield is achieved.

It can be seen from this point. The enemies of the Ipsi dragons also have extremely advanced research on zero elements, and the relationship trees of the two are also very similar, presumably they should be old enemies.

Of course, the control core of the Astral Trident battleship is not a psychic flame, which is very different from the control method of the Ypsilon battleship.

"Commander, the Eighth Squad sent a message. They found a nearly complete battleship. I hope you can go and have a look." Emma interjected while he was browsing the information of those ships.

Tang Fang was taken aback after hearing this, a nearly complete battleship?

If it was just small warships and combat aircraft like "Sea Witch" and "Eel Dragon", the reconnaissance team would not be so eager to let him go and have a look. The roles they play on the battlefield are relatively important, and most of them are taken care of by the enemy's artillery fire. Now that you can find a nearly complete warship in "Delta-5", it is better than picking up a hundred yuan on the road. The probability is still low.

"Emma, ​​send me the coordinates of Team Eight."

After giving an order, he took Freya's hand and hurried towards the entrance.

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Half an hour later, the two took the shuttle to the area where the Eighth Reconnaissance Squad was located. He couldn't help shivering as he looked at the dark and lightless battleship opposite the glass window, as if it was part of the darkness itself.

This is a scorpion-like black warship with a body length of about 340 meters. It has a pair of long and thick crab claws, and a huge stinging needle is bent at the stern, which is flush with the upper deck of the hull. Different from scorpions in nature, the place where the appendages should have been replaced by 3 sets of propellers and a turbine-shaped device, and its head and chest are separated, with a chilling decoration on the front , a bit like a human skull—he knew it. That's not a human skull, but an Ipsi dragon skull.

Freya clenched his hand tightly and said, "Tang Fang...I'm a little scared."

This is very strange, when she killed so many researchers when she was in Rector, she didn't say she was afraid after waking up. Having seen so many bloody incidents along the way, she didn't say she was afraid, but when she saw this scorpion-shaped warship, she said "scared".

Not only was she afraid, but even Captain Tang himself was a little terrified. This battleship didn't look right at first glance. If it weren't for the people of the eighth team who were safe and sound, they were even checking the electronic equipment on the bridge. He would never take Freya aboard the ship without checking every inch of space on the battleship to make sure there was no danger.

From the appearance, this battleship is indeed preserved more completely than other warships, and it was not damaged in that battle. It has not been hit by meteorites or large kinetic energy debris for so many years. In terms of injuries, a propeller on the left wing was broken, and a large hole was blasted out near the belly of the ship, exposing the cabin inside. Fortunately, no serious injuries were caused, and only the life support system was destroyed.

These are all damages that can be repaired in a short period of time, even if there is no carrier-based unmanned engineering workboat of the Dreadnought Commander-class fortress. "Cupid" alone can also be quickly repaired.

Entering the interior of the battleship from the damaged cabin, the two rushed to the bridge along the path identified by the reconnaissance team.

The control method of this ship is similar to that of the Astral Trident battleship, without the psionic flame. There are also no crystals with superconducting properties in the cabin. Its central console is a device similar to an escape cabin, or a hibernation cabin in a science fiction movie.

This is a battleship that can be controlled by two people!

They are still trying to wake up the bridge's electronic equipment in various ways, but all are useless. The battleship can't see any damage to other equipment except the life support system, but can't detect any energy fluctuations.

Tang Fang checked the environment of the bridge with the help of the light emitted by the detector. Walking to the front of the escape cabin-like facility, looking at the space for two people to sit side by side, it feels like a coffin.

I've sat in and experimented with it before. It is not possible to wake up the system core in the normal way.

He thought about it, and decided that it would be better to confirm it himself. So he stepped into the cabin, Freya thought it was fun, and sat next to him.

There was a soft feeling from the seat under him, and he stroked the black-painted bulkhead with his hands, but was surprised to find that it was not as cold and hard as he thought in his heart, but instead had a soft feeling, like a fabric made of chemical fiber fabrics. .

He didn't do this simply because he wanted to touch the structure of the bulkhead, but to see if there were any components such as the control panel, but unfortunately, he searched for a long time and found nothing.

Freya felt that she had to do something, blinked a pair of big eyes and scanned around, and finally focused on the ugly pattern in the middle of the two chair armrests.

"Tang Fang, is it what you're looking for?"

"No." Tang Fang glanced down and stopped paying attention, and continued to look for other suspicious elements. He had investigated the pattern at the beginning, and there was nothing special about it. It seemed to be an ordinary decorative texture, and Still kind of ugly. Perhaps it was beautiful to the former owner of this battleship, but it was at odds with human aesthetics. Of course, it is not ruled out that it will become a popular element in the future, and it must not be now.

Freya is like a child who has worked hard for a long time but has not received affirmation and praise. Hearing this, she was a little discouraged, and she stopped looking for suspicious factors, and pouted to write and draw on the complex engraving.

She felt a little bored, so she slowly applied some strength, so that the fingertips scattered a weak electric light, which gradually dissipated to the deepest part of the texture, and was swallowed up.

"Tang Fang, let's go, it's so boring here." She looked up at his back, not noticing that the dark red light spread silently like flowing water between the lines.

Tang Fang sighed and wondered if the scorpion-shaped warship was affected by the EMP shock wave, causing the critical internal circuits to be scrapped, which led to the current situation. If this is the case, Emma must not be able to repair it, and "Cupid" may not be able to do anything, so he decided to leave here , ready to call her to leave, but the moment he lowered his head, he suddenly noticed the dark red spreading from the surface of the lines, his eyes suddenly burst into two balls of light, and the words that came to his mouth were swallowed back into his stomach.

A layer of silvery white shimmer appeared on the black lacquered bulkhead, with dark red light streaks forming, connecting together like rapidly cracking glass, strong light bursting from the cracks, making the originally dark two-person cabin It was dyed white, and at the same time, the transparent hatch quickly fell, trapping the two of them inside.

Tang Fang was taken aback. Shock and doubt coexisted in his heart, but more of it was fear, because he was afraid that what Freya activated was not the human-computer interaction program, but the self-destruct switch of the battleship.

This is not to say that the pattern is a quick trigger for the self-destruct program, maybe the real trigger is themselves.

Although the scorpion-shaped battleship is similar to the Ypsilon battleship in terms of equipment composition and manufacturing technology, it does not have spiritual flames, and its shape is quite strange. The hostile forces of the Xilong people.

Freya has the Ipsilon gene in her body, and he even has the Ipsilon rune on her body. This battleship may have an identification function. If it detects that the crew is not of the same clan, it will start the self-destruct procedure. (to be continued)