Chapter 121 The Pursuer

In Amber's expectation, as long as they control the speed, they can drive the frigate out of the port at the same time as the last Imperial warship enters the port.

Then let the plasma propulsion array run at full power to accelerate the ship to the second cosmic speed in a short time.

In this way, while escaping the gravity of the planet and sailing towards the outer space, the minimum speed requirement for the jump drive to start can be achieved.

Because Amber cut off the communication module of the frigate and turned off the active signal generator when Lilith invaded before boarding the ship.

So as long as they successfully complete the jump, it will be difficult for the Imperial fleet to find them.

But sometimes, things just can't go smoothly.

When the frigate passed the airlock area and completely left the port, Amber, who hadn't had time to be happy, saw that there was still an Imperial frigate that had not completely entered the port at the entrance channel in the distance.

The other party obviously saw them, and the light signaling device on the side began to flash. Lilith immediately interpreted the meaning of their light signals:

"Frigate 965, why did you leave the port?"

"How is it, did Bard respond?"

SENY-FF-1142, on the bridge of the Swift Strike frigate, Captain Klein was asking the communicator.

"Report to the captain, Captain Bard and his men did not respond to our light signals, shortwave, neutrino, and even laser communication channels did not respond. They seemed to have not put the communication module online."

"What's wrong with this guy?"

Klein frowned. He and Captain Bard of the Glory of the Past were classmates in the military academy and had a good relationship on weekdays.

Originally, while the Glory of the Past was overhauling the military port, Klein heard that the Federal Joint Fleet had sent a drive-off detachment to take back the military port.

He took the initiative to apply to stay in the remaining fleet to prevent the Federation from taking back the military port.

Now that they had finally forced the Federation Fleet to retreat, the surviving fleet was preparing to return to the port for emergency repairs.

He also heard that Captain Bud and his crew had finished their recuperation and were preparing to return to the ship and join the remaining fleet.

He had originally been looking forward to fighting side by side with his old friend, but now he saw this familiar ship suddenly leaving the port, so he was ready to ask what was going on.

As the captain of a combat ship, Klein's intuition was actually very sharp. When the Glory of the Past did not reply for a long time, he had already discovered that something was wrong.

"Stop the port entry procedure, helmsman adjust the course and approach No. 965."

"Captain, the other party stopped the port entry procedure. Judging from their turning around, they probably want to get closer to us."

In the seat of the tactical information coordinator, Lieutenant Tom, who had returned to his old job, was still very quick to get started with the operating system of the Imperial Frigate.

"Tsk, why are they so vigilant."

Amber frowned. He had to admit that the combat literacy of these ships of the Eighth Expeditionary Strike Group was still relatively high.

Of course, such excellent warship captains and crews were quickly consumed in the war with the Federation and the subsequent civil war in the Empire.

After the Star Dragon Empire was completely divided, the quality of the warship crews in the principalities that divided the Imperial Royal Navy was not so high.

"Ignore them, continue to keep silent on the communication.

Navigator, correct the course according to the preset jump coordinates.

Helmsman, forward two"

Amber calmly issued a series of instructions. He knew that the more this situation was, the more he had to deal with it calmly.

The rear main propulsion array of the Glory of the Past frigate lit up with a dazzling white light. The frigate, which was completely out of the port range, was like being pushed by an invisible giant and began to accelerate rapidly.

"Captain! They accelerated! The space fluctuations caused by the jump drive inside the hull were detected. The other party seemed to want to jump directly!"

Hearing the voice of the tactical information coordinator, Klein knew that something must have gone wrong.

And he had just learned through the personnel transfer notification in the internal network that his old friend had not yet arrived at Lansford Port.

"Helmsman! Adjust the axis, increase the speed and catch up! Communicator, inform the friendly forces in the port of the situation!"

"Captain, communication failed, Lansford Port is conducting an electronic warfare attack on us!"

The communicator's voice was a little panicked. He was busy isolating the electronic warfare virus transmitted from Lansford Port through the communication channel and switching the backup communication line.

"How could this happen? Has the port been taken back by the Federation?"

In fact, Captain Klein's guess was close to the truth, but he didn't expect that the federal soldiers who took the port were now on the frigate he was chasing.

The electronic warfare attack on Lansford Port was just a "little surprise" left by Amber before she left.

"Captain! Is it in time to fire and intercept?"

"No, Captain! When we just executed the port entry procedure, we had cut off the energy circuit of the weapon unit in accordance with the regulations. If we reconnect it now, it may be too late to fire!"

"Bang!"

Klein punched the armrest of the captain's seat with his fist. He only hated that he didn't find the clue earlier.

The two frigates are still a certain distance apart. Not to mention that they don't have time to fire or release HCP, even if they want to ram into each other, the closeness between the two sides is far from enough.

"Wait? The other side is going to jump?!"

The captain of the Imperial frigate suddenly had an idea.

"Attention, all ships, get ready for battle! Navigator, prepare to execute coordinated jump!"

Hearing the captain's order, the navigator's eyes lit up and he immediately operated on the console.

Coordinated jump is a capability possessed by combat ships equipped with jump drives.

Whether it is the Star Dragon Empire or the Federation, multiple ships are often required to jump at the same time when conducting fleet operations.

Sometimes, in order to keep the jump coordinates confidential, the fleet commander will not issue detailed coordinates.

At this time, each ship can capture the space fluctuations caused by the jump drives of other ships through the jump drive control system, and complete the "coordinated jump" without precise coordinate guidance.

Although the jump drive control system of the Swift Strike frigate can only capture the space fluctuation characteristics of this frigate at this time, the accuracy of the coordinated jump will be relatively low.

After completing the jump, the distance difference between the two ships may reach thousands of kilometers, but at least it will allow Klein to keep up with Amber and others.

The frigate Past Glory, where Amber was, had quickly reached the minimum speed for jumps under the full power operation of the main propulsion array.

He also issued the order to "start jumps" without hesitation.

The bow and stern of the ship also appeared red and white lights as the jump drive was activated.

However, Tom also told Amber at this time that the Imperial frigate following them had also activated the jump drive.

"Coordinated jump? Your brain is quite fast."

At the same time that Amber came up with this idea, the Past Glory seemed to be stretched at this moment and "drilled" into the space crack torn at the front of the bow.

In the state of space jump, everyone in the bridge has lost the perception of time.

The panoramic porthole also showed a bizarre picture.

I don't know how long it has been, when the frigate ended the jump and left this strange space through the space crack.

The first thing that caught everyone's eyes was a dazzling light, and Lilith quickly adjusted the amount of light entering the external sensor.

At this time, everyone also saw the huge star that almost occupied the entire panoramic porthole.

Isabel's elf friend gave the coordinates of the star in the Robert galaxy - near Robert I.

While everyone was immersed in this spectacular scene, Amber's order also sounded on the bridge.

"Liya! The whole ship enters silent mode, retract the heat sink, and temporarily shut down the cooling system of the whole ship!"

"Helmsman! Turn off the main propulsion array, urgently adjust the ship's axis, aim the stern at Robert I, and maintain this posture!"

"Gunner! Activate the weapon unit and listen to my instructions!"