Chapter 26: Eagle Ceremony

The problem now is that Li Meng doesn't know whether there will be "Blue Demons" on Planet 2.

If the visitors from Planet 2 wake up those guys, it will be bad.

They can just walk away, but Li Meng can't.

Should we stop them?

Li Meng looked up at the "Cobra" destroyer docked in Dock No. 1 not far away.

It was a big guy, a behemoth.

In front of it, whether it is a human or an engineering machine, they are all ants.

With a length of 1.5 kilometers and an overall width of 0.5 kilometers, just parked there, its majestic figure brings great shock to people.

Although it has a width of 0.5 kilometers, it is not bloated.

The main ship is only more than 200 meters wide, and the rest of the width comes from the flying wing shield structure extending from the hull.

Its appearance is a bit like a church, but not quite like it, with a bit of the shadow of a church.

The engine, the hull similar to the church, and then the bow similar to the ram.

These three parts make up a battleship.

After a short pause, Li Meng continued to move forward.

Although the Ark is not small, the 10-kilometer-class Ark cannot accommodate a 1.5-kilometer-long destroyer inside.

Therefore, the docks of the Ark are all external and simpler.

The so-called docks are several fixed columns extending from the inside of the Ark.

When the Ark needs to fly, it can be retracted.

When it stops at a certain place, it can be extended and used as a dock to build warships.

The entire Ark has 12 such docks, 6 on the left and 6 on the right, divided into two layers.

The 10-kilometer-class Ark dock can only build and repair destroyers and escort ships.

For larger cruisers, battlecruisers, and battleships, it is necessary to build another orbital dock or build a larger Ark.

The Ark is under construction, and only 5 of the 12 docks have been completed.

Due to manpower and material resources, only one dock has been put into use.

Although Li Meng has plans to build more "Cobra" destroyers, it cannot be realized in a short time.

"The Regent enters the bridge, salute!"

Half an hour later, Li Meng walked into the bridge.

Compared to the bridge of the Far Journey, the bridge of the "Cobra" destroyer is more formal and practical.

It is also more spacious, without any extra equipment.

Of course, the main force of the bridge is still the mechanical priest.

Because some sophisticated equipment can only be used by mechanical priests.

And the trainees trained by the Naval Military Academy are all officer reserves.

At a glance, in addition to some mechanical priests, Li Meng only saw 6 navy members.

One is Ralph, the president of the Naval Military Academy and the captain of this "Cobra" destroyer.

One is his adjutant, and the other four are naval soldiers stationed on the bridge.

Seeing the Regent walk in from the hatch, the soldier at the door raised his head and chest and roared.

This made everyone in the bridge look over.

Ralph quickly stood up from the only seat in the bridge.

In addition to the mechanical priest, the navy soldiers all gave Li Meng a Sky Eagle Salute.

It was a ritual of crossing hands, shaped like an imperial sky eagle, placed on the chest, and bending over.

Ralph was a middle-aged man with a rough face, a strong physique, and a tall body.

Li Meng walked past Ralph and sat down on the captain's chair.

"Are you ready?"

As soon as he sat down, Li Meng asked.

Ralph bowed his head slightly and said, "Replying to the Regent, due to the lack of slaves, the combat capability of this warship is limited, and I am afraid it cannot effectively cope with high-intensity combat."

In the human empire of Warhammer 40K, there is the most stringent ban on intelligent AI.

This resulted in the empire's warships being very low in intelligence, and many slaves were needed to fill the labor gap.

For example, carrying ammunition, cleaning ships, and maintaining warships also require a large number of slaves to assist.

Even the electric drive device of the turret has a set of mechanical power assist devices as a backup.

Once attacked by electromagnetic weapons, when the electric drive device fails, the mechanical booster device will be used.

The "power" of the mechanical booster device comes from the human power of the slaves.

There are only 5,000 slaves, and they are basically working to build the ark.

Li Meng can't waste a lot of labor to fill the gap in the slaves of the "Cobra" destroyer.

Let alone wake up the sleeping civilians and let them do those hard, tiring and dangerous dirty work.

Li Meng asked: "Can it be moved?"

Ralph replied: "Yes!"

Waving his hand slightly, Li Meng said: "Set sail, target: Star 2."

Hearing this, Ralph's face straightened, he stood up straight, and looked at the starry sky outside the window in front of him.

"Ray the anchor, start the engine, leave the dock, target: Star 2..."

With Ralph's order, outside, in Dock No. 1.

The huge engine nozzle at the tail of the docked "Cobra" destroyer spewed out white flames.

The anchor that fixed the hull broke off with a bang, and several fixing columns were also disconnected from the "Cobra" destroyer.

Without the fixing columns, the "Cobra" destroyer was like a ship floating in the water.

The auxiliary engine on one side was turned on, spewing out a long white flame.

The huge "Cobra" destroyer slowly left the dock horizontally.

"It has left the dock, and the engine power continues to increase..."

Outside, the "Cobra" destroyer that left the dock, the propeller at the tail spewed out a more dazzling white flame.

The length of its tail flame was nearly a kilometer.

Under the powerful thrust, the "Cobra" destroyer slowly moved forward.

The speed was getting faster and faster, flying out of the gravity well of Planet No. 1.

After a while, the "Cobra" destroyer left the Ark and the Far Journey behind it far behind.

"Has left the gravity well of Planet No. 1, Geller force field activated, outer protective armor closed, subspace engine pre-start detection in progress..."

"Direction locked, Planet No. 2 locked, navigator in place, subspace engine started, countdown: 5, 4, 3, 2..."

In the bridge, a mechanical, hoarse voice echoed in Li Meng's ears.

Outside, the "Cobra" destroyer was sailing at high speed in the dark universe.

The speed was getting faster and faster...

Suddenly, the space in front of the "Cobra" destroyer collapsed.

A red vortex quickly appeared.

The red vortex was so strange, as if countless red tentacles were sticking out.

The high-speed flying "Cobra" destroyer crashed into it.

At the moment when the "Cobra" destroyer flew into the vortex, the red vortex shrank rapidly.

Finally disappeared without a trace.

About a minute later...

In the outer space outside the gravity well of Planet No. 2.

The dark space suddenly collapsed, and red energy gushed out from the torn gap, forming a vortex.

The next moment, a huge warship flew out of the red vortex.

At the same time. On the other side of the orbit of Star No. 2.

The alarm sounded in the bridge of the Steadfast-class frigate.