Star Ocean: Starting From the Abandoned Mining Space Station

Chapter 93 At This Time, the Armor-Breaking Class Is on the Way

An unexpected situation occurred in the hyperspace channel.

Chen Ming naturally couldn't just sit there and wait for death in the lounge.

He immediately stood up and pushed open the door of the lounge.

There was a crew member waiting at the door of the lounge. When he saw Chen Ming coming out, he immediately said respectfully: "Mr. Chen."

Chen Ming didn't waste time talking to him and said directly: "The fleet seems to have encountered some troubles. Please take me to the captain."

The crew members didn't understand Chen Ming's meaning because they couldn't receive military messages from a distance like Chen Ming.

However, he didn't say much and stretched out his hand to make a gesture of invitation. According to the captain's previous request, he took Chen Ming to the interior of the Cowherd.

What surprised Chen Ming was that he was led by the crew members to the bridge command room, which should be the most important position of the spacecraft.

Chen Ming didn't notice it just now. When he really arrived, he found that the bridge command room was not marked in red on the spacecraft map.

I don't know if it was the captain's special arrangement.

Anyway, as soon as Chen Ming entered the bridge command room, he saw a busy scene.

Next to the large number of control devices in the command room, a large number of crew members are doing their best to complete their own control or operation tasks.

The Cowherd-class is different from ordinary destroyers. It is not an ordinary firepower output warship, but a command-type warship equipped with a large number of support equipment and a large number of fighters, as the core of the battlefield.

These equipment and the manpower needed to support these equipment have created the appearance of the command room.

Chen Ming did not interfere with them. He continued to approach the captain of the Cowherd-class next to the central control panel under the leadership of the crew.

Just when Chen Ming came over, the captain was contacting the space station through the communication equipment to request support.

Although the number of ships that the military blocked the hyperspace channels in four directions did not seem to be large, the total number was more than one hundred.

Even one hundred frigates were not something the company fleet could handle, not to mention that the military had prepared a lot of destroyers in it.

The space station naturally responded immediately.

A support fleet will soon enter the hyperspace channel.

After doing this, the captain noticed Chen Ming coming over and nodded and said, "Mr. Chen."

Chen Ming also nodded and said, "I'm just taking a look."

"You can do whatever you want."

The captain returned his attention to the front.

A few minutes later, a communication channel was connected to him.

Chen Ming, who was quite close to the captain, could also hear the conversation in the communication channel.

"We are not threatening the space station. We are just carrying out our mission and reviewing the passing spacecraft."

The voice of the director's secretary also sounded from the communication channel: "Reviewing the spacecraft requires relevant documents to support it. Where are your documents?"

"Wait a minute."

The military directly sent a document to all the spacecraft.

It can be seen that the content is indeed a complete mission document.

Due to the recent increase in the number of afterglows, the military has increased the frequency of patrols and changed the patrol location to the vicinity of the pirate space station where afterglow ships have appeared in large numbers.

According to the content of the document, this document was determined in advance before the military came.

Even before Chen Ming's news leaked.

Could it be that the military blocking here was really an accident?

Chen Ming looked at the military spacecraft that blocked all four hyperspace channels leading to other galaxies on the sensor, and threw this idea out of his mind.

If the military was not looking for him, then his name would be written backwards in the future.

Moreover, Chen Ming believed that the military would be very skilled in forging documents.

Chen Ming sent the document to the boss who had not yet disconnected the communication.

To see if the boss would have any opinion.

However, the boss seemed to be busy with something because of the military's actions mentioned by Chen Ming, and did not give him an immediate answer.

The military sent the document over, and after a while, they said, "Has it been confirmed? There is no problem with our mission this time. You can ask normally, but don't interfere too much with our mission."

However, the secretary suddenly pointed out the problem with the military document: "But it seems that there is no such document on the military's public website."

"There is always a delay in uploading these things to the website. This is very common. You can find the content of this document on the website in about one to two weeks."

"If you don't believe it, you can contact them directly and ask in person whether there is actually such a document."

What the military said was reasonable and it sounded reasonable.

But in fact, the biggest problem was that they set the location of the review in the galaxy where the pirate space station was located, which was also the most rogue place for the military.

The military guards the hyperspace channel, and the way in and out of the pirate space station is completely blocked. Not to mention the pirates, if other people have to go through multiple military inspections before they can come, they may choose to take a detour.

Not to mention that the main flow of people in the pirate space station are a group of people with unclean identities. The military's actions are to cut off the roots of the space station.

If the military in other places also follows this, the investment of so many companies is a joke.

And during this period, several spacecrafts have appeared in two channels and are approaching.

But they saw the situation in the galaxy hyperspace, and all dared not approach, as if they were ready to run away at any time.

It is impossible to say that there is no impact on the space station.

If the military really conducts inspections according to normal rules, it will never go to this extent.

Just when the atmosphere in the communication channel gradually became cold.

Chen Ming suddenly heard the boss's voice in the headset: "Xiao Mu, I found a wanted notice here, take a look."

Chen Ming took out his terminal and saw the file sent by the boss.

The content of the file is a wanted notice.

Chen Ming's wanted information.

The crime is to create a large-scale public hazard incident with dangerous creatures, as well as some minor crimes such as resisting arrest and attacking public officials.

It seems that the military has directly put the blame for the destruction of the mining space station on Chen Ming.

And the bounty is 90 million.

This wanted notice was established yesterday.

In other words, the military fleet is definitely coming for him.

Chen Ming took a few steps back, avoiding the captain, and whispered to the other end of the communication channel: "Is my bounty just this little?"

"Are you focusing on the wrong place?"

"The people in charge of the military outpost have completely ignored their own face and the position under their buttocks. They will kill you if they come directly near the space station."

"And I have been listening to what you said just now. The military documents are so fast. I feel that there are too many people and things involved here."

The boss paused for a moment and continued: "But it is true. After all, it involves Sky Steel. I have to help you check it out."

"Okay."

The boss didn't say anything else for the time being.

On Chen Ming's side, the captain was also in a dilemma.

There were not many options left, either force it, bypass it, or turn back to the space station.

Or, just cooperate honestly.

Breaking through the military blockade is not a rational behavior.

And bypassing it is even more ridiculous.

If the fleet has discovered the whereabouts of the military before entering the hyperspace, the fleet can choose to fly directly from space slowly, fly over the military blockade and then enter the hyperspace channel.

Or you can bypass the channel and go to the non-channel area in the hyperspace, those places covered with hyperspace channel clouds.

But doing so requires enduring the destruction of a large amount of hyperspace lightning in the clouds. If there is no large warship leading the way in front, it will definitely not be able to withstand it with just the destroyers and guards.

What's more, the military fleet has now seen the fleet of the Sinda Company. They are not fools and will not let the Sinda Company fleet go.

Even if the fleet wanted to turn back to the space station, it would probably be impossible,

because the military ships were definitely equipped with blocking pulse equipment that could restrict ships from entering and exiting the hyperspace channel at will.

It might even be because of the reinforcements from the space station that the military fleet guarding the hyperspace channel suddenly surrounded them.

The total number of military fleets guarding the four directions was just over 100, with about half of them assigned to each direction.

A total of 50 warships approached.

Half were destroyers and half were escorts.

The destroyers were basically models called Enforcers, while the escorts were mostly Centurions and Expeditions.

The fleet could not actively attack the military ships, but fortunately, with the protection of the ships reinforced by the space station, the fleet's buttocks would not be blocked.

The military did not give face at this time.

The second notification message was sent directly.

The fleet was required to publish the list of spaceship members, stop blocking the spaceship signals, and let the military conduct a deep scan of all the fleet's ships.

It could not actively attack, and there was no way to escape directly.

In this situation, the captain can only do one thing.

Accept the investigation.

The captain suddenly turned around, left the console, and opened a closed door behind the bridge.

The room behind the door, if Chen Ming remembered correctly, seemed to be red on the ship map.

After walking in first, the captain said to Chen Ming: "Mr. Chen, please come over."

Chen Ming did not feel any danger from behind the door, and he also wanted to know what the captain was going to do, so he did not resist.

Follow the captain into this bright small room with walls made of special materials and some cargo boxes piled in the corner.

"Mr. Chen, this is the shielding cabin of our spacecraft, which can shield the scanning signal."

Chen Ming waved his hand and said, "I know this. You want me to stay here for a while, right?"

When Chen Ming was working at the mining space station, he heard from his colleagues that some cargo ships would have similar modifications.

Originally, these materials were used for some working spacecraft that needed to be close to stars frequently, and were used to make the star protection layer on the outside of the spacecraft.

Later, someone discovered that this material also had a certain degree of interference with scanning signals.

So this material became the best cover for some caravans to carry out smuggling activities.

I didn't expect that even Xinda Company had such a design.

The captain next to him showed an apologetic look after Chen Ming spoke.

Chen Ming didn't embarrass him too much.

He walked straight to the cargo boxes in the corner and sat on them.

After all, rationally speaking, the captain's current approach is the best approach when facing the military.

If Chen Ming were in the captain's position, he would do the same.

"It's better to be quick."

The captain left the shielded cabin with a grateful face.

Before the cabin door was completely closed, Chen Ming explained the current situation to his boss.

After going out, he asked his boss for his opinion.

After ensuring that the door of the shielded cabin was closed.

The captain released the signal blocking of the spacecraft and let the military spacecraft start scanning the fleet.

At the same time, he was also prepared to directly attack the military when the shielded cabin did not work.

The security scan went smoothly all the way.

The military's contact had not been interrupted at this time. The military man just now suddenly said to the captain: "What's the matter with your two unmanned ships?"

The captain had already received a confession of collusion and said: "That's us testing the newly developed remote control system."

"Really?"

The military left two words and didn't say much.

The scan was soon over, but the military fleet still needed time to verify the scanned data.

The captain reopened the signal blocking and reopened the door of the shielded cabin.

After hearing the door behind him open, Chen Ming looked away from the cargo box in front of him, contacted his boss again, and then left the shielded cabin.

Returned to the bridge control center and returned to the captain's side.

When he came over, Chen Ming happened to hear a sentence from the military on the communication channel.

"We now have reason to suspect that your two ships are stolen spacecraft. Please cooperate with us to keep the spacecraft and board the spacecraft for inspection."

Now there is no need to confirm, it can be 100% certain that the military is here to cause trouble for Chen Ming.

At the same time, Chen Ming also heard the boss's warning: "Xiao Mu, I found some strange news. There seems to be a problem within the military."

"Some people in the military outpost seem to be rebelling. They won't talk to you about any rules. You must be prepared for a head-on battle."

"I feel that there is a big problem with this matter. Some people who shouldn't intervene have intervened."

"Xiao Mu, you try to hold on. I'll help you think of a solution."

Because of this somewhat outrageous news, Chen Ming couldn't help but say: "Wait... Rebellion?"

The last two words immediately attracted the captain's puzzled eyes.

And at the moment when the captain turned his head, Chen Ming suddenly saw that several military spacecraft suddenly activated their shields outside the bridge porthole.

Take the lead in launching weapons and attacking the fleet.

Several laser beams of energy weapons directly hit Chen Ming's Iron Ore.

Chen Ming immediately activated the shield of the Iron Ore. The attack of scattered energy weapons for less than a second did not cause too much damage to the Baiyun Steel Armor.

However, Chen Ming immediately ordered the Iron Ore and the fighters with it to hide behind other ships in the fleet.

He immediately pressed the headset and said without disguising: "Boss, the military has directly attacked us."

At the same time Chen Ming was speaking, the captain also shouted in the fleet's communication channel: "Be prepared for battle!"

"I know."

As soon as the boss finished speaking, he suddenly said very angrily: "Damn, someone is disgusting me."

In Chen Ming's impression, it seemed that it was the first time the boss had said a swear word.

However, Chen Ming did not have time to figure out what disgusted the boss and made him say this.

He now had to cooperate with other ships in the fleet to carry out subsequent operations.

The military took the lead and was recorded by the sensors of so many ships on the scene, so it was impossible for the company to be beaten for no reason.

Anyway, the record was in hand, and even if there was a confrontation with the military in the future, the responsibility would not be left on the company.

After the captain's order was issued, the fleet immediately entered a wartime state.

The porthole protection layer was opened, and the image scanned by the sensor appeared on the large screen next to the inside.

At the same time, a projector projected the battlefield situation around the fleet to the center of the bridge control center.

The fleet began to shrink its front line, relying on the space station patrol team's spacecraft to quickly distance itself from the military fleet.

Although there was support from the space station, the company fleet was at an absolute disadvantage in terms of the number of ships, with more than 60 ships compared to more than 100 ships.

The only good news was that it would take some time for the military fleet that blocked the other hyperspace channel to approach from the channel entrance.

At the same time, there was still some support from the space station.

If this military fleet could be defeated, then there would be a chance for everything to turn around.

After the military launched the attack, the cowherd, as the flagship of the fleet, immediately launched a counterattack against the military.

The missile bays in various parts of the ship were opened, and a large number of annihilator missiles were fired directly at the most densely populated areas of the military fleet.

This is a missile without any advanced guidance and locking function.

Some are just large enough to cover firepower, and the real power after the explosion.

It can only be said to be average on a battlefield where small-scale ships are dispersed and flexible, but in battles of medium or larger scale, this kind of annihilator is very useful.

While putting pressure on the opponent, it can also attract a large part of the firepower of military ships' point defense weapons.

It is a very good suppression type missile weapon.

While the annihilator missiles were launched in large numbers, the fighters on the flight deck of the Cowherd were also started.

The Cowherd carries two different fighters, namely the Warthog fighter wing and the Longbow fighter wing.

The Warthog fighter wing carries two short-range grenade weapons and a complete set of heat-seeking missile launchers.

The range explosion when the grenade weapon is detonated and the effect of the heat-seeking missile itself make this fighter have a strong restraining effect on missile-type weapons.

The two weapons carried by the other Longbow fighter are somewhat different from the Warthog, a quick-fire PD laser cannon, which is also a point defense type weapon.

The other is the Cyber ​​SRM missile, which is also carried on Chen Ming's Gladiator class and has a strong effect on shields.

These two types of fighters have very strong cover and auxiliary capabilities.

After starting, they followed the other ships in the fleet and launched an attack on the military fleet.

The military may not have wanted to take the initiative to open fire at the beginning, but things happened, and the fleet of Xinda Company also began to move, and the military could not bother to explain anything.

They chose to open the battle line while the fleet of Xinda Company was moving.

Relying on the unique powerful firepower of military ships, a dense firepower network was directly built in space, almost covering the entire company fleet.

In an instant, countless flames broke out in the center of the battle line of both sides.

Dense beams of live ammunition and energy weapons flashed on the shields of ships on both sides.

The design of the military ships made their shields unable to withstand the threat of a large number of shield-breaking weapons on the company's side.

The shields of the military fleet at the forefront of the battle line were instantly in danger.

But they seemed to be controlled by a flexible hand. All the ships that could not withstand the company's firepower quickly exchanged positions with the ships in the rear that did not receive more attacks in the battle line.

In the complex and intertwined battle lines, they took damage for each other.

The main capabilities of the Xinda Company's fleet are concentrated on escort and shield breaking.

The military's ships can indeed be suppressed in a short period of time, so that their weapons cannot fire because of the shield radiation energy overload.

But the actual efficiency of destroying the ship is the same as the ships Chen Ming has.

In the case of no way to end the military ship, and the military has an excellent commander.

The speed of breaking the shield and penetrating the armor is completely unable to keep up with the speed of the military's dispatch and rotation of the ship.

The military's ships have more recovery time than the company's ships.

They are both destroyers and escorts, and their number is even less than that of the company in a short period of time.

But the actual combat effectiveness of the military's ships is stronger than that of the company's fleet.

As the battle time increases, more military ships join the battle, and this feeling is even more obvious.

Even if the space station was sending spacecraft into the hyperspace channel for rescue, it was the same.

After several rounds of exchange of fire.

The company's fleet was directly surrounded by the military's fleet.

Although the overall number of warships on both sides was similar, less than 100 to more than 100.

But the company had already fallen into a clear disadvantage.

A large number of ships were damaged and lost their combat capabilities.

The Cowherd-class fighters were also unable to play a sufficient role due to the military's unique flexible and professional tactical adjustment and scheduling capabilities.

Either they returned home damaged, or they were directly destroyed in space.

Chen Ming's Centurion was like a drop of water in the ocean in the battle of hundreds of ships, without any sense of existence.

He even felt that even if the fighters came to the battlefield, they would not play a decisive role at all.

The situation was developing one-sidedly in the military's favor.

Chen Ming was too late to leave the Cowherd now.

Even if he left, there was no chance of escaping from the military's encirclement.

If the company's fleet was defeated here, Chen Ming would have no future.

So in the current situation, there were not many things he could do.

The fastest and most effective thing was to control the Cowherd class he was on.

Relying on his psychic power and his panel, he could do things that were absolutely impossible under normal circumstances.

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