1712. Yago-Durr counterattack (6)
"Accelerate? Steering?" Astronomy Department Minister was stunned. "This is impossible! According to the current position and rotation direction of Star Three, it is impossible to accelerate Star Two!"
"The new trajectory has been calculated! If we follow the acceleration and steering this time, there will be an angle difference of -0.11727 from our original calculated trajectory. By then, the trajectory of Star Two should be 40 million kilometers away from our fleet's position. This distance should be harmless."
"Why can such a violent orbit change happen two full days in advance?" Astronomy Department Minister said, "This is simply impossible! Have you calculated the result?"
"No... no..." An astronomer shook his head blankly.
"Has it brought in the gravity of Yago-Dur's planet?"
"Bring it in! The gravity of the Yago-Dur planet is completely insufficient to cause a star to turn!"
"Minister! We've figured it out! What caused Star Two to accelerate and turn was the planet Yago-Dur!!" Another astronomer showed up a screen full of calculation formulas.
"This is impossible!!" Astronomy Department Minister swooped over, almost holding the screen to see the calculation results.
"Gravitational waves! They are gravitational waves!" the astronomer said from the side, "Star Two and Star Three interacted with each other, creating a large number of gravitational wave traps around them! In the past seven days, Yago-Durr The rotation of the planet resonates with the frequency of the largest gravitational wave trap! In this process, this gravitational wave begins to become extremely powerful, and it also resonates with other gravitational waves! This becomes the fifth gravitational source here!"
"This gravitational wave is the source of interference in our communications before!" Another astronomer suddenly realized, "No wonder the Ministry of Communications said there is nothing at the location of the interference source! Because their radar equipment cannot detect gravitational waves!"
"So it was the combined effect of this gravitational wave and the Yago-Dur planet that caused Star Two to accelerate and turn?" Astronomy Department Minister asked.
"Yes, it's the gravitational slingshot effect!"
"Are you fucking kidding me? There's no way a planet could be a gravitational slingshot to a star!"
"There is also the role of the powerful gravitational wave in this, and as I said before, the rotation of the Yago-Dur planet resonates with the gravitational wave! And the direction of gravity is exactly along the orbit of Star Two after the orbit change! Just like a ball will accelerate when it passes through a curve! But..."
"But what?!"
"Under the action of the gravitational slingshot effect, Star Two will certainly turn and accelerate... but in such a gravitational system, the object with lower mass... will be... thrown out..." The astronomer's face turned pale.
"Minister!! Minister!! The Yago-Dur planet is accelerating! It is also out of orbit! It is accelerating!!" There was an exclamation from the side.
"Where's the direction? Where's the speed?!" Astronomy Department Minister asked loudly.
"The speed has exceeded 300 kilometers per second and is still increasing! The direction is..." The astronomer turned his head and looked at the minister with a dull expression, "We..."
The originally chaotic scene suddenly became deathly silent.
After 10 seconds, Astronomy Department Minister suddenly let out a hysterical roar, "Retreat!! We must retreat!! I'm going to find General Tarkin now! Retreat!!"
As he spoke, he rushed out of the door and stumbled away.
Immediately afterwards, the entire interior of the Astronomy Department became noisy and chaotic again!
At this time, the entire Yago-Dur planet had turned into a cannonball, rushing straight in the direction of Galactic Republic fleet!
This is not an ordinary artillery shell. If I must say it, then this is a super artillery shell with a caliber of 11,000 kilometers!!
The planet will not directly hit Republic fleet, but will fly over more than 50,000 kilometers away from the fleet. But such a huge planet flies by at such a fast speed, and the destructive power caused is not weak at all! It can even be said to be devastating!
Under such circumstances, the entire Yago-Dur planet is a very dangerous area!
Starbase A Agonev-class and some other space facilities were in fixed orbits and were left behind after the planet changed orbit. They could only be towed to the new location of Yago-Dur planet by engineering ships.
But for Starbase B, he will not be so lucky.
Previously, B Agonev-class Star Base was severely damaged during the offensive of Galactic Republic fleet and was forced to descend into planet-synchronous orbit. So when the planet changes its orbit now, as mentioned before, objects with lower mass will be thrown out...
Under the watchful eyes of many Duchy of Dawn naval officers including Matt-Admiral Horner, Starbase B was directly thrown out of the gravitational range of the Yago-Dur planet and flew towards the vast universe.
If nothing unexpected happens, this interstellar base will eventually be swallowed up by the rampaging Star Two. Fortunately, Matt-Hona, who had known the result for a long time, had already evacuated all personnel on Starbase B and removed as much valuable equipment as possible.
But no matter what, the loss of an entire interstellar base is also very heavy.
The entire Duchy of Dawn defense fleet was almost tightly surrounding the Yago-Dur planet at this moment, with the engine output turned to maximum, trying their best to keep themselves within the planet's gravitational range.
This is a very precise process. A slight calculation error will result in being thrown out like Starbase B. And if the battleship cannot be stabilized again through its own power, the ending will be the same, being swallowed by the star.
The Givin's best mathematics team, including Baher-Banak, gathered together to use their most accurate calculations to continuously help these warships correct the direction of engine output, the position of the warships, etc., to ensure that this fleet can be shot out with the cannonball of the Yago-Dur planet!
But this is not a complete insurance. I only saw one ship, Kohl-class Battlecruiser, suddenly deflected and thrown away by the ultra-high-speed planet due to a miscalculation! The battleship was rolling at high speed. Even though the engine was fully turned on, it was still unable to stabilize the battleship.
After a few seconds, another Martha-class missile heavy cruiser was also thrown out!
Under such high-speed rolling, the crew inside cannot hold on for long, and they will soon lose consciousness. What will happen to the spacecraft that loses control... is self-evident...
Looking at the few battleships that were thrown out, Matt-Admiral Horner had sadness in his eyes, but at the same time, they were replaced by endless perseverance!
Only victory can make these sacrifices worthwhile!
Thanks to Guardian Galvinlan and Xiangyu A for tipping 500 Qidian Coin!!