1837. Strange drone
Just as Eternity Endless-class Super Carrier easily suppressed the two battlecruisers Xylosian fleet, the other five Steadfast-class Cruiser and four Twinblade-class EW light cruiser were also fighting against the other battleships of Xilu people.
It was only after this confrontation that it became apparent that, as 'Engineer' Haseck said, due to the difference in energy levels, these Xilu people warships were no match for him at all.
Steadfast-class Cruiser's Hypermatter electronic cannon is killing everyone on this battlefield! In contrast, there are the 400-meter cruiser Xylosian fleet and the 300-meter class Light Cruiser. Although these warships are close to 20, they are not opponents of the Steadfast class in terms of firepower and shields.
In addition, four Twinblade-class EW light cruiser ships are also providing fire support while deploying electronic jamming fields.
And Eternity is not a display. During the battle, Eternity's 700 Turbolaser guns and 400 missile launch arrays cannot fire on the same target at the same time, so each salvo is fired at the best target within the shooting range of the respective turret.
In less than 10 minutes after the initial battle, Xylosian fleet, in addition to the battlecruiser that was initially destroyed, five 400-meter cruisers and four 300-meter cruisers were destroyed. Another battlecruiser was severely damaged and was retreating in panic.
But at the same time, Duchy of Dawn Exploration Fleet, who was fighting, also felt something unusual about Xylosian fleet.
First of all, the electronic interference field of Twinblade-class EW light cruiser is not very effective! After opening the electronic interference, Xylosian fleet was not found to be in a chaotic state. On the contrary, they still maintained their basic formation.
Although this formation has almost been disrupted, this was caused by the powerful firepower of Exploration Fleet's warships, not because of electronic interference. Their warships seemed to maintain basic communication even under electronic interference.
At the same time, there are the drones they released!
The Xilu people drone has a very strange shape. It is basically equivalent to a 2-meter-long three-dimensional rhombus. It is difficult to distinguish their direction when flying at high speed in the universe. And at each vertex of these drone structures, there is a laser cannon, which means that this drone can fire in any direction.
After the two sides started fighting, the Duchy of Dawn fighter formation that took off to intercept these drones immediately felt the threat!
These drones can actually compete with the formations of Wraith fighter and Viking fighter! And relying on their huge number, they actually suppressed Duchy of Dawn's fighter formation, and even shot down more than ten fighter jets!
These strange drones can detect invisible units! Moreover, they are very flexible in their movements, and they actually cooperate very well with each other!
Although these drones generally have low artillery power and fragile structures, which can be solved with one shot, they are often dispatched in swarms and surrounded from all directions, making it difficult for even high-performance fighter jets such as Wraith fighter and Viking fighter to compete.
Such a situation is unique even during Clone Wars! Because even Galactic Republic Navy's most advanced V-wing Alpha'Holy Light' fighter jets at the time had completely surpassed Wraith fighter in performance, but with the help of the stealth system, they still could not form a decisive advantage.
Now, in Xilu people, a small and remote country with an obvious technological gap between Duchy of Dawn and Duchy of Dawn, their drones actually have such performance?
No, it can't be said about performance. Because if the performance data of these drones are listed, they are actually very poor. Regardless of speed, firepower, protection capabilities, or even the basic signal reflection cross section, the drone's signal on Fire Control Radar is extremely clear, and it can be detected and locked without any processing.
The biggest problem with these drones is that they are too flexible and smart! It doesn't look like a drone at all, but like a group of experienced pilots flying it!
After the two sides started fighting, the fighter formation of Exploration Fleet was suppressed, and finally had to retreat to the vicinity of Endless-class Super Carrier, relying on the intensive anti-aircraft firepower of Eternity to fight.
And Normandy was also affected by the war! Initially, Normandy was planning to sneak attack the opponent's aircraft carrier in a stealth state, but was also discovered by the opponent's drone! Shepard made a prompt decision and took advantage of Normandy's speed advantage to carry out a large-scale detour, pull it to the periphery of the battlefield, eliminate the pursuing drones, and then directly launch a surprise attack on the opponent's four aircraft carriers.
But these Xilu drones follow Normandy like a shadow, and there are hundreds of them! Densely packed lasers continued to shoot at Normandy. Although these laser beams were not very powerful, they still caused effective damage to Normandy's shield under repeated shooting.
"These drones are so annoying!" Pilot Jeff-Moro complained while piloting the spacecraft to avoid irregularities.
Normandy drew an elegant arc in space. At the same time, all the turrets on the battleship poured firepower towards the rear. Missiles and lasers were launched wildly to intercept the pursuing drones.
Hundreds of Xilu droness were chasing after them in dense numbers, and they opened fire while dodging the incoming firepower. Their strange shape plays a big role, because no matter what evasive posture they are in, there is at least one laser cannon that can fire at Normandy.
"Asshole!!" Jeff-Moro cursed again, because in just one minute, Normandy was hit by hundreds of laser beams, and the shield energy began to gradually decrease, "A drone like a fly!"
"Are you sure these are drones?" Ghost Agent Senluo's hoarse and deep voice suddenly came from the air nearby.
"What is it if it's not a drone? Is it still a manned drone?" Jeff-Moro felt completely inexplicable.
"I feel that there are painful souls among these aircraft." Senluo said slowly.
Shepard also stood aside and frowned, and she felt something. It was as if I could hear the painful wails and moans from those drones in the void!
She pondered for a moment, and then said, "Cancel the original battle plan and move closer to Eternity! Avoid fighting with the opponent's drones! Use long-range shooting. We will confront these Xilu people warships head-on!"
"No problem!" Jeff-Moro whistled, and immediately drove Normandy to turn again and fly towards Eternity.
Shrouded in a dense barrage of lasers and live ammunition, more than a dozen Xilu drones approaching were immediately torn to pieces! Normandy has entered Air Defense Circle of Eternity.