1945. Xilu people's counterattack
Unknown Regions, the original capital of Ssi-ruuvi Imperium, Levik planet.
A fierce battle is unfolding outside Levik planet. The extremely huge figure of Eternity Endless-class Super Carrier stands as majestic as a mountain. The three Particle Beam Lances arranged in a glyph at the front continue to fire. The beam of death shines on them, destroying and burning everywhere they pass!
Near Eternity, the formation composed of Resolute-class Heavy Cruiser and Twinblade-class EW light cruiser was also firing wildly. Covering this main fleet, there are about 10 flat-shaped cruisers. These are cruisers built by Pia'ek people, the kind that are scornfully called slave ships among Ssi-ruuvi Imperium.
What they faced were a total of 20 Xirui-class battlecruisers from the original Ssi-ruuvi Imperiums, and more than 30 small and medium-sized warships. In the face of such a huge force, even Endless-class Super Carrier is struggling.
After all, Particle Beam Lance of Endless-class Super Carrier is naturally very powerful, even when facing Xirui-class battlecruiser, it is one shot at a time. However, the Particle Beam Lance of the battleship is fixed at the front of the battleship. If you want to aim, the huge 5694-meter-long hull of the Eternity must move with it, which makes aiming very difficult.
Under normal circumstances, when the two sides are still far apart, a few shots from Particle Beam Lance are enough to collapse the opponent's morale. But this time, the remaining power of the original Ssi-ruuvi Imperium is obviously here to fight!!
As for the reason for their desperate efforts, it is very simple. They are floating on the outer orbit of Levik planet - a super giant ring-shaped building with a diameter of more than 40,000 meters.
For such buildings, all civilizations that have entered the interstellar era actually have a similar understanding, regardless of whether they can really master this technology...
That is, Stargate!
This huge structure that looks like it is related to interstellar navigation is placed here, and when it is about to be completed, it has begun to emit extremely strong hyperspace fluctuations. Everyone understands what this means!
You must know that the super battleship with a length of more than 5,000 meters did not appear out of thin air. Once a civilization that can build such a powerful battleship can open the passage and travel freely, then Xilu people will be completely dead, and there will be no room for struggle!
The former leader of the remaining Ssi-ruuvi Imperium forces, General Lepix, decisively devoted his last strength and launched the final assault on Levik planet!
In fact, the reason why he was so desperate was because the remaining forces he commanded were simply unsustainable.
Ssi-ruuvi Imperium is a very deformed the Empire. They regard all foreigners except their own race as batteries. It can be said to be an anti-civilization and anti-social form. They make enemies and plunder everywhere, so naturally they have no friends.
They were afraid of retaliation, fear of resistance and overthrow, so they took an extreme approach - building all the most critical scientific research, military industry, and industry in their capital, Kriyak Palace.
This approach has indeed made Ssi-ruuvi Imperium an extremely centralized the Empire, and it has also effectively curbed the emergence of internal opposition forces. But the problem is... this time their enemies come from outside.
Shepard and Unknown Regions Exploration Fleet used very sharp raid tactics to directly capture Kriyak Palace, destroying Ssi-ruuvi Imperium's administrative core, and at the same time inadvertently cutting off Ssi-ruuvi Imperium's scientific research, military and industrial supplies.
Therefore, after General Lepix took away the main fleet of Ssi-ruuvi Imperium, he soon discovered that without the production and supply of the Kriyak Palace, he could not maintain the expenses of this huge fleet. As time goes by, the condition of the warships in his hands will only get worse and worse, and the combatants will only become more and more slack.
And the very fatal factor is that when the human batteries on the battleship in his hand are used up, General Lepix can't even find a place to replenish them!
Therefore, General Lepix was forced to have no choice but to bite the bullet and launch this desperate attack!
However, he seems to have made the right bet.
When the attack and defense were in different positions, the seemingly invincible super battleship suddenly fell into trouble!
Admiral Lepix knows that the 5,600-meter-plus super battleship relies on two terrible things. First, the indestructible and powerful main gun is not only powerful, but also has an extremely long range, and can even reach the entire planetary system! Second, it is the mobility that can jump into hyperspace from within the gravitational circle!
But now, in such a defensive battle, the mobility of the super battleship cannot be used, so this is just an ordinary battleship with powerful firepower.
Therefore, faced with the siege of 20 battlecruisers, even Endless-class Super Carrier was unable to survive!
But Shepard cannot go back, nor can Commander Lieutenant General He Ru of Exploration Fleet! Because the construction of the Star Gate has reached the most critical time, if retreating at this time causes the Star Gate to be destroyed, then the results of their exploration will become empty talk!
However, they are not fighting alone. They have also received great support from the resistance forces, especially the former subordinate race of Xilu people, Pia'ek people!
In fact, after the Ssi-ruuvi Imperium capital Kriyak Palace was captured and Ssi-ruuvi Imperium was destroyed, Pia'ek people, who had been enslaved by Xilu people, finally realized that they could resist, and Xilu people could be defeated!
Therefore, while those Xilu people set off a wave of uprisings all over Levik planet, Pia'ek people finally rose up and pulled the trigger on Xilu people, who had always been aloof!
Duchy of Dawn Exploration Fleet distributed all the weapons and equipment stored in the Kriyak Palace to Pia'ek people who rose up in resistance in various places. At the same time, with absolute air supremacy and the powerful Marines, they also use Kriyak Palace as their base and operate throughout the planet. As long as they find a large-scale Xilu people army gathering, Fourth Civilization Marines will immediately set off in a spaceship and completely defeat Xilu armies.
Under such circumstances, more than 90 Pia'ek people Rebel Alliance bases have gradually formed on Levik planet. Some of these bases have more than 50,000 troops, and some even have a million troops!
The military factory inside the Kriyak Palace has also resumed operation with the help of Pia'ek people. A large number of weapons and equipment are produced and handed over to Pia'ek people Rebel Alliance every day. But looking at Xilu people, they don't even have the ability to make a Blaster rifle! Because the military factories are all in the Kriyak Palace!
Therefore, in the past few months, Xilu people has continued to retreat, while Pia'ek people has made great progress. At the same time, Pia'ek people and Duchy of Dawn Exploration Fleet have also officially formed an alliance and become friendly forces.
Pia'ek people began to help Exploration Fleet in production and combat operations. The warships they built were also incorporated into Exploration Fleet and added to Levik planet Defense Battle.
And the most important thing is that Pia'ek people sent the best engineers and scientists among them to join the ranks of Exploration Fleet and build star gates for them!
The stargate that originally took one year to complete in Lieutenant General He Ru's plan was reduced to 3 to 4 months after Pia'ek people joined. In other words, it is one step away from completion!
There is actually another important reason why Pia'ek people's backlash is so strong, precisely because of Xilu people's ubiquitous exploitation of Pia'ek people.
Because Pia'ek people and Xilu people come from the same race, they have many things in common. Although Xilu people made other races into batteries, it retained a considerable part of Pia'ek people because Pia'ek people can easily help them do many things.
Of course, when the battery is not enough, Pia'ek people still has to lie in the battery obediently.
Therefore, as Xilu people's centralization of power continues to deepen, they gradually become superior, and many tasks are left to Pia'ek people. This has led to the fact that in all walks of life, although managers are all Xilu people, at the worker level, there are a large number of Pia'ek people.
Therefore, when Pia'ek people rose up, began to resist and establish their own political power, they did not have any transition problems. Because Pia'ek people itself can maintain the operation of this society.
Pia'ek people There are engineers, scientists, teachers, doctors, everything. It's just that because of their status as slaves, they can only keep working at the bottom.
Xilu people has finally paid the price for their cruel exploitation. It is Pia'ek people, the object of their exploitation and oppression, who is now taking their place.
When General Lepix launched a desperate attack on Levik planet, Levik planet was being occupied by Pia'ek people at an extremely fast speed. In the process, Xilu people was bleeding like a river!
Pia'ek people will never be polite to Xilu people. They only have one word for Xilu people - kill!
Pia'ek people, who has experienced oppression and exploitation, has long since given up all illusions about Xilu people. They are the ones who have stronger military power now, and they will never leave any chance to Xilu people, because they also know that once Xilu people is restored, they will also carry out genocide against Pia'ek people!
Although Exploration Fleet is also beginning to let Pia'ek people use other energy sources besides human batteries, such as controllable nuclear fusion. But it will still take a long time to replace it. After all, all energy supply and energy transmission networks of Levik planet are built based on human body battery technology.
So during this transition period, Pia'ek people is still using the human body battery, but this time, the one stuffed into the battery is Xilu people!
Lieutenant General He Ru has ordered the destruction of all factories producing human batteries and deleted all human battery data. Led by him and Shepard, all Exploration Fleet people are determined not to let this anti-human, anti-social, and anti-civilization technology spread. The human body batteries still used in Levik planet are using one less battery. Eventually, this technology will disappear completely.
In the outer space of the planet, this air battle has been going on for a whole day.
Eternity Endless-class Super Carrier has also been extremely damaged under the siege of several Xirui-class battlecruisers, and due to continuous launches, the Particle Beam Lance system has also overheated and is temporarily unusable. Now Eternity can be used to fight back only with other weapon systems installed on the battleship.
Steadfast-class Cruiser has already sunk two ships, Twinblade-class EW light cruiser has also had one destroyed and two seriously damaged, and six slave warships provided by Pia'ek people have also been destroyed.
The Normandy commanded by Shepard is still active. With its stealth system and super mobility, Normandy continues to assault and detour among Xylosian fleet, killing and injuring lone warships, and constantly causing trouble.
However, Normandy is too small and has limited firepower to influence the battle situation.
"Attack me! Attack!! No matter how much it costs! Destroy that super battleship for me!!!" Admiral Lepix, the leader of Ssi-ruuvi Imperium's participating forces, commanded the battle on a small Wurrif-class light cruisers. Looking at this cruel battlefield, his eyes turned red and he roared loudly.
He is still very rational and did not choose Xirui-class battlecruiser when choosing the flagship. Because he knew that the super battleship was equipped with one main gun, even if it was Xirui-class battlecruiser. If he was sitting on Shree-class, he would have a 1/20 chance of being hit by a cannon every time the opponent fired.
Under the strict orders of Admiral Lepix, the remaining fleet of Ssi-ruuvi Imperium attacked like crazy! Not only are their capital ships with an absolute advantage in numbers, but their drones that use human batteries are also very difficult opponents!
And Exploration Fleet also went all out. Endless-class Super Carrier even used his own body to block the gunfire fired by the Xilu people battleship towards the star gate!
The construction of the Star Gate has reached its final moment!
Vasari engineers have gone to the stargate's control room to make final adjustments to the stargate. Being familiar with and understanding of phase technology, they also understand that even if the structure of the star gate is not completely completed, it can still support one or two small-scale voyages.
And this is what they are doing!
"Fire for me! Crash for me!!!" The captain of a Xilu people Wurrif-class light cruisers almost went crazy. He roared loudly and commanded the warship to ram directly towards Endless-class Super Carrier!
But on Exploration Fleet's side, due to the continuous losses of battleships, gaps have appeared in the formation. In this direction, no other battleship can stop the Wurrif-class light cruisers that is hitting it.
The cruiser fired wildly while approaching at high speed. Eternity couldn't dodge and was directly hit by the cruiser on the space port at the bottom of the front end!
The violent impact immediately shattered the spaceport, and Eternity's hull was also knocked crooked.
At this moment, a colorful laser beam suddenly shined over! The relatively intact second half of the Wurrif-class light cruisers was immediately ignited by the laser beam, causing a violent explosion!!
At this time, several black figures appeared in the center of the star gate!!