The Empire: Starting with the Fourth Calamity
Chapter 677

Trail of the Malevolence

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672. Traces of Venomous Fangs

Master Ares-Nune looked at the huge battleship on the screen with a gloomy expression, "It looks right, this is the Separatists battleship that has been attacking our fleet on Hedia hyperspace lane recently! Get ready to fight!"

The clone Commander standing next to him immediately issued an order, "Each ship will form a battle formation, and the fighter squadron will take off immediately!"

Ares-Nune looked at the Hangar Platform spread out in front of the battleship and the densely packed fighter jets taking off, his face still full of worry.

The first wave of 5 Hunter Class Battlecruiser fighter jets took off about 800, and it was obvious that the flying attitude of those fighter jets was unfamiliar.

After Falrin Planet, Bespin Planet and Christophsis suffered heavy losses on all three battlefields, it has to be said that it is a tragedy that such a large Galactic Republic could not find enough fighter pilots in a short period of time.

Even for the simple-to-operate V-19 light fighter, if it is a Clone Trooper who has received input on the knowledge of flying fighter aircraft in advance, it will require 2 months of training. If it is an ordinary soldier, then this training period will increase to 4 months to half a year.

And now, just three months after the outbreak of the civil war, Galactic Republic has lost more than 50,000 pilots on all fronts!!

Warship operators do not require long training due to functional subdivision and intelligent automation of the system. The number of more complex positions such as navigators, helmsmen, and engine engineers is not large. A warship is equipped with about ten people. The losses of these people so far have not exceeded 3,000.

But fighter pilots are different. A qualified fighter pilot must independently control a complex fighter jet. It requires extremely fast reaction capabilities and spatial recognition capabilities. It also requires combat formation training and combat tactics training. Almost every such person is an elite talent.

When Galactic Republic abandoned the military because of Rusan Reforms, the number of fighter pilots in reserve was not large, and now they are basically all lost! Most of the pilots being supplemented now are recruits or recruited from civilian pilots, and their quality is uneven, but there is no other way.

Looking at the dense formation of fighter jets taking off, Ares-Nune whispered, "This won't work, I still feel the threat of death... Such methods are not enough to threaten that battleship!"

"General! What should we do?" Clone Commander Kait turned around and asked.

"What we need to do is to spread the news. I don't think we have the ability to defeat that super battleship." Ares-Nune said in a deep voice, "Open all the battlefield recorders immediately, record any valid information, and seal it immediately!"

"Yes!"

Ares Noone also got up and went to Hangar Platform, sat down on his Delta-7 fighter jet, started the engine and flew out.

However, as soon as his fighter jet took off, an exclamation came from the communication, "A strong energy concentration has been detected! The enemy ship may be about to open fire!"

"Disperse the ships!!" Ares-Nune exclaimed. Before he finished speaking, an invisible EMP had completely enveloped the area tens of thousands of kilometers around, followed by darkness.

His fighter immediately lost control, all systems were offline, and it was just floating in space relying on inertia.

"Hey! Kait! Hymn! Reply!!" Ares-Nune yelled at the communicator, but there was no sound.

On the other side of the battlefield, General Grievous, who was standing on Fang bridge, laughed loudly, "Stupid Galactic Republic scum, this is the end of you! Hahahahaha!! The battleship is moving forward at full speed, blow Galactic Republic's battleship into pieces! Slowly explode... Hahahahaha!!"

Malevolence immediately moved forward. Hundreds of Turbolaser cannons on the battleship fired continuously, losing the protection of the shield. The powerful Turbolaser beam exploded countless flames on the armor of Hunter Class Battlecruiser.

Under this continuous attack, each Hunter Class Battlecruiser gradually disintegrated and was blown into pieces bit by bit.

Among those warships, tens of thousands of officers and soldiers could only watch all this happening in a state of weightlessness and lack of oxygen!

"The enemy ship's weapon has been identified... it is EMP..." Ares-Nune said with difficulty to a memory.

The inside of a fighter jet is no better than a battleship. After the life support system is destroyed, the air stored inside the fighter jet will be quickly consumed.

Ares-Nune looked at the memory. He had a flash of inspiration just now and used Force protection to download it. But even so, the memory was still damaged, and he didn't know how much of the previously recorded things were still preserved.

"This is... the only hope... to pass on the news about the Separatists super battleship..." Ares-Nune finished speaking, took a deep breath, and then entered a deep state of meditation.

One day later, a formation of 6 Hunter Class Battlecruiser arrived at Puy Star System.

Standing in the center of the bridge of the formation's flagship was a member of Jedi Order Twelve-member High Council, Master Plo Koon, and one of the top strong men among Jedi Order.

But what was reflected in his masked eyes at this moment was a terrifying scene...

Countless battleship fragments are floating in space, and these fragments are very finely divided, completely different from the battleships that are destroyed under normal circumstances, as if they have been finely crushed!

In this debris field that stretches for thousands of kilometers, not even a complete body can be found!

"Mysterious super weapon, once again..." Master Pro-Kong said to himself, "Immediately send out a search and rescue team to recover the bodies of the soldiers as much as possible, and at the same time, look for anything that may hold clues!"

"Yes!"

Pro-Kong thought for a while, and then came to Hangar Platform himself, boarded a search and rescue boat, and together with several soldiers drove this small aircraft, which was less than 5 meters long but had a pair of mechanical arms at the front, to participate in the search and rescue operation.

Suddenly, he felt something and looked in one direction, "Go over there." Plo-Kong pointed ahead and said.

The driver drove the search and rescue boat over. Pro-Kong sensed someone calling in the Force. He asked the driver to make room for him. He personally drove the search and rescue boat and controlled the two robotic arms to search among the ocean-like debris.

Finally, he discovered a mutilated Delta-7 fighter jet.

Seeing this fighter, Pro-Kong sighed, opened the hatch and jumped out. He possesses the extremely powerful the Force, and his mask also allows him to survive in a vacuum environment.

He jumped onto the fighter jet, and sure enough he saw the body of Ares Noone, sitting peacefully in the cockpit, restrained by the seat belt and not floating out.

This fighter jet was obviously bombarded by the Turbolaser cannon. The powerful force blew up more than half of the fighter fuselage, but Ares-Nune's body was miraculously preserved.

"May the Force be with you, my friend..." Plo-Kong whispered.

At this time, he suddenly sensed something, reached out and took out a memory device from Ares Nune's arms.

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[Easter Egg Chapter Attached Picture 1: Master Pro-Kong.]

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