795. Death Trap
Near the asteroid belt outside the third planet Valk System, Jedi Knight Barloi and his troops took a Aquitenes-class light cruiser to the place where the signal was sent.
"General, the signal source is intermittent and seems to be weakening." A technician said, "It is confirmed to be a severely damaged mining spacecraft. The spacecraft has been captured by the planet's gravity and is expected to crash on the planet after 51 standard hours."
Barloi looked at the image of the spacecraft displayed on the screen. This was a mining spacecraft produced by Corellia Engineering Company. The database showed that it was a model more than 2,000 years ago, and judging from the number on the outside, this spacecraft was already over 560 years old.
The spacecraft is about 400 meters long, has a huge cargo hold and three sets of mining equipment, and can accommodate more than 1,000 crew members and 250,000 tons of cargo.
But the spacecraft that now appears on the screen has great damage to its hull, especially in the middle of the hull. Something has directly punched a big hole, and countless fragments are slowly circling around it. The anti-gravity system and stabilization system of the spacecraft should have also been destroyed, and are now floating crookedly.
"General, according to the scan, there are 5 to 13 life signals on the spacecraft. Because the situation inside the spacecraft is complicated, the data is not accurate. In addition, the spacecraft's life-support device is leaking oxygen. It is estimated that those survivors will not survive for long." Clone Commander came over and said.
"Go up and have a look, hoping to get some clues about the invaders from these survivors. We can't fight the shadows, we must expose these things to the sun!" Barloi said decisively.
He put on simple protective equipment, then took 30 soldiers on a shuttle and flew towards the mining spacecraft.
Barloi is a Jedi Knight. He has not grown into Jedi Master to the extent that he can survive in space with the Force. In fact, even Jedi Master still needs at least a respirator to enter the vacuum of the universe.
[General, we cannot establish contact with this spacecraft, so we cannot go to the hangar or docking bay.] Clone Commander said in the communication.
"It doesn't matter, let's go in through the gap in the spacecraft. I'll drive." Barloi's last sentence was to the pilot.
He took over the driving of the spacecraft, then unfolded his the Force, sensed everything around him, controlled the spacecraft to carefully avoid the floating debris around, and then flew in through the blasted gap in the spacecraft with great accuracy.
The shuttle door opened, and the Clone Troopers relied on jet packs to fly toward the interior of the spacecraft. This jet pack is standard equipment for combat in a gravity-free environment and cannot be used in a gravity environment.
Barloi jumped out of the hatch. He didn't need a jetpack. He only used the Force to pull on the surrounding things, and then he could move freely in this space.
They moved forward along the gap in the spacecraft. Along the way, there were broken pieces everywhere, as well as ores blown out of the cargo hold.
"General! There are corpses here!" a Clone Trooper greeted.
Barloi flew over under the guidance of the Force, and sure enough he saw the body of a crew member floating among a pile of debris. He looked carefully and found that the body was hit in the back, and the entire hit area was burned into a big black hole.
"This is not a blaster wound, nor a laser gun... It looks like it was slightly stirred here with Lightsaber." Barloi frowned, "It is indeed a plasma weapon. Send the information back to the spacecraft to find out which organizations or races in this galaxy are using individual plasma weapons."
[The search has been completed, and there are 127 races and 42 organizations that meet the criteria. But none of these are active in Outer Rim Territories.] The voice of clone Commander came from the communication.
"Keep moving forward." Barloi nodded, "Guide me the closest route to the survivors."
[There is a hatch at your 10 o'clock position. According to the scan, the electronic system there is still intact. As long as it can be accessed, I can force the door open with military authority. However, this door is blocked by a large piece of spacecraft debris.]
"Leave it to me." Barloi approached there, pulled out Lightsaber, inserted it directly into the fragments, and then moved slowly.
Lightsaber The millions of degrees of temperature instantly melted and cut the fragments, and then was cut in two. Barloi picked up his largest the Force, grabbed the fragment and pushed it hard. The 7-8 meter long large fragment was actually pushed away! Expose the hatch at the back.
A Clone Trooper immediately found the location of the hatch switch, connected the data line, and Aquitenes-class light cruiser immediately entered the military authorization. In times of war, military authorization is above all else. As long as the level is in place, the door to any civilian facility or spacecraft can be opened.
The red indicator light on the door went out, and then an electric spark exploded. It seemed that the green light was damaged, but the hatch still slid open silently.
A strong stream of air spurted out from the door, followed by two corpses, as well as countless fragments and blood.
[General, this spacecraft has lowered its compartment. Once you enter, just close the door and repressurize it.]
Barloi nodded, waited for the air flow to stop, climbed into the cabin, closed the door, and started the pressurization system.
The air filled the place again, and Barloi also took off his respirator. He pulled out Lightsaber and moved forward while on guard. But it has to be said that in such a gravity-free environment, no matter what you do, it is very inconvenient and very inflexible.
In fact, Jedi Knight acted in such an environment in a similar manner to Spider-Man, and the Force was the spider silk in their hands.
They followed the instructions and headed all the way towards the small cabin of the target. The road was in a mess. They saw at least a hundred corpses. These corpses died in horrific ways. Some died of suffocation, and some were killed by plasma weapons.
The uneasy feeling has been lingering in Barloi's heart, and the Force has been reminding him that this place is very dangerous and he should leave as soon as possible.
But Barloi was a little hesitant because he didn't know where the crisis was. He saw no enemies, and it was hard to imagine what else could be here.
Maybe it's the sense of crisis brought about by this about-to-fall spaceship?
Barloi had some doubts about the Force for the first time.
"General, I feel very strange here..." said a Clone Trooper, "Based on the situation here, this spacecraft has obviously been invaded by boarding and has completely collapsed. Under such circumstances, is there anyone alive who can send us a distress signal?"
"Maybe it's a trap." Barloi's eyes became firm, "But we can only step in and see who the thing that appears is. If we retreat here, then this thing will hide again, and then go to the next colony to start killing again."
"I think so too, General." Clone Trooper nodded.
"Is there any problem with the scanning device?" Barloi asked another soldier.
The soldier held a scanning device in his hand, shook his head and said, "There are mechanical signals everywhere inside the spacecraft. The energy of this spacecraft is not completely cut off. Many devices are still operating. The signals are too complicated to even determine the location of the survivors."
[Don't worry, General, the scanner on the spacecraft can see the survivors. They're still there, probably unconscious, their vital signs are fading, and you need to speed up.]
Barloi pushed aside the corpse of a crew member with a horrified expression in front of him and flew towards the target cabin.
This cabin was in the core area of the spacecraft. After the spacecraft was damaged, the terrain became very complicated. They walked for another 5 minutes before arriving.
Judging from the icon on the hatch, this is a power distribution room, which should be very narrow, with three survivors squeezed in here.
The feeling of uneasiness became stronger and stronger, Barloi said, "You guys step back, I will handle it."
Clone Trooper nodded, stepped back a few meters, and then formed a circular array to surround the place.
Barloi opened the hatch, and the terrifying scene in front of him almost shocked him!!
Only three crew members were seen naked in the power distribution room. They were chained, and there was no movement except for instinctive twitching.
Before Barloi could take action, three steel thorns suddenly stretched out from bottom to top, piercing them directly!
Immediately after a burst of powerful electric current flashed, the bodies of the three people shriveled up at a speed visible to the naked eye. Then a large amount of nano-tissue was injected from their dry blood vessels, and their muscles and joints began to glow a little.
Red light!
"Let's go!!" The crisis in Barloi's heart instantly magnified to the extreme, and he immediately used the Force to grab a floating table in front of him.
Almost at this moment, these three people exploded!!!
Boom~~!!!!! The powerful EMP spread instantly along with EMP. The powerful impact blew everyone present away, spinning continuously in a weightless environment, making it almost impossible to stabilize their bodies.
Immediately afterwards, the surrounding cargo boxes exploded one by one, countless ores flew everywhere, and dazzling rays of light shot out from each cargo box!
All I saw was a humanoid robot emerging from it! These robots have soft bodies, and it would be almost impossible to connect them to the robots if not for some exposed pipes.
Moreover, their head is a sensor like a flashlight, and the rays of light are emitted from the sensor.
After these robots got out of the cargo box, they immediately picked up the plasma rifles in their hands and fired wildly at those Clone Trooper!
Countless light blue plasma balls flew out and exploded on those Clone Trooper who had not been able to stabilize their bodies. Their polymer alloy combat armor blocked part of the plasma mass, but quickly disintegrated and melted under the high temperatures.
Clone Trooper were killed one by one.
Barloi forcibly stabilized his body, raised his hand and pushed back, blocking the plasma shot towards him. Ripples of energy actually rippled on those robots. It was Deflector Shield!
Clone Trooper also quickly stabilized himself with a jetpack, quickly entered the bunker to hide, and fired.
There were more than 50 robots that emerged from the cargo box. They kept shooting, and their shooting skills were extremely accurate. Clone Trooper, led by Barloi, fought and retreated towards the outside of the cabin.
"We were attacked! We were attacked! It's an unknown robot!" Clone Trooper quickly called for help from the spacecraft.
[We have seen it! More signals appeared in this spacecraft, more than 100 in number! There is another part heading behind you! ] Said the other side of the spaceship.
"Requesting support!"
[Open fire and shoot! Use the minimum power to blow up that cabin!] Clone Commander made a prompt decision.
Aquitenes-class light cruiser's twin-mounted Turbolaser cannon immediately adjusted its direction, aiming at another cabin in the direction of the way behind Barloi and others, reduced the fire output and opened fire directly.
Boom~~~!!! The unprotected mining spacecraft was suddenly blasted with a large hole by the Turbolaser cannon. From the hole, the mangled remains of the robots flew out.
But there were more robots that also started their jet devices and flew across the big hole in the direction of Barloi.
[General, retreat from the gap quickly! Let's come closer!] Clone Commander began to direct the spacecraft to move closer to the mining spacecraft.
They did not dare to continue firing the Turbolaser cannon, so they used the close-in defense weapon system to shoot wildly at the robots.
Barloi and the surviving Clone Trooper rushed out of the ambushed cabin, but more and more robots rushed over, and these robots were very flexible. Their feet should be equipped with electromagnetic devices, which can move against the bulkhead of the spacecraft. If necessary, they can also turn on the jet device to take off.
In such a gravity-free environment, these robots are actually more flexible than Clone Trooper!
"You guys, hurry up! I'll cut off the rear!!" Barloi walked at the end, waving Lightsaber, and bounced back all the dense plasma balls shot by those robots.
[Quick, quick, quick!! The robot's signal is close to 200!] Clone Commander said eagerly.
The docking cabins of Aquitenes-class light cruiser were opened, and dozens of Clone Trooper fixed themselves in the cabin, firing desperately at the robots.
The firepower of the robots is also very fierce. Some robots even picked up anti-armor rocket launchers and shot at Light Cruiser. Although it could not shake the shield of the spacecraft, the power of such continuous explosions also made the situation on the scene more dangerous.
At this moment, Barloi suddenly felt a violent throbbing in his heart, which almost stopped his heartbeat!
He felt it!
Death...
Death is inevitable...
At the same time, clone Commander's scream came from the communicator, "General!! A violent energy reaction occurred in the energy core of the spacecraft!! No! This thing has been installed Reverse-Reaction Bomb!! It's going to explode!!"
"Asshole!!" Barloi cursed, instead of retreating, he advanced directly towards those terrifying robots.
The dense plasma ball shot at him. He tried his best to block the ion ball with Lightsaber, and then rushed in front of one of the robots. Lightsaber flashed and pierced the chest of the robot!
The flashlight-like sensor on the robot's head went out immediately.
Barloi became ferocious, frantically blocking the plasma ball while pushing the remains of the robot in one direction.
The robot's firepower is getting more and more crazy. All the Clone Trooper he brought have been wiped out at this time, and Aquitenes-class light cruiser is trying to leave here.
Barloi had been shot several times. He roared and endured the pain, pushing the remains of the robot in his hand directly into a rescue capsule!
A few seconds later, an extremely violent explosion swallowed up everything around...