826. Lost Fleet (1)
"Republic fleet?! 200 ships?!" Sefrans-Tann was shocked. Now even she couldn't calm down, "Damn it!! Did we just jump to Galactic Republic's naval base?"
"Probably... no. This is an empty star field, and the nearest galaxy to us is 11.7 light-years away." The navigator said.
"Check yourself immediately and tell me the current situation of Plague!" Sefrans-Tann punched the console hard. Her punch was really hot and very hard. The console was originally structurally unstable due to the impact, and this punch actually made a gap in the console.
In fact, even without self-examination, Sefrans-Tann understood that Plague was basically in a broken state. It was difficult to even fly, let alone fight.
After the spacecraft jumped out of hyperspace, because this was a random jump and the hyperspace engine was not fully charged, the jump was completed very reluctantly. Therefore, the physical reaction caused when leaving hyperspace still made the battleship's already devastated hull even more tattered.
In fact, when Plague was in hyperspace, it originally jumped with a large number of nearby debris. Now that the jump is over, these debris immediately flew away in all directions, and one of the four fins at the rear of the battleship also broke, taking away the missile launcher that Plague and Group One could use.
On the bridge, the operator also completed the system self-check. He looked at the red warning light on the screen that spread to almost four-fifths of the ship, sighed, but still turned around and said, "The engine power is only 14% left, and the flames in the No. 3 energy cabin have not been extinguished. However, just now a team of Fourth Civilization Marines manually lowered the fireproof compartment, which should not affect other areas for the time being. The outer armor belt of the battleship was penetrated at 1211 points, and less than a third of the armor belt with defensive capabilities was left, and then..."
He sighed again, "We still have 110 close-in defense systems and 4 twin-mounted heavy-duty Turbolaser cannons that can fire. The hyperspace engine has been completely shut down. Six of the eight shield capacitor cabins were thrown out by the explosion. The remaining two are also inoperable. Hangar Platform is completely destroyed. There are 1,707 remaining personnel on the ship... The only good news is that the life support system can still cover about half of the cabins, and the remaining crew members have begun to evacuate towards these cabins."
At this time, the radar soldier also came over and said, "General, the sensor has completed scanning the 200 Republic warship, but because of the serious damage, we can only see blurry images."
"Pass it here." Sefrans-Tann nodded.
The screen in front of him flickered, and then a picture with a lot of interference appeared. Because there are no stars around in this empty star field, the picture is very dark, but some darker long black shadows can still be vaguely distinguished, and there are red indicator lights flashing on these black shadows.
"Has the system identified the opponent's warship model?" Sefrans-Tann asked.
"I have identified it. There is about a 70% probability that it is Dreadnought-class heavy cruiser from Galactic Republic Navy. But the strange thing is that the engines of these warships are all shut down." said the radar soldier.
Sefrans-Tann took a deep breath, "They didn't rush over immediately, and we still don't know the reason. Stay where you are and get ready for battle! Send a search ship to pick up the missiles from the missile launcher that just broke off."
"Yes!"
"General, should we ask for help from headquarters?" the adjutant asked cautiously.
"Keep the communication silent. We are not sure of the situation of this fleet yet. Blindly sending out communication will only expose our situation. It will be even worse if it is intercepted by the pursuers." Sefrans-Tann shook his head.
On the side, Director Communications Department spread his hands and said, "In fact, it is impossible not to keep communication silent. All our current hyperspace communication equipment has been destroyed, and only ordinary radio wave communication equipment can be used. To send our message to Dawn Star Planet, it will take 8000 years for them to receive it... Now we are gathering those damaged communicators to see if we can build a usable hyperspace transmitter."
Sefrans-Tann nodded solemnly.
Time passed by minute by second, and everyone inside the battleship was silent. Except for the crackling sound of electric sparks from broken electronic components from time to time, and the creaking sound caused by the distortion of the hull structure, there was no other sound inside the battleship.
Everyone held their breath and concentrated, not even daring to breathe hard. Everyone in the bridge was staring at the sensors, and people in other cabins were also staring at the nearest screen or loudspeaker around them.
Sefrans-Tann's body was still a little weak due to the serious injury she had suffered just now. She leaned against the head of the radar department, unaware of how down-to-earth this action was. It was completely incompatible with her usual self-esteem, cold and noble demeanor.
5 minutes, 10 minutes, half an hour...
A full hour passed, and there was still no movement from the 200 warships. They didn't even start their engines.
"It doesn't make sense... It stands to reason that with the current situation of our warships, even the opponent's warships that are lagging behind should have discovered us. But they didn't do anything... Why? At the very least, they should start the engine, right?" the director of the radar department said with a frown.
Sefrans-Tann looked at the blurry black shadows on the screen and the flashing red indicator lights, and said in a deep voice, "Let's go there."
"General, you mean..." The adjutant's expression changed.
"That's right, let's fly over." Sefrans-Tann said.
"But, isn't this too risky? In our current state, just two or three ships from the opposite side can completely destroy us, let alone 200 ships!" said the adjutant.
"Is it safe if we wait here? Haha... Stupid choice." Sefrans-Tann snorted, "Start the engine immediately and let's fly over. Calculate the time."
The navigator immediately entered the data into the computer and quickly came to the conclusion, "General, the opponent's fleet is 5 light minutes away from us, which is almost 100 million kilometers away. According to our current flight speed of Sublight, it will take about 25 standard hours to arrive."
"Start the engine and move forward!" Sefrans-Tann gave the order decisively.
"Yes!!"
Plague Titan warship's huge and incomplete body moved again. The vibration caused by the engine's output further damaged the damaged hull of the battleship. Many fragments and parts fell off and separated from the hull.
But the warship still began to accelerate steadily and flew towards the fleet 100 million kilometers away.