830. The Lost Fleet (4)
"You said you discovered 200 Dreadnought-class heavy cruiser? Are all the crew members dead?" In the holographic projection, Tang Xiao was so frightened that he almost cried out.
Now that his Dark Side Force is becoming more and more powerful, there are definitely not many situations where he can lose his composure like this.
"Indeed, I am investigating why this fleet is here. But the top priority now is to send reinforcements as soon as possible to receive this fleet. I don't have many people left." Sefrans-Tann said.
"How many more people do you have?" Tang Xiao asked.
"Except for the crew members left behind Plague, I can send out up to 800 people, plus the 500 B-1 combat robots originally used for chores, which can activate up to five battleships." Sefrans-Tann replied, "After calculation, the closest location to our current position is Halm system (Halm), which is located in a void that is not directly connected to the hyperspace channel."
"Halm system?!" Tang Xiao quickly turned back to check the star map, and then his face lit up, "Halm system is close to Cerea, and it is less than 10 seconds away from there! In other words, your random jump this time actually ended up in the Mid Rim area! This is not far from our control area!"
"Yes, but there is no direct connection to the hyperspace channel here. It is estimated that it is difficult to sail directly here. Only the best navigators can, or... use the Force to sense." Sefrans-Tann said, "We don't have much time. Republic fleet may follow my whereabouts here at any time. Moreover, Jedi Order must have someone who can navigate through Force sense."
Tang Xiao's face became solemn, and he used the Force to sense the hyperspace channel. This happened to be in the blind spot of his own power. To put it simply, he couldn't. But there are definitely many Jedi Orders who know this. The Outer Rim Exploration Program proposed by Jedi Master Jolus Serbaos relied on Jedi Master's the Force for navigation, so there were many Jedi Masters who had specifically learned this ability at that time.
Among them are Obi-Wan-Kenobi - he is also one of Joiner of Outer Rim Exploration Program. Before the war broke out, that is, "Star Wars Prequel 2: In the plot of "Attack of the Clones", he was able to directly use Force navigation to find Kamino that did not exist on the star map without relying on instruments, relying on the ability he learned in Outer Rim Exploration Program.
"Contact Cun Te immediately and ask him to come back to me as soon as possible!" Tang Xiao made a decisive decision and immediately turned around and issued the order through Mainframe, "Don't wait, dispatch a transport fleet immediately, go to Cerean system without alerting Galactic Republic, and cannot go to Halm system. It is still the controlled area of Galactic Republic, and everything must be done secretly."
"Then I will continue to look for the information left behind by this fleet." Sefrans-Tann nodded and said.
"Blade Fleet (Katana fleet)." Tang Xiao suddenly said a name, "That's the name of this fleet."
Sefrans-Tann was startled, "You actually know the origin of this fleet?!"
"This happened almost twenty years ago. Due to the news blockade of Galactic Republic, almost everyone has forgotten about this fleet that was famous at the time - Kuroshio, Blade Fleet." Tang Xiao Xu said that neither he nor Tann had much to do now, so he began to tell the information he knew, "To be precise, it was a brand new fleet established by Galactic Republic 25 years ago (46BBY)."
"Before, as we all know, the main battleship of Galactic Republic Judicial Fleet at that time was Dreadnought-class heavy cruiser. However, the old-fashioned Dreadnought-class at that time was very inefficient. A 600-meter-long warship actually requires a crew of 16,000 people. This makes the internal environment of the warship extremely poor, and it cannot carry out long-term operations - this warship cannot carry much supplies for 16,000 people." Tang Xiao said.
Sefrans-Tann nodded in agreement. If it were her, she would definitely not be willing to command such a warship to fight, because it is estimated that the crew will be hungry two or three days after departure. That is to say, Galactic Republic, which occupies the entire galaxy, can tolerate the existence of such warships, because they can get supplies anytime and anywhere.
"Therefore, the company that produces Dreadnought-class, Rendili StarDrive, has carried out a large-scale modernization of this type of warship. It has strengthened the automatic control equipment and intelligent AI, optimized the internal structure, and streamlined the crew required for the warship to 2204 people... This also increased the combat efficiency of the warship by at least five times, making it the most advanced warship at the time. This type of warship had high hopes from Republic Navy, and 200 ships were ordered from Rendili StarDrive at one time, and they were officially delivered on that day 25 years ago."
"Galactic Republic established such a fleet, named Blade Fleet after the fleet flagship Katana. Because these battleships were all painted in gray and black, which was different from the red and gray paint commonly used by Galactic Republic, this fleet was also called the Kuroshio. However, on the first day of its maiden voyage, an accident occurred." Tang Xiao said.
"What happened to cause such a fleet to disappear directly?" Sefrans-Tann asked.
"When the fleet made its maiden voyage, this fleet almost caused a sensation in the entire galaxy, because at that time, this fleet was a real invincible fleet. They could launch an attack on any galaxy in the galaxy within a day, and would directly destroy all targets listed as enemies. The flight was scheduled to circle the main galaxy from Core Worlds to Inner Rim and then return to Coruscant. However, after the fleet set off and entered the hyperspace channel, it disappeared immediately and lost all contact."
"This incident became a huge scandal for Galactic Republic. A total of 200 battleships disappeared under everyone's noses and have never been found. Such things made Galactic Republic, Judicial Fleet, the then Speaker and Rendili StarDrive Everyone fell into passivity. This also led to the then speaker losing to Phineas-Valorum who became famous with Stark Hyperspace War. You must know that in the previous polls, he had an absolute advantage over all competitors."
"Not only that, the battleship manufacturer Rendili StarDrive has also been disgraced. Many members of Congress blamed the disappearance of the fleet on the automated operating system that Rendili StarDrive had previously boasted, believing that the automated operating system had malfunctioned. As a result, the fleet lost control and disappeared. As a result, the orders for Republic military were transferred to Kuat Drive Yards, and only a small amount of orders for Dreadnought-class heavy cruiser were handed over to Rendili."
Tang Xiao said this and smiled sarcastically, "To be honest, compared to Kuat Drive Yards, I am more unwilling to face Rendili StarDrive's battleship on the battlefield. Because he Our warships are simple and unpretentious, but efficient and reliable. They have truly experienced the baptism of war. After all, among the three major industrial giants, Kuat Drive Yards has the smallest background and foundation. They have not been around for a long time."
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[Picture 1 attached to the Easter Egg Chapter: The approximate location of Blade Fleet. The yellow circle is the current control area of Fourth Civilization, and the red circle is the approximate location of Blade Fleet. Halm system is too small, and many star maps are not marked. I compared it for a long time before I found the reference object Cerea. Only then did I realize that Blade Fleet was really near Fourth Civilization!]