Infinite Metaverse

an hour ago.

In the dark space, an elegant and deadly spacecraft slid past the shadow of the meteorite ring.

The ship has a slender hull and a sharp bow. The jagged and scimitar-shaped solar sail unfolds gracefully and rises from the exquisitely forged engine at the stern. Connecting the engine and the bow is a slender hemispherical command post.

Evil Gaze-class light cruiser.

A type of battleship belonging to the Dark Eldar Tribe.

The slender man with pale skin and pointed ears stood up from the captain's chair and strode towards the home screen. Although his skin was loose and there was a double-edged ax hanging on his shoulder, his movements were as light as a dancer's.

Mica Steel Blade, the weapon of Dark Eldar Mandrake.

His close-fitting green armor shone like polished jade, and his lifeless white hair, with violet stripes, was draped over his shoulders, and there was a crimson circle embedded between his eyebrows. ring.

Ghostplate, the armor of the Dark Eldar Archon.

He picked up a small sprayer and sprayed a fine mist of water to moisten his eyes with the eyelids cut off, and then leaned over to study the data displayed on the screen.

"Archon, the prey has entered weapons range."

his deputy said lowly.

"Great." The Eldar captain said with a smile, "Calibrate the mimic engine and prepare the pulse light spear."

The Eldar captain licked his withered lips. Thirty thousand kilometers away, this killing was so close to them. One could almost imagine the delicious taste of Space Marine blood on his tongue.

"The mimic engine has completed the simulation. The simulation targets are the Human Empire's Obscure Star Territory Navy Fleet, the Defender-class escort cruiser, the Brave Heart, and the Archons."

"It doesn't matter what goal you simulate, it just needs to give us the advantage at that moment."

The Eldar captain firmly believes that the key to hunting is not the endurance competition in the early stage, but the throat-cutting blow at the critical moment - and the mimic engine is an auxiliary tool to create this critical blow.

"Target is within lance range, Archon."

The Eldar captain bit the tip of his tongue with his teeth and savored the unspeakable sting and fishy smell of blood. The pleasure of pain made him tremble almost uncontrollably with excitement.

Okay, great, the silly monkeys took the bait, they thought this battleship was their own.

The Eldar captain has begun to wonder if he can bring a Goliath-class factory ship back to Comoros and transform it into a great and cruel gladiatorial arena or an amusement park for the Haemonculi. The city's dignitaries are crazy about it? Can you win their favor?

Lying next to the captain's chair was a twisted and grotesque creature that looked like a mixture of a white-haired orangutan and a pig-faced bat. It seemed to feel the owner's excitement, and its six eyes blinked. , opened its cracks to reveal its yellowed teeth, and let out a mocking and malicious roar.

Clawed Terror, a pet kept by the Dark Eldar.

"Transfer the primary power to the lance battery and keep the backup power. I hope the first time is the killing blow."

The Eldar captain ordered.

"As you command, Archon."

The enemy ships were still too far away to see through the visual screens, but close enough for the Eldar warships' unique pulse light spears.

When he saw the human warships suddenly starting to raise their void shields in alarm, the Eldar captain ordered without hesitation:

"Fire!"

…

After the fort master's shield array exploded with a bang, the remaining power of the pulse light spear also gradually weakened. Several meters of adamantium armor plates peeled off the hull of the Suzheng, falling off layer by layer like exposed tendons, leaving behind damage. Parts hang limply.

The siren sounded throughout the entire bridge, and rib-shaped support fields were installed on the battleship's support structure. Everyone on the bridge only felt a slight shake, and then stabilized their bodies.

"The void shield is overloaded, and cracks appear in the hull shell on decks seven to nine."

The deck officer immediately reported the damage:

"The bow light spear is temporarily offline, and the main launch module has received a certain impact. We are lucky, Khan, in the end the aftermath only scratched us."

Fu Qinghai did not ask how long it would take for the void shield to recover, but directly ordered:

"Adjust the direction of the battleship and lock them with the light spear!"

The Meditator jointly mobilized various facilities of the warship, and the gyro-stabilization matrix adjusted the balance and direction. With the help of these two relic technologies, the behemoth Suzheng was able to quickly adjust the direction of the bow of the ship, and moved the macro-cannon array and light spear turrets with the most That side was pointed at the enemy.

However, the naval officer responsible for operating the detection array brought bad news:

"We...we can't lock them down, Khan!"

His tone was anxious and his face was sweating profusely. It seemed that he had never encountered such a situation in the past, let alone a powerful battleship like the Emperor-class battleship equipped with a variety of detection arrays.

Obviously having been attacked, he wanted to fight back but found that the weapon could not accurately aim at the opponent's position.

Until this moment, Fu Qinghai was completely confirmed.

He gritted his teeth and said:

"The Eldar, the fucking Eldar!"

The three major symbols of the Eldar warship: solar sail, mimic engine and holographic force field.

The mimic engine does not know what technical principle it is based on. It can disguise the battleship signal of any other racial camp, including the Human Empire, Orcs, Necron and Tyranids, but it is said that it will be seen through by the latter two at a glance.

The holographic force field is a very advanced composite stealth force field that not only allows the Eldar warships to become "visually invisible", but also blocks most of the detection methods of the human empire.

When he heard that a destroyed Imperial Navy warship reappeared, Fu Qinghai felt alarmed, thinking of the Eldar's unique mimic engine. When his subordinates reported that the detection array could not lock on the opponent, Fu Qinghai was already a hundred One hundred percent sure - it's definitely an Eldar battleship!

"Do not worry."

Fu Qinghai first calmed down his men, and then ordered resolutely:

"Macro cannons and torpedoes, salvo in that direction, sublight engines at full speed, we have to get close to them."

The helmsman officer shouted:

"Start the thrusters, target new heading zero five-four."

The bridge became busy again, Fu Qinghai said:

"As long as we get close enough, we don't even need to target them. The Eldar warships are all fragile sampans. They can't even withstand a macro cannon. As long as the holographic force field is hit by us, these aliens can only flee. .”

Fu Qinghai's calmness brought the crew out of the unknown fear of alien technology. The macro cannon quickly spit out a series of shells in the direction of the pulse light spear, forming a dense barrage of giant shells.

Then, he issued the second order:

"Liema, maneuver towards the enemy at full speed, launch torpedoes, and assume a gang-hopping attitude!"

Qiao Shida was stunned when he heard this and reminded:

"Khan, the Space Marines of the Brotherhood are currently scattered aboard several captured battleships."

"I know."

Fu Qinghai said calmly:

"Just put on a gang-hopping attitude."

Fu Qinghai turned to look at the people on the bridge:

"No one in this universe wants to fight a gang war with the Space Marines, not even the Necron or Tyranids."

The tone was full of strong confidence.

Qiao Shida asked with a puzzled look:

"What are Tyranids, Khan?"

"Well... you will get to know each other from now on."

Fu Qinghai failed to show off, so he had to make up for it.

…

Evil Gaze-class light cruiser.

The Eldar captain observed the human warship on the screen in front of him. At the last moment of launching the pulse light spear, the enemy suddenly raised the void shield, which was beyond his expectation.

But that's about it.

He thought to himself.

The silly monkeys must have been shocked by the sudden light spear attack. According to common thinking, when they find that their weapons cannot aim and lock on the enemy, their first choice must be to retreat, stay away from the source of the attack first, and then use the vast space to re-engage. Adjust the combat situation.

However, this played into the Eldar warship's hands.

All Eldar warships have extremely high speeds, and the Dark Eldar have inherited most of the technological heritage of the Eldar Empire. Dark matter weapons are one of them. The power of the dark matter light spear is such that the Eldar captain dares to use a light Cruisers have the confidence to challenge battleships.

The Eldar warships used their superior speed to maintain a perfect and appropriate distance, circle around this clumsy human warship, fly kites, constantly consume their energy and courage, let them fire blindly, and finally... give a fatal blow !

The human warship quickly adjusted its direction. The hit part of the hull looked like an ugly scar. The Eldar captain suddenly noticed - it was getting closer! The void shield of the human warship has not been restarted, but it still dares to get closer to itself?

"damn it……"

The Eldar captain cursed angrily.

There must be someone on that ship who knows what they are capable of.

"Bow torpedoes ready to fire, Archon."

My subordinates sent me good news.

"Launch them all!"

The Eldar captain hurriedly screamed:

"Fire! Fire!"

…

"Torpedo attack, Khan!"

A naval officer shouted a warning.

Fu Qinghai placed his hands in front of the console and said in a deep voice:

"Stop and restart the void shield, inject all energy into the sublight engine, use full left rudder, and maneuver to evade!"

Stop restarting void shield?

Qiao Shida and others were stunned when they heard this.

Yes, in the face of torpedo attacks, even if the void shield is restarted, it will be useless - but this is too bold.

"Confirmed, four torpedoes, bearing zero five nine, Khan!"

"The macro cannon keeps firing!"

One torpedo was shot down by macrogun fire, and one torpedo was guided in another direction by the jamming system.

"Two torpedoes breach, Khan!"

The subordinate shouted a little hastily.

"Close defense turret ready."

Fu Qinghai said in a deep voice.

As the battleship maneuvered to the left in a wide range, the entire bridge shook violently, and everyone reached out to grab the edge of the console to maintain their stability.

"Enter the range of the close-in defense turret!"

The huge observation dome showed the dark and vast space, and the icy wake of the incoming torpedo was clearly visible. The entire bridge staff could see the torpedo flying towards them, and everyone felt that the attack was coming in an instant.

The crew held their breath or whispered prayers to the Emperor.

A close-defense turret is controlled by a servitor alone. The servitor is equipped with an independent auger and cogitator, allowing it to track and aim when a torpedo approaches. All the close-defense turrets on this side are concentrating fire on the torpedo. Thousands of artillery shells instantly blasted into the torpedoes, and they were finally shot down within a range of less than a thousand meters. The two torpedoes disintegrated in the barrage of high-speed artillery fire.

However, the burning fragments and large groups of debris produced by the explosion were still rolling and moving, slamming into the hull, destroying a defensive turret, tearing apart several survey antennas, and finally smashing into the composite armor cast from adamantine.

Su Zhenghao's body was heavily shaken.

"call……"

Everyone on the bridge breathed a sigh of relief.

"Where is our counterattack?"

Fu Qinghai was not immersed in the joy of surviving the disaster. He put his hands on the table, looked forward, and asked loudly.

"The light spear is charged, Khan!"

…

The Eldar captain couldn't believe his eyes.

The torpedo was shattered!

When he thought about what happened, the bridge suddenly tilted and shook violently, causing him to lose his center of gravity and fall to the ground. The huge vibration caused by the nearby explosion caused the entire ship to shake violently, the lights kept flashing, and the smashed machine Thick smoke billowed out.

"Archon, we're hit!"

his deputy shouted.

"Oh yes, thank you for your insight."

The Eldar man gritted his teeth and sneered:

"If I die one day, please shout out, just like now. How serious is our loss?"

"The holographic force field has lost its effectiveness."

"The mainsail was damaged and the guy lines were disconnected."

"The integrity of the hull on the lower deck is missing, and some slaves and prisoners have lost signs of life."

One bad news after another came.

The Eldar captain knew that the battle was over.

Eldar warships do not have void shields, nor do they have the thick adamantium composite armor of human warships. Once they lose the protection of the holographic force field, they can easily become the target of enemy artillery fire.

It turns out that this prey is indeed worth it, and he will not underestimate this enemy again.

"Retreat!" the Eldar captain ordered:

"Return to the lair and repair the ship. This prey will have to wait until it reaches the mouth. Brave low-level monkeys... Damn it, curse these shameful souls!"

…

"The Eldar warship has retreated!"

one of the crew shouted.

"Slow down."

Fu Qinghai said calmly.

You will definitely not be able to catch up if you chase.

The Eldar are a race known for their speed. The concepts of agility and speed run through all of their war thinking, from individual combat to vehicles and battleships.

The White Scars are already the fastest legion in the Human Empire, otherwise Jaghatai Khan would not have led his team to chase the Dark Eldar into the Webway, but we have to admit that even the White Scars are not as fast as the Eldar.

If you insist on speaking, the inertia-free engine of the Necron battleship can be faster than the Eldar battleship.

This is also where the Human Empire is passive when facing the Dark Eldar. The Ark Eldar generally do not take the initiative to provoke the Empire, but the conspiracy groups of Commorragh often come to the Empire to plunder people as slaves.

Both Eldar races have the ability to travel through the Webway. The entrance to the Webway is secretive, and the Eldar race is elusive. Fight or run, the initiative is in their hands, and the Imperial Navy is often very passive.

That's why someone proposed something like the Invincible-class high-speed battleship in an attempt to catch up with the Dark Eldar battleships.

"Khan, I received a strange message."

"put."

A blurry and flickering holographic projection appeared at the top of the screen. It was a middle-aged Eldar man with a slender figure and a sinister look. He said in a hoarse and vicious voice:

"I remember your battleship, White Scar. When I return to the Dark City, I will lead a more powerful fleet to your home, the 'Yashan Star Area' in the human mouth. Just wait, I will use thousands of Go through thousands of times of pain and torture to wash away today’s shame!”

With a "click", the holographic projection went out.

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According to the rules in the game "Gothic Fleet", the Dark Eldar do not have solar sails, but in the original novel, the Dark Eldar's battleships are exactly the same as those of the Ark Eldar. This book uses the original novel as the main setting basis, so... …