The Age of Giant Ships and Cannons

After checking in routinely in the afternoon, Li Qing set up reconnaissance and patrol targets. Li Qing picked up the book and started to study. Occasionally, when he was tired of reading, he raised his head to look at the situation, and chatted with several senior crew members in the bridge.

Most of these senior crew members are NPC humans, and occasionally there are some innate talents suitable for players who are captains or crew members, but they are not on board.

Many people think that whether they should establish a good relationship with the crew is nothing to worry about.

Li Qing didn't think it was necessary.

Ordinary crew members don't need to have any relationship at all. They are clones, not natural persons, but batches of cannon fodder prepared through genetic technology.

In fact, the senior crew and the captain are similar. They will die equally in the battleship accident, but they are the senior crew members on the ship, and they have the most contact with the commander.

Of course, this situation only applies to ordinary captains and senior crew members. If it is an elite captain with a blue name or above, it will be different.

An elite captain with a strong talent has a very high increase in combat power against battleships. Such a captain must be taken seriously, and he must be taken seriously.

The vanguard fleet had already started the transition on the second day, but it was not until the fourth day that Li Qing's escort fleet received the order to transition.

For this kind of transition, if there is a flagship, the flagship will wrap the entire fleet with a force field and jump together. If there is no flagship, the warship with the shortest transition distance in the fleet will generally be used as the standard.

Half of this fleet is a cargo ship, it is impossible to be equipped with a five-level jump engine, but it is not the lowest jump engine.

When the jump was completed, Li Qing checked the jump distance on the star map and confirmed that all the cargo ships were equipped with the third-generation jump engine, and the maximum jump range was 30 light-years.

The distance from the transit base to the outpost is about 1,500 light-years. Considering the variable distance between galaxies, this means that it takes 60-70 jumps to get there.

The cooling time of the jump engine is three hours, which means that it will take 210 hours or about 10 days without stopping.

But in fact it is not so smooth, most of the regions can be jumped over directly, but some galaxies cannot be jumped over due to some special anomalies or special geographical environment, especially when entering the depths of the Zutar star field, which is covered with thick nebula , the jump engine will be greatly disturbed, and the low-level jump engine cannot be used at all, and can only be passed through by normal flight.

In the past few days, the fleet kept jumping, with a jump of about 30 light years, and it went smoothly without encountering any obstacles.

But when they left the transfer base and entered the nebula in the Zutar star field, Li Qing saw a layer of substantial gray dust in the starry sky for the first time, as if the entire starry sky was covered by a layer of mist. In front of the bridge, it can be seen that not only the visual range has dropped significantly, but even the radar detection range has gradually shrunk.

It is worth mentioning that the command bridge of the battleship is not located in front of the battleship, but is generally located in the middle of the battleship, that is, the central core module. Thick armor package.

The reason why standing in front of the bridge can clearly see the outside of the glass is because the spacecraft's sensors, including a large number of detection and camera lenses, detect everything around it clearly, and then project it under the huge glass in front of the bridge. , so it feels like the bridge is directly exposed, which is not the case.

Like frigates and destroyers, the display form of the bridge is limited. If it is the command flagship of a large fleet, the internal shape of the bridge is round, with transparent glass in all directions. When entering the bridge for the first time, it will give people a kind of protruding bridge. The glass bead-like illusion of the hull can see the starry sky in all directions of the battleship.

But in fact, the command bridges of these flagships are hidden deep inside the battleship, and it is only possible to see the command bridge unless all the shields and thick armor of the battleship are broken.

To put it bluntly, it is impossible to see the command bridge of the battleship from the outside, and the interior is only designed in this way, just to give the captain and commander a sense of experience of flying across the starry sky.

It looks like there is a cold starry sky outside the thick glass, but in fact there is thick alloy armor outside the glass.

The jump stage is fairly safe, because the landing points are all random, even in the same galaxy, the landing points will be slightly different from the star map, and this is slightly different, in the real starry sky, it is thousands of Tens of thousands or even hundreds of millions of kilometers are measured, even if there is an internal response, it is difficult to ambush.

So the reconnaissance in the early stage is actually a formality. The place that may be really dangerous is the star field near the outpost.

Time passed during the leap, and on the ninth day, the fleet arrived at the location again. Li Qing saw the reconnaissance channel light up and turn it on to project a young man in the military uniform of the expeditionary force. He introduced himself once before. His name is Lu Qing, and he is a member of the Tianhe Lu family. He said with a blank expression:

"The fleet has arrived at the predetermined location, and there will be many galaxies that cannot even enter at sub-light speed. At the same time, this star field is dominated by a super-large pirate group called Lester. We have now entered the edge of their sphere of influence. From now on At the beginning, the reconnaissance team cheered up, and the reconnaissance range was expanded to at least one million kilometers, and they signed in every half an hour to indicate safety, and when the timeout expired, an accident occurred by default."

After posting the task, the man's projection disappeared. Li Qing opened another branch channel with only two people, and said to Li Min:

"We still divide according to the previous, I will be in front of you and you will be behind."

"Can."

The two destroyers quickly left the team and flew into the distance.

The arrangement was the same as when he first set off, but this time he did not dare to set up to follow the main fleet to patrol, but turned on the spacecraft sensor to the maximum, uninterrupted scanning around, and even personally synchronized the radar scan image scanned by the sensor to himself, Watch with the crew that hosts the radar sensor.

In space, the radar scan is centered on itself, and the scan image is a huge sphere composed of thin lines, with itself in the center of the sphere.

"Beep beep!"

A crisp siren sounded, and a red light lit up somewhere on the right edge of the scanned image. He looked over immediately, and nineteen light spots appeared.

He immediately stretched left and right on the radar scanning map with both hands, and the radar scanning map was stretched and expanded immediately, and the nineteen light spots became nineteen battleship outlines composed of countless rays. It is a pirate cruiser, two pirate destroyers, and seventeen pirate gunboats.

"Go around to the right and stop after 1,000 kilometers."

The fleet immediately issued orders, and the battleship trembled slightly. From the changes in the radar scanning chart, the changes of the destroyers could be felt.

The battleship circled an arc and narrowed the distance between the two sides, and included all the nineteen light spots in the scanned image. Feeling that there were no other warships behind the nineteen pirate ships, Li Qing breathed a sigh of relief, and ordered:

"Send back the radar scan and continue the radar scan."

In less than half a minute, Li Qing received an order from Lu Qing, who commanded the reconnaissance force in the large fleet:

"Continue to observe for a quarter of an hour, and if there is no abnormality, give up the observation and return to the team."

"OK."

After turning off the communication, Li Qing ordered his subordinates to continue to observe at a distance.

Although the cruiser is one level higher than the destroyer, and normally the detection range of the fifth-level sensor is farther than that of the destroyer, the pirate ship does not need to use such a high-level radar.

To put it bluntly, pirate ships like various modifications to enhance firepower and armor, but the shields are generally weaker than conventional warships.

In addition, the level of various functional accessories of the pirate ship is not high, from the reactor to the jump engine propeller, etc., the average level is lower than the player's configuration.

He kept a distance and observed for a full fifteen minutes, until he left, none of the nineteen pirate ships found him, let alone a huge caravan a million kilometers away.

Afterwards, the caravan continued to drive normally. It seemed that neither the leap nor the meaning of entering the superluminal speed had been thought of. A reconnaissance ship went to a certain place for reconnaissance.

It can be seen that they are quite familiar with this place, as if they have known the danger for a long time.

Li Qing obediently obeyed the instructions and went wherever he was told, but he carefully wrote down Lu Qing's instructions while carrying out the mission. This was all experience in commanding a large fleet, although it was only experience in reconnaissance.

Although there are only two ships now, there will always be a time in the future when I command a huge fleet. If I can accumulate some experience now, I will accumulate some, so that I won't be at a loss when the time comes.

Lu Qing was born in the Lu family of Tianhe, which was a more powerful military leader than the Li family of Qinghe. It is not clear about Lu Qing's specific background, but he can become a member of this large team composed of hundreds of noble family children. His command is enough to explain his excellence.

Time passed by so slowly. Although Li Qing had been vigilant all the time, he couldn't help but relax after a long time.

At a certain moment, the communication channel suddenly opened, and before he could react, he heard a loud roar and a slight tremor from the channel.

Lu Qingprojection, who was located in the center of the light curtain, had an extremely gloomy face, and ordered loudly:

"Everyone shrinks the reconnaissance range to 500,000 kilometers, cheer up and increase the frequency of reconnaissance, and notify me immediately if there is any abnormality."

He did not explain that the sound of shelling, which was obviously the least large-scale main gun level, could be heard by them through communication. This must be an attack that directly attacked his warship. This surprised Li Qing. You must know that Lu Qing At this time, even the middle of the caravan can be attacked, so...

He immediately sent a message to Li Lie asking, about ten seconds later Li Lie sent back a message:

"Just now a large pirate fleet rushed straight into the fleet, and it has already fought the main force, but don't worry too much, it can still handle it."

Li Qingqi said:

"Why did the pirate fleet rush over directly, did you get the news in advance?"

"No, it's just that there was a mistake in the other side's reconnaissance just now, and a few pirate ships were missed, and the information about the fleet was leaked."

"Uh"

"By the way, don't make such a mistake. This trip will gather most of everyone's assets. I have invested more than seven billion star dollars. If there is any accident, you will be held accountable at that time. It will not be easy in the future .”

"I'll pay attention."

Li Qing clicked his tongue. Fortunately, all his materials are stored in the universe in his palm, otherwise he would have to be nervous and afraid.

Next, he asked Li Lie about the battle situation there every half hour, and got a general idea of ​​the situation there.

The rushing pirate fleet came from the Lester Pirate Group. There were eleven battleships, hundreds of cruisers and destroyers, and nearly two thousand pirate gunboats. The scale was not small, and it was obviously prepared.

It's a pity that the escort fleet is stronger. Not only is the fleet stronger on paper, but the quality of the warships is also higher. Basically, they are equipped with four and five tiers. The most important thing is that the fleet commander is powerful.

The commander of the fleet is Yu Yuefei. This beauty of the Yu family not only possesses the purple epic-level command talent, but also has awakened psychic power. The superposition of the two abilities has a ridiculously high bonus to the fleet. Under her command, there is no How much time it took to easily defeat a similar number of pirate fleets.

It's a pity that Li Qing was not in the headquarters, so he didn't witness the fierce battle. He only intercepted a few fleeing pirate gunboats, so he saw blood.

After the battle, Lu Qing directly transferred the player who made the mistake back in the channel, and replaced him with another destroyer.

Although there was no penalty, being transferred away under the watchful eyes of the public was not only very embarrassing.

The key point is that most of the fleet belong to wealthy families, and most of them are children of nobles. If the news spreads, it will definitely affect their reputation. Reputation is very important to children of nobles. This punishment can be compared to a huge fine of several billion Even more serious.

No one pleaded, nor dared to plead.

Not to mention gauges and the like, but no one is sure whether it was a mistake or letting people in on purpose. After all, it is up to 2.8 trillion materials, and no one can guarantee whether someone has other thoughts.

You must know that although the Lester Pirate Group is only a force dominated by NPC natives, that was before. Now with the establishment of the outpost, this pirate group has become a force that players can join to open the reputation system.

This means that players can join this pirate group, turn on their reputation, and then

For pirates, successful robbery is the most direct way to increase reputation. The stronger the target of the robbery, the higher the value, and the more reputation will be improved.

And such a huge caravan, once the robbery is successful, not only can it gain super high prestige, but the supplies of this caravan are as high as 2.8 trillion star yuan, which can also make ambitious people get rich overnight.

Even if you can only get a part of it, it is a staggeringly rich fund, and someone will definitely take this risk.