The Fourth Scourge of Star Wars - Chapter 2446

2423. The disappearing fleet

“Where is the First Squadron? Why is there nothing here!!” Severance Tann suddenly felt something was wrong, and what was even more disturbing was that Thrawn’s fleet was nowhere to be seen! !

The First Squadron had set off a few hours ago. The Isol system is about 6 parsecs and dozens of light years away from the Palin-Minor system. If you go through the hyperspace channel, it will take less than an hour to arrive.

Thrawn’s fleet was still on the planet Isol about 6 hours ago. After that, the unmanned reconnaissance drone deployed by Tann was destroyed. But now that Thrawn has arrived here, he won’t leave even if he wants to.

So…where did these two fleets go?

Could it be that Thrawn really saw through his plan and ran away regardless of the dangerous situation on Palin-Minor? If that were the case, there was no way Dunne-Wessex would let him go. And even with Palpatine’s support, what he wants to see is the value Thrawn can show. Once Thrawn really escapes without a fight, it will be equivalent to a slap in Palpatine’s face!

If this is really the case, it is equivalent to committing suicide!

And the most critical question now is, where is the First Squadron?

“Hyperspace blocker? Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk…” Admiral Trench’s voice also became solemn.

Severance Tann frowned, “Impossible! If a hyperspace blocker is set up, the First Squadron will be able to detect it before starting the hyperspace jump. If the number of hyperspace blockers is not enough, the hyperspace blocker will The intelligent system of the space engine can directly bypass it. Thrawn only has six hours at most, and there is absolutely no time to deploy the hyperspace blocker on a large scale!”

“This is the only possibility, tsk tsk tsk tsk. The First Squadron definitely did not reach the Isol system. They were definitely intercepted halfway.” Admiral Trench said with great certainty.

“A distance of tens of light-years, do you need to use a sublight engine to find it?” Severance Tann also felt that it was extremely difficult. “If it is really intercepted, the situation of the First Squadron will be very dangerous!”

Admiral Trench had already arrived at the navigation department, tapped the navigator on the shoulder with his pointer, and said: “Do it again, hyperspace jump navigation, tsk tsk tsk tsk…”

“Are we going back to the planet Palin-Minor? General.” The navigator was a very capable female soldier with short hair. She turned around and asked.

Admiral Trench shook his head and said: “Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk… do as I say, enter the parameters – fleet size, enlarge it five times.”

“Understood.” The navigator immediately entered new data into the hyperspace navigation system, and the navigation computer immediately began to calculate rapidly.

At the same time, Severance Tann also issued an order to send a team of reconnaissance planes to move forward and investigate the planet Kinasa. She needed to confirm whether Thrawn had really escaped, but judging from the current situation, this chance was very slim.

Soon, the navigation computer also figured out the navigation route of the hyperspace channel. The navigator quickly said: “General, the results are out! This… is a bit…”

She frowned, feeling that this route seemed a little different from what she remembered, but she couldn’t tell.

The route of the hyperspace channel is related to the stars along the way, so as the stars rotate, the channel will also change accordingly, so each hyperspace jump requires separate navigation calculations.

“Using the normal fleet size, calculate again. Compare. Tsk tsk tsk tsk…” Admiral Trench’s eight eyes were fixed on the screen. Although his face was covered with fur and he couldn’t see any expression, his gaze was extremely sharp at the moment. .

“Yes!” The navigator entered the data again for calculation.

Because it has just been calculated once, the result this time comes out very quickly. When the navigation route appeared this time, the navigator exclaimed, pointed to a place and said loudly: “That’s right! It’s right here! I just thought the route in this place was a bit weird!!”

Admiral Trench narrowed his eyes. His many years of military experience allowed him to see this subtle difference. He suddenly tapped the screen with his pointer and said, “This is it! Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk.”

“What is here?” Severance Tann came over and looked at the screen.

“A gravitational source.” The navigator immediately replied, “This gravitational source is very small. If you can’t reach a certain fleet size, you don’t even need to go around it. Just now, General Trench asked me to enlarge the fleet size, because the larger the fleet, the bigger the fleet.” The navigation of the fleet will be more affected by such gravitational sources. “

She continued: “But according to the star map, there should not be any stars in this place. Unless a very large comet suddenly passes by, it cannot be explained.”

“Can you locate it?” Severance Tann asked.

“It can be positioned. But… if you want to jump here, there may be problems… because from the perspective of the hyperspace navigation system, this place is a dangerous area. You cannot go directly and can only escape from hyperspace at a certain distance. “The navigator said, “I mean, this problem has little to do with us.”

“What did you say?” Severance Tann frowned.

“The Angel can just force its way through, but other warships can’t,” the navigator said.

Severance Tann immediately said: “No problem! Let us attack directly! Then deploy the fleet navigation beacon and guide other warships over!”

“This is possible and risky. Tsk tsk tsk tsk…” Admiral Trench shook his head.

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“I can’t let the First Squadron disappear without any reason! 50 battleships, more than 400 light cruisers, including 5 Shenshi-class battleships. If we lose such a force, then what happens next? The battle will be extremely difficult!” Severance Tann said.

“Then let’s begin.” Admiral Trench nodded.

“I’ll start calculating immediately!” said the navigator.

Severance Tann suddenly thought of something and said immediately: “Notify the Third Squadron immediately! Stop the action and stay on the planet Palin Minor! Quick!”

Admiral Trench also shook his head, and he immediately thought of the problem, “Notify immediately! There is also the Fourth Squadron! Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk…”

However, it was a step too late, and the Third Squadron failed to contact them. The commander of the Fourth Squadron sent a message saying that the Third Squadron had set off for a hyperspace jump half an hour ago.

Severance Tann’s expression was a little ugly, and she said in a deep voice: “Let the remaining 4th, 5th, and 6th Squadrons immediately change to defensive formations and defend in place!”

“Roger!” The T-series tactical robot immediately sent the command.