Warhammer: Hail to the Void Lords! - Chapter 461

“Aquila One takes off.”

Anya Fasha’s voice was transmitted to the bridge through shortwave local area communication.

This is a communication that can only be carried out within a short distance of less than 100 kilometers, which is relatively safe.

“Aquila One, you will conduct a 200-kilometer escort flight with Aquila Two. A 5-minute detection signal wave will be opened every 30 minutes, and the two pilots in each fighter will change shifts every three hours.

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Every twenty-four Terra hours, we will return to the base for duty, and Aquila Three and Aquila Four will take over the cruise mission. Our ship will maintain radio silence and radiation control throughout the journey.”

“Aquila One received.”

After arranging the reconnaissance plan, the Fury fighter immediately executed the captain’s order.

If Horatio still hopes for something, it is that if the E-type attack ship can put down a Starhawk early warning aircraft.

Due to its size, the Fury fighter only has a medium-range air-to-air surface search radar with a detection range of about 800 kilometers.

The Starhawk early warning aircraft is equipped with a more excellent long-range air-to-air surface search radar with a detection range of up to 1,200 kilometers, which is undoubtedly the icing on the cake for the E-type attack ship that relies heavily on enemy intelligence information.

It’s a pity that this wish cannot be realized. After the E-type attack ship is stuffed with such a large void bomber, there is no other space to put down the armed transport boat and the shark assault boat.

For warships that need to carry out search missions, transport boats are indispensable vehicles, and assault boats are also necessary tools for forcibly breaking into enemy cargo ships.

Moreover, the Gothic Fleet has no extra Starhawk aviation squadrons allocated to the E-type attack ship for the time being.

After the Far Star Expedition, the Starhawk Squadron on the Ikaros Storm (Tiaopan-class light cruiser) has not yet completed its replenishment,

so it was removed from the expedition ship list, and the remnants can only continue to be stationed in the Abyss Port, occasionally carrying out some tasks such as combating pirates during the rest period.

“We are approaching the blockade and warning range of the Tau Empire. Set the course to 346 and move forward at full speed.” After several shift changes, at the time of the shift change, the first mate Collingwood reported to Horatio.

“Understood.”

Horatio boarded the observation bridge.

Louise, wrapped in a navy long windbreaker, was standing on duty at the top observation post.

“Did you find anything, Louise?” Horatio rubbed his cold and stiff fingers and asked.

“Everything is normal at the moment.” Louise briefly stepped down from the fixed rotating base binoculars deployed on the observation platform, saluted, and then took the position again.

“You don’t need to salute when you’re on duty. Keep the lookout.”

“Yes, Captain.”

Louise answered, looking at the binoculars at 32 degrees.

Suddenly, she frowned and found that there seemed to be a faint blue light flashing in front of her.

Then, a ship that looked like a shoe brush came into view.

[This is…]

In her mind, Louise quickly compared the warships in the warship manual that matched the target style in front of her.

[Nicasar combed the ship! ]

“Alert!!!”

She shouted at the top of her voice.

Horatio immediately turned around and returned to the telescope.

With the highly recognizable shout of “alert”, Archie, who had just walked to the elevator, immediately fulfilled his duties as the chief officer of the command department and pressed the alarm bell.

Hua La La!

The rapid and piercing alarm bell sound could be heard from all parts of the ship.

Sailors and marines started running, jumping up from their beds or chairs at the shouts of the sergeants.

People grabbed the ladder and paddled directly down from the heights and rushed to their battle positions.

Those who were using the toilet did not even have time to pull up their pants, jumping out of the chemical toilet while pulling up their pants.

Thanks to strict training, most of the crew members reached their battle positions within a minute and a half.

Their sweat from intense exercise made a layer of light steaming mist float in the narrow corridor, which looked like white smoke. Everyone stared at the sound array hanging high above their heads, waiting for the officer’s next instruction.

“Captain, look there!”

Louise gave Horatio the telescope that had been adjusted to the position.

After careful observation, he confirmed that it was a Nicasar mast ship.

At this time, there was only one imperial warship nearby, the Epic, saving the trouble of notifying other friendly forces.

“Captain, communication filter detected, 3 microns. It is the communication frequency of the blue-skinned alien.”

“It is detected that the ship has turned on the navigation radar. There are many floating asteroid belts nearby.”

“Reduce the speed to standard speed and keep moving forward. They haven’t discovered us yet.”

The muffled roar of the reactor turned into a steady rumble. The Epic reduced its high speed to standard cruising speed and maintained a vigilant posture.

The shoe-brush-like Nicasar mast ship was heading towards the Epic at a constant speed.

After careful observation by Horatio, he found that there was another ship behind this target.

The two enemy ships, one in front and one behind, were maintaining a patrol posture, about 700 kilometers away from the Epic.

Not far but not close, and from their angle, it was difficult to see the Epic, whose front projection was as narrow and slender as the blade of a dinner knife.

“Captain, do you need to prepare torpedoes?” Louise asked with high vigilance.

Horatio shook his head, looking much more relaxed and natural than Louise.

‘We only have so much ammunition. If any target consumes our torpedo reserves, then in the next battle, the Epic is likely to miss real high-value targets, and then we will have to end the journey early and return home. . “

Louise nodded.

“When they enter a distance of 400 kilometers, we will enter the meteorite belt. At the same time, we will keep Skyhawk 1 and Skyhawk 2 under radiation control, turn off the power, and pretend to be floating void meteorites.”

As the Nicassar ships drew closer, the blue light from their bridges became clearer and brighter.

The Epic kept moving forward at the standard speed, always facing the two mast ships in a frontal projection posture.

This will cause her to be ignored by the filter and thus not appear on the enemy map.

“Set the helm and sail into the asteroid belt ahead.” Horatio gave the ship’s landing order in an orderly manner and sat on the command throne.

As the Epic slowly sailed into the asteroid belt, the two helmsman assistants on the finely operated rudder began to control the micro-steering.

This is a cabin steering wheel specially equipped for precise operation of the E-type attack ship in the asteroid belt.

The captain needs to connect and cooperate with the battleship command throne to keep the epic’s machine soul in a state of high sensitivity, obedience, and vigilance.

Even so, any ship that is larger than a carrier-based aircraft and does not have a navigation shield, as long as it tries to avoid all obstacles while navigating in the asteroid field, the difficulty of this operation still exceeds the human limit.

“Our ship is in position and ignite the reverse thrust rockets!” the captain continued to order.

The Epic quickly decelerated to relative zero speed in the asteroid belt. At this speed, there was no need to worry about excessive impact damage caused by the asteroid belt.

“Enemy patrol ship, 86 kilometers!” Harvey reported.

“All lights on the bridge are turned off, and blue lights are turned on in the rest of the hull.

The whole ship sails silently! “Horatio gave the order.

The operation and maintenance of all equipment that is not necessary for survival have been cancelled, just to reduce the probability of exposure, and the efficiency of the oxygen cycle machine has been reduced to a minimum.

The damage control team remained on standby but made no sound.

First Officer Collingwood calmly directed the dispatcher, turned the ship’s lights to blue, and repeated the captain’s orders.

In the lower cabin, the sailors watched the lights above their heads change from white to blue. They either sat on the ground or lay on the ground or in nearby hammocks.

Blue light helps stabilize people’s emotions, keep people calm and focused, and reduce the oxygen consumed by breathing.

“Dad, what do you mean by this?” Old Man Qiao’s youngest son asked curiously, looking at the wound on his head that was hit by a tool. He looked at Old Man Qiao whose face was reflected blue by the light,

“Shh, stay quiet, there should be enemy ships nearby.

“Enemy ships? Have they discovered us?” the younger son asked in a panic.

“God knows, I hope not.”

“The captain has an order, don’t speak!” the armed sailors on guard with guns yelled in a low voice.

The father and son nodded repeatedly after hearing this, huddled under the torpedo and stopped making any sound.

“The enemy ship is 50 kilometers away from our ship, and they will pass over our top.” Harvey suppressed his voice and whispered into the sound array microphone.

“Open the shadow field.”

The outer perimeter of the Yu Epic gradually became transparent, and the shadow field soon covered the entire hull.

“Judge Thei,” Horatio said to the beautiful judge who was leaning on the pillar.

“Do you know the Nikasars?”

“I’ve dissected a few corpses, so I know a lot about it.”

“I heard that these aliens are good at reconnaissance and exploration. I am worried that they will observe the distortion of the shadow field reflected by the bridge glass.

Thus leaving us exposed.

This is one of the vulnerabilities we have discovered so far when this technology is used on Imperial warships. ,

“Then you can rest assured.” Thei smiled and waved her hand, “Why?”

“Because the Nikasar people have no eyes and rely on spiritual energy for perception, you can bully them into thinking they are a bunch of blind people.” The female inquisitor touched her lips and smiled softly, getting brighter and brighter.