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The all-out war between the UNF fleet and the Chimeraz fleet continues for the fifteenth hour.
“Shockphonia has infected the enemy’s main command ship and extracted information from the mothership. . .”
Information about the enemy’s mothership flooded Kreion’s mind.
Ship name: Eirene
Ship type: Multipurpose all-weather mothership
Ship number: UNF-EIRN-1
Built by: MDD&UNA
Operated by: UNF
Weight: Approximately 45 million tons
Beam: Approximately 22 km
Operational range: Local galaxy group
Engines: 16 hydrocarbon fusion reactors, 4th batch uranium fusion reactors, 3 antimatter control reactors
Armament: 1 64-barrel antimatter pulse main gun, 1 spatial annihilation gravity field emitter, 312 2-barrel Gauss sniper guns, 216 fragmentation laser defense guns, nuclear missile gravity acceleration launchers, and a large number of fleet aircraft and landing troops in the hangar.
It is a super-large mothership that looks like an aircraft carrier used in past naval battles, with decks on the top and bottom.
“I know MDD built Eirene, but what is UNA?”
“It is a UNF-affiliated association called the United Nations Artificer,”
Drake’s mechanical defender and the United Nations Artificer built the mothership Eirene that we can see far away. If so, it is safe to assume that Eirene contains the essence of mankind’s technology.
the Chimeraz fleet is still breaking through the outer part of the UNF fleet, so there is no direct clash with Eirene. This is because Eirene is currently quite a distance away from the Chimeraz fleet, and if Eirene were to fire its guns, there is a risk that it would hit the rear of the same UNF fleet.
“Ludwig. Eirene’s antimatter pulse main gun and spatial annihilation gravity field are weapons that we cannot deal with.”
“Yes. . . Once the fleet battle in front of Eirene is over, Eirene will soon show its firepower. . . But that doesn’t mean I can pull the children back in front of me. . .”
If Eirene participates in the fleet battle in earnest, the Chimeraz fleet will suffer enormous damage. It means that although they have the advantage now, the situation may be reversed at that time.
However, Eirene is an enemy force that must eventually be faced as the fleet battle progresses. This is because the Chimeraz fleet is gradually defeating the UNF fleet, which is spread out with Eirene at its center, from the outside.
“Let’s stop breaking through. . . How about trying to induce a stalemate and then receiving additional children from a stable planet. . .? Time is on our side. . .”
“The disadvantage of our fleet is that we will definitely be damaged by enemy long-range fire if we do not charge.”
“Then what should we do. . .? If we break through like this, Eirene will come forward and change the situation. . .”
“They must be worried too.”
“What are you worried about. . .?”
“Whether to retreat or not.”
Kreion retreated his Euryale pack little by little into the shadow of the dark nebula.
“First, reduce the offensive a little so that I can see their choice.”
“I will order the leaders to do so. . .”
π·π·π·
Eirene’s bridge was faced with a strategic dilemma.
“The infected friendly ship is providing a shield to the Chimeraz fleet.”
“At this rate, the bastards will enter the 3rd defense line in the xz32 direction. Then Eirene will not be safe from enemy projectiles and missiles.”
“It’s a chance to turn the tide. On the positive side, we can use our maximum power, Eirene, in the fleet battle.”
“That’s right. Let’s clear the fleet in that direction and counterattack with a spatial annihilation gravity field. And when the line of fire is secured, we will intercept the large aircraft in the rear with an antimatter pulse.”
“But we have to be careful. Using the main gun or the spatial annihilation gravity field emitter will consume a lot of Eirene’s power. Then we will not be able to consider a wide-range shield, a defensive gravity field, or even an emergency retreat of the fleet.”
“You’re still thinking about retreating. . .? Do you intend to win?”
“It is basic to consider all options. When did I ever think of just retreating?”
“The point is, can we decide to consume Eirene’s power like that?”
“Hmm. . .”
“Once you decide, that’s it. If we use the main gun or the spatial annihilation gravity field, we will have to fight until either we are annihilated or they are annihilated.”
“Some of the vanguard fleets have narrowly joined, increasing the main force. We can do it.”
“That is not good news at all. The fact that the vanguard fleet has joined the main force means that the planetary attack has fundamentally failed.”
“The battles on the planet and the satellite are not over yet. We have to wait until the results are complete.”
“Two out of five vanguard fleets were defeated, two retreated and joined, and the remaining one fleet is about to be annihilated. It is meaningless to look for a chance of winning on the vanguard fleet side.”
“Yes. And since the MDD landing force, which was used as a joker card, was annihilated, we cannot use that special strategy either.”
Unable to bear the endless meeting, a young commander spoke up.
“It’s rude, but I’ll just say it because of the situation. Commander-in-Chief.”
The UNF fleet commander-in-chief, who had been quietly listening with everyone in the bridge, paid attention to him.
“It is an uncertain and very dangerous battle. I have been wondering since earlier if it would be the right judgment to drag the UNF fleet into this battle.”
“Dragging, what do you mean by that. . .?”
“I totally agree.”
“No. . .”
“Eirene’s armament is certainly powerful. Maybe we can turn this fleet battle around with that. But this isn’t all of the ‘fleet battle’, is it?”
“. . .”
“Look at those devilish planets.”
Countless Chimeraz aircraft are still gathering in orbit on the planets and satellites of the Hecartra star system.
That’s right.
This is ‘enemy territory’.
Our forces are no longer increasing, but the enemy’s forces continue to grow. Even our forces cannot expect any external support or environmental changes in the abyss.
“Even now, if we gather the output of Eirene and the remaining fleet and deploy a wide-range escape route in a ring formation, we can safely return with at least 150 fleets intact.”
“They’ll chase us.”
“There are many ways to stop the chase. For now.”
π·π·π·
Kreion is now optimistic about this fleet battle.
Chimeraz packs, which have been stably produced from numerous colony sites, are intervening in the fleet battle. Their numbers continue to dwindle, while ours increase over time.
Although they quickly analyzed the characteristics and tactics of the Chimeraz individuals in the fleet battle and showed excellent combat efficiency, the number of Chimeraz was too large.
The guns and ships we saw for the first time showed terrible power, but the number of Chimeraz was too large.
The battles on the satellite colony site and the planet colony site are almost at a standstill. To begin with, the number of Chimeraz there was overwhelmingly large.
“The enemy has released all shields. . .”
The UNF fleet disengaged its shields all at once. All of the group shields formed by several fleets, the shields deployed by each ship, and even the shields deployed momentarily by each carrier aircraft were turned off.
Due to that momentary change, the Chimeraz fleet’s attack seemed to be aimed entirely at the UNF fleet.
“Scatter all the packs. Ludwig.”
“Yes. . .”
At that moment, the leaders who received Ludwig’s orders scattered the Chimeraz fleet.
And then the UNF fleet enforced the strongest and most aggressive fleet warfare tactic, βall-barrel firing.β
the Chimeraz fleet, which was directly attacking the fleet, dispersed, but the UNF fleet’s full broadside had enough power to scorch a planet. If we gather only the light from that broadside, it seems that we can make even a small star.
The UNF fleet exposed to the Chimeraz fleet’s attack exploded haphazardly, and the Chimeraz fleet exposed to the UNF fleet’s broadside also exploded haphazardly.
Countless streaks of light passed through both fleets, and the collateral damage spread to the fleets that were relatively far behind.
“. . .”
Kreion, who had been expressionless since the start of the fleet battle, distorted his face. So much sense of death was concentrated in such a short moment that it overwhelmed his mind.
“Leader Drexus is dead. . .”
It was too natural for someone to die in a fleet battle where this scale of cannon fire was fired.
And Ludwig suppresses his anger at Drexus’ death and watches the enemy’s condition.
“They’re. . . running away.”
Eirene and the UNF fleet turned their heads back, distorting the large, round area of light. And it is getting farther and farther away from the direction of sight.
“I guess their deliberations are over.”
“As Master said earlier. . . I guess they decided to retreat. . .”
Soon, the Chimeraz fleet accelerates to chase them, but some of the UNF fleet remains and fires its main guns and nuclear missiles without shields.
The fleet remaining in Hecartra for the main force’s retreat consisted of a completely unmanned fleet of about 8 fleets.
“Stop chasing.”
“Is it okay to let those humans go like this. . .?”
“We have damaged more than 100 UNF fleets. At the same time, more than 200 fleets of children were killed. The dead leaders must be resurrected before they rot.”
We killed many enemies and many of us died.
“Rather than chasing them right now, it is more efficient in many ways to stop here and quickly recover the total number of the race. Our recovery speed is much faster than that of humans.”
“Ah. . .”
And originally, the next target after the battle with the UNF fleet was the Drake star system.
“So this is enough.”
“It’s a little disappointing. . .”
Ludwig unconsciously confided his emptiness in waves. And he ordered the leaders to stop chasing the UNF fleet.
Kreion now looks intently at the unmanned fleet they left behind.
“Infect all those unmanned fleets and make them ours. I set them to fight to the end, so I’ll be able to completely capture them in various ways.”
“Ah. . . That could be an unexpected gain. . .”
the Chimeraz is an unmanned fleet left behind with the intention of buying time in case the UNF fleet pursues it. However, the meaning of the unmanned fleet faded as Kreion gave up the pursuit from the beginning.
In the end, they were each overrun by hundreds of Shockphonia packs and infected.
π·π·π·
Defaulstellay Federation Star State, which is currently being invaded by the Crolr fleet.
The capital planet did not tolerate any Crolr army landing on the surface. Thanks to this, this capital planet still seems safe.
Sheamus Pollan, leader of Defaulstellay, confronts someone’s unstable hologram in an empty underground office.
“Why did you complicate things like this? Darwin.”
Then Darwin asks confidently.
“Is there any other way?”
“I didn’t give you the facility and hide you for that.”
“If it wasn’t for me, tens of millions of citizens on the Warsaw satellite would have been wiped out. And an outpost of the bastards was built there, putting the capital planet at risk.”
“You should have told me before doing this.”
“Would you have given me permission if I had told you in advance?”
“. . .So that’s why you caused a power outage last time by spilling coffee. I felt something was strange.”
“I am the head of the Darwin Foundation and a person. As a director and as a person, I have the right to find my own way to live.”
Pollan leaned his upper body against the back of the chair and let out a tired sigh.
“I’m going crazy. . .”
“I didn’t know that the Crolr’s invasion would be our generation. But everyone expected that the Crolr would attack humanity someday.”
Pollan, who had been looking up at the cold concrete ceiling for a while, spoke with difficulty.
“My precious citizens and soldiers are dying.”
“Yes.”
“All the planets and satellites of the Defaulstellay Federation are under attack. And they are still attacking the Warsaw satellite in order to somehow eat the capital planet.”
“Warsaw seems to be the key to victory or defeat in this star system.”
“. . .That Chimeraz legion.”
“It’s Nazar’s pack.”
“If it weren’t for the Crolr’s pulse interference, I’d like to talk to them right away. . . I can’t help it. I’ll ask you now.”
Communication with Warsaw has been cut off. So Pollan asks Darwin, not Nazar.
“Can you guarantee that Nazar will really fight to help humans?”
“He won’t fight to help humans.”
“Then?”
“Nazar’s pack will only target the Crolr. That is, if the Defaulstellay regular army does not attack Nazar’s pack in vain.”
The only hope.
Dangerous hope.
However, from the standpoint of Pollan, the regular army, and the people of Defaulstellay, the Crolr is clearly the most dangerous right now.
“Darwin. . . What if, just in case.”
“Yes.”
“In the Defaulstellay Federation, after we join forces with the Chimeraz to drive out the Crolr, what if Nazar betrays us in return? Humans and the Chimeraz are clearly at war.”
“Nazar won’t do that.”
“Isn’t he one of the notorious leaders of the Chimeraz? If he’s Ludwig’s next individual, he seems like an even more dangerous guy.”
“Nazar may betray humans someday, but it won’t be right after the Crolr is driven out.”
Pollan thought about the possibility that his position in the international community might become awkward if he joined hands with Nazar right away, and then gave up.
More important than that are the country and the people. Not only the capital planet, but also other planets in the federation need urgent help.
The Crolr turns cities into a sea of fire and massacres even civilians, so the longer it is delayed, the more irreversible tragedies will occur.
“As a leader, I will look at the current situation and think that this decision is the best. Darwin.”
“You can trust me.”
“Does Nazar trust you as much as you trust Nazar?”
“It would be very difficult to say that Nazar and I trust each other. But. . .”
Still, Darwin talks about hope.
“Nazar trusts Kreion. Kreion and I trust each other. So Nazar will never forget the conversation he had with me.”
“. . .Got it.”
Anyway, Pollan wants to protect his country and people for sure.
“Even if some of the capital planet’s defenses are removed, clean up from Warsaw first. I will ban engagement with the Chimeraz, reestablish communication with Warsaw, and formally contact the leader named Nazar. . . .Does this match what you think?”
“That’s a good strategy.”
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