Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station

Chapter 44 Pirates
Through the camera on the tail of the spacecraft, Chen Ming could see the three spacecraft behind him that had also experienced the baptism of asteroids like himself.

Two of them are expedition-class frigates with standard manufacturing models.

Chen Ming remembered that the standard data for this type of frigate is 42 meters in length, 25 meters in width, and 11 meters in height.

The overall shape is close to a rhombus, with the front end of the spacecraft being more prominent.

Usually piloted by four to eight people, there are a total of three small load-bearing points located on the top and left and right sides of the spacecraft.

It is a very good escort ship.

The remaining one is an armed merchant ship called the Cerberus class, which is larger than the Expedition class.

The ship is 65 meters long, 33 meters wide and 21 meters high.

Although it is also a frigate class, the tonnage of merchant ships is often larger than that of other frigate class ships because of the need to transport cargo.

And the Cerberus class has an advantage that most other frigate class ships cannot match.

It has a legal and compliant medium-sized load-bearing point, which protrudes from the right front of the spacecraft.

This means that the Cerberus class can carry some large-caliber medium-sized weapons, which is the biggest threat to the Iron Ore.

These two types of ships are very common on the mining space station, and many trade caravans are basically composed of these two types of ships.

Therefore, Chen Ming was not surprised at all that the pirates had these two kinds of ships.

Just when Chen Ming was thinking about the weak points in the design of these two types of ships, he could find opportunities to break through.

A communications request was suddenly sent to his ship.

Chen Ming thought for a while and connected the communication.

A rough voice sounded from the communication channel.

"Stop the ship. We only want the valuables on your ship, not the people or supplies. Just cooperate honestly and we won't use force."

These were the first people Chen Ming met and the first words he heard.

But Chen Ming never expected that the content of the first human voice he heard was actually a pirate threatening him.

So Chen Ming deliberately slowed down his speaking speed and said in a very calm tone: "Idiot."

Then immediately hung up the communication.

Only a fool would believe them.

Instead of listening to their nonsense, think about what you should do next.

Those two Expedition-class ships are not easy to deal with. After all, they are professional combat ships. My own civilian ships can never compare to them in terms of combat performance.

Even if your own spaceship has a lot of modifications, it should be difficult to find a chance under the siege of two expedition ships if you bite the bullet.

But that Cerberus class ship is different.

The Cerberus class is a merchant ship, even though it comes standard with one medium-sized load-bearing point and three small-sized force-bearing points, it has extremely strong firepower output.

But its own ship type limits its combat capabilities.

Compared with other frigates, the Cerberus class has a larger mass, so its acceleration in a short period of time can definitely rank at the bottom of all frigates.

Although its relatively large size provides it with heavy armor, it also means that it is very difficult to travel in complex terrain, such as the current asteroid field.

These are its disadvantages compared to other frigates.

And these disadvantages have already begun to show themselves.

As Chen Ming controlled the Iron Ore and continued deep into the dark cemetery, a considerable distance had opened between the three ships following behind.

The Cerberus class was lagging far behind the two Expedition class ships, and was almost behind even beyond the shooting range of the electromagnetic javelin.

At this moment, Chen Ming had already seen the opportunity, and immediately controlled the weapon system of the spacecraft and pointed the gun towards the rear.

However, the violent vibrations caused by the constant collision of the Iron Ore's hull with asteroids made aiming completely impossible.

At this time, there was a distance of more than ten kilometers between the Iron Mine and the Cerberus. Any slight jitter would cause shooting errors and make it impossible to hit.

Civilian ships do not have specialized auxiliary aiming equipment, and the automatic locking function of the target positioning system is difficult to function in this case.

Although Chen Ming has tried to lock the Cerberus, he has been unable to fire.It can only be said that this is the limitation of civilian work boats. They do not have enough buffering and stabilizing devices.

It is difficult to perform to the best level when encountering extreme situations, such as now or when you may be attacked immediately in the future.

It seems that I must pay attention to this aspect in my future modifications, or even simply change to a different ship.

As for now.

Chen Ming tried to fire a few shots, but no one knew where the bullets went.

And there's bad news coming.

The sensor detected an empty area in front of the Iron Ore with almost no asteroids. This area was most likely left over from mining in the past.

Although Chen Ming felt a little uncomfortable due to the shock caused by the constant collision with the asteroid, he would definitely feel even more uncomfortable without the protection of the asteroid.

He didn't have time to turn around and continue to maneuver in another direction. The two expedition-class ships had already blocked his position.

The Iron Ore can only move forward now.

The moment the spacecraft was forced into an open area,

The two expedition-class ships behind opened fire, and the weapons on three small load-bearing points erupted with intense arcs and fire almost simultaneously.

It is completely different from the civilian version of the 22mm cannon that I used before. The flickering arc indicates that the speed of the weapon's projectiles will definitely not be low.

Chen Ming's heartbeat began to accelerate as the arc flashed, and a feeling of tension and excitement entangled in his heart.

Chen Ming immediately started the spacecraft to maneuver and at the same time twisted the hull, allowing the relatively fragile engine to avoid the shooting range of the two expedition-class ships.

A series of bullet hits were heard from the top of the spacecraft.

Chen Ming's operation failed to avoid the shooting from behind.

He immediately locked the trajectory of the bullet that Zheng Zheng had just fired through his sensor.

Then Chen Ming discovered that the crossfire between the two ships had almost completely blocked his emergency escape route.

The shooting technique is very professional.

Chen Ming looked at the two expedition-class ships at this time and discovered something special.

Although the appearance of the two Expedition-class ships does not look particularly new, it can be seen at a glance that they have been maintained and maintained for a long time, as if they take special care of the spacecraft.

The weapons loaded on the spacecraft also gave Chen Ming this feeling.

In addition, he also noticed that the expedition class performed very smoothly when traveling between asteroids.

Unlike Chen Ming, who can control the spacecraft with his consciousness, they can only control it through the spacecraft computer.

Such a spaceship, such a professional level of fighting and piloting the spacecraft, is completely unlike a group of desperadoes who only care about money and the present.

Chen Ming even had a feeling that this group of people were not pirates at all.

They were just a caravan, but they took the initiative to tear off their disguises in some remote places and started piracy.

Although this is just Chen Ming's guess, if it is really what he thought, then the success rate of counterattacking them may be...

"Ok?"

Chen Ming was suddenly stunned.

Because he had just opened the panel and was confirming the damage to the armor on the top of the spacecraft.

However, in the three-dimensional imaging of the spacecraft, there were no bullet holes where the armor was hit, and there were only some slight dents.

Unless they can continue to attack the Iron Ore, face to face, so that the effect of every bullet can be achieved.

Otherwise, these bullets would not have the ability to cause enough damage to the Iron Ore's external armor that had been modified by Chen Ming and mixed with dolomite steel.

Chen Ming stared at the panel for a few seconds and felt the baptism of bullets again.

When he saw that the armor's durability on the panel was still 99% motionless, he couldn't help but ask a question of his own.

"What on earth was I nervous about just now?"

(End of this chapter)