Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station

Chapter 62 Crush and Death Torpedo

Chen Ming quickly observed several ships that were about to conflict with him.

There are five ships in total, one of which is an ordinary civilian ship without model.

Among the other four ships, there are two Expedition-class ships, one Sentinel-class ship, and one destroyer, Cerberus-class ship.

This configuration looks familiar. Is it a caravan?

As soon as this thought flashed through Chen Ming's mind, he saw the two expedition-class ships suddenly changing their course and aiming at Chen Ming's Iron Ore.

The weapons on the ship are also changing direction, and are about to lock on Chen Ming's dazzling white iron ore.

Although the Cerberus-class ship was slightly behind, its course was obviously heading towards the Iron Ore, and it was obviously going to cooperate with the two Conquerors to attack the Iron Ore.

Although the Sentinel-class ship did not move, it quickly approached the spinning Afterglow destroyer by virtue of the mobility advantage brought by its light armor.

"It really is together."

Chen Ming couldn't help but mutter to himself, and his heart beat slightly faster.

However, he was still thinking calmly, thinking about how he could seize the Afterglow spaceship from four spaceships that could work together in such a situation.

The other civilian ship had already noticed that something was wrong at this time and rationally withdrew from the fight.

But the word "retreat" did not appear in Chen Ming's mind at all.

He has already had the experience of succeeding in one versus three, so the result this time will definitely be the same as last time.

Even without the assistance of the asteroid belt, Chen Ming was able to completely defeat them with the spacecraft itself.

At this moment, a communication request was sent.

Chen Ming knew who sent this, so he simply ignored it.

The two electromagnetic javelins on the left and right sides of the Iron Ore have locked onto the Expedition-class ship that dared to stop in front of him.

After the dull hammering sound of the electromagnetic javelin, Chen Ming's expedition-level weapon on Chen Ming's left suddenly exploded like fireworks.

A shot from the electromagnetic javelin just happened to hit the spot where it stored engine fuel.

It is obviously impossible for a spacecraft armor that has not been specially strengthened to withstand the attack of Chen Ming's electromagnetic javelin that has undergone extensive modifications and also possesses armor-piercing electromagnetic bombs.

The other expedition-class ship was obviously panicked and opened fire on the Iron Ore from a distance far beyond the limit of their range.

The bullet speed and accuracy of civilian weapons at this distance can be said to be beyond words. Not a single expedition-level bullet successfully hit the Iron Ore.

As for Chen Ming, the six seconds of reloading time passed.

The electromagnetic javelin fired two armor-piercing electromagnetic projectiles in the second round. Although it could not directly hit the expedition-class engine due to the blind spot, it still dismantled two of its weapons.

Having lost two-thirds of its firepower, the expedition class had completely lost its threat to Chen Ming.

And it was only now that it barely entered its own attack range.

As if it was making a final death struggle, the Expedition-class fired at the Iron Ore with the 30mm cannon on the last remaining load-bearing point.

Then the people at the expedition level saw a scene that made them despair.

Since the Expedition-class and Chen Ming's Iron Ore were almost head-on collision, almost all the bullets fired by the Expedition-class hit.

However, on the Iron Ore's obviously specially strengthened armor, all the bullets left a dent at most and could not penetrate the Iron Ore's armor at all.

It's too late for the expedition level to leave now.

After Chen Ming's electromagnetic javelin was loaded, two armor-piercing electromagnetic bombs paralyzed its last weapon, and the engine was also penetrated and caught fire.

The expedition level completely lost its combat capability.

Chen Ming ignored the Cerberus slowly chasing behind him and flew straight towards the Afterglow Destroyer.

At the same time, he continued to control the electromagnetic javelin to lock the paralyzed expedition-class engine.

After three rounds of shooting, the second Expedition-class ship followed in the footsteps of its companions.

The Cerberus class no longer dared to continue the pursuit at this time.

The Sentinel class in front also seemed to be hesitant.

But the next moment, Chen Ming suddenly saw a missile with a black-red tail flame suddenly appearing on the right front of the Sentinel-class, where the missile was mounted.

Flying straight towards the Afterglow destroyer, which was unable to make any maneuvers.

Chen Ming's expression suddenly changed.

Because this missile with a black and red tail flame is the iconic feature of a terrorist weapon that has gained considerable popularity 30 years ago.

Death torpedo.

Its name is very unpretentious, and it does not have its own guidance function like many missiles. It will follow the same trajectory when it is launched.

And it is not endorsed by any major weapons manufacturing company, nor does any designer admit that it is their design.

Such a seemingly low-tech missile with no actual combat value was widely circulated 30 years ago.

The reason is that the concentrated anti-matter catalytic nuclear warhead carried by the Death torpedo can cause instant destructive power almost equivalent to that of a large weapon in an instant.

And something big happened during the time when the Death Torpedo first appeared.

There was a military capital ship facing a group of pirates.

Perhaps because of arrogance, or perhaps because of a malfunction, its shield was not activated, and the point defense weapon just missed the four death torpedoes launched by the pirates.

Then, the battleship was sunk.

This military scandal spread throughout the entire human empire 30 years ago, creating the reputation of the Death Torpedo.

No one knows who mastered the technology to make the Reaper torpedo, and no one knows who has been building it.
But it will always appear occasionally on the black market of a certain space station.

Unexpectedly, 30 years later, Chen Ming could still see traces of it.

It's just that Chen Ming didn't expect that he would see such a launched death torpedo in this situation.

The Sentinel-class ship would rather suffer losses than fire a precious death torpedo at the paralyzed Afterglow, so their intention was already clear.

What they can't get, no one else can get.

Although Chen Ming was very angry now, he did not show it through actual actions.

Because he also knows the best way to counterattack the Death torpedo before it really hits, which is to destroy it.

The Death torpedo has no guidance system and can only fly in a straight line. It is not difficult for any spacecraft with numerical control capabilities and weapon systems.

Just relax, calm down and press the fire button of your weapon.

Chen Ming took a deep breath and ignored the Sentinel-class who had already fled in another direction.

The trajectory of the Death torpedo launch was calculated and locked through the spacecraft computer.

But at the moment when the electromagnetic javelin was launched, the Iron Ore's hull suddenly shook slightly.

A slight deviation caused one of the electromagnetic javelin shots to miss, and the other electromagnetic bomb just missed the side of the torpedo, failing to directly destroy it.

The sudden vibration of the Iron Ore was not due to Chen Ming's driving error, but because the Iron Ore was suddenly shot at randomly by a Cerberus class outside the range and hit the target.The location where the Sentinel-class fired the Death torpedo was not too far away from the Afterglow destroyer, and the six seconds it took for the electromagnetic javelin to reload was no longer enough to destroy the torpedo before it hit it.

It was a foregone conclusion that the Afterglow destroyer would be completely destroyed.

Get such a result,
The anger in Chen Ming's heart could no longer be suppressed, and he punched the workbench in front of him with a dark expression.

However, things didn't seem to have completely turned around. The electromagnetic bomb that just grazed the Death torpedo also had some impact on the Death torpedo's trajectory.

The missile that was supposed to hit the center of the Afterglow destroyer landed on the bow of the spacecraft.

After the detonation of a devastating antimatter nuclear warhead.

Half of the Afterglow destroyer disappeared completely, and the remaining half was instantly thrown out an unknown distance by the violent explosion.

The Sentinel class and Cerberus class have given up the fight for the spacecraft and plan to leave.

But Chen Ming didn't want to let them go just like this.

Anyway, he had locked onto the flight path of the half of the completely paralyzed Afterglow destroyer and knew where it would fly next.

Since no one is trying to rob him, he has enough time and energy to deal with some things that make him very unhappy.

Chen Ming once again locked the Cerberus and Sentinel classes, and said in an extremely gloomy tone: "Don't even think about leaving today."

Chen Ming turned the bow of the Iron Mine and followed the Sentinel-class which was closer to him.

With its Cerberus-level body there, it was basically impossible to escape.

Its only possibility of escape is to directly activate the hyperspace channel system and escape through the hyperspace channel.

The Iron Ore does not have a hyperspace channel system, so it is completely impossible to pursue it.

But there are conditions for the launch of the hyperspace channel system.

The first and most important point is that the hyperspace channel system cannot be activated inside the galaxy.

Because once this is done, the huge gravity wells generated by the stars in the galaxy in the hyperspace channel will directly tear any spacecraft into pieces.

They must first escape from the star's gravity well before they can safely evacuate through the hyperspace channel.

So it seems that the faster Sentinel class is more likely to escape.

Chen Ming must be dealt with first.

After confirming that the Iron Ore's speed could never catch up with the Sentinel, Chen Ming directly activated the spacecraft's overload power grid.

The temperature of the engine was rising, and the Iron Ore exploded to a higher speed instantly.

Before the Sentinel class could completely distance itself, it rushed into the range of the electromagnetic javelin.

The electromagnetic javelin is invincible in front of a ship without a shield.

Once caught up, there is only one possibility that can happen next.

Weapons were destroyed, engines were destroyed, and the spacecraft was crippled like scrap metal.

This Sentinel-class ship is naturally no exception.

After experiencing a counterattack that did not pose any threat to the Iron Ore.

The Sentinel class drifted in space like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.

Chen Ming immediately controlled the Iron Ore to move closer, relying on the spacecraft's own traction equipment to give it a new force.

It no longer continued its previous actions, but flew in the direction of half of the Afterglow destroyers.

After doing this, Chen Ming turned the ship again and stared at the Cerberus-class which had not run far.

At this time, due to the continuous high power output of the overloaded power grid, the engine temperature is almost reaching a dangerous critical temperature even if there is an isolation device.

Chen Ming immediately activated the emergency heat dissipation device he had installed before. A large amount of molten silver that absorbed heat energy was discharged directly into space, and the temperature inside the spacecraft immediately dropped.

Able to continue to rush towards the last Cerberus-class ship at extremely high speed.

Catch it before it leaves the star's gravity well.

Although the anger in Chen Ming's heart had not been completely vented at this time, his brain was not occupied by anger and he still remained calm.

Last time he missed all the good things on the Cerberus-class ship except the cargo hold because of his nervousness and enthusiasm. This time he would not make the same mistake again.

After paralyzing the Cerberus, Chen Ming directly used the mining laser to forcibly cut the spacecraft.

He planned to cut off the Cerberus-class cargo bay and the installed medium-sized load-bearing points.

Although using a mining laser will directly expose the fragile interior of the spacecraft, the paralyzed Cerberus class certainly has no ability to resist.

As for other spaceships that may have had some intentions just now, they wanted to fish in troubled waters on the edge of the battlefield.

After seeing the fate of these four ships, no one dared to provoke this white civilian mining ship.

So Chen Ming can start cutting with peace of mind.

During the cutting process, Chen Ming also saw through the cut part of the Cerberus-class armor that there were several people wearing protective clothing kneeling on the exposed deck with their hands raised.

But Chen Ming ignored them. After removing the equipment at the medium-sized load-bearing points, he continued to cut open the cargo hold.

After discovering that the cargo hold of the Cerberus-class ship was empty, Chen Ming directly controlled the electromagnetic javelin to greet the Cerberus-class engine.

Soon, the flames of the explosion covered the desperate faces under protective suits and helmets.

Chen Ming pulled the medium load-bearing point and the weapons on it and left the battlefield area.

Continue to chase the half-ship that was just thrown away and the Sentinel class that Chen Ming got in that direction.

Just when Chen Ming was busy with his own affairs.

The battle on the big battlefield came to an end after a while.

Under Yuhui's almost desperate strategy of interfering with the space station, the space station has completely lost three space arms: 1, 3, and 9.

The No. 1 Space Arm, which was only half missing, was targeted by the Afterglow Cruiser from behind, and the remaining half was floating in space like the first half.

And the outer layer of the space station is almost entirely covered with scorching traces left by high-intensity lasers.

There were originally about 130 space station spacecrafts, but now only about 60 are still operational.

There were no more than eighty ships with living people left.

Such a heavy loss, of course, also made Yu Hui pay a heavy price.

Afterglow's hundreds of destroyers and escorts were all destroyed, and the Afterglow cruiser was close to being paralyzed.

It even destroyed a large load-bearing point, leaving behind a tachyon spear modified by Afterglow.

Unfortunately, in the end, the Afterglow Cruiser took advantage of the space station's tachyon lance to cool down, forcibly closed the shield, activated a more advanced jump engine than the hyperspace channel system, and jumped directly to escape from here.

But even if the Afterglow Cruiser was not left behind, judging from the remaining conditions on the battlefield.

The battle on the space station can definitely be called a success.

(End of this chapter)