From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 121 The Chaser

In Amber's expectation, as long as they controlled the speed, they could drive the frigate out of the port at the same time as the last imperial warship entered the port.

Then let the plasma propulsion array operate at full power, accelerating the ship to the second cosmic speed in a short period of time.

In this way, it can achieve the minimum speed requirement for jump drive activation while escaping the planet's gravity and sailing toward outer space.

Because Amber cut off the frigate's communication module and turned off the active signal generator when she let Lilith invade before boarding the ship.

So as long as they successfully complete the jump, it will be difficult for the imperial fleet to find them.

But sometimes, things just don't go smoothly.

When the frigate passed through the airlock area and completely left the port, Amber, who had not had time to be happy, saw that at the entry channel in the distance, there was an Imperial frigate that had not completely entered the port.

The other party obviously saw them, the light signaling device on the side began to flash, and Lilith immediately interpreted the meaning of their light signals:

"Frigate No. 965, why did you leave the port?"

"How's it going? Did Bud respond?"

SENY-FF-1142, on the bridge of the frigate Swift Strike, Captain Klein is asking the correspondent.

"Report Captain, Captain Bard, they did not respond to our light signals, shortwave, neutrino, and even laser communication channels. They seem to have not put the communication module online."

"What's going on with this guy?"

Klein frowned. He and Bard, the former captain of the Glory, were classmates in the military school, and they usually had a very good relationship.

It turned out that while the Glory of the Past was being overhauled at the military port, Klein heard that the Federation Combined Fleet had sent a escort detachment to take back the military port.

He directly volunteered to stay in the remaining fleet to prevent the Federation from recapturing the military port.

Now that they have finally forced back the federal fleet, the surviving remaining fleets are preparing to return to the port for emergency repairs.

And he also heard that Captain Bader and his crew had finished their recuperation and were preparing to return to the ship and replenish the remaining fleet.

Originally he was looking forward to fighting side by side with his old friend, but now he saw this familiar ship suddenly leaving the port, and he was ready to ask what was going on.

As a captain of a combat ship, Klein's intuition is actually very keen. In the past, when the Glory didn't reply, he had already noticed that something was wrong.

"Stop the port entry procedure, the helmsman adjusts the course and approaches No. 965."

"Captain, the other party has stopped entering the port. Judging from their actions of turning the bow, they probably want to get closer to us."

In the seat of the Tactical Information Coordinator, Lieutenant Tom, who returned to his old job, quickly got used to the operating system of the Imperial frigate.

"Why are you so vigilant?"

Amber frowned. He had to admit that the ships of the Eighth Expeditionary Strike Group had relatively high combat literacy.

Of course, such excellent battleship captains and crews were quickly exhausted in the war with the Federation and the subsequent civil war in the Empire.

After the Star Dragon Empire was completely split, the quality of the battleship crews in those principalities that carved up the Imperial Royal Navy was no longer so high.

“Ignore them and continue to maintain communication silence.

Navigator, correct the course according to the preset jump coordinates.

Helmsman, forward two"

Amber calmly issued instructions one after another. He knew that the more this situation happened, the more calm he had to deal with it.

The main propulsion array at the rear of the Glory frigate lit up with dazzling white light. The frigate, which was completely out of the port, seemed to be pushed hard by an invisible giant and began to accelerate rapidly.

"Captain! They are speeding up! The space fluctuations caused by the jump drive inside the ship are detected. It seems that the opponent wants to jump directly!"

Hearing the tactical information coordinator's voice, Klein knew something must have gone wrong.

Moreover, he had just learned through the personnel transfer notification in the internal network that his old friend had not arrived at Port Lansford yet.

"Helmsman! Adjust the axis, increase the speed and let me follow you! Correspondent, inform the friendly forces in the harbor of the situation!"

"Captain, communication failed, Port Lansford is conducting an electronic warfare attack on us!"

The correspondent's voice was a bit panicked. He was currently hurriedly isolating the electronic warfare virus coming from Port Lansford through the communication channel and switching backup communication lines. "How could this happen? Has the port been taken back by the Federation?"

In fact, Captain Klein's guess was close to the truth, but what he didn't expect was that the federal soldiers who captured the port were now on the frigate he was chasing.

The electronic warfare attack at Port Lansford was just a 'little surprise' that Amber left for them before leaving.

"Gunner! Do you have time to fire and intercept?"

"No, Captain! When we just performed the port entry procedure, we already cut off the energy circuit of the weapon unit in accordance with the regulations. If we reconnect it now, it may be too late to fire!"

"Boom!"

Klein punched the armrest of the captain's seat with his fist. He only regretted that he had not discovered the clue earlier.

There is still a certain distance between the two frigates. Not to mention that there is no time to fire or release the HCP. Even if they want to collide head-on, the proximity rate between the two sides is far from enough.

"Wait? The other party is going to jump?!"

The captain of the imperial frigate suddenly thought of something.

"Attention all ships, prepare for battle! Navigator, prepare to perform coordinated jump!"

Upon hearing the captain's instructions, the navigator's eyes lit up and he immediately started operating on the console.

Coordinated jump is an ability possessed by combat ships equipped with jump drives.

Whether it is the Star Dragon Empire or the Federation, when conducting fleet operations, multiple ships often need to jump at the same time.

Sometimes fleet commanders will not issue detailed coordinates in order to keep the jump coordinates secret.

At this time, each ship can use the jump drive control system to capture the spatial fluctuations caused by the jump drives of other ships, and complete a 'coordinated jump' without precise coordinate guidance.

Although the jump drive control system of the Swift Strike frigate can only capture the spatial fluctuation characteristics of this frigate at this time, the accuracy of the coordinated jump will be relatively low.

After completing the jump, the distance difference between the ships on both sides may reach thousands of kilometers, but at least it will allow Klein to keep up with Amber and the others.

The frigate Glory of the Past where Amber was located had quickly reached the minimum speed for a jump under the full power operation of the main propulsion array.

And he gave the command to 'start the jump' without hesitation.

The bow and stern of the ship also glowed with red and white light as the jump drive was activated.

But Tom also told Amber at this time that the Imperial frigate following them also activated the jump drive.

"Coordinated jump? Your mind works pretty fast."

At the same time Amber came up with this idea, the Past Glory seemed to be stretched at this moment, and 'got' into the space crack that was torn open at the front of the ship's bow.

In the state of space jump, everyone in the bridge has lost their perception of time.

What was displayed on the panoramic porthole was also a bizarre scene.

I don't know how much time passed, when the frigate finished its jump and escaped from this strange space through the space rift.

The first thing that caught everyone's eyes was a burst of dazzling light, and Lilith quickly adjusted the amount of light entering the external sensor.

At this time, everyone also saw the huge star that almost occupied the entire panoramic porthole.

Isabel's elf friend gave the coordinates to the vicinity of Robert 1, a star in Robert's galaxy.

While everyone was immersed in this spectacular scene, Amber's order also sounded on the bridge.

"Leah! The entire ship enters a silent state, retract the heat sink, and the entire ship's cooling system is temporarily shut down!"

"Helmsman! Turn off the main propulsion array, urgently adjust the ship's axis, aim the stern of the ship at Robert No. 1, and maintain this posture!"

"Gunner! Activate the weapon unit and follow my instructions!"

(End of this chapter)