From Titan Corporation to the Empire of Man

Chapter 510: Fierce Battle: Hot Melt "Drilling In"

"What are you all standing there for?!"

The sudden roar was like a thunder, exploding in the control room and shaking everyone's heart.

The supervisor stood up suddenly, his face livid, and glanced angrily at the staff who were still in a state of shock.

His eyes were so sharp that they could almost pierce through a person. His hands, which could not stop shaking, tightly grasped the edge of the console. The veins on his forehead bulged, revealing his extreme anxiety and fear.

"Sound the alarm! Prepare to fight the enemy! Notify all pilots and gunners to quickly bomb those enemy ships above!"

The supervisor shouted loudly, his tone slightly sharp due to his urgency.

"Yes!"

The staff finally recovered from their shock, stopped being dazed, and immediately acted according to the instructions.

Their fingers tapped rapidly on the console, activating emergency plans, and a series of alarms were quickly transmitted to various combat units.

Red lights suddenly flashed inside and outside the control room, and rapid and shrill alarms echoed throughout the space station like a death knell.

"Alert! Alert! An unknown force is invading by airdrop! All defense forces will immediately enter combat status! I repeat, all defense forces will immediately enter combat status!"

Then, the broadcasting system quickly conveyed the emergency warning, and imperial soldiers and combatants everywhere took action and ran to their respective posts.

Inside the hangar, the black-armored pilots quickly boarded the TIE fighters. The hatch closed with a sound of mechanical operation, the power furnace roared, and the thrusters spewed out hot blue flames. Dozens of fighters took the lead and filed out, heading straight for the unidentified ship hovering above the space station.

In the turret control area, the gunners frantically adjusted the aiming parameters, trying to lock onto the sudden airdrops and transport boats.
But it was too late. The airdrop cabin and transport boat had already left the firing range, and it would not take long for them to reach the base buildings on the surface.

Moreover, even if they reacted in a very short time, fear still tightly wrapped around everyone's heart like a poisonous snake.

In the control room, everyone, including the supervisor, was terrified at this moment. Cold sweat oozed from their foreheads, and their faces were even paler than before.

They knew very well that the situation had become extremely bad.

As soon as Director Krennic's shuttle passed through the gate, an airdrop bay and transport boat from an unknown force followed closely in the next second, and even unidentified ships appeared above the space station.

This series of unexpected events, each one of which was enough to make them held accountable, and now... they all happened at the same time?!

What a serious dereliction of duty this is!
At this moment, no one dared to think about how furious Director Krennic would be if he learned about this, and no one dared to imagine how severe the accountability of the Imperial top brass would be.

All they can do is try their best to save the current situation and minimize the losses in the hope that there might still be a glimmer of hope.

However, just as they quickly manipulated the instruments in front of them, trying to quickly send a series of instructions and reminders to the various defense forces in Scarif -

Ri~——whoosh——whoosh——!!

Suddenly, three unidentified ships above the space station, or two Paris-class frigates and a Diana Stealth-class ship, directly "torn open" the dark space, turned into messengers of death, and launched a thunderous salvo of artillery fire at the Star Destroyer that was also in a panic.

The Paris-class main gun system was fully unlocked, and the huge electromagnetic main gun on the bow was fully charged, releasing destructive energy in an instant.
Even the entire hull was emitting a faint blue-white glow due to the overloaded electric current, like a raging fire in the sea of ​​stars.

At the same time, although the Diana Stealth class was not equipped with a large-caliber electromagnetic main gun, the missile launch nest was immediately opened, and dozens of tactical-grade plasma and metal hydrogen missiles were quickly ignited. The blazing tail flames drew an elegant trajectory in the void while rushing straight towards the target with murderous intent.

Boom. Boom! !
Above Scarif, it seemed as if it was engulfed by the exploding energy at this moment. The Star Destroyer that was originally suspended in low-Earth orbit—

The shield of this huge steel behemoth was shattered like fragile glass under the attack of the electromagnetic main gun.

Two needle-shaped tungsten steel bullets weighing more than seven tons and accelerated to 0.4% of the speed of light penetrated the shield with unstoppable force, one after the other, and slammed directly into the hull of the Star Destroyer.

The first one hit the shield generator area directly, and with incredible speed and potential energy, it instantly crushed the core facilities of the entire shield array.

Wherever it passed, the thick armor layer was torn and collapsed like paper, and the deformed metal plates rolled inward under the huge force. One could even vaguely see the interior of the ship, the flying pipe fragments and the burning airflow.

The second was even more deadly.

It hit the middle of the Star Destroyer accurately, tearing a huge crack with a diameter of tens of meters on the extremely hard armored shell.

And after penetrating the internal structure, it continued to maintain its kinetic energy, rushing forward in a ruthless straight trajectory, smashing all the bulkheads, corridors, and equipment in its way, and even directly tearing apart several layers of the deck, forming a horrific wound that penetrated the hull.

Inside the ship, when the soldiers and officers of the Imperial Navy anxiously tried to activate the defense system, they were greeted by a sudden explosion shock wave and a cold, suffocating universe.

After the first round of electromagnetic main gun attacks was effective, the tactical missiles that followed were like the real coming of the god of death.

They precisely attacked the key parts of the Star Destroyer, including the bridge, main energy supply area, weapon control center, engine compartment, etc.
Every vital target was locked and hit simultaneously by several tactical missiles.

The plasma missile exploded on the surface of the ship, and the hot plasma flow burned wildly along the torn gaps in the armor. Within just a few seconds, it ignited a large amount of flammable materials inside the ship, triggering a fatal chain reaction.

The metal hydrogen missile tore the internal structure apart with an even more violent shock wave. The collapsed wreckage of the ship was constantly thrown into space by the air currents. Against the backdrop of the stars, it looked like a broken meteor shower, hitting the shield covering the entire planet.

At this time, Scarif's outer atmosphere was silent and still.

In the control room, everyone stared at the scene in front of them in amazement. Through the large observation window, they saw a shocking scene -

In the endless darkness of space, the gigantic Star Destroyer that had once stood so proudly had been reduced to a burning ruin.

The scattered flames shone in the cold and silent universe, like a grand silent firework display, slowly blooming and extinguishing before their eyes.

"Oh my God"

Some staff members couldn't help but exclaim in a low voice, their eyes filled with unbelievable fear and despair. The supervisor slumped in his chair, his face instantly losing color, his lips trembling slightly, and cold sweat dripping down his forehead like rain.

He knew they were finished.

Although the Empire has many Star Destroyers and the destruction of one is not a big problem, under the current Imperial system, this group of "lower-level people" will become scapegoats for senior officials.

No matter how much you try to save it, you can't avoid the end of people losing their heads.

What's more, Orson Krennic, an important general in the Empire, is right below.

While the director of the control room fell into a vortex of fear, the Paris-class and the Stealth-class did not stop at all.

After successfully destroying a Star Destroyer according to the pre-made plan, this small fleet composed of the Thousand Sons and the Investigation Department quickly adjusted its deployment and launched a second wave of offensive.

As the tactical instructions were given, a Thunderbolt assault boat was immediately launched, its crimson armor surface flashing with a faint shield halo, like a sword pointing directly at the enemy ship. It carried eighteen members of the 1nd Assault Platoon of the 2st Company of the Thousand Sons and headed straight for another Star Destroyer that was trying to turn its bow around.

Following closely behind, a White-legged Falcon VI (two-seater version) carrier-based aircraft also leaped out from the Paris-class hangar, and six drones also quickly detached from the catapult track of the hangar, clinging to the sides of the assault boat like loyal hounds, forming an escort formation.

This small flying formation shuttled through the battlefield at an astonishing speed, and the thrusters behind them ejected short bursts of blue-white ions, making the entire flying array look like a meteor trail that cuts through the void of the universe.

However, their actions did not escape detection by Scarif and the Imperial Star Destroyers' defenses.

As the Thunderbolt assault boat approached the target, a group of TIE fighters swarmed in like a tide and quickly formed an interception formation, like a layered hunting net, heading straight for the space area where the assault boat was.

But at the moment when the group of TIE fighters accelerated and approached, the Li-class and Stealth-class defense artillery arrays were the first to lock onto the TIE fighters that were like a swarm of bees.

Ri~whoosh whoosh whoosh——!!

The rotating Gauss machine gun, assisted by the ship-borne AI, accurately locked onto the groups of TIE fighters, and then made the muzzle flash with blue flames.

The close-in defense gun arrays of the three ships fired at once. Tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of spike bullets, poured out at a terrifying rate of fire, forming an unavoidable barrage in the dark universe.

Even though there is no air in the universe and sound cannot be transmitted, the trajectory of each spike bullet left a brief glow in the vacuum, and the dense network of fire formed a curtain of death.

The TIE fighter that collided head-on had no time to evade and was penetrated accurately.

Boom. Boom!!

One after another, the TIE fighters disintegrated in the hail of bullets. The shattered engines spewed out unstable ion flames, and then exploded in the high temperature environment, forming rapidly expanding balls of fire.

The wreckage of the fighter plane flew everywhere, turning into a large number of dazzling metal fragments, drifting slowly in the space environment with weak gravity.

Such fierce anti-aircraft firepower threw the TIE fighter group into complete chaos.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Thunder raiders, the White-legged Falcon, and the unmanned attack aircraft quickly adjusted their courses again, using a serpentine maneuver to penetrate the enemy's defense line and approach the Star Destroyer's hull.

At the same time, the melta cannon of the Thunder Raider began to slowly accumulate energy, and red energy flow gradually emerged on the surface of the black barrel, accumulating the scorching destructive power that was about to erupt.

The power feedback system of the assault boat then mobilized additional energy to ensure that this fatal shot could exert maximum power and create a breakthrough for the upcoming boarding operation.

On the outside of the assault boat, the six unmanned attack aircraft carrying plasma bombs adjusted their flight mode and adopted a high-speed assault method.

After they assisted Thunder and White-legged Falcon to break through the sparse anti-aircraft firepower of the Imperial Star Destroyer, they used the long-range cover provided by the Paris-class and Stealth-class battleships to maneuver through the group of titanium fighters released by the enemy ships with extremely flexible maneuvers, and finally broke away from the formation and sprinted towards the starboard flank of the targeted Star Destroyer.

At the moment of approaching the optimal bombing distance, six attack aircraft simultaneously opened their bomb bays, and dozens of plasma bombs broke away from the racks and poured down towards the right side of the Star Destroyer.

Boom! Boom!
A dazzling blue light suddenly burst out in the dark universe.

The moment the plasma bomb hits the target, it quickly detonates and releases high-energy plasma.

The magnetic confinement field on its surface vibrated violently after contacting the ship's shield, forming layers of spreading plasma fireballs.

In just a few seconds, the Star Destroyer's external shield began to flicker violently and erratically, as if the entire ship was caught in an unstoppable energy storm.

The erosive effect of the high-temperature plasma flow caused the shield to decay drastically, and the energy fluctuations in the entire starboard shield area quickly fell to the critical point. After a burst of high-frequency flashes, the protective light curtain around the ship was torn open with a fragile gap.

Ri~咻——! ! !
The opportunity had arrived, and the Thunder Raider's melta cannon immediately reached a fully charged state. A dazzling orange-red beam of light suddenly gushed out of the thick barrel, like a flaming sword that pierced through the darkness, slashing straight towards the shield crack on the right side of the Star Destroyer.

The high-temperature particle beam hit the Star Destroyer's hull armor at an unimaginable speed, once again triggering a hot metal storm.

The alloy armor on the side of the ship melted and vaporized rapidly under the extremely high temperature. The surface structure of the entire area turned into molten metal in an instant, and a high-temperature explosion accompanied by a violent gasification shock formed, tearing a gap large enough for the ship to pass through.

The pilot, also a Thousand Sons, controlled the Thunderbolt assault boat to advance to the gap without hesitation, and "drilled" directly into the interior of the Star Destroyer at an extremely fast speed.

In the eyes of the two pilots of the White-legged Falcon VI, the propulsion trajectory of the assault boat was like a missile, accurately and accurately sinking into the enemy ship.

At the moment the ship's hull was penetrated, the wreckage and the hot airflow formed a diffuse ring of fire in the vacuum, and the remaining plasma arcs spread along the hull structure.

Seeing that the Thunder Raider had successfully completed the initial boarding mission, the two pilots took control of the White-legged Falcon VI and six unmanned attack aircraft and began to join the annihilation battle to clear the space.

At this point, Scarif's space domain was plunged into a fierce battle of ship against ship, and carrier-based aircraft against carrier-based aircraft.
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At this moment, inside the right side of that Star Destroyer;
Buzz~——Buzz——!
The shrill alarm sounded in every corner of the ship.

Step, step!

The stormtroopers who received the order were moving quickly towards the area where the Thunder assault boat was located.

However, the stormtroopers did not know what kind of enemy they would face.
(End of this chapter)