The giant corporations that started from Night City

Chapter 363 You don’t know you are wrong, you know you are going to die!
"Don't just stand there, move on."

Paul turned around and saw everyone looking like they had seen a ghost, so he hurriedly urged them.

In fact, he was quite surprised by the functions of these hunting darts, because the original hunting darts could only cause damage to a single target at one time, and the speed was relatively slow.

The slow speed is due to the protection of the Holtzman shield force field, which limits the impact of high-speed moving objects, so the speed of the hunting dart is not that fast.

It was not until the world's giant companies improved the hunting dart that it was turned into this secretive and deadly miniature assassination weapon.

In the Star Wars universe, the only thing that can effectively block the attack of the hunter dart is the force that can control objects.

But Tag did not leave any Force Warriors on this fleet, which allowed Paul to do whatever he wanted on the Destroyer.

Soon, the Imperial Stormtroopers who received the order came rushing to support, but before they could react, Paul released the hunting darts again and cleared out the group of miscellaneous soldiers in front of him with one click.

As the dull sounds of people falling to the ground continued to ring out, the hunting darts flew up and down flexibly among the crowd, drawing an elegant and deadly arc with a high killing efficiency of three or four people per second.

Paul and the others only need to walk straight past this group of Imperial Stormtroopers, and leave the rest to the Hunting Dart.

In the end, the Hunting Dart easily wiped out all the stormtrooper reinforcements and returned to Paul's hands.

However, this is just a simple beginning, their target is the Destroyer's bridge headquarters!

After the AI ​​Red Queen virus program was transplanted, the tightly closed hangar door slowly opened, revealing a wider space area inside the ship.

The overall length of the Destroyer is nearly 20 kilometers, and the height of the hull is an astonishing 2 kilometers. It is no exaggeration to say that there is a three-dimensional city inside.

Such a huge ship can accommodate 600,000 people!
[The AI ​​Red Queen virus has been successfully implanted. Time left to crack the entire ship system: 9 minutes and 52 seconds.]

The Destroyer's defense system is quite excellent, with a special anti-intrusion mechanism that even the AI ​​Red Queen would need some time to crack.

During this period, Paul and others must wait patiently.

"They're here—!"

A stormtrooper's shout came from the pipe above the crowd, followed by a torrential rain of blasting energy beams pouring down.

Under normal circumstances, they would have shot Paul and his men into pieces with such firepower.

But before setting off, Paul equipped everyone with enough bubble shields, a defensive weapon from the Halo universe that is enough to deal with the blaster beams of the Imperial Stormtroopers.

Seeing that more and more storm troopers were gathering around him, Paul decisively released the hunting darts.

In this more open area, the hunting darts shuttled freely in the dense rain of bullets, constantly piercing the necks of the storm troopers.

The hunting dart was originally very small, only 14 cm in length, but after being improved by the giant enterprise, its overall length was reduced to only 5 cm.

When moving at high speeds, it is difficult to capture the position of the hunting darts with the naked eye, which also makes it impossible for the storm troopers to do anything with these invisible and intangible hunting darts.

After a while, the storm troopers that were hit fell from a height, smashed into pieces on the cold deck.

"Fuck! This is so fucking awesome!"

Captain Cassian cheered excitedly. They only needed to follow Paul and guard against sneak attacks from behind, and the hunting darts would take care of the rest.

The difficulty of this mission was much easier than he had imagined!

As Paul continued to go deeper, the bodies of the Empire's stormtroopers continued to pile up under the attack of the hunting darts. Wherever they went, stormtroopers died.

There was an invasion inside the Destroyer, and Cassio Tag, who was in the bridge command room, had naturally received the report long ago.

But the intelligence from the front line made Tag feel very confused, because the invading enemy troops only had more than a dozen people.

"What did you say, less than 20 people?!"

Tag asked sternly.

"About 10 people, no more than 15 at most." The adjutant responded in a panic.

When he learned that only a dozen people broke in, he reacted the same way as Tag, confused and furious. For this reason, he specially dispatched hundreds of elite stormtroopers to encircle and suppress them.

What he waited for in return was the complete annihilation of his entire army!

"How many people have been killed or injured now?" Tag suppressed his inner anger and asked again.

"So far, there have been more than 3,000 casualties, and the number is still rising. Their target seems to be our headquarters command room."

Hearing such an outrageous casualty rate, Tag was so angry that he started cursing. He didn't believe that any unit could have such exaggerated lethality.

It only took less than a few minutes and they had already suffered thousands of casualties. Are they still normal human beings?

"You are talking nonsense to me here. Even if there are 3,000 pigs, ten Jedi masters can't kill so many in a short time."

The existence of the hunting dart completely subverted Tag's cognition.

Just as they were holding an emergency internal meeting to discuss the next countermeasures, Paul and his men defeated another group of Stormtroopers and advanced through several gate passages towards the bridge of the Destroyer.

The AI ​​Red Queen has successfully obtained the entire internal channel layout of the Destroyer and automatically planned the optimal invasion route.

All Paul needs to do is follow the route and he can quickly reach the bridge command room!
After passing through several secret gates, Paul came to a logistics department with complex terrain, where countless supplies, weapons and equipment were piled up.

The warehouse is filled with interconnected corridors.

If it was a boarding and landing operation, there would inevitably be a very brutal street fight in this place, with soldiers from both sides fighting hand-to-hand in the narrow, cramped and complex passages.

A large number of obstructions give the Storm Troopers plenty of room to maneuver, which will interfere with the forward speed of Paul and his team to the greatest extent.

But for the hunting dart that automatically searches for enemies, this is not a fatal problem at all.

They shuttled back and forth between corridors and warehouses like ghosts, silently assassinating the stormtroopers hiding in the dark.

Finally, Paul and others arrived at the last gate of the bridge command room safely!

The stormtroopers who dared to show their heads on this battleship were basically killed by the hunting darts.

As for the rest of the stormtroopers who were staying in other areas, even if they received the dispatch order from the headquarters, it would be too late for them to cross several regions and reach the bridge.

At this moment, the passage leading to the Destroyer's bridge has been locked by several layers of thick riot-proof doors, in order to delay Paul's entry into the headquarters and buy more time for the command center to rescue.

"Send out the guard robots immediately. We must stop this group of rebels!" Tag roared hysterically and angrily.

Even though he had realized that the other party was coming to seize the ship, Tag was still unwilling to give up the imperial flagship easily.

Just over a dozen people took down the Destroyer Star Destroyer, the pride of the Empire. If this were to get out, how would he face it?

Since Tag prohibits the appearance of Force Warriors, the strongest combat unit on his battleship is just the guard robot - IG100 Taiwei.

It is a guard robot that has existed since the Clone Wars. It is 1.95 meters tall and weighs 123 kilograms.

They are made of all-metal machinery, and with turbans and capes, their overall appearance makes them look like mercenaries in the desert.

It is worth mentioning that the electric staff they use as weapons can withstand the attack of lightsabers, so this thing can be regarded as a substitute version of the lightsaber.

Relying on the high-speed rotation of their mechanical joints, these Taiwei robots can use a "electric fan sword technique" to achieve almost invulnerable defense.

Logically speaking, even if they encountered a Jedi Knight landing ship, they could still rely on the guard robots to hold out for a while.

This is also the reason why Tag did not bring Force Warriors on board. With the Taiwei robots, they are basically enough to deal with most of the troubles.

However, although these robots can fight back and forth with Jedi Knights, they can even block the attacks of hunting darts with their powerful computing power and reaction speed.

But Paul only needs to order the hunting dart to bypass the robot and he can still advance forward. As for the Taiwei robot that is in the way, he can just leave it to others to deal with.

Especially for Luke Skywalker, who is in urgent need of practical experience, now is a perfect opportunity to practice.

Paul has only one goal, and that is to capture the Destroyer flagship as soon as possible!

"Luke, I leave this to you."

Before Luke could react, Paul quickly flew towards the depths, leaving Luke to intercept the Taiwei robot with four arms, each holding an electric rod.

"This... is this something I can handle?!"

Luke stared in amazement at the Taiwei robot that was two heads taller than him. He felt as if he had just left the novice village and had to challenge the big boss immediately.

At this moment, the Taiwei robot quickly rotated its arms, and the four electric rods were swung vigorously, approaching Luke like a death meat grinder.

Luke, a rookie, didn't know how to deal with the trouble in front of him. Facing the attack of the Taiwei robot, he could only swing his sword to block and keep retreating.

But the more he retreated, the more aggressive the robots became, and soon Luke was forced into a dead end, where it seemed he would only be waiting to be smashed to pieces by the electric rod.

The others were also fighting with the guard robots and had no time to pay attention to Luke's situation.

Only Chirrut took the time to notice Luke's distress, but he did not help him. Instead, he shouted:
"Luke, don't forget what Master Obi-Wan taught you. Don't be afraid of it. Believe in your abilities!"

Chirrut knew that a Force genius like Luke was only a thought away from transformation. Only by building up confidence could he transform from an ordinary country boy into a true Jedi Knight. With Chirrut's encouragement, Luke took a deep breath, mustered up the courage to step forward and stabbed the lightsaber, hitting the center of the four electric rods.

Immediately afterwards, the four high-speed rotating electric rods in the hands of the Taiwei robot were stuck by Luke's lightsaber at the same time and could no longer rotate.

This is the secret to breaking the electric fan sword technique. Although the lightsaber cannot cut off the electric rod, you can find the right opportunity to use the lightsaber to jam the opponent's electric rod.

Taking advantage of this flaw, Luke quickly drew back his lightsaber, slashed off the head of the guard robot with his backhand, and completed his first actual combat since his debut.

"Is this even possible? Am I really a genius?"

Luke looked at the lightsaber in his hand in disbelief. He suddenly felt that his mind became clearer than ever before, and his control over the Force became more proficient.

Perhaps this sudden feeling of enlightenment is the beginning of a genius' transformation from a cocoon to a butterfly.

In the life-and-death moment just now, the Force enhanced Luke's perception, so he was able to find the right opportunity and accurately stab the flaw of the Taiwei robot.

"Luke, you are now a qualified Jedi Knight!"

Chirrut nodded and smiled with satisfaction. With this good start, Luke was about to show everyone his unparalleled talent in the Force.

……

On the other side, Paul turned on the invincible mode throughout the whole process, knocking on the spice enhancement bottle, and killed his way to the command room of the Destroyer's flagship headquarters.

All the riot gates along the way were forcibly blasted open by the AI ​​Red Queen or his ball lightning device.

With palm thunder and hunting darts clearing the way, Paul almost walked in a straight line. There was nothing that could stop him.

In desperation, Tag, filled with regret, could only order his men to immediately activate the battleship's self-destruction program.

If he had known that Paul could fight his way into the command room, he should have abandoned the warship and fled from this dangerous place earlier.

But it's too late now!
boom--!
Just as Tag gave the order to self-destruct the battleship, the door of the command room at the rear was kicked open by Paul. With the hunting dart following behind him, he looked particularly murderous.

"Kill him quickly!"

Tag's voice was almost trembling. All he wanted now was for his stormtroopers to shoot Paul.

But before the stormtroopers could pull the trigger, they were killed by the whistling hunting darts.

The two Taiwei robots responsible for guarding Tag rushed forward and tried to stop Paul, but Chini stepped forward first and helped Paul block the robots' attack.

Cheni has learned a lot from Rita, and is no worse than Paul in close combat. However, she is not as good as Paul in terms of potential for spice development.

In other aspects, the two are basically evenly matched.

Looking at Paul approaching him step by step, Tag no longer had the arrogance he had when he ordered the bombing of Tatooine.

He stepped back in fear, but pretended to be calm and asked Paul, "Who are you?"

When Tag brought the death plague to Tatooine, he never expected that his retribution would come so quickly.

Paul grabbed the man's throat, his eyes cold and chilling, "Now cooperate with my next move, and I may consider sparing your life."

Paul asked Tag to immediately give an order to let the surrounding Imperial Star Destroyers follow the flagship to stop and accept the amnesty of the world giant.

Tag tried desperately to break free from Paul's one-handed grip, but his physical fitness was far inferior to Paul's.

Facing Paul's request, Tagg could only force out a few words from his throat: "No, this is impossible."

Tag knew that by doing this he would undoubtedly be betraying the Galactic Empire, and even if he really did so, he could not guarantee that he would not be deserted.

Rather than letting the enemy obtain the Destroyer so easily, it is better to let other Imperial Star Destroyers perish together with the Destroyer.

"I have already activated the self-destruct sequence. Soon you will all die with me!"

Tag widened his eyes and glared at Paul with a ferocious look.

But Paul didn't care at all. The AI ​​Red Queen had already taken over the Destroyer's system. The self-destruction program command that Tag had just issued had not officially taken effect at all.

"Red Queen, immediately give the surrounding warships an order to anchor, and seal off all the gates and activity areas of this ship."

【Yes. 】

Amid the astonished gazes of the Imperial officers, the mechanical voice of the AI ​​Red Queen was heard in the bridge command room. They had not expected that their own shipborne system would be completely invaded by AI.

Soon, as the command was issued from the flagship headquarters, the Imperial Star Destroyer array surrounding the Destroyer began to slowly slow down and anchored in a star field not far away.

All the entrances inside the Destroyer flagship were also quickly closed by the AI ​​Red Queen, and a large number of storm troopers were unable to reach the bridge to rescue the king.

What Paul has to do next is to wait patiently for the arrival of the expeditionary force led by David and completely take over the empire's elite fleet!
After witnessing the failure of the flagship's self-destruct program and the other Star Destroyers receiving orders to stop, Tag completely lost his original arrogance and collapsed to the ground with a dead heart.

The two Taiwei robots on the side were also beheaded by Chini and their energy cores were destroyed.

Having lost all his cards, Tagg could only beg for mercy from Paul: "I was wrong, spare my life, I can cooperate with you to do anything!"

Looking at Tagg who was filled with regret, Paul just shook his head gently: "You don't know you are wrong, you know you are going to die."

After saying that, Paul gave orders to the hunting dart, which quickly pierced through Tag's temple, messing up his brain.

The whole process lasted less than two seconds, and Tag was completely silent.

As for the other bridge crew members, Paul did not let any of them go. With the AI ​​Red Queen around, he did not need these people to control the Destroyer.

At this moment, countless internal surveillance images were presented in front of Paul through the holographic screen. He could clearly see all the stormtroopers distributed on this battleship.

Since all the gates inside the battleship were blocked, the anxious Stormtroopers could only destroy the gates by shooting and bombarding.

Seeing this, Paul immediately used the control center's broadcasting system to order everyone to lay down their weapons and not move without permission, otherwise they would be killed without mercy.

At first, there were still some stormtroopers who didn't believe in the evil and tried to bypass and capture Paul alive, but with the deployment of the hunting darts, most of the Imperial stormtroopers immediately put down their weapons obediently.

Waiting on the spot for the prisoners from the incoming Megacorp forces.

Thanks to the AI ​​Red Queen's control of the entire ship, Paul can easily detect any stormtroopers making small movements and make killing decisions in advance.

At this moment, the hidden hunting darts became sharp blades hanging over the heads of all the stormtroopers on the ship. Every time they made the slightest movement, they would be attacked by the hunting darts.

With the AI ​​Red Queen and the Hunter Dart in charge of supervising the Stormtroopers in the Destroyer, Paul no longer paid attention to them. Instead, he issued orders to other Star Destroyers through the flagship's broadcast:
[This is the Universal Corporation. Give up resistance immediately and wait for the Corporation's troops to board the ship and take over, otherwise we will be annihilated on the spot! ]

The expeditionary force led by David will not arrive in this area for another half an hour. Before that, Paul will face the siege of Imperial Star Destroyers all around alone.

After learning that the flagship had been captured by the enemy, most of the Imperial Star Destroyers began to gather around the Destroyer.

Only one or two Star Destroyers were confused and decided to remain in place for the time being.

In an instant, 13 Imperial Star Destroyers and various types of destroyers and frigates surrounded the Destroyer like countless small fish surrounding a giant shark.

You know, the scale of the Destroyer Super Star Destroyer is more than 10 times that of an ordinary Star Destroyer. Compared with the Destroyer, these Star Destroyers have no deterrent power at all.

In this Imperial fleet, only the flagship, the Destroyer, can be the real main attacker in the war. Five thousand turbolaser cannons and tens of thousands of plasma cannons are no joke.

As for the other Imperial Star Destroyers, most of the time they only play the role of guarding and patrolling. In terms of firepower performance, the gap between the two sides is huge.

Looking at the Star Destroyers that were still surrounding them fearlessly, Paul could only shake his head and sigh. He had given these Imperial soldiers a way out.

It’s a pity that they chose to turn a blind eye.

In that case, let’s open fire and destroy all these star destroyers!
“Fire—!”

Following Paul's order, the Destroyer's cannons, which had already been fully charged, began to spray out in all directions.

Dense laser barrages spread out like flowers from the sky, the sparks of the explosion fell on the surrounding Imperial Star Destroyers, and dazzling light flashed in the space.

Although the deflector shield field of the Imperial-class Star Destroyer can help the ship offset some of the damage from the bombardment, they are unable to withstand the main gun array of the Destroyer.

As for the main gun bombardment launched by the Star Destroyer on the Destroyer, in the face of the more powerful deflector shield force field, the ordinary Star Destroyer did not cause much substantial damage.

At this moment, the entire space battlefield seemed to have returned to the battleship bombardment of the Age of Discovery. Both sides were at extremely close range, baring their teeth and firing at each other, fighting to the point of bloodshot eyes.

The two sides compete to see whose ship has thicker armor, whose cannon is more powerful, and whose reloading speed is faster. The ultimate space battle is like a gun-drawing and shooting match between western cowboys.

This is the bloody space battle that the Imperial Army has been looking forward to for a long time. They designed the Imperial Star Destroyer, the Super Star Destroyer, the Death Star, and even the unfinished Starkiller Base.

All so that it can come in handy on this day!
It's a pity that the Imperial fleet couldn't find an opponent and could only use cannons to fight against small mosquitoes like the Rebel Alliance.

Now, this moment has finally come true, but the fierce battle in the starry sea is happening when their flagship is being held hostage.

This heartbreaking "civil war" ultimately benefited the global giants who came from far away to take advantage of the bargain.

(End of this chapter)