Warhammer: Hail to the Void Lords!.

Chapter 459 06.0458: "Alarm!!!"

"Skyhawk 1 takes off."

Anya Fasha's voice came into the bridge via the shortwave local communications.

This is a communication that can only be carried out within a short distance of less than 100 kilometers and is relatively safe.

"Tianying 200, you will accompany Tianying 30 to conduct reconnaissance and escort missions within a 5-kilometer radius. A five-minute detection signal wave will be activated every minutes, and the two pilots in each fighter will take turns every three hours.

We will return to the port every 24 Terra hours to change shifts, with the Skyhawk III and Skyhawk IV taking over the patrol mission. Our ship will maintain radio silence and radiation control throughout the entire process."

"Skyhawk One received."

After arranging the reconnaissance plan, the Fury fighter immediately carried out the captain's order.

If there was one thing Horatio wished for, it was that the E-type attack ship could drop a Starhawk early warning aircraft.

Due to its size, the Fury only has medium-range air-to-air search radar with a range of approximately 800 kilometers.

The Starhawk early warning aircraft is equipped with a more advanced long-range air-to-air surface search divination radar with a detection range of up to 1200 kilometers. This is undoubtedly the icing on the cake for the E-type attack ship, which relies heavily on enemy intelligence information.

It's a pity that this wish cannot be realized. After stuffing such a huge void bomber into the space behind the E-type attack ship, there is no other space to put down the armed transport boat and the shark assault boat.

For warships that need to be docked for search missions, transport boats are indispensable vehicles, and assault boats are also necessary tools for forcibly breaking into enemy cargo ships.

Moreover, the Gothic Fleet currently does not have any extra Starhawk squadrons to allocate to the E-type attack ships.

After the expedition to Far Star, the Starhawk Squadron on the Ikaros Storm (Defiance-class light cruiser) has not yet completed its replenishment, so it has been removed from the expedition ship list. The remnants can only continue to be stationed in Abyss Port, occasionally carrying out some missions such as combating pirates during the rest period.
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"We are approaching the blockade and warning range of the Tau Empire. Set course to 346 and go full speed ahead." After several changes of shifts, when changing shifts, First Mate Collingwood reported to Horatio.

"understood."

Horatio ascended the observation bridge.

Louise, wrapped in a long navy windbreaker, was standing on duty at the top lookout post.

"Have you found out anything, Louise?" Horatio asked, rubbing his cold and stiff fingers.

"Everything is normal at the moment." Louise briefly stepped back from the fixed rotating base binoculars on the observation platform, saluted, and then returned to her position.

"You don't need to salute when you're on duty. Just keep lookout and observe."

"Yes, Captain."

Louise aligned her eyes with the binoculars, looked in the 32-degree direction, and answered.

Suddenly, she frowned and found that there seemed to be a flash of faint blue light diagonally in front of her.

Then, a ship that looked like a shoe brush came into view.

[This is……]
In Louise's mind, she quickly compared the battleships in the battleship manual to the ones that matched the target style in front of her.

[Nicassar mast ship!]
"alarm!!!"

She shouted at the top of her lungs.

Horatio turned immediately and returned to the lookout.

Following the highly recognizable cry of "alarm", Archie, who had just walked to the elevator, immediately performed his duties as the chief officer of the command department and pressed the alarm bell.

Blah blah blah!

The rapid and piercing sound of the electric bell alarm could be heard from all parts of the ship.

The sailors and enlisted men began to run, jumping from their bunks and chairs at the shouts of the sergeants.

People grabbed the escalator and slid down from the height, rushing to their battle positions.

Those who were using the toilet didn't even have time to pull up their pants, and they pulled them up while jumping out of the chemical toilet.

Thanks to rigorous training, most crew members reached their combat positions within a minute and a half.

Their intense sweat from the intense exercise caused a layer of light mist to float in the narrow corridor, which looked like white smoke.

Everyone stared at the sound array hanging high above their heads, waiting for the officer's next instruction.

"Captain, look there!"

Louise gave Horatio the adjusted telescope.

After careful observation, he confirmed that it was a Nikasar masted ship.

At this time, there was only one Imperial battleship, the Epic, nearby, saving the trouble of notifying other friendly forces.

"Captain, communication filter detected, 3 microns. It's the communication frequency of the blue-skinned alien."

"We detected that the ship had turned on its navigation radar and there are many floating asteroid belts nearby."

"Reduce to standard speed and keep going. They haven't discovered us yet."

The muffled roar of the reactor turned into a steady murmur, and the Epic slowed down from its high-speed state to a standard cruising speed, maintaining a vigilant posture.

The shoe-brush-like Nicassar was moving at a steady speed toward the Epic. Horatio observed carefully and found that there was another ship behind the target.

The two enemy ships, one in front and one behind, were maintaining a patrol posture, about 700 kilometers away from the Epic.

It was not far away but not close either, and from their angle it was difficult to see the Epic, whose front projection was as narrow and slender as the blade of a dinner knife.

"Captain, do we need to prepare torpedoes?" Louise asked with high vigilance.

Horatio shook his head, appearing much more relaxed than Louise.

"We only have so much ammunition in reserve. If we use up our torpedo reserves for every target, then in the next battle, the Epic is likely to miss the real high-value targets. Then we will have to end the journey early and return home."

Louise nodded.

"When they are 400 kilometers away, we will enter the meteorite belt and keep Aquila and Aquila under radiation control, shut down their power, and pretend to be floating void meteorites."

As the Nikasar galleys drew closer, the blue lights of their bridges grew clearer and brighter.

The Epic maintained its standard speed, always facing the two-masted ships in a head-on projection posture.

This allows her to be filtered out and not show up on enemy maps.

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"Hold the rudder steady and head into the asteroid belt ahead." Horatio gave the ship's maneuvers in an orderly manner and sat on the command throne at the same time.

As the Epic slowly entered the asteroid belt, two assistant helmsmen on the precision-operated rudder began to control micro-steering.

This is a steering wheel specially equipped for the E-type attack ship to perform precise operations in the asteroid belt.

The captain needs to link and cooperate with the battleship's command throne to keep the Epic's machine soul in a highly sensitive, obedient and vigilant state.

Even so, any ship larger than a carrier-based aircraft without a navigational shield trying to navigate an asteroid field while avoiding all obstacles is still beyond human capability.

"Our ship is in position, ignite the reverse rockets!" the captain continued to give orders.

The Epic quickly slowed down to relative zero speed in the asteroid belt. At this speed, there was no need to worry about excessive impact damage caused by the asteroid belt.

"Enemy patrol ship, 86 kilometers!" Harvey reported.

"All lights on the bridge were turned off, and the rest of the ship was lit with blue lights.

All ships, sail in silence!" Horatio gave the order.

The operation and maintenance of all equipment not necessary for survival were cancelled to reduce the probability of exposure, and the efficiency of the oxygen circulation machine was reduced to the minimum.

The damage control team remained on standby but made no movement.

First Officer Collingwood calmly directed the dispatcher to turn all the lights on the ship to blue and repeated the captain's orders.

In the lower cabin, the sailors watched the lights above their heads change from white to blue. They either sat on the ground or lay on the ground or in nearby hammocks.

Blue light helps stabilize people's emotions, keep them calm and focused, and reduce oxygen consumption during breathing.

"Dad, what does this mean?" Old man Qiao's youngest son held the scab on his head caused by a tool. He looked at Old man Qiao's face, which was reflected blue by the light, and asked curiously.

"Hush, keep quiet, there should be an enemy ship nearby."

"Enemy ships? Have they discovered us?" the youngest son asked in a panic.

"God knows, I hope not."

"The captain has ordered not to talk!" the armed sailor with a gun on guard shouted in a low voice.

After hearing this, the father and son nodded repeatedly, huddled under the torpedo and said nothing more.

"The enemy ships are 50 kilometers away from our ship, and they are about to pass over our top." Harvey suppressed his voice and whispered into the sound array microphone.

"Open the shadow field."

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The outer periphery of the Epic gradually became transparent, and the shadow field soon covered the entire hull.

"Inquisitor Thei," Horatio said to the beautiful Inquisitor leaning against the pillar.

“Do you know the Nicasars?”

"I have dissected several bodies and I have a fairly good understanding of them."

"I've heard that these aliens are good at reconnaissance and exploration. I'm worried that they will observe the distortion of the reflection of the shadow field by the bridge glass, thus exposing us.

This is one of the vulnerabilities we have discovered so far when using this technology on Imperial warships.”

"Then you can rest assured." Thei smiled and waved his hand.

"why?"

"Because the Nicasar people have no eyes, they rely on psychic power for perception. You can just bully them as a group of blind people." The female inquisitor stroked her lips and smiled softly, her smile becoming more and more brilliant.

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