Warhammer: Hail to the Void Lords!.

Chapter 772 08.771: "All ships! Level combat alert! Use relative heading, let's kill it."

In the vast expanse of space, the huge and majestic ship of the Xuefeng Leixiang was moving forward unswervingly in a slow but tenacious manner.

She is like a steel fortress drifting in the darkness, and her eight engines are like her powerful heart pumping hot energy into the darkness.

At this moment, one of the engines was damaged and emitted intermittent dim light.

The other seven engines were still doing their best to spray out hot plasma streams, pushing the battleship forward. The surging power caused the surrounding void to vibrate.

At the same time, the Swift Eagle came rushing from the right front of the Snow Wind Thunder like an agile hunter.

In this void full of dangers, it cleverly forms a Z-shaped evasive route, and moves flexibly in this universe in preparation for the worst.

On the bridge, Horatio stood tall, his eyes staring through the huge viewing window into the endless void.

It is pitch black here, and the naked eye cannot discern what kind of dangers lurk in the darkness.

However, Horatio was not too panicked, because the Iron Hand he possessed gave him unique abilities, coupled with the rich experience he had accumulated from piloting the Epic, he firmly believed that he could lead the fleet through this difficult time.

"Void Commander (Primary)"

"After activation, the area around the void creation you command within a range of 3000×3000×3000 kilometers will be considered covered by the hand of command."

As this order was given, Horatio's eyes instantly fell into a deep darkness.

But just a moment later, the surrounding area of ​​3000×3000×3000 kilometers appeared in front of his eyes in real time, vividly, like an extremely high-resolution VR game.

Various interstellar materials, energy fluctuations and the outlines of ships are clearly visible. This picture is very similar to the fleet command operation picture in the game "Fleet Gothic 2".

Clusters of gas clouds of various shapes and asteroid belts clustered together, like mysterious giant beasts, slowly appeared in his sight from the void sand table.

Activation: Omen of Revelation

"Omen Revelation (Primary): Consume one ability point, increase one corruption point, and reveal the strategic movements of up to two enemy armies/fleet for your strategic reference."

"Energy: 11 → 10 /11"

『Psychic Power: 5 / 9』

『Corruption: 3→4 /9』

In an instant, a strange energy flowed along the grooves of the iron hand, like a flexible electric current, and quickly transmitted and activated the prosthetic fingers.

At this moment, on the originally calm void sand table, the movements of three sides were accurately marked and displayed, and the flickering light seemed to be a guide in the darkness.

Although this cannot accurately indicate how many enemies are hidden in the gas cloud, for Horatio, this is already an extremely valuable strategic reference, which cannot be achieved in the game.

Next, he would have to rely on the rich experience he had accumulated over many years as commander of the Imperial Navy's attack ship squadron.

Horatio quickly and calmly examined the complex and changing environment before him.

Around the Xuefengleixiang, there are four huge gas clouds with different shapes, some like rolling sea of ​​clouds, and some like twisted monsters.

There are also two asteroid belts. Those asteroids are floating quietly in the void, reflecting the cold starlight. There may be a vicious blade hidden in them, which may extend from the darkness at any time and cut the throat of the Void Walker.

Horatio assigned the work to the tactical officer, who skillfully used the Imperial Navy identification serial numbers to mark each void environment object at an extremely fast speed.

His fingers danced rapidly on the console, and commands were input accurately one after another.

Then, he used neural plugs to transmit the known data sent by the Operations Department and the Observation Department into his own mind.

Suddenly, a large amount of information flooded into his consciousness like a tide. He closed his eyes slightly and quickly sorted and analyzed the data in his mind. Then, he made precise marks in the void according to where his eyes were looking. Every movement was smooth and decisive.

According to intelligence, there is a suspicious aircraft track at the bow heading angle of 330.

The trajectory was like a faint silk thread. After appearing briefly in the void, it quickly dived into the gas cloud in less than 30 seconds and disappeared without a trace, as if it had never appeared.

There are clear enemy torpedo attack tracks in the gas clouds at heading angles 10 and 55, and in the asteroid belt at 80.

In this void, just like in the deep ocean, after a torpedo is launched, the dust molecules released by the burning will form obvious tracks.

Remote mapping by the Mechanicus's carbon combustion emission analyzer can detect the trajectory of a torpedo fired within 2 hours or the track of a ship's engine.

However, this detection method is useless against the Ark Eldar warships.

These ancient and mysterious alien creatures use a unique propulsion method called "solar sail".

As the name suggests, its principle is the same as that of ancient sails. As long as there is stellar light, it can sail with the help of light pressure.

This power source is naturally pure and does not produce any carbon emissions, so it cannot be remotely detected by carbon combustion emission analyzers.

This undoubtedly brought great difficulties to the Empire's warships in fighting against these alien invaders, making them like wearing a blindfold in this dark void, unable to detect the enemy's whereabouts.

However, their close relatives, the Dark Eldar, are not so "environmentally friendly".

The Dark Eldar's engines use a hybrid energy source, part of which is said to be "pain".

That's right, the pain suffered by advanced intelligent creatures will become the fuel for their warship engines. This cruel and strange energy method is chilling.

After determining the direction and position of the enemy, Horatio took a deep breath, his eyes instantly sharpened like an eagle, and he loudly ordered: "First-level combat alert for the entire ship, all units immediately arrive at combat positions! This ship will immediately adopt a relative course, helmsman, change the course to port 50 degrees."

The relative heading of the ship is a coordinate system that is used to confirm the quick direction based on the port and starboard sides of the ship.

It is usually used when a single ship is performing combat missions without considering formation combat.

It redistributes the original 360-degree heading angle into 180-degree heading angles on both sides of the ship, and sets the bow azimuth angle to 0.

In this coordinate system, officers report coordinates in a concise and clear manner as "XX degrees on X side" and "XX degrees on X side".

This approach enables crew members to respond more quickly to operations in this dangerous and unknown area.

This is an effective method often used by the navy when a single ship attacks.

As for complex situations in other dimensions, the phase reporting method will be replaced by "Spine X Side XX degrees" and "Body X Side XX degrees" to adapt to different combat environments.

"Understood! Turn the rudder! 50 degrees to port! The target is 73 degrees to starboard of our ship's spine!" The helmsman responded quickly, his hands operating skillfully on the control console, his eyes calm and focused.

As the steering wheel turned, the huge hull of the Swift Eagle slowly turned, drawing a graceful arc in the air and heading towards the target direction.

At this moment, the Dreadnought-class light cruiser was like a brave pioneer, speeding towards the potentially threatening gas cloud at a plane lower than that gas cloud.

Horatio had a clear plan in mind. He intended to eliminate the scattered and ambushing enemy groups one by one, just like carefully clearing mines in a minefield, and then drive them together and catch them all in one fell swoop.

He knew very well that in this game with the enemy, every decision was crucial, and the slightest mistake could lead the entire fleet into an irretrievable situation.

At this moment, Horatio's sharp eyes suddenly caught a subtle change in the gas cloud.

(Detailed explanation of the hull structure of the Dreadnought-class MK.2 light cruiser)

(End of this chapter)