Voyage of the Stars

Not long after completing the transaction, the kobolds were just like saying goodbye to the interstellar trading market. Miraculously, the interstellar trading market did not stop them.

Leaving the interstellar trading market went so smoothly that the kobold commander almost thought that the previous threats were an illusion.

Although he found it strange, the kobold commander didn't think much about it. It would be best if he could avoid conflicts. After all, conflicts meant that he would not be able to complete the tasks given by humans.

During this period of time, the kobold commander has determined that the civilization hosting the interstellar trading market is at least a level three civilization, and his fleet is no match for him.

I'm lucky to be able to leave safely now.

Things are as guaranteed by the interstellar market. They ensure the safety of transactions and the safe departure of interstellar civilizations who come to trade.

The kobolds and their party did not encounter other civilizations that came to trade. The senior officials of the kobold fleet believed that this phenomenon was normal. The starry sky was vast, and even if many civilizations came to the interstellar trading market at the same time, it would be difficult for them to meet at the same time.

But sometimes things that seem to be coincidences, things with a very small probability, will appear in this universe in an unexpected way.

Just like what happened to the kobold fleet that had already embarked on the return journey.

After embarking on the return journey, the kobold fleet did not rush directly to the star system where humans were parked. Instead, they followed the route they came from and changed their routes several times before returning to their destination. After setting sail, the kobold fleet conveyed the news of what it had seen and heard on the trip to the Kuntai fleet in the other direction.

After that, it entered the inertial navigation stage.

It was exactly decades after entering this stage that their detectors discovered a fleet undergoing a major deceleration. The fleet only has about a thousand warships, but judging from their appearance, they are much larger than the kobold warships.

Because humans are already a level three civilization, the central computer immediately determined that this was a fleet of a level three civilization.

The probability of discovering the fleet during the voyage was very small, so as soon as the news came back, all the kobolds who had hibernated due to the voyage were immediately awakened and put on alert.

"Sir Commander, the opposing fleet is rapidly decelerating from 50% light speed and is expected to enter the gun range of our fleet in two days."

A report sounded in the battleship where the kobold commander was located.

"Send a clear inquiry message and order the fleet to adjust its attitude and rudder to the right with maximum thrust. The mission is urgent and we will try to avoid them." The Kobold Commander made the decision.

At this moment, the 3,000 Lake-class warships of the Kobold fleet are sailing at 30% of the speed of light. It stands to reason that the opposing fleets are traveling towards each other at 50% of the speed of light. They should detect that each other's speed is 80% of the speed of light. However, It is true that the speed at which they detect each other is not 80% the speed of light.

For their respective fleets, no matter whether the speed is 30% of the speed of light or the speed of light, for the voyager itself, he is relatively stationary, as long as you consider the other ships in your fleet as the original frame of reference.

Speed ​​in the universe is relative, only the speed of light remains constant.

The constant speed of light does not mean that the speed of light is always constant, but it means that the speed of light measured by the measurer is the speed of light under any circumstances.

This is not nonsense. For example, the speed of light measured on the earth is 300,000 kilometers per second. However, when you board a spacecraft traveling at 50% of the speed of light relative to the earth, the speed of light you measure on the spacecraft is still Three hundred thousand kilometers per second.

At this moment, a communication message came back: "Hand over all your supplies and all scientific and technological information, and we can consider letting you survive, otherwise you will turn into cosmic dust."

Since the kobold fleet sent a clear message, the fleet that suddenly appeared quickly translated it and replied with the same clear message.

As soon as this news appeared, the kobold commander was stunned.

Robbery? Is this it?

Could this be the legendary interstellar pirate?

During the knowledge training, the kobold commander once heard from humans that pirates existed, and their characteristics were robbing homes and houses. Unexpectedly, he encountered them here.

"Hahaha, fleet coming from afar, please don't make such a joke. It's true that our kobold fleet has just come out of the interstellar trading market, but there is nothing valuable on our fleet. As a fleet dedicated to combat missions, fleet, we don’t even have the scientific and technological information you want.

Another point please note that the Interstellar Trading Market has said that when they open a trading market in this star field, they will protect the safety of the civilizations that come to trade. This behavior of you is tantamount to destroying their business environment.

There is an old saying in our civilization that destroying people's money is like killing their parents. As long as the news about the presence of interstellar pirates is revealed, you will inevitably become the mortal enemy of the interstellar trading market. Moreover, since our kobold fleet dares to come to the interstellar trading market in a dangerous universe, do you think we are really just a helpless second-level civilization? " said the kobold commander.

There was some bluff in his reply, because facing the pirates who were obviously a third-level civilized fleet, he really had no other choice.

However, the answer to them was: "Once again, hand over all your supplies and all scientific and technological information, and we can consider letting you survive, otherwise you will turn into cosmic dust."

At this moment, the pirate fleet has completed deceleration, increased its speed in the opposite direction, and moved towards the changing direction of the kobold fleet.

The difference in speed and acceleration between the two sides caused the two fleets to be within a short distance of each other not long after they met.

Then the development of things caught the kobold commander by surprise.

The third-level civilization fleet composed of a thousand battleships turned a corner in the dark void, and then took advantage of its maneuverability to bite its three thousand lake-level battleships from the rear of its own fleet.

Immediately afterwards, he received news that one of his warships was destroyed by a laser energy cannon.

The third-level civilization fleet does not have the traditional bright tail flames. They shuttle through the dark starry sky like ghosts, approaching the kobold fleet, and then shoot out super large high-energy photon beams that cannot be detected in advance, dragging the kobold fleet in in an instant. During the battle.

Or maybe this is not a battle at all. After all, no matter how you look at it, it is a one-sided massacre.

The shipbuilding technology that mankind is proud of is nothing in front of this interstellar pirate. A single laser cannon hit can take away a lake-class battleship.

As for the kobold's counterattack, even if the laser cannon hits it, it will be rendered ineffective after a layer of light curtain lights up.