“Captain present. This vessel is a mass-produced Scout-class Destroyer, with the following performance parameters: Main Cannon LV1, Armor LV1, Engine LV1, Sky Survey Radar LV1, Hull Structure LV1. Comprehensive combat power evaluation: Destroyer LV1. Remaining Enhancement Points: 1090.
Current combat power ranking is below 99.9% of players. Please continue to strive, Captain.”
Familiar appearance, familiar internals.
The Scout-class Destroyer is the starting ship in the game *Star Sea Journey*, a free gift for all new players.
Its design is based on the initial form of the Spark Warship.
Of course, there are differences.
Firstly, it lacks the battlefield weapon known as the Mi Particle Cannon, and secondly, the initial ship doesn’t provide energy shield modules.
This is to ensure a smooth and enjoyable gameplay experience.
After all, it’s just a game.
Wang Dong’s initial reason for playing this game was to familiarize himself with the operation and combat of warships.
Because apart from this, he couldn’t find any other better way to learn about space warships.
He hadn’t touched the game in a long time.
Before his rebirth, he was always busy being chased, and besides, with a real Spark Warship, who would play this virtual thing?
Wang Dong opened the game with a sense of nostalgia.
“Enter one-on-one random match mode.”
“Queue waiting… 3, 2, 1, match complete.
May the Force be with you, Captain.”
Time: Star Calendar 10103, June 14th
Terrain: Asteroid belt, radius 1 light-minute (Note: 1 light-minute is the distance light travels in one minute, approximately 18 million kilometers)
Participating Vessels: Mass-produced Scout-class Destroyer LV1 (ID: Han Feng), Mass-produced Scout-class Destroyer LV4 (ID: Newbie Slaughter)
Victory Conditions: One side is sunk or surrenders.
Battle Duration: 1 hour.
Battle commence.
As the prompt scrolled across the virtual screen in front of him, Wang Dong’s ship appeared in an asteroid belt.
“Asteroid belt, huh? Interesting coincidence…”
Wang Dong pondered for two seconds before issuing commands: “Activate Sky Survey Radar in passive mode. Engine at low output. Adjust ship’s orientation to (X01, Y02, Z01) with this ship as the center.”
Spatial coordinates are in a three-dimensional system. The initial center point is defined to establish a complete coordinate system. Subsequent spatial locations can be positioned using the initial center point, facilitating distance calculation, artillery aiming, and other operations.
Here, X is the horizontal axis, Y is the vertical axis, and Z is the longitudinal axis.
The asteroid belt hinders the exploration capabilities of the Sky Survey Radar. Without the energy reaction of the main cannon or the full-powered engine, only a LV1 Sky Survey Radar cannot distinguish between the ship and the asteroids.
So Wang Dong chose to use the passive mode of the Sky Survey Radar, not actively searching for the opponent, but passively receiving possible exploration waves. This would allow him to calculate the opponent’s position without exposing himself.
At the same time, to prevent the opponent from launching an attack when they discover him first, he chose to move his ship next to a moderately sized asteroid nearby for cover.
Only five minutes later, the Sky Survey Radar in passive listening mode received an exploration wave from the opponent.
“Exploration wave received, intensity 0.9, source coordinates (X13, Y20, Z11).”
This is a “real” newbie, with no concept of concealment and maneuverability. They are simply charging in straight ahead.
“Engine at level two output. Approach the enemy ship using the asteroid as a node, maintain passive Sky Survey Radar mode.”
“Understood, Captain.
This ship’s engine is now at level two output. Path map modeling complete.
Approaching enemy ship, estimated contact time: eight minutes twenty-three seconds.”
The “Newbie Slaughter”’s active exploration waves did not cease. Based on the change in its position, one can judge its speed.
Even though Wang Dong only activated the second to last gear out of his five-gear engine, the speed at which they approached each other was not slow.
After only five minutes.
“Enemy ship location (X10, Y10, Z05), distance 0.3 light-minutes.”
The ship-board light brain automatically provided a prompt upon entering main cannon range.
Wang Dong observed the surrounding environment, there were still many asteroids nearby for cover. However, if they got any closer, they might be detected by the “Newbie Slaughter”’s Sky Survey Radar due to the engine’s energy reaction, thus exposing their location.
“Engine stop output, maintain silence.”
After a brief thought, Wang Dong issued a new command. The “Newbie Slaughter”’s ship continued to approach at high speed.
Wang Dong’s current position was on the flank of the “Newbie Slaughter”’s path of travel.
The LV1 Destroyer’s main cannon fires kinetic rounds, with a relatively long effective range but limited projectile speed.
To ensure hit rate, the closer the distance, the better. Especially in a situation like this where an ambush might be possible.
“Enemy ship location (X10, Y03, Z00), distance 0.12 light-minutes.”
Two minutes later, the opportunity arrived.
The “Newbie Slaughter”’s current trajectory was almost perpendicular to Wang Dong’s ship, and the distance was already close to the limit of reaction speed.
“Main cannon maximum charge, lock on enemy ship and fire automatically!”
“Charge countdown 10… 9… 8… 7… Warning, charge reaction detected by enemy ship.”
At such a close distance, the main cannon’s charging reaction is impossible to avoid detection. But it’s alright, they are too close!
“Continue charging!”
Wang Dong roared.
“3… 2… 1, fire main cannon!”