Chapter 48 The Sith Warriors Starved to Death
After cleaning up this temporary emergency center with a lot of questions, we left some combat robots to guard these prisoners. Anyway, the power armor of the Sith warriors had been removed. Without this stuff, the combat effectiveness of this group would be less than Humans are just a little stronger, but they are completely weak against armed robots. The only result of resisting is to be instantly torn into pieces.
There was no need to worry about the prisoners, so we continued to advance with confidence, and then continued to pick up corpses along the way. In the end, even we ourselves began to feel scared, because the number of corpses had climbed to more than 700.
"Battleship, this is definitely a battleship-level Sith Empire battleship." The leader of the pilgrims affirmed with certainty on the psychic network.
The new compatriots no longer know what to say, because the situation they know now is obviously different from the original situation, so they feel that their judgment has no meaning.
The speed of our advance is gradually increasing, mainly because the density of corpses on the ground is beginning to decrease, but the total number is still rising steadily. Including the injured people found before, the medical personnel and the corpses on the ground, the total number of Sith Empire personnel we have discovered now exceeds the 900 mark, and according to the clothing categories of Sith warriors given by the pilgrim leader, , one thing that is very certain is that none of the above 900 people are responsible for driving warships. In other words, this ship has more than 900 marines and auxiliary personnel alone. This is definitely a battleship or a larger battleship, otherwise there would never be so many people.
"Where are we roughly now?" I asked my new compatriots in the psychic network while checking the surrounding environment.
There was also some hesitation there, and he said uncertainly: "I don't have any information about this ship, but the designs of the alliance's warships are all similar. This should be a large destroyer or a special model destroyer, and the internal spatial distribution is similar. You guys The current location should be at the middle and rear of the ship, somewhere between the first and third hangars."
"If this ship really collides with a Sith Empire warship. Where do you think the most likely impact location will be?"
"It's hard to say!" the new compatriot over there said with some uncertainty: "If it is an accidental installation, it has no reference value at all. It is an accident in itself, and it will not be surprising wherever it hits. But if it is a deliberate collision, , then the enemy ship will most likely use the ramming angle of the bow to impact our warship. As for the location chosen by the enemy... it's really hard to say. Because I'm not sure whether this destroyer has performed some evasion. If the evasion is successful, If so, the enemy's impact position should be in the third hangar or further back, because the power system of this level of destroyer is in the middle. If the enemy breaks in directly, the spacecraft will easily lose power, so the commander will take the initiative to avoid it. This area. But if the dodge fails, it’s really hard to say, and the situation may be reversed!"
"Then we're going to think that there's a deviation in the opponent's impact position. Tell me where to go, and we'll try our luck."
"All right!"
Following the guidance, I started to move quickly inside the ship. Fortunately, there were not so many corpses here, so it was much easier to move. But I was thinking about one question along the way. That means the Sith warriors are worse at fighting than I thought.
As mentioned before, the ship we found should be the Creator's destroyer, and the invading enemy personnel can only come from a battleship-level warship. But the question is, how many defense robots can there be on a destroyer? The enemy dispatched nearly a thousand assault troops. They were all killed. Although in the end they succeeded in killing all the robots here, and there were indeed some survivors left who were not completely dead. But this casualty ratio is too scary.
Even though the cavalry armed robots have relatively strong combat effectiveness, they are not defense robots used in battleships. It can be said that these robots could only be used for defense after the battleships were invaded, so they were forced to use these robots that were not suitable for use inside battleships. The robot used. but. Even in such a hasty battle, they only lost more than a hundred robots and killed hundreds of the opponent's people.
I heard that Sith warriors are not very effective in combat, but is this too scumbag?
This question of mine was answered along the way. Of course it was not our new compatriots who gave me the answer, because they were even more confused than we were. What really answered my question was the corpse on the ground.
As I continued to move toward the possible impact location, there were fewer and fewer bodies on the ground. There was still a long stretch of road where no bodies appeared. But it’s right to think about it. When the enemy first rushes in, the defending side will certainly not have time to gather troops, so the invaders will not be resisted initially, so it is understandable that there are no bodies near the initial impact point. However, after running for a while without a body, I found another body.
The body's posture at that time was very strange. It was not lying on the ground or something, but standing dead. To be precise, it was not that this Sith warrior had a strong willpower and would not fall down even to death, but because his power armor was shut down. Yes, it's about the power armor.
Everyone knows that powered armor is actually equivalent to a robot that is placed outside the human body. The only difference is that its computer system is not as complex as a real robot. After all, the robot needs to complete its tasks on its own. Powered armor is controlled by someone inside, so the power armor Armored computers don't need the autonomous judgment capabilities of robots. However, in essence, power armor and robots still have a certain relationship. At least the mechanical part of power armor is actually an alternative robot structure.
If it were a human being, he would naturally fall down after losing control of his body. Most of the so-called heroes who do not fall down even after death are actually made of art. In real battles, it is difficult for people to do so even after death. To fall down, unless you temporarily rely on the wall or hold a weapon to support the ground and assume a more stable posture, you can still lean there stably even if you lose control of your body after death. This can ensure that you will not fall after death. However, this is normally very difficult, and most people will inevitably collapse after death.
However, robots and humans are different. After death, the human body loses control and becomes soft. The joints lose their support. As for rigor mortis, it takes time. People who have just died will not become stiff so quickly. But robots are different from humans. Their damaged postures are related to their own design and damage conditions.
If it is a robot equipped with electromagnetic joints, it will immediately collapse into a ball once the system is shut down. This is similar to humans. However, it is different if it is a robot with a hydraulic system. A robot using a hydraulic joint system will not collapse after losing power. Instead, it will become as hard as if it is rusted and cannot be turned. It can be said that the shape it takes when it loses power will be the same shape after that. It is completely fixed. . certainly. If the hydraulic system is punctured and the pressure is released, the robot with hydraulic joints will inevitably soften.
However, the situation of the powered armor in front of me is slightly different. The reason it becomes stiff is not because the body stiffens as the hydraulic joint valve closes after losing power, but because it locks itself after shutting down.
Just like when the computer is shut down, the system will control the components in the computer to save data in a certain order and gradually shut down the device. When the power armor is shut down, it will first save the data and then automatically enter the upright state. All joints will stay in the preset position, and then the locking device will pop up to completely lock the joints. This is designed to facilitate transportation and maintenance. Otherwise, the power armor will be soft and will be inconvenient for transportation and maintenance. If it is a destroyed power armor. Even if it cannot move, the locking device should be open. However, the locking devices of this powered armor are all in the locked position, which clearly means that it has automatically shut down.
In fact, what is even more strange than automatic locking is that the front armor plate of this power armor is actually open. When we saw this guy, we immediately discovered the dead Sith warrior inside, and all the power armor outside was unfolded. The other party can step out from inside with just one step. But the strange thing is that the Sith warrior did not come out, but died in the power armor.
"What's going on?" Looking at the strange powered armor in front of me, I could only ask the pilgrim leaders and new compatriots on the other side of the psychic network. After all, they knew much more about Sith warriors than I did.
The leader of the pilgrims said seriously: "We have studied the power armor of the Sith Empire. After the power armor is shut down, if the external environment can support life, the armor shell will open by default. Of course, it can also be set by the operator. . But it doesn’t look like the armor was turned on after shutting down by default.”
"What's that?" I asked.
The leader of the pilgrims reminded: "Did you see the black traces at the seams of the armor plates? Those are traces of high-pressure explosion points. The design purpose of this explosion point is to open the cockpit when the power armor cannot open due to an accident. Use the power of the explosion to directly blow open the outer shell fixture to let the people inside out. The power of the explosion is precisely set and will not hurt the people inside. Moreover, the armor will not be damaged after the explosion, but will just separate the outer armor. Connection devices. Under normal circumstances, these connection devices should be unlocked by the electromagnetic drive device, and then the hydraulic support system will open the armor plate. Explosive devices will only be needed when there is a problem with the power armor and the electromagnetic drive cannot properly unlock the fixation device. But the joint system of this power armor is obviously self-locked, which means that it is shut down normally, and if this is the case, there is no reason why the shell cannot be opened!"
Our new compatriot suddenly said: "I have thought of a possibility. However, the probability is very small, but it can explain the situation at hand."
"What do you think."
"The opponent's power armor may not be turned off by the driver, but automatically shut down due to energy depletion. But the opponent has been buried underground for a long time like us. The technology of the Sith Empire is not as good as that of our alliance, so their power After so many years, the system may not be as stable as it was at the beginning. As a result, after the system automatically shuts down, there is no power to unlock the fixed device. The driver inside could only activate the emergency system because the hatch was not opened, so the armor would explode. It's open. If my guess is correct, it means that the other party's material resources may be very tight. Go and see the Sith warrior inside. If my guess is correct, he may have starved to death."
Although the power armor of this Sith warrior has been opened, he still has a hard space suit on his body. He is not wearing a general type of power armor but some kind of heavy power armor. The outer shell is very large, and he does not only wear close-fitting clothing inside. But still put on a space suit.
After I got closer, I tapped the helmet of this guy's space suit a few times, then twisted and pulled the helmet off.
What appeared in front of me was a guy who was almost turning into a skeleton. If the relationship between the appearance and age of the people in the Sith Empire was similar to that of the people on Earth, then this guy should not be very old, but now he looks He looked like an old man, because the skin on his face was all wrinkled and tangled together, and his whole body was dry and almost without any moisture. This is typical of people who starve to death, and this guy definitely didn't starve to death due to sudden hunger, but it should be long-term malnutrition caused by a long period of food shortage that allowed him to lose weight like this.
"He really starved to death!" Yeyue said, looking at the almost mummified corpse in front of her.
"That makes sense." Ling said.
"What do you mean?" asked the pilgrim leader.
"I estimate that this Sith Empire battleship should have just connected with this destroyer. They should have been separated before. Maybe the two were connected together due to the earthquake. The Sith Empire battleship should be in The main power system was damaged during the crash. Otherwise, with the power of the spacecraft, it should be able to break free after the fall and not be buried underground. Because the other party lost the main power system and could only rely on battery power, it could only let Most people go into hibernation to save energy, leaving one or two people behind.
The earthquake happened just when these people were about to starve to death, and then the two ships collided with each other due to the squeeze. The Sith warriors who stayed behind discovered the battleship here, and they happened to be running out of energy. So he made a desperate move to wake up all the people and rush over to capture the ship.
The one we see now is probably a left-behind person. Because there is no dormancy, he has to rely on a small amount of food for a long time to survive, so he is so hungry. As for other people, they are fine because they have been sleeping.
We found so many corpses of Sith warriors along the way, but the robot losses here were only so little. This is not in line with the combat effectiveness of the Sith warriors, and the explanation is that the opponent's energy is exhausted, and the energy weapons on the power armor no longer have much energy. It is precisely because there is no excess energy to launch weapons that the losses are so great. "
"Your analysis really explains the previous situation very well." said the pilgrim leader.
While they were talking, I suddenly thought of a question. "Damn, no! Come on, follow me. Something big is going to happen!" (To be continued ~^~)