Ejection Plates

“Deploy ejection plates.”

Lacking force field shield technology, ejection plates were a defensive capability developed by the Dulu fleet.

Essentially, just as an enemy was about to hit them, they would launch a layer of the ship's outer defensive shell.

This was like a plate equipped with thrusters that would rapidly separate from the vessel by a certain distance to collide with the enemy's attack.

As long as the attack was intercepted, the resulting explosion would not affect the ship itself.

The hull usually contained a large number of spare plates, allowing for rapid replenishment after one was used.

This was the fleet's final method of interception.

As the enemy missiles approached, something occurred that slightly eased the marshal's mind.

The ships on their side also launched a massive volley of missiles to counterattack.

Simultaneously, several laser cannons emitted blinding beams of light, hitting their targets instantly.

Laser weapons were a type of weapon whose trajectory was essentially impossible to predict.

Because they traveled at the speed of light, and matter cannot exceed the speed of light, you were already hit the moment you saw them.

However, the weakness of laser weapons was also very obvious.

It was difficult to reach a power level sufficient to destroy a target.

The Zerg side currently did not have them installed.

When the powerful beams hit a Small Leviathan, Xia Jin, who was sitting inside, immediately felt violent vibrations.

However, the enemy's attacks were all blocked by the force field shield.

The light was completely deflected to the sides the moment it touched the exterior of the force field.

The Dulu naturally witnessed this scene.

“Attack failed. Damn, the other side seems to have some advanced technology.”

“What?”

To the Dulu, shields were still the stuff of science fiction.

While they could simulate certain effects similar to shields, they could never achieve the results seen in sci fi films.

Seeing the Zerg block their laser cannons so easily, these individuals were momentarily stunned.

This war could be said to have shattered certain preconceptions held by the Dulu.

Like electromagnetic cannons, they never believed such things could be very effective in space warfare.

At a distance of tens of thousands of kilometers, shouldn't it be easy to dodge something traveling at only dozens of kilometers per second?

However, the Zerg used exaggerated numbers and projectiles with tracking and a degree of stealth to show them that so called backwardness could sometimes manifest as advancement.

...

Several Zerg Fusion Missiles approached their targets.

Bang!

The moment the metal was about to collide, the ejection plate on the side about to be hit launched and ignited.

In an instant, the plate, traveling at several times the speed of sound, collided with the fusion warhead in the vacuum.

An explosion occurred.

Energy and blinding light swallowed the plate.

Since the explosion occurred hundreds of meters away, the powerful energy that slammed into the ship's surface could no longer destroy the outer alloy or damage the interior.

However, the second layer of plates that had not been ejected was still torn apart by the surging energy.

Vibrations traveled through the hull, making the heads of the Dulu inside buzz and nearly deafening them.

The explosive yield of each fusion missile was one million tons.

“I have never seen this kind of defense method before,” Xia Jin remarked.

She had noticed what happened in the final instant before the explosion.

Keeping the explosion hundreds of meters away was indeed a very effective way to protect the ship.

In space, there is no air, so explosions do not form the same kind of absurd shockwaves as they do on the ground, but they can still deliver a devastating blow to objects in close proximity.

The blasted plate vaporized instantly, and its matter slammed into the ship's outer layer, causing the entire vessel to veer to one side. It nearly collided with another nearby ship.

Fortunately, an emergency turn was made, barely stabilizing its position.

At that moment, the hatches of several Dulu ships opened, and a large number of aircraft left the hangars and began flying toward the distance.

The space fighters had entered the fray.

Opposing them were 2,000 Devourers and 100,000 scourges.

The distance between the two fleets was now only 3,000 kilometers. At such a distance, even if both sides flew toward each other at ten kilometers per second, they would engage in just over two minutes.

However, the Dulu soon discovered that some of the scourges had veered off course and actually collided directly with the incoming missiles, exploding along with them.

At a relative speed of dozens of kilometers per second, the energy generated by this instant collision was more than the missiles could withstand.

Clearly, the Zerg strategy was successful.

Although scourges had little power on their own, they could achieve similar effects in space warfare.

Following the successful interception, the six small leviathans launched another twenty four Fusion Missiles. Simultaneously, their main cannons activated, and cyan plasma balls left the muzzles, rapidly approaching the Dulu ships at an exaggerated speed of nearly 200 kilometers per second.

Boom—

After a flight of over ten seconds, collisions occurred once more.

Only this time, the effect of the ejection plates was insufficient.

The powerful plasma directly submerged the plate and slammed into one of the Dulu ships with its remaining energy.

A brilliant light emerged in the pitch black deep space.

The first ship... exploded.

This wave of combat demonstrated the Zerg's crushing combat capability. Even though they were a civilization that had only left their planet's surface about two years ago, they still displayed terrifying power.