ShangriLa Frontier Chapter 546
ShangriLa Frontier Chapter 546: Prologue: Space ☆ Guerillas
A ray gun shoots out and slashes all over the erected force field. What happens if a person who can not have an unlikely vompar area or a person who can not have an incomplete sensory organ who can not have an unlikely likelihood to be uniform because it is unified with a life-free machine.
[Ouch! That freaking hurt!?」
[FOX has been shot down! Medic! Go get a Medic, ASAP!」
[You idiot! Like we could allow ourselves to do that! We are the Space Guerillas, did you already forget!? Our classes are all defined!」
What would have happened if you were to put a human being versus a machine? Someone who is perfect in every sense of the word versus someone who may have way more flaws than they have merits to them? A whole lot of chaos, ricochet shots, missed opportunities and things that would normally never happen.
But then again, the people firing laser shots while wearing strange uniforms and helmets were capable of doing so in a way that was difficult for a machine to predict. Plus, humans could always strategize ahead, and even if their vessels would not indicate it, they were always ready to change the strategy and go to the places that needed assistance, or where the enemy’s position was weakened. This would often decide about the fate of the battle.
[Hyiih! Are those perhaps security bots reinforced with killing packs! Talk about a huge financial overkill!」
[Kuh…… I’m going to act as the bait here……! You guys just try to back away and hide……!」
[Don’t be stupid, Fox! If you do that this early on, we won’t stand a chance later! And whose fault it will be, huh!?」
Metal soldiers move with their bodies covered in oil that looked like blood, and with the time passing their numbers only continued to increase. The infiltration unit consisted only of five vessels, and ever since arriving here thy have already shot down more than thirty enemy vessels.
In the end, it is not the quantity but the quality that counts, but if a battle like that continues to drag on, even the best of fighters would start to become exhausted and eventually lose.
[What the hell are we supposed to do now, Wolf!? You are supposed to be the “head” of this operation! Then think of something! Now!」
[At this point it is just a lottery! Who would have thought that those things possess such advanced AI!? Its on the levels of an experienced space navy captains if not even higher!」
[This is impossible! [This is impossible! [This is impossible! I know that this is supposed to be space opera, but why do we have such outdated equipment!? And mustache!? This is like, so twentieth century, man!」
It was at that time.
[You lot! If you want to die so badly, I’ll smear you all over the walls myself!」
THONK! THONK! And the sound of heavy footsteps stepping over something metallic could be heard in close proximity.
Turning around, the unit members raise their eyebrows high in a gesture of the utmost shock…… There was one man wrapped in the power armor for assault and he was lifting a huge gun that looked about ready to fire at any moment now.
[Small Spaceship Gatling Turrets! Good girls don’t use bad toys like that!!!」
[Geselle……!!!」
[Hey there~~~!! I’m sorry, but bad kids need to be punished severely! It’s time to properly massacre you lot!」
[As soon as you make your move, we are going to start shooting their armor as well!」
Before the echo of the reply could die down, a huge gatling gun comes online and starts shooting. The barrage of bullets made out of compressed charged particles starts to rain down onto the enemy units, converting the security bots into scrap with great momentum. However, even if the pilot operates the reinforced Power Suit and rains bullets on top of his enemies, the enemy units start to fight back and rain down their own suppressive fire onto it. Before long, the pilot wearing the Gazelle helmet was forced to operate the console window and eject himself from his vessel, being shot from its back like a creature from its cocoon.
[We are going to take the chance that Gazelle created for us! It’s time to work our asses off! Start running, you guys!」
[Say, Gazelle? Jus how much do you……?」
[Currently I only have like twelve credits on my ass.」
[Hieh!? That’s all we have left? Kind of a bummer……」
* * *
The year is now two hundred fifty five of the New Calendar.
Today marks the two hundred and fifty fifth year since he had abandoned his hometown planet and travelled beyond it, into the vast sea of stars. And today he happened to be on a certain spot on the map of the Galaxy that was aptly named “Moss Comule Area” and was represented as a jet-black spot on the galactic map…… It was a place where the fleets “The Australian Austle”, “I’m not a washing board”, “G Cup Men Meat” and “Souka’s Great Fleet” clashed against one another.
The Great Sea Battle, which was a thing rarely seen in the history of intergalactic warfare, not only incorporated space battles between the sides of the conflict, but they also forced them to land on the planets of the nearby systems and continue the skirmishes there, on the surfaces of the seas……
Or not. In truth, the real battle has already begun long ago under the water’s surface.
[FOX, what’s your damage? Give me a status report.」
[Sustained slight injuries, but nothing all too serious. Full recovery is just a matter of time at this rate. Even if I had to speed it up.」
[Gazelle, what about you?」
[Sorry, but coming so far was already a hard enough endeavor as it was. I have used up almost all of my resources, with the only weapons available to me right now being handguns.」
[I’m going to head out as well. …… This is going to be one hell of a heavy mission, huh?」
A fleet is the unit consisting of multiple ships. And each fleet usually has one mother ship or a flag ship that takes command of every other ship under its leadership. Of course, the sizes of the fleet could vary greatly. And in this battle the disproportion was so great that the decision was made on one side to hire the mercenary groups to aid the regular army.
Then, the fleet is divided into smaller units called battalions, and there was one battalion there that was stationed here longer than any else, and survived much more. That battalion consisted of five ships, all with much experience battling against the enemy: Fox, Wolf, Python, Rhino, Gazelle …… That battalion was currently on a mission. The mission was to infiltrate the enemy fleet’s ranks, and give it a fatal blow that would greatly reduce their combat potential for the great skirmish that was about to happen in a week or so.
[For the time being, I’m going to make due with that resources I have left, but then I will try to locate a suitable hacking spot.」
[I also happened to hear that there should be a victory python over there somewhere.」
[Leave it to me! Even in such a state, I won’t allow those electronics to be neglected!」
[Well, that’s actually reassuring.」
As far as they are concerned, they do not know their respective names. In advance, they decided on wearing special helmets that would make each and every single one of them distinct in some way, while also hiding their true identities. Therefore the only thing they know about one another is their respective code names. There was no need for knowing anything more. One of the most important points of mercenary work was to not pry in the private matters of other people…… It was also a countermeasure to prevent vital information leak onto the enemy’s side.
[……………… Wasn’t the Hit And Run Tactic supposed to be the bread and butter of every Guerilla fighter out there?」
[What are you even talking about, Gazelle?」
[Huh? Ah, sorry about that, but I don’t really care all that much about the stories from the Real Life.」
[Roger that.」
A man wearing a Gazelle-type helmet responded while looking up towards the ceiling of the enemy ship.
–––––– Just what the hell are you going to do, huh? What goes through that head of yours?
And then……
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