Chapter 578: Pirate Fleet VS Leviathan
If I had a Credit for each time I was involved in a massive space battle involving a Pirate Lord... I would have two Credits.
Which isn’t a lot of Credits but you get what I mean.
I watched on my screen as hundreds of ships of different classes and designs all moved forward like a wave to charge towards the Leviathan.
I’m guessing that they either knew the field that messes with the ship’s propulsion systems would be nullified upon that Leviathan’s death... Or they were just expecting that to be the case.
That’s why I didn’t order us to charge in at the start as well and lagged behind a little just in case anything happens.
And as if on cue, I noticed the engines of the front most ships sputtering and dying, leaving the ships floating through space at their original velocity.
"Ries, stop the ship!" I ordered, my Maochatte reacting immediately as she switched off the engines and put full power into reverse thrusters.
Several of the other pirates didn’t manage to respond in time and ended up also having their propulsion systems affected by the field as their engines shut off, leaving them helplessly flying towards the Leviathans.
The other pirate ships managed to stop themselves just outside of the affected range, leaving their unfortunate comrades floating off into space.
Well... Not like we can do anything to help them anyway...
They’re already moving too fast for tractor beams to stop them so I guess those guys just need to wait until they float themselves out of the radius of that Leviathan.
But now we have another problem... How are we supposed to get to the Warp Gate if that Leviathan still has that effect even while it’s dead?