The Mech Touch novel Chapter 4440

The Palace of Shame was the foundation of the alien pirate groups that had chosen to remain behind.

Now that their only safe harbor came under serious threat, the aliens could no longer afford to procrastinate any further.

No matter how divided they were, each of them should still have enough sense to realize that all of them would undoubtedly become unmoored if the human aggressors managed to destroy all of the powerful transphasic energy shield generators.

"How long can the Thunderer Mark II go on like this?" Ves asked.

"It will not take as long to take down the subsequent segmented energy shields, sir. As long as there are enough gaps, the Thunderer Mark II can employ clever positioning to fire its transphasic gauss rounds at different angles to damage surfaces that should normally be covered."

The Santana Group's powerful ace heavy artillery mech continued to exert a lot of pressure towards the Palace of Shame.

Though a machine like this could mount even larger and more powerful guns if it wanted to, the advantage of its current set of heavy gauss cannons was that they offered a high rate of fire!

Once Saint Osenring managed to get into his groove, the machine under his control ran so smoothly that it was difficult to imagine that it was a large and clunky heavy mech.

Its heavy gauss cannons periodically boomed at the same time as Saint Osenring aimed to overwhelm his targets by triggering powerful earthquakes every few seconds.

Ves couldn't imagine what it was like to be an alien who was stationed in an underground area in the vicinity of the affected areas.

The shockwaves rippling through the rocky soil and reinforced spaces already inflicted catastrophic damage to a large chunk of the outer portion of the asteroid base, but also made themselves felt at much further distance.

The Thunderer Mark II must be terrorizing a lot of alien pirates at this time!

While this was great for inducing fear in the hearts of so many enemies, the downside was that the Thunderer Mark II also attracted a lot of heat in return!

If the aliens wanted to launch a counterattack, then they would most definitely focus their aggression on the ace heavy artillery mech first!

"Sir, we are detecting many fluctuations from the Palace of Shame! A massive amount of movements are taking place all across the surface of the asteroid base!"

"What is going on?! What is your best guess?!"

"The alien pirate fleets are no longer staying still. All of the alien vessels that can launch into space are about to ascend from the surface!"

"I see."

Ves half-expected the alien warships to continue to shelter in place while opening fire at the human mechs that threatened the Palace of Shame.

"I think the alien warships can't fire through the Palace of Shame's transphasic energy shields." Gloriana said. "It would explain why the aliens have yet to launch a serious counterattack at this time. It could be that the energy shield technology used to protect the asteroid base offers greater protection while forgoing the option to allow attacks to pass through from the other side."

That was a plausible guess.

"Maybe you're right. I have the feeling that the aliens were doing their best to stall for time. There ought to be good reasons why they have invested in so many powerful shield generators of this type. In that sense, it may have been for the best for the Thunderer Mark II to pressure our opponents into action."

Ves did not think that the aliens were stalling for time for irrational reasons like completing an elaborate religious ritual. Pirates never tended to last if they engaged in stupid or self-destructive behavior.

If he assumed that there was a rational reason to stall for time, then the most likely possibility was that the aliens were waiting for reinforcements!

"We need to destroy the alien warships as quickly as possible before any outside help can arrive and join forces with our current opponents!"

Just as Ves made this realization, the alien pirates finally exposed their main mobile combat assets!

The first fleet to emerge was the most familiar-looking one to Ves. It was the Unspoken pirate fleet that possessed the highest degree of threat towards the human coalition!

Surrounded by 14 destroyer-like vessels, the battlecruiser at the center of the neat formation attracted a lot of attention.

The size and presence of this capital ship were beyond anything that Ves had ever seen from an alien vessel.

Though the MTA and CFA's capital ships were even more fearsome, the orven-built battlecruiser was intimidating in her own way!

"What do we know about the opposing battlecruiser?" Ves asked.

"According to the latest intelligence provided by the Gemini Family, the battlecruiser goes by the name of 'V'gahnt-Zezne', though that is likely a shortened version of her full name. She is 3.2 kilometers wide, 0.6 kilometers long and 0.8 kilometers deep. While her armor is fairly good, it is in no way comparable to that of a CFA battleship. The V'gahnt-Zezne primarily relies on her segmented energy shields for defense. She boasts an unusually large amount of thrusters due to her design and can accelerate forward at a surprising rate, though her ability to change trajectory is not as great."

While the orvens designed their warships according to radically different principles than most of humanity, the properties of the V'gahnt-Zezne made her comparable to a human battlecruiser.

A battlecruiser was basically a budget version of a battleship. The former featured stripped-down hull plating that was not as thick or resilient, but made the massive vessel a lot more affordable to build!

The thinner and lighter hull significantly increased the thrust-to-weight ratio of a battlecruiser, enabling the armed capital ship to get up to speed a lot faster and also change directions a lot faster.

Of course, this was only relative to the performance of a battleship. The V'gahnt-Zezne was still an awfully sluggish vessel that took a long time to accelerate forward!

The 14 orven escort destroyers that accompanied the massive V'gahnt-Zezne could have easily outpaced the massive slowpoke, but they did not do so because protecting the flagship was their main priority!

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