The Mech Touch novel Chapter 5355

Chapter 5355 The Throne of Lies

The existence of dreadnoughts was not a secret to the upper echelon of human civilization.

However, the Common Fleet Alliance had kept them secret for so long that most people never knew about their existence.

At most, they heard rumors that the fleeters had once invested in the development of warships that were over 12 kilometers long.

To be honest, battleships around this size already became far too sluggish and cumbersome to make them worthwhile enough to deploy.

Their mass had increased to such an enormous extent that even the strongest thrusters couldn't propel them fast enough to meet the minimum maneuverability standards of the CFA.

Their other disadvantages also became more pronounced. The fleeters eventually figured out that it was much more efficient to construct two 6-kilometer long battleships in the place of a single 12-kilometer long abomination.

The fleeters never gave up on building bigger warships, though.

The rise of god mechs put a lot of pressure onto the CFA. Every simulation and every exercise showed that god mechs could wipe out entire fleets composed of the best battleships imaginable!

While the CFA battleships usually possessed more than enough combined firepower to overwhelm a God Kingdom by relying on brute force, a god mech never stupidly allowed itself to get hit so many times!

God mechs were blazingly fast as well and could easily maneuver themselves inside a ship formation.

It was pretty much game over once they got close enough to swallow the CFA battleships in their formidable God Kingdoms. Their willpower was so oppressive that they could make human crew members faint and render lots of electronic systems inoperable!

The fleeters discovered that there were limits to focusing on quantity.

While it may be true that the CFA could deploy many more warfleets at many different locations, each encounter between a warfleet and a single god mech would cause the former to suffer a total loss without exception!

The development of dreadnoughts was an attempt to prevent this nightmare scenario from happening.

There were many secrets related to their development and their secret tech. Scant few individuals understood their full details.

Those who were vaguely aware of their existence only knew that the CFA ultimately failed to develop an effective counter against god mechs.

The fleeters were supposedly so embarrassed by their incompetence that they kept their experimental warships out of sight.

Operation Night Jazz was the first time that the general public of red humanity became introduced to these mythical dreadnoughts!

"I thought that they couldn't possibly exist!" Gloriana gasped as she witnessed the majestic arrival of the dreadnoughts of the First Armada on the live feed. "Won't they attract an enormous amount of firepower? Their defenses can't possibly withstand so much focused fire."

"We should reserve our judgment for the time being." Ves cautioned her. "The Red Two have clearly planned this for a long time. The Red Fleet definitely haven't sent out their dreadnoughts to die in their first public appearance."

"So cool!" Andraste cheered. "I like the bigger one. She has so many big guns!"

"What does the Throne of Lies do?" Marvaine frowned in puzzlement. "The ship doesn't have a lot of cannons."

From the moment the two dreadnoughts made an appearance, many different alien warships and defensive installations redirected their heaviest gun batteries towards the new arrivals.

Even the aliens figured out that the human flagships were vital components to the human force composition!

Taking them out early was doubtlessly beneficial to the defenders!

However, before the first laser beams and projectiles struck the long and enormous hulls of the dreadnoughts, strong and glowing blue energy shields came online.

It already became clear that these new energy shields were different from the more conventional transphasic energy shields utilized by both sides.

Attack after attack continued to rain down on the two dreadnoughts.

Surprisingly enough, the enormous vessels did little to evade the incoming attacks!

A significant proportion of the outer defensive sphere tried and failed to overcome the defenses of the two dreadnoughts.

Hundreds of formidable alien warships and defensive installations fired all of their anti-ship weapons at the two human vessels, only for the glowing energy shields to ripple like water.

Both human and alien observers became gobsmacked by how much damage the dreadnoughts were able to withstand!

Entire cities and continents would have been razed by now if they endured the same amount of attacks, but the Throne of Lies and the Guns of Armageddon remained calm and stable behind the protection of their new energy shields!

Fleet Admiral Amelie Jameson smirked as she witnessed how little the incoming attacks accomplished.

She continued to convey absolute confidence and superiority as she stood in the middle of the command center of the Guns of Armaddon.

Her arms remained folded behind her back as she continued to track many different data points with the help of her unique cranial implant.

The projected map in front of her was just for show. She derived a lot of satisfaction from seeing so much alien firepower being wasted on trying to whittle down the defenses of one of the greatest human warships to exist.

"Our new azure energy shields have not yet reached their limits. They can fully sustain their current states for approximately 8 hours at the current rate of enemy output."

"The engineers report that the azure energy shield generators remain in good condition."

"Our Spark Reactors are still operating well below full capacity. They are more than able to supply additional power to our azure energy shield reactors if necessary."

"Dozens of alien warships have begun to give up on attacking our dreadnoughts and are starting to redirect their firepower towards our more vulnerable assets."

"Unacceptable." The fleet admiral frowned. "We have not yet even begun to test the limits of our new tech. This is the first time that we have managed to pair our Spark Reactors with energy shields enhanced by hyper technology. Let us give the alien defenders a reason to keep their attacks on our dreadnoughts. Send a command to the Throne of Lies to activate her new hyper ECM systems."

Twenty seconds later, the Throne of Lies drastically began to increase her power consumption.

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