I Woke Up Piloting the Strongest Starship, so I Became a Space Mercenary

Twisted bodies destroyed by military fighter bots follow the folded underground passage to their destination.

"This is comfortable."

There seems to be a slight disappointment in the operation.

What we have on our feet is a hovering vehicle that was developed to move around these rough terrain. Although there is no speed, if it is bumpy or steep slope, or if it is about a cliff with a height difference of a few meters, it is a vehicle that can easily run, and six passengers, including the driver, can board. Like gravity spheres, it seems to be made by the application of gravity and inertia control technology.

"The boulders have been cleaned, and there are no enemies."

"Even if there are enemies left, the accompanying high-mobility fighter bots will be cleared."

A sharp silhouette of military combat bots accompanied the hovering vehicle, which was only about 30 km/h. Both legs are reverse articulated bipedal fighter bots that run lightly from the beginning and leap to accompany underground structures entry units, including Lieutenant-Colonel Serena and me. The firepower is unknown, but certainly that high mobility would be quite troublesome to fight. I don't think that's the full speed.

What if I fight? Well, it doesn't look that sturdy, so I guess it's better to crush your mobility and run. Running away? Then I'll run away. I'm never going to shoot you properly with a combat bot that shoots at you with unparalleled accuracy. That was true of SOL, but the accuracy of military combat bots is really low. They hit us almost 100%, so if we shoot each other without enough armor or shields to withstand lasers, it's a good shot. They react faster than humans in the first place. If it's a civilian security bot, it's not that much because it's detuned.

"So, what's the status of the war?

"It's a perfectly caged castle with a shield. Well, it will be broken by the time we arrive."

The shield developed to protect space debris from collisions in hypervelocity drive space has a really powerful defense, but it is by no means universal. Highly powered lasers, high-calorie plasma weapons, and missiles and bombs that generate intense explosions and shock waves are relatively vulnerable to attack, and interference between shields abruptly neutralizes each other's shields.

The shield neutralization device equipped with anti-ship reaction torpedoes equipped with Krishna is basically also used to quickly neutralize and saturate the shields of interest due to interference between shields. I'm not sure that's true in this world either.

"By the way, how do I break it?

I heard that they must be using military equipment to break shields. But Lieutenant-Colonel Serena said he could tell by looking at it, and he answered nothing. I see. Military secrets? That's what I thought at this time.

And what I saw at the scene.

"This is the only way."

Here's what happens in front of you in one word.

"What power is a powerful idea."

Numerous military combat bots fired lasers at the shields that covered the man-made facilities, and Titan class fighter bots were daring to hit them with their shields fully open, perhaps 5 meters tall. No, I mean, is it touching you or something... is it touching the shields and making you tickle? Well, it's like a body contact, isn't it?

"Seems like a stronger shield than I thought, but it won't last that long."

"If the shield breaks, is it our turn?"

"That's a little bit later. Let's get the bot into the fight first."

The artificial facility shield began to shake while talking to and suddenly disappeared. The moment it disappears, the laser that was illuminated by the fighter bots will only burn and explode the artifact wall for a moment. By the way, it doesn't matter, but the shields in this world don't break with Pareen.

Small and medium-sized fighter bots, whose shields were found to be saturated and lost, entered the facility in an orderly fashion. Titan-class fighter bots aren't too big in boulders, so they're waiting here.

"Let's start with the Shield Generator and the Main Generator. They can't be trapped inside with shields or blown up by generator runaways."

"I wonder if it's legitimate. I don't know."

I'm not a tactical expert, so I can't say for sure, but I think it's tough. Securing an exit is fundamental, and once you have control of the main generator, you may be able to shut down enemy defensive weapons and more.

"Suitable... it's almost time to break in, so please be prepared."

"Eye Mom"

Hang in there, even though this is how the battle is mechanized, we have to decide on a match with the sword at the end. I wish I could get rid of the bodies, so I could crush them with the amount of combat bots. I wonder if this is a nobleman's fault.

That's less than thirty minutes to wait.

"We found a target at the far end of the facility. I'm coming."

"Yes, sir."

The fighter bot finally managed to capture Gerritz, and Commander Serena's orders made the Imperial Air Force marines move. They were as busy as I was when the fighter bots arrived, so they seemed to be stretched out.

Lieutenant-Colonel Serena stepped forward and the Imperial Air Force marines followed him. I joined the Marines and followed Lieutenant-Colonel Serena, but I couldn't get rid of the unpleasant feeling of passing through my chest.

"Do you have one? There's a way to reverse it from here....."

Entry into the artificial facility while disturbing the head. Even if you have a personal bad feeling, you have to go. This is a military operation. I'm a mercenary my employer told me to accompany.

The interior of the artificial facility was oddly white with prominent interiors, which gave the impression of a research facility. There's no sign of tough twisted people here, and you can see the wreckage of laser turrets and other things that seem to have been destroyed by military bots everywhere.

Is that a big book?

"Maybe."

There are many things like metal barrels on the left hand side of the passageway that appear to pass through the glass. Everything seems empty, but what was in it? Given the location, it can be inferred that it probably contained a twisted element or something like a prototype.

"That means that in the back..."

"It's a production plant. I think it's basically the same as a plant that produces artificial meat."

Have you seen Commander Serena?

"Yes, there have been many cases involving illegal artificial meat plants before."

"Ah... I see."

Lieutenant-Colonel Serena has been through the Shura Hall before.

But artificial meat production plants... I guess we fought monsters apart from Twisted in the Allein system. Twisted is much more powerful than that.

"Fight from the front."

"It must be the sound of a combat bot firing under control. I'm in a hurry."

Follow Lieutenant-Colonel Serena after he starts running and go out into a wide hall.

"... is that your goal?"

"... yeah, that's the goal."

Commander Serena nodded while looking at the object that was exposing the high-mobility combat bot to the opponent at the tip of my finger - a humanoid twisted figure of about 2.5 m with a sword on everything like the four arms.

Eh... is that it? Really? Isn't that human anymore?

"Because I'm going to catch him alive?

"If possible"

"Even if I catch him alive, it's impossible to ask about him....."

A four-armed, alien creature with a red and black body wrapped in twisted muscle fibers and rocky armor. This is the only way to describe Gerritz Ikthermal. In that case, it is unlikely to be able to extract information even if it is captured alive, and it is doubtful whether it can prove that it is Geritz even if it is killed and the body is housed.

It's getting better and better, isn't it?

"Perhaps you've become accustomed to changes in body size and four arms. If we don't get rid of it quickly, it's going to be a problem."

"Why don't we take care of it with a laser saturation attack?

That's it.

As Major Serena turned to the four-armed monster that was rampaging, the fighter bots started attacking him with a laser at once. Dozens of shots, no matter how many four-handed, or more than a hundred laser shots simultaneously can't be blocked.

Khooshiiiiakuuuuu!!!

I'm not sure I can defend myself, but of course I can defend myself somewhat. His swinging sword bounced several or dozens of lasers and landed on a combat bot causing a small explosion. The more incomprehensible a fight bot is, the more sure it is to accumulate damage.

On the other hand, the laser that could not be prevented hit him.

Not very effective.

It doesn't seem to have worked at all, but the wound has regenerated quickly, and it seems to have hardly worked on rocky armor in the first place.

"Yes, that rocky armor is not good, even though it has regenerating power. Plasma weapons are likely to work, but they can be avoided because of the slow speed of bullets."

"After all, we have to kill him."

"That's what it is. I'm coming."

"I don't want to...."

Lieutenant-Colonel Serena pulls a large sword out of his sheath and leaves in front of him. After that, I threw out two pairs of swords at my waist.