The fleet continued deploying in a range 2,000 km in diameter. One of them was a little bit late to escape.
Valkyrie measured the position and the accelerating ability of each vessel of the fleet and decided the crossing orbit. Then he began to accelerate to fall at right angles with the convoys. Valkylie used only a little propellant, but the acceleration reached to 100 G with his high-thrust engine.
--- 5 targets. Evading and accelerating. Put each of them to rout. Prepare for the long range shooting battle. Charge the main cannon.
Valkyrie ordered to his own body and hesitated for a while and then decided not to assume an anti-enemy defensive posture. Even if the transport convoys armed themselves, the possibility that Valkylie would be hit was low. Valkylie pointed the main laser cannon at a transport ship which located at the edge of the fleet.
--- First target. General purpose 2,000t class transport ship. Expected salvo fire distance to destroy the enemy is 15,000. The disperse pattern of the main cannon's first salvo fire is D plus.
Fire.
The first salvo fire of the main laser cannon was fired from the distance 15000 km, 1 microsecond point fire and a 10 microseconds interval was repeated for 120 times and it spent 1 millisecond to finish salvo fire. The 120 point shooting unit consisted of laser light spread through each orbit which was subtly different from each other.
The result of impact could be seen in spite of the round distance 30,000 km 0.1 second after the salvo fire. There was no hit, but it was an expected result. Next moment, Valkylie ordered the second salvo fire without hesitation.
--- The same target, the second salvo fire, Disperse pattern is also D plus, no change. Fire to the second area.
Fire.
The same thing was repeated and the reaction returned 0.1 second later no hit. When the third salvo fire was fired, the sensors of Valkylie received a reaction of hit achieved by one point shooting unit.
--- The third salvo fire came across. The hit was made by 52nd point shooting unit. Concentrate fourth salvo fire regarding this area as the center. Change the disperse pattern to B.
If one or two unit hit, the beginning salvo fire couldn't damage enemy. But the bundle of laser light, consisted of only 300 meter long beam, made the target to generate the infrared reaction, reflection or absorbance. Even though it couldn't damage the target, when Valkylie's sensor detected the reaction of a hit from among the infrared reaction of target, the game exposed its position.
On succeeding to find the hits, the point shooting unit was traced by the time the reaction needed to be detected. And much denser salvo fire was fired into that position.
Fire.
The fourth salvo fire consisted of 120 shooting point units and half of them hit. The fifth salvo fire, which corrected the moving speed of target and concentrated the disperse pattern, fired in a moment. 0.1 second later, the infrared reaction increased at random and at stretch.
--- Detecting the explosion of the first target. Change the mark to the second one.
It needed 0.5 second the confirm the explosion since the first salvo fire. Valkylie already started to fire next target.
As the distance between Valkylie and the fleet became closer and closer, the blank salvo fire decreasing. The last target was hit at the first shooting and exploded by the second salvo fire.
Valkylie was starting to control his posture for attacking next target.