"Student Zachary Chase, why are you suddenly asking about this?" Vice Dean Hong asked curiously.
Zachary smiled and said, "Nothing, I'm just curious how my sister managed to advance beyond her level back then."
"Ah, I see. Your sister's talent is indeed astonishing. If she receives more training and accumulates more combat experience, she will definitely become an excellent fleet commander!" Vice Dean Hong spoke of a fleet commander, not a captain. This clearly showed the academy's appreciation for Wendy Chase's talent.
"Speaking of which, Student Zachary's talent is not bad either. It's just a pity you chose the wrong major. To assemble three old starships into a new assembled starship with your own ability, and then defeat a T2 Bald Eagle-class Light Interstellar Cruiser, is truly remarkable. If Student Zachary is willing, I can help you change your major to Starship Engineering Technology," Vice Dean Hong suggested.
"I'm still more interested in commanding a starship," Zachary rejected Vice Dean Hong's kind offer.
More than half an hour quickly passed.
An Interstellar Battlecruiser slowly entered the Starship Duel Arena. Everyone was watching this Interstellar Battlecruiser.
Vice Dean Hong, who was beside him, spoke: "The T2 Purple Rose-class Medium Interstellar Battlecruiser is a T2 starship recently developed and released by the Hurricane Conglomerate. Although it is only a medium-sized starship, its firepower and armor strength are not inferior to heavy starships of the same type. In previous starship duels, although the T2 Fire Crow-class Heavy Interstellar Battlecruiser was a starship of the same level, there was still a significant performance gap. As far as I know, the T2 Purple Rose costs as much as 11 million star coins."
"11 million star coins? Oh my god, that price is enough to buy a T2 Interstellar Battleship or a T2 Carrier Starship!" Levi Warren was startled.
Vice Dean Hong chuckled and shook his head, saying, "This is a starship built entirely on wealth, with extremely low cost-effectiveness. So, in reality, very few people purchase this starship. But because of its magnificent hull structure, it is a symbol of noble young ladies, so generally, only such noble young ladies are willing to buy this expensive but extremely low-cost-effectiveness yet beautiful starship. You should know, Wendy's T2 Fire Crow only cost less than 8 million star coins—a difference of nearly 50%."
Looking at the footage relayed by the drone, the exterior of this T2 Purple Rose was indeed beautiful, with even purple rose patterns carved into its hull armor. At first glance, it looked like a work of art.
"But against Student Zachary's Blizzard Zero, the odds should still be with the Blizzard Zero," Vice Dean Hong was speaking.
In the duel arena's broadcast, a very 'mini' circular starship appeared before everyone's eyes.
"What starship is that? How can it violate regulations and enter the duel arena without permission!" Vice Dean Hong frowned, very displeased with such a lapse in management.
"That's the starship my sister is piloting," Zachary said, causing a stir with a single sentence.
Lily Xue and Levi looked at Zachary in a daze.
Vice Dean Hong was stunned for a long time before saying in surprise, "Student Zachary… if… if I'm not mistaken, that should be an Interstellar Frigate…"
"T2 Black Rhino-class Interstellar Heavy Assault Frigate," Zachary stated the name of the starship.
But others didn't care what kind of Black Rhino it was; they only knew it was an Interstellar Frigate.
"Hahahaha… Look, that's a starship from the North Starship Military Academy, and it's actually an Interstellar Frigate!"
"An Interstellar Frigate dueling an Interstellar Battlecruiser—have the North Star students' brains been filled with oil?"
"If you don't want to win, just say so. You have to humiliate yourselves—it's really making me laugh so hard."
Seeing this, the students of the Tianyao Noble Starship Military Academy all burst into laughter, constantly verbally attacking the students of the North Starship Military Academy, with Zachary, of course, being the main target. But they only dared to shout from a distance; after all, this guy had dared to directly hit people just now.
The students of the North Starship Military Academy, one by one, had expressions as if they had eaten excrement, their faces very ugly. They all looked at Zachary in disbelief. They originally thought that Zachary had prepared the Blizzard Zero for his sister to fight with. But it turned out to be a T2 Interstellar Frigate entering the arena.
"Zachary… you…" Levi swallowed, not knowing how to persuade his good friend. Ever since the Blizzard Zero, his behavior had been somewhat unpredictable.
"Just watch." Zachary crossed his arms, a slight curve on his lips.
The reason he arranged the T2 Black Rhino was something he had thought about long ago. Regarding the opponent's starship, Zachary had checked the starship duel records on the way, knowing it was a T2 Purple Rose and also knowing its weapon system.
Its main weapon system consisted of ten T2-class twin 200mm medium railguns, which could fire once every 30 seconds. Railguns are non-ballistic weapons that use electromagnetic technology to accelerate metal projectiles. Their firing rate is very fast, and their hit rate is extremely high within the precise range, but because they lack guidance functions, the hit rate plummets once they reach their maximum range. Therefore, starships carrying this type of weapon need to be able to maintain a relatively close engagement distance with enemy ships. They are typically equipped on Interstellar Cruisers and Interstellar Frigates.
The power of the T2 Purple Rose's railguns, when facing ordinary T2-class starships, is considered very good firepower—after all, it's a starship built with 11 million star coins. Unfortunately, this time it was facing the T2 Black Rhino. Even if all attacks landed on a single hull armor location, it would still require twenty minutes of precise shelling to cause severe damage to that piece of hull armor.
Aside from whether such a coincidence would even happen, the T2 Black Rhino would not give it twenty minutes.
At this moment, the T2 Purple Rose and the T2 Black Rhino quickly entered their designated combat positions, and the size comparison between the two starships… It was simply like comparing a small witch to a great witch. The T2 Purple Rose's hull was a full 310 meters long, but what about the T2 Black Rhino? 110 meters, and it was a semi-elliptical, rhino-shaped hull structure.
"Such a small ship—it's not even as good as the Blizzard Zero's giant cannon," Lily couldn't help but complain from the side. Not only did she not see her desired giant cannon, but it was such a small guy—she was very dissatisfied.
Zachary said from the side, "Sometimes bigger isn't necessarily better; being tough is also very important."