"Sir, we can't get any closer," Matt said, looking at the constantly refreshing detection results: "The 'William Herschel limit' of this galaxy is beyond the ordinary distance."
The so-called "William Herschel limit" is the distance limit beyond which a space object must plunge into a star. It is named after the musician Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel.
This distance will change with the mass and speed of the affected object, and a powered spacecraft will have more room for maneuver. Generally speaking, a star with planets, as long as it does not cross the orbit of the nearest planet, is basically
safe.
However, the Spear Galaxy is a strange galaxy composed of two blue giant stars. Not only does it not have any planets, but the two stars also rotate around each other - do you really deserve the title of a star?
The Spear Galaxy got its name because from time to time, a passing giant celestial body fell headlong into two stars. The resulting helium flash looked like two stars throwing spears of flame at each other. The accuracy of the one was particularly bad.
kind.
This spectacle attracted many astronomy enthusiasts from the Cthulhu Sector at first, but when they discovered that this behavior of "throwing spears to each other" had been going on for hundreds of millions of years, it would continue to happen.
At that time, the enthusiasm quickly faded, and now that the Federation and the rebels were fighting, no one would pay attention.
Therefore, no matter what big noise Tassadar makes here, no one will take a second look.
"Captain Raynor," Jax sent a communication from his Iron Justice: "My old ship can no longer move forward. If you haven't chosen a position yet, I have to stay at this distance and wait for you.
'Open the door'."
After all, he is a captain and cannot stay on the Bucephalos forever. When he returned to "Iron Justice", he took Mira with him, which made Matt relieved.
"Tassadar, sir?" Raynor looked at the protoss standing by the porthole.
"[When the threat of the zerg is imminent, you have to care about 'views' and 'influence'. This is also a common problem in civilizations where individual consciousness is greater than group consciousness.]" Tassadar turned around.
Huh? In what civilization, the group consciousness can be greater than the individual - oh.
Renault glanced at Ariel and saw that there was a ready-made one here.
"[I have confirmed that, except for your two battleships, no living thing is observing here, so I will start building a 'subspace tunnel'.]" Tassadar continued.
Renault originally planned to ask how it was confirmed, but after thinking about it carefully, it seemed unnecessary: "Let's do it."
Sizzling——
Tassadar put his hands together, and a flash of blue light emerged from his palms. Almost at the same time, a ball of light with the exact same shape and color, but much larger, appeared in the cosmic space outside the window behind him.
This hand slightly eliminated the bad image of him being tossed around by Ariel, probably.
After holding out the light ball, Tassadar separated his hands, grabbed both sides of the light ball and began to pull.
Stab—chichichichi—
Like the sound of silk or thick paper being pulled away, the blue light in front of Tassadar gradually began to change into a ring, and the giant blue light outside the porthole also enlarged and deformed simultaneously, gradually forming a huge one, enough for ten battleships to pass in parallel.
The door is filled with golden light that is constantly flashing and flowing.
Raynor looked at Tassadar and then at the window, finally temporarily letting go of the impression that he was beaten by Ariel.
"Okay, okay," Jimmy patted his chest: "I thought I would see Tassadar's big face behind the ring outside."
Is that some funny movie?
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Warp Tunnel, Bucephalus Bridge.
"This is not the same as using the stargate," Tychus stood by the porthole and looked out.
"It's not like a psychic jump either." Tuo Xu agreed.
"Indeed," Renault was still sitting on the captain's seat, looking at the large amount of data flashing on the panel in front of him: "Rather than giving up control and waiting to jump out after entering the star gate, we now have to move forward on our own - in this
Before the passage closes."
"That's right," Nova agreed: "When using the star gate, the 'straight forward' that appears is an illusion, so there is a 'channel' that directly drills into the planet or even the star, and this 'subspace channel'
, it’s more like the universe is ‘folded’ but without contact, we have to ‘cross’ this distance ourselves.”
"[That's why it's called 'Zheyue',]" Tassadar continued: "[Soon, you will be able to see the magnificent El. She may not be energetic for the time being, but as long as I wake up my compatriots, she will definitely
Restore its former glory.】"
Renault nodded slightly and made no comment. It didn't matter whether the protoss returned to their former glory. The key was that their appearance might reunite the humans in the sector. And with the atrocities of the Tyranid Federation ahead, this center of unity would not be there otherwise.
It will be the Federation, perhaps the new Federation planned by Nova's father and grandfather, or perhaps the Empire conceived by Arcturus. Of course, Minmatar, Gallente and Caldari also have opportunities.
"[...]" Compared with other people who were waiting for the Protoss Prime or the fleet, Ariel had been frowning and thinking about something, and then she said: "[Tassadar, how long ago was the last time you woke up?"
before?】"
"[If I follow your timing method, 364 years ago.]" Perhaps because he was about to arrive home, Tassadar no longer seemed to care about being beaten by her.
"[In that case, you should have seen the natives of this sector, the 'Pioneer Utes',]" Ariel's brows still did not loosen: "[Have they encountered the Zerg? Have the protoss come into contact with them?
?】"
"[I have checked the colonies of this aquatic civilization one by one, and there is no record of them being infested by zerg, so I re-entered hibernation...]" Tassadar seemed to have finally discovered the problem: "[It is you, the human will
Were they eliminated?]”
"[No, according to our historical records, the war between humans and Utes only lasted for one year and ended with the complete retreat of Utes. However, not to mention the reasons for their retreat, none of the star gates discovered so far have
The traces of their departure are as if they suddenly disappeared out of thin air, or,]" Ariel raised her head and looked at the stream of light outside the window: "[They left using the 'subspace tunnel'.]"
"[How is this possible? Except for the protoss, the subspace tunnel cannot be opened by other races.]" Tassa Dal paused.
"[Obviously, it was one of your compatriots who took the entire Ute clan away through the crossing,]" Ariel continued: "[Then, as far as you are concerned, under what circumstances would you do such a thing?"
Strange behavior?】"
Indeed, Renault thought, if civilization was not threatened by the Zerg, the protoss would not come into contact with them. If that protoss had a huge fleet to command, it could completely threaten the peaceful coexistence of humans and Utes who had just arrived in this sector.
.
Well, the known fact now is that Ute is threatened by Zerg, and the protoss who helped it have no fleet to command. When the first two are likely to be true, add "the outpost of Aiur is in this sector".
The premise and conclusion are -
While Tassadar slept, Aiur was finished.
Tsk——buzz——
The Bucephalos and the Iron Justice reached the end of the subspace tunnel at the same time.
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Planet Al.
"[No! This is impossible!]" Tassadar rushed towards the porthole.
The previous inference is completely correct.
As the captain, Renault can see more data through scanning without going to the porthole.
[Diameter: 13,273 kilometers;]
[Gravity:0.98;]
[Inclination angle: 18.5 degrees;]
[Average temperature: 30 degrees;]
[Continental block: 5, ocean block: 4;]
[Main cities: 5, settlements: 2136;]
[Main biomes: 65, secondary biomes: 289, small biomes: 600;]
[Number of surface organisms, approximately 5,000,000,000.]
If these creatures are protoss, Tassadar's previous promise may come true, but they are all various kinds of zerg. The entire planet's land is almost covered with germ carpet, and all cities and settlements are full of germs.
state of ruins.
"[Obviously,]" Ariel whispered: "[The reason why your compatriots took Ute away was to prevent humans from learning the 'psionic leap' technology from them, arriving in Ayr inadvertently, and transferring these
The release of the 'Natural Disaster' - I asked, how could a creature like the Zerg be the research result of those federal scientists?]"
"[I must contact Kara,]" Tassadar regained his composure slightly: "[But only the temples built at each outpost have this ability, please let me go down.]"
"You are committing suicide," Renault shook his head repeatedly: "Although we have not been together for a long time, as a friend, I cannot watch you die."
"[No, I will not die, my friend,]" Tassadar raised his finger and pointed at the braid-like tentacles on the back of his head: "[The sacred Kara connects us. If I fail to contact Kara through the temple,
, the soul will return after the battle, but before you can reshape your body and report the threat, you must temporarily close the interstellar jump gate to the star system near this planet.】"
"Return of the soul? Reshape the body?" Renault felt that although this was idealistic, it didn't seem like a random excuse: "How long will it take?"
"[Depending on how busy Kara is, it ranges from one thousand to five thousand years.]" Tassadar replied.
"I guess I know why your compatriot didn't do this." Raynor looked at him with a "Are you stupid" expression: "Do you think you can be resurrected faster than the protoss warriors who have died on the surface of Aiur?"
"[They were probably killed while sleeping and knew nothing, and as a 'high-ranking templar', my soul should be able to attract some attention.]" Tassadar answered fluently.
"No, no way," Renault shook his head repeatedly: "Tell us where you are going, and we will make a landing and contact plan. If nothing can be done, I will let Ariel kidnap you."
"[That's right,]" Ariel raised her hand in cooperation and stretched out a vine from her wrist to threaten: "[However, you don't have to worry about them spreading, your compatriots are doing pretty well.]"
"[Compatriot?]" Tassadar was stunned.
"[Those who are still persisting on the surface,]" she pointed to the devastated planet outside the window: "[Didn't you notice? The resources of this planet have been exhausted, but there are almost no flying zerg, while other planets have only a few
There have been no reports of any Zerg infestations a month ago. This can only be the result of deliberate induction by your surviving compatriots through tactics... Although I don’t know how many people died for this.]”
"[...]" Tassadar obviously understood. He turned to look at Al outside the porthole and slowly closed his eyes. He was probably using what he called "kara" to contact the survivors - if there were any.
It was only then that the other companions gradually recovered from the shock and started talking to Renault.
"Sir, sir, I'm not afraid!" Jimmy stood at attention.
Maybe if you don’t do this, your legs will give out and you’ll collapse, right?
"Tsk tsk... In this case, 10,000 Revelations may not be enough, let alone I only have more than 400." Nova looked at the various data in front of Renault.
Can an ordinary ghost have so many tactical nuclear bombs to use?
"I mean, cowboy, are we going to use a mercenary group to deal with bugs on an entire planet this time?" Tychus slapped his power armor: "This is very suitable for me!"
You have a great appetite, and those mercenaries may not be of use.
"I heard that they don't seem to be able to fly?" Tosh was making a plan: "In this case, as long as you give me enough food, I should be able to stab them all to death."
That's five billion?
"Pony!" Mira directly grabbed Jax's communication position: "I will marry you after this battle!"
Ah... Matt looked over with a look that said, "Please take me with you in this battle."
"[Chief Renault,]" Ariel turned and left directly: "[I remember you still have a lot of crystals in your warehouse, do you mind if I use them?]"
"Oh, of course." Renault nodded.
Is she preparing to explode the troops? Very good, I didn’t see the scene of plants vs. bugs in Tarsonis. This time I can watch it up close.
Buzz——
While the bridge was in chaos, Tassadar opened his eyes. The blue light in his eye sockets was brighter than ever before, and the "tentacles" on the back of his head were also flashing blue light.
"[The swarm of insects destroyed our home, and my noble people became refugees.]"
He said in a loud voice, no, that was not speaking, but some kind of "spiritual broadcast". This protoss was using his own way to contact the surviving compatriots on Aiur.
"[However, the insect swarm cannot destroy our will,]"
"[Because the sacred Kara connects the thoughts of each of us,]"
"[She unites us in despair.]"
The bridge fell silent, as if infected by his tone, all the crew members no longer acted in a panic and became orderly.
Perhaps it was an illusion, but Renault vaguely saw that there were countless tiny blue threads rising into the sky on the entire planet El, connected to Tassadar standing in front of the window, and pulsating in response to his words.
