When this row after row of data, as well as numerous remote detection images, were truly presented in front of people, the atmosphere in the conference room suddenly became solemn.
Among the molecular clouds surrounding the entire open star cluster, one located near the G1 galaxy was excited for some reason and became "bright".
This is of course invisible to the naked eye. But under various extremely high-precision remote observation equipment, it is as conspicuous as a firefly in the dark night.
In fact, in this open star cluster, it is not uncommon for molecular clouds to be excited and brighten. Except for some things that have been confirmed to be caused by wars, the fleet navigation of some third-level civilizations, etc., due to natural phenomena
There are also many causes, such as some violent stellar activities, some collisions, etc.
But what I saw this time had a completely different meaning from those before.
First of all, it is definitely not a natural phenomenon. Because there is no energy burst of such an energy level near the G1 galaxy - if it existed, then the entire human physical science system would have to be rewritten.
This must be caused by humans. But if it is just caused by humans, it doesn't matter. Because there are many in this cluster.
The most critical point is that the area of the molecular cloud that is excited and brightened is changing rapidly. This means that the artificial creation that excited the molecular cloud and made it brighter is moving rapidly. And, its moving
The direction is exactly pointing towards you.
Including Zhao Changxing, many civilization leaders and members of the war committee were silent.
At this moment, people understood what these data meant almost instantly.
Our side changed course midway and decided to go to the H1 star located outside this open star cluster instead of the originally planned G1 star. We originally thought that this matter would be over. But we did not expect that if our side did not cause trouble, the trouble would find itself.
The door.
There must be a certain force in this G1 galaxy. This force has noticed its own existence a long time ago and knows that it is approaching there - because the tail flame of the giant spacecraft is too violent, it will inevitably excite molecules
The clouds make it brighter, and it can be detected by beings within a certain distance and with certain observation methods.
This is unobstructable. Just as one's own side can judge the existence of the other's fleet through the bright area stimulated by the other's fleet at this moment, the other side must also be able to detect one's own.
Both sides are invisible to the other.
After realizing that their own side was approaching, they most likely made the decision to annex their own side, and planned to wait and see in the G1 galaxy, waiting for their side to come to their doorstep. However, after Zhao Changxing made the decision to stay away from this open star cluster, to fight
After giving the slim hope a try, the other party saw that their plan failed, so they could only organize an expedition fleet and take the initiative to catch up with them.
At this moment, people have determined that a war is probably inevitable.
As for the peaceful purpose of the other party sending a huge expedition fleet to chase our own fleet, such as trade, exchange, etc., no one is stupid enough to think so.
"According to observation data, with the opponent's acceleration capabilities, it will take about 13 years to catch up with us."
A war commissioner said solemnly: "This will be a typical space pursuit battle."
This kind of combat subject was previously conducted by the human space force in the Rakai 9352 galaxy. When it comes to tactical literacy, tactical command, strategy formulation, etc., the war committee has absolute confidence, and its confidence is no higher than that of any other
People are different.
Of course, this requires adding a qualification, that is, under the current technological level.
but……
"This is not a war at the same technological level." Another war committee member said: "The other party is a true third-level civilization, with complete third-level civilization technology and combat power. But we are only in energy technology.
, propulsion technology and a few other aspects have reached the third-level civilization level, while most of the rest are still in the second-level civilization stage.”
This is a very important question. We know our own affairs. Although from the outside world, a civilization that can conduct interstellar navigation and has large-scale antimatter production technology must be a third-level civilization. When planning to attack such a civilization
, and will definitely be arranged according to the strength in the assessment, that is, the other party must be confident that it can win such a third-level civilization, and then it will take the initiative to start a war.
But I am afraid that even the enemy cannot imagine that in his eyes, the enemy is actually at the third-level civilization stage, but its real combat power is still at the second-level civilization stage.
This may be an unexpected surprise for the enemy, but for our own side, it is even worse.
"The enemy's combat power is probably not that of a true third-level civilization." Zhao Changxing made a judgment after thinking for a while: "War is a continuation of politics. To start a war, there should always be enough reasons.
, is driven by sufficient interests. Think about it, what is the enemy’s reason for starting a war against us? What are they most likely to value in us?”
Zhao Changxing's words aroused people's thinking.
When thinking about this issue, you must put your stance on the other side, rather than on your own side.
If one's side is the other side, then what is the reason for one's side to start such a war?
For a moment, people had a sudden enlightenment in their hearts.
"They are backed by galaxies and have sufficient resource support. But we are in space, and we can only rely on our own reserves for material consumption. So materials must not be the reason for war. I think the reason for them to launch war can only be technology. Or
One step further...technological system.”
"If you think about it from the enemy's standpoint, they will think that we are a real third-level civilization based on interstellar navigation. But based on the size of the fleet and the number of people we can carry, they will definitely think that we are a weak civilization.
A third-level civilization in the early stage. In this way, the success rate of acquiring technology or technology systems will be higher, and the reasons for launching an interstellar war will be more sufficient."
After thinking at this point, the next inference can be easily made.
"What kind of third-level civilization would be interested in the technological system of a civilization that is in a period of weakness—and is only in the early stages of a third-level civilization?"
Obviously, a real third-level civilization would not be interested in this, because they have their own complete technological system. The only reason that might make them slightly tempted is that they hope to learn by analogy through the collision of different technological systems of different civilizations.
, bringing inspiration to our own side. But in this star cluster where wars are frequent and communication is equally frequent, this reason seems reluctant.
In this case, the situation of the other party is very easy to speculate. That is to say, there is a high probability that the other party does not have its own technology system, and their technology is incomplete. And, combined with the chaotic situation of the open star cluster, and the G1
In the remoteness and desolation of the galaxy, a bold speculation emerged.
"This is most likely an alliance of many forces composed of civilized survivors, defectors, gamblers, adventurers, etc."
In a galaxy with complex origins and no unified order, there is a high probability that there will not be a complete and unified force, but a mixture of many forces.
I am afraid that in star clusters where there are many complete third-level civilizations, those complete third-level civilizations will not allow a unified force to appear in the G1 galaxy, because this will pose a threat to them.
"Many small forces interested in a complete technological system formed an alliance and formed an expedition fleet to start a war with us..."
This speculation has considerable credibility.
From this, another problem became highlighted.
"In the opponent's expedition fleet, there must be many barriers and complicated internal struggles. It is very likely that there will be problems such as poor political order, poor cooperation, insufficient coordination, low trust, and even internal mutual defense. In addition to these
Small forces do not have a complete technology system at all, and their internal technology is most likely to only have some technological fragments of third-level civilizations. For various reasons, I think that our enemy's combat power rating can be lowered by a large stage."
After coming to this conclusion, everyone breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, feeling that the big stone weighing on their hearts was much lighter.
Once you know the opponent's weaknesses and know that the opponent is actually not that strong, you can make many targeted arrangements to greatly increase your own winning rate in the war.
"Let's do a simulated attack and defense." Zhao Changxing finally made a decision: "Let's see if our fleet can win against such a loose alliance that does not have a complete third-level civilization technology system and has deep internal gaps."
"yes."
Under the organization of the war committee, many strategic and tactical experts, staff officers and commanders at all levels, military industry experts, weapons experts, equipment experts, and scientists from various disciplines all participated. In just over a month,
After setting up such a platform, the two groups of people controlled different fleets and started fighting in the virtual world.
Each battle will generate a huge amount of data, and there will be tens of thousands of staff responsible for processing this data. Each battle will take about three days, and the battle will be conducted hundreds of times. These tens of thousands of staff, and
The rest of the staff have been busy for almost a year.
Finally, a report document was placed in front of the civilization leaders headed by Zhao Changxing.
"Our final conclusion is that even if the enemy's combat power rating is lowered by a large level, our space force fleet's winning rate when facing such an enemy is still less than one percent.
In hundreds of simulated battles, we tried every means and adjusted all the strategies and tactics we could think of. The final result was that we failed 103 times, and the only time we tied, we both suffered losses and perished together...