In the vast and deep depths of the universe, a small dwarf planet orbits, and on the observation deck of the "Keck" spacecraft, there are two Blaneys used to feel visible light, and two for feeling infrared rays, a total of four
His eyes were full of worry.
He quietly looked at the bright star hanging above the sky in the distance, motionless for a long time. However, there were about dozens of other large spaceships beside him, and there were even more small spaceships flying on this small star.
Traveling between planets and those big spaceships.
Blarney has experienced this vast and deep starry sky for many years. In his eyes, this scene has long been the same as the ceiling he saw when he just woke up. There is nothing special about it.
But since he came to this galaxy, this starry sky that was so familiar that it had lost its sense of mystery made him feel a special meaning.
Depressed, heavy.
It seems that there is some monster hiding in the dark. It seems that as long as the noise made by one's side is a little louder, the monster will be aware of one's existence, and will jump out of the darkness, killing what little remains of the "Kadira" civilization has survived.
The ones were devoured completely.
This forces us to be as cautious as possible in all our actions. Anything that can emit stronger radiation - whether it is electromagnetic wave radiation or nuclear radiation, etc., is prohibited. Even fusion reactors can only maintain a low power, so
Even the engineering operations carried out on this dwarf planet unconsciously lowered the lighting power. Even in the spacecraft, when people talked to each other, they would always lower their voices unconsciously, as if their voices were
If it's a little bigger, it can attract the monster.
"well."
Blaney sighed softly.
Originally, my own civilization was also flourishing on the home star, and even broke through the large-scale preparation technology of antimatter, truly entering the interstellar era.
But the advent of the "Star Catastrophe" changed everything. As a result, a powerful and prosperous civilization was on the verge of extinction. Fortunately, I don't know whether it was due to natural phenomena or a passing super civilization came to the rescue. The last few hundred large ships of the civilization were left.
The immigrant spacecraft was inexplicably transferred here from thousands of light-years away, and came to a large interstellar dust cloud.
There were many stars and many planets in that large interstellar dust cloud. But... there were also signs of the existence of many civilizations. As the supreme leader of the Cadilla civilization whose strength had reached rock bottom, Blarney finally made a decision.
, give up the idea of entering closer interstellar clouds, and instead head to the remaining star systems in order to survive.
They chose the nearest star system.
But the disaster seems not far away, and misfortune has once again befallen civilization.
When the distance to this star system was less than 2.2 light-years, the remaining scientists of the Cadilla civilization were shocked to discover that there were traces of civilization in this star system!
Moreover, through comprehensive analysis of the radiation emitted from this star system, various flashes, changes in the elemental structure of rocky planet atmospheres and gaseous planets, changes in stellar spectra, etc., the conclusion reached is actually
Yes, the civilization stationed in this star system has a technological strength that at least exceeds our own, and is in its prime!
Such a powerful civilization might be able to wipe out all of its own by simply dispatching a squadron!
However, at this moment, our fleet's energy has almost been exhausted, and it is close to the point where it is running out of fuel. In order to gather enough energy to slow down, our fleet even has to abandon more than half of the spaceships in the fleet.
It is impossible to change the destination and sail to other galaxies. However, continuing to go to this galaxy will only be a sheep in a tiger's mouth.
No matter which choice you make, it's a desperate situation.
At the critical moment, Blarney gritted his teeth and made a decision.
Continue to go to this star system, but do not enter the core of the star system, but only on the periphery of the star system, in a place extremely far away from the inside of the star system, look for an asteroid or dwarf planet, collect some resources there, and once there are enough, set sail again to the next one.
Star system, then set off immediately.
No matter how you look at it, the risks of this plan are quite high. However, under desperate circumstances, you can only choose to take this path.
For this reason, the fleet has to start the deceleration process quite far away from the destination - because only by extending the deceleration process far enough can the power requirements of the deceleration maneuver process be low enough and the radiation released can be low enough.
Only then can it be sufficiently concealed. Moreover, the fleet has to allocate a considerable part of its strength to search the edges of the galaxy and select a suitable destination.
Fortunately among the misfortunes, the fleet finally found a suitable target.
It is a dwarf planet 220 billion kilometers away from the star.
In fact, with the technological strength of our own fleet at the moment, it is almost impossible to search for such a dim and insignificant target. But I have to say that maybe good luck has finally begun to come, and I have actually found it.
What happened next went smoothly. Under low-power maneuvers, the fleet quietly approached the dwarf planet. In the process, it most likely did not alarm the powerful civilization in its heyday near Chichi. Moreover, on the dwarf planet
There are no technological creations.
This means that that civilization most likely did not include it within the scope of its rule.
So the fleet was stationed here and began to collect resources carefully but as quickly as possible.
"In power, water resources have been completely collected, 15 antimatter plants have been built, 26 supporting fusion power plants have been built, and 7 A-36 steel plants have been put into operation..."
The official who served as executive assistant reported a long list of information to Blarney, who was in charge. Finally, he concluded: "According to the current process, it will take us about 10 to 15 years to fully complete the resource reserve and start the next
Interstellar Voyage.”
"10 to 15 years..."
Blaney sighed again: "We have been here for 17 years. I hope that civilization hasn't discovered us yet..."
The assistant's expression was also a little gloomy: "There is no way. This dwarf planet is too small, and some of the necessary resource reserves are very small and very scattered. We have to smelt huge amounts of ore to collect them bit by bit.
"
Blaney knew this very well.
This is the inevitable characteristic of small planets. Otherwise, why would any civilization prefer to station around large planets?
"Hopefully good luck is still on our side."
…
At this moment, located hundreds of millions of kilometers outside the orbit of Planet H1 in the Deep Space 7 scientific research base, an ocean patrol ship sailed into the berth in a dusty manner, ending its 10-year ocean patrol.
.
Some scientific researchers and logistics personnel staying here are not surprised by this. After all, although this place is called a scientific research base, it is actually used for both military and scientific research.
"Wow! Finally his stupidity is over. If he keeps patrolling like this, I will fall in love with that robot cook!"
"Damn it! Lao Liu, didn't you already propose to that cook? I saw it with my own eyes that day!"
"Go away! You are still talking about me, who dragged the robot nurse to the storage room that time!"
"I was looking for a nurse to show me the wound...the wound!"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Looking at the patrol boat soldiers who behaved like gangsters, several scientific researchers frowned unconsciously.
"Well, it's just ocean patrol. If we were in a serious fleet, we would have been locked up in solitary confinement until we died."
"Stop talking, Old Wang. That's an ocean patrol. If you don't go wild, you'll go crazy."
…
"Hey! Guys! Good luck!"
"There are mermaids in the deep space! Be careful not to be lured away by the singing, hahahaha!"
"I'll teach you a trick. When you can't hold it in anymore, you can propose to the robot and you can unlock new features, hahahahaha!"
Wang Qi, who was lining up neatly with his comrades and heading towards the passage, couldn't help but frown when he heard these words.
"Although the superiors are indeed relatively relaxed about the personal discipline of ocean patrols, they are not to this extent, right? Do you still call this a soldier?! Shame on you! When I come back in ten years, I will definitely be different from you!"
Thinking in his mind, Wang Qi and his comrades were still looking straight ahead and marching in line, forming a sharp contrast with the seniors around them who had just returned from ocean patrols and were holding each other's arms as if they were naked.
But Wang Qi soon understood why those seniors became like this.
Boring! So boring!
It's called ocean patrol, but there's actually nothing to do!
In order to ensure combat effectiveness and maneuverability, and to ensure that emergencies can be dealt with at any time, most of the space in the ocean patrol ship is occupied by combat readiness supplies and weapons, resulting in no entertainment facilities at all. In addition to hundreds of strong men,
Apart from taking a look at the readings of the remote observation equipment every day and occasionally adjusting the forward trajectory, there is nothing to do!
Even daily military training, where one can vent excess energy, can only conduct a few subjects.
After all, this is a battleship, not a training ship.
Gradually, Wang Qi's heart gradually became relaxed.
In the dark starry sky and boring life day after day, one day, Wang Qi, who was fighting in the ring for fun, suddenly heard a piercing siren.
"alarm!"
He was shocked at first, and then an uncontrollable excitement burst out from deep inside his heart.
"There's an alarm!"
A group of strong men immediately started commotion, and the next moment they rushed towards the weapons console with howls.
"Finally something has been done! Finally there is an enemy! Finally we can fight!"
At this moment, Wang Qi's mind was filled with such thoughts. As for who the enemy was, how many there were, and whether his side could win, they were not considered.