Juggernaut: Rise of the Zerg

Chapter 255 The Federation’s Plan

Research on the Brocher people is being carried out secretly. Of course, on the surface, the Velvet people are still sparing no effort to promote the original racial integration plan.

But beneath the surface, small-scale population transport was already quietly operating, and Todd had been promoting the operation since Goldman's research results appeared at the top of the federation.

This time, Todd did not leave everything to the Velvets. The Federation had a more complete scientific research system, but the Zerg's attainments in biological structure were beyond their reach.

A secret biological experimental base was built in the orbit of the Brocher people's home planet and was disguised as a space station. However, its function has always been to study planetary life with the Brocher people as the main body.

Under federal control, samples can be taken upon request.

However, the research situation was not as optimistic as expected.

The first is that the biological structure described by Goldman cannot be found in previously captured samples.

Both the Zerg's own research and conclusions from the Federation have confirmed this.

Todd quickly realized something. This biological structure discovered by Goldman should be a special case!
Sure enough, during the subsequent secret screening, Todd finally discovered an individual with the biological structure described by Goldman.But up to this point, the Federation had screened at least thousands of Brochers!

That means it could be extremely rare, rather than as widespread as Goldman had expected.

To be honest, Todd is still a little regretful. This means that the Velvet people's racial strengthening plan has in fact been declared bankrupt before it even started. At least it is absolutely impossible to achieve the previous goal.

But this does not mean that the Brocher has lost value in this regard. On the contrary, due to its scarcity, its value will increase in cost!

What the Federation needs to do now is to figure out what characteristics the Brochers with this kind of biological structure have. Do they only exist in a certain type of group, or are they...randomly distributed?
If it is the former, perhaps the vast majority of the Brochers will be able to escape, but if it is the latter, before the ability to accurately detect this structure from the outside emerges, the Brochers on this planet will no longer be able to maintain it. The status quo.

The original policy of peaceful integration has tended to turn into a dream under Goldman's suicide note, and this time, even the Zerg will not help them.

The reason why Zero chose to integrate them into the Federation was because of their advanced research capabilities on dark matter, believing that their scientific research potential even surpassed that of the Velvets to some extent.

But now He seems to have discovered the reason why the Brochers have such potential, so it doesn't actually matter whether they exist. Ultimately, it depends on the results of the Federation's experiments and whether the Brochers still have enough value.

The Velvet Federation, which had suffered heavy losses in the war not long ago, was not a good man or woman. In the desperate eyes of many Roche people who knew about it, batches of ordinary citizens were taken away and sent to the laboratory.

But even if they knew it, they would not dare to say anything for the sake of their own survival or the survival of the race.The warships capable of destroying the entire planet are still docked in the star navigation that was built in just 27 Oridays in front of the Brocher people. Once they make the top federation displeased, they will You will suffer even greater losses, but you are just bringing humiliation upon yourself.

No matter how oppressive the Velvet people are, they don't have the right to say no.

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Today, it has been more than ten years since Visser "digged" those numerous and complex structures from the interior of the planet.

In these years, in addition to organizing insect swarms to harass the Velvet territory, Visser has been studying these things.

Of course, they are still intact, and Visser has no way to open them except for some extreme destructive means.

Observed from the outside, it is indeed the "culprit" that affects the changes in the planet's magnetic field, but what is the significance of affecting the planet's magnetic field?It cannot be known.

However, it has not done nothing in the past ten years.A small number of components obtained from the interior of the planet were secretly sent to the former ninth colonial galaxy of the Velvet Federation, and this was successfully completed through the opening of a short wormhole.

At this moment, they were carried by a group of Zerg biological warships and headed towards the territory of the Velvet Federation.

They will "try" to send these components into the interior of the planet in a deserted galaxy, and at the same time attract an attack from the Federation fleet, so that these things can reasonably appear in the Federation's scientific research institute.

Thinking about it, these extremely dense structures and properties that are difficult to destroy should be able to attract the attention of the Velvet people who are in urgent need of weapons technology.

Visser didn't intend to hold this bone and gnaw on it alone. With the presence of the Velvet people as a "helper" in the middle of the war, it would be much more relaxed.

Under its deliberate arrangement, the Velvets came to expel the insect swarms, adhering to their usual fearless style since the war began, even though these insect biological warships were at an absolute disadvantage in terms of size and combat power. But they had no intention of retreating, and in the end the Velvet fleet also paid a considerable price.

However, Visser's goal was successfully achieved. The other party did not doubt it, but was quite curious about what the Zerg were doing. Those components that were not completely implanted underground were sent to the hospital after a preliminary biological activity check. to a nearby military base.

In order to make it less strange, Visser performed the same operation several times later. Sometimes the Zerg would repel the federal fleet, or the Zerg would be killed by the opponent.

As a result, the concept that the enemy was carrying out an activity with an unknown purpose was successfully implanted in the minds of the Velvet people. For what the enemy wanted to do, no matter what the purpose was, destruction was always correct.

However, when they successfully disrupted the Zerg's operations, they discovered that it was a material that exceeded their own technological level.

What is the enemy doing with this thing?It was obviously the key to this matter, but in any case, they could only observe its weak effect on the magnetic field. On the contrary, the material itself gave the Velvet people great inspiration.

The dense structure formed at the atomic level is a technology related to the strong interaction force. If we look at its impact on the magnetic field, perhaps it is a technological product that integrates the four basic forces!

This is definitely not the technology possessed by the unknown enemy civilization on the other side!

If they had such abilities, it would be impossible for the Federation to resist for so long, and sometimes they could even win or lose!

So where does it come from?What is the other party's purpose?If they say that arranging these things is useless for the war, they will never believe it.

At this moment, the real Velvet people in the Federation had such doubts in their hearts.

But the enemy seemed to have given up on this option after so many attempts.They no longer engage in such meaningless activities, making it impossible for these Velvetites to make more observations even if they wanted to.

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The Federal Academy of Sciences has established a specious model based on these entities, trying to make its own materials reach such strength, thereby inferring the distance that constitutes this substance, and making the Velvet civilization take a big step forward based on basic science. .

However, even the modeling stage is extremely difficult and impossible to get started.According to the existing theory, no matter how we deal with it, it is impossible to achieve such an effect. Even if we apply some unconfirmed conjectures as theorems, it will not be established.

This is obviously not a product of this era, and the technology it applies is not something they can understand at this moment.

But as an intelligent race, there will always be some bold and even rebellious ideas, which can sometimes have unexpected effects.

This is one of the reasons why Visser tried every means to send him here.

But this time, there seemed to be some untimely sounds.

During the research process, some Velvet people suggested that all these things should be sealed indefinitely.They believe that this is likely to be an unknown weapon from a higher civilization, obtained by the enemy on the opposite side through some means, and its purpose is to destroy the Federation from within in some currently unrecognized way.

To be honest, from a Velvet perspective, it's not impossible.Although the Federation has done the most rigorous inspection and protection of these things, in fact no one can guarantee that they are not some unknown weapons that can destroy the entire civilization.

After all, it comes from the enemy.For a while, this idea was in the air. Some people advocated sealing it, while others advocated exile. In short, it cannot be kept within the federation, especially in the core area.

Of course, there are also some people who believe that they have foiled the enemy's conspiracy, and this is their "trophy". Moreover, it is obviously a creation of a higher civilization, which will play an immeasurable role in the future development of the Federation and is of extremely high value.

Compared with the former, this is Visser's original script, but it is obvious that more people in Velvet choose to wait and see cautiously and are unwilling to take such risks.

As a last resort, it could only contact Todd and use the influence of the Zerg lurkers from within to characterize the matter.

In the end, the Federation chose to conduct destructive research on it in a desolate galaxy far away from the main body of civilization. This was both Visser's intention and the Velvet people's choice.It can not only ensure the safety of civilization, but also gain benefits from it.

As the saying goes, wealth can be gained through danger. In a sense, the reasons Todd used to convince the Federation are indeed very sufficient.

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If you want to figure out what it is, it is impossible to "open" it and just observe its properties from the outside.

But how to "break" it is another problem.

In 1546, benefiting from the war pressure of the Zerg, Tucker, a Terle researcher at the Federal Academy of Sciences, proposed a quite feasible plan, but whether it was implemented has caused some controversy.

After the Terle people's home planet was destroyed by the swarm, a large number of Terle people were killed. The number of surviving Terle people in the entire federation has dropped sharply to less than 2 million, becoming a minority among minorities. Origin.

In order to take care of this ethnic group that has suffered heavy losses, the Federation has implemented a series of policies to help this ethnic group repopulate, which can be regarded as an alternative "war compensation."

It was because of this policy that Tucker entered the Federal Academy of Sciences. Before that, he had worked in the third colonial system, but his results were mediocre.

But this time, his suggestion is indeed somewhat feasible.

Tucker believes that this dense structure cannot be "broken" at the macro level, but it may be possible to destroy it at the micro level.If such an integrated entity is damaged locally, there is a high probability that the entire structure will be affected. It should be much easier to break through the surface.

He proposed a plan to use electromagnetically accelerated high-energy protons to bombard it, but he did not draw a definite conclusion as to the extent of acceleration. After all, no one knew. To blast away such a structure, the proton would need What a huge amount of energy it carries.

The point of controversy lies in this. After testing, the largest proton accelerator on the surface of the Federal Academy of Sciences was completely unable to meet the requirements.

But in the Velvet home system, there is still a huge accelerator orbiting the planet. It was thanks to it that the Federation was able to make major progress in basic physics and enter the interstellar era in one fell swoop.

Today, this is not the only planetary proton impact accelerator that is also used for scientific research, but all of them are located in the most important core areas of the Federation.

It is really difficult to successfully pass such a dangerous experiment in these places.

Putting aside the time and resources it takes to build such equipment in other barren galaxies, now that we are facing the pressure of the Zerg war, is it cost-effective to spend such a huge price on something that is not sure whether it will get the result? The real problem.

But Todd is still determined to use the influence of the Zerg Lurker to promote this process, but before that, it needs to give the Velvet people a suitable reason.

Nowadays, under the command of Visser, the insect swarm is indeed in full swing, preparing to collide with the federal fleet again in the near future. It is not necessary to defeat it, but mainly because a large number of insect swarms have been hatched. If they are entrenched in the galaxy, If there is no action inside, some energy is wasted.

It just so happens that the Velvets have also gained a precious respite in these years. Industrial production capacity has increased sharply, and various colonial systems are mobilizing and producing. Compared with the self-restrained Zerg, the gap is not very big.

It's easy and reasonable to give them a reason to worry about a Zerg attack.

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In 1548, the Zerg biological fleet, which had been dormant for a long time, put on an offensive posture. Its huge number was even greater than that of more than twenty years ago. Even thanks to the research of the Velvet people, they There has been considerable progress in outer armor, mobility and other aspects.

The Velvets had to put aside their disputes for the time being and fully respond to the new round of Zerg invasion.

Immediately, war broke out.

As the attacker, the insect swarms traveling in the deep space of the universe did not hide their intentions at all as always. Visser has already perfected the war deployments for the Velvets, such as pre-set bombs, side attacks and even sneaking around to steal homes. This time the war bug swarm has no war goal. Visser's purpose is very simple, which is to consume the Zerg biological warships that the bug swarm has hatched in nearby galaxies in the past ten years, and that's it.

As for how many casualties it can cause to the Velvet people, whether it can occupy more territory, and even whether it is successful or not, it is not within the scope of Visser's consideration.

Of course, if the Velvets dare to come to the Zerg base, they will let them know what the interstellar era's insect sea tactics are.

This time, Visser used more than half of the Zerg warships accumulated in the former Federation's seventh colonial system, and the number exceeded [-]!
For the Velvet Federation, this is definitely a suppressive number.

Against the background of the broken planet, the swarm of insects set out from here.The former lively and bustling high-tech biological planet has turned into a sea of ​​insect devourers. It no longer has the atmosphere that a living planet should have. If the Terle people still have a chance to return to their home planet, then You will find that this place is more terrifying than hell.

The swarm of insects continued to move forward. The [-] insect warships had almost no formation as a whole. They were just so scattered, advancing "slowly and leisurely" against the background of the dark starry sky.

But at this time, the federal frontline galaxy has begun to deploy a comprehensive defense system. The galaxy defense system has been built with great efforts, relying on the many celestial bodies and planets on the ecliptic plane to establish a number of real interstellar fortresses.

Even many of the Federation's industrial production lines have been moved here. With the help of the rich resources in these barren galaxies that were originally almost ignored, a series of "iron walls" against the insect swarms have been built to cover the truly prosperous areas of the Federation. .

Of course, Visser can choose to go around here. There are no upper and lower directions in the universe, and there are gaps everywhere. It is impossible for the Velvet people to block every passage.

But once the insect swarm goes deep and is monitored by the federation, the deep-rooted insect fleet will immediately face the possibility of an all-out siege. Although Visser's plan is to consume these insects, it is definitely not in this way.

This is the conspiracy of the Velvet people. In the last war, they had figured out the approximate production capacity of the locusts and were convinced that once the biological fleet entered the defense chain, they could quickly eliminate them with an encirclement force.

Unless the Zerg lift their self-restriction and use all their strength to crush the enemy with absolute strength, that would be meaningless and not Visser's purpose.

Therefore, it chose to break through head-on. Knowing that these star systems carefully selected by the Federation were heavily fortified and built like iron barrels, it was not afraid to touch them.

No matter what, as long as it can create pressure on the federation, it will have achieved its goal.

In 1550, the Zerg swarm invaded the galaxy from the ecliptic plane where the Velvites were heavily stationed, and took the lead in launching a fierce competition in the outermost areas of the galaxy.

The Velvet's asteroid electromagnetic gun, the energy cannon that penetrates the starry sky, the ubiquitous gravity bombs, the dense galaxy defense array, etc., coupled with the surprise attack of the federal fleet, made the progress of the insect swarm extremely slow.

Of course, the Velvets achieved their goal of stopping the swarm, and Visser also intended to have a head-on confrontation with the opponent here.

The war has been intense from the beginning. Those ultra-long-range attack methods cannot be effective on the Zerg. Whether it is a cluster energy cannon or a huge planetary electromagnetic gun, the threat at ultra-long distances is very limited. As for large-yield Thermonuclear weapons may be effective as an ambush, but direct launches cannot break through the Zerg's defense system and will be detonated directly at medium distances.

This also means that in the end, this war is destined to return to mid-range confrontation and close-range fighting!

(End of this chapter)