Juggernaut: Rise of the Zerg

Chapter 261 Unprecedented attention

Strictly speaking, the hyperdrive that the Zerg and the Velvets now rely on can be considered a space application.

Of course, it's the most obvious one.

It uses huge and pure energy to change the properties of the space around itself in a unique way, thereby achieving the purpose of crossing space at a speed exceeding the speed of light.

However, from the minds of the special envoys of various civilizations in this pan-galactic federation, Zero learned that what the other party was researching was not the space technology based on the current Zerg's super-light navigation technology.

That's a completely different path!

The specifics are unclear, but what is certain is that this direction must be much more convenient than the hyperdrive currently used by the swarm!
Because from the captured battleships and spaceships, Ruhr had discovered a hyperlight engine whose principles were completely different from those of the Zerg!
Although it has not been truly tested, judging from its level of development, its efficiency is likely to be much higher than that of the Zerg.

This is the cornerstone of the development of their space technology, and it is also the fundamental difference in the technology tree between different civilizations!
At this moment, the spark of the collision of civilizations once again lit up Zero's mind, making him more and more convinced that controlling intelligent civilization for his own use is the right path!

So much so that he came up with the idea of ​​​​replacing Velvet scientific researchers with Zerg lurkers, so that the action could be slowed down.

Of course, how to deal with the Velvets depends on the final outcome of Sars, but what is certain is that the value of intelligent creatures has once again increased in Zero's heart. Perhaps the Velvets can use this stock wind to win a certain victory in the hands of the Zerg. To maintain their own civilization to a certain extent, instead of being kept in captivity without dignity like cattle.

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In the real universe, the United Kingdom of Colossae, in the Queen Maurice Starsea Battleship, Admiral Reynold of the United Kingdom was sitting in the main seat, looking at the projection of the commanders of the squadrons and other generals standing upright.

This is the frontier of the United Kingdom of Colossae and one of the front lines of civilization’s expansion and exploration.It has always been the Fourth Fleet of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom that performs this task.

Since entering the interstellar era, the traditional army and navy have completely declined, and finally merged into one, establishing a single United Kingdom Interstellar Royal Navy. The original army was completely reduced to an affiliated unit of the interstellar fleet, and was no longer independent. Possession of establishment.

At this moment, Renault is sitting upright, with generals and stars standing below him.The Fourth Fleet is one of the first batch of star sea fleets established by the United Kingdom of Colossae since it entered the interstellar era. It is an undisputed veteran force. For thousands of years, it has conquered east and west. As civilization becomes more powerful, the fleet The scale is getting bigger and bigger. Among the total 13.7 main battleships, the number of officers with general rank has exceeded double digits, and there are three times this number of non-main battleships serving them.

It's called a fleet, but it's actually a fleet group!Any main squadron drawn from within it can compete with the lower-ranked United Kingdom fleet.

And there are four main forces like the Fourth Fleet in the entire civilization!

"Everyone!"

"I know that many people are puzzled by the urgent recall of you from various exploration star regions.

Maybe someone has learned the whole story through various channels, but I still want to solemnly tell you here that based on the analysis and strategic judgment of the General Staff Headquarters, we should be in trouble.

For nearly a thousand years, the entire Federation has been moving towards unity. Even the few xenophobes who have always been at odds with us have gradually learned to communicate in gentle voices under the blows of the major members of the Federation, instead of Showing its claws to us fiercely.

War seems to be getting further and further away from us.

However, this is not the case. "

"Everyone, our fathers once followed Marshal Main to defeat the Wolff civilization's so-called invincible "Wolf Pack" fleet, but this time the enemy we face is likely to be more troublesome than this so-called invincible fleet. "

"Approximately 726 units of standard time before the Federation established it, each civilization sent envoys for exchanges and their escort fleets. All of them, including the Yabor Galaxy space station and the garrison fleet, were destroyed by a "monster" that emerged from the wormhole. Got it!"

"Based on the information passed back from the scene, the General Staff Headquarters has made the most detailed analysis. Here are the results of the report for your reference."

Renault's voice was loud, which was the consistent style of the Colossians. They liked to use high voices to show their majesty, while many generals below all looked solemn.

"Although they possess biological warships and various technological products that are suspected to be created by civilization, after analysis and comparison, the think tank gave a final judgment on the enemy based on the existing intelligence, and in the months after the incident We had civilized exchanges with various members and finally reached a consensus."

"They are most likely not an intelligent race like us, but a group of beasts with unified command!"

"Everyone, what will happen when the beast masters high-end technology and has unified scheduling? I don't need to go into details here, right?

They attacked our territory and brutally killed the envoys of various civilizations, thus making their position clear!
Whatever they were, it was an act of war, and a declaration of war in the most violent way possible! "

"Judging from the limited intelligence, the other party has terrifying reproductive capabilities and aggressiveness, and their orderly and unified scheduling makes them extremely threatening. Although there is an obvious gap with us in terms of technology, it seems to be able to devour the planet. Ability more than makes up for that!”

"This is definitely an existence that is completely different from all previous enemies. If the noble gentlemen in the think tank don't make mistakes in their judgment, it is very likely that it can pose a threat to the entire coalition!"

"Everyone, as a soldier, fortunately or unfortunately, they are already here!"

"The last intelligence coming from the Yabor system showed that a "Beast Legion" totaling more than [-] people had left there, and part of them had re-entered the wormhole.

They were so urgent that it was obvious where they were going.All member civilizations have urgently closed and blocked all wormhole exits within the territory, but this is not enough. We need to concentrate our efforts to guard our territory. "

Renault's tone was unprecedentedly serious.

"The Federation has granted me the right to mobilize defenses nearby. Now, the entire Federation has entered a pre-war state because of this raid. Therefore, I give the order!"

"The fleet immediately stopped exploring outwards and focused on stationing important star systems. They deployed a large number of detection satellites and intensively monitored the deserted areas.

Turn on the space broadcast, recall all explorers immediately, mobilize a fleet of ships to seal the border, and wait for subsequent responses! "

"The specific tasks of each ministry have been issued by the new generation super information center. Everyone, please note that this is not a drill!"

"Take action!"

"Yes!"

As the projections disconnected, the federal fleets scattered in various star fields immediately began to assemble, and the breath of war began to spread in the frontier galaxies!

If Ruhr knew about the opponent's response at this time, he would definitely find that his surprise plan would probably not work!
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There was a time when the Colossians were very dependent on intelligent machines, and biological reproduction was once popular within the civilization, believing that it was the road to the future.

But after a long period of practice, they finally partially denied this and began to delve into the mysterious field of "consciousness", and achieved considerable results along the way!
The direct representative is that through research in this area, they can combine their "consciousness" with machinery to a certain extent, thus truly achieving the so-called "union of man and sword".

That is to say, they can combine themselves with battleships or other mechanical creations with specific related designs through "consciousness uploading". Although they are also subject to many restrictions, such as strict requirements on the structural complexity of mechanical creations, the effect is Astonishing!

Compared with the quantum "remote control" operation of the Velvets, the technology of the Colossians is completely a product of another era.It allows the Colossians to truly control machinery, and even allow them to become "machines". It is an alternative, allowing these cold steels to have a life form!
And most importantly, compared to the benefits it brings, it is almost completely harmless!After so many years of development, it has become mature.Even if the mechanical creation he controls is destroyed into a pile of debris, it will not affect the consciousness of the operator.

This is almost equivalent to giving life to the Colossian fleet!

In the war, those crazy fleets were like living soldiers who were not afraid of death. They were almost comparable to the Zerg, and all of them had wisdom and thinking!

Here, it is not the Colossians who adapt to the ships, but the ships that adapt to the Colossians!Every qualified warrior has at least five mechanical warships inside the transport ship that are highly suitable for him. If war mobilization is launched, this number will even increase several times!
Of course, these are just single-man small battleships in the general sense. They mainly play the role of guerrilla and harassment on the battlefield. Like the many battleships of the Fourth Fleet, due to their structural complexity, they can no longer be controlled by a single warrior. Yes.

A team that has undergone rigorous training can, through their tacit cooperation, use multiple people to jointly control an entire main battleship against the enemy.

This almost perfectly solves the problem of small warships being unable to affect the overall situation of the war, and at the same time allows the main warships to have more and stronger configurations.

It is worth mentioning that the Colossians' faster-than-light voyage, and even the planned space technology, are all related to their research on "consciousness."By controlling mechanical creations, the Colossians have the ability to clearly see the flaws of these technological achievements. From super-light speed navigation to space technology research, the rapid progress of civilization and science and technology over the years has made them increasingly believe that this is the real future.

Of course, although the so-called "consciousness" is almost mature in the mechanical field, it still has many flaws that cannot be changed.

One, and the most serious point, is the concept of what they call "consciousness synchronization" between biology and machinery.

That is to say, placing one's own will on cold machinery for a long time will greatly affect the thinking of an intelligent race individual.

In past research, there are countless examples of people who end up treating their bodies as powerful machines, and there are countless crimes caused by this.

Therefore, this technology is currently only allowed to be used in the military and some scientific research work, and is subject to extremely strict supervision. It is the core technology of civilization and cannot be shared even within a consortium of deep cooperation. .

The second is the sociological crisis caused by this. Unlike the former, which is essentially a problem at the individual level, when a technology triggers the entire group's concept of the future, it is actually worthy of vigilance, especially in Based on this unique technology.

In addition, controlling war machines through "consciousness" will not cause the consequences of dissipation of consciousness, but it is extremely easy to leave war wounds on the mental level. Usually only warriors with extremely strong willpower can be exempted from this to a certain extent. harm.

Unfortunately, these problems are not technical problems and are difficult to solve.

If we take it seriously, even for the Colossians, this does fall into the category of "black technology".

In fact, it lacks more derivative theoretical support and has not been able to form a complete set of relevant theoretical results. However, through various coincidences in the scientific research process, it has indeed reached this step.

However, compared with the benefits it can bring, these risks are completely acceptable.

The convenience it brought to civilization was unprecedented. The intuitive "feeling" of the wormhole machinery allowed them to understand the essence of the existence of some dimensions and space, and thus, space technology began to sprout.

And Ruhr is here for exactly this!

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Zerg In 1593, the Zerg swarm showed up in the predetermined galaxy, and then without hesitation launched an attack into the galaxy that was obviously prepared.

But in this confrontation, both sides have a better understanding of the difficulty of their opponents.

The ferocity of the Colossian fleet was comparable to that of the Zerg. With the blessing of a higher level of technology, although it did not have an advantage in terms of numbers, it once caused huge damage to the Zerg swarm.

Even if the Zerg's large space units fully open their energy shields, they are often unable to withstand the opponent's forced bombing, and will be directly destroyed due to overload in a short period of time.

The insect swarm showed signs of being defeated within a short time of engaging in the battle!

This was something Ruhr had not thought of before, or in other words, it had not received detailed information about this part of the intelligence information, so it was completely unprepared.

But correspondingly, the Zerg quickly showed its advantages.

Once even a meteorite is taken away by them, it will turn into a Zerg space species in the next moment, and its combat power will be formed very quickly.In close combat, the Zerg can often use their huge numbers to directly attack the opponent's warship with superior force, and use the unique growth and reproduction of the Zerg life form to directly cause irreversible damage to the opponent's ship!

The battle lasted only twelve Oridays, and the two sides had already entered a fierce stage. After the initial disadvantage, Ruhr quickly stabilized his pace.

The insect swarm began to consciously seize ownership of various celestial bodies, large and small, and frantically produced insect space units and various weapons and insect species, causing damage to the opponent at all costs.

For a period of time, Ruhr did not even let go of the debris of the war on both sides and made use of them all.

But no matter what, after withstanding the first wave of pressure, the Zerg fleet has stabilized its foothold here. At least it has got rid of the initial disadvantageous situation. While fighting, it also has the remaining strength to develop in various directions within the galaxy in order to seize More resources.

Ruhr doesn't mind exposing the characteristics of the Zerg, because even if the other party knows this, there is often no way to restrict it.For example, at this moment, when the Zerg gradually completes the complete suppression of these garrison fleets in terms of numbers, even if the Zerg swarm's battle losses are dozens of times that of the opponent, it still has the ability to expand its numbers.

Although the Zerg units have continued to be lost, the number of Zerg swarms has hardly changed, and is even growing at a slow rate.

If there are no other changes, this raid war in which Ruhr concentrated most of the main Zerg forces against the Colossians will be victorious in a month at the latest.

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But the opponent obviously would not give Ruhr so ​​much time. When the insect swarm was advancing, it had already been detected by the deep space satellites spread by the opponent. It was also because of this that Renault was able to accurately deploy interception methods here.

At the same time, the main force of the Fourth Fleet has already been moving closer here. He wants to completely wipe out this invading Hive Fleet before they occupy the entire galaxy and grow stronger!
Twenty-one Oridays later, part of the main fleet of the Colossians scattered within the star field defense line arrived on the battlefield, causing Ruhr, who was originally in a good situation, to fall into a bitter battle again.

In the orbit of a gaseous planet, the insect swarm engaged in a fierce battle with the enemy. Ordinary kinetic energy weapons could no longer play much role in this level of war, and could not even be considered as harassment.Even a large-yield nuclear bomb can only be regarded as a supplementary attack here.

Among the many attack methods of the Zerg, apart from real close-quarters combat, only energy weapons and gravity bombs can pose a threat to the opponent.But the opponent is obviously much better than the Zerg in this regard!

Not only are the energy weapons far more powerful than the swarm, but even gravity bombs are more mature in their applications.

But the orbit of this planet is something that Ruhr cannot give up no matter what. At this point in time, only this large celestial body is the closest to the swarm, and only by occupying it can the swarm have enough energy to try to reverse the entire battle.

Otherwise, before the support from the rear arrives, this hive fleet will be driven out of the galaxy by the opponent!
Of course Ruhr himself is not on the battlefield. He and part of the main force of the insect swarm stay in a deep space 0.7 light-years away from this galaxy, controlling the entire battle situation remotely.

Bravery is not recklessness. He obviously still cherishes his own life.Although it has decided to go to the front line in person, there is no need to actually put itself in the flames of war. That is meaningless. On the contrary, the changes in the war situation will affect its judgment.

The battle ahead is in full swing. Around this giant planet, both sides have suffered a large number of casualties, especially the Zerg. The number of injuries suffered by the Zerg is dozens of times more than that of the other party. And due to the crazy and reckless attack posture, this ratio is still rising. among.

It can be clearly seen from the macro data that although the numbers of both sides are declining after the battlefield situation changes, the decline in the number of insect swarms is still much greater than that of the other side!

But Ruhr is very calm, or in other words, it has passed the initial stage of surprise, recognized the current situation of both parties, and has made corresponding judgments and preparations.

It is true that the opponent's combat power and technology exceeded its expectations, and its emphasis on the Zerg also surprised it, which made its original war plan almost bankrupt.

But there are only 20 large-scale Zerg space left and right, plus at most more than [-] small and medium-sized individuals.

Behind it, there are as many as four desolate galaxies occupied by the Zerg. If you add Yabo, who was attacked by the Zerg in the first place, there will soon be countless Zerg Hive Fleets coming here.

In addition, directly through the wormhole and Yabe's, there is also the large star field occupied by Visser and the insect swarm, where there is almost endless ready-made insect combat power!

Ruhr is very confident, which stems from the strong foundation of the insect swarm!

If 30 doesn’t work, then 3000! 30 million! [-] billion!

This is not a game of war between Visser and the Velvets that requires abiding by various rules, and Ruel does not need to talk to the other party about martial ethics.

As long as the technological level is not absolutely suppressed, the insect sea tactic is the most effective weapon for the Zerg!
It never believed that on the border that stretched for hundreds of light years, the other party could provide real-time support and monitor every space.

As long as the Zerg breaks through a little bit, the entire defense line will be ineffective. The swarm of insects that drive straight in will let them know that this level of technological leadership is nothing special. Each bug secretes a little mucus and can flood an entire planet!

(End of this chapter)