The evolution of insect swarms from XNUMX million years ago

Chapter 229 Arrival
Warmani still vaguely remembers how the importance of concealment and counter-reconnaissance was emphasized when he received systematic military theoretical education.

"In the near future wars, the confrontation between reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance, concealment and counter-concealment will be an extremely important part."

"Take the most classic case, the last generation of intra-atmospheric combat aircraft. Compared with the previous generation, the biggest change of the previous generation of combat aircraft is that the probability of being discovered under various detections has been greatly reduced."

"During the Planetary Unification War, there were many records of the last-generation atmospheric combat aircraft defeating many previous-generation aircraft and escaping without being discovered by the enemy. As the attack distance becomes farther and farther, the attack capability becomes more and more powerful. In this era, the party discovered earlier will lose almost all the initiative."

"It's just that in space wars, it is difficult to hide the tail flame and thermal radiation of the spacecraft, and the thrusters using cryogenic refrigerants do not have enough thrust to propel large warships. The related problems have not been solved yet, and there is a high probability that this is The main development direction of the next generation of spacecraft.”

"If a warship that is completely concealed in these aspects can be matched with a warship that has no concealment capabilities, then, under the same circumstances in other aspects, the battle damage ratio between the two sides will be more exaggerated than that of a combat aircraft in the atmosphere."

If the opponent really has the ability to emit no optical or infrared signals at all and hide itself in the cosmic background radiation, even if it is just hiding under the condition that the thrusters are stopped and stationary, it will not be a threat. Small.

But all of this is just a strange and unfounded association on his part. It is not tenable at all and is not a confirmed fact.

He couldn't use such a far-fetched, even nonsense reason to make the fleet stop moving or even return. Needless to say, he himself would not agree to it.

During the silent voyage, the exploration fleet passed through the vast space and approached the target planet little by little.

Now, Mars and the Earth have moved away from each other by a certain distance, and the other side seems to have completely ignored the fact that it was almost completely covered by the fungus blanket, showing a gray and black Mars, heading straight for the Earth, confirming Lin Yi's guess. The other party is indeed coming to the living planet.

The exploration fleet has begun to slow down. According to the calculations of the shipboard computer, the fleet will fly past the orbit of the target planet in thirty home star days, be captured by its gravity, and briefly become a satellite of the target planet.

On the earth, the remaining broods have also made final preparations - a large number of special-grade individuals have been produced, and the appearance of these grade-level individuals is not the optimal form, but is taken directly from various small-scale creatures in the environment. Arthropod appearance.

According to the plan, several warships will maintain an orbit slightly far away from their unique satellite and guard the periphery, while the scientific research ship and comprehensive transport ship will approach the planet's orbit and release a large number of reconnaissance satellites and small detectors to conduct detailed surveys of the planet. scan.

There is no longer a need for large optical space telescopes on scientific research ships. The vast oceans and continents on the surface of the target planet can be clearly seen with just the optical sighting system of the battleship.

The signals returned from the large monitoring array showed that the alien spacecraft passed directly through the asteroid belt without any notice and began to gradually approach the earth.

Remove the spatial synaptic structure connected to the hive consciousness. Any of their structures are completely similar to their counterparts in the environment, and even their genetic sequences have not been modified in any way other than spatial synapses.

The most common ones are insect forms similar to those of the order Quechioptera and Archaeoptera. With the ability to fly, they can spread more easily and cast the net widely - after all, Lin Yi does not know where the opponent will land, so the wide distribution is Very necessary.

Some other small arthropods are also produced, and even some imitations of the last plate-footed horseshoe crabs such as the Mayon River horseshoe crab are distributed in the river, disguised as benthic organisms picking up garbage. These small arthropods scattered all over the place will serve as the eyes of the nest group to monitor possible landers and obtain more information about the other party to decide the next step.

During the intense preparation, the other party has also crossed the orbit of Mars and continues to approach the earth. At the current speed of the other party, it will only take about ten days to reach the earth's orbit.

No matter what, the final contact is inevitable.

"Successfully docked into the orbit of the target planet, correcting attitude. Complete."

"Notify all units to lift radio silence, scientific research ships, and prepare to launch detectors to scan the target planet in detail."

"Understood, the detector system is ready for launch."

The huge size of the spacecraft and the plasma thrusters used in conjunction with nuclear fusion made it impossible for them to enter the atmosphere from the beginning of their design. If they had to enter, it would be a one-time forced landing and never return. The possibility of space.

Technologies such as anti-gravity still only exist in imagination. High specific impulse and stable output plasma thrusters cannot allow a huge spacecraft to directly accelerate to the first cosmic speed of most planets in the atmosphere and break away from the planet's gravity.

Although ship-based detection satellites can quickly scan large areas, they still have certain limitations. Therefore, detection of the atmosphere of living planets is generally completed by a special detection equipment.

It is not a high-tech device, it can even be called a cheap disposable consumable. It is roughly an extension of an unmanned reconnaissance aircraft in the atmosphere. Its predecessor can be traced back to a civilian relay aircraft that replaced communication satellites before the Planetary Unification War.

Because of its low cost and high efficiency, the exploration fleet also carries a large number of this small unmanned aircraft for detailed search and reconnaissance of planets with dense atmospheres.

Its structure itself is quite simple, consisting of solar panels, a small radio device and an electric drive engine. The cost of the body cannot even keep up with the fairing wrapped outside the outer shell to protect it from being affected by the ionosphere.

Under the hull of the scientific research ship, numerous covers opened, and then, slender columnar structures with rounded ends were ejected from under the covers and fell towards the blue planet below.

At the same time, a huge hatch above the hull also began to open, and detection satellites were placed in space under the grip of the robotic arm. Immediately, small electric rocket engines began to start, and began to change orbits to monitor below.

According to previous practice, the preliminary scan can be completed within one home star day, and the specific comprehensive habitability analysis results of the planet will be given, and then how to develop the planet will be judged.

Next, there is a period of waiting.

(End of this chapter)