The evolution of insect swarms from XNUMX million years ago

Chapter 231 Orbital Landing
At first, Willery's explanation for this form that violated the laws of evolution was that the mother responsible for reproduction was highly similar to the genetic material sequence of the font, so allowing the mother to give birth to more offspring was also a kind of inheritance and inheritance of the genetic sequence. extend.

Just like choosing not to have children, but helping parents raise more children, in a sense, the genetic material of one's own family has been passed on and extended, which can be explained logically.

But on the Ezki home planet, there are no similar life forms at all. If we insist on saying so, only among some social animals, reproductive rights are determined through struggle, and the winner will directly castrate the loser.

Being forced to lose fertility and voluntarily giving up are two completely different concepts. For non-intelligent creatures, the latter is almost unthinkable.

As for the ecosystems on the several colonial stars that were subsequently developed by civilization, they were only in the early stages of life evolution. As a result, this theory will always exist at the theoretical level and can never be confirmed.

But later, all of this changed because of one thing.

Warmani was not too clear about the details. He only knew that after the incident on Colonial Star No. 7, this person was quickly promoted and reused, and it seemed that he was transferred to participate in an important project.

Later, a discipline called sociobiology was founded. To the outside world, it was to explore the commonalities between biological evolution and social evolution. Biology and natural science were also officially merged into the category of sociology, but Anyone familiar with the matter knows that things are not that simple.

And some time later, when the second batch of exploration fleets began to recruit members, this "social biologist" who already had some status in the academic world did not choose to continue to stay in the conditions after completing that special project. Instead of being generous to the Homestar Research Institute, he joined this exploration fleet and became a member of the scientific research team on board.

However, Warmani is not very concerned about all this - the scientific research group is also nominally managed by him, the supreme commander of the exploration fleet, but apart from key issues of principle, he rarely interferes.

"The composition of the ecosphere is very different from that of the home planet. Large ecological niches are occupied by animals similar in shape to mechapods, and there are still many large species similar to crustaceans. No animals similar to brachiopods have been found on land? "

In a sense, this planet means a lot to sociobiologists. After all, this is the first time that the Ezki civilization has discovered an ecosystem composed of highly evolved organisms outside of its home planet.

Many lessons from history have shown the fatality of laymen guiding experts. Most of the time, the scientific research team is more like a small department independent of the exploration fleet. It can even be said that the entire fleet actually revolves around that scientific research ship. operating.

While thinking about it, the complete investigation report was synchronously transmitted from the research ship to the ship and received by his personal terminal.

"The composition of the atmosphere is about 60% nitrogen and 30% oxygen. No harmful components have been found yet. The oxygen content is slightly higher than that of the parent star's atmosphere. Adverse reactions may occur, but it is within the acceptable range."

The attachment contained several pictures of representative creatures, which allowed him to know what the approximate shape of those semi-aquatic animals on alien planets were like with stiff and heavy bones and clumsy bodies that could only drag their bodies and crawl on the mud. appearance.

"Very good, the detailed data will be sent directly back to the home planet after being packaged."

Quantum communication technology has been initially realized long before the first spacecraft with hyperspace navigation capabilities was built. However, because the technical means required to control entangled quantum states are too complex, the entire set of equipment can only be powered by large-scale nuclear fusion reactors onboard ships. .

When still trapped in the star system, this distance-blind communication technology was not used on a large scale due to its high cost. It was not until the exploration of the universe began that such equipment was installed on every spacecraft in the exploration fleet. superior. The distance between star systems is often measured in light years, making any traditional communication methods unrealistic. Therefore, large-scale quantum communication equipment has become standard equipment for exploration fleets.

"Transmission has started, additionally"

The other party's tone suddenly became hesitant, and the light signal transmitted became dim and uncertain.

"It is difficult to obtain further research results solely by relying on the observation systems on detection aircraft and reconnaissance satellites. If conditions permit, apply to enter the atmosphere and use large-scale research equipment on scientific research ships to conduct detailed research on the entire planet's ecosystem."

"According to the regulations, this situation requires approval from the home planet. I have no right to make a decision." The light signal softened, which meant that the mood of the signal sender also changed. "However, given the current situation of civilization, we are temporarily unable to make changes." Multi-planetary colonization, once it enters the atmosphere, it will be impossible to leave this habitable star for a period of time. Are you sure?"

Although the Ezki spacecraft does not have the ability to normally navigate within the atmosphere, the scientific research ship, due to its special characteristics, can enter the atmosphere and make an emergency landing in one go.

This situation was considered when the scientific research ship was designed. Therefore, its special design allows its structure to be used directly as a research station in the atmosphere, and it also has the ability to expand. If necessary, it can even be used directly as a colonial outpost. stand.

But despite this, the most basic point will not change - once it lands, it has no ability to take off again, which means that until the colonial force arrives, the scientific research ship will be trapped in the atmosphere of the habitable star forever. Inside.

Although there is no way to transport personnel, it is impossible to transport the entire scientific research ship to space completely. In other words, there is time to dismantle it into parts and launch them into space one by one for assembly. It is better to build a new ship directly.

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"The parent star has agreed, and the follow-up scientific research team will arrive within one star star year to assist in research."

After several minutes of silence from the home planet, a response came from the scientific research ship.

"Okay then, let's start transferring irrelevant personnel. If you don't want to go down, you can follow. As soon as the follow-up team arrives, they will change shifts and return to the colony to rest."

The volume and mass of battleships are not small. If they are close to each other, tragedies can easily occur due to the influence of gravity. Therefore, small ship-based shuttles are the main means of transporting personnel between large spacecrafts.

At this time, most of the unrelated personnel on the scientific research ship, mainly those who controlled the navigation of the spacecraft, boarded the shuttle. Start moving towards the location of other warships.

When basically only the scientific research team, armed personnel on board, etc. were left, and most other systems were taken over by shipboard AI, preparations for the final landing finally began.

(End of this chapter)