The evolution of insect swarms from XNUMX million years ago

Chapter 252: Fighting with roommates
"Temporarily rely on the Life Star, implement the second plan, and find a way to restore contact with the home star."

The pair of vestigial tentacles on Warmani's head flashed with light signals representing firm emotions - there was no time to continue to grieve, now was the moment when the mission of the deep space exploration fleet needed to be fulfilled.

The environment of this star system is quite excellent, no less than that of the Ezki parent star system. A planet with a suitable environment for life can serve as a stable base camp, a rocky planet with low gravity and a thin atmosphere can serve as a major industrial star, several gas giants can provide inexhaustible fusion energy, and those asteroids Excellent source of minerals.

Another order was quickly issued, allowing the exploration fleet to quickly prepare for operation and execute the prepared plan - to become Ezki's last fire after the changes in the mother civilization.

"Our ship was attacked and the extent of damage"

But at this moment, a piercing alarm sounded in the cabin. Without caring about anything else, he moved his appendages and approached the main command platform in a few steps. On the three-dimensional perspective view to confirm the status of the ship's hull, a component suddenly appeared. The completely damaged one is pitch black with a red frame, while the rest of the nearby structures also show orange and dark red representing different degrees of damage.

In the observation equipment, aside, the output power of the heat sink of another battleship suddenly increased. At the same time, a dazzling infrared signal was emitted from the nozzle at the stern of the ship, pushing the hull to slowly change its orbit, and it suddenly assumed an attack posture.

That was ship No. 114 (because it couldn't be converted, the numbers defaulted to decimal). At this time, the directed energy weapon turret on the ship's hull was slowly rotating, aiming at the location of the ship.

The sudden backstab without any reasonable motive left everyone stunned for a moment. At the same time, the No. 114 ship did not stop, proactively cut off all communications, continued to accelerate, turned its guns, and aimed at the remaining battleships. .

The selection of members of the exploration fleet is more stringent than the selection of strategic submarine crews in the past. It is really shocking that an entire battleship backstabs friendly forces at this juncture - not only does it have no reasonable motive, it will not even bring any benefits. It was as if the entire ship on the other side went crazy in an instant.

"No. 114, 115, stop the attack immediately, shut down all weapon systems, and accept investigation!"

At the same time, the No. 115 ship on the other side also cut off communications, but did not make too many moves. I don’t know what happened, but the nozzle at the stern of the transport ship also began to eject hot high-temperature propellant. Perhaps it was similar to the previous one. There is still contact between No. 114, but the other warships have no way of knowing.

The training they received allowed the members on the flagship to react quickly and quickly send signals to the other two warships to confirm their situation - communications were normal, and respond quickly after receiving instructions from the flagship.

The Tyndall effect does not occur in the near-vacuum of space, which means that directed energy weapons will not form an obvious dazzling path as described in some earlier science fiction works. However, due to the high concentration of energy, only direct-energy weapons can The sighting equipment on the muzzle can see the fatal death light lighting up.

A warning message was sent out, but the response was another shot from a directed energy weapon. The output power of the radiator of the No. 114 ship almost reached its peak, and the weapons fired one after another, pouring firepower on the remaining warships nearby.

"Retaliation allowed, all warships, fire freely!"

The order was issued immediately, and a large number of nozzles began to eject high-temperature propulsion medium on the sides of the three warships, causing the huge hulls to change their posture, arrange themselves into an attack formation, and attack the rebellious No. 114 and No. 115.

"The identification friend or foe system is abnormal and the weapon cannot be locked!"

"*(Ezki Essence)! Then how did they beat us!" But soon, everyone knew why the other party had the courage to challenge a whole four battleships - all battleships' identification friend or foe systems activated at the same time A malfunction occurred. Even though the No. 114 ship had launched an attack, it was still marked as a friendly force in the identification friend or foe system and could not be locked.

This was definitely caused by the opponent using some unknown method. After all, the opponent's attack was not affected in any way. The connection with the home star was interrupted and No. 114 suddenly rebelled. Behind this, things must not be simple.

At this time, it was meaningless to say anything. The weapons of the No. 114 ship were still firing at full strength. Although the most powerful main weapon was not firing for the time being, if this continued, sooner or later the opponent's firepower would sink the own warships one by one.

After a brief silence, Ship No. 115 also slowly changed its posture, and suddenly it was at odds with No. 114, heading towards the three warships ahead.

At the moment when the Identification Friend or Foe system was abnormal, Warmani did not have any emotional fluctuations, but was calm as never before.

The mother planet suddenly lost contact, and ships 114 and 115 rebelled against the transport ship. Everything must not be accidental. Although he didn't know what the other party wanted, what he knew was that this exploration fleet was finished.

The heat sinks of ships 114 and 115, which had cooled down slightly, began to emit dazzling heat radiation again. It seemed that the main weapons were being charged. Judging from the reaction of the other party, they must be preparing to kill the remaining two warships.

"Prepare the self-destruction procedure of the fusion reactor for forced landing into the planet's atmosphere below."

After thinking for a moment, he gave the last heavy command, then slowly walked down from the console and looked at the viewing system screen aside. A pair of eyes looked through the screen in front of him at the flickering light spot in the vast void of the universe. At this last moment, he had no idea what emotion he was feeling in his heart, and even the light signal was flickering on and off.

That is the Ezki Prime Star, the place where they were nurtured. The endless light and heat shine on the mother star, allowing life to be born. From the first sprout underwater, to the giant brachiopods in ancient times, the Ezki people, and even the decline and prosperity of all creatures on the home planet, it silently watched in its eyes.

The battleship had begun to slow down and fell into the planet's atmosphere, temporarily escaping the attacks of ships 114 and 115. But everyone knows that this only delays the time of death a little.

The transport ship has also rebelled, or more likely, is controlled by some unknown entity. Naturally, it also includes those ground combat equipment. What's more, entering the atmosphere means losing the initiative and can only be at the mercy of others.

The fate of the fleet was doomed at this moment, unless a third party appeared - for some reason, the feeling of being spied on when they first entered the star system suddenly resurfaced in their consciousness.

For a moment, as if he thought of something, Warmani suddenly jumped on the console, turned on the ship's high-power radio system, and quickly input a signal to broadcast to the nearby area:

"Help!"

(End of this chapter)