The evolution of insect swarms from XNUMX million years ago

Chapter 334 Impact Plan
"Thruster No. 1 is in position, ready to approach the target"

"Number two is in place."

Under the shining starlight, the huge man-made structure was operating a series of auxiliary nozzles on its side. It slowly turned around under the stabilization of the blazing plasma tail flame, and a series of observation structures were locked on the equally huge object in front.

All around, countless smaller man-made structures broke away from the deep well-like structures on the huge structure and flew forward. Their appearance seemed to be a simple patchwork of components from several different structures, but they were sufficient for use.

"Get into the designated position and prepare for landing."

At the front end of the small structure, three slender structures slowly unfolded, facing the huge object in front of it. As the distance gradually got closer, they pressed against the surface of the object and quickly fixed their shape.

The ends of the slender appendage-like structures began to embed into the surface of the object - the surface seemed to be much more fragile than expected. Then, at the end of the overall structure, various structures unfolded one by one, surrounding a structure that looked like a spout.

Several barely detectable ion tails were faintly visible in the nozzle, and around it, more such structures were attached to the surface of the object one after another, covering almost the entire back half of the object's surface.

One after another, a trail appeared faintly. At the same time, behind the huge object, another trail also appeared faintly - but it was not the ion trail ejected by those small structures, but seemed to be composed of countless clouds.

All these reasons indicate that this is an icy comet. At this time, attached to the shell composed of solid ice are countless small thruster structures that continuously adjust its orbit.

These thrusters are basically electric rocket engines used in conjunction with solar panels - some of them are the last stocks of the exploration fleet, and some are directly removed from forced-landed and destroyed warships.

Electric rocket engines have a hard time propelling objects the size of a comet, but their role is not to propel the object directly, but to slightly correct the comet's orbit as much as possible to get it to its target location.

A small mistake can lead to a huge difference. In the space with amazing distances, this is not an exaggeration. Therefore, if the orbit is slightly changed, a series of chain reactions will allow the comet to easily reach its target location - the orbit of Moria!

According to its original trajectory, the comet would pass by Moria, but with just a slight push, its orbit would intersect with Moria at a distance close enough for the comet to be captured.

As it passes through its orbit, Moria's gravity will temporarily capture it as a satellite, and a slight change in orbit will allow it to fall directly into Moria's atmosphere and collide with the planet.

A large amount of water resources will be sent into the arid environment of Moria with the fall of the comet, and according to calculations, the series of chain reactions caused by the comet impact will have a significant impact on the surface environment of Moria in a short period of time.

This short period of time is also long compared to the long process of climate change. For the remnants of the exploration fleet, it is enough time to recuperate, restore strength, and truly face the harsh natural environment.

Even if things go well, when the climate becomes harsh again, the remnants of the exploration fleet will develop the ability to go to the outer reaches of the star system to mine more icy asteroids and carry out large-scale environmental transformation.

"Left thruster group, output power***Right side, output power."

The escort ship behind is communicating with the research ship on the ground and the large number of researchers on board, relaying information to accurately control the power of these thrusters according to calculations to push the comet into the best orbit. If there is any mistake, either the comet will still pass by Moria and there will be no such good opportunity to change the environment, or the comet may directly hit Moria at full speed without slowing down in the orbit, not only failing to achieve the best effect, but even further deteriorating the environment.

For the entire exploration fleet, this is a big gamble. If they win, they will usher in a period of stable development. If they lose, a lot of manpower and material resources will be wasted and may cause more serious consequences.

The escort ship's directed energy secondary guns and close-in defense guns are ready. If the orbit calculation is wrong and the comet passes through Moria's orbit or directly hits it, they will find a chance to break it into as small pieces as possible.

If it was a passing orbit, there was still a certain chance that the fragments would fall into Moria's atmosphere, which would have a limited but better effect than nothing. If it was a direct impact, the large amount of fragments would also be able to reduce its power as much as possible.

This is the last line of defense. The escort ship's flexible close-range firepower can also play a certain role in attacking small celestial bodies such as comets. Therefore, overall, this plan is still worth their gamble.

These solar cell arrays alone are not enough to supply enough electricity for the rocket engines to operate at full capacity; therefore, the thruster arrays on the surface of the comet are started intermittently, and a certain number of thrusters are always on standby in all directions, just in case.

On the ground of Moria, the large observation equipment on the scientific research ship can already observe the approaching comet. It can observe and direct the orbit of the comet from multiple angles. There will probably be no problems in the short term.

But now, the remnants of the exploration fleet obviously do not have the conditions to establish another observation station on the other side of the continent, which means that when Moria's rotation causes the side where the research ship is located to face away from the comet, the trajectory can only be observed unilaterally by the escort ship.

Now, we can only take it one step at a time. After all, as long as there are no accidents, the probability of success is still not low. Even though the production capacity of these patchwork thrusters is difficult to allow for too much redundancy, the basic backup thrusters still exist.

"Thruster No. ***, thrust reduced to **, No. ***,"

"Left side situation. Keep the status quo, right side."

As the radio signals were being transmitted, the comet's position was getting closer to Moria. According to the trend, it should be able to enter the orbit smoothly. All personnel were highly focused and paid close attention to the trajectory of the comet.

"The orbit is off. At this rate, the asteroid will directly hit this planet with life!"

"Isn't it what we want to do? Who is this?"

Suddenly, an incompatible radio signal came through. With a high level of concentration, someone blurted out an answer, but the next second, the sound stopped abruptly, and was replaced by a meaningless chaotic signal, which represented that the emotions of the person who answered the question suddenly became chaotic.

Not to mention the incompatible content of the signal, the direction in which the signal was transmitted was the hyperspace channel exit at the edge of the star system, and at this time, there were no friendly units in that direction!

(End of this chapter)