I Am the Swarm

Luo Wen watched all this quietly without interfering too much. But his consciousness is spinning rapidly, collecting all the information and summarizing it.

As he got more and more information, his mentality gradually calmed down. The probability that the other party was some kind of advanced civilization was extremely low. And as long as it doesn't crush the swarm technologically, the swarm will have the power to fight.

At this time, an intelligence body raised his hand to apply for a speech, and Luo Wen nodded, and the intelligence body stopped discussing in an instant, and the venue became completely silent.

This intelligent body is called Tikas, who belongs to the descendants of Morgan's disciples, but was once a genius of the Ratman era. He mainly focuses on mathematics, but has researched a variety of cutting-edge technologies.

"Master Juggernaut, according to our team's calculations, the other party is probably from the M37 galaxy, which is 9.7 light-years away from the original galaxy and 5.1 light-years away from the Proxima Galaxy."

"Oh? How do you say?" Rowan asked.

"According to the reverse calculation of the heading of the spacecraft of the unknown civilization, the target is directed at the M37 galaxy, and they hardly have any direction change operations in the middle." Tikas said.

"Then how do you confirm that they didn't deliberately divert to the M37 galaxy, and then come out from there?" an intelligent body asked.

"Actually, we all fell into a misunderstanding before. We all thought that the entire luminous body was the other party's spacecraft. But I suddenly thought, what if this is just the other party's propulsion device?" Then he applied for Rowan's network authorization and uploaded some pictures show out.

"Please see, this is our previous research topic, the content is the idea of ​​a propelling device. We know that light is composed of photons with no static mass but kinetic energy. When photons hit a smooth surface, they can Change the direction of motion like a ping pong ball bouncing off the wall, and at the same time give a corresponding force to the impacting object." Tikas paused, waiting for everyone to digest the information, and then continued.

"The thrust generated by a single photon is extremely small. Within a square meter, the thrust they generate is even less than the weight of an ant. Therefore, in order to maximize the acceleration from sunlight, this propulsion device The force-bearing surface must be built sufficiently large and light enough. For example, if a ship uses this kind of propulsion device, it must have a huge sail."

Looking at the many intelligences who were lost in thought, Tikas continued: "This kind of propulsion device can accelerate continuously without fuel. But the acceleration time is a very long process."

"If it is assumed that the spaceship of the unknown civilization in the picture uses this kind of propulsion device, then it is reasonable to speculate about many unreasonable things before."

"The first is the size of the spacecraft. What we see may be the huge light sail. Because its operating principle is to absorb photon impacts and use the reaction force of collisions to move forward. Then, while it is moving forward, it will also bounce photons back Go out. And our observation device, which mainly relies on optical observation, is naturally extremely sensitive to these photons. Therefore, the pictures we receive are so dazzling."

Tikas glanced left and right, and after seeing all the intelligent bodies nodded, he continued: "At the same time, because this propulsion method does not require fuel to drive, there will be no tail flames, which is very consistent with what we saw. .”

"But this is just your theoretical speculation. Is this light sail really feasible?" asked an intelligent body.

"Because this kind of light sail propulsion technology is not suitable for our race, it was abandoned before it was manufactured. However, its theory is perfect. And, thanks to the development of our computer technology, we use computer A simulation experiment was done. The experimental results prove that this is completely feasible.”

The intelligences began to whisper to each other. The light sail technology belongs to a niche field, and most of the intelligences stayed at the stage of hearing about it, so they didn't think about it at the beginning.

But thinking about it now, what Tikas said was very reasonable.

Rowan coughed, and the meeting room became quiet again. Then, Rowan signaled Tikas to continue.

Tikas bowed down to pay tribute to Rowan, and then continued: "If it is assumed that this is really a spaceship driven by a light sail, then it will probably take decades of continuous acceleration to reach the current speed from rest. During this time, the distance traveled by it is extremely consistent with the distance from the M37 galaxy to this position, with an error rate of less than 1%."

"In view of the acceleration method of this kind of propulsion device, the possibility of them changing direction midway is extremely low, because any change of direction operation will reduce the speed at which they finally lifted up. As for sailing to the M37 galaxy first, and then turning to the neighbors Galaxies, that is even more impossible, their speed does not support them to do so."

"Moreover, since they were able to observe the abnormal energy fluctuations of the Proxima Galaxy, it shows that their observation technology is very advanced. They must be able to determine some of the conditions of the Proxima Galaxy. If there is no threat, they do not need to do such complicated operations. .” After finishing speaking, he seemed to think of something, and seemed to mutter in a low voice: “Unless they are also like Juggernaut, who are good at fighting wits and courage with the air.”

In the swarm network, Rowan is a god, and he naturally heard Tikas's whisper. However, geniuses always have some privileges, and his analysis is well-founded, so let him go this time.

Tikas also seemed to notice that Rowan noticed his small movements, and hurriedly continued.

"Furthermore, based on information such as the volume of the opponent's light sail and the distance traveled, the size of the opponent's spaceship may be only a few hundred meters. Although there is still a lack of specific information such as the thickness of the opponent's light sail and the stars in the M37 galaxy, this error is not large. It will be too big. The opponent is not as strong as we thought."

After Tikas finished his speech, he paid tribute to Rowan again and returned to his place.

And Rowan fell into thinking. What Tikas said, all logics are self-consistent, and the previously unreasonable places have also been interpreted. This may be the closest guess to the truth.

However, speculation between civilizations cannot be based on speculation alone, he still needs to confirm the news. Otherwise, any accident may lead to serious consequences.

In the following time, although the intelligence bodies spoke enthusiastically, they did not put forward any more constructive opinions.

Rowan, who had already made a decision, left the intelligent bodies to continue the discussion, while he started to deal with the arrangement.

Now that the spacecraft of the unknown civilization has been identified, it is heading straight for the Proxima Galaxy. The first task now is to figure out the reality of the other party.

However, the troop configuration of the Zerg Swarm in the Proxima Galaxy is not enough to support effective reconnaissance activities.

It seems that it will take a while.