I Am the Swarm

The engine system of the swarm, from the present point of view, is indeed somewhat backward.

Although it exceeds the escape velocity of the neighboring galaxy, it only reaches 50KM/S.

But in fact, this speed is enough for close-range space battles. Don't forget that this is a space octopus that can accelerate to speed in a short time.

Although the fleet of the Rickon tribe can fly at a speed of about one-fifth of the speed of light, in fact this is the result of a long period of acceleration to achieve, and special engines need to be activated.

Although this time is much shorter than their previous light sail acceleration, it is impossible to give you such a long time for space contact warfare.

Moreover, in the star system, it is impossible to increase the speed to such a high level, because the environment here is complicated, there are too many obstacles, and the speed of the ship is too fast, and it will be easily crashed.

Therefore, the Riken warships may not be as flexible as the space octopus when they dodge in short distances.

But the distance of 600 million kilometers is still a distance that is difficult to cross in a short time. At this distance, it is difficult to have an attack method that can effectively threaten the opponent.

The two sides must be close to a certain distance before a war will break out.

At this time, if one party can deceive the other party's detection system and ambush in advance, it will gain a huge advantage.

But now the opponent gave up his advantage and exposed himself. Even if they wanted to attack them, they would have to go through hundreds of days of long-distance raids. During this time, they could calmly deploy their defenses and set up their positions.

If the opponent does not far exceed their strength, this method of fighting is tantamount to suicide.

And this is exactly where the Riken people are puzzled.

Is the other party so confident?

That's right, the swarm was quite confident, and the deployment of the Rickens was continuously transmitted back to the swarm through Cross. There will never be a friend like this again.

Of course, the swarm will not launch an attack at a speed of only 50KM/S. The giant electromagnetic catapult can accelerate the ancient-class space octopus to 5000KM/S, and it only takes more than a day to reach the Riken fleet from Ursa Major in theory.

This still takes into account the corresponding deceleration problem, otherwise it can be faster.

In fact, it took nearly three days for the army of the swarm to reach the location of the Riken fleet, because they needed to continue to slow down when they traveled halfway.

But this is already a speed far beyond the imagination of the Riken tribe.

"Captain, T855 found a burst of dense energy, the intensity is very high!" The observer reported in horror. The instrument, which was calm and abnormal just now, is now alarming like crazy. On the display map, large and small red dots are densely covered on it.

"What's going on!" Captain Massai asked, and at the same time ordered the artificial intelligence to notify the captains to connect to the conference room immediately.

"They launched an attack on us. According to the speculation just now, they are electromagnetic guns. T855 and its satellites are all their electromagnetic guns!" The observer replied, his voice trembling.

"MD, what happened to the previous investigation? Why didn't you find anything? Malachi? Where did Malachi go? Let him give me a report immediately, otherwise I don't have to wait for the war to start, I will kill him now!" Captain Massai roared.

Malachi is an officer in charge of reconnaissance. His military rank is lieutenant colonel. He is at the same level as many captains and has great power. But there was such a mistake at this time. If there is no explanation, even if General Massai hadn't killed him, he would not be able to escape the fate of being court-martialed after the war.

The efficiency of the Rickens is still very high, because the alert level has been raised before, so General Masai just scolded for two minutes, and all the members of the online conference room have arrived.

"General, what's the situation now? How did I hear that the enemy is coming soon? Didn't I say that there are at least a hundred days of preparation time?" General Massai just landed on the line, and a captain asked. This is the leader of a big force, whose status is comparable to that of Major General Porter, and they usually give each other face. Now that they are in a state of war, they naturally don't need those polite words.

Not to mention that Malachi is a member of General Massai, and it is said that there is still some kinship. At this time, there is such a big deviation in intelligence, and everyone will suffer losses. His attitude is naturally a little worse.

General Masai knew that he was wrong, but he ignored the captain, and said to himself: "The general situation has been sent to you just now, and the other party didn't know what method they used to deceive our investigation. But Now is not the time to pursue these things, the enemy's attack will come soon, if you have any good suggestions for this, please let me know."

"General, we don't know anything at the moment, and the previous intelligence may be difficult to use as a reference. We need new and real information before we can make an analysis." A captain said.

Massai pretended not to hear the captain's cryptic accusation, and was about to say something when suddenly the adjutant next to him stepped forward and whispered something in his ear.

After listening to the content, he nodded and said to the screen: "Then let's ask Colonel Mala to connect. As the officer in charge of investigation, I believe he will have some first-hand information."

A new video frame appeared on the screen, revealing the figure of a middle-aged male Ricken. His eyes were a bit dark, and he looked extremely unhappy, as if he had suffered an accident.

After tidying up his clothes, he said, "Everyone, the intelligence department did have some negligence this time, but it can't be all our fault."

Colonel Mala first admitted his mistake when he came up, but when the subject changed, it was revealed that there was something else hidden about this matter.

"Then please explain it to us." The captain who first questioned General Massai said aloud. Although the honorifics were used, the tone was slightly mocking. That means seeing what you can say one two three four five.

Malachi nodded. He understood the meaning of the words, but he couldn't refute them, but his eyes became darker: "Everyone, please look at these two pictures."

Two comparison pictures appeared on the screen, from the appearance, it should be a remote observation picture of a planetary system.

The one on the left is relatively normal, while the one on the right shows a large number of purple-gray spots on the original normal planets and satellites. Among them, two smaller satellites even turned purple-gray.

The commanders present here, although they are high and powerful, have done their homework. If there is only the picture on the right, they may still hesitate, but the picture on the left is very easy to identify, that is the planet T855 and its satellites.

There was seriousness on everyone's faces.

"What's going on?" asked one of the captains.

"The picture on the left is the T855 planetary system 10 hours ago, and the picture on the right is what it looks like now," Malachi explained.

"Is this true? Why are they like this? Any close up pictures?"