I Am the Swarm

Although Brar spoke very confidently, even if he had full confidence, he still felt a little uneasy before the matter was settled, but this kind of thing must not be shown. He took the initiative to fight for this mission. He was so young that he was promoted to major general when he was less than a hundred years old.

But if you want to continue to improve, there are only two paths, gaining qualifications and making great contributions. Blair has big ambitions, he wants to climb higher, so he can't take the path of getting seniority. The Trout Empire is also a powerful force in the outer circle. Although there are a few enemies and many hidden dangers, it is usually relatively stable and basically has no chance to make great contributions.

This time the Empire accepted the mission and came to "invite" the Skaven and the Zerg to join the alliance. However, General Weller, the commander-in-chief of the legion, after comprehensive consideration, decided not to use the previous invitation method this time, but a real invitation.

Brar understood General Wheeler's thoughts, but it also made him hope that he would make meritorious deeds with a hearty battle. In this case, we can only find another way.

Just at this time, General Wheeler hoped to obtain a liaison officer with a decent status. But this kind of mission to go deep into the enemy's rear is the most dangerous, and it may be a proposition. Although the task can be completed, it will definitely get a lot of merit, if no identity is required, some Trouts will fight for their lives.

But the condition of status stuck them, and the qualified Trouts were already in high positions, so there was no need to work hard at this time.

Just as General Wheeler kept raising the price, Brar took the initiative to stand up. Although, as a brigadier general at the time, he was somewhat unqualified in this kind of civilization exchange, but when there was no other person with a higher status to stand up, Brar became the only candidate.

The brigadier general was promoted to major general, and before he set off, Brar was promoted to a higher rank, which was considered to be an advance payment of some meritorious service, and raised his status a little bit.

In fact, General Wheeler meant that the job was quite dangerous, and whether he would be able to come back after going there was still a matter of choice. He might as well issue all the mission merits in advance and mention him to the lieutenant general. This can also reflect the importance the Teller Empire attaches to this exchange, but it was strongly opposed by everyone, so it had to give up in the end.

However, Blair was quite satisfied with this. After reaching the rank of general and above, the task of being able to advance two ranks in a row is really rare. Although this mission seemed to be a narrow escape, according to his analysis and premonition at the time, the safety was actually quite high.

After he set off, he was actually worried all the time, ready to escape at any time. Even if he went to the military court, it would be better than belching. But when the formation bypassed the Big Horn and the White Worm galaxy all the way without any surprises, he felt a lot more at ease, and there was probably something to be said for this matter.

The rudimentary warp speed engine technology, because the warp speed bubbles produced are less stable, they are extremely vulnerable to external interference, and it is relatively easy to intercept them. As long as an unstable gravitational field is created at the position in front of them, it can interfere with the operation of the warp drive, and the gravitational field that interferes with each other will pull the battleship out of the warp bubble at the slightest, and directly annihilate it into slag.

It's easy to say, but if you want to do it, you must have the same level of technology. First of all, it is necessary to be able to observe the fleet in the warp bubble. This is easy to understand. If you can't even "see", what interception is there?

Secondly, it is necessary to be able to accurately calculate their routes and positions. Due to the different technical levels of the warp drive, the parameters of each manufacturing plant are different for each civilization, or even each stage, which leads to the performance gap of the real thing.

If you can't accurately measure the flight speed of the battleship, calculating the position is nonsense. A thousand miles is not enough to describe the difference, and it is not an exaggeration for a battleship with a speed unit of light years to be millions of kilometers in an instant.

Finally, the position is calculated, and it is necessary to be able to accurately attack the battleship. One method is to calculate the advance amount and arrange traps. But this requires the trap to be extremely concealed. If it is discovered in advance, the warship will deviate from the original route by tens of millions of kilometers after a few seconds.

At this distance, unless the trap is made big enough or powerful enough, it can attack the battleship, but if it does so, it will be difficult to achieve a concealed effect, and it will fall into contradictions.

Another method is direct attack, which is a common method used in advanced civilized warfare. But it must have technological advantages. For example, Party A’s warship speed is twice the speed of light, while Party B’s gravitational bomb flies at three times the speed of light, so that Party B’s bomb can catch up with Party A’s warship by hard power, forcing Party A The warship escaped from the warp bubble by itself.

Therefore, it is only for the party with the technological advantage that it is easy to interfere. With the continuous improvement of the level of science and technology, the disadvantaged party in science and technology does not even have the ability to escape.

But this does not mean that the technologically disadvantaged party completely loses the possibility of confronting the superior party. Before the development of warp drive technology to a certain extent, the star system is a forbidden area for them to pass through, because there are many huge gravitational sources in the star system, which are natural interference traps. The unstable warp bubble is very fragile in front of this gravitational source.

At this time, if there is not much difference in the performance of weapons between the two sides, the technologically disadvantaged side still has the power to fight. Of course, if the level of the superior side is as high as a few floors, and the problem of the stability of the warp bubble is completely solved, then their battleship can still maintain a very high speed in the star system.

However, what Blair couldn't understand was that it was obviously impossible for the swarm to reach this level, but he just had a hunch that the swarm could intercept the own warships in the warp bubble.

Although I really believe in my own feelings, once I guess wrong, I will face the next hurdle. As long as I pass this hurdle, then this mission will be considered really stable.

When the battleship formation approached the meteorite belt outside the origin galaxy, it took the initiative to break out of the warp bubble. In addition to avoiding unnecessary misunderstandings, it was also because, as mentioned just now, the basic warp technology of the Troo civilization could not be used in the star system. sailing.

This is the second hurdle. In the sub-light-speed environment in the galaxy, their formation has no advantage in firepower or numbers. Even if they have a slight speed advantage, they are easily surrounded by a large number of insects.

Whether or not the swarm really intends to negotiate, that's all there is to it.

After slowing down, the Trout battleship slowly passed through the meteorite belt, and at the same time, the weapon system and radar system were all silent. Brar was betting that although it was a little embarrassing, it was very impolite to go to other people's territory, recharge weapons, and scan the radar randomly, and it might even be considered a provocation. Since you really want to negotiate, it's better to put your posture at the lowest level. As long as you can complete the task and go back alive, what a little bit of face is nothing.