Road to science and technology

The Enterprise plowed through thick interstellar dust.

This dust is so weird that it is difficult for electromagnetic signals to spread throughout the star field. However, no matter how thick the interstellar dust is, it is impossible to cover the entire star field.

For example, the star Ultemide in front of us is located. Due to the relationship between the star system, the interstellar dust here was swallowed by the star billions of years ago.

This is inevitable, because if there was such thick interstellar dust in the orbit of the planet, then the planet would have ceased to exist long ago. It would have slowed down more and more due to the resistance of the dust, until it finally fell into the star.

Unless the planet is equipped with a planetary engine, accelerate it from time to time to maintain a stable orbit.

Miraculously, in the Star Trek universe, humans can breathe on almost all planets with life. Therefore, although aliens look strange, they basically breathe oxygen.

This planet is no exception. It is illuminated by a young star, because in the depths of the nebula, in addition to bringing warmth to the planet, almost all of the star's light is absorbed by the thick interstellar dust.

From the outside, it looks like a vast darkness without even stars.

So when the Enterprise came out of the belt full of interstellar dust and asteroids, everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the suddenly brightened universe. It felt like they had seen hope after suppressing it for a long time.

I think this was how Tao Yangming felt when he dreamed of going to Peach Blossom Spring. When the forest reaches the water source, there is a mountain with a small mouth, as if there is light. Then he left the boat and entered through the mouth. At first he was extremely narrow, but only then did he understand people. After walking dozens of steps, I suddenly became enlightened.

If the crew of the Enterprise had learned about Peach Blossom Spring, they would have felt this way at this point. After all, the Enterprise had not dared to sail at warp speed in the dust and endless asteroid belts before.

"This is Otaimede, where my ship ran aground."

After receiving confirmation from the distress woman, the Enterprise began to approach the planet. At the same time, Spock, as the scientific officer, also began to operate the instrument to scan and observe the planet.

"Close to Ultramede, an M-class planet. There is a lot of underground activity, but there is almost no life form on the surface."

In the bridge, Spock calmly explained the scan results. But Kirk could hear the worry in his voice.

Class M planets are suitable for human habitation. But no signs of life were scanned.

Coupled with what Old Bones said before, Kirk's suspicious look became even stronger.

He believes that there are two situations. The first is that the Enterprise's scanning instrument is wrong. How could a habitable planet not have the characteristics of life forms? After all, the rescuer said that he crashed here. If there is no life, who caused them to crash?

Could it be an unsolved scientific mystery?

Kirk didn't think so. He didn't think there was something wrong with the instrument. Then there is another possibility that the help seeker is lying. The instrument cannot detect life on the planet, which may be the same as in this star field.

But why did the lady lie?

Before Kirk could figure it out, he heard Chekhov speaking with a Russian accent nervously: "Unidentified object approach alarm, Captain!"

Chekhov's ancestors were Russians, and his dream was to be a navigator. Now he has done it and is very competent. Now when everyone hears his accent, they think of Gagarin, the first human being to go into space.

Chekhov's voice sounded urgently and quickly in the bridge: "An unknown spacecraft is approaching us!"

Kirk immediately ordered: "Captain Uhura, contact them."

"Yes, Captain!" Uhura is the communications liaison officer on the Enterprise, and she is good at this.

Her brown hands flew on the keyboard, and the screen kept changing with his movements. She skillfully emitted electromagnetic waves of different bands used by the Interstellar Federation or other civilizations for communication.

After a while, Uhura turned to look at Kirk, and saw Diana, the only one in the bridge who was doing nothing. She frowned and said: "There is no response to the signal in all bands, but I detected some kind of signal. They. Disturb us."

As soon as she said this, the bridge immediately became tense, and everyone looked at the big screen on the bridge with bated breath.

Kirk also felt something was wrong. He stood up from the captain's position, took two steps forward and approached the big screen, and said at the same time: "Zoom in, Sulu."

Marked signal interference points appeared on the enlarged screen, but their true appearance was not fully revealed. Kirk looked back at the girl asking for help with a serious look on his face and asked, "What is this?"

"Steve, she really has a problem, do you want to take down this peach head?" Diana walked up and raised her arm.

"Oh wait."

Kirk held his forehead. Now was not the time for internal strife. He turned and stared at the screen. Old Bones also came to inquire and looked at the things on the screen that were gradually enlarged.

Finally, a large group of things flying out from the planet revealed their true colors in the light of the star. They were a group of things that looked like a swarm of insects.

In the picture, they have begun to spread out. If overwhelming is used to describe the passage of locusts, then the current swarm of small battleships is an interstellar insect swarm.

"Raise the shield, red alert!" Kirk shouted hurriedly.

But he was wrong. The Enterprise's shield was a polarizing shield, which of course had effective defense capabilities against energy-based weapons, but the attack of these peak ships was a direct impact.

The Peak Ship Group composed of hundreds of millions of Peak Ships was like a swarm of interstellar insects. After rushing out from the planet, it pressed towards the Enterprise in a mighty manner. These peak ships are the technology of an alien civilization, and are now obtained by Crow. Their attack method is very simple, which is to ram and tear the enemy ships into pieces with their own strong hulls.

"Oh~ damn it." Old Bones gasped.

"Free fire!" Kirk shouted.

The Enterprise's firepower was fully activated, and the phaser cannons in various parts were firing wildly at the Peak ships. Because there were so many Peak ships, from the perspective of the Enterprise, it was almost impossible to see the star Odemira behind the Peak fleet, so There is no need to aim the phaser gun at all.

The gunner of the Enterprise only needs to fire forward, and there is no possibility of missing the target.

The phaser cannon array on the Enterprise's disk kept flashing fire, and the particle stream of the phaser cannon continued to shoot towards the Peak ship like a laser. In just ten seconds, dozens or even hundreds of peak ships were hit by phase cannons.

Photon torpedoes can be loaded and fired without risking their lives.

The firepower of the phaser cannon is actually very powerful, because the subatomic particle beam emitted by the stimulus will release a large amount of energy when it hits an obstacle and destroy the atomic results of the obstacle.

Therefore, even if it is as strong as the Feng Ship, no one will be spared if it is hit, and its atomic structure will be destroyed, and then it will explode and be destroyed.

But the number of peak ships is too many, and destroying dozens or hundreds of ships is just like missing.

"Captain, our phaser cannons have little effect! Our torpedoes cannot track their movement." Chekhov spoke so fast that some words had a unique Russian flick.

"The deflector shield has been loaded, Captain!" At this time, Sulu said something that made Kirk happy at the critical moment.

Kirk's face was stern when he heard this, but his tone was very calm: "Launch all weapons, photon torpedoes equipped with antimatter annihilation warheads."

The photon torpedo is an upgraded version of the Interstellar Federation space torpedo and can carry a variety of warheads. Currently, the most powerful thing on the Enterprise is of course the antimatter annihilation warhead.

Following Kirk's order, the crew of the Enterprise became busy, and even Wonder Woman began to prepare.