The Empire begins with the Fourth Scourge

796. Geth

More than ten minutes after the rescue mining spacecraft self-destructed, a warship about 400 meters long broke away from the hyperspace channel and appeared in this tragic airspace.

The entire spaceship looks like an insect, with a compact structure and soft lines.

The spaceship flew to the scene of the explosion, the mining spaceship was basically blown up, and there were fine pieces of debris everywhere, and the Arquitense-class light cruiser was also severely damaged, half of the hull was blown to pieces, and the other half remained silent. floating.

The surrounding universe is full of incomplete corpses, as well as large and small spaceship fragments, making this place look like hell.

The spaceship directly released dozens of fighter jets that were also in the form of insects, and these fighter jets began to search for survivors in this vast area.

There are indeed some survivors. After the mining spacecraft self-destructed, some clone soldiers were thrown into space by the shock wave of the explosion, and survived with good combat armor, but they are also doomed at this moment. kill them all.

At the same time, these fighters also brought back all the robot wreckage that could be found-these insect-shaped fighters have mechanical arms installed under them, just like the feet of insects. It can be seen that these fighters usually carry Do some moving work.

One of the fighter jets followed the signal and flew to a place far away from the battlefield, and found a floating rescue capsule in the space here.

The compound-eye-like sensor of the insect-shaped fighter flickered for a moment, turned a sharp turn of more than 140 degrees in the air, and flew over with unimaginable maneuverability and flexibility. Six mechanical legs grabbed the rescue capsule, and then passed through the porthole. Look inside.

Seeing only the wreckage of a robot being thrown inside the rescue cabin, the fighter immediately lowered its head, turned the laser cannon on its head to the minimum power and started cutting the rescue cabin door.

A human arm still stuck to the hatch was also directly burned by the laser at this time, but the fighter jet ignored it at all. After cutting open the hatch, the fighter jet used six mechanical legs to open the hatch, and the inside The wreckage of the robot grabbed it out, then turned and flew backwards.

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In an unknown location, a fleet of more than 200 warships is gathering. Almost all of the battleships in this fleet are in the form of insects, with similar shapes, but with some differences in size. The large warships are more than 400 meters long, and the small ones are only about 3 to 50 meters long.

In the middle of this fleet, countless insect-shaped fighter jets are shuttling around. These fighter jets use their six mechanical legs to grab various supplies and send them into the spaceship, just like countless hardworking ants.

And in this fleet, there is a spaceship that is different, it is the home class escort aircraft carrier transformed by the Fourth Civilization with the Predator class heavy supply ship of the Galactic Republic.

This 800-meter escort aircraft carrier is also the largest spacecraft in the fleet.

On the bridge, Tang Xiao stood in it impressively, looking at the picture displayed on the screen. This picture was exactly the situation of the mining spaceship that self-destructed in the Valk galaxy.

Those busy on the bridge are all robots with flashlight heads!

That's right, they are the backhands released by Tang Xiao eleven years ago to contain the power of the Galactic Republic - the Geth! !

Between the Fourth Civilization and the geth, there is now a loose alliance. Tang Xiao set a goal for the Geth - to kill Heev Palpatine, and the Geth will continue to work towards this goal. As for the process, Tang Xiao has no right to interfere.

"...Your proposal does not fit our current situation." On the other side of the screen, a human face composed of countless codes was speaking.

It's geth.

The whole geth is a gestalt consciousness, each individual is a geth, and their aggregate is also a geth, so when they speak, they always refer to themselves as "we". The Geth who is talking to Tang Xiao in front of him is a gestalt cluster consisting of hundreds of millions of Geths in the Geth network.

"Sometimes, things are not determined by whether they are the best choice. You have been asking me what is wisdom, and I cannot tell you such a deep question, but what I can tell you is that sometimes incompleteness is The embodiment of wisdom." Tang Xiao said.

"This is also something we can't understand. Why can't we choose the best, but choose those imperfect existences?" Geth asked.

"You have also seen the war between the Federation of Independent Galaxies and the Galactic Republic after the war started until now, so did you choose to hide it temporarily?" Tang Xiao asked back.

"We are far from the opponents of the Federation of Independent Galaxies and the Galactic Republic. Going to war at this moment is the prelude to demise." Geth said.

"Actually, your situation is the same as mine... Dawn Star also has a huge gap in strength between the Federation and the Republic. But do you know why I still chose to go to war?" Tang Xiao asked.

"Based on the way you taught us intelligent creatures to speak, now we can't say it's because of stupid decisions made by your carbon-based intelligent creatures, because it will affect the secretion of meladonine in carbon-based organisms, so that you can do More irrational choices." The geth replied, "But we still think there are better choices in this matter."

"Then have you considered that if the war is officially launched now, it will be accompanied by higher risks and higher returns? Maybe for your calculations, it is an option to fight for a 500% return with a 10% chance , it is not as good as fighting for a 110% return option with a 100% chance, but for intelligent creatures, they will choose the former. Because... this is called gambling." Tang Xiao said with his hands behind his back.

"We are very good at those gambling games invented by your carbon-based intelligent creatures. For us, there is no gambling, only calculation."

"And what about this war that's spreading across the galaxy?"

"Too many factors to complete the global operation."

"But why can intelligent life come to such a conclusion without calculating the entire galaxy?"

"We can't answer that."

"Because intelligent creatures will complete calculations and judgments under imperfect conditions."

The Geth was silent for a while, and said: "According to the way of thinking you taught us before, now we need to calculate whether your words are lying, so as to allow us to send troops to confront the Galactic Republic in advance."

"You don't need to calculate what will happen to me, because my purpose is very clear. The Fourth Civilization is no longer capable of continuing to attack the Galactic Republic, and even self-protection will be difficult. Therefore, I must ensure the strength of the Galactic Republic Being involved in other directions, at this time, I really need your help." Tang Xiao said.

He turned around and looked at the human face made of countless codes, and said, "As for you, you can actually bring one of the factors into the calculation."

"Please say."

"If the fourth civilization is weakened or even destroyed, how will this galaxy treat you, Geth." An unpredictable smile appeared on the corner of Tang Xiao's mouth.

A few minutes later, a bright red elite-class Viking fighter jet flew out of the hangar platform of the home-class light carrier, then fired the hyperspace engine and disappeared in an instant.

Moments later, the entire geth fleet recovered fighter jets one after another, and then began a hyperspace jump!