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After the high-ranking officer finished speaking, he motioned for a scientist next to him to continue. The members of the nine major detachments all sat quietly, motionless.
"The alien fleet has a huge formation. Be it the military or us scientists, there are many who feel that we are undefeatable and have extremely pessimistic thoughts of failure. In fact, there is a misunderstanding in this thinking. Of course, they are indeed very powerful, but there is a difference between being powerful and being powerful. If we think about it from another angle, we will find that their huge formation means that they feel that they need so many warships to defeat us!"
The blue-haired scientist paused for a moment after he stated his judgment. He glanced at the soldiers in front of him before continuing, "According to the principle of rationalization and utilization, if they only need one warship to defeat all of our forces, then they will not send another one. The consumption of an interstellar expedition is an astronomical figure!
Therefore, their technology might not be that much higher than ours, at least not as huge as we think.
"Similarly, after our analysis, this wave of long-range attack will not be as unpredictable and terrifying as the rumors say. We know that no matter what kind of energy is used as a carrier to attack, launching an attack from such a long distance will consume a lot of energy. Even if the speed is fast, by the time the attack reaches the target location, the power of the attack may be less than one-thousandth.
"Of course, we have first ruled out the possibility that they have miraculously advanced weapons that we cannot understand. Therefore, for the time being, it should be in line with the Ops Energy Level Law.
"But if that is the case, why do they still launch an attack from such a long distance? "Or to put it in another way, what kind of weapon is the most suitable to launch at such a long distance? "And once we get close, we will lose such an opportunity?
"According to the analysis of the Hall of Science, this wave of attack is most likely not an attack using energy as a carrier. Instead, it is very likely to accelerate a mass of matter over such a long distance, giving it enough time and space to accelerate to an extremely high speed, converting all the energy lost in the activation of the propulsion into an extremely high mass material weapon.
"This conclusion is the most consistent with the principle of rationalization and utilization, and it is also the most optimal method that the enemy may adopt in the end under the framework of high technology that we can estimate.
Still, following such an inference, there was one thing that we had to admit: such long-range weapons, the mass produced by propelling energy would inevitably lead to unpredictable gravitational fluctuations. Then, if they could accurately pinpoint the target and attack accurately, it would be precisely why they were so much more powerful than us. Facing this point head-on was the only rational thing to do.
Finally, we can make forward-looking assumptions about future scientific theories, but that is all there is to it. For example, as I just said, if their material weapons could eventually reach a mass that could produce obvious gravitational waves, then there is a question we cannot explain — how do they obtain so much energy to constantly accelerate their material weapons?
In the most ideal situation, energy could be converted into mass. Even if nothing was wasted, the amount of energy needed to create mass that could cause a gravitational fluctuation was unimaginable!
Not to mention using chemical fuel as a propulsion energy source, even the most cutting-edge material annihilation method required them to first install a massive star in the thruster of the material weapon. In fact, this was completely impossible.
Therefore, I personally believe that the long-range material weapons of the alien fleet are actually … "
The senior officer immediately continued the blue-haired scientist's words and said, "The military has already agreed with the opinion of the Hall of Science that Sir Sisko represented just now, but I would like to add on the military's own opinion. Other than the most suitable scientific conjecture, the long-range attack of the alien fleet also had another purpose, which was to intimidate our will to resist and destroy our confidence. It could even be a kind of psychological warfare, dealing a heavy blow to the confidence of the civilians and even the military, creating a large-scale pessimistic mood that would lead to chaos.
If it were me, if I had the technology to launch such a weapon, I would also choose to launch a long-range attack at this time. "
He glanced at the members below and finally said, "In the next half a day, you will follow the space fleet deployed in outer space to the designated destination to set up the most advanced interception weapon, 'Star Moon'. Your mission is to protect 'Star Moon' at all times before it is set up and activated. No unauthorized person is allowed to get close to it. If there is an emergency, you can immediately take any extreme measures such as killing on the spot!"
"Do you all understand? I repeat, no unauthorized person is allowed to approach! "
The elite team members immediately stood up in unison and saluted in unison.
...
The "young man" felt a little strange. Logically speaking, a "newbie" like him should not be qualified for such an important mission, but it seemed that everyone had forgotten this point. Until he boarded the emergency orbital launch cabin, no one came to disqualify him.
He thought it was going to be a dangerous mission. Based on what the scientist named Sith had described, even though he did not understand most of it, he knew that the alien fleet was extremely powerful. But for the whole day, he had no idea what was going to happen next. In the end, he was fully armed and floated around a large metal cylinder, guarding it.
Until the interception weapon "Star Moon" was released from the giant cylinder, nothing unexpected happened. He did not see the long-range weapon from the alien fleet either.
Of course, this was outer space, and he did not have the qualifications or the order to look out the window. He had been stuck in the launch cabin and the battleship that came later. Unless the battleship he was in was hit, he would not know what was happening outside.
Other than the feeling of weightlessness at the beginning, which made him a little uncomfortable and a little novel, everything after that was like a training routine, boring to the point of annoyance.
Not long after "Star Moon" was released, he and the other members gathered together for a short rest when they heard a victory cry from the ship's broadcast system.
"Interception successful! Interception successful! Target disappears! "
...
A series of voices quickly came out from the broadcast system until the order to return was issued. The excited announcement suddenly came to an abrupt halt, and the hull of the ship shook violently and faintly there were explosions.
The soldiers and members in the ship did not have time to rejoice before they became uneasy. As the silence in the command cabin grew longer, this uneasiness became more and more obvious.
Finally, a heavy voice broke the silence and said in an extremely tragic voice,
"All members, I have to regretfully inform everyone that although the interception was successful, it affected our hull... Even after repair, it is impossible to recover the fact that we have lost the engine... Under the push of the huge wave and energy, we are accelerating out of orbit...
"Although I will not give up, I have to admit to everyone that we may not be able to return!
"The members who participated in the maintenance paid a huge sacrifice and temporarily sealed the gap...
"The energy and material reserves on the airship will last us for less than two months, after that...
"Now, while the signal can still be maintained, all members will have a chance to send back their wills. Later, the High Mistress will make a final call with us and pray for all of us..."
...
Silence.
Silence.
Silence.
Everyone was stunned, including the "young man". No one had expected that an extremely dangerous but peaceful and even boring mission would end with no one being able to return in the end!
This was space, and this was also a battlefield!
Even though most of the people here were prepared to sacrifice themselves when they set off, the surprisingly smooth journey made everyone forget about the danger and think that they would be able to go home soon, but they did not expect...
After a brief silence, there was a large area of doubt and chaos —
"What about the escape pod? Why not activate it? "
"This place is not far from the space base, why not send a rescue airship?"
"We want to go back, don't become a cold space coffin!"
"There is more than one engine, how can all of them be destroyed!"
"This is a conspiracy! We are warriors, dying on the battlefield is our mission, but not in a conspiracy! "
"Follow me, let's go to the command cabin and find out!"
...
In the chaos, the "young man" frowned. No matter how little common sense he had, he knew the fate of being trapped in space. The vast starry sky, behind the beautiful name, there was a cold name: the dark and huge graveyard.
He suddenly wanted to grab his sword and cut open the "cage" of the airship with one strike!
This was the first time he wanted to take the initiative to draw his sword, and it seemed that what he wanted to cut open was not only the "cage" of the airship, but also a larger and deeper invisible cage.
The crowd ran past him chaotically, and after a long time, they ran back in disorder.
Mia was not far from him, holding the weapon in her hand tightly, her eyes cold.
The members of the detachment spoke in despair:
"The engine is really destroyed, I went to take a look."
"The airship is also gone."
"The airship is still rapidly accelerating out of orbit. According to calculations, the rescue airship will not be able to catch up."
"What do we do?"
"Do we really have to write our last words?"
...
Not long after, the airship's last words flew towards the cold planet like snowflakes.
The video system was playing a delayed image from the cold planet. In the image, the selected lucky soldiers and airship crew sent their expressions and voices back to the cold planet. There, countless people were watching this tragic farewell — —
"We may die, but our spirit will live forever!"
"If resistance will lead to bloodshed, then it will start with us, from today onwards!"
"We will never yield, we will fight them to the last drop of blood!"
...
"Goodbye, our compatriots, resist to the end, the final victory will belong to us! Bless you! "
"Goodbye, we are leaving first!"
...
Looking at the image in the video system, the "young man" found that Mia was sneering. He hesitated to draw his sword, because he felt that Mia might have some other way.
"Do you believe it?"
Mia suddenly turned around and looked at him, still sneering.
He shook his head, not knowing what she was talking about.
Mia pointed at the image of the farewell and said coldly: "I never thought they could be this despicable!"
Then, she sneered again: "What a good plan! The long-distance attack of the alien fleet will create an atmosphere of fear; the interception will be successful, and the confidence will be boosted; our sacrifice will create a tragic atmosphere to stimulate the fighting spirit; finally, they will eliminate us, the eyesores. What a perfect plan! "
"Cespia, did you see their performance?"
"Cespia, did you see the fanaticism on the ground?"
"We are just sacrifices, props for their performance!"
...
The "young man" raised his head and said calmly: "Then let's kill them!"
^ (To be continued.)
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