The evolution of insect swarms from XNUMX million years ago

Chapter 272 Micronized interception

In the imagination, its body shape is roughly similar to that of the Baghorn Stone Type III, but due to the difference in appearance, the actual volume is slightly smaller, and it is still designed to fit into the vertical launch unit.

Its design concept makes its appearance resemble a miniature version of a star turtle - and according to the convention conceived by Lin Yi, the large individual uses the fifty-oared warship horseshoe crab as the appearance blueprint, and the small individual uses the original and most familiar feather-winged horseshoe crab template. Reference.

Because it is a recyclable and reusable individual, this grade is equipped with a small nuclear fusion reactor, located at a position equivalent to the middle of the hind body, while the flat crescent-shaped tail segment and the tail spine structure in the middle are retained to a certain extent, but are replaced by Three spouts with slightly different shapes than those of the star were replaced.

The connection between the body and the scorpion's tail, roughly equivalent to the end of the abdomen, has two flat main nozzles diagonally facing backwards, and the nozzle at the tail is mainly used for changing direction.

Due to their different functions, these small classes used as interceptors or floating close-in defense guns do not need to carry out irregular probability cloud maneuvers in a small range, but need to frequently and significantly change the direction of their heads, which makes their nozzle shapes different from Large star flies are slightly different.

However, multiple nozzles and frequent large-angle changes in direction have made the propulsion mass reserve, which was already low due to its size, even worse and even more stretched. This means that if they want to ensure long-term endurance, they will not and cannot leave the battleship too far.

The main weapon of these small grades is still an X-ray laser. Like the large Xinghao, the main laser is also installed in a pair of sickle limbs, and the focusing lens group is partially located on the head and emitted from the mouth.

The imaginary enemy is naturally the missiles carried by the Ezki escort ship - the possibility of the opponent having long-range heavy missiles based on some improved propellers cannot be ruled out. Therefore, a sufficient cluster of close defense weapons is necessary.

Under the command of Lin Yi's swarm consciousness, these small grades will have a variety of combat strategies, and the tactics will be determined according to the size of the targets that need to be intercepted - those large missiles will be concentrated by multiple small grades using directed energy weapons, and small and numerous targets It is intercepted by the individual individually.

Directed energy weapons are different from kinetic energy weapons. Compared with a volley of two kinetic energy weapons with a caliber of 2, a kinetic energy weapon with a caliber of 1 can cause more damage than a kinetic energy weapon with a caliber of 2. But for directed energy weapons, the data between the two are similar.

When the total power is the same, multiple small directed energy weapons are more flexible at close range without losing too much power, and are a better close defense weapon solution - this point also exists in the Ezki theory, but because of communication limitations and ultimately not used.

The large electromagnetic accelerating orbits of Mars and the asteroid belt began to operate, launching a large amount of material directly into space, and began to multiply into huge pupal sacs, preparing to complete the pupation of stars.

Different from all the previous levels, the star worm is the crystallization of the highest technology of the nest group at this stage, or in a sense, it is the miracle of living achieved by the nest group and the Ezki civilization together. Therefore, every star worm has It will have a separate name, similar to the surface ships of later human civilizations.

It is envisaged that armed warships will be named after genus-level taxa under the suborder Limulus, while unarmed spacecraft for other purposes will be named after genus-level taxa under the suborder Limulus.

These species are inextricably linked to Lin Yi's current life, and their names come from the naming of humans in previous lives. The experiences of being intelligent creatures in two lives seem to have been integrated. No matter from any angle, they are worthy of being named. This grade is named after Xinghao. The first batch of stars to be produced is expected to be ten, all of which are main stars. As the first batch of individuals produced, they will be named after the type genus of each family or even superfamily taxon, that is, the most representative batch.

Of course, the first one produced is an exception - this main starship, which will be the symbolic "flagship" for a period of time in the future, was named the Hurd Shrimp by Lin Yi to commemorate the Qi who once fought side by side. Shrimp nest colony.

Between the two single eyes on the head of the Head Shrimp, which are now used as auxiliary photoelectric receiving devices, the specially polished amber-like structure surrounding the three-eyed Schendhans shrimp is embedded in it, and is covered by a layer of transparent transparent material with a special structure. Exoskeleton wrapping.

Although it looks so inconspicuous on the huge body of the star, inside, the lifelike three-eyed Shendhans shrimp maintains a swimming posture, with two well-developed compound eyes on the eye stalks and a large, stalkless middle eye. The vast and empty universe can be seen with your eyes.

The rest, except for the second main starship, which is called the Feather-winged Horseshoe in commemoration of the first body in this life, are all crab-body Horseshoe crabs, wing-limbed Horseshoe crabs, etc., classified at the superfamily level The schema is named.

And those small ones, using the feather-winged horseshoe crab as a template, are currently used as the floating close-in firepower of the Star Hao, and are called micron interception star Hao by Lin Yi, or simply micron star Hao. The grade individuals do not have separate names - After all, as a level that relies on quantity, it is probably impossible to get so many names.

As for the old-fashioned space creatures, according to the assumption, most of them will be simply dismantled-to be precise, the electromagnetic gun will be dissolved, and the hyperspace engine will be chrysalised in the body and then used as a one-time transport ship to transport large quantities to Lin Yi's target location. resource.

As for its destination, it's quite simple - the star Centauri. The closest star system to the solar system,
According to the Ezki, the distribution of hyperspace channels is random, and not all adjacent star systems are necessarily connected by channels. It is not uncommon for three star systems arranged in a triangle on the star map to be connected by only two hyperspace lanes.

According to the hyperspace channel distribution map provided by the Ezki people, Lin Yi has learned that if you want to come to the earth from the direction of the Ezki home planet and other colonial stars, then the only known route is through Centauri. Samsung.

This also means that this imaginary enemy of the solar system civilization in various science fiction works of later generations has become a strategic location that military strategists must fight for. As long as this place can be controlled, the solar system can become a relatively stable rear area.

Compared with the opponent who still doesn't know where he is, this place is located at the doorstep of Lin Yi's home. In other words, he has enough time to make this three-star system a home field that is conducive to his own battle.

And this group of space creatures will exert their last remaining heat in this way - expanding the colony's sphere of influence to another star system, where they will initially gain a foothold and build more stars and other space structures.

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