Interstellar Soldier

Chapter 389 The Road Home
Edge star, a lonely planet.

A dazzling light suddenly appeared, piercing the dark space, but it did not illuminate this lonely planet, and then disappeared.

Soon, everything returned to calm, as if nothing happened.

On the back of Edge Star, a spaceship with a simple shape is sailing slowly.

It was the "Xinghai".

Not far away, there are nine identical warships, namely the other nine Liuying ships.

Inside the "Xinghai", Yang Yi stared at the route map in front of him, Shen Chengwen and Jackson stood behind him, and Otis was with several guard officers.

No one spoke, and everyone waited patiently.

Marginal Star, just like the name, is a completely forgotten planet in the marginal zone.

Of course, Edgestar didn't start out that way.

As early as thousands of years ago, when the Galactic Federation came to the Southern Alpha galaxy, the edge star was a planet with the best environment in a star system, and it was also the home of an indigenous civilization.However, shortly thereafter, the Galactic Federation launched a war to sweep up the entire Southern Alpha galaxy, and the star system where the edge star was located was also attacked.However, the indigenous civilization here did not choose to surrender, but fought to the death with the invading Galactic Alliance.After suffering heavy losses, the Canton tribe who launched the attack asked for help from the top civilization and used destructive weapons to directly destroy the stars.Although before launching the attack, the Canton tribe hoped to keep the edge star, after all, this is a planet with a suitable environment, but the result was not controlled by the Canton tribe. After the star was destroyed, the environment on the edge star was also affected. Devastating damage.Soon after, the Cantons abandoned this lifeless planet.

However, the disaster of Edge Star did not end there.

Although it was abandoned by the Canton tribe, according to the rules, Edge Star still belongs to the Canton tribe, and has since been placed under the jurisdiction of the Canton tribe.

For the first 1000 years or so, the fringe stars were ignored.

It's very simple. With the technology at that time, even if the edge star could be developed, the cost would be extremely huge, and the resources that could be obtained from the edge star were extremely limited.

It was not until the outbreak of the Third Greenwich War that the edge star was taken seriously again.

In fact, it was only at this time that the name "Edge Star" came into being. Before that, it was just a code name and had no official name.

Although for the Galactic Alliance, in the past five Greenwich Wars, the third Greenwich War can be regarded as the only victory, at least a limited victory, that is, through this war, the Galactic Alliance successfully forced the Silicon Magic Alliance to retreat. The Greenwich meteorite belt gained a foothold, and it was after this war that the Greenwich meteorite belt became a must for both sides.But this war completely changed the fate of the edge star, that is, after that, the edge star has been valued by many civilizations including the human federation, and it has triggered several wars, but all the civilizations of the galaxy alliance are for their own interests Civil war broke out.

The edge star has never been taken seriously to attract much attention, and the reason is very simple, the position is too critical.

This unremarkable planet happens to be between the two regions, next to the northern region, and happens to be on the shortest route to the northern fourth region.Although there is more than one route to the North Fourth District, if you want to go from the Western Region to the North Fourth District, and take the shortest route, you have to pass near the Edge Star.To put it simply, whoever controls the edge star controls the gate from the western region to the fourth northern region.

Obviously, here comes the problem.

After the end of the third Greenwich War, the civilizations in the four northern districts deeply felt the importance of the life route, and they all hoped to be able to control the life route in their own hands, instead of being controlled by others at critical moments, and hoped to control everything on the life route. Important nodes, at least the nodes near the North Fourth District.The problem is that the border star is the jurisdiction of the Canton tribe, and the home planet of the Canton tribe is in the Western Region.Although for the Cantons, Edge Star is a dispensable and desolate planet that is not even worth colonizing and developing, but after the third Greenwich War, the Cantons realized the importance of expanding the defense zone and planned to Build the fringe star as a peripheral fortress.

In fact, the contradiction between the civilization of the North Fourth District and the Cantons is not irreconcilable.

Based on the situation at the time, as long as both parties are willing to compromise, this contradiction can be resolved. For example, the civilization of the fourth northern district will provide a certain degree of support to help the Cantons build the edge star into a frontier fortress, while the Cantons will turn the edge star into a frontier fortress. The star is set to be co-managed by all civilizations, so that the civilizations of the fourth northern region can deploy defensive military forces here, at least nearby, to ensure the safety of the life routes passing through.

The problem is that the ownership of the edge star involves the top civilization, and it is the Leiling and Zhixing tribes.

In the western region, the Weaving Star Clan has a strong influence. Almost all the high-level civilizations here are allies of the Weaving Star Clan. At that time, most of the civilizations in the Northern Fourth District were allies of the Leiling Clan.Although it would be beneficial for all civilizations to build Edge Star into a frontier fortress and be co-managed by civilizations such as the Cantons, it would inevitably have an impact on the Leiling and Weaving Stars, and the result was not under the control of the two top civilizations.

Affected by this, the Cantons did not hand over the Edge Star, and dozens of civilizations in the North Fourth District subsequently launched a war.

Although this was only a small-scale war, it is not wrong to call it a conflict according to the standard of total war, but the final winner of this small-scale war that lasted less than ten years was neither the Cantons nor the North Koreans. The civilization in the fourth district is the Leiling and Zhixing tribes.

That is, the edge star was destroyed and lost its foundation to become a frontier fortress, and the route it passed was also taken over by the Weaving Star Clan and the Leiling Clan.

According to the armistice treaty, the Weaving Star Clan took over the southern route, while the Leiling Clan took over the northern route.

Although this situation did not last long, before the fifth Greenwich War broke out, the Weaving Star Clan handed over the airline management rights to the Canton Clan, and the Railing Clan also handed over the airline management rights to other civilizations. After the Greenwich War, because only the Human Federation remained in the fourth northern region, the management of the northern end of the route naturally fell into the hands of the Human Federation. However, this segmented management made this route completely deserted.

In fact, this is also related to the Human Federation.

That is, after taking over the Northern Fourth District, the Human Federation did not attach importance to this route.It's very simple, the destination of this route is in the colonial galaxy, thousands of light-years away from the home galaxy, and compared with the route passing through the green star, the voyage to the central region is tens of thousands of light-years farther.In peacetime, the voyage of tens of thousands of light years means higher transportation costs, while in wartime, it means life and death.

Besides, most of the civilizations in the western region are allies of the Weaving Star Clan, and the relationship between the Human Federation and the Weaving Star Clan is very general.

In addition, after the Fifth Greenwich War, the Human Federation turned to the Hidden Eldar, and there was nothing left to do, and there was no extra resources to maintain other routes.

The millennium-long peace and prosperity made this route a decoration.

To put it simply, in peacetime, without sufficient commercial interests, it is difficult to maintain any route. After all, the jump nodes on the route need to spend a lot of resources to maintain.

Under the influence of all these factors, the route was abandoned, and the edge star was completely marginalized.

Of course, this route is still there, and the essence of Edgestar has not changed.That is, from here to the north, you enter the North Fourth District.

Yang Yi was very calm, and was not excited about returning to the North Fourth District.

It's very simple, there are still more than 1000 light years from here to the home galaxy, and according to the information obtained before, most of the colonial galaxies along the way have been captured by the army of silicon demons.Although with the performance of the Flowing Shadow Ship, it is not a problem to avoid the colonial galaxy occupied by the enemy and go directly to the home galaxy, but it will definitely take a lot of time, and Yang Yi can't wait to jump back to the home galaxy immediately through space.

Of course, not only him, but everyone else too.

"Major?"

"I'm here, is there a result?" Yang Yi let out a long breath and forced himself to calm down.

The "Xinghai" has complete route information, but Aaron has to spend some time planning the route, so he can't return to the North Fourth District unprepared.

"At least five space jumps are required, and if you want to avoid the colonial galaxies that have been occupied by the enemy without being discovered by the occupying forces, it is best to add three times. Judging from the current situation, it will take about seven days, and the fastest will be It will take five days to reach the home system."

"Can't it be any shorter?"

"This is the limit. If we speed up, even if the battleship can bear it, we are likely to be discovered by the enemy before we return to our home galaxy."

Yang Yi frowned, they had already spent a month, although it would take five days, but he couldn't wait any longer.

"Major?"

"Based on safety, plan the route back to the home galaxy." Yang Yi let out a long sigh and said, "We have spent a month, and we have not received any other news for the time being, and we are not in a hurry these days. Anyway, we must first Return safely, and then consider other issues."

"Major, I discovered an unknown energy fluctuation."

Yang Yi was taken aback for a moment, but didn't react for a while.

"It comes from marginal stars, and it's below the surface. It's very faint, but it's regular. It's not a natural phenomenon."

"You mean, there are original energy converters working on Edge Star?" Shen Chengwen stepped forward and asked directly.

"It can be said, but the nature of the original energy converter cannot be judged."

"Get the landing craft ready."

"Colonel..."

"Follow the colonel's orders." Yang Yi gave Allen the order for Shen Chengwen, and then looked over at Shen Chengwen. "Old Shen, some of us have to stay on the battleship."

"Obviously not me."

Yang Yi was a little speechless and helpless, and turned to look at Jackson.

"Is this necessary?" Jackson secretly sighed.

Yang Yi nodded slightly, but didn't say much.

"Okay, I'll stay, but be careful."

"Be careful of what?"

Hearing this, Yang Yi and the others came back to their senses, remembering that Otis and other female warrior guard officers were all there and heard their conversation.

(End of this chapter)