Will the out-of-control servitor meet the cosmic cat?

In other words, it does not have the wide field of vision that many people imagine, and the integrated open bridge with "panoramic floor-to-ceiling windows". The gap between them is to observe the dozens of narrow portholes in the hull.

After all, as a manned warship, it has some windows that allow people to directly see the surroundings. It is a very good design, whether it is for normal port operations or emergency damage assessment in wartime. .

Obviously, this kind of decentralized observation cabin cannot play the "command" role of a traditional bridge, but for combat reasons, it is impossible for the designer to place the command center of the bridge on the surface of the hull—except to tell The enemy can't play the slightest role except "hurry up here", but if it is placed inside the hull and protected with armor and compartments, it will bring another problem.

Why don't I just put it next to CIC, or even merge it directly into CIC?

With such a combination, the captain was embarrassed.

He originally stayed on the bridge to command the entire ship and command the overall situation, but after the command center was placed in the CIC, he didn't need to command the entire ship—all battle-related parts were handled by the CIC commander Due to the characteristics of space, the operators responsible for controlling the reactor and cooling modules must also be built into the CIC and commanded by him.

After such an operation, it is fine during daily sailing, but once the battle starts, he does not need to take care of the battle, the navigation, the key facilities in the ship, and nothing.

What is his function?

"All warships, change the orbit to the scheduled orbit No. 136, and ensure that they are behind friendly battleships after the orbit change is completed."

Seeing the latest instructions received by the main control interface, the captain switched the channel to the operator group responsible for controlling the orbit of the battleship, and ordered softly but firmly.

"Change track to scheduled track number 136!"

"Received, change the track to the scheduled track No. 136!"

After relaying this order, he stopped paying attention to the communication between the operator and the tactical commander in the channel—mainly some specific instructions, and hung the main interface of the channel back to the formation.

This is the only use of the captain in combat—the tactical commander of the ship, as the name suggests, only deals with the tactical actions of the ship. Long Lai relayed and issued.

Of course, as the captain, he actually has full authority and the ability to interfere or veto the orders of the tactical commander, but generally speaking, the tactical commander's combat capabilities are very good, and most of the command is flawless. Naturally, they would have no chance to use this veto power.

In fact, in many cases, the combat experience of the tactical commander is higher than that of the captain. The captain is not so much a man who sits behind and gives formation orders, but a tool person responsible for listening to orders from his superiors.

In this way, after dividing out the communications and instructions that have nothing to do with the ship, the tactical commander can concentrate on commanding the battleship without interference-this is why the position of captain can be retained, not The root cause of directly allowing the commander of the CIC to hold two positions.

"This track...is it going to be resisted by alliance warships?"

After conveying the formation instructions, the captain, who had become idle again, simply turned to the star map interface, and highlighted the orbit of the friendly fleet—it was okay if he didn’t mark it before, but with this bold, he immediately saw it. idea.

"After the orbit change is completed, the entire formation will be in the formation of the alliance, and it will still be in a relatively rear position." According to the simulation of the shipboard computer, he quickly obtained the relative positions of the two fleets after the orbit change is completed, " In the same position as those smaller ships."

As we all know, in space, as the distance increases, the damage of lasers shows a sharp decline. Therefore, if they change their own fleet to a position in the rear of the formation, the enemy's warships will obviously be destroyed. They are no longer selected as targets.

In this way, the battleships of these friendly forces acted as shields—they would be on the side of the fleet facing the enemy, and they would be closer to the enemy than the battleships hiding in the formation, which would inevitably attract the enemy's priority strikes.

Let allies fight in the front, and one's own side hides behind and eats meat. This is not something that a civilization with a strong willingness to cooperate and hopes to form an alliance with the other side should do.

This is not to say that the friendly forces are unmanned and fully automatic warships. It is up to the allies whether there are people in the warships of the allies. should be sacrificed first".

If you put it bluntly—why do people use their own battle damage to save your warship?

However, he can only mutter a few words in his heart. The reason why the command made such a decision must be due to some considerations that he doesn't know-maybe, they are really so impartial and don't want them to have casualties Woolen cloth?

Driven by the afterburner fusion engine, the entire orbit change process took only about 20 minutes, and during this period, the distance between the two sides was shortened by about 700 kilometers, that is to say, the main fleets of the two sides are 12300 kilometers apart at this moment.

There is no way, the same orbit and same direction battle on the same planet is such a long and boring process.

This is not the same as Red's battle on the Catus orbit before. At that time, the enemy fleet and Red's fleet were not on the same orbit, and the two sides still had hundreds of meters to thousands of meters per second. relative speed.

But this time, both sides are basically moving along the orbit of the wormhole, and according to orbital mechanics, the speed of orbits with the same inclination and similar height is basically the same—and unfortunately, the extinction core is a Quite a huge gas giant planet, and the wormhole is located on a high orbit of nearly 4000 million kilometers, which has caused their current orbital period to be as high as more than a month.

On an orbit that can only be circled once in more than a month, any orbit-changing activities are very futile-with their orbit-changing ability, it takes at least several hours of acceleration to form an orbit that is obviously staggered from before. , if the pursuit of pure fusion propulsion of specific impulse, this process even needs to be increased to days.

"Red, did the humans reply?"

Stuart, who was sitting in front of the computer, suddenly asked.

"The other party rejected our data link grid connection proposal." The weak artificial intelligence accompanying the army replied immediately, "The reply given by the other party is that they believe that in the absence of previous communication, rashly connecting the two armies to the grid is likely to lead to Command link down."

"I remember, haven't you already written the data connection protocol and tested it?"

She yawned a lot, and asked with some doubts—under the heavy drowsiness, she couldn't quite remember the proposal raised more than an hour ago.

Due to the influence of the fleet's orbit, the battle between the two sides coincided with her usual sleep time, so as the woman standing behind Hong, she could only "stay up late" with Hong to watch the battle.

Although theoretically speaking, it is impossible to make mistakes in this simple battle, and there is no need for her "backhand" to monitor at all, but out of a responsible attitude, she still did not choose to follow the biological instinct to go to sleep, but used I washed my face with cold water to sober up, and then got up to supervise the battle.

However, since there is really nothing she needs to do, Stuart feels that she is almost too sleepy. If she is put on the bed at this moment, she believes that she can fall asleep within 1 minute.

"They believe that even if it is an artificial intelligence program written in such a short period of time, there must be many loopholes and bugs that have not been fixed, and it is too dangerous to allow such an untested program to access their network. "

She spread her hands, looking very helpless: "Those people don't seem to have any idea of ​​our abilities."

Even the body operated by weak artificial intelligence, under Hong's complete plan and simulation program, seems quite "human"-at least in terms of getting along with him for more than a year, except for Stuart, very few people can Realize that this body that can talk to them is controlled by a weak artificial intelligence without "self-awareness".

"Ok."

Seeing the other party's reply, Stuart couldn't say anything more—it's useless to talk about this kind of thing, and it will be possible only after humans come to their base and experience Hong's super intelligence. make them believe.

Moreover, the red warships are not worth much anyway, and after the rear infrastructure is completed, it will be no problem to order forty or fifty warships a month.

The purpose of the fleet she is in is not to win the war, but to limit the development of the opponent, and at the same time buy time for its own infrastructure construction and industrial transformation.Relatively speaking, the human side should be the one that is more anxious-compared to the distance of at least hundreds of millions of kilometers on the side of the same race, a human-inhabited planet is directly connected to the extinct planet.

To put it bluntly, don't be in a hurry if you should be in a hurry, so why are they in a hurry.

"The human fleet notified us of the orbit change activity. The target orbit data is...According to calculations, they want to leave the vulnerable front line and move to a safe position at the same distance as the alliance warship."

"...what?"

Volume Two: The War Against Extinction: Chapter 93 Together Through Wealth and Wealth

However, before Stewart and Hong could react, the alliance exploded first.

The reason why the alliance's fleet is hiding behind is because Hong doesn't want to sacrifice too much of their fragile organisms. This is what Hong wants to do, not what she needs or should do. In other words, to put it bluntly , purely because Hong felt sorry for them.

In fact, although they told the alliance that "all civilizations share weal and woe and work together", they also sent a fleet to assist, but in fact, Hong really didn't expect them to do anything.

At the level of the alliance, it is quite satisfying to have the awareness to advance and retreat together, and to work hard as much as possible.

If Hong wanted to deliberately consume the officers and soldiers on the ship in order to "balance the loss", she was still not very happy-there was no way to deal with the helpless battle damage when the enemy was evenly matched. As a soldier, one should have the awareness of this sacrifice, but Hong was not as cold-blooded as imagined for this obviously avoidable casualty.

Of course, the main reason is that the members of the alliance are more sensible, they did not resist or even actively accepted her assimilation, and the strength of their fleet is a little weaker—there is no threat to themselves, and they look pitiful and well-behaved. Fox, after all, is more likable.

If the army is strong enough, Hong will unconsciously suppress their military strength for the safety of the cubs, and at the same time frantically expand her fleet to ensure that she can always hold one head steady.

Of course, this kind of "suppression" is not unnecessary consumption, used as cannon fodder or even false information, etc. In the face of the common enemy of extinct omnics, it is really not wise to engage in this kind of internal friction-it is just a simple balance between the two civilizations. Fleets in the middle, to ensure that they lose the same proportion, rather than the current one-sided situation where it is difficult to lose one of the alliance's ten ships.

And if the other party is very ignorant, confronts Hong everywhere, and even intends to threaten her cubs, let alone, Hong will immediately dispatch the fleet to give them the land.

The Alliance people are much clearer than most of the cubs imagine - no country is obliged to take care of another country, let alone when they are not "two countries in one civilization", but two At the time of the alien civilization that had nothing to do with it before.

Tech assistance, industrial assistance, helping to build the space skyhook, guiding the building of the space industry chain, and allowing them to be in a safe rear during combat, and most importantly, keeping their industry as intact and sustainable as possible To ensure that all key steps can be carried out by the alliance itself, instead of destroying the system of backward countries through products like capital dumping, and at the same time getting stuck in key technologies.

This kind of "selfless" assistance is a scene that has never been seen in the history of Jeffery and Farsati, and the price of all this is just a promise to join the camp of the same race and build the Galactic Community together.

As for those cultural invasions or something, it's not a big deal.

Is this what they deserve?

No.

Would normal civilization do this?

will not.

So what should they do about it?

It is enough to be grateful while accepting the benefits-such a simple thing, is it difficult?

In the end, Your Excellency Hong was already so benevolent and kind, but the human beings over there didn't say a word, and they sneaked into the back of the line when they met. No matter what the reason is, this kind of behavior without warning is enough to make them unhappy of.

What made them even more annoyed was that they were convinced that this was something she could agree to by telling Hong in advance, but the other party insisted on using this overbearing way to force their way in.

Not even a symbolic cover-up like "I won't be able to get in", I simply told them as if I was going to change track to XX track, and you all make room to get out of the way.

Is this reasonable?

This is not reasonable.

"Maybe the other party just... didn't realize it?" After confirming with Stewart, the staff pondered for a long time, and gave a guess that he didn't even believe, "For example, over there, let the Artificial intelligence's unmanned warship priority line of resistance is a 'truth' that is so common that no one will think about it."

Thinking about it, I know that this reason is unreliable. It has nothing to do with them what technology the ships of other civilizations use. It is nothing to hide behind Hong as if it is "natural".

Especially when "True Red" on Katus gave a reply like "Forget it, it's an organism after all, it's understandable", the people on the Alliance side were even more upset-on the one hand, they were angry with themselves because "Because of human beings", I feel a little aggrieved that Hong's image has deteriorated. On the other hand, I also feel abnormally dissatisfied with Hong's appearance of being taken advantage of by others but not caring about it.

Not dissatisfied with Hong, but dissatisfied with those who took advantage of her - such a benevolent, innocent and cute omnic who takes care of organic creatures in every possible way, those aliens actually secretly took advantage of her!

Imagine a cute, beautiful, kind-hearted little girl who has to work in a dark and dangerous city every day, and uses all the money she earns to take care of a large group of younger brothers and sisters at home, without asking them for anything in return , as long as they live happily and occasionally clean the house as much as they can.

Not only that, but also comfort them "don't be afraid, I'm here" when they are bruised all over by the outside world, and protect the cubs under their wings like a mother.

It sounds a bit Two-dimensional, but this is indeed the impression of red in many people's minds. Even after years of aid, this kind of thinking is no longer only in the minority, except for some well-known reasons in the business world. In addition to the response, a large number of people in the three circles of politics, military, science and technology have some strange ideas.

As a result, a group of people rushed out suddenly, got in without saying a word, and then sat there waiting for Mama Hong to feed. Not only that, but after eating, they even wiped their mouths and didn't even say thank you.

Although Hong had to acquiesce in their actions out of kindness and for the sake of the overall situation, they don't have so many scruples—they don't need to do anything to lower the style themselves, they just need to send the news " Originally, without any omission" was sent back to the country, and the sharp-mouthed people sent their rideable animal to leave the parent star and enter the orbit around the sun at the second cosmic speed.

If the relationship deteriorates in the future, this is an old account. If the relationship improves in the future, this will naturally be a "civilian behavior" and has nothing to do with the official dime—of course, if they can't give a reasonable reason for this matter, even if If things improve in the future, they will most likely be whipped repeatedly.

In any case, it's okay for the cargo ship to hide, and the battleship also drilled to a safe place behind for teammates to resist, which is really hard to explain.

One thing to say, Hong herself didn't know that the people of the Alliance could imagine her as such a galaxy like a white lotus.Even if she has been in the Federal Internet for several years and has never seen anything strange, it is very difficult for her to imagine that her image can touch people's hearts so much.

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It's not that her deduction ability is too poor, or that she didn't expect the lethality of her image - if she really didn't expect it, she wouldn't set up such a suggestive personality for herself .

The real Hong is naturally impossible to be as stupid and cute as they imagined + cute and pitiful. On the contrary, she is very shrewd, ruthless, profit-oriented, and a mechanical intelligence that kills fans... At least, in Most of the time, it is.

Of course, there are also a few "smart" people who are all drunk and only sober. They think that this ruthless omnic is just a small plan, a small favor, to help them complete the progress from a semi-manual and semi-mechanized production society to an automated society. A group of people are being played by her in the palm of her hand. It is really morally corrupt and people's hearts are lost!

"Is that really the case?"

Seeing Hong's reply full of "big love", Xi'er raised her head and asked.

"How is that possible." Hong narrowed her eyes, "Do you think I really look like the kind of fool who is taken advantage of by others and doesn't know?"

"picture."

Xier deliberated for a moment, and expressed her true inner opinion in a way she thought was very euphemistic.

"Extremely easy to deceive."

"If someone is kinder to you, you will treat her as a good person, and if you are kinder to you, you will treat her as a cub."

"When you are stupid and you are taken advantage of, you don't look shrewd."

It's not that she's jealous, it's just telling the truth—no matter how cruel the words are, and no matter how unkind the plan is, they won't be seen in practice.

Especially the silly, innocent, innocent and cute ones. The speed at which Hong disarms her defenses is faster than the jet speed of the wake of a nuclear fusion engine.

As long as it doesn't involve mutual harm, this omnic's defense against its cubs is almost zero, which is equivalent to a display.

"Can it be the same?!" Hong immediately retorted loudly, "You are all my favorite cubs!"

"Yes, yes, you are the shrewdest in front of outsiders. Continue to talk about how you plan to deal with this human behavior."

Although Xi'er's voice sounded full of perfunctory, Hong still felt very satisfied - her dearest cub said so, then she must be really shrewd.

"First of all, we still have to rule out one situation." Hong raised a finger, "First of all, we need to confirm that there is no misunderstanding."

"...Red, not all organic beings care about others like we do."

She sighed and added: "You should know better than me that allies become allies only because they have common interests-not all civilizations will think about allies."

"Even if the alliance does things like that, and is grateful for the benefits, the civilizations that are willing to take the initiative to accept our assimilation are the minority among the minority."

"I know that for sure."

Hong hurriedly put down her raised index finger, and pretended to touch her head, but she interrupted Xier's words by her ingenious way of messing up her hair.

"But after all, everyone has to stand on the united front against extinction. If it's really a misunderstanding or the other party was careless, then they apologize and it's over."

In fact, Hong herself doesn't really care whether to let her warships resist first or let the warships of organic civilization resist first-some people in the Alliance Army are also roughly aware of this point, after all, for Hong, her goal is only Preserve the cubs, preserve civilization, and destroy and exterminate civilization.

That is to say, as long as she and her cubs are safe, she doesn't mind using her fleet to fight against the allies. After all, from the design point of view, the damage resistance of fully automatic warships controlled by computers is better than that of manned warships. The battleship is quite a bit taller, so it is not so unacceptable for her to resist the line and output allies.

The reason why the Alliance and Red are now fighting over such a trivial matter is mainly because of the information revealed behind this "going without warning"-the other party did not take this behavior of "selling teammates" seriously, and even took it seriously Said that the other party did not regard them as equal allies at all.

To be honest, if the alliance themselves were to do such a thing, they would not care too much about it.

It's not that they don't have a temper, or that they don't want to be treated as equals, but that's the fact. When the force is weak enough, the weaker party has no right to ask others to treat them as equals.

It's as if Hong didn't regard them as completely equal allies in the actual operation, but this will not affect their respect for Hong in the slightest-this level of help has already taken care of them to the extreme, they It is hard to imagine a more selfless and respectful helping.

The most important thing for the weak to survive is to have a little B number for their own level.

However, when this happened to the body of the same race and Hong, the alliance was in a hurry-from this point of view, the entire alliance really deserved the evaluation of some people as "running dogs".