Edge star, a lonely planet.
A dazzling light suddenly appeared, piercing the dark space, but did not illuminate the lonely planet, and then disappeared.
Soon, everything returned to calm, as if nothing happened.
Behind the edge star, a simple-shaped spacecraft was sailing slowly.
It is the "Xinghai".
Not far away, there are nine identical warships, that is, the other nine Yukage 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 guards officers.
No one spoke, everyone was waiting patiently.
The edge star, just like its name, is a completely forgotten planet on the edge.
Of course, the fringe star was not like this in the beginning.
As early as thousands of years ago, when the Galactic Alliance came to the Southern Alpha Galaxy, the Marginal Star was the best planet in a star system and the home of an indigenous civilization. However, shortly thereafter, the Galactic Alliance launched a war to sweep the entire southern Alpha galaxy, and the star system where the marginal star was located was also attacked. However, the indigenous civilization here did not choose to surrender, but to fight to the end with the invading galaxy alliance. After suffering heavy losses, the Cantons who launched the attack sought help from the top civilization and used destructive weapons to directly destroy the stars. Although the Canton family wanted to keep the marginal star before launching the attack, after all, this was a planet with a suitable environment, but the result was not controlled by the Canton family. After the star was destroyed, the environment on the marginal star was also affected. Devastating destruction. Soon after, the Cantons gave up the planet that had no vitality.
However, the catastrophic encounter of the fringe star did not end there.
Although abandoned by the Canton clan, according to the rules, the marginal star still belongs to the Canton clan, and has since been placed under the control of the Canton clan.
In the first thousand years, marginal stars have been ignored.
Quite simply, with the technology at the time, even if it was possible to develop a fringe star, the cost was extremely huge, but the resources that could be obtained from the fringe star were extremely limited.
It wasn't until the outbreak of the Third Greenwich War that the fringe star received attention again.
In fact, it was also at this time that the name "Edge Star" came into being, and before that it was just a code name without an official name.
Although for the Galactic Alliance, in the past five Greenwich Wars, the third Greenwich War is 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 battleground for both sides. However, this war completely changed the fate of the Marginal Star. After that, the Marginal Star was valued by many civilizations, including the Human Federation, and it caused several wars, but it was the civilizations of the Galactic Alliance for their own benefit. The outbreak of civil war.
The edge star has never been taken seriously to much attention, the reason is also very simple, the position is too critical.
This humble planet happens to be between the two regions, next to the northern region, and it happens to be on the shortest route to the northern fourth region. Although there is more than one route to the North Fourth District, it is necessary to go from the Western Region to the North Fourth District, and the shortest route must pass near the marginal star. Simply put, whoever controls the fringe star controls the gate from the Western Region to the North Fourth Region.
Obviously, the problem is coming.
After the end of the Third Greenwich War, the civilizations of the North Fourth District deeply felt the importance of the life route and hoped to control the life route in their own hands, instead of being controlled by others at a critical moment, they also hope to control everything on the life route. Important nodes, at least the nodes near the North Fourth District. The problem is that the marginal star is the jurisdiction of the Canton tribe, and the home star of the Canton tribe is in the western region. Although for the Cantons, the fringe stars are dispensable and desolate planets, and have no value for colonization, but after the Third Greenwich War, the Cantons realized the importance of expanding the defense zone and planned to Build the edge star into an outer fortress.
In fact, the contradiction between the civilization of the North Four District and the Canton tribe is not irreconcilable.
Based on the situation at that time, as long as both parties are willing to compromise, this contradiction can be resolved. For example, the civilization of the North Fourth District will provide a certain degree of support to help the Canton clan build the Marginal Star into a frontier fortress, while the Canton clan will make the marginal The star is set as the co-management of all civilizations, so that the civilizations of the North Fourth District can deploy defensive military forces here, at least in the vicinity, to ensure the safety of the life route through this.
The problem is that the ownership of the marginal star involves the top civilization, and it is the Lei Ling clan and the Star Weaver clan.
In the western region, the Star Weavers have a strong influence. The advanced civilizations here are almost all allies of the Star Weavers. At that time, most of the civilizations in the North Fourth District were allies of the Lei Ling tribe. Although it is beneficial to all civilizations to make the Marginal Star into a frontier fortress and to be managed by civilizations such as the Canton clan, it will inevitably have an impact on the Lei Ling clan and the Star Weaver clan, and the result is not under the control of the two top civilizations.
Affected by this, the Cantons did not surrender the marginal star, and dozens of civilizations in the North Fourth District subsequently launched wars.
Although this is only a small-scale war, if according to the standards of a full-scale war, it is not wrong to say that it is a conflict, but this small-scale war that lasted less than ten years, the final winner is not the Cantons, nor the North. The civilizations of the four districts are the Lei Ling clan and the Star Weaver clan.
This is, the fringe star was devastated and lost the basis of becoming a frontier fortress, and the route through it was also taken over by the Star Weaver and Lei Ling.
According to the Armistice Treaty, the Star Weavers took over the route to the south, while the Lei Ling tribe took over the route to the north.
Although this situation did not last long, before the outbreak of the Fifth Greenwich War, the Star Weavers handed over route management to the Canton tribe, and the Lei Ling tribe also handed over route management to other civilizations, and in the fifth time After the Greenwich War ended, because only the Human Federation remained in the North Four Districts, the management of the northern end of the route naturally fell to the hands of the Human Federation, but this segmented management made this route completely deserted.
In fact, this is also related to the Human Federation.
This is, after taking over the North Fourth District, the Human Federation did not pay much attention to this route. Quite simply, this route ends in the colonial galaxy, which is thousands of light-years away from the home galaxy, and compared to the route through the green star, the voyage to the central region is tens of thousands of light-years away. In peacetime, this voyage of tens of thousands of light-years means higher transportation costs, while in wartime, it means life and death.
Besides, the civilizations in the Western Region are mostly allies of the Star Weavers, and the relationship between the Human Federation and Star Weavers is very general.
In addition, after the Fifth Greenwich War, the Human Confederation relied on the Hidden Spirits, and it was a waste of time, and there was no extra resources to maintain other routes.
Thousands of years of peace and prosperity have made this route a decoration.
Simply put, in peacetime, without sufficient commercial interests, any route is difficult to maintain. After all, the jumping nodes on the route require a lot of resources to maintain.
Under the influence of these various factors, the route was abandoned, and the marginal star was completely marginalized.
Of course, this route is still there, and the nature of the edge star has not changed. This 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.
Quite simply, there are still more than a thousand 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 Silicon Magic army. Although it is not a problem to avoid the colonized galaxies occupied by the enemy and go directly to the home galaxy with the performance of the Ryushaw, it must take a lot of time, and Yang Yi now wants to jump back to the home galaxy through space immediately.
Of course, it's not just him, but everyone else is the same.
"Major?"
"I'm here, is there a result?" Yang Yi exhaled and forced himself to calm down.
The "Xinghai" has complete route information, but Allen 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 colonial galaxies that have been occupied by the enemy, and are not discovered by the occupying forces, it is best to increase three times. Based on the current situation, it will take about seven days, and the fastest It will take five days to reach the home galaxy."
"Can't it be shorter?"
"This is the limit. If the speed is increased, even if the warship can withstand it, we are likely to be spotted by the enemy before returning to the home galaxy."
Yang Yi frowned. They had spent a month. Although it would take five days, he couldn't wait.
"Major?"
"With safety as the main priority, plan the route back to the home galaxy." Yang Yichang exclaimed, "We have spent a month, and we have not received other news for the time being, and we are not in a hurry in these few days. Anyway, first of all. Return safely, and then consider other issues."
"Major, I found the fluctuating elemental energy of unknown origin."
Yang Yi was taken aback for a moment, but didn't react.
"From a fringe star, and below the surface, it is very faint, but it is regular and not a natural phenomenon.
"You mean, there is a power converter working on the 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 command of the colonel." Yang Yi gave Allen an order for Shen Chengwen, and then looked at Shen Chengwen. "Old Shen, some of us must stay on the battleship."
"Obviously it won't be me."
Yang Yi was a bit speechless and helpless, and turned to look at Jackson.
"Is it necessary?" Jackson sighed secretly.
Yang Yi nodded slightly without saying much.
"Okay, I stay, but you guys be careful."
"Be careful?"
Hearing this, Yang Yi and others came back to their senses, remembering that Otis and other female warrior guard officers were there, and they heard their conversation.