Zag Galaxy, near the Slag Star.
In the shadow on the sun's back of the planet, a small warship painted with a pirate logo was sailing slowly. From a distance, the light from the battleship was like distant stars. If you don't look closely, it will be difficult to spot this warship even if you get close, let alone that no spaceship has come to this ghost place.
Just like the name, the slag star is an abandoned planet after running out of resources.
The Zag Galaxy is located to the north of the central region and has existed for about 10 billion years. It can be regarded as the oldest star system in the Southern Alpha Galaxy. The main sequence star is a brown dwarf, which will evolve into a white dwarf in a few hundred million years and become one of the densest stars in the universe.
Of course, for anyone, hundreds of millions of years are extremely long, which is simply unimaginable.
When the Galactic Alliance came to the Southern Alpha Galaxy, the Zag Galaxy had no indigenous inhabitants, nor was it colonized and developed by indigenous inhabitants. The main reason is that the main sequence star is decaying, and the emitted light and heat cannot generate enough temperature for carbon-based life outside the range of the main sequence star. The only planet is also extremely barren, not only without the necessary water, but also There is no atmosphere, and there is no development value at all.
It wasn't until an expedition spacecraft to search for resources arrived that the fate of the Zag galaxy changed.
After annihilating the indigenous civilization and occupying the southern Alpha galaxy, the Galactic Alliance ushered in the first climax of construction. At that time, all civilizations of the Galactic Alliance, including the top civilizations, were building their homes in full swing, so obtaining construction materials became a top priority. Although most materials can be obtained in native galaxies, some important materials are not available in any star system, at least not too many. In addition, the Galactic Alliance at that time had just mastered the primordial technology, cross-galactic navigation has become more convenient, and it has also become a link to connect various civilizations, and has been valued by all civilizations. The construction of spacecraft for cross-galactic navigation requires a lot of rare materials.
In those hundreds of years, all civilizations of the Galactic Alliance, including the top civilizations, have a wave of space exploration.
Suddenly, thousands of expedition ships appeared in all corners of the Southern Alpha Galaxy. Although the vast majority of explorers have never returned, only a few lucky ones have found rare mineral deposits and returned to their hometown smoothly. However, one such lucky one can drive a hundred or even get rich overnight after returning to his hometown. Thousands of latecomers who want to get rich and have no lack of courage embark on the road of adventure.
It was also in these hundreds of years that the Galactic Alliance completed the control of the entire Southern Alpha Galaxy.
It was not until this time that the value of the Zag galaxy was discovered.
That is, because this galaxy has existed for too long, it cannot produce an environment that can sustain life, but it also has precious resources that other galaxies do not have.
According to the conclusions of scientists’ research, the main sequence star of the Zag galaxy is already in the third form, that is, before this, this brown dwarf was once very huge, and it took two rounds of evolution to become what it is now. It is precisely because of the large enough mass in the first two forms that extremely high temperature and pressure can be generated inside, thereby generating a large number of heavy atoms, which is the scarce mineral that explorers are looking for.
The slag property at that time was called "mining star".
On this small planet, explorers discovered rare mineral deposits of invaluable value. In the following decades, the mineral star became the most lively planet in the vicinity.
It can only be said to be lively, not prosperous, because either explorers or miners come here.
More importantly, Mining Star has no atmosphere, and the daytime temperature of the earth's surface exceeds 500 degrees Celsius, and at night it drops to minus 150 degrees Celsius. Although ecological technology was already available at the time, the cost of building a living area on the surface was too high, so the residents on the mine star lived underground.
In its heyday, there were about 500 million people on Mining Star, and thousands of spaceships entered and exited every day.
The minerals transported from the mineral star not only make the civilization that owns the mineral star rich, but also benefit many other civilizations, including the human federation. You must know that in the era more than 4,000 years ago, all civilizations were poor and lacked the resources necessary for modernization.
Rare minerals have made mine stars and destroyed them.
After frantic mining continued for about two hundred years, the main mineral deposits on the Mining Star gradually dried up. Although there are still some small mineral veins, they no longer have the value of large-scale mining, and as the mineral deposits of other planets are gradually discovered and the construction of various civilizations is basically completed, rare minerals are no longer in demand. Before the outbreak of the First Greenwich War, Mining Star had become an abandoned planet.
In fact, this also saved the Slag Star.
At the beginning of the Fifth Greenwich War, the Silicon Magic army once invaded the Central Region, and the Slag Star was just north of the Central Region, next to the Northern Region, and not far from the North Fourth Region. Because this planet has been abandoned by the Galactic Alliance and has no value, the Silicon Magic army did not occupy this planet. If there are still many mineral deposits on the Slag Star, the Silicon Magic Alliance will definitely not let it go.
Because it was abandoned, it was forgotten, so in the past few thousand years, few people came here.
Not to mention the regular operation of the spacecraft, even pirate ships rarely come to Slag Star. Not only is there no resource worth patronizing on the Slag Star, but it is also related to the state of the main sequence star. This star, which has reached its twilight, is very unstable and often erupts, ejecting a large amount of material that is a serious threat to the spacecraft. It can be said that even the most courageous pirates will not venture to the Zig Galaxy for no reason.
The appearance of that pirate ship is very abnormal, and its navigation method is also different from that of ordinary pirate ships.
In fact, it was not a pirate ship, but a battleship, and it was a top civilized battleship, just disguised as a pirate ship.
On the bridge of the battleship, an officer of the Lei Ling clan stared blankly at the starry sky map in front of him.
His name is McCredy, the captain of this small reconnaissance ship. Although he is not considered to be his real name in the Leiling Clan's fleet, he is the boss on this reconnaissance ship.
The reconnaissance ship has stayed in the vicinity for several hours and found no abnormalities.
However, McCreddy did not give an order to return, because it was not time yet.
According to the order issued by the Fleet Command, he had to patrol the area for eight hours, and then return after the arrival of the next patrol ship.
There are still two hours, not too long.
Although such patrol missions are very common, let alone performing combat missions, even in normal training, McCreddy often performs similar missions, but what makes him wonder why he wants to patrol here. This star system is too barren, and this planet has long been abandoned. Even if there are some courageous pirates hiding here, there is no threat, and there is no need to stare at this star system.
Of course, there are many things that McCredy doesn't understand.
For example, the fleet has arrived long ago, but has not been dispatched, or even prepared for war. As for who the enemy was, McCreddy didn't know, and no one told him. Only one thing is certain, that is, the enemy is very strong, otherwise the fleet commander would not be so cautious.
Perhaps the enemy is the Silicon Charm Alliance that has already captured the North Fourth District.
In any case, the Silicon Magic Alliance has launched a war and has captured most of the star systems in the Northern Fourth District with the momentum of thunder. The Human Federation has retreated to the home galaxy and cannot launch a counterattack in the short term. Although the Galactic Alliance Council did not pass the war proposal, if the necessary actions are not taken, the Silicon Magic Alliance will break out of the North Fourth District and advance to other areas, and the central area will definitely be attacked.
McCredy took it for granted that the fleet came here to fight the invading Silicon Magic Alliance.
As for why he didn't move, McCreddy didn't think much about it. He is only a captain, and only the captain of a reconnaissance ship, and he has no right to intervene in matters of fleet operations. Besides, it's useless to think about it. After all, he has very little information and can't make a correct judgment.
McCreddy is self-aware, knowing that doing his own job is enough.
At this time, the starry sky chart flickered a few times and a prompt message appeared.
When he noticed this message, McCreddy's expression became severe.
Although this is only a small reconnaissance ship, it is equipped with the most advanced detection equipment of the Lei Ling clan, with a maximum surveillance and detection range of more than 100 million kilometers. Not to mention large battleships, even the space disturbances caused by a pirate ship will definitely be detected by the detection equipment of the reconnaissance ship.
That alert detected an unknown spatial fluctuation, and the preliminary judgment was caused by a spatial jump.
In other words, a spacecraft appeared nearby by jumping through space.
What spacecraft will come here
McCredy had known for a long time that this star system was deserted for thousands of years, and it was far away from the native galaxies of nearby civilizations, and also far away from the main navigation channels. There is no special reason, no spaceship will come here at all. Even if a spaceship appears occasionally, it just passes by nearby.
Obviously, no spacecraft will specifically enter the star system, nor will the exit of the space jump channel be opened in the star system.
So, isn’t the spaceship coming
McCredy did not hesitate, and immediately let Optical Brain analyze the information obtained. However, he did not give a battle order. This is just a small reconnaissance ship, its combat effectiveness is not strong, not even a battleship. McCreddy’s task was not to fight the enemy ships that suddenly appeared, but to report the findings to the Fleet Command in time. Of course, it has to be accurate information, not an alarm whenever there is a turmoil.
At this time, the detection equipment on the battleship has been aimed at the area where the unidentified spatial fluctuations are generated under the control of the optical brain.
Although this is the most advanced reconnaissance ship of the Leiling clan, equipped with the most advanced detection equipment, it still takes some time to complete the search and accurately locate the unknown spatial fluctuations. If the distance is not too far, the cause of the spatial fluctuation can be determined. On the contrary, it will take some more time, and even the reconnaissance ship must be brought closer. Of course, McCredy knows how to deal with these situations.
Time passed by, but Guang Brain never came to a conclusion.
what happened
McCreddy was very puzzled, ready to control it manually.
At this time, the alarm sounded, and it was an attack alarm!