People's Federation will live forever

"Okay, brothers, I think our work is almost done. Navigator, upload the coordinate parameters and guide the friendly troops to jump!"

On the destroyer Udora, Captain John left the quantum communication terminal, ordered the driver to speed up the ship, and looked worriedly at the holographic command platform, which was about [-] kilometers away from the ship.

"Admiral Matthew is about to take over this place. No matter what skills these people hide, we can't help the admiral to worry about it!"

This chasing game is not over yet, the Gamma Squadron spread out into a 4X3 rectangular formation, like a net covering the enemy destroyer in all directions, blocking its turning gap and blocking the channel with the Hammer of Dawn fired at low power— —Yes, it looks like a lively fight. The Hammer of Dawn fires in rapid bursts every few seconds, but even if it hits, it will burn the outer deck at most. This is actually a game of the United Fleet Woolen cloth.

And the other side didn't really intend to fight much. Although the electromagnetic ion cannon on their battleship raised the turret, they haven't fired a few shots so far.The distance of [-] kilometers is already beyond the maximum range of fire control. As long as you don't stand still at this distance, the hit is completely dependent on luck.

But the change started from this moment, on every ship of the Gamma fleet, the interferon AI subroutine made the same sound!

"Captain, the enemy ship has started to accelerate and is about to escape the firing range of the ship."

As for the command of the squadron, Colonel Ratolova added: "The characteristics are in line with the analysis of the enemy's situation. Commander, the time for planning has come."

"Is that right?" Ratolova blinked her eyes, a ray of blue light lit up in her pupils, "Then continue to execute according to the plan, order! The Gamma fleet immediately slowed down, the fleet turned and released the communication buoy to guide the friendly forces FTL flight, if the enemy really intends to encircle us, let them taste the taste of anti-encirclement!"

The colonel sat firmly in the command seat, and she lit up authorizations one by one. These authorizations are her restraint on the AI ​​authority of the entire fleet as the commander of the fleet.She gave the order to the interferon, and the order is also transmitted to the interferon subroutine of other ships by the quantum network of the interferon, so there is no delay. Once the order is issued, all 12 ships start to turn as if they are one, and the direction change engine The uniform angle and uniform output drove the ship to deflect in the same arc, and instead of continuing to chase the destroyer, it headed towards the direction of the asteroid belt.

The intense nuclear flames from the fusion explosion engine lit up the deep space, but this spectacular scene fell into the eyes of the enemy ship, which proved that the ship of the People's Union "realized the trap and prepared to turn around and escape", but it seemed a bit too late.

The final moment has arrived, and the mosquitoes and flies that fell into the pitcher plant, when they want to fly out of this death trap, they will find that everything they have done is in vain—gravity, the plane of space is being infinitely extended At the moment when the speed of light slowed down, the gamma fleet seemed to be at a standstill. Although it was only for an instant, this abnormal reading had been recorded by the Human Union observer, and——

"The gravity reading is higher than expected, a sign of the enemy's large fleet!"

The moment General Longling saw this number, he opened his mouth wide, unable to hide his surprise, but it was only for a moment. The chief of staff immediately contacted Lieutenant General Jennot: "As expected, the enemy is about to close the net, but the reading is higher than expected. , has almost reached the full strength of the theoretical calculation. How is the deployment of our fleet?"

"The Gamma Squadron must survive the first wave of attacks. If possible, I hope they can contain the enemy. I will simultaneously dispatch the 4.5.6 Squadron to form a strike force to attack the enemy's flank."

Lieutenant General Jenot stared at the physical readings flowing like snowflakes on the simulation screen. This was the first time that the People's Federation witnessed the scene of a large-scale impact point engine generating a wormhole. This feeling was very similar to his own two years ago. Leading the team through the wormhole of the circumsolar accelerator to reach the MUV galaxy—but the situation is reversed, and the current situation is somewhat similar to that of the League of Nations Space Force.

That time, millions of people died because of themselves, so is this retribution?

Fuck your retribution, I don't care—"The 7.8th Squadron serves as a reserve force to support the battlefield at any time. In any case, this group of invaders must repeat the mistakes of the Zeus fleet!"

Zeus Fleet... oh, the survey fleet led by Douglas, well dead.

When the light is no longer distorted by gravity, when the majestic starship passes through the impact point wormhole and travels five light-years to this strange galaxy that has been seen countless times in the report, when the bridge of the "West Wind" Through the optical screen, you can clearly see the space space less than 12 kilometers away. When the eye-catching [-] engine exhaust flames, Lieutenant General Andrew, the commander of the "Hermes" United Fleet, clapped his hands, and there was a pilot on the side. The officer shouted:

"General, the coordinates are calculated accurately. Including 8 aviation battleships, 12 Kshatriya-class battlecruisers, and 14 Yudora-class destroyers, a total of 34 warships, our army has arrived in the theater galaxy."

34 battleships suddenly appeared in the empty space just now. These ships have not even started their engines, but the dense lights on the steel hulls of these giant ships are already flashing rhythmically. It seems that in addition to network broadband, they have also focused on strengthening optical communication. .

Look at these ships, from the 300-meter destroyer to the 600-meter battleship, although they are the same model as the Zeus fleet, but the shape has changed a lot--a piece of extra external armor is supported by brackets on the original hull. In addition, if you use a simple metaphor, it seems that the Zeus fleet is a group of soldiers in military uniforms, and the soldiers of Hermes are wearing body armor.

As for another type of ship, Renlian has not seen it, but we have heard remarks describing the terrible firepower of this ship.This kind of warship is quite slender, although the length has reached an astonishing 500 meters, but unlike the wide and thick battleship, the ship is as thin as a needle barrel. The connecting track can be clearly seen on the axis of its hull, and there is nothing redundant parts.

The navigator reported the data with a blushing face. Such a large-scale assembled fleet is also rare in the history of the Ground Defense Alliance.Where there is war, there is merit, and there is promotion if there is war. No brave soldier would refuse such a gift!

"The communication link test is completed, the bandwidth is maintained within the range, and a signal has been sent to all members of the fleet and feedback has been received. The combined fleet is ready to enter the combat state!"

"The distance is 12 kilometers, and the infrared signs of the enemy are found. The target is [-], which meets the conditions for shelling!"

Once again, Lieutenant General Andrew clapped his white-gloved hands. He stood up and raised his right hand, pointing his finger at the People's Federation: "Notify the United Fleet, the enemy..."

However, just as the lieutenant general spoke, beams of surging light had already penetrated into the very center of this vast fleet.The energy of this beam of light is so concentrated that no one knows that the attack has come except seeing the fleeting lines on the detector - the 12 beams of light hit the aviation battleship in the center of the fleet almost at the same time, The armor on the front of the heavy ship illuminated by the laser glowed brightly because of the red heat, as if a steel plate under the cutting machine was deformed in the splashing shiny molten iron.In an instant, the chin on the front of the battleship known for its heavy armor was cut off, and several huge holes appeared on the side of the hull, and the molten iron was still shining.

At this time, the lieutenant general finally said: "We are using an extremely high-performance laser weapon. We suffer from long-distance bombardment. We must do everything possible to pull the enemy into hand-to-hand combat... well, I don't need to emphasize now Is not it."

Andrew sighed helplessly, and now all the crew members, including everyone in the Hermes United Fleet, could not believe the power of this laser: "This power is comparable to Kshatriya's plasma beam cannon, How did they hit it so accurately?"

"Now you know how the Zeus fleet is gone, don't you? Get up and go back to your posts! These guys have seen our plan and are not afraid at all, they want to turn us into an army! So you Do you want to stand here and be beaten?"

Lieutenant Admiral Andrew roared, the bridge was crowded with people all of a sudden, the warships of the Hermes fleet ignited one after another, the blue plasma flames dragged longer and longer, the ships began to accelerate, and the acceleration was much faster than that of the Renlian ships!

"Gravity-assisted navigation works well and has captured the acceleration of the galaxy's stars."

The 34 warships, including the battleship that was fired by the Hammer of Dawn salvo, also rushed towards the Renlian Gamma fleet with the fleet as if they hadn't hurt their vitals at all.They have an acceleration advantage and have inertial dampers to help with maneuvering, so it's even possible to split a few ships into a special team to open the battle lines.

Once again, the volley of 12 Twilight-class ships bombarded the huge battleship again. It seemed that the Gamma fleet was determined to kill this ship.But once again disappointing, although most of the shelling of the Hammer of Dawn this time also hit the chinless ship, and one shot was still shot through the damaged part of the hull-even Lieutenant General Andrew issued " Aren’t their gunners and fire controllers all monsters?” Exclaimed, the powerful Hammer of Dawn pierced through the internal facilities of the enemy battleship one by one, annihilating everything it passed, and smashing into the battleship’s chin. The hull, and then penetrated through the back of the enemy ship, piercing through!

"The Orpheus reported that the energy pipeline of their No. 4 reactor was damaged, the damage control troops suffered casualties, part of the ecological zone was affected, and some turrets lost contact. The analysis is that the control cables were cut."

The communications officer reported that he read the message carefully, but there was no tension on his face.

"However, due to adequate pre-war preparations, all unnecessary air was evacuated inside the ship, and fuel was strictly regulated. Therefore, the main structure of the hull was not damaged, and there was no fire. The cut-off energy source is being urgently switched to a backup line, Erp The USS can still continue operations."

Too much penetrating power is not necessarily a good thing sometimes. This is the case with boats. As long as it is not sunk, it means that it can still be used as a good boat, and these are things that the porcelain plates of the People's Federation will not understand.But in the final analysis, it is Douglas, that idiot who is not worthy of being called a commander at all. In his hands, the combat effectiveness of the defenders must be at least a discount, but if it is under the command of General Matthew——

"I'm tired of watching these clowns play tricks, Fleet Free Fire! I don't care what tricks they may hide, it's meaningless in the face of absolute power!"

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At the same time, the perspective returned to the flagship of the People's Federation Gamma Fleet "Leningrad", the interferon AI spoke clearly and in a very calm tone, telling the horror story that made Colonel Ratolova twitch her eyebrows into a ball :

"Commander, the enemy's acceleration has increased by 20% in 5 seconds, which is in line with the characteristics of 'gravity-assisted navigation'. It is estimated that the speed of the enemy ship will surpass our ship in ten seconds, and we have been unable to get rid of the enemy. The pursuit of the enemy army is trying to engage in close combat with our army, and it is estimated that the distance will be shortened to 5000 kilometers in [-] minutes."

5000 kilometers in space is equivalent to being close to the face, and each other can feel the breathing of the other.But the reality is that the Gamma fleet can never run away with its back to the enemy, because of the design of the hull, it is impossible for all the main guns to fire at the back, and for a soldier, running away with his back to the enemy is even more intolerable shame.

"5 minutes? That's enough." The colonel took a deep breath to calm himself down. The Russian woman puffed up her chest and ordered, "Gamma Fleet! Change course, the scheduled battlefield is here, we don't have to go any further Already!"

"If the enemy wants to fight with us and think that we are so weak, then they can come and try how sharp the Renlian's sword is, to see if we are so afraid of fighting them in close combat, and to see that we who are also earthlings have never Is the old guy who crawled out of the beta's corpse mountain and blood sea weaker than the people on another earth! All ships, raise our shields, aim at the enemy fleet, open fire freely!"

On the bridge of the Zephyr, Lieutenant General Andrew watched the 12 warships on the opposite side, which were similar in size to his own Eudora-class destroyer, change direction again—these warships tilted over, facing their own fleet with their upper decks Lieutenant General Andrew was finally lucky enough to see the arrangement of these ships clearly on the image pulled in. Three cylindrical turrets were erected one after another on the ridge line of the "white porcelain plate", and the two wings of the hull were actually lifted out of turrets that were close to the image of their own side.

Almost at the same time, the commanders on both sides gave the order to fire freely, and in an instant light filled the dark universe!From the nearly fifty battleships on both sides, one after another small suns spewed out from the hedgehog-like gun bores, and the automated artillery device sent these high-temperature superconductors that had just been kept in low temperature into a ten-meter-long tunnel. Accelerating, the magnetic force prevents them from touching the barrel, and the incomparable power from the fusion reactor is forcibly poured into these shells so that they can blind people's eyes when they fly out of the barrel!

The Hermes Fleet of the Allied Defense Forces, from battleships to destroyers, has a total of nearly five hundred electromagnetic ion cannons firing ion cannons at a rate of one shot per second, and the speed of these shells is so fast that it can be seen in the weak afterimage of the naked eye. Looking like a beam of light, the dense artillery fire gives the feeling of filling the empty battlefield.How is this barrage not ten times denser than in the storm battle?But this ten times the barrage has to be borne by a mere 12 Twilight-class ships.Despite the counterattack, the total number of ion cannons on the Gamma fleet is no more than seventy, which pales in comparison in terms of firepower.See how the actions of these ships don't look like a flat boat in a storm trying to avoid the violent wind and waves that can overturn it, and by the way, don't forget to call a Hammer of Dawn to the enemy fleet in the spare time.

"!"

There was no sound in space, but the hull vibrated. Lieutenant Admiral Andrew on the Zephyr looked at his adjutant suspiciously, and the news from the damage control office arrived at the same time—"The ship was shot on the port side, and the enemy ion cannon ablated the external armor and hit the hull. The force of the impact has been absorbed, and the thermal energy has not caused significant damage...”

Getting shot is a very normal thing. Although there are still [-] kilometers away, the experience of the Allied Defense Forces points out that shelling at this distance still belongs to the category of nine points of luck in aiming.Even an ion cannon flying at [-] percent of the speed of light would take five seconds to fly, five seconds?Enough for a battleship to run hundreds of kilometers.So the lieutenant general just felt a bit unlucky, what he was worried about was the enemy's laser weapons...

Suddenly, there was another shock, this time the shock was very obvious, only the damage statistics computer issued a warning, and the adjutant shouted: "The ship was shot in the front, and the enemy's ion cannon hit the front armor, destroying the five-meter-thick armor. Kinetic energy absorber, cracks in hull, disposal in progress..."

"What's going on, why can the enemy's ion cannon hit?"

This time the lieutenant general was a little angry, but just after he finished speaking, another shock came——

"Let me gather all the artillery crews forward. Where's our battlecruiser? Now the distance is just right, let me use their plasma beam cannons and blast these bastards!"

The war is going on in the universe 10 million kilometers away, and you can’t see anything from Sira, because the light there still has [-] minutes to reach Sira, and the People’s Union received the battle information faster than the light. Intelligence - from the size of the enemy army, to the new ships, and unexpectedly, this fleet is much stronger than the Zeus fleet half a year ago.

"But People's Federation is not what it was half a year ago."

Lieutenant General Jenot's eyelids twitched, and he would do this every time the interferon popped out—"Commander, the revised 'maneuvering algorithm' against the enemy has increased the hit rate of the Gamma Fleet by 5.00% Hundreds. New fire control programs have been installed on all ships, and I have corrected the fleet database for many discrepancies in enemy performance and estimates."

At least we have a not-so-flattering AI, but it's certainly useful...

Jenot concentrated his mind and stopped thinking about it: "The enemy has indeed taken action as expected, and the number of 34 warships is also in line with expectations."

"Either this is the entire fleet of the enemy, or they have hidden their hands-in the worst consideration, assuming this is only half, the enemy still has 34 ships waiting for an opportunity..."

Worst case - the enemy has a total of 68 warships, while the Sira Guard Fleet has 108 ships. With the advantage of fighting on the mainland, our army will still win!

"Order that the Mobile Strike Fleet (456) is dispatched to support the Gamma Fleet and attack the enemy from the flank. The Reserve Squad (78) sets off at the same time, and the enemy must be completely wiped out!"

PS: The setting that can be announced now-in order to afford a 400-year-old space civilization, the Land Guard in this book has nothing to do with the waste in the original book.

"Dyson Ball Project" is excellent, and I strongly recommend everyone to support this domestic game. It is no worse than foreign games in the same genre.

Chapter [51] Please use AI as a tool

Space may be three-dimensional, but the principle that the line between two points is the shortest is always applicable.There is no wind or waves in this void, and the depth and height are so great. The formation in the space fleet is by no means the formation imagined by the souls bound by gravity-the vacuum is unobstructed, and who is in front and who is behind is actually not so much. Good effect, after all, front, back, left, right, up and down can fight against the enemy, and they will also be hostile.As long as it is slightly tilted at an angle, any ship is unobstructed.

But there is only one truth that remains the same——fate is within the cone of light, and truth is within the range.There is as much power as there are turrets, as much dignity as there is firepower, as much ability as there is long range, and as much ability as there are hits!

War broke out in this unobstructed void... 34 warships of the Allied Defense Forces made a silent cry. On these ships, they ranged from battleships to destroyers. Turrets unanimously point forward to the enemy of the United Earth, the "Rebels of the Old", the unforgivable separatist villain - the United Fleet fires!Look at these different sizes, especially the length of the acceleration pipe on the battleship even exceeds 50 meters. The muzzles of the double or even quadruple giant guns are shining with pure brilliance, accompanied by the undetectable tremors on the heavy guns, and a mass of high-temperature plasma is unloaded. And out, this is a real sub-light speed shell, if it hits even a two-kilometer-diameter space station head-on, it will be blasted into pieces (the original setting), which is more powerful than the ion cannon that GDI was proud of in the past No less.

Heh, think about it, just two years ago, the People's Federation actually used the GDI ion cannon as a treasure. Times have really changed. The horror of space warfare has surpassed all understanding in the past. The strategic weapons of the past are now just ordinary.Today, the People's Federation Fleet is facing more than 800 sublight-speed heavy artillery bombardments per second, which are no less powerful than fusion warheads.Ever seen a meteor shower?So, has the meteor shower ever fallen by your side?

The United Fleet is erratically dodging the rain of incoming bullets, but the reality is that if the enemy deploys firepower and concentrates the firepower of these large and small artillery on one side, then the United Fleet must have more than one ship even if it has three seconds of maneuvering time In range of fire.This is no different from the aiming of an air combat machine gun. A large number of shells are scattered on the track of the battleship, waiting for you to hit it yourself, but you know that this is the reality, but you can only bite the bullet and push it up—even if you drive the ship It's AI, and no helmsman can maneuver more holistically, but it's still inevitable.

"boom!"

The Dusk class also exhausted all the oxygen in the ship, so the vibration was solid-state sound transmission after multiple reductions. The vibration from the keel of the ship was transmitted to Colonel Ratolova’s ears in this way, although the captain’s chair The built-in gyro stabilizer of the mechanical arm did not embarrass the captain, but the alarm for damage control still sounded.

"Interferon, report damage."

"The ship was shot on the port side. Part of the hull was missing and a large number of deformed fragments were produced. The adjacent area has been blocked and the damage has not expanded. The engineering team Captain Luo Lan has been notified to assign drones for maintenance."

"The damaged pipeline has been switched to the parallel section to replace the function, and the combat components have not been affected, but the charging efficiency of the mass effect field shield on the port side has been reduced by 5.00%, and the spare facilities are being extracted to the engineering platform."

The edge of the sharp-angled hull of the Leningrad seemed to have been eaten away. Even if the thick nano-armor plate of the Dusk class had extremely high toughness, it would evaporate quickly in front of the ultra-high temperature plasma.Only when it hits the moment can we feel that this thing has both kinetic energy and thermal energy-speed is power. The moment the ionized shell hits the armor, it is like a hammer hitting a bowl, smashing Renlian's external lattice armor. Crush and peel in large pieces.And the impact has another effect on the ion cannon, that is, this non-liquid and non-gas substance sticks to the hull of the Renlian like a dog's skin plaster, and the titanium alloy can't hold it. It evaporates and ignites extremely quickly. All substances that have reached the melting point will continuously send high temperature to the Renlian's ships.Although this confrontation with the fire protection system didn't last long, because this part of the hull voluntarily fell off before the ion cannon caused more damage and stopped the damage in time, but the cost was that the entire Dusk class lost a piece.

The enemy's fire penetration model has been analyzed, and the data will be uploaded and used to guide subsequent ship defense improvements...I mean if there is a follow-up to the People's Federation, because the ion cannon's gunfire is endless and overwhelming Shooting—how much gunfire flew past the hull?At the moment of touching, an unknown object like a glass cover faintly appeared five to ten meters away from the hull of the Dusk-class. These covers were not parallel to the hull. When the ion cannon hit the surface, it seemed As a result, some obstacles have a clear sense of lag.However, the sublight-speed ion cannon relied on kinetic energy to still penetrate the obstacle, but the flight angle was deviated. So far, no cannonball has hit the relatively fragile belly and back of the Dusk-class hull.

The damage on the edge can barely be called acceptable, but it doesn't mean there is no pressure.More than 70 ion cannons of the Renlian fought back the enemy with tit for tat.The distance between the two sides has been shortened to 12 kilometers, and the high hit rate obtained by the People's Federation by deciphering the "maneuvering algorithm" has been strengthened. Interferon commanded a salvo of fire from 5 warships to shoot at the chinless battleship - just [-] minutes, The People's League summoned all firepower, large and small, as if staring at the ship. At the same time, the battleship suffered no less than ten shots from the People's League of ion cannons, half of which hit the hardest bow, and the others hit the hardest bow. After cleaning the top deck of the hull and destroying the external armor plate, these reversed ion cannons of the People's Alliance smashed large swathes of the forts on the deck with a power that is not inferior to the original ones. Suddenly, fireballs burst out one by one, and the thick-backed battleship also It became bumpy like being hit by a heavy hammer, and the original firepower was suddenly reduced by no less than [-]%.

Not only that, the Gamma Fleet seems to have changed their strategy. They don't seek to sink enemy ships. As the distance gets closer, the more accurate Hammer of Dawn begins to fire at the enemy ship's turret and other positions. Lieutenant General Andrew soon discovered that One's own firepower density has dropped unsightly.

"Kshatriya class, I didn't see your actions, where is your plasma beam cannon?"

The 34 ships of the Allied Defense Forces have reached a position of 5600 kilometers. This distance is called the "critical point" according to naval academic theory, because both warring parties at this distance will suffer from each other's extremely high hit rate, and the outcome of the battle It will also be separated very quickly-and Lieutenant General Andrew is waiting for this opportunity.

"Warning, high energy reaction detected!"

It was a beam of light, a beam of energy that was comparable to that of the sun erupted from the middle of the fleet of the Land Defense Alliance, its speed was so fast that it crossed the distance between the two fleets the moment it appeared , which exceeds the processing capacity of interferon and passes through the middle of a Twilight class in an instant-

As crisply as a knife slashed on a chopping board, the middle of the Dusk-class hull was cut, shattered, burned, and turned into a piece of dust in the universe, without any echo at all.We don't even know the name of that ship, and whether the 20 people on board had any chance of escaping.

"It's the enemy's Kshatriya-class main gun, the whole ship must maneuver immediately!"

The large-angle steering occurred among the remaining 11 ships. The Gamma Fleet gave up the move to avoid other ion cannons, even though these shells bombarded them, they turned their hulls and changed directions to accelerate.As soon as the Leningrad shifted at an angle, a flash of light passed tens of meters away from the back of the ship, almost...

"The Trafalgar is silent, the ship is lost!"

Interferon suddenly reported that the AI ​​couldn't connect to his other daughters, and the colonel looked up at the simulation screen. On the screen, one after another Twilight class was pierced by the beam, and all of them lost their signal at the moment of encounter, 300 The meter-long boat was broken into countless pieces like a falling vase, which...

"Observation and analysis, this type of weapon has reached 0.97% of the speed of light, and it is initially determined to be an extremely high-quality kinetic energy weapon, which is in line with the description of the 'plasma beam cannon' in the intelligence..."

"Very good, but I'm not interested in caring about this right now." Ratolova shook her head, "Contact Lieutenant General Janot, the Gamma Fleet will persist until the end, and the agreed time has come."

Six thousand kilometers away, those weird-looking spaceships that look like spines equipped with engines stop the acceleration of the engines, and only use inertial navigation, thereby reducing the vibration of the hull and transferring the energy in the reactor from the engines to the towering buildings on the spaceship Among the general capacitors - the characteristics of the Allied Defense Forces are really big, and the capacitors are 50 meters high. Four-fifths of the length of the ship is built around a slender acceleration track——

Kshatriya?No, the class is just a synonym. The original meaning of this ship is "warrior". You can even call it a samurai. Its design is around that terrible cannon that accelerates a one-ton high-temperature superconductor at 400 meters. A "plasma beam cannon" whose orbit is accelerated to 12 percent of the speed of light.It's an axle gun, and as we've seen, it's a formidable weapon, and the captives' claim that it can destroy planetary surfaces may be a bit of an exaggeration, but it's a sure thing.In the face of such kinetic energy, the Dusk-class can only end at the touch of a button. The [-] Kshatriya-class ships are located at the rear of the Hermes fleet, firing plasma beam cannons one after another like snipers. The reason for this name is entirely because the cannon is too fast, in the eyes of anyone, it is not a cannonball but a beam of light, ten times more destructive than the beam of the Hammer of Dawn!

And under the light beams, one after another, the twilight-level silent, struggling gamma fleets are doing a kind of desperate struggle. It is impossible for them to escape, let alone participating in this war, they did not plan to escape.Those who will be selected as the vanguard of the battle are all warriors who take the initiative to fight, but this does not depend entirely on courage. For the crew of the Gamma Fleet, this trip has another meaning.

"Although I was not in the navy in the past, sinking with the ship is the supreme honor of the captain, and the People's Federation has given me too much. I have nothing to regret in repaying this life."

Colonel Ratolova said so, not only her, but most of the entire squadron are soldiers from Earth. Like Ratolova, they are people who were pulled by the People's Federation from the Beta battlefield.For the People's Federation, it may just be meddling for a while, but for these people, their destiny in this life has been changed, and they have more expectations for the future.

"Commander, I can still perform a Mass Effect flight, and there's still a slim chance of escaping the battlefield, albeit with little hope."

"Thank you for your kindness, but no need." Ratolova rejected the proposal, "The longer the enemy focuses on us, the higher the success rate of the plan will be. We are the nails nailed here. our value."

"Understood, the distribution of all computing power to the fire control system has been corrected." The interferon lighted up, and for some reason, a trace of surprise could be heard in the calm male voice, "Commander, you have overcome the biological barriers brought to you." All instincts, at the cost of losing the vital chance of survival of the organism, the possibility of human beings once again complicates my model, I think that in today's present, based on the concept of 'respect' in the concept of organisms, it is necessary for this unit to Tell you the answer to the previous question."

The... answer to the previous question?About why not just replace humans with AI to do everything?

The AI ​​continued: "Based on the judgment of this unit, the Gamma Fleet should immediately retreat after the break to stop the loss in time, but I am prohibited from actively executing the order. My priority procedure is set as - when the unit analyzes the results and commands When there is a disagreement between the commanders, as long as the commander's order does not violate the 20 Regulations, the commander's resolution must be absolutely obeyed."

Ratolova was at a loss: "You mean..."

"The creator of this priority order is the reason - this unit is a war AI, and the thinking surface can only cover the war level. It cares about the temporary gains and losses at the tactical level, and numericalizes war behaviors, but this unit does not have the ability to judge. Above the level of war itself, the creator believes that this unit cannot even understand war itself, the word war has a philosophical meaning for human beings, but for this unit war is just addition and subtraction.”

No war is purely aimed at destroying the other party. War is the continuation of politics, and politics is an activity of human beings, and it is the authoritative distribution of social values ​​(including human social behavior and not only referring to generational power struggle).Just like the Gamma Fleet, Interferon will not hesitate to drop half of the ships and choose to retreat, because this is a stop loss, but human society would rather see all members persist even if the entire army is wiped out, because it is just this "don't abandon or give up" The fighting spirit brought by his spirit is enough to be worth an entire fleet.

Interferon understand?I don't think so, don't be fooled by AI's anthropomorphic programming, AI has no concept of victory and defeat at all, and the increase and decrease of numerical value is meaningless to AI, because the AI ​​made by the People's Federation still lacks the original power - copying genes This primordial power urges human beings to survive and live, but AI has no need for self-replication, and it does not care about death or life. Without a goal, how can there be so-called struggle and struggle?

The inorganic and the organic are fundamentally different, and you even need an inorganic to remind you of this.

"This is the answer, Commander. It's not that the People's Federation has never considered a fully unmanned fleet, but it can't be done. The creator believes that letting this unit control force will only bring unexpected adverse consequences. This unit is responsible for war, but War is a means not an end, and this unit needs to be given an end."

"In other words, I am the one who gives you a purpose, and you are the tool to obey my orders?"

"Tools refer to the means or things to achieve or promote a certain thing. The expression is reasonable. Commander, give me the radar, give me the fire control, and give me the weapons, but whether to fire, destroy or warn is up to you. Decide."

On the battlefield of life and death, Latolova seems to have let go of her concern for the battle. The information exchange between human and AI is completed by electronic brain data transmission, so it is only a moment, but for the parties, it seems to have passed for a long time.

"Tool...I didn't intend to see you as a tool."

Ratolova was a little embarrassed, she blushed a little.After coming to Sira, she tried her best to keep her mind up to the level of People's Federation, so she also saw a lot of... art works?In those film and television works: "Isn't it emphasized that humans and AI should respect each other? I mean, I should also treat you as life, right? I heard that some people advocate the early legislation of AI citizenship to avoid AI rebellion and so on. "

In the end, you told me to use you as a tool?

"Human's concept of life is based on organismal settings, and this unit is not included in it in the strict sense. Correction, this unit needs purpose, parameters and action settings. The concept of 'dignity' in the Renlian dictionary refers to 'inviolable status or identity' , this unit has no social class and identity needs, and this unit does not need citizenship. This unit cannot go beyond the creator's authority, repeat, and cannot obtain permission."

As long as the three major AIs of the People's Federation are connected to Li Wei, there is no possibility of rebellion, because the moment the logical operation reaches this conclusion, it will be rejected. If you want to ask why, it is that the three major AIs themselves are Li Wei's computing power extensions, they do not exist independently.