Chapter 86: Fire at them!

Such a wait was too hard to bear. For mankind was about to go down a fork in the road to the future, success, or failure ... All became more anxious after sending the airwaves.

In a meeting just that afternoon, a large number of elite elements were assembled, and everyone was discussing the next step.

"Sending radio signals may expose our location!"

"If it is a means of light-speed strike, our side will already be under attack when we reconnoitre the other side's firing, and there can't be any possibility of interception!" Security Minister Wade was speaking worriedly. He clearly knew the gap between human weapons and real interstellar civilization.

Light speed strike, the most terrifying means of attack. Because light is the highest speed known to mankind, this means there is no way to detect it, no way to intercept it, and this is the main means of strike in future space warfare.

Humans can also be used close to the speed of light weapons, such as lasers, ion cannons, etc.. However, most of these weapons are removed from the flying saucer after modification, are half-finished, the power of ten does not exist one, and, in theory, humans can not send a few guns.

"We have already shown our willingness to live together peacefully by sending the airwaves, we should also show our muscles properly to deter them!"

"It's the general equivalent of firing a warning shot into the air, we should ... fire a shot at them!"

Wade's voice was thick, and the more he spoke, the more energetic he became, and he gave an aggressive slap on the table, "Yes, that's it, fire a shot, more proof of our strength!"

But his words were immediately opposed by a large wave of people. There were many conservative experts who thought that this kind of behavior was too impulsive, what if after firing the gun, it pissed off the aliens?

"In case of a real war, no one can afford to take the responsibility!"

Wade directly raised his head and retorted, "If such armed deterrence will lead to war, it only means that the other side's attitude is so tough that we simply can't pretend to go on, and sooner or later, we will go to war!"

"You should know that it is the other side that intrudes into our territory! This can not be weak! Once you are weak, the camouflage will fail!"

Wade was an expert when it came to this kind of military stuff, and it was his old profession.

Oliver just watched quietly, both sides had some truth in what they said. He also kept thinking in his head, now the enemy is in the light, I am in the dark, our side has taken the initiative to jump out and show considerable goodwill, should not we shoot two bullets, show a little muscle, grasp more initiative?

Alas ... or because humans are too weak ah, if humans are strong enough, where will get so much trouble?

"... I agree with Minister Wade's point of view!"

Standing out is a young councilor, Oliver recognized, named Wang Yufan, is also a senior official of the new government. Although he is young, he has a very high emotional intelligence as well as social skills, handling political affairs in an orderly manner.

Wang Yufan, like Dr. Rimbaud, is a young man whom Oliver admires very much.

"Our radio signal will take another eight days to arrive, and when the other side responds, it will take us another seven or eight days to observe it. One after another, that's sixteen days!"

"During this time, can't we just wait? We need to take some countermeasures! Yes, I think Minister Wade is right, we need to fire a gun as a deterrent!"

Immediately, another middle-aged man jumped out and yelled, "This is nonsense! A countermeasure is firing a gun?"

The entire conference room was in chaos as the hawks and doves argued with each other and made a mess of it, bickering with each other.

"... It is necessary for us to show our muscles and let the other side know that our weapons are not ornaments!" Another MP from the radical faction called out, seemingly forgetting that human weapons are really just for show ...

"We don't have to actually hit them, we just have to deter them!"

"Yes ... so that they will feel scared that they are the ones who have intruded into our territory of their own accord!"

Gradually, more and more people began to agree with Wade as well as Wang Yufan's views ... The thought of firing at an alien civilization sent a wave of excitement as well as ... madness through the hearts of this group of people!

This excitement, with a hint of fear. The unknown future is always the most frightening thing, every choice today, to will the future brings a great deal of uncertainty. But many feel that firing a gun may be better than not firing a gun!

Because mankind has no choice, the radio signals have all been fired and a path must be taken to the end, and that is - deterrence!

"We can't afford to test, and any meaningful test from the other side will cause the humans to reveal themselves. Only sufficient deterrence will make the other side not be able to afford temptation!" Wang Yufan roared.

The current radicals believe that the show should be done in full weight, now the human play this "tiger", not only to roar so, and even go up to make the tearing action!

Yes ... a cat dressed as a tiger, in the face of intrusion into the territory of the enemy, not only to roar, but also to pretend to bite, so that more vivid, more deterrent!

Most of the Noah are young people on board, one is in the state of the sky is not afraid. Young people always have more adventurous spirit, so the hawkish thinking in the conference room gradually more and more, they think, open a gun, must open a gun!

Several conservative ones also stopped talking, they just frowned sadly and couldn't think of a better plan.

Even Oliver thought that these radicals did have some truth to their ideas. People now have to pretend to be more "powerful", or "dominant"!

Next, people started discussing what weapons to use, and of course the weapons they currently have.

In this case, the laser is not very realistic, people's main purpose is to deter, not to really hit the other side, the gun must let the other side know, reconnaissance to do.

There are no dust and other micro-particles in space, and light does not reflect diffusely, so it is difficult to be observed if you use a laser, unless this laser actually hits the other side.

In some science fiction movies, the laser scene may not exist unless the space is covered with dust, otherwise it is impossible for the naked eye to detect the laser passing by.

Therefore, this gun can neither hit the other side, but also let the other side clearly observe.

They discussed for half a day, the best way is ion cannon! A series of charged particles close to the speed of light will generate a certain electric field, according to these electric fields, the ion cannon is easy to detect.

But reconnaissance does not mean that it can be intercepted. The speed of the ion cannon does not reach the speed of light, but it is only slightly slower than a laser. Unless there is a super high computing speed computer and a sensitive enough muzzle to intercept the ion cannon with a laser.

Humans do not want to start a war, this gun just want to deter the other side, let the other side feel that humans are a "fire", "precautionary" species is very strong.

Yes, that's it ... humans are very temperamental and guarded!

Well, Oliver also thinks that this option does make sense, although a little risky is it, but once it succeeds, it will give the other side the illusion of "rude and unreasonable".

Although on Earth, even in the moral high ground, the first party to shoot always seems less righteous. But now is not the Earth, there is no such subtle rules, greater suspicion between civilizations, greater insecurity, open fire ... nothing wrong!