Chapter 90: A Falling Interstellar Civilization
The Green Light Civilization, a very young interstellar civilization, officially entered the stars 10,000 years ago and became a rare but powerful interstellar civilization, and invented the means of warp flight 3,000 years ago.
"Ten thousand years" is a relatively long period of time in the 100,000-year development history of the Green Light civilization. But this time, compared to the vicissitudes of the old universe, is only a drop in the ocean ...
Compared to ancient civilizations that are often millions of years old, they are more like a newborn baby, young, curious, and have great fantasies and expectations for this universe.
It's always good to be young, and because of this, this civilization is still in a booming stage of development, both in terms of technology and culture. The green light civilization may have been exposed to some truths of the universe, yet still in a state of plausible understanding ...
This large ship heading for the solar system is a large fleet of the Green Light civilization ...
At this time, the "green light people" inside are all looking heavy, in a very anxious state. Emergency reports from inside the ship rang out one after another.
"Urgent report, D area baffle is completely destroyed, the degree of damage is unknown!"
"Report, main engine failure level exceeds 40%, urgent repair required! The secondary engines have been completely destroyed, energy is leaking on a large scale ..."
"Alarm! Short circuit in area D!"
Just heard a loud "boom", something suddenly exploded, and the whole ship trembled violently. But because of the extremely large size, such an explosion does not cause fatal damage.
But if the explosion continues one after another, any ship can not withstand!
"... We have to find a planetary system to replenish supplies as well as energy ... We have to find a landing spot to repair the ship!"
A green light man about 5 meters tall made a strange voice. He was the leader of the ship and looked very anxious. Beside him, there was a slightly shorter green light man.
According to human aesthetics, they are a bit like the "tree spirits" in fantasy novels, with green skin, "hair" like a willow branch, and arms made of a vine... ... perhaps in their civilization, there is no "hair", "arms" so called.
They also have a sheet of leaf-like things, like clothes, will cover the whole body, the body is also like a piece of wood, can not be said to be wood, and overall slightly softer than wood, not so much as to cause obstruction of movement.
This ... may be a species that evolved from a plant!
Observation from a human perspective will reveal that their skin is green and the surface contains chloroplasts that allow photosynthesis in sunlight, so the Greenlighters will not lack energy even if they do not consume food for a long time.
Although their technology is more developed than humans, but still in the level of voice communication. They have not yet developed to the stage of direct communication with "brain waves". From this point of view, the perception of "waves", perhaps all intelligent creatures have the ability, and sound waves, is the most common way of perception.
"We have arrived at the third arm of the galaxy, this is a very remote corner, the distribution of stars is relatively sparse, but hopefully our ship can last until then!"
Like humans, they have different emotions, but there are no sweat glands on the surface of their bodies, and their skin does not sweat, but expels excess heat through transpiration of the blades. If you see a green light person covered with white mist, then he is probably in a state of high body temperature, that is, nervous, anxious or really hot ...
And now the clouds are rising in the captain's room, one is bubbling with white mist ... This is definitely because of tension, not heat or other sh, because their ship is breaking the ground too much.
Their target is the solar system, which is already the closest star to their ship!
Although curvature flight is more energy-efficient and high-speed than conventional means of spaceflight, and can even exceed the speed of light ... , but there is a disadvantage that is difficult to avoid: it is difficult to make observations of the outside world.
When the speed of curvature flight beyond the speed of light, the outside world can not accurately observe the location of the FTL ship, relatively, the inside can not accurately observe the outside, or rather, the observation is a complete mess of data.
Moreover, a similar phenomenon can occur in warp flights below the speed of light.
Because the ship is wrapped in a "curvature bubble". This "bubble" is essentially an artificial distortion of space, when the external light, radio waves and other signals through this space, will occur a strange deflection phenomenon. So much so that, from the curvature of the bubble inside the observation outside, received only a mess, you must use a large computer processing, in order to restore the original information.
Below the speed of light navigation, the lower the speed, "curvature bubble" will be thinner. The better the computer's ability to analyze, the more accurate the information can be analyzed.
Higher than the speed of light, no matter what, there is no way to know what is happening in the outside world!
Therefore, FTL navigation is only applicable to long-distance navigation. Close range voyage must be below the speed of light, or their ship may rush headlong into the sun!
0.4 times the speed of light is the limit of the green light people, if the speed is any higher, their computer will not be able to process the messy information of the outside world, which is very dangerous.
"May Gaia bless us!" The green light man in the lead prayed reverently. They were a social system of primitive clans, social groups united by blood relations. The reproductive capacity is low, the population is not large, but the life span is very long, easily ... several thousand years!
Moreover, they can survive by virtue of photosynthesis, and do not need much competition, so the civilization's internal conflict situation is almost non-existent. Green light people are very intelligent, and their personalities are relatively docile, not too aggressive.
If there is a concept of "racial value", their score must be much higher than that of humans.
"Sir Faliol, why did that civilization ... attack us?" The shorter green light person around asked with some fear, "Could they be the Destroyer civilization?"
If they hadn't reacted quickly and activated the warp engine in time, all the Greenlighters would have surely died in the battle ...
One has to marvel that ... Dr. Rimbaud's wild guess was surprisingly correct, that the Greenlighters' ship was, indeed, wrecked!
Falio, the tall ship leader, also shook his massive head and whispered, "Mal, maybe it's because we're too rich ... to cause prying eyes?"
"We shouldn't trade that share of Gaia's treasures ... Those ancient civilizations have very odd personalities. Our knowledge of the universe is still too little."
The shorter young green light man stopped talking and just meditated quietly.
He was a little sad that so many of his people had died inexplicably because of the war, and there was nothing he could do for them. They died in the great stars, never to return to the embrace of Mother Gaia.
"Report, urgent report!" A panicked voice came from the doorway.
"What has happened again?" Falio asked, turning his head, a little annoyed. The Greenlight people were very polite, and this soldier had rushed in without knocking. But the gentle temper that had always been there made him hold back his displeasure.
"Message, a message from civilization ... a string of radio waves, radio waves! It should be an audio, very clear." The soldier said intermittently, in a very excited tone. As he spoke, he broadcasted the sound.
It was the radio wave of the new human civilization and Oliver's angry accusation: "Unknown alien ship, your side has exceeded our delineated safety boundary, leave now! If you do not leave, the consequences will be borne by all of you!"
Silence ... A large white cloud rose up, and everyone tensed up when they heard these words.
"Oh my God, there are other civilizations in this area!"
The young Mal immediately screamed, he could not understand what the passage was saying, but heard the strong warning implication. Since the attack, he retained a strong fear as well as wariness of other civilizations in the universe.
A civilization, what does it mean?
"Mal! Don't panic!"
Falio froze and suddenly said with a sneer, "We ... are a true interstellar civilization after all, and interstellar civilizations are definitely rare in the galaxy!
"If an inferior civilization doesn't measure up to itself, crushing over it is!"
Speaking of this, his eyes even brought a stern look, as the captain, he truly knew the sky-rocketing gap between the interstellar civilization and the lower civilization.