The Troubles of Apollo Civilization
Apollo civilization, a fourth-level civilization with a long history, originated from a hot and humid ocean planet.
The ocean planet is recognized by the Milky Way as the most difficult starting point for developing science and technology.
Although the notorious fifth-level civilization "Green Star Civilization" was once born among this type of ocean planet, there is only one Green Star Civilization with unparalleled racial values in the long history of the Milky Way. Of the ten thousand ocean planets, nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine are all indigenous creatures or lower creatures similar to fish.
These biological communities have a very small probability of giving birth to intelligence, just like dolphins on the earth have a certain degree of intelligence. If they are given more time, they may not be able to become smarter.
However, it is difficult for these intelligent creatures to develop serious science and technology while living in the ocean, and naturally they cannot leave their own planet.
Because this type of planet usually has oceans hundreds of kilometers deep!
Without any land, the ocean planet is extremely short of metals and doesn't have an environment dry enough to ignite fire. It is even less likely that these beings would dive to a depth of hundreds of kilometers to dig for minerals on the seabed.
In this case, it is really difficult to build a regular technology tree.
Only a naturally powerful species like the Green Star Civilization, which relies on its own bio-smelting methods to extract elements from seawater and develop a complete set of biotechnology trees, can leave its own planet.
But looking at the entire galaxy, there is only one Green Star civilization. More marine races cannot evolve this ability. The path of evolution often leads to no return. If you choose the wrong path at the beginning, you will never be able to start over again. The purpose of evolution is to survive, not to develop technology.
The reason why the Apollo civilization has developed to its current level is because they were inspired by other interstellar civilizations in a very distant era!
This kind of inspiration and even step-by-step education and guidance continued until the interstellar era, and then the Apollo civilization successfully became a subsidiary civilization of the suzerain civilization.
There are many interstellar alliances that were created in this way.
Some level four civilizations have such a unique preference. When they choose the "big goal of civilization", they will use curvature technology to traverse planets to acquire more social knowledge, and then try to cultivate some indigenous people with particularly high racial values. Civilization to help yourself.
Including the three major forces surrounding the Dyson Sphere, the Ramblers, Eredar, etc., many of them have cultivated their own affiliated forces, and then gradually developed into a multi-racial alliance.
Human beings have never experienced these things, so it is difficult to understand them.
After all, human beings do not yet have the leisure and elegance to do such things. The time for new humans to enter the starry sky is still short, and it is not too late for their own development.
The Apollo civilization can be regarded as a species with a very high racial value.
First of all, this species is very smart. Without good education, the average intelligence is around 120. This is indeed a very smart species.
Secondly, their innate lifespan is very long. Even without the blessing of technology, they can easily survive for five hundred years. With life extension technology, two to three thousand years is not a problem.
They have flexible tentacles that can easily pick up filaments thinner than a human hair, making them excellent workers.
In addition, these guys are naturally very patient and good at detailed and boring tasks.
Such a racial value can be regarded as one in a thousand or even one in a thousand among intelligent life forms!
The individuals of the Apollo civilization looked very strange, looking a bit like squids, but there was a spine inside the body, which could support the complex movements of the body, and could also adapt to life on land to a certain extent.
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The interior of this battle star is full of water, and there are many giant squids taking a bath in the room. For them, taking a bath is the best way to have fun. There are also some working squids, wearing power armor, which is soaked in liquid, so that the entire skin will not be overly dry.
In a large conference room in Planet Fortress, several squids were taking a bath and discussing...
"Sir! Our 'Anubis Planetary Fortress' is expected to arrive at the target area for the seventeenth time at astronomical time JHKLKHSM. Please give instructions!"
"Now that we've arrived, let's continue the mission."
"There seems to be no point in continuing like this, what do you think, Al?"
"Our soldiers have begun to complain, and the other side... has also begun to urge us to withdraw if we really can't do it. Before we cause no losses..."
Several giant squids are discussing the current form. The damn new human civilization has not yet surrendered. This situation is beyond their expectations!
Because in their impression, the new human civilization is a "talking civilization". Even if the Dyson Sphere's territory was robbed by a third-level civilization, it was just a few words.
That's why they thought of grabbing the battle star.
Yes, so what if you snatch a battle star? You still have to submit obediently!
But now the situation is a little bit difficult to get out of the situation, whether it is to fight or to retreat.
"Once we withdraw, although the entire civilization will not suffer any losses, our status will be over! We will be reviled by the people and then step down!"
"Then just...kill them!" A fierce light flashed in the black eyes of a big squid.
"no!"
"Even if we can annihilate the opponent, what can we get? Apart from getting a broken battle star...and then what? If we lose too much, we will still step down..."
"Yes, now is not the time for the final battle..."
They had all observed the flash of the anti-matter weapon "Planet Buster" and made a series of assessments of the power of this super weapon.
One of the experts said: "It's just a bluff weapon... How many super bombs can they come up with? Do you really think antimatter is a cheap consumable?"
"But as long as this weapon exceeds our expectations, then our losses will become unbearable."
"If the loss is too great, we will lose our current position!"
Several giant squids are arguing about this.
It's annoying, really annoying. The current situation is like a thick fog, and it's difficult to find the way forward.
Since the Apollo civilization was completely forcibly supported by foreign interstellar civilizations, it did not have much of its own ideology and culture. Their political system even remains in the rather primitive feudal era, with nobles and civilians.
These giant squids are the highest nobles of the Apollonian civilization, equivalent to the consuls in the human era of Athens.
The social system is completely simple capitalism, and then it is covered up under the banner of "liberal politics". Such a political system naturally does not have high cohesion.
Their position is not secure. The huge productivity conceals some class contradictions, but it does not mean that there are no contradictions. There are many squids staring at them, hoping that they will make mistakes!
The development of pushing back the seedlings to encourage growth has made the foundation of the entire civilization unstable. All science and technology and culture are foreign. The suzerain civilization controls the culture of the entire civilization and also controls the people's hearts.
The most important thing is that the Apollo civilization is still divided!
This civilization has had several different political forces since ancient times, all of which were hostile to each other and full of hatred.