In October of SC0099, an explosive news shook the entire New Asian Republic - the discovery of the third habitable planet in the New Asian Galaxy!

All the media carried the news in the headlines. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 The content of the info is very simple, roughly that an expedition ship has discovered a planet with life characteristics in a certain star field, and it has been tested and proved that the planet meets all the necessary conditions for human survival, has an atmosphere suitable for human breathing, has a complete ecosystem, and has enough water resources.

In addition, the specific coordinates of this planet have not been revealed, which is a highest-level secret, and will not be disclosed to the public until the New Asia Army actually takes control of the star field. lest the UAC side get moved and join the ranks of grabbing the cake.

The civilian population has received very limited information, but the military is naturally different, and complete first-hand information is already on the table of the committee. The War Department began work on the third habitable planet.

Within a few days, a draft had been submitted to the National Assembly for consideration. The general content of this draft is to form a new local garrison fleet and go to station this star field named Xinjing. At the same time, because it takes a long time to form a new fleet, and the demand for this habitable planet in New Asia is imminent, it is planned to transfer a fleet from the Space Force to the star field to carry out preliminary sweeping and garrison work.

The draft was undoubtedly passed by a large majority in the National Assembly, with both radical and conservative lawmakers giving the green light. Of course, there is already a compromise between the two sides after the game. The conservatives secured a new fleet for the local garrison fleet, while the radicals, represented by the Space Force, enjoyed the glory of opening up territory and developing star fields.

Only a handful of lawmakers voted against the bill for a few reasons, due to the fact that the field is home to highly intelligent beings.

Yes, any habitable planet is bound to have a complete biosphere and eventually the possibility of developing a higher civilization with a social system. The development of new star fields means war between races.

At the beginning of the previous era of space development, mankind was fortunate enough to discover these habitable planets in several galaxies that had not yet developed advanced civilizations, and took possession of them. But at the moment this one is different, this planet has civilization.

Although according to the information collected by the expedition ships, this advanced civilization is still relatively primitive, and does not have any technological system. However, some legislators who believe that all beings are equal have expressed strong opposition to the proposal to send a fleet to destroy the civilization, arguing that the planet should be included in the new Asian territory through exchanges, rather than by force.

But their claims have not received much support. Based on the common perception, in this universe that obeys the law of the jungle, the collision between two civilizations is always particularly bloody. Human beings still need to fight for territory through war, let alone between aliens.

And there is evidence that this alien civilization on Xinjing is a high threat to humanity and must be eliminated. According to the intelligence sent back by the expedition ship, this intelligent creature on Xinjing has strong individual strength, has the ability to fly, and has strong aggression.

After obtaining the preliminary information and sending it back to Tianjing, the expedition ship entered the planet's atmosphere to try to further investigate the planet, but was destroyed on the spot by alien creatures of the planet's civilization with the ability to fly. Preliminary assessments show that its combat power is already close to that of mobile suits.

The footage of the battle is quite impressive, and after discovering the small detection device launched by the expedition ship, the alien creatures did not try to communicate with it, but directly attacked and destroyed it.

According to the programme, the expedition ship launched a tentative attack on it with small particle cannons and Gauss cannons. As a result of the attack, the alien creature was extremely strong and had the strength to fight back after being hit by artillery fire, eventually destroying the entire expedition ship.

The creature has insect-like signs, and its elytra have some defense against both particle and Gaussian weapons. With the exception of its two hind feet, which can walk upright, its gastropods have evolved into bladed feet with powerful attack capabilities, strong enough to penetrate the shell armor plates of expedition ships.

What is really worrying is that the limbs on the chest have evolved into grasping hands, which are strange and stiff compared to humans, but have the ability to create. Once a race with such powerful individual abilities evolves into a mechanical civilization, it will definitely be a disaster for the future of mankind.

Based on the analysis of the video, the military concluded that in the case of individual combat, the individual of this race is stronger than the iron ball and weaker than the humanoid mobile suit. Moreover, if they operate in the atmosphere, the superiority of mobile forces, which emphasize the ability to fight in space, will be weakened. In other words, ordinary iron balls can only fight against alien creatures on the planet by shooting in groups, and if they are alone, there is only a dead end.

The battleship's particle beam cannon will be severely attenuated due to the interference of the ionosphere in the atmosphere during the attack on the planet's surface. As a result of the attenuation, after penetrating the ionosphere, it is only as powerful as a particle beam rifle attack. Its usefulness speaks for itself.

Only kinetic weapons such as electromagnetic railguns will be easier to use, or nuclear weapons can be used. But it is clear that what New Asia needs is a habitable planet, and if it is attacked with nuclear weapons, it will destroy the planet's ecological environment, and even if it is defeated, it will be a polluted planet that needs to be transformed for decades.

As for the electromagnetic railgun, it is a fortress-class weapon, which is not suitable for installation on a battleship, and its huge size and huge recoil are not something that a battleship can withstand.

Fortunately, observations have shown that although the alien creature is powerful, its fertility should be very low, and the number of people on the entire planet is quite limited, and the habitat is relatively scattered, in a tribal state. The number of individual creatures in each tribe is around the hundreds, and looking at the entire Xinjing Star, such a tribe is also a three-digit appearance. It is estimated that the total population of this alien creature is less than 100,000.

If you want to fight a full-scale war to exterminate all the alien lives in Xinjing, it is the entire Space Force together, and the total number of humanoid mobile suits is not enough, not to mention that the Space Force cannot all go to the Xinjing Star Domain, it is simply a rhythm of the UAC fleet to drive straight in.

Therefore, the result of the military's assessment is that a special war is needed, and powerful mobile suits are dropped on the surface of Xinjing, carrying low-pollution high-explosive explosives to destroy the tribes of alien creatures.

This requires the military to send a fleet of mobile suits as the main combat force to the planet for surface drop operations. Of all the fleets of the Space Force, only one fleet meets this condition, and that is the Mobile Army.

(This concludes this volume.) Seeing this chapter, you must also know that the next volume will show a different style of painting. Then stay tuned for tomorrow's eighth volume. ）