Chapter 43: Operation "Devil's Amusement Park" (1)
Redstone galaxies.
With bursts of light, four ships leapt from faster-than-light space into the outer space of the galaxy.
Due to Behemoth's presence, they didn't want to be confused by the swarm of air forces as soon as they left faster-than-light space, so they chose to jump to the outer part of the galaxy instead of outside the high-altitude orbit of Redstone, and then propelled into Redstone at full speed. It's slower, but it's safer.
Codenamed "Demon Playground", the main objective of this operation is to collect enough Dark Gold Ore and then quickly evacuate Redstone and hand it over to the employer at the Rendezvous.
Compared to Monrais's actions, Redstone's biggest advantage is that Redstone has a large number of abandoned human bases on the surface, including the Imperial, Yumoyan, Kemorian Consortium, Mobius Foundation, and various other companies and mining companies. Redstone's abundant mineral deposits have made it almost a place of human warfare, with various forces wanting a piece of the pie.
After the swarm attacked, the defenders here quickly withdrew after a hasty resistance. Instead, they chose to stay there, where the mineral deposits were far more valuable than a group of fleeing human armies. But those bases should still be there, if nothing else, and the swarm will not deliberately completely raze the military bases. At the very least, some of the facilities at those bases themselves can also provide some degree of shelter for the insects.
"But it's still not an easy task, is it?"
On the bridge of A1, Yang Yi stared closely at the Behemoth that was slowly wandering in the low-earth orbit of the Red Stone Star displayed on the radar.
Behemoth is "the largest interstellar creature in the known universe", and they are large and docile. The body shape is similar to that of manta rays. Behemoths can travel through space, even through a star system, and they can use their own energy, or psionic energy, to travel through space.
Behemoth drifts in the void of the universe, obtaining air from the atmosphere above different planets. However, they were infected by the swarm and incorporated into the Zerg's gene pool. As they approached the Aliens, the Juggernaut lured them with a powerful psionic energy, after which the Zerg gained the ability to resist exposure to the vacuum, which gave the Zerg the ability to travel in a vacuum. The Zerg used this ability to attack the Sarnagar Worldship and flee from Zerus.
Behemoths still play an important role in the swarm, being able to carry countless lords with folds and pocket-like chambers on their bodies, and allowing other Zerg to breed inside.
Don't look at the current A1 and Hydra, one is stronger than the other, but neither of them has the ability to travel through the universe by relying on psionic energy alone. It is possible to carry out interstellar travel and enter faster-than-light space by relying on psionic reactions alone, although it has the assistance of its special refractive organs, but if there is no powerful psionic energy, it is just difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice.
He felt a rush of excitement and excitement at the thought that he might be able to take a swarm warship like Behemoth for his own use. But whenever he thought about the difficulty of capturing Behemoth, he would always pour a basin of cold water on himself to calm down.
Actually, he's a little too imaginative. As one of the two main warships of the swarm, the Leviathan can also use psionic energy for interstellar travel, but the psionic energy is only level ten, which is at the same level as the Imperial Ghost Nova and the Ghost Military Academy's Headmaster, Ghost Agent Kerrigan. Behemoth couldn't be that strong either, not to mention that there was a theory that the Leviathan was an evolution of Behemoth, and if that statement was true, then Behemoth's psionic level might be even lower.
Behemoth itself has no attack power, but with solid armor and a large amount of stamina, it is the most important carrier of the swarm. If Yang Yi wants to occupy Behemoth, then the main opponent is the large number of swarm air forces carried by Behemoth.
According to Black Rose, he had to clear the entire Behemoth garrison, or the system would determine that there was a hostile threat left and would not be able to fuse the effort. What's more, a biological warship like Behemoth takes much longer to fuse than a human warship, because the system needs to appease the starry sky monster's emotions, cut off its connection to the swarm psionic network, and then fuse it, otherwise Behemoth's over-agitation will likely lead to fusion failure.
"What happens if the fusion fails?"
"Generally speaking, it just burns out your brain, and in a more serious way, a level like Behemoth may produce a psionic backlash, and you may see your body disintegrated little by little by the furious psionic energy, and then die. If you're lucky, you'll be in bed for about twenty years at most......"
Although Black Rose's words were inevitably exaggerated and frightened, the consequences were indeed serious. Yang Yi didn't want to take this risk in vain. Therefore, he deliberately consulted with Renault to take charge of Behemoth's handling himself. Reynolds' Rangers were responsible for the early landing operations, establishing a landing zone at the intended landing site, destroying the orbital defense system of the swarm, and carrying out preliminary preparations. Wait until he's done solving the problem before moving on to the "Demon Playground" mission.
Renault was naturally happy to leave the thorny problem of Behemoth to him to solve, at least the swarm troops on the ground were far easier to solve than Behemoth. Although according to Hill, he transformed the Valkyrie, who was good at anti-air, into a target ship full of reactors, but he still has two battle cruisers, and this kind of combat power, I am afraid that few people in the entire port of the dead have such combat power.
The operation against Behemoth was mainly conducted in two phases, the first of which was the use of battleships and carrier-based aircraft and the Swarm Air Force on Behemoth. The main goal of this stage is to consume as much as possible the main force of the Swarm Air Force and ensure that the airspace is unblocked.
The second stage is to send a large number of transport planes to forcibly break into the interior of Behemoth and carry out a sweeping operation. This stage is very risky, but he has no choice. However, he was not just a forced assault. He also has the trump card of Hydra.
At the expense of other aspects, it was just a stack of reactors, and Hydra's psionic level managed to surpass A1. Despite still being at level 12 on the Human Rating - as level 12 is the highest level - A1 indicates that his psionic level is not as good as that of Hydra.
As the most powerful psionic existence among the people, Hydra was required by Yang Yi to ensure that Behemoth was under control until all enemy forces were wiped out when the commando team took a transport ship to carry out an assault, so as to minimize the possible risks of the commando.
After the assault team has completely eliminated Behemoth, he will take the Hydra to the interior of Behemoth on a transport ship, go to the bridge, and directly fuse Behemoth to obtain his first insect shipwive.
(emm, about that reader...... If I really don't like your comment, I won't reply to you == This kind of thing is the interaction and complement between the author and the reader, and the loopholes in the setting are naturally to be modified and discussed. If it's just a matter of plot, I'm naturally in charge, but it's not something I can decide about the setting...... )