Under the boundless sky of nebulae and dust, two huge, rotating blue giant stars are devouring each other - facing this spectacular sight that almost occupies the entire view of the porthole, no matter whether it is Cerberus on the "Agile" The crew, mercenaries, and plundered residents all temporarily fell into a state of aphasia. [No pop-up novel website]
Inside the spacecraft with the engine turned off, there was a dead silence. Everyone looked dumbfounded... It would be better to say they were looking at the scene outside in horror!
Whether it is the residents of the colony or the staff on the spacecraft, as long as they are living in the deep starry sky above their heads, they all have some knowledge of astronomy.
Blue giants are stars with extremely large mass and volume, far exceeding that of the sun. Everyone knows this. Because of its excessive mass, the intensity of hydrogen nuclear fusion inside it is far greater than that of the sun. Excessive burning causes the blue giant to burn out within tens of millions of years (the sun has a lifespan of 4.5 billion years - this also makes the blue giant Both the brightness and the energy radiated outward are hundreds of thousands of times that of the sun...
Because the antimatter fuel burned by the antiproton engine of the dreadnought is collected using very large solar arrays, especially the ring array built around the blue giant star, which can be called an incomplete version of the Dyson sphere. Therefore, blue giant stars have a very high status among the civilized races in the Milky Way. Although any galaxy with a blue giant star will have excessive energy projected by the star, resulting in strong radiation, excessive planet surface temperature, etc... harsh conditions that are completely unsuitable for biological survival. But all races are still flocking to it - because being able to build a solar array in the orbit of a blue giant star is almost a sign of a military power. In the entire galaxy, only the Turians, Asari, Salarians, and Krogans (the four races that the Salarians helped create) built it.
Blue giant galaxies are already rare - but come on... galaxies with blue giant binary systems? ! This is where? ! I have never heard of it. Can it be found on known star maps?
When the msv "Agility" was locked by gunfire from Li Huamei's ship, a harsh siren sounded throughout the bridge. Wells had to gather all the residents of the colony on the bridge to temporarily serve as hostages and human shields - mainly to protect the mass effect core behind the bridge, which was the foundation for the spacecraft to fly at faster than light speeds. Now there are krogan mercenaries surrounding them with guns. Unable to suppress the panic of the colonial residents, the crowd began to make a buzzing sound. And it’s getting bigger and bigger…
When the residents saw the huge blue star appearing outside the porthole window, almost no one could settle down! Civilized races that rely on mass effect repeaters to set foot in the galaxy, the progress of aviation technology has always been closely linked to repeaters. Almost all wars, explorations, and developments revolve around relays as nodes. Every civilized race is looking for more repeaters, and more - a completely unknown galaxy means undiscovered repeaters and... Trek. "I need an explanation!" The Krogan mercenary leader, Old Orch, ignored the commotion. Instead, he found the Cerberus captain Wells and roared. "Why is this happening to the tmd ship?! I guess your Cerberus did something else...it just damaged one of its engines! The ship I was on last time had a hole in the mass effect core. It’s a big hole, with only half of the engine left, it can still fly to the Voyager galaxy!”
"Quiet! It was just an accident!" Wells threw away the cigarette and said angrily.
He was busy on the bridge, but he was actually helpless. He didn't know where his current position was, and there was no response from Cerberus' remote communication. Even if he wanted to fly at this moment, he had to at least confirm his position first. —thrown hundreds of light-years by a Mass Effect repeater into, God knows, the core of the Milky Way. Or the Extragalactic Star Territory. "I guess it was caused by the little Element Zero cargo transported on the ship... The current leaked from the ion thruster penetrated the element's storage cabinet and activated Element Zero. Just like what is written in the book, Element Zero is electrified. Then the Mass Effect effect field was created. And then…boom~!”…
"Is there Element Zero on the ship? As the captain of the guard, I don't seem to know anything about it." Orchi said angrily, but after thinking about it for a moment, he realized that this assumption was very likely. Neither of them are experts in the application of "Element Zero", and they speculate that this step is already the limit. So Olci changed the topic of interest, "You mean a little bit of Element Zero?! Can a little bit have such a big effect?"
"Eight containers... It was just an accident to pick up the goods in Elysium. My ship was not originally used to transport passengers." Wells pointed to the large amount of additional radiation protection on the bridge and corridor walls. plate. "Orge, do your job. I have the best technicians in Cerberus on my ship. It may take some time, but they'll figure it out eventually. All we need is a smoke. Just wait... …”
"Eight containers of element zero... ha!" Old Orchie was completely shocked by the news, and he repeated it with twinkling eyes. Element Zero is the basis of all modern science and technology in the galaxy. Only exists on objects impacted by supernova explosions (such as asteroids, so it is extremely expensive...
"You asked me to protect prohibited items worth up to 1.6 billion star dollars, but only paid half a million star dollars? I think we need to sign another contract with a more reasonable remuneration..."
"The goods are none of your business. Your duty is to take good care of these people... If it weren't for temporary plan adjustments, I wouldn't have hired the krogan." Wells interrupted him directly. His hand seemed to move twice at once, and the crowd rang out a suppressed cry, and instantly fell silent - because four machine gun turrets were raised at the four corners of the bridge.
Not only that, Wells and the console were wrapped in a blue light film, with blue light flashing from time to time, separating Wells and Olci on both sides. "I heard that krogan don't abide by the signed agreements and occasionally rob their employers? You know... there is always such news in the market." Wells said with a hint of sarcasm.
Don't look at this film like a soap bubble, which seems to burst as soon as you poke it. But as long as you think about its role - to protect the driver and work platform under concentrated fire from the machine gun turret - you will know how hard this shield is! This kinetic energy barrier is directly connected to the core of the ship. As long as it does not exceed the endurance limit of the cargo ship, it is almost impossible to destroy! Moreover, the kinetic energy barrier can be adjusted. When the blocking speed is set to a very small value, it means that as long as it is a moving object. Even if you walk one micrometer an hour, you will be blocked by energy barriers...
Old Olqi immediately put away his thoughts and laughed boldly. "What news? It's definitely a rumor! We krogan mercenaries are the best. You can rest assured that you can leave everything to the krogan. They won't ask for a penny more from you."
Although Olchi found an excuse to leave right after, the four forts were still standing there, coldly aimed at the crowd and...the Krogan mercenaries guarding the crowd, showing no intention of putting them away.
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"That is a young binary star system composed of a B2 level and an O3 level blue giant star. According to the star map, this should be the Spear Galaxy... We are less than two hundred light years away from the Skirian Star Cluster." Suddenly between. A voice with some electronic pronunciation sounded, attracting everyone's attention. What he is talking about now is the topic that everyone is most concerned about.
It was a humanoid sitting against the wall, wearing a full-body protective suit, a brown hood, a tight mask, and even a breathing filter in his mouth.
"It's a Quarian!" A resident of the colony shouted, and a large space suddenly became vacant around the Quarian. There are a lot of rumors about the Quarians in the galaxy - unfortunately, none of them good.
"I am Kal Danner. As you can see, I am a Quarian..." The Quarian stood up from the corner, his body slender and long. The height is similar to that of humans. The quarians opened the visual interface of the multi-purpose tool and showed it to the people around them. "If you think that all Quarians are carrying a deadly virus, I'm sorry, but that's just the nonsense of delusional people."
"Qurians? I don't remember catching them..." Orchie showed a disgusted expression, "How did you get on the ship?! Are you stealing things?!"
"The Quarians will never take away items without ownership, and I am not a slave you captured. I boarded this ship just to continue my wanderings." Although most of Carl Danner's voice was electronic, it was still I could tell it was the voice of a very polite young man. "Krogan, I won't laugh at your homeworld for being riddled with nuclear craters. And you don't have to speak ill of the quarians."
The quarians walked forward as they spoke, quickly approaching the center of the crowd. Orchie squinted his eyes and picked up his assault rifle. "At least we still have the Prime... Now stop. Tell us your purpose?"
"It's pointless to exchange bad words... I just want to tell you and the human captain that you are in great danger but have no idea... I just need to do a small experiment, now is not the time to chat!" He After saying that, I clicked on the multi-purpose tool. Like a scream, a harsh electromagnetic noise suddenly sounded, sweeping through all the crowds and Krogers like a ripple.
"Ahhh!" Almost everyone immediately took off the "sound compensation system" on their ears to avoid the harsh noise!
"Relax! Relax... This is just for you to take off that thing." The Quarian waved his hand to stop the Krog's raised gun. "At this time, you should listen to the real sounds of this world... instead of continuing to let the sound compensation device deceive your ears."
The "sound compensation system" has been mentioned many times before. It is an electronic device worn on the ear, usually integrated with common devices such as headphones and microphones. As we all know, sound cannot be transmitted in the universe - because sound wave transmission requires a medium. And not only that, the planetary environments in the Milky Way are all kinds of strange, resulting in different sounds heard in each environment after landing on the planet.
The loneliness and silence of the former can cause a variety of psychological diseases in creatures, while the variability of the latter can make creatures become neurotic and have poor memory. The "sound compensation system" is a "dubbing" device created to solve this problem to replace the real sound heard. It's just that this kind of compensation completely relies on the judgment of the computer, and a situation will inevitably occur - when the computer does not detect it, the sound will not be reproduced...
For example, now, when everyone took off the "sound compensation system", everyone heard that weird rustling sound coming from outside the msv - like summer rain falling on the roof.
At this time, the horn on the bridge suddenly rang, and a man's voice shouted happily, "Captain Wells, I have found our location! This is the Spear Galaxy! The nearest Mass Effect Relay The vessel only takes a week to sail..."
It happened to be quiet on the bridge, making his words clear enough. Some residents couldn't help but laugh out loud - because of the "good news" he happily reported. The quarian, with only all-purpose tools, He had already judged it accurately, much earlier than he did.
"The best technician in Cerberus?!" Orch mockingly repeated what Wells had just boasted about, and then said a one-word evaluation - "Ha!"
