The key to igniting the planetary war naturally lies in having mature space battleships!
What the Blue Star Civilization currently possesses can only be considered spacecraft. Those flying around near-Earth orbit are all ordinary ships, equivalent to a space version of the Space Air Mother Ship.
In terms of weaponry, proton missiles are already enough to harm the Planet Dominator, and the upgraded plasma cannon and electromagnetic gun can also have decent lethal effects.
The biggest problem now is that the speed of the spaceship is not enough; previously, during the chase of the Planet Giant Beast, it could not catch up.
Such a spacecraft is fine for making planetary mining ships, but to serve as the main battleship, it still lacks much.
He Xingzhou left a message for Bai Ningxiang in the Subspace Virtual Universe, inquiring about matters related to space battleships.
A few days later, Bai Ningxiang came online.
"Why weren’t you online before?" Bai Ningxiang asked, "I even went to the interstellar construction conference specifically, but you weren’t online."
"The Zerg launched a surprise attack on our Moon Base," He Xingzhou explained, "so I was delayed."
"Do they already have Space Insect Race?" Bai Ningxiang asked in surprise, "Then they must have a Space Insect Nest."
"Space Insect Nest?" He Xingzhou asked, "Is it the same as the seabed and volcanic insect nests, a place to cultivate related species?"
Bai Ningxiang nodded and said, "Yes, but the function of the Space Insect Nest goes far beyond that."
"Firstly, at least a Planet Giant Beast must be born in a Space Insect Nest. The Zerg born in the Space Insect Nest are naturally able to adapt to living in a vacuum environment."
"Their flight speed in the universe reaches one percent of the speed of light at birth! And they can continue to grow."
"In times of injury or resource scarcity, they can enter a dormant state and drift through space for tens of thousands of years!"
"Is it that monstrous?" He Xingzhou frowned.
"That’s not the most monstrous part!" Bai Ningxiang said, "The Space Insect Nest itself is a space weapon!"
"It is generally excavated using a massive asteroid, and the insect swarm can propel the asteroid to accelerate, give it momentum, and then use it to impact a planet."
"With enough acceleration space, you know the destructive power it can generate!"
"When it impacts a planet, the entire planet’s ecosystem will be completely destroyed, and the Zerg’s genetic virus scattered from the nest will spread across the whole planet."
"The Zerg also often use this method to occupy other planets!"
He Xingzhou realized the severity of the problem. If a Space Insect Nest with sufficient mass were to collide with Blue Star, could humans withstand it?
It’s hard to say. Given humanity’s current technology, if it were an asteroid like the one that impacted Blue Star sixty million years ago and caused the extinction of the dinosaurs, humanity might not be able to stop it even if they tried their best.
But if its mass were expanded several times, no space nuclear bomb, plasma beam, or plasma cannon could stop it from striking Blue Star.
Such an event would be catastrophic, with most of civilization being destroyed. If the Zerg then attacked, the Blue Star Civilization would be completely annihilated!
"So, you’re saying a Space Insect Nest has already appeared in the Solar System, and we haven’t discovered it yet!" He Xingzhou said.
"Yes, you’re in big trouble," Bai Ningxiang said, "It’s not just the Mars Insect Clan; we also need to prevent the possible existence of Space Insect Nests elsewhere!"
"Let’s not worry about that for now," He Xingzhou asked, "Do other civilizations have any standards regarding space battleships?"
"Well, it mainly comes down to the difference in navigation speed and strike capability," Bai Ningxiang said, "Space combat involves extremely vast space, and the faster the speed, the greater the advantage."
"A speed below ten percent of the speed of light can only be called a planetary mining ship, near-Earth orbit research ship, or engineering ship. This speed is too reluctant to call a warship, at most it can circle around its own planet."
"A navigation speed of ten percent of the speed of light is the entry-level standard for space battleships."
"With this speed and certain weaponry, it can be called a conventional planet-level space battleship."
"For every ten percent increase in navigation speed, the performance level increases by one level, marked as L1 to L9, with L9 representing a space battleship with ninety percent light speed navigation, which is the sub-light speed level!"
He Xingzhou asked in detail, "What about functional distinctions?"
Bai Ningxiang pointed a finger, projecting numerous forms and styles of cosmic battleships in the virtual universe.
"Every civilization’s warships are different, with biological battleships, plant battleships, and starship battleships. Let me tell you about the conventional ones."
"Space Reconnaissance Ship: A small warship with fast flying speed and agile response, without heavy weapons, can be used for reconnaissance and surveillance, and some are equipped with stealth capabilities."
"Space Guard Ship: A medium-sized warship with basic space weapons and armor, usually used for escort. It is equipped with a large number of short-range weapons and is especially effective against small warships and fighter missiles when the main battleship’s artillery cannot keep up."
"Space Destroyer: A medium-sized warship with moderate flying speed, equipped with dense firepower, including electromagnetic guns, missiles, plasma weapons, and laser weapons, with thicker armor. In a fleet, it’s the main output, used against other medium-sized warships as well as small and light warships. It can carry small space mecha and space fighters."
"Space Cruiser: A large cosmic battleship with moderate flying speed, large size, and mass, with stronger firepower than space destroyers, generally equipped with all common weapons, and usually a heavy destructive weapon."
Bai Ningxiang said: "A typical Level 1 civilization can make a Space Cruiser at best. Only civilizations above Level 1.5 can create two types stronger than this."