Cooperation
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After that exchange, there were another several dozen hours of waiting. During this time, the Nair Civilization exercised restraint, slowing its approach to the Human Civilization after the fleet completed its deceleration maneuvers.
However, to prevent the communication delay from becoming too severe, while the Great Fleet slowed down, the Nair Civilization still dispatched a small detachment to approach the humans.
However, perhaps the human response had an effect, as the attitude of the Nair Civilization seemed to have changed. They notified the human side in advance before dispatching the warship squadron, presumably to avoid any misunderstandings.
The message from the Nair People stated that their fleet consisted of 103 Lake-Class Warship, including their flagship, and that their destination was not the actual location of the First Fleet of Mankind, but rather a coordinate between the two fleets.
Their reply was also very clear: they wanted to have a serious talk with humans about how to defeat the Artificial Intelligence Consciousness Fleet.
Clearly, it was human rhetoric that had the effect.
The humans agreed with the Nair People's suggestion that the two sides should get closer to talk, since the current distance between the two fleets makes it too time-consuming to send and receive information back and forth. If they want to really discuss things and cooperate, they need to be closer to each other.
Therefore, after some discussion, the humans also decided to send a warship squadron to the coordinates marked by the Nair People.
As for the quantity, it should be the same as that of the Nair Civilization, with the Flagship Lyra leading the way.
Before setting off, Yue Yuan also made some arrangements for the remaining fleet. First, he ordered Man Yuemei to lead the Second Fleet to circle back and protect the Residential Spaceship Cluster. Then, he ordered the remaining warships of the First Fleet to return to the Satellite Defense Line where resources were being mined.
He also sent a message to the Nair Civilization to send their fleet and Residential Spaceship Cluster to another Gaseous Planet on this Yellow Dwarf Star.
The meaning is clear: since you're willing to cooperate, find a place to replenish your fleet's supplies first. Doing so also sends a signal to the Nair Civilization: Human Civilization keeps its word, and what we said before was true; we're not afraid of the Nair Civilization replenishing their fleet.
Of course, this also presents an opportunity for the Nair Civilization to express its stance.
If the Nair Civilization was truly moved by human words and genuinely wanted to cooperate, then they should follow human wishes and head to another Gaseous Planet for settlement and resupply. Because once their fleet and Residential Spaceship Cluster were there, they would no longer be able to carry out their fanciful plan to prevent humanity's evacuation from the Yellow Dwarf Star.
Therefore, after informing the Nair Civilization to do so, the Lyra did not immediately set off with the other 102 warships to the negotiation location designated by the Nair Civilization. Instead, it waited for the Nair Civilization's Great Fleet and Residential Spaceship Cluster to take action.
The departure of the Lyra only has meaning if they move.
Otherwise, it would prove that the Nair Civilization still harbors illusions. If that's the case, humanity wouldn't mind directly executing another plan and sending a fleet to completely destroy the Nair Civilization.
The Nair Civilization was fortunate because it immediately ordered its implementation after receiving human suggestions.
After seeing the Nair Civilization Great Fleet turn and accelerate toward the Gaseous Planet on the other side of the Yellow Dwarf Star, humanity's Flagship Lyra, finally led 102 warships, trailing bright flames, and slowly broke away from the First Fleet Cluster, heading toward their destination in space.
Before the two warship squadrons arrived, unmanned probes had already arrived and, in a tacit agreement, did not interfere with each other, transmitting information about the target's location back to their respective sides.
The Nair People were also clever; they chose this Space Coordinate location far from the human Great Fleet, about nine Astronomical Unit away.
This distance is far enough, equivalent to 1.3464 billion kilometers. They would have more than enough time to react should the human Great Fleet make any unusual movements.
However, the Nair People's worries were obviously unnecessary. If humans really wanted to wipe them out, these 103 warships, including the flagship, would not require a Great Fleet. The Lyra and the 102 Lake-Class Warship that had come to the destination with the Lyra would be enough.
As the two sides drew closer, the Nair People warships finally appeared clearly on the large screen in the Lyra Command Center.
Leading the group was a warship never before seen by humankind. It was unclear whether it was originally there or newly built. It was slightly larger than the warships traveling with it, and its surface was gleaming. This must be the flagship of the Nair Civilization.
As agreed, the two parties must remain relatively stationary when they are approximately 18 million kilometers apart. This distance is carefully considered, firstly to account for communication delays, and secondly to ensure a safe distance.
At a distance of 18 million kilometers, the communication delay is approximately one minute. Within this Yellow Dwarf Star System, the maximum effective range of the Lake-Class Warship's super-large energy laser cannon is 30 light-seconds, meaning both sides are within a safe distance.
Of course, the maximum effective firing range of the large energy laser cannon mentioned here does not mean that the laser cannon can only shoot this far. The laser cannon can certainly shoot even farther, but at a greater distance, the time required to burn through the target will become very long, which is no longer of practical significance in combat.
This distance was proposed by the Nair Civilization, so when humans received this distance data, human scientists knew that the Nair People had also upgraded the main guns of their warships.
The triple-mounted guns have been upgraded to the same type used by humans, with one large-caliber main gun per warship. It's unclear whether this upgrade and modification applies to a small number of ships or the entire fleet has been replaced.
It seems the Nair People weren't stupid; they probably understood the superiority and necessity of this human design after acquiring the technology for No. 1 Alloy Material.
Sure enough, after both sides got close enough to be able to clearly 'see' each other, the humans did see the obviously protruding Super-Large Main Cannon at the front of the Nair People flagship.
At this distance, the reflective spectrum of its armor also gave humans a sense of familiarity. Now, humans understood that the Nair People's flagship was a newly built warship, because its armor used Alloy No. 1, which had been previously obtained from humans.
The other accompanying warships were also the same, all equipped with Alloy No. 1 armor.
This must be the source of the Nair People's confidence. I wonder what they would think if they knew that human Armor-Piercing Shells could penetrate this kind of armor with a single shot.
Next, both sides performed a final maneuver, adjusting their attitudes so that they occupied two planetary orbits within the Yellow Dwarf Star System at a relatively slow speed.