Third Kind Contact

The Probe Spaceship Squad carrying out exploration missions ahead paid little attention to the probe that had already flown to the outer edge of the star system. Instead, it passed directly by it and headed straight into the system.

Since humanity had given no special instructions to the Star Alliance Member Civilizations assigned to the exploration mission, they handled things according to their own temperaments.

The Crimson Flame Civilization was still carrying out the exploration mission this time.

Among the several civilizations in the Star Alliance, perhaps because they could not compete with the others in certain areas, the Crimson Flame Civilization was the most willing to accept military-related tasks such as exploration and rear guard duty. Their warriors were simply more professional than those of the other civilizations, and humanity was happy to employ them.

For instance, this exploration mission should originally have been carried out by the Nair Civilization, but the Crimson Flame Civilization had snatched it away.

The Vanguard Probe Team had a clear objective. After crossing the outermost planetary orbit, the Probe Spaceships immediately scattered and swooped toward the planets along the inner orbits of the star system, looking utterly fearless.

Not bad.

Based on the cosmic conditions required for liquid water to exist, the Probe Team's primary target this time was the gaseous planet within the Habitable Zone. Although gaseous planets were unlikely to harbor life, they generally had many moons. Perhaps that unknown low-level civilization was on one of them.

Looking at the overall environment of the entire star system, that location was indeed excellent—the outermost gaseous planet blocked most asteroids and meteorites for them, while any that slipped through would be drawn away by the gravity of the gaseous planet in the second orbit.

If life truly existed on a moon, then that