Megastructure Concept

Rowan has yet to be able to give a precise definition of Swarm.

He didn't know whether the Swarm was a civilization, a race, or an individual.

Fortunately, he wasn't one to dwell on these kinds of issues, nor was he a typical insect. Therefore, he referred to the Swarm as a faction.

The Swarm is actually a highly exclusive force.

The Swarm's primary means of obtaining resources currently relies on Creep. The coverage of these Creep, along with their trace toxicity, makes it difficult for other organisms to survive on them.

Unless, like the Rat-folk civilization, Rowan designates a specific area where Creep is strictly prohibited from entering.

However, the Rat-folk civilization was cultivated by Rowan, and other civilizations certainly wouldn't choose to coexist with a force like the Swarm. They might even become targets of encirclement and attack because of the Swarm's way of life.

Rowan, reflecting on this, rediscovered the joy of outsmarting the air; it seemed the Swarm still needed to become even stronger.

As time passed, in the Origin Star System, on the orbits of the major planets and their satellites, and even in the void between them, more Swarm of camouflaged units appeared.

Hidden inside these meteorites of varying sizes are Electromagnetic Cannon Module belonging to the Swarm. Once equipped with Energy Acquisition and Storage Component, these modules can exist independently.

They are scattered throughout the Origin Star System, forming Galactic Defense System. Although they are currently relatively weak and have little effect, it would be a waste not to absorb the radiation energy emitted by each celestial body.

At the same time, the Electromagnetic Cannon's ability to grow will make this defense system stronger over time.

Origin Star System Planet A7

In addition to its original 36 moons, it is surrounded by a dense array of floating units that orbit around it, revolving around Planet A7 under the pull of gravity.

Because Planet A7 is a powerful radiation source, it's an ideal charger for the Swarm's Bio-ship. Therefore, the bases on the 36 moons have become the Swarm's main spaceship production factories.

After the Insect Egg hatch, the spaceships, about half a meter in size, will absorb sunlight and radiation from Planet A7 on the planet's surface to grow. Once they reach a certain size, they will fly into orbit around Planet A7 to absorb radiation at close range.

Since the Swarm was not engaged in much warfare, the Bio-ship suffered little damage, which led to an increasing number of Swarm ships orbiting Planet A7.

Moreover, they grow larger and larger over time.

Perhaps in another hundred years or so, the Swarm's Bio-ship will be able to completely envelop Planet A7; maybe that would be a planetary version of Dyson Sphere.

In the orbit of Planet A7, besides those countless tiny creatures, there is also a Swarm creations that, by comparison, can be considered enormous.

This is a Super Giant Electromagnetic Launch Platform that continuously integrates Primitive Strain, giving it more growth points. At the same time, all the Bio-ship, which are already over 200 meters long, supply it with the energy they collect, helping it grow faster.

It is already over 100 kilometers long, and it is expected that once fully completed, it will be over 5,000 kilometers long, 300 kilometers high, and 500 kilometers wide.

Without this behemoth, there would be at least several times more Bio-ship in orbit around Planet A7.

And this big guy, you can tell what it's for just from its name.

Once fully developed, it can accelerate projectiles to more than one-tenth the speed of light. Moreover, its accuracy is quite good; at least it won't deviate too drastically.

Therefore, in the future, it will replace the existing Swarm Meteor Launcher and take on the responsibility of launching Swarm Meteor to neighboring star systems.

Speaking of the Swarm's Meteor Launcher, they are really unreliable. Over the years, the Swarm has launched thousands of Swarm Meteor toward surrounding star systems.

However, most of them crash and break halfway through their journey due to random flight paths, unpredictable obstacles, and their extremely high speeds. If the obstacle ahead is a large comet or asteroid, it's manageable, but if it's a smaller meteorite, it's difficult to detect it early and change course.

Once you encounter one, the chance of it being completely destroyed is almost 100%.

While the future Electromagnetic Launch Platform will still be fast, its relatively precise launch method will allow the Swarm Intellect, whose observation and calculation technologies have improved considerably, to plan a relatively safe flight path in advance, which is expected to greatly reduce the chance of the Swarm Meteor.

Fortunately, although the impact rate of Swarm Meteor has been high in recent years, they have done a good job of setting up network nodes.

In the void beyond the Origin Star System, there are now tens of thousands of Node Unit within a light-year radius, helping the Swarm Network increase its coverage.

There are currently two versions of these Node Unit. The earliest version has an internal Ecological Circulation System. They are relatively large, and each Swarm Meteor can only carry a few of them.

Later, the Swarm absorbed the genetic templates of Atmospheric Creature, allowing these network Node Unit to upgrade. The new version of them, able to directly absorb radiation to sustain themselves, eliminated the Ecological Circulation System, resulting in a significant reduction in their size. The amount of Swarm Meteor also increased several times over.

Therefore, although the first-generation network Node Unit were launched decades earlier, there are actually far more second-generation units floating in space than the first-generation units.

Of course, this Electromagnetic Launch Platform can also launch artillery shells in critical moments, and the power is enormous. Whether one shell can destroy the Origin Star is unknown, but destroying satellites the size of the Yellow Moon and Red Moon should not be a problem.

However, this was just an estimate by Rowan; he had never actually tested it.

However, this Super Weapon Platform, despite its powerful offensive capabilities, is in a somewhat awkward position. If the enemy doesn't attack its doorstep, it is almost useless and can only serve as a launch platform for Swarm Meteor.

That's not quite right either. If the enemy were to reach outside the Origin Star System, given the speed of the missiles from the Electromagnetic Launch Platform, it would take about an hour for one missile to travel that distance. Anyone with good eyesight and a bit of technological sophistication could easily dodge them.

Therefore, it should be said that unless the enemy hits the area around A8 and A9, this super Electromagnetic Cannon is really not very useful.

Fortunately, this Megastructure is also a super-aggregate of a living organism, which makes it very adaptable. In the future, as the Swarm's technology level continues to improve, it may be able to add Propulsion Engine that allows it to move quickly. At that time, it will also have a certain combat capability.

As for now, although it's possible to add Propulsion Module, it would require an unknown amount of energy to propel such a behemoth. Moreover, without the massive charger A7, it wouldn't be able to travel very far on space radiation alone, not to mention that launching projectiles itself consumes a huge amount of energy.

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