Lightning Strike

The Star Gate garrison forces were also in trouble. They were attacked from within at the same time. With the cooperation of Zerg units and Alliance insiders, they had not fully seized control of the warships, but they had crippled most of their functions.

Whether Star Gates or warships, Epoch Clan units were characterized by an extremely high degree of automation. Simply controlling or eliminating their living forces had little effect. To make a surprise attack succeed, their communications facilities had to be cut off immediately.

Although the Epoch Clan's artificial intelligence was powerful, it still required certain channels to control warships and other equipment. They usually used wireless signals, but since those signals had no protection during transmission, they were easily disrupted. Thus, one or more wired transmission systems were indispensable.

The primary task of those transparent mimic bugs was to destroy those physical lines. Due to the limitations of such lines, destroying only a few key nodes could greatly weaken the artificial intelligence's control.

Once the artificial intelligence's control channels had been destroyed, the remaining resistance was much easier to deal with, especially with insiders cooperating.

With their wireless transmission networks disrupted and interfered with, those mechanical soldiers could only operate through their own intelligent programs. Their combat power dropped significantly, and their coordination became much worse.

Faced with a sea of insects made up of small Zerg creatures, most of them lacked specialized weapon systems. The scattered patrol units were quickly swallowed by the swarm.

As for the dormant mechanical soldiers, the moment they were remotely awakened, the hangars were hit by high-powered electromagnetic pulses. More than half of the mechanical soldiers broke down before they could even wake up. Of the small number successfully activated, most suffered short circuits or damaged functions.

Before they could organize