I Am the Swarm
Chapter 793

War Star

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The Ji Clan had not deliberately tried to hide their War Stars. While these Megastructure units were objects of awe to the Outer-Ring Civilizations and even most Mid-Ring Civilizations, building a War Star was not particularly difficult at the Ji Clan's technological level.

However, these Megastructure units could not pass through Star Gates or even enter warp travel. Even after an extremely long startup process, they could only reach a high fraction of light speed. Wanting them to serve as mobile units was simply wishful thinking.

Therefore, they were only suited for fixed defenses and short-range reinforcements.

The Ji Clan actually possessed quite a few War Stars. There were many even in the star systems surrounding this battlefield. Yet despite being mobilized in advance, only two had reached the battlefield so far. The rest would still take some time.

The two enormous metal spheres, each more than five thousand kilometers in diameter, were covered in every kind of weapon. There were over a hundred thousand Dark Energy Main Cannon-class weapons alone, making the ferocity of their firepower obvious.

At the same time, their all-alloy construction granted them unimaginable defensive strength. Even without any external fields, they could withstand dozens or even hundreds of rounds of concentrated fire from a standard fleet.

Most importantly, the massive super energy sources built into them allowed them to carry a wider variety of even more powerful weapons.

For example, according to information provided by the Inner Circle Alliance, Ji Clan War Stars possessed a neutron cannon-type weapon. Because firing it required an unimaginably vast amount of energy, it could only be mounted on War Stars.

Besides inflicting direct damage, this weapon also generated a powerful electromagnetic pulse when it struck. It was essentially a remotely targeted EMP bomb.

While this weapon was exceptionally effective

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