Stellaris Crisis: Rise of the Swarm
Chapter 268

Meteorites

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Overlord Koret is the logical node of the Swarm fleet. He watched coldly as the besieged Antilians fleet slowly retreated into the planet's atmosphere and hid.

He also seized the opportunity, pursued fiercely, and destroyed many Antilians fleets.

Although they were not completely wiped out, the results were good. At least the planet's air supremacy was completely in the hands of his Swarm.

Overlord Koret is just an ordinary logical node. Before Overmind was crushed, he was not even a core node.

But sometimes the fate of a Swarm Node lies in the choice of fate, and also has its own struggle.

After his Hatchery struggled to withstand a sweeping attack by Stellaris Council, the original core node was dying, and the authority was handed over to Kerit, allowing him to become the logical consciousness of Hatchery.

Koret has no special feelings about becoming a core node. He is a relatively ordinary node with little desire for power. He only obeys orders and fights for Swarm.

Therefore, even in the core node where Hatchery is in charge, Koret has not changed. He even only thinks that Overmind is leaving temporarily. His mission is to complete the task assigned by Overmind to Swarm and defeat Stellaris Council.

As the core node, Keret worked hard to develop Hatchery and created a relatively powerful Swarm fleet.

When Stellaris Council launched the Fortress Project, Koret was dormant and developing silently.

When Stellaris Council could no longer bear the losses and began to retreat on defense, and some civilizations even began to withdraw their fleets for rest, Koret seized the opportunity to raid the fortress world of Cadian.

In the first seven days of battle, Koret spent 50,000 Swarm fleets to locate Cadian's firepower, deploy its troops, and at the same time severely damaged the orbital defense fleet. The defense platform in outer space was basically wiped out, and the planet's shield generator was also destroyed by it using a large number of airborne combat bugs.

And the defenders should be tired now. Ordinary health is different from Swarm. They need to eat and rest.

Although Swarm also needs it, Swarm has nutrient solution and Leviathan. The giant Leviathan is originally a mobile Hatchery. It can use nutrient solution and pheromones to allow Swarm to relieve fatigue and recover from wounds, allowing Swarm to continue fighting for a longer period of time.

Now according to the calculations of the war Cerebrate, this is the time when the gap in combat power between the two sides is the largest, so Coret immediately ordered preparations to launch a general attack.

A large amount of green fog was dropped into Cadian by the Swarm fleet. This green fog has the same effect as gray fog spores, it is in a sticky jelly state.

First, they will float, interfering with line of sight and blocking detection; second, anything contaminated with them will be stuck, seriously affecting movement speed.

"Oops..." Feng Huo saw that all the detectors were in a fog, and had a premonition that something bad was going to happen.

"All areas are on high alert. Let the missile matrix launch a fusion strike to areas D32 to E56. I need a broad field of vision!"

The electromagnetic interference caused by the fusion strike will also affect other radar detection, but at least the optical radar can be used, and it is too passive to clearly see the enemy's situation.

Soon, several huge suns were lit up by fusion missiles in the sky above Cadian. This scene was just like in myths and legends, with the entire sky filled with suns of different sizes.

When the small sun created by the fusion strike slowly dissipated, the sight obscured by the thick green fog became better, and a strange scene occurred in Fenghuo. The Swarm fleets all over the sky left.

The confusion did not last long, as the optical radar detected something strange in the starry sky. Five meteorites ranging from 3 to 5 kilometers in diameter were flying towards Cadian.

Yes, this is Coret's trump card.

Flooding a fortress planet like Cadian with a sea of worms would be a huge loss. The power of a fortress planet comes from its huge size and solid fortress, so it must have weaknesses that are difficult to evade flexibly, and all kinds of blows can only be endured.

"Damn it!" Feng Huo didn't know that this was the first time he had said dirty words since the war started. These bugs were the most cunning and terrifying enemies he had ever seen.

"The central computer quickly calculates the damage caused by the meteorite impact. All weapon systems are online. Connect me with the fleet commander's communication. I want them to organize a strike fleet to take off immediately!"

Looking at the meteorite getting closer and closer, Feng Huo also felt a sense of powerlessness. This is the simplest and simplest attack, but it is also the most powerful and difficult to resist attack.

Even if the smallest meteorite falls on Cadian, the explosion power caused by the collision is equivalent to the power of one hundred thousand Antilians's most powerful hydrogen bombs exploding together.

A minute later, the central computer calculated the damage caused by the impact of these meteorites.

The good news is that even if all five meteorites hit, the planet Cadian will still stand; the bad news is, in addition, all the facilities on Cadian will suffer a devastating blow, 70% of Cadian's defense system will be destroyed, and the planet will no longer be suitable for survival and become a dead planet.

The collision will evaporate the ocean, lift water vapor and sand high into the sky, and cover the entire planet. Those steel fortresses and fortresses may seem indestructible, but they will not last longer than the sand in the face of this force. They will also be melted and then become part of the sandstone glass.

"There are no such large meteorites in the entire Cadian galaxy. How did those bugs suddenly transform the meteorites? Can these meteorites fly on their own?"

Feng Huo's mind was full of doubts. While using the central computer to calculate the feasibility of blowing up the meteorite, he also overloaded Cadian's energy reactor to supply energy for various weapons.

Those meteorites were not conjured, they were dragged here by Koret's Swarm fleet. He hatched a Hatchery on each meteorite, and then used Hatchery to equip the meteorites with a hyperspace engine.

At the beginning of the battle, because the meteorite was hidden in the Swarm fleet, Koret also used various camouflage to cover it up. Even if it was detected by radar, it would be mistaken for the Swarm Leviathan.

Two blue rays of light shot out from Cadian, and two smaller meteorites were instantly hit by the blue light. The side of the meteorite that was hit began to burn red, and cracks also appeared on the meteorite.

These are the only two heavy-duty fortress tachyon spears on Cadian. They are the most powerful weapons on Cadian. They were originally designed to fight against Titan-class battleships.

On the other hand, a strike fleet of 3,000 ships was dispatched, with the goal of blowing up the largest meteorite with a diameter of almost 6 kilometers.

Koret could not stop the tachyon spear from continuing to burn, but he could handle the fleet of Antilians. First, a large number of more mobile Mutalisk groups and self-destructing mosquitoes surrounded the fleet of Antilians.

In the past, these two units were unable to deal with field shields and point defense systems. Now, although they are as fragile as before, they can already cause a lot of damage to field shield battleships.

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