“Acceleration at 100 meters per second. Everything is normal.”
The speed grew faster and faster, eventually maintaining a constant velocity of 8 kilometers per second.
The roar produced by friction with the atmosphere and the piercing light could be seen even from the ground.
One of Xia Jin's projections sat inside the carrier.
“Everything else is fine, but this environment...”
Looking at the writhing flesh all around her and feeling the softness of the spot where she sat, the white haired projection girl felt very strange.
She wiped a hand across the wall and pulled it back... it was covered in Zerg nutrient solution.
She looked up and could even see a strand of it hanging from above.
The strangest thing was that she did not find it disgusting at all; on the contrary, as the Queen, she felt very much at peace here.
“How odd.”
Leaning back, she directly synchronized with the Hive Carrier's own eyes, allowing her to see the outside world directly.
A cerulean planet, though it leaned a bit more toward green, came into view.
The equatorial circumference of this planet was actually only 30,000 kilometers, smaller than Earth, but because of its high density, the gravitational acceleration was roughly the same.
After slowly reaching the upper atmosphere, structures on the Hive Carrier similar to overseers opened up.
At the same time, psionic pulses far stronger than those of an Overlord were released, firing directly into the distant reaches of deep space.
Psionic power is an idealist power; it is neither information nor matter. Therefore, its detection capabilities are stronger and faster than technology.
In less than two seconds, information from a vast area had been scanned.
“There is only one satellite overhead, 400,000 kilometers from the ground. The planet itself is pale blue and tidally locked to the mother planet, with one side always facing the surface.”
Just as Xia Jin was preparing to have the ship land there, the Hive Carrier suddenly returned a piece of information.
“An unidentified flying craft is floating in space, directly above the Dawn Empire, 10,000 kilometers from the ground.”
Brain Bug No. 1 provided an image.
Xia Jin saw it. It was an entirely silver object... shaped like a stout rocket.
It was massive, with an estimated diameter of 100 meters and a length of about 600 meters.
“Preliminary assessment suggests it is related to the goddess worshipped by the Dawn Empire, according to current scanning data.”
Hearing the assessment from Brain Bug No. 1, Xia Jin fell silent.
“Will that thing see us?”
“If the other side's detection technology isn't complete garbage, they should be able to discover us. Of course, that assumes they are currently scanning.”
The answer from Brain Bug No. 1 made Xia Jin a bit nervous.
However, the target ship indeed showed no reaction.
The distance between the two parties was currently 6,000 kilometers. Without the proper detection equipment turned on, it would be very difficult to see anything with the naked eye.
Of course, the commotion during the ascent earlier was quite large, so it was hard to say if the other side had noticed.
“Let's head straight for the satellite. It's time to name our world. Let's call it... Planet Insecta? Yes, that's good. For the current Zerg, this is our place of origin. As for the satellite, let's call it Insect Guard 1, following the old naming convention of Earth. The universe is vast; in the future, except for particularly important ones, most ordinary planets can be represented by numbers.”
In reality, the universe is dynamic, and the position of every planet is constantly changing. Therefore, after a civilization enters space, they generally do not use simple fixed coordinates to determine the positions between different planets. Instead, they use dynamic coordinates.
Dynamic star charts.
These are the most common maps used by cosmic civilizations, utilizing powerful computing equipment to track the movement trajectories of tens of millions of planets, calculating the corresponding situation in real time.
Since supernova explosions or sudden changes are very common in the universe, dynamic star charts require frequent updates.
Far sighted civilizations begin constructing their own star charts as soon as they leave their planet, even before they exit their own planetary system.
Of course, within a short period or on a smaller scale, the positions between planets do not actually change much.
Based on current information, the naming conventions for different systems among most civilizations are relatively unified. The Zerg generally use the following:
A planetary system refers to the collective name for all celestial bodies (planets, satellites, comets, etc., but excluding the star) orbiting a single star.
For example, the Solar planetary system refers to the entire system of planets orbiting the Sun, with the Sun as its core.
A stellar system refers to a system composed of multiple stars.
A structure composed of countless stars, like the Milky Way, is a stellar system in the broad sense, but such large scale structures are usually called galaxies.
Smaller structures, such as binary star systems, triple star systems, or more, are also stellar systems but are generally called multiple star systems to make them easier to distinguish.
Using this calculation, a single star orbited by multiple planets is a member of a stellar system when considered on a larger scale. If considered on a smaller scale, it is the core of a planetary system.
Of course, the above is just a general description. There are many other complex situations in the universe.
For instance, multiple stars, planets, and other black holes orbiting a black hole simultaneously.
Or a chaotic mess of planets in close proximity that might collide at any moment.
Such special cases are generally considered independently.
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