dognovel Chapter 425 The Past
Chapter 425 The Past
"The Caltea system—a brutal fleet battle, the wreckage of the fleets alone was enough to blot out the sun—we paid the greatest price and annihilated a hundred times our number of enemies."
Despite her exhaustion, Raffarin Loehn, though no longer able to be on the front lines, still insisted on her duty. In this sea of stars, only death marks the end of a responsibility.
The past events remained in her memory. Raffarin Low looked at the situation perception panel and saw several ships orbiting one of the desert planets in the Caltea system that had a habitable biosphere.
The specifications and characteristics of these ships were very familiar to Raffarin Low. Long, long ago, amidst humanity's kindness, openness, and inclusiveness, and within the cosmic community of shared destiny built by humanity, a group of extraterrestrial intelligent life forms were participating.
But they later betrayed humanity and turned their swords against us—every alien life form, whether originally hostile, friendly, or neutral, and regardless of their original weapons, all turned against humanity.
The war in the stars broke out, and even now, ten thousand years later, no one can remember the details of that war, except for Raffarin Low, a survivor from the previous era.
She still vividly remembers the past, that golden age of humanity, the era that was about to reach its next peak, the era that was brutally interrupted.
What she thought was the same for the Caldeans—who, having now found their lost past, now knew about it.
This involuntary betrayal, however much regret and despair it may have contained, is still undeniable: they did indeed raise their weapons and point them at humanity.
Every Calthya knew one thing: their crimes were undeniable, and their betrayal would surely bring retribution.
The time is coming.
Raffarin Loe simply glanced at him before issuing the order.
"All ships are on combat readiness. Launch hyperspace beacons."
The hyperspace beacon was ejected, instantly entering the warp unfamiliar. It will quickly return to Amelanxi and summon the entire fleet.
But before that, Raffarin Lau only wanted to find out the truth of what happened back then.
Onboard the "Regret," a Calthian dressed in a purple robe looked towards the edge of the star system and murmured, "This day has come after all... Go, prepare a countermeasure."
Knowing they could not resist humans, the Caldeans, in the battle of that year, a single human fleet annihilated the entire Caldean civilization's fleet, built at great cost. At that time, this civilization was not called the Caldean civilization, but the "Sand Summoner" civilization. Their ancestors obtained prey from the river sand. It was only after the arrival of humans, under the guidance of these star angels, that they established rudimentary aquaculture and river grass cultivation.
Since humans created everything for them, what is there to resist?
"Gravity has been detected—they have similar technology!"
When Raffarin Lothar realized that he could not stop them, he began to direct the entire ship to maneuver around the enemy lines—she received the communication after the larger ship disappeared.
"A identifiable communication access request has been received, Captain!"
"Connect".
The communication revealed a familiar race.
“Summon the Sandmen…”
Raffarin was furious. As an officer in the United Nations naval fleet ten thousand years ago, she was the one who taught these aliens some basic fleet tactics, which allowed them to officially step into the starry sea.
"Humans... it really is you. You have finally come for revenge."
Using human technology, human writing, and human tactics... If it weren't for human influence, the Sand Summoners would have long since vanished into the annals of history, yet they betrayed humanity! Or rather, all alien races are traitors!
“You use the gifts we give you to turn against us. You should know that this day will come sooner or later, on the very first day you pull the trigger!”
"Humans, Star Angels... No matter how angry you are, what happened back then was not our race's intention. But now, no matter how we try to recount it, it is already irreversible."
"Now, the spark of my people has vanished, and the remaining people await judgment. We know we have no way to refute it, nor will we forget the past. The Star Angels' salvation of our people and our unforgivable betrayal... torment us constantly."
"We have disarmed and are awaiting judgment."
As the other side stated, the several escort ships in orbit have lowered their guns, and the detected ground-to-air orbital defense gun groups have entered dormant mode.
"Comrade Captain, they... have stopped resisting."
Raffarin Low was momentarily at a loss for words. These alien scum were undoubtedly enemies of humanity, but their actions now made the war of yesteryear seem more complicated.
Why would they attack humanity? Regardless of whether they are hostile or neutral, for some races, the existence of humans is beneficial and harmless; some small interstellar nations rely on humans for their survival.
This is a question that she still can't understand. She needs an answer, an answer to a question: Why did the conflict start?
"Warp energy detected! Eight energy echo sources in our rear, signature match successful! Our warships have arrived!"
Moments later, one warship became nine. The nearly one hundred space warships built by the United Nations Stargate Shipyard for the United Nations have become the sharp sword of the United Nations' space sovereignty and the main force for the United Nations' overseas exploration.
As exploration and development of nearby star systems progressed, some of these fleets became exploration warships, while others became mobile fleets responsible for supporting the warships that ventured out to explore.
With the fleet reinforcements, Raffarin Loehran decided that she had to get to the bottom of what happened back then before deciding the fate of these Sandcallers.
“Sandmen, I will descend upon your remaining city to uncover the truth of the war. Once the truth is revealed, I will make my judgment.”
Raffarin Lo still retains a trace of humanity's former spirit. If the answer from the Sandmen does not satisfy her, then they will become the target of humanity's wrath after its resurgence.
This is for our fallen comrades and for humanity.
"We await your command, Your Majesty. Our people will proceed as usual."
"Don't make any moves, or your barely surviving planet will be shattered."
The leader of the Sand People, Grand Archon "K-Liel", nodded. The past and future of the Sand People were already bound to humanity, and the sins they committed would not be forgotten.
He could only pray that their explanations would lessen the anger of humanity.