A Core Ship From The Start-Chapter 372 - 288 Extinction Order_1

Chapter 372 -288 Extinction Order_1

The weak-willed and indecisive have no place to hide, only swift action and unwavering belief can secure human survival. No sacrifice is too great, no betrayal too small.

———The Heretical Trials Code Book, Chapter 28 “Extinction order”

Sitting in his chair, Duanmu Huai toyed with a small obsidian box in his hand. It looked plain, engraved with the insignia of the Tribunal and a motto. It seemed like a small, commonplace seal.

However, often, the issue is not the thing itself, but what it represents.

Like many games, things NPCs use cautiously, are generally disposable commodities for players.

The same is true for the Extinction Order.

In the game, players using the Extinction Order has basically become a habit, like executing a special after a combo in a fighting game. This is not because players have fallen to heresy, but simply because —— the historical context is different.

In the former Human Empire era, humans almost occupied the entire Milky Way, every planet belonged to Holy Terra, every soul belonged to The Emperor. The greatest enemy facing the Tribunal was the Chaos and Heretic rebellions gnawing from within the Empire. In such a scenario, they were extremely cautious about using the Extinction Order.

But now, the situation is completely different.

Human development is almost like starting from scratch, numerous aliens have occupied space, they have even constructed massive fleets, launching merciless and brutal attacks on humans. During the Human Empire era, it might have been hard to find large galaxies teeming with aliens, but now, they are everywhere.

There is absolutely no psychological burden for the players to use the Extinction Order on these planets. Even in the game, many players’ favorite thing to do is lead a fleet through various means, directly attacking the enemy’s home planet, and then throwing an Extinction Order to make a decapitating blow. After the enemy’s home planet is destroyed, they kick the alien armies when they are down.

Cruel, merciless, and efficient.

This is the Tribunal.

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But now, Duanmu Huai planned to take it a step further.

Picking up the seal in his hand, he pressed it heavily onto the parchment in front of him.

“Due to the relentless slaughter of humans by aliens, they no longer have a reason to exist, hence I am here, under the name of the Judge, issuing the first Extinction Order targeting the Star Alliance Ursus Star System. Let these aliens feel the relentless fury of the Tribunal, and repent in their destruction.”

Duanmu Huai raised his head, then issued the command.

“Deploy the Wan Yi Battleship.”

Standing on the deck, staring at the burning star in front of him, Commander-in-chief Hood remained silent. Eventually, he accepted Duanmu Huai’s invitation, bringing a group of senior officers to the Tribunal’s flagship. This was to show goodwill, while also out of curiosity on how the Tribunal planned to eliminate the Star Alliance.

However, they were now utterly astonished.

The reason was simple, the Tribunal Fleet’s unfathomable mode of movement.

Whether it’s UNSC or Star Alliance, half of their technology is from the archaeological excavations of the Forerunner relics, so their technological development is actually quite similar. It’s just that the Star Alliance started earlier, so they have more, and humans started later, so they have less.

But both parties use the faster-than-light engine for cosmic travel, which will inevitably generate some kind of spatial fluctuation. As long as they can master this spatial fluctuation, they can lock the position of the opponent. This is also why the Star Alliance fleet was detected by Earth’s defense network when they reached Earth. Likewise, if humans wanted to infiltrate the Star Alliance for an attack, they would be intercepted using similar methods.

However, the Tribunal’s warship seemed to have adopted a completely different mode of movement.

They were practically like ghosts, elusive. The Star Alliance’s monitoring network could not capture the Tribunal’s fleet at all, so much so that they’ve even infiltrated the Ursus Star System!

This is not an ordinary Star System for the Star Alliance, this is the home of the Elite, one of the higher-ranking races of the Star Alliance!

Star Alliance occupies five Star Systems in total.

These include the Hawthorn Star System, where the high-ranking Prophet Tribe of the Star Alliance resides, and also the Ursus Star System, home to the Elite Tribe, that represents the absolute power of the Star Alliance. Following that is the Youdiao Star System, where the Soldier race—the Hunter “Lekgolo, and the insect-likes Yamei people as well as the Jackal Beasts reside. Also include Domusac Star System, home to the Ghost Face Beast Clan, and Barao Star System, home to the Wild Boar Beast Tribe.

Amongst them, the Hawthorn Star System is undoubtedly the core region of the Star Alliance, its importance equivalent to the Solar System for humans. However, the importance of the Ursus Star System is none the less, after all, it is home to the Elite Tribe, the commanders of the Star Alliance army. Their military tactics and training go without saying.

The UNSC has fought with the Star Alliance for so long, no doubt they know how formidable these Elites are.

It can be said that the Ursus Star System is equivalent to the “military base” of the Star Alliance. If it can be destroyed, it will greatly impact the Star Alliance’s combat power.

Not only that, but the decline of the Elite Tribe, who control the Star Alliance’s military power, will also cause turmoil and chaos within the Star Alliance.

After all, where there are people, there are politics.

It’s the same for aliens.

However, Commander-in-chief Hood still did not understand the Tribunal’s plan of action. It should be understood that the Ursus Star System is the stronghold of the Elite Tribe and as such, it is naturally home to a large number of fleets. Both humans and the Star Alliance are capable of destroying a planet by deploying high-energy beams from their cosmic warships to burn it to ashes – colloquially referred to as “glassing.”

But this method is time-consuming for both the Star Alliance and the UNSC. Even for the Star Alliance, several warships are needed to launch simultaneous attacks on a planet and a certain amount of time is required to accomplish this. This could work on remote planets, but how does the Tribunal plan to act under the current crisis in the Ursus Star System?

“Beep——Beep——Beep——!!”

Just as Commander-in-chief Hood was thinking, suddenly, an alarm sounded, followed by Mia’s relaxed and carefree voice, speaking as if she was introducing a tourist attraction.

“Attention, please~~~ The Tribunal is about to issue an extinction order~~~ Everyone, please pay attention~~~”

“Extinction order?”

Upon hearing this, Commander-in-chief Hood’s spirits lifted, and the high-ranking generals around him also diverted their attention from the surrounding decorations. Following that, they saw a colossal battleship suddenly appear in the distance, and anchor next to the star of the Ursus Star System.

This was a narrow and massive “T”-shaped battleship, which seemed even larger than a human space station, and was now docked at the edge of the star. Then, Commander-in-chief Hood and his entourage saw a beam of light shooting directly into the star from the core of this battleship!

“My God! They’re planning to do this!!”

Seeing this, a senior general was stunned and cried out in surprise!

“What’s going on? Do you know what they’re doing??”

Commander-in-chief Hood asked, turning to the general beside him. The general, pale-faced and gasping, finally answered.

“Reporting to the commander, if I’m not mistaken, the Tribunal is… planning to detonate the star and eradicate the whole Ursus Star System!”

“What?”

At this revelation, everyone was taken aback.

“Is that possible?”

“Theoretically… there’s no problem, as long as there is a sufficient supply of energy… But we don’t have it, and probably​​ the Star Alliance can’t do it either!!”

In fact, as this senior general said, detonating a star isn’t difficult, as long as there is enough energy.

Well, the crux of the problem lies in this “enough energy”.

Even the Cabal Tribe, the original builders of the Wan Yi battleship, had not resolved the energy problem. At that time, they had to destroy a nearby planet to extract its energy and inject it into the star to cause the explosion.

But Duanmu Huai didn’t have to go through all this trouble. The power of the Ancient Saints’ reactor is so terrifying that if one isn’t enough, stack two; if two aren’t enough, stack four. Is that a problem?

If you equip a bicycle with a motorcycle engine, it can definitely achieve the speed of a motorcycle.

Of course, whether it can withstand it is another matter.

While everyone was stunned and clueless about what to do, Duanmu Huai had already discreetly connected to the Star Alliance’s preaching network.

“Aliens, it’s your final moment. As the price for threatening humans, you will be completely annihilated in the wrath fire of the Tribunal. Your souls will never escape the purgatory of the Tribunal until the day of final destruction and oblivion… Repent, this is your doomsday.”

After saying these words, Duanmu Huai cut off the communication and issued the command.

“Prepare for withdrawal.”

“Critical point detected within the star, prepare for withdrawal.”

The next moment, the heavy deck slowly lowered, completely cutting off everyone’s vision. Then, the Tribunal Fleet quietly disappeared into the vast universe, leaving no trace.

At this time, the assembled Star Alliance fleet rushed to the scene, but it was already too late.

The star, at that moment, erupted in a blinding, radiant glow, followed by a total explosion.

The dazzling golden illumination transformed into a massive shock wave, spreading in all directions. All the planets on its path were annihilated, like crushed stones, in this starburst, their atmospheres evaporated, mantles shattered, and then they fragmented entirely, turning into dust in the universe. As for the Star Alliance fleet, they too could not escape the range of the star explosion. They were swallowed up by the brilliant light before they had time to react; they completely disappeared in the dazzling, scorching, pure white glare.

And so, the Star Alliance’s second-largest star system – the Ursus Star System was utterly destroyed.