I Am The Swarm

The star system containing the Genesis Planet was named the Genesis System by Luo Wen.

Long-term observations from the lunar observation center revealed that the Genesis System comprised eleven planets. Luo Wen named them sequentially from the star outward as A1, A2, A3… A11, with A5 being the Genesis Planet.

Of these planets, A1 to A3 had no moons, A4 had two, A5 (the Genesis Planet) also had two, A6 had three, A7 had thirty-six, A8 had five, and A9 had four. The presence of moons around A10 and A11 remained uncertain due to their extreme orbital distances.

To better organize these celestial bodies, Luo Wen devised a new naming system. The moons of the A-series planets were given grouped identifiers. For example, A5B1 referred to the Yellow Moon, and A5B2 refers to the Red Moon. The “A” with a number indicated the parent planet, while “B” and its subsequent number represented the moon’s designation, ranked from closest to farthest.

Over the years, the Swarm had honed its expertise in slow-projectile launches through its “ball-tossing” experiments between the two moons. Combined with rapid advancements in computing and trajectory calculation technologies thanks to the rat folk, the accuracy of the launchers significantly improved. Now, spore capsules launched between the moons could land within a kilometer of the target location.

With technical proficiency secured, the Swarm was ready to implement the next phase of its plan.

This second phase was ambitious: to colonize the entire Genesis System.

The first step involved launching spore capsules toward the planets and their moons to establish subsidiary bases.

While the varied environments of these celestial bodies presented challenges, long-term observations indicated no signs of existing civilizations within the system. This eliminated the primary risk. Environmental factors would be addressed by the Swarm’s magnetic field protection systems, with extreme cases managed as they arose.