Chapter 321: Speculation
“Could it be that our initial colonial behavior appeared too aggressive?”
“But before the expedition, we had the Cat’s Ear Project. A lone scientific research ship hardly conveys aggression, does it?”
“Exactly. If they wanted to communicate with us, they would have sent a diplomatic message after capturing the Cat’s Ear Spaceship.”
“I have another idea.”
“What idea?”
“That the technological level of the Cat’s Ear Spaceship led them to underestimate the Riken civilization’s capabilities!” A senior Riken strategist interjected. “At first, they might have thought we were just a fledgling civilization barely stepping into space. Honestly, without the ancient starship’s assistance, we would have been exactly as they assumed.”
The room fell into contemplative silence.
Supporters of both theories—whether it was aggressive expansion or technological misjudgment—shared one consensus: the Swarm’s technology had not utterly overwhelmed Riken technology.
In wars between two civilizations of relatively equal technological standing, the resource expenditure was astronomical. The defense of Planet Raze was a prime example.