Road to science and technology

The neutron battle star does nothing to hide it, but it is invisible in the visible universe, but it can be detected in the X broadcast segment.

As a developed interstellar force, the Interstellar Federation certainly has detection methods for various stars in the universe, even at warp speed.

So while chasing the Enterprise, the Revenge detected the neutron star crossing its path.

The helmsman of the Revenge, who had not expected to encounter a neutron star at warp speed, suddenly pulled the Revenge out of warp speed. This operation caused the crew to shake even with the presence of inertial dampers.

"What's going on?" Marcus shouted as he stood up from the captain's position.

"Sir, there is a neutron star in front of us 440,000 kilometers away." The helmsman wiped his cold sweat and replied. This distance is only a little further than the average distance between the earth and the moon, and he almost bumped into it just now.

"Neutron star?" Marcus looked surprised, how could the neutron star happen to be on the channel.

He was obviously following the Enterprise towards the Earth, but the Enterprise didn't even touch it, so how could he possibly do so. This was strange. He then asked: "Where are we now?"

The science officer of Revenge immediately replied: "We are already in the Interstellar Federation star field, about seventy light years away from the earth, the coordinates..."

After listening to the science officer's words, Marcus' expression changed from surprise to confusion. There shouldn't be a neutron star in this location. He frowned and said, "Why is there a neutron star here?"

If there is a neutron star in this position, there should be a massive star before it. However, throughout human history, there is no record of a supernova explosion at this distance. Could it be that before humans were born, a star here went supernova and turned into a neutron star?

But this shouldn't be the case. It's so close to the earth, and it's impossible for the Interstellar Federation not to have discovered this neutron star for so many years.

The science officer said: "This neutron star has not been recorded in the Interstellar Federation data, but we found through X-ray band detection that it is a neutron star with a diameter of 10 kilometers, sir."

Marcus thought for a while, sat back in the captain's chair and shouted loudly: "Get rid of its gravitational field and go around it!"

No matter what the neutron star is now, catching up with the Enterprise first is the top priority.

"Yes, sir!" The helmsman put his hand down from his bald head and placed it on the joystick. His other hand spread out and flew over the keyboard.

As he did so, the regular impulse engines came into play, and the Revenge slowly tilted and turned under the thrust.

However, as soon as the Revenge's hull turned, the bald helmsman discovered from the detector that the neutron star was also moving in the direction of the Revenge's bow, and always remained at the front of the Revenge.

He shouted, "Oh, God, that neutron star is moving!"

"What nonsense are you talking about, Captain!" Marcus looked at the bald head, thinking he was talking nonsense, how could the neutron star move.

The science officer quickly operated the instrument, and then shouted: "Sir, that neutron star is really moving. So fast!"

What the helmsman said might be an illusion, but the science officer was different. Upon hearing this, Marcus suddenly stood up from the captain's seat and walked three steps and two steps behind the science officer. He stretched out his palm and put it on the operating platform, studying and staring at the data on the screen.

"Big screen display!"

The data was correct, the neutron star was indeed moving. Marcus shouted and walked to the center of the bridge, looking up at the image just displayed on the big screen.

"Display X-ray band image."

Following Marcus' words, the big screen changed in vain, and a neutron star that was originally invisible in the visible light band appeared on the screen.

"Virtual display of magnetic field lines shows a three-dimensional image of the gravitational field!" Marcus stared at the screen and continued shouting.

When the science officer on the other side heard this, his hands moved quickly on the keyboard, and then he marked the neutron star's data on the big screen.

It has a diameter of 10 kilometers and a magnetic field strength as high as 20 trillion Gs. The powerful gravitational field causes the grid space display to be dented by a large amount. Also marked next to it is the changing relative position of the neutron star with the bow of the Revenge.

This neutron star is not very big, only ten kilometers long, but it is also 6.68 times the length of the entire Avengers ship. After all, the Avenger is only 1,495 meters long.

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Marcus glanced at the changing relative position of the neutron star, and then looked at the parameters on the screen in front of the Revenge helmsman. He now believed that the neutron star was really moving.

Not only that, but also for the Revenge's movement.

"Sir, the scan results show that no engines were found on the neutron star, and no signs of life were found on the neutron star." This is still the official scientific saying.

"That means this is an ordinary neutron star!"

Even he didn't believe it when he said the last sentence. How could an ordinary neutron star move with the Revenge? Or was it moving by a driving method they didn't know about?

"Raise the deflector shield, prepare the photon torpedo, and mount the anti-matter warhead. The phaser cannons are in place." Marcus walked back to the captain's seat and sat down, placing his hands on the armrests of the seat, and issued a series of orders with a serious expression.

"Shield is on, 10%"

"Photon torpedoes are ready!"

"The phaser array is ready!"

Marcus pressed the armrest to connect the communication to the engine room, and said: "Engine room, turn on the impulse engine to the maximum. Prepare the warp engine for maximum power!"

"yes sir!"

Turning off the engine room communication, Marcus said to the helmsman: "Captain, full left rudder, avoid the neutron star with all your strength, and then immediately enter full warp speed."

"clear!"

"Sir, are we going to attack the neutron star?" the gunner asked at this time.

This question made Marcus tremble. Attack the neutron star? What to attack? Where to attack?

He really wants to say hit the opponent's engine, but where is the opponent's engine?

Without an engine, what is life? Life on a neutron star?

How can this be!

Since the interior of the neutron star cannot be detected, Marcus now knows nothing about the neutron battle star. Looking for the engine is just his preconception that it should be a spaceship that will move and target him.

But thinking about it this way, he felt that the neutron star couldn't be a spaceship! Someone can't transform a neutron star into a spaceship.

Anyway, he has never heard of that force doing this.

Is it really life on a neutron star?

Marcus thought this, then changed his mind and said: "No cannon fire without my order. Try your best to avoid the neutron star!"

At the command, the Revenge was pushed by the impulse engine and turned at full rudder, trying to avoid the neutron battle star and then enter warp speed to go around here.

This move was of course in vain. In order to let Marcus understand that the Revenge could not leave now, the Neutron Battle Star suddenly entered a warp state at this time.

This move of the neutron battle star caused the science officer of the Revenge to shout: "Sir, the neutron star has entered a warp state."

He shouted as his hands worked rapidly, shouting as he did so: "It's heading towards us!"

"Full helm to avoid!"

"It's too late, sir! The neutron star's warp speed is far faster than ours!"