Star Empire

As the rulers of the empire during a period of great turning point in the destiny of civilization, although they still faced many problems, both of them actually felt to some extent satisfied and fortunate about the current situation of the empire.

However, this status quo is based on the near-complete destruction of civilization in the old Federation era.

Although everyone knows that the price paid and the decisions everyone made to get to this point are enough to fill the planet's oceans with blood, but with the passing of the old era, a new world view and cognitive laws have emerged Now that everything is still being established, all the empire's cognition and destiny have begun to follow a new trajectory. Until the empire has made great progress and is capable enough to face that era of chaos and subtle interference, it would not be wise to revisit the past for the people of the current empire - now, everything is in a state of construction and recovery. Among them, the empire needs a sufficiently positive atmosphere and a large number of people full of wisdom, strength and fighting spirit.

The Death Tide natural disaster killed nearly the entire population of the Star Civilization and wiped out almost all the structural systems and operational foundations of the old federation. However, the memories that pierced through blood and tears were viewed from the perspective of the development of the entire civilization. The old civilization was destroyed by natural disasters. While erasing, it is also creating conditions for the birth and growth of a new order and new structure of the entire civilization.

Everyone who survived that disaster, as well as civilization itself, are no longer sure about their past and face a brand-new, extremely grand new cognitive range. I am afraid that from individuals to civilization, they have now degenerated into Children must find ways to re-establish an independent cognitive system in this huge cognitive range.

In such an environment, the simplest child-like existence, combined with a highly centralized authority structure, may bring more benefits, such as efficiency and directness.

The old civilized political structure has not undergone large-scale institutional renewal for too long. Although the people of Victorville are considered fresh blood, the old and huge logical machine of the old system has been running unchanged for too long. Long.

Many ancient words, such as bureaucracy, obsolete ideas, etc., may have long been established in this system. However, the update of the concept of information unified knowledge has encountered setbacks that do not conform to the social model but that few people have pointed out. It seems to explain all this exactly.

However, no matter what time it is, there are always pioneers in civilization who try to move forward. Otherwise, there would be no Star Empire today.

To a certain extent, long-standing habits have solidified the system and structure and made the imperial people forget about intrigues - but now it seems more like a passive constraint caused by numb reason.

As for now, the child-like simple attitude towards getting along, the part of the elite team and part of the information that is still preserved, the emotional understanding that truly belongs to oneself, the sensitivity to possible crises, and enough positivity and enthusiasm... these factors Now, to some extent, it is more conducive to the new development of civilization.

There are some words that those who understand can only bury in their hearts: That natural disaster was like a fire that burned down the old civilization, the old world and almost everything. But at the same time, it can also be said that it also burned through billions of years of history. The thick darkness formed by the dense forest that has long been entrenched at the top of civilization.

Now, the new civilization structure can be said to have got rid of the old huge structural restrictions and development inertia to a certain extent. For the current situation of civilization facing rapid transformation, this can be said to be a good thing to a certain extent. Although it may take a longer time for the new empire to regain its strength in the process of re-gathering enough talents to build a strong enough team, this is not actually a problem. The most important thing is that civilization has restarted its development. ——Even if there may be countless obstacles, even if the missing talents will cause many difficulties, in any case, it is far better to start activities than to stagnate.

Once the upper limit is determined, no matter how high it is, it will eventually be surpassed.

However, this is not a denial of the old days.

No one will despise or slander the more than twenty-three-figure sacrifice of the people of the Federation as worthless - no matter what, their death will not be in vain. The truth will be found out sooner or later. No one's sacrifice is in vain, and there will always be someone who pays a reciprocal price.

The world is never black and white, but for a single civilization, it is inevitable to fight for the collective interests of the entire civilization and cut off the parts that are harmful to itself, no matter how long it takes.

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A few days later, among a total of three side missions assigned by Vidoville, the one assigned to Caloust was completed first - in the new era, the preliminary design ideas for a complete set of military equipment and vehicles and plan.

Among the three major tasks, Cavinriel and Isendel are responsible for researching Eskete's unique abilities. Victorville believes that before Eskett is tortured to the point where her brain is disconnected and her body becomes weak, the two have enough of the origin. The big names in the scientific industry who chronicle the lessons of research will never be satisfied; and Ikarim's task is arguably even more difficult to track the changes in the heart of the world:

After all, the information in the Heart of the World is essentially just an "information entanglement point" connected to everything in the world. This concept is not a real entity, and when this information entanglement point is attached to an object , the concept of the physical "Heart of the World" was finally established. However, even if the tracking speed is raised to the current extreme, Ikarim cannot predict and capture where this entangled point will jump next. In this regard , he can only gradually determine the general jump pattern of this focus by releasing a large number of detectors, and then study more specific operating methods or capture methods.

In comparison, the third quest line that Caloust is responsible for is indeed much simpler - he has the first draft of Vidoville's plan, Albeck and Orif, and all the things he has saved from the previous era. The soldiers who came down, and this group of soldiers can even be said to be the most "civilized" group. In the current period of recovery of all things, the vitality of revival coupled with the authority communication network that is more of a means of execution rather than a method of class division, makes Most soldiers can contribute their own ideas to this.

Currently, the vast majority of the population is still building colonies.

Even if we include more than 6,000 years in the Exiled Era, due to the lack of stable "soil", the star civilization has not re-opened. Therefore, even if the population has risen to tens or tens of billions, the overall management idea is still similar to The military – there are many structures that remain blank.

But now it seems that after the citizens' lower-level souls have upgraded and gotten rid of the unknown hints of Σ, many departments that were originally necessary are no longer so important. Judging from the current network connections and authority arrangements, the overall population structure of the empire is more like a closely connected pyramid, with theoretically two pointed pyramids.

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In the current temporary "capital", which is the space city built based on the expansion of the three shuttle-like arks, Kalost showed the two emperors a complete set of refined and improved military equipment design ideas. From individual weapons to entire fleets.

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"A lot of details have been expanded." Vidoville nodded as he looked at the pictures that kept flashing in front of him. "The equipment of individual soldiers can be said to be very rich and can cope with many environments. But in my opinion, These equipment seem to be relatively thin? In my opinion, these do not seem to be set up for longer or higher-intensity battles."

What was displayed in the holographic projection in front of Victorville was the detailed explanation of the current complete set of individual soldier equipment. Although the reproduction method based on the biological level has been erased, because the soul difference between the sexes seems to be a very strong gap in some aspects, forcible erasure is not only a huge workload, but also may cause damage to the current soul. In addition, After the soul and body have all been upgraded with crystal energy, the original physical strength difference between the sexes has completely disappeared, so these devices still maintain the traditional habit of displaying them separately for the sexes after they are deployed - only after they are deployed.

As the "expansion center", there are two sets of individual combat uniforms. From a shape point of view, they are somewhat similar to light armor. The protective plates made of crystal energy materials can be reshaped according to the user's figure to achieve precise When the user puts it on, this layer of light armor can provide protection with almost no dead ends, and the protective plates are connected with a thick and tough "fabric".

The overall color of the light armor is mainly silver, while the parts related to crystal energy are mainly integrated into the close-fitting storage compartments on the back and sides of the thighs, and run through the whole body with coordinated curves. The silver base is matched with golden Optical flow, the embodiment of technology emerges spontaneously from the senses.

The thickened back panel on the back hides a miniature crystal energy reactor, as well as a basic shield system and soul stabilization/anti-cognitive crisis protection measures. In the reinforced area of ​​​​the thigh, there is another set of A relatively unique storage space. This part of the space can store some things that require reaction time to use. The lower arm part is directly connected to the output terminal of the mental space. This ensures that when the owner needs any weapons, those weapons can be used. Timely and solid in the master's hand.

In terms of arms, long-range firepower is mainly contracted by various "conversion firearms", while melee weapons are just an output terminal, which can be directly stuck on the arm or held directly in the hand - —Depending on the specific usage requirements, as for general-purpose special tools, Vidoville only saw one type, an upgraded version of the crystal energy blasting patch—the crystal energy radiation directional release bomb, which provides fit, flight, and short-distance jumps and other services.

"It's indeed good...but what we once thought was very important, how effective will it be after a single soldier integrates light armor..." Vidoville shook his head gently, "Looking at these equipment from our current experience. , I think they are quite complete, but after taking a look, the equipment at the back seems to be specially designed for high-intensity versions of certain previous wars, but there is no heavier equipment. I originally thought you would Develop another layer of power armor."

"Power armor is already included in this layer of light armor. Your Majesty, as space expansion technology matures, the external size is not very important."

Kalost replied, "In future battlefields, in addition to controlling warships, the other wars that are most likely to involve personnel are various asymmetric operations. If a stronger and more special weapon like Eskett If individual soldiers can appear in batches, the personnel may be used for raids and invasions with unique purposes and requirements."

"Of course, these tasks do not mean treating people directly as consumables. The real war of attrition is carried out by relying on self-disciplined units."

After a pause, Caloust added, "In general, the real combat units composed of our current "people" will be mainly responsible for those battlefields with strange environments, and the quantity and quality mainly rely on machinery and vehicle."

"Then the fleet." Vidoville continued to flip through the projection in front of him. Soon, the basic formation thinking and various details of a fleet were presented before his eyes.

"Well, I have to say that it is really not easy to sort out so many annotations and corresponding clauses when there has never been a real cosmic war at the information level. Even with supercomputer simulations, there are many unexpected situations. It’s also hard to be taken into consideration.”

"Your Majesty, the fleet arrangement ideas mainly come from the old federal era, but many of the specific situations do need to be carefully considered. Therefore, I first proposed various types of ships that should be included in the fleet, but various types of ships should be included in the fleet. There is no clear arrangement for the weight of ship types, but after the emergence of Eskett, I greatly increased the theoretical weight of frigates and information warfare-related spacecraft based on your previous arrangements."

"I understand." Vidoville glanced at the vast protective barrier on the outside of the fleet: "In the future, the shield will not only isolate energy and the existence of physical strikes, but its more important role is to provide protection for the entire fleet. A fleet can block harmful information attacks, and small warships are very fragile. Unless the fleet is completely disintegrated, mobility will be useless in large-scale battles - at the same level of war, it is almost impossible for us to need to join forces to fight."

"Therefore, a layer of "joint shield" powered by large ships in the fleet will support the main defense force of the fleet, and these information warfare spacecraft and frigates will play a role in this layer of joint shield. Among them, finding and filling loopholes in various categories and levels - Eskett's upgraded power shows that our control technology is still far from perfect, but even if it is perfect, it is likely to not be perfect. level - his power seems to be able to partially bypass our method of assigning crystal energy and compete with the original control system for weight."

"This method is very likely to appear on the battlefield in future battles. I don't want our energy to become a weapon for any possible enemy, especially Σ. We still don't know how powerful that civilization is. , but there is nothing wrong with strengthening it as much as possible. This was also the main purpose of setting up the frigate at that time."

"Then next, I put forward some rough specific design ideas for warships, and made a preliminary classification according to the fleet's ship type classification. The smallest manned unit is the frigate, while smaller and more numerous units are frigates. It is accomplished by weapons such as drones and missiles, um. I will explain why missiles exist later. If you remove the frigates, the units above are similar to the corresponding "destroyers" in the classical fleet classification method. In short Within the distance, they have powerful wide-area firepower output capabilities, and their duty is to drive away a large number of dispersed targets close to the joint shield, and either destroy or disperse them to prevent them from excessively interfering with the operation of the joint shield itself."

"Going up one level corresponds to "cruisers". They have powerful radar arrays in the design and can attack possible enemy targets with jump capabilities, teleportation capabilities or encryption mask capabilities. Then there are the capital ships. This A type of ship is the main output source of the joint shield and the main output source of the fleet's strong firepower. In addition, it also plays the role of a battlefield factory and a large number of consumable items called carrying units. However, we do not know our current technical capabilities. Whether it is enough to allow these ships to be both offensive and defensive, so in my current design, I separate the offense and defense, and let the two types of capital ships take responsibility respectively. In this regard, each type of flagship also has corresponding performance enhancements. As for more details. Maybe I need to build a fleet and conduct actual testing before I can answer your more detailed questions."

"This is no problem. This is just a demonstration or test. At present, no one of us has fought a war at this level." Vidoville opened another holographic image. The difference is that everything in it is What is displayed is the splendid sea of ​​stars in the universe. "Every colony has the ability to transform into any specialized stronghold. I will arrange enough strongholds for you to use as a shipyard."

"Understood, Your Majesty! Finally, there is the issue of ship-based weapons. My current consideration is a direct combination of crystal energy weapons and physical weapons that are close to energy weapons. As for physical weapons, what I currently think of is, They are various types of missiles and drones that can perform super maneuvers. Their "shells" can carry something inside to resist or analyze the external information environment, and their internal "warheads" can also have a variety of carriers. Since these are based on the crystal energy level, the actual power is about the same as direct crystal energy weapons."

"But these weapons with solid structures, their shell parts can ensure to a higher degree that dangerous high-energy crystals and other things are sent to the target. Of course, this is pre-designed for weak shields and direct information interference. Yes, in general, the overall performance of these physical missiles is not as good as energy weapons, but I think they can still have unique use value in the future..."

"In addition, Your Majesty, I must remind you... everything we are doing now actually relies on our old experience to a considerable extent. Many of our ideas and concepts still need to be verified by reality, but future wars Maybe it’s not what we expected.”

“These are not just my ideas and suggestions, they come from all of our team.”

"I understand - I understand that we have encountered huge faults now, but after crossing the faults, our foundation has improved too much... Now we need to care about a lot of unknowns. This kind of existence is inevitable It requires countless practical tests to finally determine... Focus on the present first. I will try to confirm first that the above arrangements are mainly based on the crystal energy system, right?" Vidoville asked.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I have understood arcane energy to some extent. Although they are both the first force, the way arcane energy works and how it operates seems to be completely different from crystal energy. Therefore, arcane energy should be needed. Your Excellency, Zhai Cahill, please first figure out the manufacturing and control system, so that I can make the next consideration, and I will follow up on this part in real time."

"Yeah...understood. Then, you will be responsible for our fleet plan first. Determine the fleet's specific ship type weights, fleet size, etc. as soon as possible. The dock has been allocated to you. You can make arrangements as soon as possible. Let's do it." In the spiritual link, Vidoville sent a set of codes to Calost: In the starry sky of the universe, under the temporarily established celestial axis coordinate system, there is a series of rapidly taking shape at the edge of the sixth hexagram. The facility is competing with the light of the star.

"clear."

A teleportation halo lit up from the cabin, and Kalost disappeared.

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