Star Empire

"...these large battleships. Pies? Pies?"

It has to be said that with enough time and the expansion of vision and thinking over the past ten thousand years, with the great enrichment of resources and the great refinement and comprehensiveness of ideology, even in the face of an unparalleled behemoth system, the black box Transformation is still unavoidable, but now, what the network can easily exchange is no longer as simple as numbers or distribution - it can carry moods, wills, and thoughts. Decision makers are no longer cold existences restricted by presumed systems, but Like everyone else, a living member of the super-individual state.

Therefore, when given enough time and opportunity, resources and a highly integrated will can turn ideas into reality - this is the infinite power brought by endless resources, and great progress has been made under the new starry sky. Progressive civilizational trends firmly believe that as long as there are sufficient resources, any idea can be turned into reality.

But it is obvious that these new spaceships are very different from the past, and the previous questions were the first questions that came to Vidoville's mind when he focused his attention on the big guy in space marked by Kalost. an idea.

It is completely different from the "offensive" capital ship in the drawing just now. The spacecraft responsible for supplying the main power of the joint shield is much larger and bloated.

Overall, this is an extremely thick golden cake that is a bit oval when viewed from above. Its long axis is 175 kilometers long, its short axis is 145 kilometers long, and its maximum thickness is 35 kilometers. It is huge and heavy, and can be called a giant ship.

The entire spacecraft has no edges and corners at all, and is replaced by rounded and smooth curves. The golden shell seems to have a metallic texture, but Vidoville knows that the basic composition theory of this material has long been freed from any possible basic force of the universe.

"It may look a little different from the design, but this structure was finally selected after full calculation and argumentation."

"Under the theory of information unification, if we design a vehicle according to the old ideas, then we almost don't have to consider anything, no matter how weird and unreasonable, as long as the energy circuit is stable after it is started, then it will be in that era It can be said to be completely indestructible, but if you want to consider our current status...if we want to be as consistent with our current technology and cognitive habits as possible, these vehicles still need to have some restrictions."

"Well, then why not simply design it as a sphere?" Vidoville asked, "According to you, if we want to pursue the strongest defense...the old physical concepts and abstract equations can express it, and the conceptual sphere should It is the most suitable vehicle design style.”

"Indeed, but for our current technology, the sphere's own energy circuit will cause some problems, and its powerful shield generation array will cause huge interference to the environment around it. If we cannot develop a technology with great progress, If the propulsion engine is used, the shield field will greatly slow down the sailing speed of the carrier. The sphere currently seems to be more suitable for forming a fortress, at least until our technology breaks through."

"This is also the reason why there are so many miscellaneous warships - they are all failed experiments, and the current warships are only models that we have obtained after many experiments and have performed relatively well. In the new environment Among them, we face many more variables, and the dimensions alone are very different from the original environment. During the research and development process, we can only try and solve problems at the same time."

"Understood, Kalost, continue the experiment."

"Understood, the test continues. Execute physical fire test - battleship one main gun attacks battleship two, main gun maximum output power!"

"So hardcore?!"

In the mental link, although the atmosphere of speaking is exactly the same as direct conversation, in fact, the process is much faster. For example, even if the report transmission time was included, the total did not exceed one second.

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In space, the two golden giant ships began their own energy gathering process. The output end of the crystal energy light spear of the battleship one has once again gathered a dazzling "little sun", and tens of millions of kilometers away , the several layers of "concentric curves" embedded in the entire surface of the battleship 2 light up one after another with a very small time difference. Vidoville discovered that the composition of the coil structures whose brightness was rising was exactly the same as the crystal energy shield broadcast array at the tail end of the battleship one, but the scale was expanded many times.

Driven by these regularly arranged crystal antennas, a layer with a range that can be calculated by tens of thousands of kilometers, and a golden energy shield that is so dense that it seems to have substance is instantly formed. At the same time, in the space facing its bow, a bright golden star suddenly appeared from the array of golden light spots and magnified sharply. The attack of the crystal energy light spear came instantly, with almost no impact. The delay directly hit this bloated golden ship.

Under the impact of the two groups of high-level energy, which acted in different ways but were essentially the same, all the spatial structures along the entire light path began to tremble slightly.

Through additional photography by the detector, Vidoville discovered that some strange golden debris appeared in the vacuum that was supposed to be empty. Judging from the magnitude, the amount of those things was definitely not free hydrogen and helium. What can be achieved and explained by the crystallization of things is that the space itself has mutated due to the disturbance of this powerful force that exceeds the laws of the world.

After the golden spear of light hit the crystal energy shield of battleship two, Vidoville clearly discovered that the brightness of this seemingly substantial shield suddenly increased, and then began to dim slightly in parts, and the spacecraft itself There were no problems with this shield. The infinitely powerful spear of light seemed to be constantly being devoured and decomposed by this shield. The difference was that no more crystal energy derivatives were produced.

…

After a few seconds, the attack ended and the shield returned to its normal state.

"The dimming of the shield is the result of the anti-phasing effect of information." Kalost said in the spiritual connection. "At the moment when the main beam bombardment hits the shield, the structure of the crystal energy shield itself will resist direct impact. The representative phenomenon of impact is an increase in brightness. After the two come into contact, the test ship's host computer will begin to match the anti-phase vibration of the information fluctuations of the attack source, directly causing the two strands to completely "overlap in anti-phase" The waveform is completely annihilated.”

"Compared with vacuum zero-point energy shields and energy turrets, crystal energy equipment can eliminate redundant "waste energy" on the battlefield to a greater extent. On the one hand, it can reduce the fluctuations of these wandering high-risk information that may affect the formation during the battle. The damage caused; on the one hand, it is also better for the stability of the background environment we live in. Although environmental protection in the narrow sense does not mean much to us, since we still need to live in an ordered world, relatively speaking, We can't destroy this environment too much. Moreover, free energy is also very likely to be used, causing secondary dangers - although we don't know the possible modes of action, we should take these into consideration as much as possible and related to them. Yes, there is also the safety issue of the spacecraft itself.”

"A very good design." Vidoville nodded.

"For attacks of the same level, this layer of crystal energy shield can be achieved in this way. Next, it will show you the defensive power of the crystal energy shield against the "normal physical" level. Unfortunately, distortion Cognitive crisis information, it is also possible that we can only passively defend against attacks by the new system based on arcane energy, and the content directly related to it cannot be simulated, let alone tested. Especially The problems of memes and cognitive crisis, their existence is distorting reality in a sense, and we no longer have samples related to them. It can only be said that in similar aspects, we still need to wait for more opportunities and go further. You have to be farther away to try to reach it.”

Vidoville nodded slightly, and in space, the giant ship, which could be called a thick disk, began to accelerate slowly. During the advancement, Vidoville discovered the blue layer around the crystal energy shield. The white starlight began to twist and deform, as if the space itself began to deform and twist under the push of this powerful shield. Such fluctuations caused huge resistance to the spacecraft. However, driven by the powerful engine, This obstacle finally failed, and the spacecraft entered super-light propulsion and crashed into another star in distant space.

"The phenomenon needs to wait a little longer. After the fire test, the nearest star to the test site that can be used as a target test is already thousands of light years away. The gravity of the universe is still reorganizing, and the stars have not yet been completed. Balance. Having said that, currently, the sailing speed of this kind of "shield ship" is relatively slow, which is caused by the powerful shield system. The next displayed individual is a fire support ship. According to the classical classification standards, it should be regarded as a cruiser. Bar."

Kalost changed the focus of the mark, and Vidoville's sight was once again directed to the series of golden light spots floating in the space. Compared with the two strange-looking battleships before, the appearance of the fire support ship seemed to be more beautiful. Somewhat consistent with imagination.

Its hull is also mainly arc-shaped, just like an acute angle of an arc-edged rhombus is stretched several times and then split along the symmetry axis between the two angles to leave half of it. The main structure of the hull is like this A group of somewhat weird structures. The tops are arcs with obvious curvature, and the parts that should have been flat also show such an arc.

At the rear of the hull, corresponding to the highest position of the upper structure, there is a bridge structure that is connected to the bridge structure that seems to be equipped with ancient airships. The total length of the hull is only fifty kilometers, the maximum width is seven kilometers, and the maximum height is It is ten kilometers-compared to the two battleship-level units just now, it can be said to be quite "pocket-sized"-for now.

"The main role of the fire support ship is to capture extremely mobile targets, including units that can perform various forms of super-light jumps. In order to achieve this goal, the shipboard host has specially strengthened the computing loop related to this to enhance target tracking. It has the ability to lock and deploy firepower, but based on this, the defense of the spacecraft has been reduced." Kalost explained.

"So, among the components that currently determine the performance of the spacecraft, the main engine occupies a very large weight?"

"It's very large, but it's not an absolute decision. The crystal energy output capability is the most basic performance restriction part. The crystal energy output determines the energy limit that the ship can directly deploy. And the next level is the shipboard host computer. Almost all The actions of the ship require host assignment and coordination to ensure maximum coordination and stability. In contrast, the autonomous systems throughout the ship can also undertake some corresponding functions, but this "bandwidth residual" cannot be achieved Tactical requirements.”

Kalost responded quickly in the mental link, "At present, the autonomous system and the host will occupy almost all the crystal energy output, and under the premise of ensuring overload operation, there will still be a part of the computing redundant bandwidth. ——This part of the design is prepared to maintain the operation of the fleet's joint shield."

"learn."

After the quick and silent mental conversation was completed, Kalost ordered the execution of the next step of the plan. Dozens of bright golden flames suddenly flashed from the space station where the two of them were and the distant space - several Ten missile-like aircraft rose from launch bases arranged at different locations, and entered the superluminal jump state at extremely fast speeds under the power of the crystal energy propulsion engines.

Even with the superposition of multiple layers of viewing angle sources and a wide array of detectors in space, the extremely fast flight speed of these targets still makes it difficult to capture them. However, even with this degree of drastic changes in position It did not allow them to escape. Several bright golden light pillars were released from the fleet, and accurately enveloped every target within the damage range of the crystal energy main gun. The next moment, in the nearby space Several bright lights lit up, and these bright phenomena were clearly visible even with only optical vision.

"At present, this level should be said to be "enough", but our current conditions are really a bit regretful. In the absence of enemies, we can only rely on our own ideas to simulate imaginary enemies. Σ battleships are too Beyond our technical level, the tattered samples we had on hand have lost the value of further research, and we cannot reverse the way the materials are made. These super units that are difficult to classify are hard to come by. Therefore, our current fleet can only Let’s build on what we can think of and continue to improve performance.”

"Practice is the only criterion for testing truth. If practice cannot be carried out, there are indeed some parts where it is difficult for us to obtain clear enough information." Vidoville nodded, "But Calost, you don't have to be too disappointed. To be honest, our experience It’s already quite a few, and there’s also such a super being with an indescribable purpose. When something happens, you can’t go wrong with it as the goal of your efforts.”

"Well"

A somewhat awkward silence lasted for a while, and then a large holographic projection suddenly unfolded in front of the two of them, and a new picture also appeared in the two people's network perspective - a golden light point was moving rapidly, and The direction corresponding to the light spot is a sea of ​​blue blazing fire and countless plasma jets.

The spacecraft quickly penetrated the thick stellar structure, leaving behind a trail of crystal energy debris caused by tearing apart the atmosphere and radiation. Driven by forces beyond the physical level, the spacecraft quickly stopped steadily near the core of the star.

Under the circumstances that the basic laws of physics are highly similar, the energy source of this star is still the fusion of hydrogen and helium, which has been emitted by the star and has been colliding in the stellar structure tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of kilometers thick for tens of thousands of years. The above is different from the optical radiation that has been greatly weakened. The frequency and power generated by these powerful radiation areas originating from the core of high-light-speed stars are even much higher than the most powerful military-grade lasers in the past.

Even though the previous vacuum zero-point energy shield was indeed powerful and could be neutralized by quantity, if it was just hard resistance without using those messy force fields, even with the addition of color core force armor, the most powerful star corona class ever No one dares to say that they can stay in the core of such a super star for a long time - the method of using nature to fight against nature is limited after all, and the star corona level can also be regarded as the ability to fight against nature using only physical means. The limit reached - no matter how powerful the subset is, it can only be equal to the total set when expanded to the limit.

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The next second, the brightness is so high that it is difficult to measure. Every minute and every second, there is an energy impact on the same level as the absolute annihilation of hundreds of billions of tons of matter and antimatter, as well as countless ultra-high-energy particles infinitely close to the speed of light. Under the bombing, the thick golden shield was only slightly brighter than usual. Other than that, the entire spacecraft was completely still, as if the terrifying purgatory-like environment around it did not exist at all.

The data returned showed that the amplitude of the assimilation power fluctuation output by the shield during operation at this time was almost invisible.