Urban Sims

The destruction of the Destroyer Star Thief Group created a huge shock in the hearts of Siris and Ayesha.

If they had such a spaceship in hand, they could even use this spaceship to directly pass through the heavy interceptions of the Sovereign Kingdom's fleet, arrive at the Royal Capital Planet, and execute decapitation tactics against the false king Ferrega.

This is why, when some low-level civilizations change their rights (especially the change of royal power), they must consult the opinions of the higher civilizations above and nod in agreement before they can gain the legitimacy of the regime.

If there is a usurper who is so despicable that even the higher civilization above cannot stand it, and the higher civilization wants to intervene, it only needs to send an advanced spaceship with crushing technological advantages to make the usurper obediently step down. If he does not step down, he will die. .

However, in order to maintain its independence, the Kingdom of Sovereign has formed regional alliances with multiple surrounding third-level civilizations. It has a certain strength to resist the control of fourth-level civilizations, so it maintains considerable independence at the political level, counting on higher civilizations. Intervention is unlikely.

The best way is to send reinforcements to the Norton Kingdom, which has lost generations of marriage.

But the brother and sister now don't even have the only Nebula Princess. If they want to move to the rescue, they have to build on their extremely outstanding negotiation skills and impressive charisma.

Unfortunately, at present, the siblings do not have either of these things.

But his brother Siris had a new idea. Not only did he not mention "sending them to the Kingdom of Norton" these days, he lowered his attitude and behaved humbly and politely to every crew member on the ship, just like a A good and polite young man.

Privately, he said to his sister Ayesha: "We don't need to go to aunt at all. This fifth-level civilization spaceship can help us regain everything in less time."

"even……"

A trace of deep-seated hatred flashed in his eyes, and he clenched his fists: "You can also kill the despicable usurper Ferrega, the regicide who sent people to assassinate our father!"

"As long as they agree to help."

Ayesha blinked her green eyes and nodded. Her brother finally became a little smarter, but these aliens didn't seem to have any intention of helping.

"So we have to find a way to convince them and get them to agree to help!"

"But their first impression of you, brother, was not very good..." Ayesha glanced at her brother and found that he was a little embarrassed.

"I was indeed a little anxious that day, but Ayesha, you are different. You have been very eloquent since you were a child. Your father, queen and queen like you very much. Everyone says you are smart... Ayesha, my brother needs your help. My brother doesn’t have a capable minister around him, he only has you..."

Siris looked at his sister helplessly, and his tone became so gentle for the first time.

"All right."

Ayesha nodded. Although sometimes she felt that this brother was impulsive and stupid, after all, she only had one biological brother. If she didn't help him, who would help him?

You have to find the right time to speak, and the crew of this spaceship have been busy dealing with the Trident spacecraft that was broken into two parts recently and have no time to talk to them.

…

Inside the wreckage of the Trident's head.

A group of three-eyed scientists are busy.

Dr. Heng sent a message: "Captain, the activation device of the energy shield has been found. The damage is slight. It should still be usable after repair. If we can understand the principle, maybe we can also develop an energy shield. Increase the Starry Sky’s protection!”

Yun Xinghe nodded. Now the shell of the Starry Sky is strong enough to withstand high-intensity material or energy impacts, but it does not mean it is invincible. If the local temperature exceeds 10 million degrees, or the impact speed is close to the speed of light, the outermost layer of strong-force material will The shell will also be damaged, and the force alloy cannot withstand high temperatures... In other words, once a powerful nuclear weapon explodes next to the Star Sky, it is difficult to guarantee that the Star Sky will not be damaged.

It would be perfect if an energy shield that can isolate physical attacks is installed, and the Starry Sky's survivability will be greatly improved.

On the other side, Chief Engineer Xia Xingkong, who was busy in the wreckage of the rear half of the Trident, also sent a communication and said very excitedly:

"Captain, the damage to the anti-matter engine of this star pirate ship is very slight. It can be used after being installed on the Star Sky. I also found a full 10 liters of anti-matter fuel. Although it is small, the energy released is enough to destroy 100 A large planet! It’s also enough for the Starry Sky to accelerate to sublight speed 100 times... We must be lucky that the star thieves did not detonate these antimatter before they died, otherwise we would get nothing.”

Antimatter is the substance with the highest energy density known. No matter how advanced the energy block is, it cannot match it. After the annihilation reaction between antimatter and normal matter, it is 100% converted into light. After the light is ejected from the tail of the engine, the powerful light pressure , the huge thrust brought by it can allow the spacecraft to easily achieve high speed.

In addition, after being equipped with an anti-matter engine, not only the bulky and huge matter reactor can be eliminated, but also the huge acceleration medium cabin does not need to be carried. On the spacecraft, as long as the positive matter medium with the same mass as the anti-matter fuel is carried... no more than a few With a weight of one hundred kilograms, it can travel at sublight speeds.

Therefore, the changes brought about by the antimatter engine are revolutionary, equivalent to a leap from coal and oil to nuclear fission and nuclear fusion energy.

The disadvantage is that antimatter fuel is extremely expensive.

One time, Yun Xinghe learned during a remote conversation with federal scientists: The cost of producing 1 kilogram of antimatter is equivalent to the annual GDP of a planet with a population of 10 billion... Therefore, although the Blue Star Federation has already made a breakthrough in the manufacturing technology of antimatter engines , but the spacecraft using antimatter engines does not exceed one ten thousandth of the total spacecraft.

The sign of a Level 4 civilization is that a considerable number of military and civilian spacecraft can be equipped with antimatter engines and can add antimatter fuel.

This is obviously still some way off.

Seeing Xia Xingkong holding the barrel of antimatter fuel in a cylindrical barrel, Yun Xinghe reminded him: "Xingkong, pay attention to safety. Just give the fuel to the robot. What are you doing with it yourself? It's too dangerous. "

Xia Xingkong laughed: "It's okay, this thing is safe. With these fuels, plus the intact anti-matter engine, the power of the Starry Sky can be upgraded soon!"

Coupled with the energy shield device, the Starry Sky got two incredible treasures from the star pirate ship at once!

then.

In the next two months, the entire crew of the Starry Sky was thinking of ways to install these two treasures on the spacecraft.

The antimatter engine is okay. Just remove the ion engine in the middle of the tail of the Starry Sky and replace it. It takes less than a month.

But the energy shield is a bit troublesome. The principle of this device is to install a pointed needle-shaped device at the head of the spacecraft, and then install two resonant arrays on both sides of the hull. When working, these arrays will release high-frequency Energy waves produce violent spatial fluctuations, forming a defensive surface, thereby shattering and destroying matter... This sounds very simple, but generating such huge energy cannot be achieved by ordinary technology.

Moreover, the energy shield cannot cover the entire area, cannot isolate energy attacks, consumes a lot of energy, and cannot last for a long time.

All these shortcomings still cannot offset the advantages brought by the energy shield... The only problem is that it is very difficult to make three holes in the extremely strong shell of the Starry Sky, and the Three-Eyed Man has no good solution. Unless you get close to a star and find some materials to use.

"Then let's wait until we find a star. Don't be too hasty to install it." Yun Xinghe said.

It just so happens that there is a medium-sized star 2 light-years away, a planet with heavy elements, and a population of tens of billions...a quite prosperous inhabited galaxy.

This is one of the border stars of the Sovereign Kingdom.

The name is the planet Anadan - the fiefdom of Count Koz Sinvar.

How did Yun Xinghe know?

Naturally, it was the exiled royal brother and sister who told him.

Yun Xinghe, who has finished most of his work and has a lot of free time, has been a little more patient these days and chatted a lot with the royal brothers and sisters about them.

Living area large living room.

Sitting on the soft sofa with his legs crossed, Yun Xinghe took a sip of tea and asked: "Why was your father assassinated? Is it because of stupidity?"

"No! He is wise and powerful, deeply loved by the people, and is the most accomplished king in history!" Ayesha said seriously.

"Then how could he be assassinated?"

"Because the reforms he promoted touched the interests of the nobles, the nobles joined forces to assassinate him!"

Deep hatred flashed in Ayesha's eyes, and her kind and kind father fell under the villain's hidden arrow.

"There is also the hateful usurper. It was he who brought the killer to the father during the kingdom celebration...but the father has always trusted him very much."

Siris added through gritted teeth.

"This sounds a bit like an ancient power struggle drama on TV..."

Lan Xiulong on the side poked his head and said: "I didn't expect it to exist in the interstellar era."

"Not to mention, even in the interstellar age, there are still quite a few imperial civilizations with centralized personal power, accounting for about half. Maybe this system has certain advantages, otherwise how could it have such tenacious vitality?"

Yun Xinghe told him that in fact, he could not see the advantages of imperial civilization at all. If he was asked to choose, he would definitely choose the federal system of his own civilization.

After chatting with Lan Xiulong for a while, Yun Xinghe asked the brother and sister again what kind of "reform" their father had promoted that led to his death?

"Reduce fiefdoms and centralize power."

Ayesha spat out a few words and revealed the core reason.

It turns out that the Kingdom of Sovereign is somewhat similar to a feudal feudal country. Although the territory of this kingdom has more than 10,000 leading stars, there are less than 300 galaxies under the direct control of the royal family, and the other more than 9,000 are feudal. It was given to 77 dukes, 865 earls, and tens of thousands of viscounts and barons below these nobles... and they were enfeoffed one by one.

Divided strength leads to weakness. This has led to the fact that although the Sovereign Kingdom is very large in the surrounding countries, it has never been strong. There are many internal contradictions and it has never been able to unite as one.

It’s not that the Sovereign kings or queens in the past didn’t see this fatal problem, it’s not that they didn’t have a solution to this problem… but they didn’t have the courage to solve it.

Because most nobles will definitely join forces to oppose...even if they were extremely loyal to the royal family.

But Ayesha's father vowed to be the greatest king of Sovereign; he vowed to eradicate the huge tumor that would cause the kingdom to fall apart! He was determined to take back the military power and tax management power in the hands of the nobles, and was determined to make the Kingdom of Sovereign a recognized power among several surrounding countries, rather than "a country of hundreds of small countries put together."

The courage and determination were strong, but the result... still underestimated the power of the nobles.

Less than three years after the reform was implemented, his own life was in danger.

"In the interstellar era, cut off the fiefdoms of nobles and deprive them of their military power? Is this kind of reform possible to succeed? It would be good to be able to defend hundreds of galaxies. Your father is crazy to do this. For internal reforms, it is better to consider external expansion, which has a higher probability of realization.”

Yun Xinghe shook his head and said: "I will not help you restore the country. Although your uncle is a usurper, he has the support of the nobles. As for you, you have nothing and cannot succeed."

"We have the people, and the people will support me!" Ayesha said, clenching her fists.

"The people are great, but now is the interstellar era. A single interstellar battleship can destroy tens of billions of people."

In the eyes of the nobles who wield absolute force, the people have really become a bunch of ants.