Voyage of the Stars

Because it is not as easy as simply putting together, such a large warship needs to consider a lot of things.

The linkage operation control of the engine, the aiming and striking of the main gun, the close defense strike command of the secondary gun, the search for the enemy, the detection and the fuel control of the warship, all these must be linked to a system, so that the behavior of the warship under various actions can be more effectively deployed.

Planetary-class warships are large enough, and the space inside is certainly not comparable to that of sea-class warships. Because of the emergence of gravity potential well technology, warships can be designed into compartments and layers of plywood structures. Warships can be divided into many layers, and a large number of buildings can be built inside.

Of course, building a large number of buildings is the business of living spaceships. The interior space design of the new flagship of mankind is not designed for large-scale population living, but for combat effectiveness. So inside it, even if there is a lot of space, it is basically stuffed with some military equipment.

In addition to the necessary parts such as warp speed generators, conventional thrusters, main guns and various secondary guns, there are various production factories serving the war, such as ammunition production workshops for various naval guns, multiple nano-repair factories, various parts warehouses, and even antimatter production workshops.

This warship can fully import various mineral resources and energy materials from the outside world, and then it can digest them internally and turn them into combat power.

As a flagship, its starting point is a comprehensive warship.

In addition to these institutions and various production workshops serving the war, the new flagship certainly has a comfortable area for human habitation. After all, at that time, the human high-level will basically live on this flagship, and comfort and luxury are definitely needed. However, the design of the daily living area is definitely different from that of the living spacecraft, because it needs to meet the needs of combat, so many living facilities will not be the type that can be moved and placed at will, but most of them will be designed to be retractable from the warship structure.

Tables, chairs, couches, sofas, and placed objects are all like this, all with the purpose of minimizing the number of unfixed objects. In fact, the previous warships were also designed in this way, which is a continuation of the same line.

In fact, judging from the design of the new flagship, the interior of this flagship that has not yet appeared is very large. If it is not for the functional needs of the battleship, it is not a problem to build roads and cities inside. This cannot be used on battleships, but it can be used on the residential spacecraft of the fourth-level civilization in the future.

Of course, even if it is a residential spacecraft, you can't really build roads and high-rise buildings inside. After all, it is a spaceship. In addition to warp speed navigation, it sometimes needs to perform conventional acceleration and deceleration. However, the spaceship has its own construction plan. It is difficult to build buildings and roads like those on Earth, but it is easy to build some residences that are firmly connected to the structure of the spacecraft.

For example, in the design of the new residential spacecraft, there are many building modules embedded in the middle of the upper and lower layers that serve as both support columns and living rooms.

The design of the new residential spacecraft has also been finalized. The entire residential spacecraft is no longer designed as a drum, and it is different from the melon seed-like streamlined shape of the battleship. The residential spacecraft looks more like a fat warship, which looks a bit round. From a distance, its overall shape is a bit cute.

Such a design is mainly to consider the living space problem. The chubby appearance can have a larger internal space, and various living facilities can be arranged freely without space restriction, so that human residents can live more comfortably.

The length of a living spaceship is about 150 kilometers, and the width and height are about 90 kilometers. The interior of the spaceship is divided into many layers, and the height between each layer is about 50 meters. The ceiling is the floor of the upper layer, but it is not only the ceiling and floor functions, but also many devices are stuffed into it by humans.

The ceiling has the function of simulating blue sky and white clouds and sunshine, and on one side of the floor, many devices based on gravity potential well technology are placed. The positions generated by these devices are intertwined to provide a gravity environment similar to the earth for the upper structure.

Because it is a gravity-like environment achieved by gravity potential well technology, the 50-meter open space cannot actually be completely covered by simulated gravity. The potential well force received by the upper part is smaller than that of the floor part, so generally each layer of the building will leave a blank area, that is, the height area where no one lives.

Also because of the gravity potential well technology, various equipment needs to be placed in the ceiling of each floor, so in fact the floor and ceiling are thicker than the space where humans live. After all, basically all the functional equipment related to life is stuffed in, so it is normal to be thicker.

Fortunately, the new residential spacecraft is large enough and has enough space for humans to use.

It is conceivable that building such a residential spacecraft is more complicated than building a modern city. None of its layers, supports, structures, and various facilities are arranged casually. Its internal structure can be said to be extremely complex, and no third-level civilization can build it.

And such a large-scale spacecraft is also the largest spacecraft that humans can build in addition to using strong interaction as the main structural support. If it is larger, it will face the problem of falling apart during conventional high-G acceleration and deceleration.

If it is only warp travel, it can be built bigger, but that is meaningless, because even if it reaches the fourth level of civilization, humans still need conventional thrusters. From the fact that warp travel will be affected by the gravity of the planet and the fourth level of civilization still needs to rely on the activities of the star system, it can be known that it is not only humans, but other civilizations should also be like this.

Warships have new warships, residential ships have new residential ships, and other types of ships also need to be updated. All need to be replaced with ships of the fourth level of civilization, and all need to be equipped with warp engines.

Humans plan to upgrade their own ships first, and then upgrade the Red Flame Civilization, the Nair group, the Kuntai group, and the dog-headed group. These alien races have become human vassals, and humans must take them with them because they are still very useful. And such an upgrade will be a huge project.

Especially the flagship with the greatest difficulty. Judging from the design drawings, its complexity may require humans to spend several centuries to complete it, and this is still under the condition of strong artificial intelligence.

It has been determined that the heavy elements in this space are not enough to support humans to continue such a large-scale upgrade project, so at this stage humans plan to build several sample ships for testing and to hone their shipbuilding technology.

Once the sample ships are completed and various warp speed experiments in various gravitational environments are successful, humans will leave this space.