Galactic Tech Empire

Chapter 544 Crossing the Void
Herik planetary fortress.

The researcher accompanying the alliance army quickly came to the space port, and a long-tooth-class space battleship was mooring quietly on it, and it was known from the hull number [CYS-ZL-001] that it was the flagship of the attacking fleet.

There is also a row of battleships next to the Fangshi class, these are the battleships of the attacking fleet.

Many maintenance workers and researchers have already inspected the warships. Although the warships have not been directly attacked by dark energy beams or dark energy particle streams, some very small dark energy beams are hard to guard against.

Most of the losses caused by these tiny dark energy beams are less than a centimeter. These damages do not seem serious, but over time, they may cause unpredictable and catastrophic consequences, so repairs must be carried out, and even the outer armor and armor must be replaced. Component.

Zhang Fubo, Andrew and others came down from the flagship, Wang Tiejun and Fan Lijia were already waiting for them below, while Titov and Lin Yaodong's Second Squadron of the Assault Fleet returned to Herik planetary fortress a few months ago.

"Commander Wang! I failed the alliance and didn't bring everyone back." Zhang Fubo saluted with tears in his eyes.

Wang Tiejun patted him on the back: "War has no eyes. We say that we can't predict life and death. At least you eliminated the invaders and comforted the spirits of the victims."

"..." Zhang Fubo was depressed. After all, he was 427 brothers who lived together day and night. He couldn't accept it for a while. Although he knew the cruelty of war, many people felt uncomfortable.

"Let's go! Go have a drink, I'll treat you." Wang Tiejun pulled Zhang Fubo and turned his head again: "You guys also come together."

"Then we won't be polite." Andrew quickly changed the subject.

The others also tried not to mention the counterattack as much as possible, and headed towards the bar while playing and beating and cursing. Along the way, there were many soldiers or citizens floating around in the spaceport.

Although Herik planetary fortress is a military center in the Polaris region, there are still not a few citizens living and working here.

Now the Polaris area is defended by the Third Army. The entire Third Army has a standing army of 830 million people, and it manages 22 squadrons and 17 large and small planetary fortresses.

As for the planetary fortress of Herik, where the headquarters of the Third Legion is located, there are 180 million soldiers alone. So many people can’t live without a little bit of entertainment, right? So many citizens immigrated here from Blue Star to do business, There are many bars, game halls, and restaurants on Herik Planet.

Suddenly a group of people and Wang Tiejun, Zhang Fubo and others came face to face. Wang Tiejun smiled and said hello: "Colonel Ma Wu, are you leaving today?"

The person who came was Ma Wu, the captain of the explorer. Ma Wu saluted and replied: "Commander Wang! We are about to set off, who are they?"

Wang Tiejun introduced with a smile: "Zhang Fubo, the commander of the confrontation fleet."

Hearing this name, Ma Wu immediately reacted, and hurriedly reached out his hand to greet him: "I have long admired your name. Our Explorer and the attacking fleet passed by each other before. It is a great honor to meet Lieutenant General Zhang."

"Colonel Ma Wu's courage is admirable, I wish Jun Xing a smooth journey!" Zhang Fubo shook hands and wished.

"I also wish General Zhang a smooth star journey."

Ma Wu exchanged pleasantries with several people and then left with his team members.

Looking at the back of Ma Wu and his group leaving, Zhang Fubo asked Wang Tiejun in a low voice: "Is the Explorer going to set off again?"

Wang Tiejun shook his head and replied: "It's not the Explorer, it's the Transluminator! The Transluminator is the curvature spacecraft of the Alliance, which is an experimental product that has just been developed. The spaceship that looks like a dumbbell over there is the Transluminator."

Zhang Fubo looked around, and sure enough there was a dumbbell-like spaceship in the parking area. He thought it was some special equipment before, but he didn't expect it to be a spaceship.

"Is the Alliance warp ship out yet?"

"The head of state personally took action and completed the verification of the theory of all things energy and the grand unified theory. The technology of the curvature spacecraft is already available. This is the first experimental curvature spacecraft. Ma Wu has experience in starry space voyages, so he sent them to pilot it. Transcendence." Wang Tiejun explained.

"I see. I don't know how fast the curvature spacecraft can go?" Zhang Fubo asked with concern.

"It seems to be able to fly faster than the speed of light, but I don't know how much faster it can be." Finally, Wang Tiejun spread his hands.

……

Seven people from Ma Wu came to the berthing area, and the Transcendence was moored at berth 7. Combatant Lin Zhiqiu said with a smile: "It really looks like a dumbbell!"

"Flying faster than the speed of light, I don't know what kind of experience it is?" The co-pilot Masayoshi Kobayashi leaned against the "dumbbell spaceship" and took a selfie while talking.

"Let's board the ship!" Ma Wu ordered.

A group of people soon boarded the Transcendence, and among the people who tested the spaceship with Ma Wu and others was Wang Guofu, a researcher who developed the curvature spaceship.

The built-in settings of the curvature spaceship are in the same line as other spaceships of the alliance, and they look similar. Under the explanation of artificial intelligence and Wang Guofu, they quickly and skillfully operated the Transcendence to fly away from the port.

The curvature engine cannot be activated near the port. Under the operation of Ma Wu and Masayoshi Kobayashi, the Transcendence uses the photon engine to fly westward towards the sun.

"Captain, we are already 3 units away from Planet Herik." Masayoshi Kobayashi turned his head and said.

Ma Wu looked at the holographic display: "Adjust the direction, turn off the photon engine after 10 minutes, and start the curvature engine."

"Yes." Masayoshi Kobayashi immediately adjusted the flight direction of the Transcendence. Their flight direction this time is roughly the Tianyuan four-galaxy (Epsilon Eridanus), which is 10.5 light-years away from the solar system.

This distance is just right. If it is too close to the solar system, and a curvature spacecraft accidentally drives over and crashes into the galaxy, then it will be a big game.

After all, it is the first time to test the curvature spacecraft, and no one knows how fast the Transcendence is. Although the curvature spacecraft research and development department estimates that it is about 3 times the speed of light, it is still open to debate.

10 minutes later.

The photon engine shuts down.

"10% power." Ma Wu ordered.

Masayoshi Kobayashi adjusted the engine power to 10%, and then pulled the push rod.

The heavy gravitational field and low gravitational field before and after Transcendence began to appear waves of invisible fluctuations, which could only be detected by gravitational wave radar, and soon the gravitational fluctuations became larger and larger.

In an instant, the Transcendence One moved, and that movement was very strange, as if it suddenly disappeared and appeared again.

"Enter the transition state." Masayoshi Kobayashi said.

However, everyone didn't feel the overload feeling of the sub-light speed spacecraft. That's because the curvature spacecraft itself is not moving when it is in the transition state, it is being pulled by the space to move.

Ma Wu looked at the quantum communication system that could still be used, so he contacted Herik, but the positioning system had failed. In the transition state, there was no way to locate and sense the surrounding situation. They could only go to the black up.

an hour later.

"Turn off the engine." Ma Wu ordered.

Masayoshi Kobayashi immediately pulled down the push rod, and the curvature spacecraft stopped immediately. The brakes of the curvature spacecraft are very simple. It has no inertia. Once the engine is turned off, it will appear in a static state.

Wang Guofu on the side quickly calculated the speed. Through the positioning system of starlight and quantum communication, the position of the spacecraft can be calculated. With the position and flight time, the flight speed can be calculated.

(End of this chapter)