The Bizarre Adventure of Tartaros Fleet

"Of course! We haven't given up on building our own ring yet!"

"...I always feel that I will take it out and use it again at some point."

"What do you say?"

"I didn't say anything."

After trying unsuccessfully to grab Liulizi's tail, Oregana asked:

"Commander Renault, any news?"

"Before contacting Valerian, I still had a bitter look, but now I'm having fun on the tourist planet of Katari. Tychus, the sunscreen is used up in one tube, just squeeze it out I patted my chest and looked at the hot eyes."

"Listen to the hot ears..." Oregana showed a weird expression - a strong man, the kind with big chest muscles and head, holding a big pink water gun in his hand, and holding a tube of sunscreen, snapping It's all over the mushy chest hair... The SAN value seems to have dropped... "Forget it, let them play, as long as Valerian knows it. Then we will wait slowly."

Although Valerian is an emperor, it doesn't mean that the emperor can make a decision immediately by patting his head. He needs to discuss it with his leadership team so that he can come up with a wise answer.Oregana didn't panic, she wasn't in a hurry anyway, Valerian would figure it out.

"Understood." Liu Lizi nodded, and said, "Today's news summary is here, do you want to see it?"

"Well, let's take a look, I just have some time on the way home." She smiled, and took the electronic board from Liu Lizi's hand. "It feels like reading a newspaper on the subway when I get home from get off work."

"But the content is far worse."

Oregana leaned on the back of the seat in the crew compartment of the shuttle, and browsed line by line, most of which were collected from the distant pioneering team—she liked to read these, new celestial phenomena, new planets, and new civilization.If possible, she would also like to take a trip like this, but due to her responsibilities and status, she may not be able to do it in a short time.

However, today's news summary is a bit different.

"This is……"

"Huh? Let me see?" Liu Lizi took the electronic board and said, "Space fluctuations were discovered three light years away from the planet. It is speculated that it is... a sub-light speed vehicle?!"

"Eh……?"

The two looked at each other...

Is there really anyone who rushes to the sea of ​​stars without pointing out the leap technology?

Chapter 581 Chapter 525: Fast and Slow Spaceships

As we all know, everyone has been living a hard life before the leap technology is mentioned.

When a civilization has planted its flags all over the parent galaxy, it is embarrassing to find that it takes nearly a year to sail from the parent star to the farthest colony... This feeling seems to return to those brave sailors The age of climbing the mast with chant.

The speed and reliability of the means of transportation and communication determine the size of the country - think about it?If you are the emperor of a space empire and your colonies are all over the galaxy, when a separatist movement suddenly breaks out on the farthest colonial star, and your fleet immediately sets off to fight the rebellion, it will take an astonishing 30 years.

So, can this level of traffic sustain a huge country?

Obviously not.

Generally speaking, in the early days of interstellar civilization, it would take days or weeks for even a spaceship with the most advanced propulsion equipment to shuttle between planets in a star system.Anything that shortens voyage time is a target of enormous interest.In order to increase the speed of the spacecraft, people have made unremitting efforts.But most of the ideas are always in vain because the fuel volume and cost are too high, or because the range of activities is too narrow.

In the process of continuous research and development, each civilization has pointed out its own high-speed navigation technology. The methods may be various, but in the end they will fly faster than light.After possessing the technology of the leap engine, this civilization can be regarded as truly on the interstellar stage.

Civilizations that don't jump, don't travel across the stars - this involves a very simple issue of cost and timeliness.

When you point out a super-high-power thruster, put it on the ship and it can make the ship go up to one-tenth of the speed of light, which is a great speed in this era-it only takes 10 minutes to go from the earth to the sun That's it, you can even watch an entire season of Instant Noodles on board.

But you want to use this technology to go to the next galaxy ten light-years away... emmm, this is a deadly plan.

Yes, literally dying - because it takes a century to fly there, and even the Queen of England hasn't lived that long.Not only is the lifespan of the astronauts a problem, but the cost of the spacecraft and fuel is also frighteningly high. No one is really willing to undertake such a thankless operation.What's more, it is possible that the ship on your side has just flown out for 30 years, and the FTL point came out.

After the first batch of astronauts landed happily, they found that this place has been developed for decades, even resorts and swimming pools have been built... Who can bear this kind of thing?

However, I didn't expect that there would be such a tough guy now, and he would set off on such an unreliable boat.

If you want to experience the insignificance of life and the vastness of the universe, then you can go to the next galaxy to see it by conventional voyage without superluminal speed. - Lu Xun.

With this puzzled mentality, Oregana called the investigation team that sent back the news.

[The communication has been connected, this is the Musashi number! ] What appeared on the communication screen was a beautiful woman with yellow hair [I'm Seamaster Mori... Eh?Legion Commander! 】

"Hey... Senyuki? It's you guys!"

It's an old acquaintance.

Oregana remembered that the original crew of the Yamato had indeed set out to explore the universe as a scientific expedition team after training.And the leader of the team was the legendary captain of the year, Okita Shisan.

The old captain with white hair and white beard appeared in front of the screen not long after, and greeted Oregana happily——

[Legion Commander, long time no see! 】

The two had known each other for a long time, and Oregana waved at the screen:

"Long time no see, Captain Okita. You look much better."

Compared with the first time I met Captain Okita, the elder looked much healthier.This is not only because the disease is cured, but the relaxation of the mind is obviously also one of the important factors.

He didn't want to face the universe as a soldier, but as a scholar, and this wish was finally realized not long ago.For this reason, Captain Okita even felt that he could live for another 30 years - he was only in his early 60s. Under the current medical conditions, he could still challenge the record of the Queen of England.

He thinks so.The longer you live, the more you can see the starry sky.

【Doing the work I like, my body is gradually getting better. 】He poured himself a glass of water and asked【Are you here to ask about that subspace vehicle? 】

"Well," Oregana nodded, and she was unambiguous, "Can you tell us a little bit about it?"

【sure. 】The old captain nodded. When he sent the message to the headquarters, he had already summarized all kinds of information. After all, this is a big event【Sanada. 】

You must know that although the speed of this aircraft is very slow, it is also man-made. Being able to build this kind of spaceship itself shows that civilization has a strong strength.

This means that this is not a mission to explore an uncivilized planet, but a diplomatic mission to 'make initial contact with a pre-cosmic civilization' - and I don't even know how to make contact with them.

【Yes. 】

A technical officer named Shiro Sanada stepped forward and turned on the projection system in the middle of the cabin.This technical officer, who was 180 centimeters tall and a head or two taller than Oregana, always had a calm expression on his face.During the expedition to Iskandar, Sanada Shiro served as the technical chief on the Yamato and also served as the deputy captain of the Yamato. It can be said that he is an all-around talent.

What the projection system shows is a star map that has been drawn.

Yellow dwarfs in their prime are emitting a gentle glow, illuminating the galaxy.The terrestrial planet in the habitable zone looks green because it is covered with vegetation, and most of the water resources exist in the form of groundwater. The surface ocean only accounts for about 30% of the planet's surface.

This is a beautiful ecological planet. If it is normal, Oregana will congratulate, and the League of Nations has got a new ball.But now, the key issue is not the ball.

Sanada Shiro shrunk down the star map, then pointed to a light spot in the universe far away from the planetary system, and said:

[It’s this thing, we accidentally noticed it when we were exploring this ecological planet. 】

Judging from the star map, what is considered to be a sublight vehicle is almost two light-years away from this galaxy.Even though you are investigating planets, do you actually notice something so far away?

This has far exceeded the detection distance of passive sensors...

Oregana touched her chin and asked:

"How did you find it so far away? Does it have a strong energy response?"

Sanada Shiro shook his head, a smile appeared on his serious face:

[Captain Okita requested that when exploring, the probes must be placed outside the galaxy to ensure that the tail will not be bitten when the planet is investigated. 】

"Be very cautious."

[Habits developed on the battlefield, it is very important to send out reconnaissance planes to ensure the safety of the environment. 】

Oregana nodded silently——according to the training method and the previous experience of the members, each scientific expedition team has its own characteristics.And a combination like Captain Okita and his cheery companions who have retired from the battlefield inevitably has a strong mark on the war.

Ordinary scientific expedition teams would never think of doing this...

In the terms of a certain game, it should be: Scientists have the characteristic 'cautious', and the probability of abnormal event discovery +10%... something.

[Then, we are...] Shiro Sanada drew a long and narrow area on the star map [In this area, abnormal spatial fluctuations were found.It started with the discovery of a very conspicuous track.Upon closer inspection, we discovered that it was a... spaceship. 】

This kind of trajectory does not mean that things like rocket tail flames or aircraft trajectory clouds can be discovered by probes two light-years away, and space distortion has obviously appeared.

This means that the opponent is not an iron-headed boy who constantly detonates nuclear bombs at the tail of the aircraft, and then relies on explosions to propel or variable specific impulse magnetoplasma rockets, but has already touched the threshold of hyperspace—obviously , they use a curvature-driven approach.

To put it simply, it is... driving a slight curve and racing from one galaxy to another.It is true that things like micro-curves are fast, but that kind of speed is judged by maneuvering speed in combat, not in long-distance sailing.

Moreover, as early as the beginning, the commanders of the fleet noticed another problem of micro-curvature-this propulsion method will "bend" the light, and observing the rear celestial bodies through the curvature-driven track will produce distortion like a distorting mirror Effect.Some tacticians have begun to think about how to use this feature to their own advantage in battle, but so far no one has thought about using this to track spaceships traveling between stars.

There was no other reason—it never occurred to me.

Everyone is thinking about how to quickly discover the space distortion caused by the jump or jump, and use this distortion to calculate the opponent's maneuvering target.But no one ever thought that there would be someone driving a micro-curve, accelerating himself to 20% of the speed of light, and crossing the starry sky in this way.

The ships of the Ministry of Consolidation are very powerless in the face of this situation... Indeed, once the jump engine is turned on, even the training ships used by the JKs are so fast that they don't know where to go, but you just can't catch up with this thing in regular sailing.

This thing has completely exceeded the maneuvering speed that would exist in ordinary combat, and it does not stagnate.It is impossible for you to net and scramble this ship. It is [-] kilometers per second, and it is too late to even lock it. This thing is already out of your electronic warfare range.

It looks slow because it is running the jump distance in the way of conventional navigation, but once you try to capture it, you will find that you are really inferior to it in conventional navigation, and you can only eat ashes...

"Sub-light speed vehicle..." Before the matter became clear, Oregana's first thought was how to catch this thing—it was completely the cat's reaction when she saw something moving. "It's so difficult."

[Yes, we can't think of how to capture her. ] Strangely enough, Yamato and his party thought the same way, and it seemed that this group of people really planned to catch it 【The equipment in my hand was completely unable to cope with this situation. I tried to use various frequency bands to make calls, but the other party did not either. any response. 】

Sanada Shiro thought for a long time, and he realized that the warp disruption force field generator used to capture the dark worm might be able to stop the ship——Different from the ship's warp disruption system, the nature of the warp disruption force field generator is a The gravitational trap uses gravity to slightly distort the space within the range of action, so that the navigation computer (or other similar biological organs) cannot receive the real space coordinates to prevent the transition.

Generally speaking, a ship can still gallop around in the disrupting force field with a slight curvature. This is because the slight curvature does not need to calculate its own coordinates, just like you don’t need to know where you are when you paddle with an oar. Same.However, if a spaceship “rides” the “waves” of space at 20% of the speed of light, if it bumps into this special gravitational zone, it is probably like a high-speed racing boat bumping into the slightly higher waves. the same...

That is already a full-fledged combat behavior-the capture is to make the opponent stop and have a good chat, but if someone is killed on the wall of the space all of a sudden, it is to tear the face and fight. (cover face)

"We didn't even think about it. Before we clicked on the leap, someone would use this method to cross the star sea with perseverance." Oregana also thought of this level, which made her feel powerless. "Tsk... ...can you predict the target?"

[Yes,] Captain Okita nodded, and replied [It was heading straight for us, but it may be ten or twenty years before we reach this galaxy. 】

"Drove towards you?"

[Yes,] Sanada Shiro clicked twice on the star map, and the opponent's predicted route immediately appeared [[-]% probability that the destination is this planet. 】

Oregana felt her brain starting to ache——

A ship sailing at 20% the speed of light in the universe, the goal is an ecological planet in a remote galaxy, just by thinking about it, I feel that there is a story of 200 million words.

Think about it carefully, a civilization has launched their first high-speed spacecraft, and the target is the ecological planet that has been watched for countless years. It will be their second home in the universe, and their own civilization will be there Continue to thrive.The astronaut who bears the heavy responsibility bids a tearful farewell to his relatives and friends before boarding the ship. This farewell will become a farewell. After he has spent hundreds of years completing this important mission, everything he knows will be gone... …

What kind of cold, yet passionate and romantic pioneering story is this?

Then, the embarrassing question came...

Before the ship arrived, the aliens discovered the planet, and then drove a super-light ship and wandered there.

This story turned into black humor all of a sudden.

To make matters worse, this alien is himself. (cover face)

"I see... have you found anything that looks like a parent star nearby?"

[Not at all, the surrounding thirty light-years are empty.The closest galaxies also don't have planets that look like they could host life.It's easy for us to come here, but they... this trip is not short. 】