Will the out-of-control servitor meet the cosmic cat?

Thinking of being able to "see" Miss Hong when she was "born", she became inexplicably excited.

Conservatives belong to the old school, that is just her scientific research point of view, which does not affect her daily life-after all, she is only 140 years old, after all, she is still a young girl full of vitality.

Since the two stars are 400 light-years apart, according to the calculations of the Catus calendar, what she sees now is what Catus looked like 1200 years ago—she who knows a lot about the history of Catus knows that in about 50 years, the red will be Will be born on that distant planet.

As a star-level war artificial intelligence, step onto the stage of history.

Although Hong at this time has become a wholehearted cub control, he still puts a layer of virtual anchor skin on the virtual omnic, doing this and that in the Internet of the three countries of the alliance.

But for the Federation, which does not have superluminal observation methods, what the astronomical telescope can see is only the history that happened thousands of years ago in Katus.

In fact, they can't even see the history, because their level is limited, it's already barely enough to look at the stars, and they can't do anything about the planets that don't shine.

But she doesn't care about it - although she can't really "see" the scene of Hong's birth, but for her, having such a concept can already trigger her pleasure of being a scientist.

In a sense, is this the romance of a science student?

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[Note 1: All "light years" in this book are taken as the light-year length of the earth. From the perspective of the characters in the book, they are automatically converted and multiplied by 3 to convert to "Catus light-year"]

Volume 70 Cats and Space: Chapter [-] The Ring of Single Push

It's not just her, Hong's performance on weekdays also has a scientific and romantic taste.

For example, when making the ring, she did not use precious metals such as platinum and gold as the ring, nor did she choose expensive gemstones or natural diamonds as the setting.

Instead, they chose to use alloys as rings and artificial diamonds as inlays.

The reason why there is a unique romance is that although these alloys and diamonds are cheap, they all have special historical meanings.

All the materials were taken from the first single pusher-class battleship.

Although the emergence of the single pusher class is epoch-making, it can be called a dimensionality reduction strike, but the battleship will eventually be lost. The type ship suffered an extremely severe blow, and eventually completely lost its repair value and was forced to retire.

Moreover, since the first batch of single-push human-level designs were old designs 20 years ago, the design gap with the subsequent models is extremely huge, to the point that "it is better to rebuild than to change", and the above components are not even of value for reuse.

Although it can be directly refined in the space factory, the remelting itself is a waste of production capacity, and the income can only be called "better than nothing".

Therefore, after careful consideration, Hong finally only returned other old ships and kept this warship with a special historical status.

Of course, the waste this time was mainly because Hong had just awakened and her technological level was seriously below the standard.

It can be seen from Hong’s previous harvest battle in the extinct unit galaxy that the new single-push human-class battleship has realized the modularization of the entire ship. It’s better to remake” the embarrassing situation.

For omnics, after learning the lesson, it is almost impossible to make the same mistake again.

"I really want the ring from Hong..."

However, for Asteria, which belongs to the Federation, she is unaware of many twists and turns in it. All she knows is "the ring is made of red" and "the ring is made from a ship." It was taken from a battleship with great historical significance".

Walking by the lake at night, she couldn't stop dreaming.

"Diamonds from the main guns of the most powerful battleships, and tungsten carbide rings smelted from the battleship's core armor belt."

Although I don't know whether normal people like it or not, anyway, for Asteria, this ring is very good for her strike zone.

Moreover, there is one thing to say, the shape of this ring is also very good-looking. The "synthetic diamond" and "alloy ring" that sound extremely cheap are actually no different from the high-end jewelry of the Federation.

In terms of purity, the diamond 【Note 1】, which was once loaded with the free electron laser main cannon resonator, is so pure that it can be used to emit GW-level power ultra-high-energy X-ray lasers, it is much purer than natural diamonds.

Although experts in the diamond certificate industry chain claim that "the gem-quality diamonds are those with flaws", it is undeniable that pure diamonds look better to the human eye.

Unfortunately, she knew that it was almost impossible for her to get the ring given by Hong, because Hong had stated many times that this kind of ring was only a gift she gave to a few cubs and would not be circulated outside.

Aside from the fact that she is not a red cub, another reason why it is not in circulation is - for the alliance, it is not a simple ring.

is advanced technology.

Be aware that although tungsten carbide is one of the hardest alloys, it is not an alloy suitable for armor.

There is no other reason, although it is very hard, but hard will also bring a disadvantage - brittle.

Very very crispy.

It is so brittle that if you make a stick out of tungsten carbide, it will shatter immediately if you drop it on the ground.

Hardness and toughness are two relative properties to a large extent. For example, ceramics, such as glass, are substances with high hardness but low toughness-although the reasons for the brittleness of the two are different, the meaning is always the same .

Although through various means, the Federation made up for some shortcomings and successfully developed tungsten carbide armor, but it is very difficult to use, the cost is high, and the return is very low. All in all, it is not an excellent battleship interior armor. choose.

So after repeated consideration, they gave up this technical route and turned to other materials.

But now, after hearing that this kind of tungsten carbide ring is made of "battleship core armor", which is what they call the inner armor of a battleship, material scientists can't sit still.

Can it be done?

How did you do it?

Although there are conspiracy theorists who believe that this is the same group that is misleading their technological route and making them invest a lot of resources in the wrong route, normal people laugh at such remarks.

Not to mention that if the opponent really has malicious intentions towards the alliance, they can easily level it by directly sending troops. This misleading method is a bit too cryptic, isn't it?

You know, this is the news she only revealed when a single pusher (not the name of the battleship class) asked Hong if she had "someone she likes".

From whether there is someone you like, to talking about some ostentatious postings, and then many days later, when someone accidentally asked what gift they had given, in the list of a lot of gifts given, such a strange thing appeared. The eye-catching "ring".

What ring?

diamond ring.

What does it look like?

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Looks so pretty, red design?

Ok.

This diamond looks and feels a little different.

Yes, man-made, specially removed from the main gun resonator of the battleship, super clean.

Then the topic turned to the defensive battle of Kawei II. After about half an hour, DD, a material scientist, suddenly had an idea and asked what material the ring was made of.

After such a large circle, the Federation only knew that some areas of the single pusher-level core armor were made of tungsten carbide armor.

"In the Two-dimensional leather live broadcast, after going around for so long, I finally answered a question asked by our own people casually-using this method to mislead our technological route, I can only say that a certain Some people really read too much conspiracy theory."

This is the reply of a well-known scholar, and it is also the voice of Asteria.

For her, it is a disgrace to the Federation that such a noble, great, selfless, lovely, kind and charming Hong should be slandered by those who want to spread rumors at will.

Not only that, she didn't care about such rumors at all, and praised that "maintaining the greatest vigilance against unfamiliar civilizations is an excellent behavior that is beneficial to the continuation of the population."

The more she said this, the more she felt so distressed that she was "sensible", and at the same time secretly made a note of those who slandered her.

Yes, even if she rationally knows that Hong has experienced much more than anyone in the alliance, and she does not need anyone to "pity" her, but emotionally, Asteria is still inevitably affected by Hong's young appearance .

After all, people cannot live without their appearance.

Every time she saw those slanderous remarks about Hong, it would make Asteria feel even more dissatisfied.

Even worse.

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[Note 1: Many people now think that gold preserves its value, and diamonds are hyped - this is true.

Gold can only be synthesized through supernova explosions, and diamonds can be artificially produced - and that's right.

But it would be a big mistake to say that gold has many industrial uses and diamonds are useless, or can only be used as drill bits.

Diamond is not only the hardest thing in natural materials, but also has many excellent properties, including the best thermal conductivity, the highest electron mobility, and extremely low thermal expansion coefficient among conventional materials.

These are all very promising properties, and are likely to shine in cutting-edge fields.

Also in this book, another unique property of diamond plays a big role, its response to X-rays.

As we all know, X-rays are thorns in the optical field, and they are slightly better than gamma rays, which are currently clueless. The specific thorns are reflected in almost all media, and their refractive index is equal to or very close to 1. This makes X-rays very difficult to reflect or refract, almost impossible to solve.

Image: "Thesis data", location: "Images/1610126793-100214443-106504021.jpg"

(In order to avoid charging for the full 2500 words, continue with "Author's Words" from now on)

At present, people on earth can only use a method called "grazing incidence" to reflect X-rays along a small angle, and slightly change the direction of X-rays in this way.

However, diamond, it can reflect X-rays back positively, and the reflectivity exceeds 99%!

According to current paper research (the link cannot be released), a diamond sheet with a thickness of 1 mm can still achieve a reflectivity of up to 23.7% for extremely hard X-rays with an energy of up to 99keV, which is far beyond other substances.

The experimental results are in perfect agreement with the theoretical calculations.

A long-standing problem in realizing X-ray lasers is the lack of suitable reflective materials and the inability to construct resonant cavities.

Although the resonator-independent SASE mode free electron laser output was realized later, although the spatial coherence is good, the temporal coherence is inferior to that of conventional lasers because of the lack of frequency selection of the resonator.

The ultra-high reflectivity of diamond to X-rays can be used as a mirror of the resonant cavity, so that with the frequency selection function of the resonant cavity, completely coherent hard X-ray output can be realized.

(Quoted from Zhihu, the link still cannot be released)

Therefore, the main gun of the free electron laser in the future is likely to be made of diamonds.

To be honest, I really want a ring like this.

Volume 71 Cats and Space: Chapter [-] Change

While they're pretty annoying most of the time, no sane person would want to argue with conspiracy theorists who are in their own world, deaf to the overwhelming evidence.

Just like you can't convince a citizen scientist who claims to disprove the theory of relativity and believe in a flat earth, it is very difficult and ineffective to engage in intellectual discussions with them - but this time, in a way, they really hit the ground. You guessed it.

At least, part of it was guessed.

It is true that Hong subtly influences their culture and thoughts through such a similar and covert method.

But regarding this tungsten carbide ring, she was simply showing off to the Federation.

What's more, Hong won't deliberately lead the alliance's technology route to a detour, which is of no benefit to her.

What she wants is a reliable ally who is strong enough to be only inferior to the same race, not a useless neighboring country with weak military strength and backward scientific research that can't do anything.

Compared with a circle of useless neighboring countries or even enemies, she wants a community composed of extremely powerful and a circle of very powerful allies with the same goal.

Although from a probabilistic point of view, no matter how closely a strong ally is related to the same group, its threat is ultimately greater than a weak neighbor, which is inevitable—in any case, the interests of the allies cannot be 100% She is the same, which will inevitably lead to the possibility of deterioration of the relationship.

In fact, this is also the biggest reason for the "isolation" foreign policy adopted by Hong at the beginning.

As long as the neighboring countries are weak enough, their attitude has nothing to do with her.

No matter how hostile the ants are to her, they can't pose any threat to the same clan.

But as time went on, two things changed her mind - the arrival of the Alliance delegation proved that proper integration was safer than isolation, and the arrival of the extermination unit proved that the galaxy was far less safe than expected.

The isolation policy is the optimal solution based on the premise that the situation in the star field can be maintained stably, but if new forces continue to join, this premise will no longer exist.

Compared with unfamiliar new civilizations that may have completely irreconcilable contradictions, it is obviously safer to unite familiar and relatively friendly civilizations around them to form an unbreakable alliance.

As long as she can maintain a comprehensive lead in technology and military strength, allies will naturally surround her wisely.

It doesn't matter if some people aren't smart enough.

Anyone can learn to speak calmly in front of a battleship.

Going back to the topic just now, with such a common enemy as extinct units, although Hong will not donate his technology to the alliance for free, he will never deliberately mislead their technology route.

Moreover, in many cases, she doesn't need her help in every detail like teaching cubs for the technological assistance of a civilization.If she chooses to send technology directly to lower-level civilizations, not to mention that her soaring military strength may make her have some undue thoughts and threaten the safety of her and the cubs, which is not a good thing for the lower-level civilization itself .

Knowing what it is and not knowing why it is, is terrifying.

The members of the alliance also agree with the group's decision of "not directly aiding technology" - on the contrary, if the high-end technology is given away for free as soon as it comes up, they will worry about whether Hong has some ulterior motives.

In addition, in many cases, for scientific research, a short sentence of "this route is feasible" is enough.

From time to time to point out the maze of scientific research assistance, coupled with the innate attraction of advanced technology and systems to scientific researchers, so in the federal society, the scientific community's favorability for the same group is higher than that of the vast majority of people - it can be said that, except for the Internet Apart from the two-dimensional subcultural groups, scientists are the ones who have the highest affection for the same group.

As for Fasati and Empire, let alone, the relatively weak Internet industry cannot give birth to an Internet culture with sufficient influence.

Without Two-dimensional, scientists have become the well-deserved number one licking dogs of the same species.

Take herself as an example. As one of the top particle physicists in the federation, Asteria is quite envious of the "science first" social atmosphere of her fellow group.

Not to mention anything else, Hong's cubs can operate the equatorial superparticle collider to do experiments there, easily mobilize huge resources that even an academician of the Academy of Sciences cannot mobilize, and do some super-large-scale scientific research projects that they dream of.