Deep Space Fleet

Seeing these parameters, Zhang Yuan couldn't help wrinkling his nose. 2 light minutes, this number is only a small number in astronomical units. The distance from the sun to the earth, 1 astronomical unit is equivalent to 8.3 light minutes. 1 light year is equal to 63241 astronomical units.

But for human high-precision equipment, it is a very, very large number.

It is impossible to install a super telescope with a diameter of several kilometers on the curvature missile, nor can it install a super-powerful radar. How can it find a small target and then guide it precisely?

As for other space weapons, such as lasers and ion cannons, they don't even have guidance capabilities after they are launched, and the distance they can hit is within 2 light seconds.

Yes, only 2 light seconds!

Electromagnetic guns with low speed can only hit within 0.5 light seconds.

Ordinary nuclear bombs are pitifully slow, and can only be projected at close range by drones.

"In other words, distance is still the best way to protect civilizations."

"All in all, the curvature missile is the only weapon that can cause high damage to the curvature spaceship at an ultra-long distance, so we still need to develop... Vigorously develop it!"

There was silence in the meeting room, and some councilors who didn't know much about it began to whisper and discuss.

Zhang Yuan swallowed, what does this general mean? Just taking this opportunity to ask for money naked!

Isn't one curved missile equal to a spaceship? The missile must be equipped with a curvature engine, a supercomputer with a high amount of calculation, and a dark matter tracking device, which can vaguely judge the opponent's trace, and the cost is ridiculously high!

Oh, by the way, it's already so expensive, the destructive power of this missile must be astonishing, and the most powerful antimatter must be used in it no matter what!

Even so, the hit rate is still extremely low, one in ten thousand?

Zhang Yuan licked his dry lips, and seeing the ugly face of the captain lady on the stage, he couldn't help but secretly rejoiced... Fortunately, he is not a captain of this era.

Fortunately, the entire civilization is strong enough, otherwise it would not be able to afford such an expensive weapon.

The general ignored those experts who were in charge of national funding: "... Through long-term military exercises, we believe that the action venues of level 4 civilizations are no longer limited to cosmic strings, but should be avoided as much as possible, because in cosmic strings Fighting nearby, high gravitational fluctuations can disrupt curvature motion."

"If curvature navigation is lost, even if we are stronger than the third-level civilization, it will become the difference between fifty steps and one hundred steps... We don't need to be on the same starting line as the third-level civilization."

Down, what is shown on the screen is the cellular combat mode in the sub-light speed state.

Due to the poor communication environment of the spacecraft in the super-light speed state, sub-light speed environment warfare will become the mainstream warfare method of the fourth-level civilization.

The swarm of drones was like a flash of lightning, wiping out the targets on the planet in one fell swoop, and even this "target defense system" hadn't reacted at all.

Zhang Yuan was dazzled by all kinds of odd numbers and the video display.

He doesn't know if it's good or not, but at least it looks pretty good, and it's quite a gimmick. With his nerve reflex speed and field of vision, it is impossible to observe the sub-light speed spacecraft in a semi-invisible state.

But the problem is that the cost of the "curvature" UAV is astonishingly high. It must be equipped with a quark energy chamber and a curvature engine, and its production capacity is limited. Unlike traditional UAVs, it is a one-time consumable... The cost is actually about the same. If you want to form a bee colony, the budget is a lot.

The last link is to show the latest weapons: electromagnetic kinetic energy weapons, nuclear weapons, lasers, ion cannons, etc., are all old toys, just upgraded.

The latest toys are photon torpedoes, which are antimatter weapons, and special electromagnetic pulse bombs, which can specifically disrupt battlefield communications.

"People without thought, he must worry about!"

"We will not choose to invade others, but we should have the ability to defend ourselves... I hope these weapons can enable us to protect ourselves in future crises! Thank you everyone!"

After the military representative finished speaking, there was a burst of applause from the audience.

Next, the two civilizations began to discuss the future development direction, and most people still felt that they should go out and communicate with other civilizations.

If you continue to stay here and study slowly, you may still make some progress, but it will definitely not be as rapid as it was at the beginning. The technology capable of mining is almost complete.

In addition, the six large motherships are about to be completed, and the latest curvature engines will be installed, and the test flight will start after a while.

So, after some discussions, people discussed their own goals - Tabby Star!

That is, the Dyson sphere!

This is the goal reached after long-term discussions.

Tabby Star, code-named KIC 8462852, has been observed by humans for a long time.

In the 21st century, humans have discovered this planet whose luminous intensity changes periodically. Scientists at the time were very puzzled, thinking that some celestial body periodically blocked the star.

But after long-term observation, people finally identified it as a Dyson sphere, and then believed that there was a more powerful alien civilization in the universe, which caused a huge panic at that time!

Speaking of it, this Dyson sphere has a certain relationship with the "Earth Times" project.

If this Dyson sphere has not been observed, people may still be obsessed with the idea that "human beings are the only intelligent life in the universe", just like a tribal chief on an isolated island, proud of ruling the entire island ...

The discovery of the Dyson sphere had a huge impact on humans at that time, and it first proved the existence of alien life. Secondly... This is simply as powerful as opening up the world, and the difference between the sky and the ants!

Whether it is panic or excitement, the discovery of the Dyson sphere at this moment has had a profound impact on the history of the entire human society.

Of course, people are no longer unfamiliar with alien civilizations, but this is still the only Dyson sphere found in the Milky Way.

It's very mysterious and weird...

As far as human beings currently know, the Dyson sphere is really useless. It is just a large solar panel. It can collect all the energy of a star. It is indeed very powerful, but the fourth-level civilization will not lack energy. Why should it be like this? do it? Even if there is a real lack of energy, you can build thousands of quark energy chambers instead of building the difficult Dyson sphere.

This is very strange.

It wasn't until later that people had vague guesses in their hearts.

According to the star road map exchanged from the fourth-level civilization, it is a gathering place of a large number of interstellar civilizations, about 400 light-years away from the current location, and there are members of the amoeba faction forming a trading market there.

In other words, a planet whose brightness changes periodically can naturally attract the attention of interstellar civilizations. It has become the most important symbol of Orion's cantilever, and most interstellar civilizations will be interested in it.

Combining all these, human beings are still very willing to go to that place to find out what happened. By the way, they also want to invite the ally of the Toss civilization to go with them. One more ally is always more power.

However, after thinking about it for a long time, the Tuos people actually rejected this plan: "Unfortunately, friends of the new human civilization, we are indeed very interested in that Dyson sphere. But we have just obtained visual perception, and we want to use this It takes a long time for a technology to spread to the entire civilization."

"After having optical perception, we collectively believe that the technology tree of our civilization is too incomplete. We need to adapt to this new perception ability, and also develop the corresponding technology of optical perception to adapt to the new era. Therefore, we It is also intended to continue to develop here for hundreds of years or so.”

"After that, we will choose to go there."

The choice of the Toth civilization is also within people's expectations, because in the process of long-term contact, people have obviously discovered this defect. It is quite reasonable for the other party to choose this way.

With a new perception, you must first study its safety, and then slowly popularize, adapt, and develop new adaptive technologies. Maybe all the existing mechanical equipment will have to be modified, which is a huge amount of work.

And there is no need for human beings to wait three to five hundred years. The so-called friendship between gentlemen is as light as water. Most of the time, people still have to rely on themselves.

In this way, after the meeting, all the Tothians boarded their spaceships and prepared to leave. Before parting, people also gave away some cheap technologies, such as LCD screens, foldable personal mobile phones, clocks, computers, VR glasses and other things. These technologies are very cheap, but they are very useful.

If the other party really adopts these things, there may be more common topics when they meet in the future.

Finally, the two sides bid farewell to each other.

"May your civilization progress forever..."

A standard interstellar etiquette.

A life that really knows the connotation of this set of etiquette will never underestimate it, and knows its gravity.

As a representative of civilization, Zhang Yuan bent slightly: "I also hope that your civilization can continue to improve."

"Goodbye, friends."

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The Toth civilization launched its spaceship and left, and the new human civilization will also embark on a new journey...

Goal, Tabby Star!

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(This volume is over!)