Live exercises in space are the path that warriors in the space age must take. Although virtual learning is already top-notch, it just won’t work if you don’t get in touch with the real situation! As for virtual things, in order to make the system operate normally, some things inevitably need to be optimized.
It's just that it is moving at high speed after all, and it is moving at 0.55 times the speed of light. No one knows what the consequences will be. Therefore, the detectors and test fighters still need to be released before the real training exercises can begin.
Exit the game and directly switch the virtual scene to video viewing mode. You can see that the spaceship is "slowly" moving forward in space. Looking at the surrounding stars, it feels like it is always the same, rather than in the movie, where it quickly retreats and finally changes. Into streams of light.
But it’s just a bit of emotion, reality is reality. However, in reality, in this era of entering interstellar civilization, people also have no shortage of fantasy, and they also want the opportunity to experience the speed that only exists in fantasy and surpass the speed of light. The reason why human beings have come so far is not because they dare to think and do!
Phew... From the fighter warehouse, a total of 10 test fighters were launched, as well as a series of large and small detectors to monitor the status of space, spaceships and fighters in real time.
All fighter jets switched to fully automated control and remote command modes. In the absence of combat, automated control and remote command are sufficient to ensure the operation of fighter jets. It's just that when fighting, it has to be controlled manually. Many things require wisdom and experience to operate, rather than simple and rigid program control. That kind of feeling and intuition, that kind of grasp of timing, pre-judgment and analysis of the battlefield, and even further tactical issues, etc., will always require the support of the great wisdom of mankind. No matter how powerful the weapon is, it cannot escape the title of a "tool".
Fortunately, even at such a high speed, it still obeys basic physical laws, such as inertia. Ten fighter jets were released. After stabilizing, they all keep moving in the same direction and speed as the spacecraft. It's just that at such a high speed, the quality and time of the fighter jets are greatly different from those in the virtual world!
In the virtual world for simplicity. It does not take into account the status of the fighter jet at high speed (above one-tenth the speed of light) - that is to say, in a virtual StarCraft war, even if you drive the fighter jet to 0.99 times the speed of light, the time and quality of the fighter jet will not be affected. Nothing will change.
The reason for such a setting is not just to consider the ease of operation, but also to consider the energy carried by the fighter itself, which makes it difficult to reach more than 0.1 times the speed of light; so this was not considered. What’s more, its setting is too cumbersome and the technology has bottlenecks!
But now the problem arises. The spacecraft itself has a speed of 0.55 times the speed of light. Similarly, the fighter jet residing on the spacecraft naturally has an initial speed of 0.55 times the speed of light! Of course, as an empire, even spaceships can be built. There is certainly no problem with this little fighter itself, and all aspects of it have been taken into consideration; such as changes in time and mass at high speeds. Therefore, the current test is perfect.
But for those combatants who have been receiving ordinary virtual training, this is a bit fatal - the speed is too fast, and if you are not careful, you can easily damage yourself! Lost in the universe. But this is part of the battle that must be accepted!
Just like the original aircraft carrier. Today's spacecraft is also a "mother ship". The mother ship is too bulky and it is difficult for it to change its existing motion. Then, defense and warfare must be completed by flexible fighter jets. Unless there are certain critical battles, the super cannon on the mother ship will be used - although this thing is not as powerful as the starry sky cannon left in the outer space of Venus. But the longest one is 40 kilometers, which is enough to accelerate smaller projectiles to 0.1 times the speed of light. And if you add the speed of the spacecraft itself, this attack speed is terrifying enough.
Of course, now is the time for fighter training.
Under automated control, the experiment was successful and perfect. So. Next comes the training of combatants. This trip to the Whale Constellation is actually a war of conquest, and a complete war must be carried out. Perhaps judging from the information returned, the level of technological development of that civilization is only approximately equivalent to the technological level of mankind 150 years ago, but what has to be said is that it will take at least 35 Earth years from the return of the signal to the departure and arrival of the spacecraft! In 35 years, maybe a certain key technology suddenly breaks out and we can turn defeat into victory! There are too many such situations in movies - and in fact, there are many such things in human history!
In comparison, the spacecraft was built decades ago, and during the process of space flight, it is almost impossible to develop technology. It seems that the people on earth are not particularly advantageous. (After thinking about it for a long time, I still feel that "Earthlings" is a smooth term. In the future interstellar era, Earthlings will refer to the civilization of the solar system).
"Dong dong..." Feng Yunfei walked firmly on the aisle and walked towards his fighter jet. The number 1010 is my number in the virtual world. This is the cabin of the spaceship. There are 100 fighter jets here. There are complete charging ports, ammunition supply devices, oxygen and other facilities next to it. In fact, this place is almost exactly the same as in the virtual scene. It's just that in reality, the long cabin has been replaced by individual cabins. In each cabin, there are a hundred fighter jets; the reason why it is isolated in this way is to prevent a certain cabin from being penetrated during the battle, so it can be sealed Closed - similar to a sealed compartment on a ship.
In addition, after continuous improvement, the shape of fighter jets is more sci-fi and of course more reasonable. There are cube-shaped ones, such as square, rectangular, etc. The advantage of such a fighter is that it is convenient to arrange the internal parts and it is also easy to exert maximum combat effectiveness. There are also spherical and ellipsoid shaped ones, which have a large internal volume and can carry a lot of things. In addition, there are also bionic ones, such as fish, snakes, etc. Feng Yunfei even designed his fighter jet to be in the shape of a bat - with thin foldable wings!
Nowadays, when manufacturing combat mechas, fighter jets, etc., these "small" items often use ultra-high-strength materials. However, these materials are not the same as before, such as forming steel plates, and then stamping, cutting, tailoring, welding, etc. wait. Instead, we directly use nano-barrier technology.
This is the most advanced technology of the Chinese Empire. Each nanoparticle is a complete processed superhard material monomer. When a certain material is needed, these nanoparticles are directly transformed into buildings through ultra-high voltage and high temperature. Build it out. If other materials need to be added in the middle, perfect integration can be achieved under this microscopic construction. This has led to the development of personalization, such as now. Although it is said that there are several fixed series of fighter jets, the actual situation is: none of them are exactly the same! Here, in all the cabins on this spaceship, in this cold steel world, you can even see hundreds of geometric shapes and thousands of animal forms!
Never underestimate the intelligence level of ordinary people. Scientists are not omnipotent - in fact, scientists are just the professional category among ordinary people. Except for those geniuses who are rare in thousands of years, most people's intelligence levels are not much different.
Another advantage of independently designing your own fighter is: complete control! Today's fighters are not easy to make. A fighter has tens of millions of parts, all of which need to be installed by yourself - of course. Just like engines, small nuclear reactors, etc., there is no need to disassemble them. Once this thing breaks, it can only be replaced with a new one. But the basic parts combination must be mastered.
The scene is exactly the same as in the virtual world. But it made Feng Yunfei feel inexplicably nervous. The virtual world is, after all, a virtual world, and the real world is, after all, the real world! At least, current technology cannot yet allow humans to equate the virtual world with the real world. You haven't even finished exploring the outside world, how can you imitate it! It's like looking at half of a person and then drawing the person completely - is it possible? Maybe the other half you didn’t see has a gun in his hand!
Although I was nervous, I was thinking about my future life. You must not be lazy when it comes to training. And if you want to master this war machine proficiently, you must drive it yourself and drive it for a long enough time! Otherwise, even if you assemble it yourself, you may not be able to use it. After all, a lot of standard parts are used in the assembly process. For example, formed chips, complete sets of software, finished engines, etc.
The computing speed of the chip, the response speed of the engine, the charging time of the rail gun, the attack limit of each projectile, the hundreds of applications of the laser cannon, and so on. Even the strength of the artificial magnetic field generating device and its effect on light distortion need to be controlled.
Especially nowadays, with some inevitable high-speed physical phenomena caused by high-speed motion, time is distorted and separated from reality; mass increases out of thin air. How to coordinate quality and so on. Also, fighter jets have strong thrust, so acceleration and deceleration need to be calculated, and the body’s endurance limit must also be considered! There are also energy consumption, oxygen consumption, etc. that need to be calculated.
If the oxygen is used up in advance and the energy is still sufficient, then the energy can be used to circulate oxygen! But if the energy is used up, sorry, you can only wait...wait for what? Either be saved or die. The high-speed moving fighter jet will never stop rushing into the universe!
Feng Yunfei walked into the fighter jet, and the canopy of the fighter jet slowly closed. The cockpit is large, with a small independent cabin fixed by steel in the center. A fighter jet is twenty or thirty meters in size, so it is very easy to carve out a three-meter-square living cabin. A battle in the universe may last for several days or weeks, and there must always be a place for eating, drinking, and sleeping. The independent cabin in the middle is the real cockpit. First, put on the underwear with electrodes for electric shock, and then lie quietly in it. After the surrounding silicone is inflated, the person is firmly fixed. The brain begins to connect to the central computer and begins to quietly adapt to the real world. fighter. The first is, of course, the attack power. The maximum attack can eject a 50-gram ultra-high-strength projectile at 0.1 times the speed of light. With the completion of the construction of the starry sky cannon, the empire's rail technology has achieved explosive development. Such an attack is even enough to penetrate the outer shell of a spacecraft. The speed is too fast, and it will even interrupt the force between atoms, making the defense of steel useless.
The most powerful laser can burn through ten meters of special steel in one second, but it consumes so much energy that it can only use physical batteries to provide energy. Ten units of physical energy storage can only be used for a hundred hours— —In fact, it is expected that the combat time of fighter jets in space may take up to a month! After all, the scale of space is so huge that it would take a long time to chase one thing after another. Also, in the high-speed battle in space, there is generally no chance to lock on to the opponent for a second; many opportunities are fleeting!
Then there is the acceleration capability of the spacecraft. Speed is the key to modern technology and the core of modern warfare. No matter what kind of war technology it is, the first requirement must be speed. Without speed, nuclear warheads can only explode on their own land. In the empty space, anti-gravity engines are useless and can only rely on plasma engines. Taking into account the space environment and so on, the engine used in the fighter jet is the standard Die Hard II engine with a rated thrust of 2,000 tons. Of course, since it is military technology, it must be optimized. The first must be energy consumption, then response speed and time. Compared with traditional technology, energy consumption has been greatly improved, and the engine can ignite successfully within three seconds, reach 70% of the peak value within one second, and reach 100% power within ten seconds. After working stably, you can overclock up to 30% in a short period of time! This is another indicator of military technology: explosion!
In addition to thrust, there is also its own defense. In addition to the special composite deck, the more important thing is the artificial magnetic field generating device. In space, it is not only the enemy's attack that needs to be defended, but also the radiation of the universe! There's so much radiation that it's impossible to detect - by the time you see it, you've already been hit! Therefore, in this empty universe, the magnetic field generating device must be turned on at all times.
Last but not least, energy. A small nuclear reactor has a maximum power of 10,000 degrees per hour, but it can only work for a few months - the ideal state is 3,000 degrees, which can work for 30 years! Nuclear power is better in the long run. In addition to this, there is a set of physical batteries that carry ten units of power. One unit is 100 million degrees! This is the bulk of energy consumption. Physical battery technology is still one of the pinnacle technologies of mankind today. A small space of 100 million cubic meters can store 150 million degrees - the theoretical value is 200 million degrees. The energy it carries far exceeds that of nuclear energy; but in terms of sustainability, nuclear power still has the advantage. I can only say that each has its advantages.
"Countdown..."
As he gradually adapted to his body, Feng Yunfei heard the countdown sound. The person responsible for directing the battle was Zhao Qingyun himself, but the person directly responsible for commanding everyone was Mu Tianhe, the son of Mu Xinghai! There are also many people who are unwilling to be mediocre!
ps: This chapter is mainly to pave the way for the sky battle. According to the assumption, fighting at high speed is completely different from ordinary fighting. I'm trying to write about the characteristics of this state.