The two spacecrafts being tested are the two oldest spacecrafts, and their technology is relatively lagging behind. ~Top~Point~Novel 23wx With the evacuation of personnel completed, the test officially began.
The two spacecraft were controlled to be 1 billion kilometers away from the main fleet. At this distance, even if a spacecraft with a diameter of 1,000 kilometers exploded, it would not affect the fleet a billion kilometers away. In fact, at a distance of one billion kilometers, even if the sun explodes, the spacecraft will have enough time to evacuate.
"Start!" At the command, the two spacecrafts were arranged in a front-to-back manner, with a distance of 200 kilometers apart (according to calculations), and began to accumulate energy and accelerate together. Warp motion does not require the spacecraft to accelerate to 0.95 times the speed of light - that would take too long; in fact, this is a question of balance point.
Theoretically, even if the spacecraft is stationary, the warp engine can still distort space, but if you stay still, distorting space has little meaning. In addition, the warp engine distortion space is not infinite; it mainly depends on the energy stored in the engine in advance. Under the current situation, this energy is enough to allow the warp engine to work at rated power for about ten minutes. In these ten minutes, of course, the faster the spacecraft is, the better. The faster the speed, the farther the distance it travels.
But on the other hand, it also involves an issue of energy consumption and acceleration. The relationship between the speed and mass of the spacecraft determines that the speed cannot be increased infinitely. Generally speaking, accelerating to 0.5 times the speed of light in a short period of time is already very good. This requires the use of the original initial velocity; otherwise it only takes fifty minutes. The acceleration time is calculated based on the huge volume and mass of the spacecraft. The speed increase is really limited.
Now, the two spacecrafts are one behind the other, 200 kilometers apart; after fifty minutes of acceleration and energy storage, warp flight begins.
At the beginning, the energy consumption of the two was the same as the normal state, and no savings could be seen. But soon, a superposition phenomenon occurred, and the ripples in space became more intense at the same time. The distance span of space that the spacecraft traverses is greater. A full one-third increase. In other words, two spacecrafts accelerate at the same time, saving a full 30% of energy. However, the danger also comes at this time!
Two spacecraft caused instability in space. Just halfway through the shuttle. It looks like from the outside. Because of their respective spatial positions, the speed was different and time was distorted. The two spacecraft actually collided together at a certain moment. The speed is so fast and the force of the collision is so powerful. So in an instant, the two spaceships turned into pieces.
However, the warp engine made of Pico material was very strong, and coupled with the collision and deceleration of the spacecraft hull, it actually withstood the collision and the squeeze of space; it continued to work for a full ten minutes. Ten minutes later, a piece of debris appeared out of thin air 33 billion kilometers away; but except for the two warp engines that remained intact, only fragments of the spacecraft remained.
However, in the process of scientific research and exploration, it is necessary to "get into trouble"; therefore, the wealthy Lieyan family did not stop there. Then came two more spacecrafts, but this time they used ten-kilometer flying saucers to replace the two remaining warp engines. This time it was side by side.
However, the space uses reality to tell the Lieyan family and the humans on earth, don’t challenge me randomly! Fragments, fragments! During warp flight, different space speeds and time will be distorted. Especially since space itself has the ability to heal, there will be an inward squeezing force, so that the experimental spacecraft will inevitably collide. . Even the spaceships stuck together will be squeezed and broken.
After losing four spaceships and more than a dozen flying saucers, the Lieyan family finally gave up their temporary rhapsody. Everyone has to move forward honestly. The universe is mysterious. It can accept the challenge of reason, but not the challenge of arrogance!
Flying in the universe is boring, especially in this state of warp speed. At first, people thought that warp flight would be fun and fast; but reality always forces people to re-examine themselves! Warp engine technology makes people finally realize the importance of the body!
At the beginning, it was usually 20 warp flights, followed by a 20-30 hour rest; at the end, it was 15 flights, with a 20-30 hour rest; but less than three months later, the warp flight had to be adjusted to 5 warp flights per flight. times, rest for 24 hours!
Continuous warp flight will create huge pressure that ordinary people's bodies cannot bear. What's more, during warp flight, you can't rest, work, or do anything else; you can only lie down in the eco-chamber and stretch your body... It's a really bad feeling.
In this state several times in a row, the fleet's flight had to be adjusted to this state. Warp five times, then rest for 24 hours. In order to ensure human health, work and other tasks are all handled by robots. In the development of earth's civilization, we have always opposed the large-scale popularization of robots; because robots will make humans lazy and then become useless! The earth's civilization has developed so rapidly in recent years, and it is probably because of this decree that it has benefited.
But now, we have to use a large number of robots for production and work, and a large number of people can only lie in ecological cabins or exercise. The universe is very empty, and there is no energy, so it is impossible to practice. The reason for this is still not fully understood by Zhang Jingyuan.
This forward state is only less than 50% faster than direct flight, but the energy consumption is more than three times higher! Because of the constant shuttle, the spacecraft needs to continuously accelerate, store energy, and fly at warp speed. And if it flies normally, after accelerating to a certain extent, the spacecraft will rely on inertia to move forward. In this process, there is basically no loss of kinetic energy!
If it weren't for the energy block technology and the energy reserves that have been prepared for more than 70 years, we really wouldn't be able to support humans in this way.
After discussions and rigorous calculations by scientists, the fleet finally decided to fly smoothly for ten years first, and then begin large-scale, continuous warp flight ten years later; during these ten years, everyone must exercise and Controlling the birth of a newborn; of course. Scientists will also try to develop new devices, especially for the protection of minors.
It will take decades for the spacecraft to set off this time, because in the spaceship, families are traveling. Just like on the ground, they grow, study, work, research, get married and have children...
Let alone a thousand-kilometer spaceship, even a one-hundred-kilometer-diameter spacecraft is a complete social system.
Only when you have pressure can you be motivated. Ten years goes by too fast. And ten years. The spacecraft has not yet flown out of the human civilization circle on earth. Similarly, in the past ten years, the fleet has become larger and larger, with spacecraft and warriors constantly joining along the way.
on these ships that were added later. The proportion of ordinary people has dropped significantly. Too many people come from military families. Or they are those who have advanced skills and can withstand long-term, continuous warp flight and the pressure from space.
In the year 644 of the Imperial Calendar, the spaceship fleet was finally complete. The Human Empire has paid a total of 55 spaceships that have traveled thousands of kilometers and more than 2,800 spaceships that have traveled hundreds of kilometers, tens of thousands of fighter jets and flying saucers; the number of people going to the Pearl Star Field has reached a population of 3 billion. According to the plan, although humans on earth will not enter the Pearl Star Field on a large scale (is this also called a small scale?), they will take root in one of the star systems and then try their best to become "native residents". In fact, the diameter of the Pearl Star Field is 40 light-years, which is only the core area; there is also an edge zone of at least 20 light-years around. The so-called edge zone means that the number of stars here is significantly more than that of the outside world, but it is not comparable to the center. For example, even the Pearl Star Territory here has not been fully explored.
This is a long journey. Even with warp flight technology, it is impossible to jump from human civilization to the destination at once; after 650 years in the Imperial Calendar, it is basically possible to achieve 20 consecutive warp flights and rest for 30 hours and then continue the cycle. This kind of flying speed is about five times the normal flying speed; the main reason is that at the end of each warp flight, the speed will be slightly affected, and it needs to be accelerated again.
I don’t know how long it took, but Zhang Jingyuan could already see naked dolls running around in the ecological cabin of the spacecraft, and a bright star field finally appeared in front of him. Life in the universe is so vast and boring that keeping time is basically meaningless. Many people, including scientists, repeat the life of the previous day day by day.
"We're here." Lieyan Ming Ronghui's voice spread to all the spacecraft, "There are still 11 light years, let's work harder." Now, Lieyan Ming Ronghui has aged again, this time he can Life really has come to an end. Over the years, Lieyan Ming Ronghui has been in contact with the family, and the communication has been good - at least, this is the news Zhang Jingyuan got here. The unique communication technology within the Lieyan family has not been leaked, and humans on earth have not yet been able to crack this communication technology. In fact, since arriving in the human civilization circle on Earth, Lieyan Ming Ronghui has already started to contact his family; however, most of the contacts are one-sided; Earth's civilization is too far away. But now here, Lieyan Ming Ronghui has established mutual communication with the family. Of course, such a situation will definitely not be told to humans on earth.
Zhang Jingyuan looked up at the calendar. Unknowingly, the calendar had reached the year 697 of the Imperial Calendar!
11 light years may be very far, but for the current warp speed flight, it only takes more than two years - in the past seventy years of space flight, scientists have never stopped researching, and now after continuous fine adjustments , the speed of the spacecraft has been improved a lot; and the warp engine has also been optimized in a large number of details.
"So beautiful!" Seeing the Pearl Star Field from a distance, the "natives" from the earth's civilization, as well as the descendants of the Lieyan family who grew up in the starry sky, all exclaimed. Only when you come here from a barren place like the solar system can you feel the prosperity here!
All the stars gather together, as if they are having a meeting; around the solar system, there is only one star system four to five light years away; and here, the distance between star systems is only a few hundred billion kilometers! In other words, just beyond the influence range of a star system, another star system will appear. There are even many star systems that are so close together that several guys are dancing ballroom together...
In such an environment, the probability of life planets appearing inside the star system is too great! That's it, it's just the edge!
Only when you see the Pearl Star Territory in person can you understand what the rich, central world is and what the barren, edge world is! Perhaps, if it weren't for civilization and technology, no one would go to this remote "desert" in the solar system.
"Great Emperor, please allow me to introduce the beautiful and rich Pearl Star Territory." Lieyan Ming Ronghui's figure appeared in the command hall using three-dimensional projection technology. Such technology has now been further developed. If it were not for the light link above the head, it would not even be possible to distinguish between a real person and a projection; they are too similar.
Lieyan Ming Ronghui had a smile on his lips, a little proud and a little "contemptuous"; such a subtle expression could not hide from Zhang Jingyuan's eyes; "As you can see in front of me, this is the Pearl Star." According to the earth's civilization, there is a black hole in the center. However, after tens of thousands of years, we have determined that this is a stable star field.
But also because of the existence of black holes, we have been exposed to space technology earlier, so our space engine is unique, so communication within the Pearl Star Field is very strong. ”
The next step is to brag. Anyway, look at how rich the Pearl Star Field is, and how barren the human civilization circle on Earth is! The number of stars and planets with life within four light-years of us already exceeds everything humans on Earth have today. But this guy didn’t know that the better he spoke, the stronger the greedy light in Zhang Jingyuan’s eyes became! It's just that Zhang Jingyuan hid it very well! (To be continued...)
ps: Sorry, the company is too busy near the end of the year. Next week is another big exhibition, so it may be difficult to update on time; but Tianya will try its best to ensure that there are more than 6,000+.