Chapitre 587: Target - Tabby Star!
Zhang Yuan couldn't help but wrinkle his nose when he saw these parameters. 2 light minutes 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.
On a curvature missile, it is impossible to install a super telescope with a diameter of several kilometers, nor can it install an ultra-powerful radar. How can it detect a small target and then guide it accurately?
As for other space weapons, such as lasers and ion cannons, they do not even have guidance capabilities after being launched, and the range they can hit is within 2 light seconds.
Yes, only 2 light seconds!
A low-speed electromagnetic gun can 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, warp missiles are the only weapons that can cause high damage to warp spaceships at ultra-long distances, so we still have to develop... vigorously!"
There was silence in the conference room, and some members who didn't know much about it began to talk and discuss in whispers.
Zhang Yuan swallowed, what did 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 is already so expensive. The destructive power of this missile must be astonishing. It must contain the most powerful antimatter!
Even so, the hit rate is still extremely low, one in ten thousand?
Zhang Yuan licked his dry lips and couldn't help but feel happy when he saw the ugly look on the captain's lady's face on the stage... Fortunately, he was not the 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 If a war breaks out nearby, high gravitational fluctuations will destroy the 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."
Next, what is displayed on the screen is the cellular combat mode in the sub-light speed state.
Since the communication environment of the spacecraft is very poor in the super-light speed state, warfare in sub-light speed environments will become the mainstream method of warfare for level four civilizations.
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 the video display of all kinds of discrepancies.
He didn't know if it was powerful or not, but at least it looked pretty good and had some gimmicks. With his nerve reflex speed and field of vision, it was impossible to observe the semi-stealth sublight speed ship.
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 will be quite large.
The last link is to show the latest weapons: electromagnetic kinetic energy weapons, nuclear weapons, lasers, ion cannons, etc., are old toys, just upgraded.
The latest toys are photon torpedoes, which are anti-matter weapons, and special electromagnetic pulse bombs, which are designed to 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 round of applause from the audience.
Next, the two civilizations began to discuss the future development direction. 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 that can be mined has almost been mined.
In addition, the six large motherships are about to be completed and the latest curvature engines will be installed. Test flights will begin in a while.
So, after some discussion, people came up with their own goal - Tabby's Star!
That is, the Dyson sphere!
This is the goal reached after long-term discussions.
Tabby's Star, code-named KIC 8462852, has been observed by humans for a long, long time.
In the 21st century, humans have already discovered this planet whose luminous intensity changes periodically. Scientists at the time were confused and thought that some celestial body periodically obscured the star.
But after long-term observation, people finally determined that it was a Dyson sphere, and then concluded that there was a more powerful alien civilization in the universe, which caused huge panic at that time!
Speaking of which, this Dyson sphere has a certain connection with the "Earth Era" project.
If this Dyson sphere had not been observed, people might still be obsessed with the idea that "human beings are the only intelligent life in the universe", just like the tribal chief on an isolated island, feeling proud because he rules the entire island. …
The discovery of the Dyson Sphere had a huge impact on mankind at that time. It was the first to prove the existence of extraterrestrial life. Secondly... this is simply as powerful as the beginning of 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 entire history of human society.
Of course, nowadays, people are no longer unfamiliar with alien civilizations, but this is still the only Dyson sphere discovered in the Milky Way.
This is very mysterious and weird...
As far as mankind's current understanding is concerned, the Dyson sphere is indeed of little use. It is just a large solar panel. It can collect all the energy of a star. It is indeed very, very powerful. But level four civilizations will not be short of energy. Why is it like this? What to do? Even if there is really a lack of energy, we can build thousands of quark energy energy chambers instead of building a very difficult Dyson sphere.
This is very strange.
It was not until later that people had some vague speculations.
According to the star road map exchanged from the fourth-level civilization, it is a gathering place for a large number of interstellar civilizations, about 400 light years away from the current location, and members of the Amoeba faction have established 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 these factors, humans are still very willing to go to that place to find out what is going on. By the way, they also want to invite the ally of the Toss civilization to go with them. One more ally always adds more strength.
However, after thinking for a long time, the Toss 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 gained visual perception and 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 We plan to continue developing here for hundreds of years or so."
"After that, we choose to go there."
The choice of the Toss civilization was also within people's expectations, because in the process of long-term contact, people obviously discovered this flaw. The other party's choice is quite reasonable.
If you have a new perception, you must first study its safety, then slowly popularize it, adapt it, and develop new adaptive technology. 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 for 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 Thos people 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, they might have more topics in common when they meet in the future.
Finally, both parties bid farewell to each other.
"May your civilization always progress..."
A standard interstellar etiquette.
Those who truly know the connotation of this set of etiquette will never despise it, and they all know how heavy it is.
As a representative of civilization, Zhang Yuan bowed slightly: "I also hope that your civilization can continue to progress."
"Goodbye, friends."
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The Toss civilization started its own spaceship and left, and the new human civilization will also embark on a new journey...
Target, Tabby Star!
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