The year 1525 in the federal calendar, the summer of graduation season.

Bolar Star Aerospace Academy, Class of 1021 Commencement Ceremony,

As a representative of outstanding graduates, Yun Xinghe, who is over 25 years old and wears a handsome uniform, delivered a humorous and meaningful speech in the circular staircase hall:

"Dear teachers, dear students, good morning. ”

"I believe that most of the people present should know my face, of course, it is not very handsome, some people are very annoying, and some people may greet this face like this: Hey, isn't this the great Captain of the Galaxy? I heard that you have helped mankind find a habitable planet that is enough to send one to everyone?"

"Yes, yes, I did find so many planets, in a dream, of course (laughs). ”

"Don't laugh, I really had this kind of dream, in that dream, there was a star system with more planets than pinballs, dense, too many to count, and I was so happy that I woke up laughing from the dream (laughter from the audience). ”

"Of course, dreams can be made, but dreams never change. ”

"My dream, like the dream of everyone here, is to expand more living space for mankind and the Federation. ”

"I'm not a great person, joining the interstellar development, it's not to prove how great I am, how noble and great, this is my body, the genes left over from my ancestors, these genes tell me: the Yun family, is a family that exists for distant stars, we can't wait in one place for a long time, looking at the stars in the sky, we want to go to this one to see, and we want to go to that one to see...... The man of the Yun family is never restless. ”

"The universe is full of unknowns and dangers, and the vast majority of people are gone, my father, grandfather, great-grandfather, 10 generations, went to the far reaches of deep space, some of them have been confirmed dead, some have no news to return...... I'm in the 11th generation, and I'm going to embark on this journey. ”

"Many years later, some people may ask, why did I go to that starry sky without hesitation, what influenced me, induced me, drove me, and became a great pioneer?

After a pause, he said: "It's an ideal, it's an impulse, it's a search, it's a kind of romance that belongs to men, it's because my name is Xinghe." ”

"One day, this name will spread like thunder and spread all over the starry sky. ”

"Thank you!"

Yun Xinghe bowed slightly.

"Papapapa~"

Warm applause resounded endlessly.

……

After graduating, it was an internship on a starship.

Yun Xinghe and his small team were assigned to the 11th Fleet of the Federation, a D-class battleship of the main service class, named "Dragon Halberd", and the flagship of the 10th Fleet.

As a D-class warship, the tonnage of the Dragon Halberd exceeds 1 billion tons, it is more than 3,000 meters long, 33 layers inside, and the average armor thickness is more than 5500mm, as for the weapons it uses, it is mainly small nuclear missiles, laser cannons, particle cannons, high-power nuclear torpedoes, and also carries 1,000 air and space fighters and tens of thousands of unmanned fighters - this starship, equipped with combat and non-combat personnel, a total of 30,000 people.

Even though there are more than 30,000 people, the interior of this advanced warship still looks extremely empty, and there are many positions and talents in short supply.

Over the years, the fleets of the Federation have been constantly expanding, and the starship production line is being built at full capacity, and five to ten new ships will be put into service every year.

Take the 11th Fleet of Bulla Star as an example, more than a thousand years ago, there were only 12 starships that departed from the mother Blue Star and arrived at Bola Star, and they were all A-class warships with a length of thousands of meters, and now, after thousands of years of almost violent expansion, the current 11th Fleet, the number of warships at all levels A, B, C, D, and E has exceeded 10,000.

The gathering of these warships, the brick-like shapes, the dense three-dimensional phalanx, and the brilliant fire during the training of weapons salvos in the asteroid field, the spectators were all amazed.

But......

10,000 times of military training in peacetime are not as good as a real sword and gun in a real battle.

So at a party in the starship restaurant, a pilot officer with the rank of captain, when he communicated with Yun Xinghe, when he learned that he was an interstellar explorer, his sour tone was envious and jealous.

"It's your time," he complained, "and the long peace, the boring training, the relaxing vacations, and the family I see every year, make me sometimes forget that I'm a soldier, but rather that I'm doing a job that pays well, but I can't be promoted once in fifty years, and I can work peacefully until I retire." ”

Raising his head and taking a sip of wine, he looked at Yunxing River Channel: "At least you can still get glory, but what about us, except in the virtual training game, using the virtual number of shots to comfort and motivate ourselves, other times, some are just empty......"

"In Bola Star, our presence is not as good as some TV stars, not as good as some masters in virtual online games, and even as popular anchors on some live broadcast platforms...... We're just a bunch of poor invisible people. ”

He shook his head and said: "Boy, I really envy you very much, if God can give me another chance, I will definitely be like you, give up this military uniform and choose that handsome and cool adventure suit!"

Yun Xinghe comforted him and said, "Uncle, don't be depressed, you will come in handy in the future, you will not stay here to train forever, and you will also have some difficult tasks." ”

Yun Xinghe didn't lie to him about this, the old man in his mind told him that about ten years later, the Blue Star Federation would announce that a group of colonial stars would be changed to directly administrative stars and included in the direct jurisdiction of the Federation.

In the course of carrying out this task, these loyal soldiers did not receive praise and glory, but were questioned and abused overwhelmingly, and the titles of "executioner", "cold-blooded butcher", and "lackey of the Federation" made the image of these Federation soldiers plummet.

So they are hungry for war, good soldiers in peacetime, they are hungry for war, for a war that proves them.

But it is true, as the flight captain said: now is the age of adventurers, the age of soldiers, and it may be thousands of years to wait, and the cake of glory does not have their share.

Yun Xinghe could only express regret in his heart.

……

Five years, in space, it was just a few simple tasks to clean up meteorites and carry large asteroids to space smelters.

As the second mate of the internship, Yun Xinghe, on the "Dragon Halberd", felt that he didn't learn anything, so he got an excellent one.

Even, on the "Dragon Halberd" starship, Yun Xinghe still has a lot of time to pay attention to the "Seventh Spacecraft Manufacturing Plant" under the Star Exploration Bureau, what percentage of the manufacturing progress of the exploration spacecraft that will be assigned to him, and what advanced equipment has been installed? Has the power system adopted the "Yunxia Power Plan"? What is the defense power? What is the maximum endurance?

Yun Xinghe would make a phone call to the factory almost every three days to inquire about these problems, and sometimes if there was a flash of inspiration in his mind and some modification needs, he would take a leave of absence and go to the "Seventh Spaceship Factory" in person, put forward his own ideas, and hoped that the other party would improve.

The factory naturally disagreed, and the designer fought with him many times, and even almost got into a fight.

In the end, in the face of the cold reply given by the factory that "limited to cost control and unable to improve as required", Yun Xinghe had to take out most of the savings stored in the bank, except for the part left to his aunt, and sent them in front of the leader, who just glanced at the deposit figures, and immediately took back the original disdainful sneer, and immediately called the person in charge: "The No. 37 spacecraft is changed according to the user's requirements, don't ask how to change it, he can change it as he wants!"

This scene made Yun Xinghe smile at the corner of his mouth, hundreds of billions of federal coins, can't you buy a probe spacecraft that cuts corners in many ways?

I'm afraid I'll be able to buy all ten of them!

As a result, under the strict supervision of Yun Xinghe, the No. 37 spacecraft, which is almost equivalent to a complete rework, completely follows the modification plan of Yun Xinghe.

The best materials should be used for the structure.

The equipment on board should be the most advanced and reliable.

The hull alignment, after being simulated by a supercomputer, has to be finely adjusted.

After the power system was installed, tens of thousands of test runs were carried out to maximize the power curve.

In addition, the material printer used on the spacecraft is two generations more advanced than the printers on the same spacecraft, plus the additional purchase of millions of copies of precision equipment information "encryption packages", as long as these "encryption packages" are imported into the material printer, millions of products that need to be used in daily life can be printed.

Even this material printer, even automobiles, all-terrain vehicles, communicators, small aircraft, these devices containing thousands to tens of thousands of precision parts, can be directly printed and used.

In the end, due to rework, modification and other reasons, it took five and a half years to complete the construction of this spaceship, and the cost before and after exceeded 80 billion federal coins, and the construction cost was ten times that of an ordinary exploration spacecraft, so in the end, the leader still didn't make much.

But the leader is still very happy, in fact, he doesn't want to cut corners, but the government gives too little subsidies, in order to ensure profits, it is necessary to save some expenses, after all, this factory has to complete the production of more than 50 exploration spacecraft every year.

The designers, engineers, and workers who were responsible for building the spacecraft were also very happy because a truly advanced "exploration spacecraft" that included a lot of wisdom and effort was built in their hands.

Inside the factory hangar.

Standing in front of this brand-new and beautiful spaceship, the hearts of all participants were filled with a sense of accomplishment.

Patting Yun Xinghe on the shoulder, the leader of the factory asked: "Young man, this spaceship has not yet been painted with a name, let's give it a nice name." ”

Yun Xinghe pondered slightly, and slowly spoke: "Feitian." ”

"The Flyer?"

The factory leader read it and muttered: "Good name, flying into the sky, not flying, soaring into the sky...... This spaceship, like its name, will definitely become a well-known star spaceship for the public, and it will definitely be recorded in the history books and worshiped by those children......"

Looking up again and glancing at the spaceship, the factory leader nodded, and said in his heart: Its beautiful posture is indeed worthy of those glory.