Chapter 319: The Sea of Stars (2-in-1 Chapter, Asking for a Monthly Pass!)
A few decades ago, a famous Japanese novelist wrote a science fiction novel about space warfare, although this novel was criticized as worthless by many military enthusiasts, including scientists, especially in terms of the description of the universe and war in the content of the novel, which was ridiculed as a ridiculous two-dimensional war in three-dimensional space, but in addition to these, the novel still achieved great success.
"My journey is the sea of stars", this classic line of this novel expresses the hearts of many people facing the unknown universe, and at the same time there is an indomitable momentum. As one of the scientists of the Earth's spire, Kevin. Adams also had the ideal of exploring the mysteries of the universe, and when he heard that Su Yichen was about to explore the universe, he immediately grabbed the other party's hand excitedly.
No matter how tactfully Su Yichen persuaded him, Kevin. Adams was determined to follow him on the spaceship, and even promised Su Yichen that he would do his best to complete the research on the weaponization of dark matter in order to achieve his goal.
Helpless, Su Yichen had no choice but to agree to this condition, not to mention that he also thought that once he embarked on the journey, it would inevitably be a long journey, and this journey might face many unknown dangers, but it would also bring opportunities, in this case, take Kevin. Adams, a good scientist, is still useful to them.
"You've decided?" When Su Yichen agreed to Kevin. At Adams's request, the scientist, who was already young, even danced excitedly, and then sent Su Yichen out early on the grounds that he wanted to prepare for the follow-up work, and then led his team into the real room. Next, Su Yichen went to the dean's office to meet Tian Lao, the two chatted about work for a while, and after he told Tian Lao his plans, Tian Lao did not show a surprised look, but asked solemnly.
"It's decided!" Su Yichen nodded seriously: "The earth civilization has essentially entered the ranks of the cosmic civilization. Contact with other cosmic civilizations in the galaxy is inevitable, and in that case, let me be this pioneer. ”
"Can't you wait any longer?" Tian Lao frowned slightly, he admitted that Su Yichen's idea was not wrong, but the war had only been over for a few years, was it too hasty for the earth civilization to take this step immediately in such a short period of time?
Su Yichen shook his head. There were some things he didn't say to Kevin. Adams said, but he didn't hide it from Tian Lao. Although the war between the earth civilization and the Gaia civilization is over, after all, the reason for the end of this war is relatively special, and no one knows whether the departed Gaia people will make a comeback, as long as the earth civilization does not have substantial contact with other cosmic civilizations in the galaxy, or truly enters the ranks of cosmic civilizations, then the earthlings are still only unknown beings in the entire cosmic civilization group.
Just like the previous nations of Earth, the extermination of a primitive tribe unknown to the outside world would not cause any reaction in the whole world. And a country with independent sovereignty was invaded. At the very least, in order to ensure world order and regional peace, all countries, including the United Nations, must intervene.
From this point of view, the same is true for the cosmic civilization of the entire galaxy, only by going out of the earth and actively contacting other cosmic civilizations in order to announce the existence of the earth's civilization, so as to obtain the status of the earth's civilization in the cosmic civilization, this is the path of the future development of the earth's civilization.
Closed off the country. Immerse yourself in development, this practice simply cannot survive in the entire vast galaxy. Other than that. Regarding the whereabouts of the Rand civilization, this is also a point that Su Yichen has always wanted to understand. Are those words of the Gaians true or false? Where did such a powerful Rand civilization go? And will Ike, whom he is familiar with, return? These are unknown mysteries, and to find the answer to it, it is an inevitable step to go from the earth to the universe.
Listening to Su Yichen's story, Tian Lao's brows gradually relaxed, and he had to admit that Su Yichen had considered it more comprehensively than him in this regard. After that, he sued Su Yichen. In fact, the idea of exploring the galaxy by the Earth civilization has been mentioned within the Earth Federation, but for various reasons, this mention has been temporarily shelved. Of course, Su Yichen does not have these problems, and the Pioneer he owns currently exists in an independent nature. Coupled with the particularity of Su Yichen's identity, it is a good choice to use him as a pioneer to explore the galaxy.
"That's it, I hope you can submit the proposal to the federal government as much as possible, in any case, in the future we represent the entire Earth Federation, which is subject to federal authorization."
Tian Lao immediately nodded and said: "This is no problem, I don't think the federal side will refuse your construction, but Xiao Su, is it too risky for you to rely only on the Pioneer?" ”
"Enough!" Su Yichen smiled very confidently: "When Kevin's research is completed, the Pioneer will have enough self-protection ability, not to mention that a scientific exploration spacecraft will be more convenient in contact with other cosmic civilizations, what do you say?" ”
Tian Lao also laughed when he thought about it, Su Yichen was not wrong in what he said, if it was not only the Vanguard that was dispatched, but the Federation Space Fleet would not be able to misunderstand.
Tian Lao quickly submitted Su Yichen's proposal to the Earth Federation, and after many discussions at the top of the federal government, the plan was finally agreed. In fact, before the federal government officially wrote the document, Su Yichen's preparations had already begun, he first refitted the Pioneer spaceship again, the Pioneer that has been rebuilt three times is very different from the original Vanguard, its hull and structure are larger and more complex, and more importantly, the Pioneer equipped with curvature engines has fully possessed the ability to travel long distances in the universe, although it is far less advanced than Ike's Pioneer back then, but I have to admit, The Pioneer spacecraft is only as good as all the warships in the Space Fleet.
As for the Earth Federation's plan to equip the Pioneer with a crew, Su Yichen refused, firstly, because the crew of the Pioneer does not need too many people, and there is no need to equip a team of soldiers or politicians, and secondly, Su Yichen does not intend to do this from the perspective of himself and the purpose of his trip, as a scientific exploration spacecraft that the Earth civilization has made contact with other cosmic civilizations for the first time, the simpler the situation of its members, the better.
Therefore, Su Yichen's Vanguard only retained three crew positions except for him and Luo Yan, the first of course was Su Li, and after arriving at Pluto from Earth. Su Li will board the Vanguard at the base of Pluto and accompany them, and the second person is Kevin. Professor Adams, he boarded the spacecraft as an accompanying scientist, and as for the last candidate, although Su Yichen rejected the establishment of the Earth Federation, he also had to consider the attitude of the Earth Federation, so he chose one that he was familiar with and trusted. At the same time, he is an old friend who serves in the federal government of the earth - Gao Jian.
After the establishment of the Earth Federation, Gao Jian naturally entered the federal government as a former government employee, but with the elimination of the country on Earth, Gao Jian's work has also been adjusted, and he is currently working as a civilian in the police department of the federal government, this job is not a problem at all for Gao Jian, who has served as a member of the National Security Agency, but although the job is easy and the salary is good, Gao Jian has not been very happy. Several times through the Federal Academy of Sciences to Tian Lao to convey to him his request that he wanted to be transferred back to work with Su Yichen, Su Yichen was also clear about this, so this time he thought about it, Gao Jian's identity as a government liaison and their peers were the most suitable candidates.
In the first month of the third year of the new era, just a week after New Year's Day, Kevin. Adams' team has finally completed the final plan for the weaponization of dark matter, and this plan has been verified and confirmed to be completed without problems, and more importantly, Kevin. Adams accomplished the task months ahead of schedule.
With the completion of the weaponization of dark matter. The Pioneer spacecraft will explore the galaxy and make contact with cosmic civilizations is not far off. In mid-March, the first dark matter weapon equipment of the earth's civilization was installed on the Vanguard, and the commissioning was completed at the end of March, and the Pioneer underwent the final preparations before leaving the ship in early April, and the preparations were all completed on April 11, and the day of April 15 was completed. Mr. and Mrs. Su Yichen, Kevin. Professor Adams, along with Gao Jian, will board the Pioneer spacecraft and head to the outer solar system for the first time.
The Vanguard's departure was not much publicized in the Earth Federation, and those who knew about it were only controlled by a small range. On the day of departure, the President of the Earth Federation sent a representative to see them off, and there were some familiar figures who saw them off at the scene. For example, Wan Changchun, Lin Dong, Tian Lao, Hu Zhijun, Hu Gang...... In addition, there is an unimaginable figure, he is the implementer of Zeus's plan, and later the chairman of the United States Provisional Council, and now the Earth Federal Councilmember Galen. Smith.
The rivals of the past have now become friends, and the three parties that competed back then have now come together and are working hard for the rise of the earth's civilization. Gallian. Smith's temporary measures in the aftermath of the destruction of the upper echelons of the U.S. government by the Gaia civilization in that war, including his later decisions, were respected by many and hailed as the pride of American citizens of the Commonwealth.
At the time of the founding of the Earth Federation, the Council nominated Galen. Smith assumed the post of vice president, but he declined the position, and in the end he did not serve in any branch of the government, but only as a member of parliament. Nevertheless, many believe that waiting for the next government elections, Galen. It is very likely that Smith will once again become a senior member of the federal government, even the chancellor or speaker of the Speakers, but this time he came to see him off in a private capacity, one is to see off his old friend Kevin. Professor Adams, secondly, also wanted to meet Mr. Su Yichen, who had long been famous but had never had the opportunity to meet.
At the time of farewell, Galen. Smith met Su Yichen for the first time, as well as his beautiful wife Luo Yan, and faced the legendary figure, Galen. Smith took a plain and polite gesture, wishing him success in his trip with unimpeccable courtesy. And when it came time to see them board the Pioneer spacecraft, Galen. Smith's heart was filled with emotion, the past flashed through his mind as if it had happened yesterday, and if he had to say who this qiē was rooted, he knew better than anyone else that it was the young Asian who had disappeared behind the hatch.
The journey of the Pioneer has been arranged before takeoff, and the route of the star map has also been planned, and their goal is not the direction of the Gaia civilization, but the other side of Sagittarius, as far as they know, there is a blue star civilization that is different from the Gaia civilization, and the information about the blue star civilization mainly comes from the captured Gaian invaders, including the location of the other party's star map. In addition, there are several more advanced cosmic civilizations, but the distance is too far, after comparison, Su Yichen decided to contact this Blue Star civilization first, at least in the confession of the Gaia captives, this Blue Star civilization is a relatively friendly cosmic civilization, and when the earth civilization takes the first step of cosmic civilization, it is at least more certain to choose such a civilization to contact.
With the development of science and technology, the take-off of the spacecraft no longer requires the previous method of rocket propulsion, and the new engine device theoretically has inexhaustible energy, and it is easier to get the spacecraft out of the attraction of the earth and send it into space.
The ship's intelligent brain faithfully carried out the take-off command, and the gravity adjustment system inside the spacecraft made the spaceship crew not much different from usual during takeoff, and no longer felt the discomfort of gravitational pressure as before.
In the atmosphere, Pioneer cleverly uses the energy of the galosphere to lift into space, and when it reaches the galosphere, Vanguard starts its normal engine and begins to enter the Earth's near-Earth space orbit.
At this moment, the sky has turned black, and the ground is still blue, which is a very strange and beautiful sight. With an excited expression, Adams stared at the projection outside the spaceship, his face full of smiles.
The Vanguard did not make any stops after reaching the Earth's space near-earth orbit, the engines continued to accelerate, and their first target was, of course, the Pluto base. And as the Pioneer was accelerating, a message came from the Moon's Space Fleet headquarters, which sounded clearly inside the spacecraft.
"I wish you all a safe journey and a speedy return!"
Of course, this voice is very familiar to Su Yichen, because it was specially issued by General Ivan, the commander of the Space Fleet, for the Vanguard, when he heard this blessing, Su Yichen smiled at Luo Yan beside him, and then replied loudly: "Thank you for your blessing, we will see you later!" (To be continued......)
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