Chapter 558: Explorer II
Galaxy 6, July 16.
The South Pole Star Region at the edge of the solar system, the headquarters of the Fourth Army, is located 547 units from the Sun and is an asteroid slightly smaller than the Moon.
Thanks to the Alliance's increased dark matter production, the Fourth Army's space warships have been replaced with curvature engines, and the latest generation of curvature engines has increased the speed of the jump to the limit of 30 times the speed of light.
As the two frontier regions of the solar system, the pressure on the Antarctic Star Region is not as great as that of the North Star Region, but they are also busy now.
Because the Supreme Command has just formulated a colonization plan, their Fourth Army will be responsible for an expedition to Proxima Centauri in the Nanhe II galaxy and establish the first star system colony in Proxima Centauri.
Ma Wu, who had just returned to Blue Star from the front line of the Polaris Zone, rushed over to the Queshan Star Fortress with a group of crew members non-stop.
His vehicle was replaced by a Shadow Leopard-class modified Explorer II spaceship, a curvature ship that could leap 30 times the speed of light.
This time, Ma Wu and the others will take the lead in exploring the way, and the expeditionary fleet of the Fourth Army will set off for Proxima Centauri about two months after their departure.
On the spaceport of the Queshan Star Fortress, a Shadow Leopard-class space cruiser in the shape of a dumbbell is Ma Wu's new vehicle "Explorer II".
Ma Wu looked at his watch, the time was almost up, and after reporting the voyage record with the tower of the spaceport, he said loudly:
"Explorer 2, head full speed toward Proxima Centauri."
"Roger." Fang Haibo and Masayoshi Kobayashi hurriedly started the photon engine, they needed to leave the 15 units of Queshan Star before they could start the curvature engine and enter the state of migration.
Seven hours later, they successfully arrived at the starting point of the migration, and for the safety of the spacecraft during the flight, the Department of Aerospace Transportation of the Alliance formulated the "Regulations on the Management of Flight", which stipulates the starting and ending areas of the spacecraft with curvature, the migration route, and so on.
The area where Explorer 2 is located is an area with a radius of 5 units, with a total of 500 flight routes, and a total of 150 routes to Proxima Centauri.
"Enter the Proxima Centauri 46 route."
"Roger."
Explorer 2 instantly started the curvature engine, and in the blink of an eye, it entered a state of 30 times the speed of light.
Proxima Centauri, a satellite of the Nanhe II Galaxy, is the closest star system to the solar system, only about 4.2 light-years away, and Explorer 2, which can travel 30 times the speed of light, only needs 51 days to reach the interior of Proxima Centauri from the edge of the solar system.
In fact, the Fourth Army had advanced the Alliance's borders into the Void 2 light-years from the Sun, and the border near Proxima Centauri was the Fortress of Proxima Centauri, and the route to Proxima Centauri passed near Proxima Centauri.
The Wing Mountain Star Fortress, about 138,000 units from the Sun, is a black asteroid, a little larger than Titan, where a detachment and 20,000 soldiers are stationed.
Ma Wu monitors the situation around the route through the dark wave radar, which can be used in the transition state, after all, it works similarly to quantum communication.
Compared to the empty North Star region, the South Pole region is more densely stocked, and objects such as asteroids are denser.
A month later.
Explorer 2 exited the Transition state, by which time they had left the Alliance's border, the Queshan Star Fortress.
"Detect the astronomical conditions of the surrounding star fields, and then we'll move on." Ma Wu commanded.
"Okay." Fang Haibo immediately activated the maximum power dark wave scan, and comprehensively scanned the void with a radius of 15,000 units around the spaceship.
Masayoshi Kobayashi will open the missile silo and launch six Hsiungfeng-15 in six directions, east, west, north, south, up and down, these missiles are all carrying proton microrobots, and Hsiungfeng-15 will fly while scattering proton microrobots in the void along the way.
In fact, around the border line with a radius of 2 light years in the solar system, the alliance has scattered dense proton microrobots, plus dark wave radar and gravitational wave radar and other means, basically realizing no blind spot monitoring.
Unless you use space jumping technology to jump directly into the inner solar system, other ways to enter will be more or less monitored.
On the Explorer 2, there is no shortage of proton microrobots, and these proton miniature will be sown along the route.
Ma Wu turned around and looked back at the direction of the solar system, at this time only the light of the sun in the solar system was still flickering, although the light of the sun had no temperature at this moment, but for every wanderer who traveled far away, it was still as warm as a mother's embrace.
"Captain, the astronomical situation has been recorded." Fang Haibo reported.
Only then did Ma Wu react, temporarily put aside the faint nostalgia, and turned around to continue the exploration of the sea of stars.
"Justice, prepare to launch a Virtuosity 53 at Proxima Centauri."
“OK。”
Kobayashi's ten fingers fluttered, and after obtaining the authorization of Ma Wu's captain, he pressed the launch button of the Hsiung Feng 53 missile.
After the manhole cover of the missile was ejected, the Hsiungfeng-53 missile rushed out in the direction of Proxima Centauri at 30% of the speed of light under the acceleration of the electromagnetic catapult.
Ten minutes later, the Hsiungfeng-53 missile was already some distance away from Explorer 2, and the missile's built-in supercomputer program immediately activated the curvature engine.
In fact, this Hsiungfeng-53 missile is not so much a missile as a probe.
"The Hsiungfeng 53 curvature engine starts and enters a state of migration at a speed of 90 times the speed of light."
"The dark wave radar was activated, and it began to scan the astronomical situation along the way, and the astronomical situation of the Void Sea along the way is being recorded in real time."
In order to achieve ultra-fast speed, the Hsiungfeng 53 missile sacrificed a very large payload, out of a mass of 137 tons, the payload is only about 6.7 tons, and these payloads are used to install monitoring equipment and the like.
The Hsiungfeng 53 missile, which is 90 times the speed of light, is now 1.9 light-years away from Proxima Centauri at the distance of Explorer 2, which only takes about 8 days, and the Hsiungfeng 53 missile-modified probe can reach the inner region of Proxima Centauri.
In fact, the hyperluminosis missile Hsiungfeng 53 is currently only a laboratory product, and the reason why it appeared was mainly born to restrain the curvature spacecraft.
The Alliance knows that in the galaxy, human civilization is definitely not the only one that has faster-than-light spacecraft, and if it is not prevented in advance, it will definitely suffer a big loss in the future.
"Everything is normal with Xiongfeng 53, the astronomical situation has been entered, and the star map data is being updated."
Ma Wu commanded: "Let's continue to set off, and the goal is Proxima Centauri." ”
"Yes." Everyone was excited, they would become the first blue star people to go outside the solar system, exploring the excitement of the unknown starry sky, and the blood of adventure suddenly boiled.
Explorer 2 once again entered a state of transition, a twisted trail of the leap fleeting.
After Ma Wu sat down, he flipped through the logbook, and he had not forgotten this mission to explore Proxima Centauri.
The first is to test some equipment; the second is to explore the astronomical situation of Proxima Centauri, as well as the South River II galaxy (A Centauri); The third is to look for the natural wormhole found by the Anluo people.
If they find that wormhole, they will explore it, and a natural wormhole is a great asset to the Alliance.
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