Chapter 63: Space Travel

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The battleship graveyard in the Endaro Domain is on a planet called ACG21, which is the site of the decomposition and destruction of all the scrapped ships in the Endaro Field.

There was no direct flight from Earth to planet ACG21, so Xia Fei had to fly to Cosmopolitan Brolin first, and then transfer from Brolin to the Battleship Graveyard.

Due to the fact that the Earth Federation has just joined the Pan-Human Alliance, and the civilization level is relatively low, there are only two flights through the Earth, both of which are from the edge of the star field to the first star Brolin.

The Federal Starport is located on the outskirts of Denver, Delaware, North America, where there is a vast uninhabited area and a more suitable climate, which is a good choice for building a starport.

Xia Fei stood in the terminal building of the airport, looking around through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows, the surrounding area was empty, and he could clearly see the end of the horizon.

Spaceships take off and land vertically, so the airport has no runway, only a huge concrete apron, which covers an area of several tens of square kilometers.

Further afield, a larger and more luxurious main terminal is under construction, which will cover more than two million square metres and can transport up to one million passengers per day.

Four extra-large aprons will also be built around the main terminal, which will allow battle-class spacecraft to take off and land at the airport when completed.

This is really an ironic thing, at present, the Earth Federation does not receive more than 10,000 star tourists every year, but it has spent a huge amount of money to build an airport with millions of passengers per day, Xia Fei feels that the federal government is either doing this for the sake of face, or is full of blind optimism about the future.

"Mr. Xia Fei, do you need champagne?" A moving female voice sounded behind Xia Fei.

Behind him stood a whole row of uniformed ground attendants, because there was only one passenger on this flight, Xia Fei, so the staff of the entire airport were revolving around him.

Xia Fei smiled a little awkwardly and rejected the kindness of these flight attendants.

The overly warm reception made Xia Fei very unaccustomed to it, and he had a feeling of being watched.

After a few moments, a small spaceship flew closer and closer in the sky, and the jump engine let out a thunderous roar, and the blue flames that spewed out were like a ray of light, which was very beautiful.

Xia Fei picked up his backpack and walked down the terminal building, escorted by more than a dozen staff members to board the small spaceship.

The ship is dedicated to transporting passengers, with a cramped space of only a dozen seats, and the real large space liner is moored in space.

Xia Fei found a seat near the porthole and sat down, putting his backpack on his lap.

There was a staff member in a blue uniform in the cabin, very young, who looked no more than twenty.

"Welcome to a flight with Delta Airlines, please show your ticket." The young staff member came to Xia Fei's side with a smile and said.

Xia Fei took out the ticket from his arms and handed it to him, the young man glanced at it, then returned the ticket to Xia Fei, pressed a button in the engine cabin, and told the pilot in the cockpit that it was time to take off.

"Mr. Xia Fei, are you going to report to the Adjudicators' Union?" The young man sat next to Xia Fei, a little familiar with Xia Fei.

Xia Fei asked with some surprise, "Do you know me?" ”

The young man smiled and said politely: "Of course, the duel between you and Shen Dong has been seen by everyone in the whole star field, to be honest, I really can't believe it when I find your name on the passenger list." ”

Xia Fei thought for a moment, "Is my appearance easy to recognize?" ”

The staff looked at Xia Fei's extremely ordinary clothes and shook his head gently, "I didn't expect you to be such a low-key person." ”

Xia Fei was finally relieved, it was actually a good thing that he was not easy to recognize, he didn't like to be watched by people wherever he went.

Soon, the small spacecraft broke away from the atmosphere and went into space.

In the distance, a huge spaceship was moored outside the Earth's orbit, more than a dozen kilometers long, and the dense portholes flashed with white lights.

"This ship is really big enough to hold a lot of passengers, right?" Xia Fei asked while looking at the spaceship.

"This is a medium-sized long-range spaceship, the Dragonfly, which can accommodate 176,100 passengers, and 8,322 crew members, with 25 small regional spacecraft for transporting passengers."

"With 162 restaurants, 37 nightclubs, 14 casinos, swimming pools, gyms, and all the facilities on board, I promise you'll love this luxury liner." The staff introduced the Dragonfly to Xia Fei like an endorsement.

The Dragonfly has an open hatch at the stern, and the small spacecraft is guided by an automated system into the interior of the passenger ship and lands steadily on a tarmac.

There was a loud sound of air pressure as the hatch closed, and it was clear that the ship was rapidly pouring air into the docking bay.

After a few minutes, a green indicator light lit up inside the spacecraft, indicating that the docking module was filled with air and could breathe freely.

The staff opened the hatch and guided Xia Fei down the ship and into an elevator along the narrow corridor.

Moments later, Xia Fei appeared in the 17th floor of the spacecraft.

The staff helped Xia Fei open the door, "This is your cabin, if you need anything, you can contact the crew through the communicator in the room, it will take forty-seven hours to reach Brolin, you can rest well." ”

Xia Fei nodded and walked into his cabin.

The area of the cabin is only about 20 square meters, a bed, a table, a chair, and a rectangular porthole that can see the space, which is very simple.

Xia Fei put his backpack still on the bed, moved a chair and sat at the window, lit a cigarette, and smoked while looking at the bright starry sky outside the window.

Space travel doesn't come cheap, costing 92,000 Star Coins for just 47 hours.

Xia Fei booked a Class A ordinary cabin that can see space, this kind of room is no different from a cabin with 60,000 star coins except for the beautiful scenery of space.

Although it is a little expensive, Xia Fei still feels that it is worth the money, and it would be a pity if he could not see space during space travel.

"The universe is wonderful." Xia Fei stared at the starry sky outside the window, muttering to himself.

"Everyone will say this when they first enter space, and when you stay in space for a long time, you will know that facing the dark space is not fun at all, and you will vomit after watching it for a long time." The ghost said disapprovingly.

Xia Fei smiled slightly, ignored the ghost, and sat alone at the window admiring the mysterious beauty of the universe.

The last trip to the Blue Starfish was very short, and I took a small cramped and dilapidated spaceship, the porthole of which was so small that it was impossible to see the outside scenery clearly.

Moreover, traveling and being arrested and imprisoned are also two completely different moods, and this is Xia Fei's first space trip.

The jump engine propelled the huge spaceship slowly and awkwardly to move, and the spaceship's jump engine consisted of two units, the thruster unit and the jump unit.

Thruster units can propel spacecraft through space, but they can't move faster than the speed of light, and they have to rely on jump technology to get farther.

Jump technology is simply to create an artificial wormhole in the universe, connecting two distant locations through a wormhole, and the spacecraft only needs to pass through the wormhole to get to the place it wants to go, without spending a long time traveling in space.

It's like drawing a circle on each side of a blank piece of paper, and the distance between the two circles is twenty centimeters, but if you fold the blank paper, the distance between them is no longer twenty centimeters, but only the thickness of a piece of paper.

This theory is called spatial folding theory, and the jump engine is designed according to this theory.

At present, the maximum distance for the jump engine to build an artificial wormhole is 50,000 light years, and according to the maximum speed of the spacecraft close to the speed of light, the distance of 50,000 light years must be at least 50,000 years of continuous flight.

The advent of the Transition Engine has completely changed this situation, the original 50,000-year journey has been shortened to less than 10 minutes, even millions of light-years ultra-long-distance travel has become very easy, and the distance between planets has become very close, which has formed today's cosmic society.

However, the spacecraft needs to consume a lot of energy every time it makes a jump, so it takes a few minutes to a few hours to replenish the thrusters after each jump, and the length of time required to replenish energy depends on the size of the spacecraft and the level of the reactor.

Normally, each jump takes about an hour to recharge.

Just thinking about it, the dragonfly entered the wormhole and began to make a leap, and the moment it entered the wormhole, the surrounding starry sky suddenly disappeared without a trace, and thousands of meteors suddenly appeared outside the window.

These colorful meteors drag their long tails and disappear from the window one by one, like a super-large meteor shower flying in front of you, which is extremely gorgeous and dazzling.

This scene lasted for ten minutes, and the ship passed through this splendid wormhole into a new space space.

There was a fiery red nebula in this space, and the bits of starlight were surrounded by this nebula that was too large to be described, and the fiery red color reflected the entire cabin as if it was about to burn.

Xia Fei's eyes released a bright luster, he stood up from the chair, held the porthole with both hands, and pressed his nose against the cold surface of the ultra-tempered glass, "It's so beautiful!" This fiery red nebula is so beautiful! ”

Xia Fei suddenly felt that his vocabulary was very scarce, and he couldn't find the right words to describe this incomparably shocking miracle.

The ghost shadow pursed his lips and said disapprerovingly: "What is so beautiful about the red nebula, it is really rare and strange. ”

From Earth to Brolin, and from Brolin to ACG21, Xia Fei hardly slept along the way, and was always in a state of high excitement, sitting at the window and constantly enjoying one indescribable magical picture after another.

"Passengers, please note that we will arrive at the planet ACG21 in thirty minutes, and passengers who need to travel to this planet are requested to proceed to the landing module immediately." The spaceship's broadcast system said coldly.

Xia Fei couldn't help frowning as he looked at the black planet outside the window, "Why is this planet like this?" ”