Chapter 565: The construction of the Glory is complete
On December 15, 2119 in the Imperial calendar, the Imperial Glory, the secret weapon of the Empire, completed the installation of all equipment.
The completion of the Imperial Glory was not as grand as when other ships were completed, and the entire completion ceremony was carried out in secret, and only a few people at the top of the empire knew about it.
In the shipyard in the underground space of the Imperial Ring World, Li Mingze, Tianyi, Eva, and a number of high-ranking officials of the Empire all gathered here.
Floating on the platform not far from them was the Imperial Glory with dimensional armor, as the lead ship of the Glory-class battleship, the captain of this battleship would be Li Mingze himself.
In the applause of many officers, Li Mingze cut off the connection with this body, and his consciousness was connected to an advent substitute in the center of the Glory battleship.
Unlike regular warships, the Glory's cockpit has no exits, and all crew members must enter the dormant clones of the ship through a consciousness.
In this way, the battleship could not be accessed by outsiders except for the disassembly of the whole ship, ensuring that the battleship would belong only to the Empire.
At the same time, the absence of an opening means that the security of the control module of this battleship is greatly improved, and as long as the enemy does not completely destroy this battleship, the commander of this battleship will not be sacrificed.
Of course, in order to prevent the accidental appearance of no one to control the battleship due to the sacrifice of all personnel, the battleship also specially arranged for a doppelganger of Eva to take over the control of the battleship at that time.
"The antimatter reactor starts its second start!" With Li Mingze's shouting, in the reactor room next to the battleship's control room, a reactor wrapped in silver metal discs began to glow red.
"All the systems in the battleship are turned on, and the antimatter main gun starts to self-check."
"The electromagnetic railgun began to self-test, the beam cannon began to self-test, and the thruster system navigation system all started self-inspection." In the bridge of the Imperial Glory, four pilots, including Li Mingze, were lying in a protective cabin wrapped in liquid, controlling the operation of the battleship with their consciousness.
"The antimatter reactor is normal and the energy output is stable. The antimatter cannon is functioning normally, the Stellar Ripper missile is working, all weapon systems are working, and the thrusters and navigation systems are working! ”
"The ship is starting to leave the port!"
The propulsion on the tail of the Imperial Glory began to shoot red flames, and the entire battleship slowly moved forward.
"The Glory of Empire hyperspace engine is normal, the wormhole generator is normal, do you want to go to the test area for detailed experiments!" The crew asked Li Mingze.
"Access the Empire's Wormhole High-Speed Channel network data and prepare to open the wormhole!" Li Mingze nodded lightly and commanded with consciousness.
The Imperial Glory suddenly stretched out four metal rods from both sides of the ship, and gray energy mist appeared from the metal poles and floated forward, and after a while, a gray wormhole appeared in front of the battleship.
The battleship accelerated slightly and rushed into the wormhole passage and disappeared into the shipyard.
At a military base in a star system three hundred light-years away from the Empire's capital, a wormhole relay station suddenly came into motion, spitting out a black-painted battleship.
"Already at the test site, the optical stealth was launched, and the tests of the gravitational engine were carried out." As soon as Li Mingze's words fell, a layer of holograms covered the entire battleship.
"Turn off the thrusters, close the fenders, and start the gravitational engine."
The Imperial Glory's thrusters went out suddenly, and the armor plates that had only enclosed them in the middle suddenly closed inward, wrapping them tightly like upside-down petals.
Then, suddenly, the entire ship sped forward without thrusters.
"The gravitational engine worked well, and we made it! The Imperial Glory is already capable of real combat! The cheers of the crew could be heard in the warship's communication channel.
The so-called gravitational engine is actually a special engine for intra-star operations.
It is capable of pulling or pushing warships towards different defenses by amplifying the gravitational pull of the planets within the star system.
The reason for this engine is that thrusters that cannot be wrapped in dimensional armor during operation will become the Glory's lifegate, and it may not be destroyed by thousands of shots in front of it, but once it hits, the entire ship will be destroyed from the inside.
With the Gravitational Engine in place, you can turn off the normal thrusters and protect the Dimensional Armor with the Dimensional Armor, and the Imperial Glory will turn into a turtle shell with no weaknesses!
"Tianyi, what is the production of this kind of warship in our empire?" Li Mingze connected to Tianyi's communication, and he was now very satisfied with this Glory-class battleship.
"Your Majesty, with our current national strength, it will take three years to build one if we don't build a Titan-class battleship, and if we have to build a Titan-class battleship at the same time, it will take five years to build one."
"But the number of builds will increase as our population and colonies grow."
"If we have enough resources, we can start building two or more ships at the same time." Tianyi thought for a moment and gave the answer.
"Very good, we will gradually put this kind of warship in the fleet, and in future wars, the size of the battleship will no longer be the main factor determining their combat effectiveness." Li Mingze knew that after the completion of the construction of the Imperial Glory, a new era had come.
The size of the battleship will no longer be bigger and bigger, on the contrary, the small and fine battleship will become the mainstream.
"Prepare for docking with the camouflaged hull, the presence of this battleship cannot be revealed." Li Mingze controlled the Imperial Glory and flew towards the dreadnought floating on the side.
The top of the dreadnought seemed to have been split open, leaving a large gap where the Honor was moored.
With the assistance of the computer, the two warships docked together perfectly, leaving no gaps.
A dreadnought, slightly different from the other dreadnoughts, appeared in its place.
No one can guess what kind of terrifying secret weapon this dreadnought hides.
"The Glory will immediately leave for the front line, and we are ready to declare war on the Clam Empire in advance."
"Do you really think that I will abide by the treaty and wait for the big war in two years, it's too naïve." Li Mingze sneered and withdrew from the body on the Glory.
The disguised Imperial Glory, escorted by thirty battleships, entered hyperspace and flew towards the front line of the war between the Empire and the Clam Empire.
In the following time, the newly built warships of the Empire also began to assemble and rush towards the front line of the Empire.
However, this time Li Mingze learned a lesson, he did not send all the warships, but left thirty percent of the troops to defend the mainland, he was worried that the Clem Empire would use the portal to sneak attack again.