"With 30 seconds left, the phase jump is complete, ready to reach the target planet, Delta. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

"10 seconds, 9 seconds left after the end of the phase jump, 9 seconds ......"

"The phase jump is complete, and InSight successfully reaches the gravity well of the target planet, Delta."

Compared to humans on Earth, the distance from the sun to the earth is nearly 150 million kilometers, and it takes more than 8 minutes to cover this distance even by light, but for the InSight spacecraft, their phase jump can travel faster than the speed of light. In fact, it takes a bit longer to prepare the phase-jump engine than it does to travel.

Phase jumping is a means of navigation that the United Empire of Iridium developed earlier on the technology tree of interstellar travel, and its technical principle is not too complicated. This is a macroscopic use of quantum mechanics, and the simple explanation can be analogized by the quantum tunneling effect. Microscopic particles have the characteristics of waves, and there is a certain probability of crossing the geopotential barrier, and their motion can be reflected by the wave function. Using quantum coherence theory and related devices, the quantum state of microscopic particles is shared with the entire spacecraft, and does not interfere with all the original properties of matter, that is, a complex coherence. There is a gravitational well between two celestial bodies and a gravitational potential difference in the gravitational field, and there is a celestial potential barrier in the space region where the gravitational potential energy of the celestial body is higher than the potential energy of the nearby object. When the spacecraft initiates the phase jump, after adjusting the probability, a macroscopic tunneling effect is realized, so that the spacecraft passes through the celestial barrier and directly reaches the other end, which is usually the outer area of the celestial gravity well. So the phase jump is not essentially a physical motion in classical physics, but it does accomplish the faster-than-light motion of an object on an absolute displacement in four-dimensional space.

The advantages and disadvantages of phase jumping are obvious. The advantage is that the technical difficulty required to manufacture a phase jump engine is not very high, although the larger and more complex the ship is equipped with a jump engine, but compared with several other means of faster-than-light navigation, the difficulty of manufacturing and material preparation of a phase jump engine can really be said to be pediatric. Another advantage is that the phase jump takes relatively little energy, which makes it strategic. This means that such engines can be powered by energy sources with a lower energy density, such as nuclear fusion reactors. The above two advantages can actually be summed up in one, saving money.

The disadvantage of phase jumping is also natural, because the jump is constrained by celestial gravity, so it is best to choose the two celestial bodies with the greatest force in the spacecraft jump, which is actually the nearest celestial body, which also makes the route selected by the actual spacecraft sailing is often not the best route. The orbital speed of celestial bodies varies, and their positions in the coordinate system of the star system actually change frequently, which naturally leads to irregular navigation. Compared with other means of interstellar navigation, the speed of the phase jump is also touchingly slow. Although the rate of the specific phase jump is different, and it is related to the gravitational gradient and interaction force between the celestial bodies, in the case of the voyage from the Sun to the Earth, skipping Mercury and Venus and coming to the Earth, the average speed is basically not faster than the speed of light.

InSight made a phase jump to the periphery of the Earth's gravity well, which took an hour and 40 minutes in Earth time. However, considering that this is a 150 million km voyage, this is probably a little faster than the rush hour to get from the 5th Ring Road to the 2nd Ring Road in the imperial capital.

Due to its characteristics, this method of navigation is not favored by the Imperial Space Army, but by commercial interplanetary transportation within the star system. Even though the phase jump technology has been updated for several generations, the volume and energy consumption have been greatly reduced, and such a thing as a United Empire warship is basically to save energy. In particular, the Insight, which is not a combat-oriented ship, is more suitable for phase jumping.

The captain of the Insight, Xiu Ping, glanced at the holographic screen to the right of his captain's armrest, and confirmed that the ship's optical stealth and electromagnetic stealth effects had been activated. As a captain who has served in the Space Force for more than fifteen years, Shuhei is not excellent, he has no prominent background, he is not very popular, and his actual personal ability is not outstanding, but he is finally conscientious. The first premise of a reconnaissance ship conducting an investigation mission is to hide itself, although for many civilizations, the concealment of the InSight may not be useful at all, but if it is such a civilization, the United Empire Space Force will not send a single reconnaissance ship to carry out the mission at all, because it would be suicide.

InSight's mission was not complicated, sending a group of unmanned reconnaissance aircraft to investigate the habitable planet they temporarily called Delta. This is all in accordance with the procedure, and until the general situation is grasped, the reconnaissance ship will not send investigators to land on the surface of the planet, which is a reckless act. If a captain does this, even if he does not cause any damage afterwards, he will be punished or even sent to the Imperial Military Court.

The Empire does not tolerate military personnel who do not obey orders.

InSight carries a wide variety of unmanned reconnaissance aircraft that can be deployed in different situations and uses. The model that is now being sent out is called "Dragonfly", which is about the same size and shape as the name suggests, but it can pass through the atmosphere and fly freely in the air. It has little attacking power, but it flies very fast and moves dexterously, making it difficult to catch. With autonomous AI for control, multiple swarms can form cloud tactical groups for more complex operations. InSight has released hundreds of these unmanned reconnaissance aircraft at once, and is able to gather a large amount of intelligence.

Xiuping is full of patience and meticulousness. And his crew is full of curiosity about this planet.

"Captain, it looks like this is the home planet of Iridium." Sergeant Sergeant Sergeant Fuchinobu said.

Xiuping nodded: "Amazingly similar, a blue planet, similar in size." Speaking of, Sergeant Major, are you a native? ”

Yuan Xin shook his head and said with a smile: "No, our family has been in the army for generations, and wherever the empire's fleet goes, the family will move to it, and it has left Iridium five generations ago." Not to mention being born in my country, I've never been to my country. Captain, are you from home? ”

Xiuping snorted and said: "But now it doesn't matter, the local population has been in excess of the standard, and a large number of people are moving out every year, and the dignitaries of other administrative stars want to go to the mainland again, and there is no living space for ordinary people like us there for a long time." ”

The captain and the sergeant major glanced at each other, and they could see some bitterness in each other's eyes. The two didn't talk much about personal matters before, but today is an exception. They knew that they might never be able to return to their homeland.

The blue planet in front of them, which looks like an Iridium, may become their new home.

Xiuping saw the holographic screen on the right hand side showing the intelligence package to collect and organize, and said, "Let's see how far the aborigines of this planet have reached." ”

The intelligence data collected by a large number of reconnaissance drones is at the level of big data. These unmanned reconnaissance aircraft are not only capable of capturing images, collecting audio and video, but can also be directly connected to low-tech information nodes or networks to collect usable information. The drone itself serves as a port, and the main engine of the InSight's warship provides algorithms and cracking means, which can be said to be cracked in seconds for an information technology network like the earth.

The host of the Insight number has automatic information sorting, arranging classified information according to key sequences, and can be automatically summarized.

And the first page of this intelligence compendium is a photograph taken by a Dragonfly scout. It's a wall, and it's not the wall itself that matters, it's what is attached to it.

"Certificate, fast and good, after completing the payment, please scan the QR code on the right."

"Specializes in venereal diseases, gonorrhea, psoriasis."

"Miss Bao, 15XXXXXXXXX."

Xiuping was stunned for a moment, and asked Yuanxin to come and see as well.

Yuan Xin blinked, and his face was full of incredulity.

"Isn't this an Iridium? How is it possible that the planets of another universe are also using our words? Yuan Xin asked.

Xiuping quickly read the content of some information again, and then nodded with a ghostly expression, and said: "It's an iridium script, it can't be similar or permutations and combinations, although I don't understand the specific meaning, but it must be a way of expression by the people here." ”

There is only one document in the life of an imperial person, which is issued by the official and does not exist for private processing. The two Iridium people simply did not understand the essence of these two words. As for various skin diseases, Iridium biomedical technology has reached the point where most diseases in the human body have been eliminated, and venereal diseases have been extinct centuries before Shuhei and Futoshin were born, and they don't know the history without special interest. As for the broad and profound and mysterious word of Miss, it is not something that a few aliens can comprehend.

After reading more information, Xiuping was finally convinced that the Iridium script they had used for thousands of years, and even that it was clearly stipulated in the constitution that could not be changed in the slightest, actually existed in the civilization of another universe. Not only is the way it is written, but even the pronunciation is highly similar to the pronunciation of Iridium's standard language. Xiuping also soon discovered that there were more than seven billion advanced intelligent life forms on this planet, the same population, but it was divided into countless ethnic groups and more than 200 countries. These countries and peoples also have different languages and cultures, and have different national forms and degrees of development, and their mixing degree can be almost a museum.

"I'm starting to think that maybe there's some mysterious force behind our crossing. The planet where Iridium exists must have some connection with the Empire! Xiuping said to Yuan Xin, looking at the blue planet in his eyes, there were a few more things.