Chapter Twenty-Three: Fenrir
"Ragnarok..... Fenrir. ”
Behind the door is an assembly workshop and starship docking point, with a height of more than 30 meters, an area of about tens of thousands of square meters, and some huge mechanical arms around it.
But the most striking thing was the giant beast that stopped in the center of the workshop.
The reason why it is a giant beast is because it resembles a giant wolf, a giant wolf made of metal, the wolf's feet are the landing gear, and the bow of the ship is a wolf head with bladed teeth.
The most striking thing is the two huge bare thrusters at the tail end, which occupy almost a third of the entire hull, and the high auxiliary thrusters make the giant wolf look like he is leaning over and ready to sprint.
"The Supreme Court used to have another name – Odin. An ancient myth and legend originating from the cradle of mankind, he is the god-king of the god system and the god of wisdom.
But legend has it that after the fateful end of the world, known as Ragnarok, he was swallowed by a monster named Fenrir.
The appearance and name of this starship are derived from this legend.
And with a base that can build such a starship, repairing the Kui starship should be easy. ”
Xia Lian's voice sounded behind him, and he also looked at the spaceship in front of him with a little emotion.
It is not so much a spaceship as a work of art, both in terms of momentum and lines, which are extremely beautiful.
In a vacuum, the shape of the ship does not need to be aerodynamic, so there are no rigid requirements for the shape.
However, when building a spaceship, it is generally necessary to make the outer shell of the spaceship as simple as possible, because it is convenient to maintain.
Considering that the ship may be a disposable, it is understandable that it was made of this appearance.
After all, the leader is a believer, and superstition points are normal.
Mercury came back from the shock, "How do you know this?" ”
"I saw it more than a thousand years ago." Xia Lian said.
Mercury's words were stagnant, and Rao was a little depressed at the moment, so she said helplessly.
"Your Highness, if you don't want to answer, you don't have to answer, you don't have to make up this kind of reason."
Xia Lian shrugged his shoulders and didn't explain too much.
Mercury walked to the build console in the assembly shop, pressed his hands on the control screen, and began to try to link the console's system.
On her iris, countless streams of data flashed.
"How's the starship doing?" Xia Lian walked over and asked.
"Indeed, as His Highness said, it is a semi-finished product, and the faster-than-light engine has not yet been loaded." Mercury commented.
Xia Lian bowed his head and asked, "The faster-than-light engine is not installed.... And what about sub-light engine systems? ”
Seeing Mercury shook his head, "Or, there is no energy system installed inside this starship." ”
"What?" Wang Zhen was stunned and said, "The energy system is not installed, isn't it just an empty shell?" ”
"Hear me out first." Mercury said, "Judging by the design plan of the designer of this starship.
He wanted the starship to have more than just speed, he needed to make it impossible for the AI probes to detect its existence.
With current technology, radar and optical stealth are very simple, but the problem is how to avoid energy detection.
Even the most advanced phase stealth technology is difficult to circumvent completely, and there will be slight energy fluctuations when entering the speed of light. ”
"So he didn't have an energy system?" Mo Ke said in surprise.
Karl frowned on one side and continued, "So how is this ship going forward?" ”
It's not that he doesn't intend to install the energy system, but to shut down the energy system before approaching the planet where the Supreme Court is located, and before that, use another energy system to move.
If the internal energy is not good, then the external energy is used, and in this universe, in addition to dark energy, there is only one type of energy that is most common. ”
"Stellar." Xia Lian said almost without thinking about it, and then, he frowned, "Sun Sail? ”
"You can call it a solar sail, but it's more advanced."
"In the universe, photons produced by supernovae explosions of stars and newborn stars are almost ubiquitous," Mercury said.
But it's not enough to just collect these photons to act as an engine boost. ”
Mercury pointed to Fenrir's upturned secondary engine, "It's called the Sail of Albak, and it's super efficient at absorbing the high-energy particles released by the sun.
At the same time, through the internal photonic frequency conversion furnace, the low-energy photons are synthesized into high-energy photons and stored.
It is then released by the Sails of Arbak.
Based on the data above, the initial acceleration may be a little slower than the existing sub-light engine, but it will get faster and faster with gradual acceleration.
Moreover, the stars are almost all over the universe and the energy is almost endless, in a sense, it is a semi-perpetual engine.
If the built-in energy system is used to make the following two main thrusters work, it can almost infinitely approach the speed of light, and the speed in the sub-light field can surpass that of any starship known for its speed in this era. ”
"I don't quite understand." Aisha couldn't help but ask, "But how can this be invisible?" Isn't this also a working fluid push?"
"This designer's vision is not stealth." Xia Lian muttered in a low voice, "It's a disguise, disguised as a star, or even a solar storm." ”
"At that time, almost all starships used antimatter as an energy source, and this energy source was the only energy source that could power the faster-than-light engine, so it would almost certainly be detected.
The energy system of thermonuclear fusion, on the other hand, is too inefficient to allow a spacecraft to drive at sub-light speeds, and the energy response is different from that of a real star.
The Sails of Albak will not, as long as you wait for a solar wind to burst, Fenrir will ride the waves created by the solar wind, and the impact of the solar wind's high-energy particles will greatly affect the effect of the probe.
Among their detectors, Fenrir is part of the solar wind.
And as long as Fenrir reaches the vicinity of the planet and turns on the built-in energy system, no one can stop it. ”
"Genius idea." Mercury commented, and she looked up at the ship, "Unfortunately, this plan didn't come to fruition. ”
Xia Lian quietly stared at the spaceship, thinking quietly.
According to normal human history, the intellectual machine holy war nearly 2,000 years ago should be the last technological outbreak of mankind, and then because of the complete ban on AI, it led to a great regression in technology.
All technologies have to think in the other direction, which is equivalent to starting from the thirtieth century all over again.
Although some of the technologies of this era may surpass those of that era, on the whole, it is that era is more advanced and human beings are more powerful.
"What about weapon systems?" Xia Lian asked.
Mercury continued to browse through the data inside, and then, with a frown, said, "There is no weapon system. ”
"No weapon system!?" Karl was a little puzzled, "Then how did they get this ship to break through the enemy's defenses!?" ”
"There is no time for the faster-than-light engine to be installed, and how can the weapon system have time." Xia Lian said.
"Although there are no weapon systems, the proportion of weapons systems in this proposal is actually not very large." Mercury continued.
She looked up at the starship's sleek, silver-like metal casing.
"The spacecraft uses a new alloy, and the designer seems to have used some technique to nail some of the molecular motion in the metal, which is why the surface of the metal looks so smooth, allowing it to get infinitely close to absolute zero.
Its hardness would surpass that of the hardest matter of a star system by hundreds of times, and if this starship were to be accelerated infinitely close to the speed of light.....
At that time, the starship did not yet have a Helios field, and a relatively backward bias shield was used. There will be no starship or even planet that can stand in its way. ”
Xia Lian also raised his head and looked at the wolf's head, "I wonder why there is such a strange design, it turns out to be a collision horn."
In a sense, this "sharp knife plan" is really a sharp blade.
While this starship is a starship, it is also the most powerful superkinetic weapon in the galaxy. ”
According to Einstein's mass-energy conversion formula, accelerating an ordinary mud truck to sevenths or eighths of the speed of light can achieve the effect of an asteroid killing dinosaurs.
The mass of this starship is clearly heavier than that of a dump truck.
"So the essence of technology is to boil water and throw stones?" Xia Lian complained.
"Your Highness, come over here!"