Chapter 704 Sirius Star
Of course, the hourglass scheme combined with gravitational acceleration can theoretically increase the spacecraft's speed to near the speed of light.
But "in theory", the word itself is the result under ideal conditions.
Many researchers in the Science Division have analyzed the conditions for reaching near-light speed.
First of all, the star nodes for gravitational acceleration must all be composed of blue supergiants, whose gravitational strength is enough to push the spacecraft to near the speed of light.
The number of star nodes of this level must be at least 30,000.
Blue supergiant stars are even rarer than black holes and neutron stars in the universe. Where can human civilization find a series of 30,000 blue supergiants?
Isn't this making things difficult for me, Fat Tiger?
Well! Even if human civilization is lucky enough to find a series of 30,000 blue supergiants, human civilization has no way to transform them!
Building a Dyson ring around a blue supergiant?
The resources required for this would be daunting even for human civilization, which controls tens of millions of planetary systems.
And that’s just one small piece of the puzzle.
Another difficult problem is the material of the spacecraft.
Why is it that on the current high-speed routes of human civilization, the maximum speed of spacecraft can only reach 45% of the speed of light?
The answer is not just that the gravitational field energy level of stellar gravitational acceleration is not high enough, but there is another important reason, which is that the current materials of human civilization can only withstand a maximum speed of 45% of the speed of light. If this speed is exceeded, the spacecraft will disintegrate in minutes.
As spacecraft become faster and faster, various restrictions begin to appear on the materials and structures of the spacecraft themselves.
Many people say that in the space age, the appearance of spacecraft is not very demanding. As long as the dynamic balance is done well, even a cubic shape can be used as the shape of a spacecraft.
This statement actually only applies to the stage when we have just entered the space age and the speed of spacecraft has not exceeded 1% of the speed of light.
For human civilization, which has reached a travel speed of 45% of the speed of light, the appearance has become increasingly important.
For example, this time, in order to adapt to the soaring speed of the spacecraft, the shape of the spacecraft was designed to be a sphere, and an "hourglass" hole was added in the middle. The purpose was to inhale various oncoming substances.
Orion Arm, outer region.
The frontier of human exploration.
Not far from a huge orange main-sequence star, a "planet" with a radius of about 1,800 kilometers flew around the outside of the main-sequence star at an unimaginable speed. Its flying speed reached 33% of the speed of light at the moment it was "thrown" out.
This speed is indeed terrifying.
If a star the size of the sun were to hit this planet, both would most likely be destroyed together.
This planet is the new type of space battleship that human civilization has built in the past hundred years - the Sirius-class space battleship.
The Sirius-class space battleship is not just a battleship, but also a colonial spacecraft.
Since the new humans are no longer restricted by the earth's gravity, these large space battleships are usually used for both military and civilian purposes.
The maximum speed of this Sirius-class space battleship is 45% of the speed of light, but this can only be achieved with the help of a high-speed route.
If there is no high-speed route, its maximum speed can only reach 24%.
Engineers and researchers of human civilization have already thought of this.
In order to ensure the speed of these new space battleships, solutions were already thought of in advance when designing the space battleships.
That is to use natural black holes and neutron stars for gravitational acceleration. Although natural black holes and neutron stars are unevenly distributed and rarely in a straight line, they are better than nothing.
But speed is not all the Sirius class has to offer.
The defense and attack capabilities of the Sirius class have reached unprecedented heights among all types of space battleships of human civilization.
Since the Sirius class can use the gravitational field and magnetic field to suck oncoming matter into the loophole thrusters, it also means that the Sirius class can suck the high-energy particles launched by the enemy into the loophole thrusters.
This gives the Sirius class unparalleled defensive power.
The attack power also comes from the hourglass structure in the center. This thing has a spiral vacuum acceleration pipe embedded in the inner wall, which can fire particle cannons with very high energy levels.
In addition, Sirius-class pseudo-gravitational field generators can also distort stars and planets, destroying the gravitational field stability of the planetary system and causing the entire planetary system to enter a state of gravitational chaos.
The Sirius class ships, which integrate various top technologies of human civilization, have been continuously produced for more than a hundred years, and a total of 266 ships have been built.
Through these Sirius-class space battleships, human civilization is not only rapidly expanding to the outer layer of the Orion Arm.
In the war of the Aquarius Arm with the Silicon Clan and the Omnics, dozens of Sirius-class ships also killed many enemies, further squeezing the living space of the Omnics and Silicon Clan civilizations in the Aquarius Arm.
With the large-scale popularization of pseudo-gravitational field generator technology and the in-depth exploration of gravitational technology, the comprehensive strength of human civilization is becoming increasingly stronger.
If it were not for the lack of superluminal travel technology, human civilization might have already directly invaded the Perseus cantilever base of the Silicon Civilization.
However, the advantage of human civilization over silicon civilization is becoming greater and greater without anyone noticing.
As the gravitational shields of stars are built one after another, the construction of the gravitational defense circle in the human territory facing the Perseus Arm, the Centaurus Arm and the galactic center region has basically been completed.
The powerful gravitational defense circle further enhances the security within the human territory.
At the same time, this also gives human civilization more confidence in fighting against the silicon civilization and the one-eyed civilization.
After all, in this cruel universe, the relationships between civilizations are never warm and affectionate, but rather a life-and-death struggle.
Now that human civilization has seized the strategic initiative, we certainly cannot miss this opportunity.
If human civilization had not been afraid of the galactic center region, where a powerful first-level civilization might exist, it would have already marched into the galactic center region.
After many discussions, the Strategic Analysis Office finally decided to focus on attacking the Silicon Civilization in the Perseus Arm.
Then attack the Cyclops civilization in the Centaurus Arm, and finally test the galactic center area.
However, attacking the Perseus Arm of the Silicon Civilization also requires strategy. Even though humans have a considerable strategic advantage at this time, they still need to be cautious.
In the early stage, the whole force will be used to attack a small area, and then through the neutron cage, the fire of civilization will be brought into the Perseus Arm and quickly landed.
After gaining a foothold, they used their technological advantages to quickly encroach on the territory of the Silicon Civilization in all directions, and finally replaced it.
