Chapter 253 An Unexpected Discovery

Technological development is never smooth sailing. Just like the Humanity No. 1 Aerospace Mothership at this moment.

After sailing about 3.3 light years away and about to enter the deceleration stage, Han Yang noticed through the monitor that there was a very serious fault on the Humanity No. 1 Aerospace Mothership.

A large number of key internal equipment were aging and damaged, the performance of the external armor material was reduced, various faults occurred frequently, and even the nuclear fusion reactor and thruster began to damage.

Humanity No. 1, which was damaged to this extent, obviously lost the ability to decelerate.

It can no longer slow down its speed. It will maintain a speed of about 40% of the speed of light and continue to sail.

In the future, if it does not happen to hit a certain star - compared with the vastness and emptiness of the universe, the probability of hitting something is very low - it can probably sail to the Triangulum Galaxy.

Through a careful inspection by the robot, Han Yang finally confirmed that the cause of the failure was that the energy of the secondary particles generated by the collision of tiny interstellar dust at extremely high speeds exceeded the previous estimate, resulting in reduced material performance and ultimately damage to various parts of the interior.

It was consistent with what Han Yang had expected.

Han Yang had discovered this possibility as early as the early days of Human One. The complete damage of Human One at this moment was just a verification of his discovery.

The subsequent Human Two and the subsequent spacecraft carriers had corrected this loophole.

But Human Two also broke down.

The propulsion system failure caused an explosion, which destroyed most of the main thrusters.

It also lost the possibility of deceleration.

After a careful inspection, Han Yang found that it was still due to insufficient material performance and could not support continuous full-power operation for up to several years.

This was also not beyond Han Yang's expectations.

The spacecraft No. 3 after it had specially corrected this loophole.

In this way, the No. 3 and No. 4 spacecrafts were also damaged one after another. At present, the No. 5 spacecraft has a better chance of actually reaching the Nanmen II system.

In addition to these seven samples that have been actually verified, Han Yang has also conducted research and verification of related technologies in various ways within the solar system.

Needless to say, research in the laboratory is a routine operation. In interstellar space, Han Yang also specially modified some warships to carry out research on various natural phenomena and their impact on the hull under sub-light speed conditions.

The most advanced Stardust-class warship built by Han Yang can now accelerate to 300 meters per second squared.

That is, if there is enough fuel and working fluid, it will take less than five days to accelerate to 40% of the speed of light.

Of course, in terms of the fuel utilization rate of combat spacecraft, even if the spacecraft cabin is filled with fuel and working fluid, it can only support it to accelerate to this speed at most. It is impossible to slow down further.

However, Han Yang has many spaceships. If he can't slow down, he can't slow down. Han Yang can afford to waste.

As a result, in the vast starry sky beyond the orbit of Neptune, there appeared hundreds of warships running around at extremely high speeds like headless flies.

The robots and various scientific research equipment on it closely collect various materials to provide data support for Han Yang's next research and improvement.

Under this circumstance, the human spacecraft No. 8 and No. 9 were also launched one by one, embarking on a journey to the closest neighbor of the solar system, Proxima Centauri among the three stars of Alpha Centauri.

Time passed slowly. Finally, the human spacecraft No. 5 successfully entered the deceleration state, began to reduce its speed at a rate of 1 meter per second, and finally after several years, reduced its speed to a low enough level and parked in the orbit of Alpha Centauri C1.

The three stars of Alpha Centauri were numbered by Han Yang as Alpha Centauri A, Alpha Centauri B and Alpha Centauri C.

Among them, Alpha Centauri C is commonly known as Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the sun.

It is a red dwarf with a mass of only 12.3% of the sun.

According to Han Yang's detection, there are many stars revolving around Alpha Centauri C, but most of them have very low mass. There is not a single one that can be called a planet, and there is only one dwarf planet.

This dwarf planet was numbered by Han Yang as Alpha Centauri C1.

At this moment, through the Humanity No. 5 Aerospace Mothership, looking at this small dwarf planet with a pale yellow surface, looking at the dim red light in the distance, looking at the small and dim, but actually small and bad-tempered Nanmen II C, Han Yang's heart was full of emotion.

The first interstellar voyage was finally successful, although this success was not so perfect.

Although Humanity No. 5 successfully docked, quite a lot of equipment had been seriously damaged. It is probably unlikely to return to the solar system again.

However, this is just the beginning.

Aerospace Motherships No. 6 to No. 9, which are more stable and reliable than Humanity No. 5, should also be able to arrive smoothly. Among them, Aerospace Mothership No. 6 is unlikely to return, No. 7 has a 50% chance, and Aerospace Motherships No. 8 and No. 9 should be able to return to the solar system smoothly.

If it can be verified in the end, then Han Yang can think that he has truly mastered the full set of ultra-long-range and ultra-heavy interstellar voyage technology.

Even now, it is not an exaggeration to say that "the full set of ultra-long-range and ultra-heavy interstellar voyage technology has been initially mastered".

"But we still have to continue to study in depth. The more comprehensive the technology is, the better."

With this idea, there are more warships sailing at sub-light speeds in the vast universe beyond the orbit of Neptune that cannot be slowed down or recovered.

On this day, another warship entered the full-power acceleration state.

This kind of thing has happened many times recently, so many that scientists are no longer surprised.

But after sailing for a while, Han Yang noticed something unusual.

The electromagnetic wave detector seemed to detect some messy radio signals. And this radio signal is unlikely to be generated naturally, but more like a technological creation.

Han Yang's heart moved.

"This is deep space hundreds of billions of kilometers away from the sun. The entire human civilization has not deployed any technological creations here, but there is signal interference generated by technological creations here. Could it be..."

Han Yang immediately mobilized relevant detection forces and carefully approached this star field, so Han Yang saw thousands of spaceships gathered here at a very close distance. There are also small ferry ships or channels connecting different spaceships.

A large spaceship in the middle, Han Yang looked familiar. After a careful investigation, Han Yang finally recognized it: "Isn't this the flagship of the Ita fleet, the Ita spaceship?"

Looking around, there were Ita warships, guard ships that had fought with him many times, and the human rich spaceship with the human family emblem printed on it...

Han Yang laughed dumbly.

"I didn't expect you to hide here... Well, it's really hidden.

I didn't intend to deal with you specifically, but now that I've found you, I'll just destroy you. It won't take any effort anyway."

At Han Yang's command, hidden camouflage sheds opened one after another in the entire solar system, and old-fashioned warships flew out one after another.

Han Yang has decided that this time he will completely solve the Ita fleet once and for all, eliminate all the Ita colonial forces, and not let a single spaceship go.

Under the premise that the performance of the spaceship is still not up to the enemy's warship, to achieve this, he can only siege by numbers.

Therefore, this time Han Yang directly mobilized about 100,000 old-fashioned warships to siege, striving to ensure that no Ita spaceship can escape.

Anyway, these old warships need to be maintained. If they can consume more this time, it will save me trouble.

In order to avoid being detected by the spy equipment of the Itar people, Han Yang also adopted a low-power propulsion mode and divided into multiple fleets, each quietly approaching the target from different directions.

It took more than two years for Han Yang to quietly complete the encirclement.

At this moment, the dragnet has been laid. And the Itar fleet at the core is still unaware of this.

On the Itar battleship, in the No. 1 conference room, another high-level meeting is in progress.

The senior officials attending this meeting all looked serious and heavy-hearted.

"Governor, the drinking water reserves have been reduced to the minimum, and the filtration equipment is seriously aged and the consumables are insufficient, which makes it impossible to completely purify and eliminate the radioactivity. We Ita people can only drink these radioactive water at this stage."

"Governor, the food supply is also insufficient. We have implemented the most stringent quantitative distribution system, but the remaining food reserves can only supply for another three months."

"The fuel is not enough, and the energy supply is seriously short of supply..."

One piece of bad news after another was thrown on Malendin's face.

Malendin sighed.

He had no choice.

The resources of those human tycoons had been plundered before, and even their bodies were decomposed into resources. What can we do now?

Do we really have to move the most important strategic reserve resources?

That is used to support the battleships! Even if people starve to death, those strategic reserve resources cannot be moved!

"Hold on a little longer..."

Malundin murmured, "I have contacted the envoy fleet. In half a year at most, they will arrive at our base and join us. By then, they will support us with a batch of supplies, and then subdue human civilization, and we can return to the solar system and get supplies from the solar system.

Tell everyone that now is the last dark moment before dawn. As long as we survive this period, everything will be ready in the future!"

Malundin tried his best to cheer up and write a check for the future, and finally calmed people down.

At this time, a soldier rushed into the meeting room in a panic. Without waiting for Malundin to scold, he said anxiously: "Your Excellency the Governor, my lords, it's not good! There are almost 100,000 ion propulsion tail flames around our base, and at least 100,000 warships are slowing down at full power towards our location!

It will only take two days at most, and they will be here!"

"What?!"

Malundin's body swayed and he almost fainted. (End of this chapter)