The first main spiral arm is 275 light years away from the imperial capital.
There is a star system here that does not exist on the star map.
Hamilton.
Generally speaking, in this interstellar era, it is easy to block a star system, but it is indeed extremely difficult to completely hide a star system.
Even the third-level civilization already has very complete starry sky detection technology. If it is an outer galaxy, it is okay, but if it is within this galaxy...
Which star systems there are and where they are can all be located very accurately.
However, in the Milky Way, there are three series of stars.
The first two are star systems in the Death Nebula, one is the Canglan star system that was the former home of the human resistance, and the other is the star system where the Starry Sky Zerg first came to the Milky Way.
Apart from these two, the last one is Hamilton.
Its location is within the Kairui Empire, 275 light years away from the Imperial Capital Circle.
At the same time, the environment here is very complex, and the entire area of more than twenty light years is covered by a special kind of radiation.
Even deep space radar cannot penetrate it.
At the same time, after any ship enters this area, this special radiation will corrode the entire warship in a very short time.
Neither the energy shield nor the heavy armor of the battleship can stop this erosion.
And once the battleship is eroded, all the creatures in it...
There is absolutely no way they can live for more than a minute.
Therefore, this place has also been given a nickname by many people...
Corroding the airspace!
Ships cannot enter, and all radars or other detection devices are also impenetrable.
Therefore, no one knows that there is a star system named Hamilton in this area.
Until a hundred years ago, an imperial warship jumped directly into the corrosive airspace due to a system failure, which resulted in incorrect coordinate data during the jump.
When the imperial soldiers on the battleship discovered that they had plunged into this terrifying area, they were desperate.
Enter directly through the jump. This method has not been tried before.
But the problem is...
Even with the Empire's jump technology, the interval between two jumps takes ten minutes.
In the corrosive star field, it only takes two or three minutes for that special radiation to corrode and completely penetrate the battleship.
In other words, everyone on the ship will die before they can jump again.
So, what about using unmanned warships to explore?
Naturally, some people have thought of it and tried it.
But unfortunately, not only radar cannot penetrate this special radiation area, but also almost all signals cannot penetrate.
Therefore, remote control is simply impossible.
What's more, even if it can be done, it will be useless, because all the devices of a battleship corroded by this special radiation will be quickly damaged within a few minutes.
In short, more than a hundred years ago, the soldiers on that battleship were extremely desperate.
But soon, they discovered that after a few minutes, nothing happened, not even the battleship was corroded.
Finally, after detection through various instruments, it was discovered that no special radiation was found in the area where the battleship was located.
The most important thing is that the battleship is still inside a star system at this moment.
This is a huge discovery.
In the corrosive airspace, there is actually a safe zone, and in this safe zone, there is a star system.
After writing down the coordinates, the battleship left through the jump and quickly reported the matter.
More than a hundred years later...
This place has become a top-secret scientific research institute of the empire, and now, just as Jiang Xingchen guessed, it is conducting research on hyperspace technology.
Even...
In Hamilton, a prototype hyperspace engine has been built.
However, this prototype still has many problems, large and small, which need to be resolved before it can be officially finalized for mass production.
But no matter what, the Empire has already half-stepped into the threshold of hyperspace technology.
"You said the Imperial City Circle was attacked by humans?"
"Yes, this news comes from the Imperial Palace. His Majesty Gurren has issued an imperial order to all administrative regions. Once the Imperial Palace falls, you will be the next legal emperor of the empire."
Hear this.
Selt was stunned immediately.
He is Selt, the chief scientist of the empire, and the top person in charge of the Hamilton Research Institute.
At the same time, he is also the heir of Guren and the only legal successor of the empire.
He knows his father Guren better than anyone else.
If there was even a chance, his father would never talk about letting him succeed to the throne.
It can be seen that the situation on the Imperial Capital Star is far worse than I imagined.
And his father, Gurren, had already judged that there was no possibility of a reversal, so he used the last moment to issue orders to all administrative regions to ensure that the empire would not fall into complete chaos as the imperial capital fell.
"Damn it, let the test ship set off and rescue my father!"
"Your Highness, there are still many problems with the test ship. The possibility of successful hyperspace navigation is even less than 10%. Moreover, the Imperial Capital is now surrounded. Even if the test ship arrives at the Imperial Capital Star, it will be destroyed immediately. It is not possible at all.
Maybe we can rescue His Majesty!"
Hearing what Selt said, the deputy on the side immediately became anxious.
"Then what do you think I should do? Do you want me to watch my father being killed by humans here?"
"Human beings should not directly kill His Majesty Guren. Otherwise, they would just flatten the entire planet. However, when they attacked, they specifically reserved the Imperial Palace and the surrounding ten kilometers. It is obvious that their
The goal is to capture alive, not to kill.”
"That won't work. The emperor of the empire was captured alive. This is even more humiliating for the father!"
"Your Highness, if you use the test ship now, not only will you not be able to rescue His Majesty, but it will also expose our research project, thereby losing the possibility of rescuing His Majesty in the future."
"What do you say when you save your father in the future?"
Hearing this, Selt calmed down a bit, looked at his deputy and asked.
"Your Highness, as long as we are not exposed here, with the 5,000 Derek-class battleships and the garrison fleet that His Majesty just sent, if possible, let Kyle's fleet also find a way to sneak over."
"In this way, we have 8,000 battleships. Once the hyperspace engine project is completed and all 8,000 battleships are replaced, we will have enough strength to make a comeback."
Just as Selt's deputy said.
Although the imperial capital of the empire fell, there are still many troops.
Twenty thousand conventional fleets stationed at the entrance to the main spiral arm.
Five thousand Derek-class battleships, which have been responsible for Hamilton's security for several years, are the Empire's new warships.
A thousand garrison warships were sent by Guren a few days ago to strengthen the defense.
There are more than two thousand garrison warships and conventional warships in the hands of Kyle.
as well as...
There are more than 300,000 guard warships scattered in various administrative regions of the empire.
The strength of the empire is still online. It is not difficult for the Federation to attack and destroy the empire, but it is still not easy to take over the entire empire.
Not to mention the regular fleet and the guard fleet.
But as his deputy said, there are currently 5,000 Derek-class battleships and 1,000 garrison battleships in Hamilton, plus the troops in Kyle's hands.
We can already gather 8,000 warships.
Moreover, the comprehensive combat effectiveness of these warships far exceeds that of conventional warships.
And once the hyperspace engine is completed and equipped on these battleships, there will be countless ways to reverse the situation and force humans to release their father Guren.
So, what Celtic has to do now is...
Tolerate!
Be patient, and then go as fast as possible...
Complete the research and development of hyperspace technology.
"Notify Kyle to cancel the original return plan and arrive outside the corrosive airspace without being tracked by humans. At that time, we will guide him into Hamilton."
"Yes, Your Highness, I will make arrangements immediately!"
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At the same time.
Kerry Empire, Imperial Capital Star.
Imperial Palace.
At this moment, all the remaining troops nearby have been concentrated on the Imperial Palace, and three lines of defense have been set up outside the Imperial Palace.
And thirty kilometers away from the first line of defense.
An encirclement composed of tens of thousands of mechas and tens of thousands of motorized infantry...