It has been three months since the Void Star Sea incident.
The personnel of the First Legion who returned with the Genesis are resting and recuperating.
At the same time, the more than 300,000 federal soldiers who died in battle and the 20,000 Pangu III battleships also need to be replenished.
The problem of personnel is small, but there are only more than 8,000 Pangu III battleships that have been produced and are ready for service.
As for battle stars, there are none.
But the remaining eight fleets of the First Legion, as well as the millions of attached civilization warships, are still in the star ring transmission channel and heading towards the Tuoba Galaxy.
Therefore, Duan Xingke did not have time to wait for the two fleets to complete, let alone wait for a new battle star to serve as his flagship.
After the 8,500 Pangu III ships were in place, it was decided to set off again in three days.
Regarding why the fleet was forcibly exited from hyperspace in the first place, the intelligence department also came to a conclusion through interrogating the prisoners brought back by the Legend.
Hunter civilization.
This is the first time the Federation has learned that there is still civilization existing in the void star sea.
We also know that in the void star sea, in addition to space turbulence, there are also some fixed space faults.
These so-called hunter civilizations usually hide in faults to avoid the invasion of space turbulence.
Because the resources in the void star sea are extremely scarce, it can even be said that there are almost no resources.
Therefore, if these civilizations want to survive, they must obtain resources through plunder.
But the problem is that other civilizations will not enter the void star sea, and even if they enter by mistake, they will soon be destroyed due to space turbulence.
Not only will the ship be destroyed, but the materials on the ship will also be destroyed.
Therefore, even if they want to scavenge, they simply cannot do it.
Therefore, the hunter civilization invented a technology called the void trap net.
Through this technology, they can set a trap at a certain location in the void star sea. Whether it is through hyperspace navigation, space teleportation, etc., as long as they pass through the range of the void trap net, they will be forcibly pulled out.
Original navigation channel.
However, this technology also has major shortcomings.
The scope of action of the Void Trap Net is not large, while that of the Void Star Sea is extremely large.
In addition, you cannot know which point the other party is starting from and which point it is heading to, so you cannot accurately deploy the void trap.
It can be said whether the trapping can be successful and when the trapping can be successful.
This is all a matter of luck and luck.
When you are unlucky, no matter how many void traps are deployed, they may not be able to open for hundreds or thousands of years.
As for the enemy that the Federation encountered, it was a hunter civilization called Atal, which existed in the form of a tribe and had thousands of tribes, large and small.
The tribe that was fighting against the First Legion was considered a medium-sized tribe.
There are about one million warships and about 300 million fighter planes.
To be honest, the combat effectiveness of this tribe is at most that of a fourth-level civilization, let alone the two fleets under the First Legion...
Even the battleships of attached civilizations can easily abuse them.
But the problem is that the battle takes place within the void star sea.
The extreme instability of space has directly had an extremely fatal impact on all devices that rely on space technology.
Looking at the situation of the First Army at that time, the space shield was almost ineffective, and various space-type naval guns were suppressed to their limits, both in terms of power and range.
Even space communications have been affected, and the communication distance is only about ten light years.
What does this mean?
It is equivalent to the first fleet being directly equipped with weapons and shields when fighting.
If it weren't for the shell armor of the Pangu III, which was entirely made of super-degenerate materials, its defensive power would still be very powerful even without the shield.
Otherwise, after more than twenty days...
All 20,000 battleships of the First Legion have long been lost.
Therefore, the Federation's latest generation of warships are actually not suitable for fighting in the void star sea.
So, what about redesigning a warship based on energy technology?
It is possible, but the question is, is it necessary?
The top federal officials have different opinions on this issue.
Some senior officials believe that there is no need for the Federation to spend a lot of resources and time to conquer the void star sea.
After all, there are no resources and no living space there, so what if we defeat them?
Not to mention, with the current situation in the Federation, there is no room for distraction.
There are quite a few people with this kind of logic.
But there are also objections, and the main opposition comes from the Central Academy of Sciences.
Their point of view is...
So far, the Federation has no technology that can hinder hyperspace navigation or space teleportation.
Obviously, this is extremely unsafe for the Federation.
Once you encounter a fifth-level or stronger civilization in this situation, any line of defense will be meaningless.
Because, people can send fleets to penetrate directly into the rear of the federation, or even into the core area.
But what happened this time gave the Central Academy of Sciences a lot of ideas.
For example, the technology used by hunter civilization to isolate space turbulence, or the void trap technology that can intercept hyperspace and space teleportation.
These are technologies that the Federation does not have but needs.
Moreover, if the Federation can conquer the void star sea, then the Central Academy of Sciences can also enter the void star sea and conduct some scientific research projects that were not possible in the past.
This is just like the reason why countries in the home star era did not hesitate to spend a lot of resources to build space stations.
Some scientific research projects must be carried out under specific circumstances, right?
In the end, the debate ended with the Central Academy of Sciences winning.
Not to mention other things, the technology that can intercept hyperspace and space teleportation has already impressed Su He.
Of course, the conquest of the void star sea mentioned here does not mean the occupation of the void star sea.
After all, more than 99% of the entire universe is a sea of void stars, so it is impossible to occupy the entire sea of void stars.
The conquest mentioned by Ling Ruoxuan and others refers to the fact that human beings can freely enter and exit the void star sea and survive safely in it.
then...
The battleship design department led by Liu Feng became busy again.
This time, what they want to design is not a new generation of federal warships.
It is a method that abandons all space technology, regardless of attack, defense, communication, etc.
It is specially designed to be able to fight in the void star sea.
In fact, this is not too difficult for the federation.
The real difficulty is how to allow these warships to enter the void star sea.
You know, the Federation currently does not have the technology of the hunter civilization to isolate the turbulent flow of space.
Therefore, rushing the fleet into the void star sea is still the same as seeking death.