In the Antarctic star region on the edge of the solar system, the headquarters of the Fourth Army - Queshan Star Fortress. Queshan Star is 547 units away from the sun and is an asteroid slightly smaller than the moon.
Thanks to the increase in the Alliance's dark matter production, the Fourth Army's space battleships have all been replaced with curvature engines, and the latest generation of curvature engines has increased the jump speed to the limit of 30 times the speed of light.
As the two border regions of the solar system, although the pressure in the Antarctic region is not as great as that in the North Pole region, they are also busy now.
Because the Supreme Command has just formulated a colonization plan, their Fourth Army will be responsible for the expedition to Proxima Centauri in the Procyon system and establish the first star system colony on Proxima Centauri.
Ma Wu, who had just returned to Blue Star from the front line of the Polar Star District, brought a group of crew members to the Queshan Star Fortress without stopping.
His vehicle was replaced by a Shadow Leopard-class modified Explorer 2 spacecraft, a curvature spacecraft that can jump at 30 times the speed of light.
This time Ma Wu and others will take the first step to explore the road, and the expeditionary fleet of the Fourth Army will set off for Proxima Centauri about two months after their departure.
At the space port of Queshan Star Fortress, a Shadow Leopard-class space cruiser turned into a dumbbell shape is Ma Wu's new car "Explorer 2".
Ma Wu looked at his watch and saw that the time was almost up. After reporting the voyage record to the spaceport tower, he said loudly:
"Explorer 2, heading towards Proxima Centauri at full speed."
"Received." Fang Haibo and Masayoshi Kobayashi quickly started the photon engine. They needed to leave Queshan 15 units before they could start the curvature engine and enter the transition state.
Seven hours later, they successfully arrived at the jump area. For the safety of the spacecraft during the jump flight, the Alliance Space and Transportation Department formulated the "Jump Flight Management Regulations", which stipulated the jump of the warp spacecraft.
Areas and end areas, transition routes, etc.
The jump.asxs. area where Explorer 2 is located is an area with a radius of 5 units. There are a total of 500 jump routes here, and there are a total of 150 routes to Proxima Centauri.
"Entering Proxima Centauri Route 46."
"receive."
Explorer 2 instantly started the curvature engine and entered a state of transition at 30 times the speed of light in the blink of an eye.
Proxima Centauri, an affiliated galaxy of Procyon, is the closest star system to the solar system. The distance is only about 4.2 light-years. Explorer 2, which can travel 30 times the speed of light, can reach the interior of Proxima Centauri from the edge of the solar system in just 51 days.
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In fact, the Fourth Army has pushed the alliance's border into the void nearly 2 light-years away from the sun. The border close to Proxima Centauri is the Yishan Star Fortress, and the jump route to Proxima Centauri is from Proxima Centauri.
Passed near Yishan Star.
The Yiyi Mountain Star Fortress is about 138,000 units away from the sun. It is a black asteroid, a little larger than Titan. There is a squadron and 20,000 soldiers stationed here.
Ma Wu monitors the situation around the route through dark wave radar. Dark wave radar can be used in the transition state. After all, its working principle is similar to quantum communication.
Compared with the empty North Pole region, the material density in the South Pole region is higher, and celestial bodies such as asteroids are denser.
One month later.
Explorer 2 exited the transition state, and at this time they had left the Alliance's border line, Queshan Star Fortress.
"Detect the astronomical conditions of the surrounding star field, and then we move forward." Ma Wu ordered.
"Okay." Fang Haibo immediately started the dark wave scan with maximum power, and comprehensively scanned the void with a radius of 15,000 units around the spacecraft.
Masayoshi Kobayashi will open the missile silo and launch six-shot Xiongfeng 15 in six directions: east, west, south, north, up and down. These missiles are equipped with proton micro-robots. Xiongfeng 15 will scatter proton micro-robots in the void along the way.
In fact, the Alliance has densely dispersed proton micro-robots around the border with a radius of 2 light years in the solar system. With the addition of darkon wave radar and gravitational wave radar and other means, it has basically achieved blind spot monitoring.
Unless you use space jump technology to jump directly into the inner solar system, entry through other methods will be more or less monitored.
On board Explorer 2, there are many proton micro-robots, and these proton micro-robots will be sown along the route.
Ma Wu turned around and looked back at the direction of the solar system. At this time, only the sun's light was still shining in the solar system. Although the sun's light had no temperature at this moment, for every wanderer traveling far away,
Still as warm as mother's embrace.
"Captain, the astronomical situation has been recorded." Fang Haibohui reported.
Only then did Ma Wu come to his senses, put aside his mild nostalgia for the time being, and turned around to continue his exploration of the stars and the sea.
"Justice, prepare to launch a Xiongfeng 53 to Proxima Centauri."
"OK."
Masayoshi Kobayashi's fingers were flying, and after obtaining Mawu's captain's authorization, he pressed the launch button of the Xiongfeng 53 missile.
After the missile manhole cover popped open, the Xiongfeng 53 missile rushed out towards Proxima Centauri at 30% of the speed of light, accelerated by the electromagnetic catapult.
Ten minutes later, the Xiongfeng 53 missile was already some distance away from Explorer 2, and the missile's own supercomputing program immediately activated the curvature engine.
In fact, this Xiongfeng 53 missile is more like a detector than a missile.
"The Xiongfeng 53 curvature engine starts and enters the transition state, reaching a speed of 90 times the speed of light."
"The darkon wave radar is activated and begins to scan the astronomical conditions along the way. It is recording the astronomical conditions of the Void Sea along the way in real time."
In order to obtain ultra-fast speed, the Xiongfeng 53 missile sacrifices a very large payload. Among the 137 tons of mass, the payload is only about 6.7 tons. These payloads are used to install monitoring equipment and the like.
With the Xiongfeng 53 missile at 90 times the speed of light, Explorer 2 is now 1.9 light-years away from Proxima Centauri. It only takes about 8 days for the detector modified by the Xiongfeng 53 missile to reach the inner area of Proxima Centauri.
In fact, the super-light missile Xiongfeng 53 is currently only a laboratory product. The reason why it appeared was mainly to restrain the curvature spacecraft.
The Alliance knows that in the galaxy, human civilization is definitely not the only one with faster-than-light spacecraft. If we don't take precautions in advance, we will definitely suffer big losses in the future.
"Everything is normal on Xiongfeng 53. The astronomical conditions have been recorded and the star map data is being updated."
Ma Wu ordered: "Let's continue setting off and target Proxima Centauri."
"Yes." Everyone was excited. They would be the first Blue Star people to go outside the solar system. The excitement of exploring the unknown starry sky made their blood boil for adventure.
Explorer 2 entered the transition state again, and a twisted trace of the transition disappeared in an instant.
After Ma Wu sat down, he flipped through the voyage log. He had not forgotten this mission to explore Proxima Centauri.
The first is to test some equipment; the second is to explore the astronomical conditions of the Proxima Centauri galaxy and the Procyon galaxy (Centauri a); and the third is to search for the natural wormhole discovered by the Anluos.
If they find that wormhole, they will explore it. A natural wormhole is a huge asset to the alliance.