On the Southwest Federation's SkyNet, a headline has been flushed.
All federal interstellar flights in the southwest region have been grounded since 11 a.m. All flights that left the port early this morning without entering the wormhole were required to return, and all star ports were closed.
This also means that all transportation from the Federation to the Kyushu Federation and the Rhine Alliance through the southwest is interrupted. People who want to go to those two big countries must take a short-distance flight within the alliance to the eastern part of the alliance, and then take a long-distance interstellar flight from there. But then
, not only will it be delayed for many days, but also whether I can buy a ferry ticket is another question.
In this era, interstellar navigation has already made jaw-dropping progress after thousands of years of scientific and technological development. After completely abandoning the use of nuclear energy as the main power of starships and adopting cleaner and more effective polymer ion energy, human spacecraft
The ship's maximum sailing speed between planets reaches 8,000 kilometers/second, and in long-distance interstellar navigation, it can even reach a higher speed of 15,000 kilometers/second.
In recent years, with the further development of engine technology and energy technology, starship engine tests with full power reaching a speed of 30,000 kilometers per second have been reported frequently in the two major countries in the human sky.
In a small star system like the solar system with a radius of 6 billion kilometers, human spacecraft can complete a once unreachable journey within two months just by relying on the speed of the starship itself.
However, compared to the distance between star systems that are often several light-years or even tens of hundreds of light-years apart, human progress is still too slow.
For example, the Milky Way has a diameter of 200,000 light-years. Even if humans increase the speed of their ships to the speed of light, it would still take 200,000 years to fly out of this vast galaxy.
Fortunately, mankind has made great strides away from its home star, entered the vast starry sky, and finally taken root in the extremely vast starry sky. The most important discovery - wormholes.
Wormholes that have been discovered one after another are the most important resource for humans to closely connect galaxies that are often tens of light-years apart.
Although the Southwest Federation can only be regarded as a medium-sized country at best in the Interstellar Human Alliance, its territory has a radius of hundreds of light years.
Human beings communicate and transport people and materials through wormholes. Without these wormholes, planets would be nothing more than small isolated islands in the vast ocean.
The Southwest Federation founded its country in this star field precisely because there are several wormholes that can communicate with each other among the six major star systems of the Federation, which can shorten the travel time between the federal star systems to 10 days to 1 month.
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But if you want to go to other major human countries that are hundreds of light years apart, even if there are wormholes, the time spent on the journey will still be calculated in months. For example, if you want to go to the Kyushu Federation, which has the closest relationship and is mainly Chinese,
In the border galaxy, just traveling through the starry sky outside the wormhole takes up to 6 months.
The emergence of artificial wormholes, also known as jump point technology, has taken a big step forward in long-distance navigation in the starry sky. Humans can no longer rely solely on naturally formed wormholes to travel tens of billions
Long distances of kilometers or even hundreds of billions of kilometers, hundreds of light years that were once out of reach, can also be reached with humankind's own technology.
However, that requires huge energy consumption. In addition to military starships, civilian starships will choose discovered natural wormholes for long-distance interstellar navigation unless necessary due to cost considerations.
The sudden closure of the star port by the Federation undoubtedly increased the already long interstellar travel time and cost. Naturally, public dissatisfaction boiled over, and with the encouragement of some people, the number of messages under the federal government page on Skynet exceeded 3 billion in just half a day.
Horrible data.
Relatively speaking, at two o'clock in the afternoon, major news media published: "It has been verified that the "Hangzhou" starship crashed on the Lafite Star at 10 a.m. due to an air pirate attack. The number of casualties is unknown." The news is like a long river.
A wave of water was quickly submerged.
Although there are not many incidents of air pirates attacking civilian ships, especially incidents where the entire ship is shot down, it is compared to the major incident in which the entire federal government suddenly announced the closure of all star ports in the two major star systems in the southwest.
, maybe except for the relatives of the passengers on the "Hangzhou" who searched the "Hangzhou" news over and over again for follow-up, the rest of the federal public has long ignored this horrific incident that may have killed hundreds of people.
Because, that is more like a signal of war.
The people of the Federation, who have been at peace for a hundred years, do not desire war.
They didn't know that the Second Fleet, which was responsible for defending the "Kaiyang" star system in the southwest of the Federation, had set off from its station two days ago and headed towards the third star field, which was the buffer zone between the Federation and the Jiepen Empire.
That was the first battle-level fleet sent to the third star region since the Federation was forced to sign the "Treaty of Border Restraint between the Two Countries" with the Jiepen Empire a hundred years ago under the "mediation" of the "Great Eagle Empire" delegation.
The second fleet of Kaiyang Galaxy, named Second, is actually the strongest fleet in the two major galaxies in the southwest of the entire Federation. The other four fleets of Kaiyang Galaxy and Yuheng Galaxy already have two on full-time standby. After receiving the call "Hangzhou
After the news that the ship was attacked and crashed by air pirates, the remaining two fleets have also canceled all vacation plans for officers and soldiers and entered a state of combat readiness.
It can be said that 40% of the muscles of the Southwest Federation have been tightened, ready to deliver a heart-wrenching punch to the enemy at any time.
Of course, the fleet that has already taken military action in advance has proven that the eldest son Xueqing, the proud daughter of heaven, is not the core figure stirring up the storm in the galaxy on the southwest border of the Federation.
She just happened to meet it, or in other words, a federal figurehead who knew about it took advantage of it and got her involved.
In the confrontation between countries, as noble as she is, she is just a little ant. If she is not careful, she will be shattered to pieces.
I am afraid that the three air pirate gangs who have their own agendas have joined the group of air pirates in pursuit of their prey. After knowing that a fleet with more than 2 star carriers, 6 heavy cruisers, 12 high-speed destroyers and a fleet of up to 30 ships of various sizes is on the way.
If you come to the third star field, you will be so excited!
Not to mention the hundreds of energy cannons on the starships that can cause terrible attacks on planets, there are hundreds of military mechas and pilots of the Marines in the fleet alone, which are up to two infantry divisions.
The presence.
That's not to mention Tang Lang, who accidentally broke into the future starry sky because he dug a "new" land mine. He is like a small speck of dust. Even if it really turns into dust the next moment, maybe besides still sitting on his
Sun Xueqing, the eldest son next to her, would reminisce about the time when there was once a "barbarian" who was like a tiger in the jungle and single-handedly killed more than a dozen air pirates. Under this starry sky, he would not leave any traces.
However, little people also have their stubbornness. Tang Lang didn't want to leave any traces under the starry sky, but now that he is here, whoever wants to kill him will have to pay the price, even those who are above him?
The little people, who still knew nothing, were chasing each other in the desert of the planet, making it very lively.
In the dark starry sky, a huge fleet is galloping, and the lights from countless portholes draw brilliant strips of light, like sharp arrows with light.