Chapter 553: Flawed Shield

"The technology just mentioned can greatly increase the success rate of the immigration plan and allow us to have enough time to prepare enough immigration ships. The use of the following technology is relatively not that exaggerated, but some of you may I’m quite interested because this is completely military technology.”

"Military?" the U.S. president asked, "What type of technology? Weapons?"

"No, it should be said to be a shield technology." I explained: "You should have seen us using electromagnetic shields before. You all know the effect. It has a very good deflection and blocking effect on physical ammunition. The disadvantages are The reason is that the resistance to large-mass objects is poor, and the protection against energy weapons presents an extreme contrast. Some energy weapons will be completely blocked, while others will be completely useless."

"So what is this technology you are talking about?" Sure enough, some people are interested in this, but I think there must be many people who like this thing, because at present, it seems that this thing can actually be used for civilian purposes.

After sorting out my thoughts for a while, I started to introduce: "The theory behind this technology is a theory called zero-degree force field. According to this theory, the shield formed by it can theoretically withstand all known elements on the earth. The destructive power of any weapon, even a direct attack by a nuclear bomb, will not cause any problems."

"Is it so strong?"

"It's not a question of strength, but a question of principle." I said: "You are not engaged in scientific research, and you may not be very clear about all the cutting-edge things. I will try to explain it as simply as possible. Everyone knows that we live in space, and any Objects need enough space to exist, but what if the space disappears? To put it bluntly, this kind of shield creates a zone of 'nihility' between yourself and the enemy. This zone of nothingness is the same as beyond the edge of the universe. , is the absolute nothingness that does not exist. To exist, any object and energy must be supported by space, and this kind of nothingness cannot support anything. In other words, when energy or matter enters this area, it will be like an object that loses its support. Same."

"You mean that thing will fall into this thing like a black hole?"

"No, no, no, nothingness and black holes are two safe concepts. A black hole is a dense area of ​​space formed after a high concentration of mass. Due to the high concentration of space, a pile-up phenomenon occurs, causing the three-dimensional space to collapse, so the space in this area It comes into contact with the fourth dimension and creates four-dimensional space. This is a black hole. But four-dimensional space is also space. To put it bluntly, nothingness is zero-dimensional space. There is no time, no space, and nothing you can think of. It is real. nothingness."

"Then if an enemy attacks this void, for example, a cannonball flies in, or a laser beam enters this area, what will happen?" Of course, the only person who can ask such a somewhat reliable question is the previous technical officer. , the others were a little confused by me.

I thought for a while and said: "Theoretically, nothingness can become space. But there is a prerequisite for it to become space, that is, there is a layer of energy to support a space. The creators don't seem to have studied this aspect clearly, but The Pilgrims studied this very deeply. According to the Pilgrims' theory, space itself is a kind of energy, and it is the only energy that can exist in nothingness. If we imagine nothingness as the sea, space is the ship on the sea. , and matter and energy are both cargo on the ship. When the cargo falls off the ship, a very simple thing happens, that is, the cargo becomes a new ship."

"The cargo became a ship?" the technical officer first asked doubtfully. Then he suddenly reacted. "Oh... I understand! You are talking about conceptual cargo. When these cargoes are placed on the ship, they are cargo, but once they fall into the water, the cargo becomes floating objects, and the essence of the ship is floating objects, that is It is said that after the cargo falls into the water, there is essentially no difference between it and the ship. If someone climbs on the floating cargo, then the cargo is his ship. Is my understanding correct? "

I smiled and nodded: "Yes, very correct. The cargo becomes a ship after it falls into the water, and space energy follows the same principle. Space energy creates space in nothingness where matter and energy can exist, and if there is matter and energy When energy leaves space, it will collapse, because nothingness cannot support the existence of matter and energy. However, the collapsed matter or energy will not disappear. Through the mass-energy equation, we know that mass and energy can be converted into each other, Energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only be transformed from one form to another. Nothingness cannot really make energy disappear. What it does is to convert all the energy that enters it into space energy, because nothingness can only Allow space energy to exist.”

After I explained it, the tycoons and heads of state around here finally understood. A guy in military uniform confirmed: "You mean, as long as something enters the void, whether it is a cannonball or a laser beam, it will immediately turn into space energy, and the attack itself will no longer exist." ?"

I nodded again. "That's right. Any matter or energy that enters nothingness will turn into space energy. The device I'm talking about cannot essentially operate on nothingness. What it does is extract the space energy within its range of action and convert it into Other energy, then a big hole will appear in the space. There is only nothingness in this hole. When other matter and energy fall into this hole, they will become new space energy and then be reabsorbed. As long as the entering matter It cannot pass through this barrier without exceeding the absorption speed of the energy absorber. By the way, after this device is completed, it not only does not need to consume energy, but can be used as a generator. It only needs to input energy when it is started. Due to initialization, once the device is started, it does not require any energy support, but will continuously output energy."

"Do you realize that this thing can not only be used as a shield but also provide additional power for our spaceship?" A very fat tycoon stood up and asked with excitement and trembling fat.

I answered affirmatively: "It can be understood this way. In fact, in terms of protective shield, this device is not very effective. Although the area in the middle of the device is almost invincible, in fact the shield itself is quite It’s easy to be damaged. As for the reason... you’ll know just by looking at the structure.”

I showed you the new design drawings. To be honest, apart from the differences in details, the shape of this thing is almost the same as the previous space ring. This thing looks like a ring, but the difference is that there is a U-shaped structure on one side of the ring connecting the two ends of the ring. In fact, this U-shaped structure is just a structural reinforcement and a bracket for the propeller. The main equipment is actually inside the ring.

When they first saw this thing, everyone was a little confused, but soon everyone realized it.

The void space generated by this void shield is a circular plane located inside the ring, but the surrounding ring is actually exposed outside the void shield. In other words, if the enemy can hit the outer ring. The shield itself will be destroyed. That's why I say this thing doesn't make much sense. The biggest problem is the protection of the shield itself, because the edge of the shield cannot be built behind the void field, so this circle of void generator becomes the biggest weakness.

Of course, it cannot be said that this thing is absolutely useless. First, because the exposed part of the ring obviously cannot exceed the volume of the spacecraft that needs to be protected, we can use the strongest metal to build the outer ring of the ring. While we don't necessarily have enough high-end metal to build immigrant ships, if only the rings. That's much simpler. Second, the ring itself is not fixed, so it is not that simple to hit it.

According to the actual use experience of the pilgrims, they usually build these shield devices very small, and generally the diameter of each ring does not exceed fifty meters. Most are not even ten meters tall. Compared with the size of space battleships, which are often several kilometers long, the size of these protective shields is really not that big. The way they use this small shield is to use it as a floating shield. These small shields all have automatic power systems, and they can fly around the battleship. When the battleship is attacked, these shields will actively block the attack route. Then try to use the void area in your center to catch the enemy's attack. It's a bit like playing badminton with someone else, you have to try to catch the ball with the net in the middle of the racket. And if the ball hits the frame of the racket instead of the net, it means that the "racket" will be destroyed. Of course, missing the ball would be worse, because that would mean a direct hit to the ship.

"Actually, this kind of thing is mainly used as an energy extractor and a blocking device for low-speed weapons. For example, it is good for dealing with space torpedoes."

"Aliens use torpedoes to fight interstellar wars?" someone asked.

"Generally speaking, many people in modern times speculate that missiles may not make sense in future space battles, because the distance between the two sides fighting in the universe must be very far. With the technology that can be foreseen now, the battle in the universe can actually be fought 200 million kilometers away. The two sides began to fire at each other. At this distance, it would take more than ten minutes for various directed energy weapons to hit the target. It might take several hours for physical kinetic energy weapons such as missiles to fly near the opponent. In this way, the opponent's weapons would be blocked. The probability of interception is too high, so many science enthusiasts believe that missiles and the like have no future in space warfare. But according to the situation of the pilgrims and creators, space torpedoes have not only not been eliminated, but have actually It’s quite easy to use. At least among the three warring parties, there are a large number of spacecrafts using space torpedoes.”

"how so?"

"Actually, the answer is very simple." I said: "The first is surprise. The method of using space torpedoes is usually not to attack directly, but to first launch the torpedoes into space using electromagnetic ejection, allowing these torpedoes to be scattered on the battlefield like cosmic garbage. Floating everywhere on the ground, these dormant torpedoes will suddenly ignite and attack when needed. It is very difficult to deal with, because they can attack from any direction, making you unable to guard against it.

Second, torpedoes in interstellar warfare are all camouflaged when launched. On Earth, air resistance must be considered, and missiles must comply with fluid mechanics and must have a slender structure. But there is no need to consider the shape of the space torpedo, it can be of any shape. At present, most space torpedoes are disguised as meteorite fragments. This kind of thing is very common in space. Moreover, both sides will throw a large number of camouflaged meteorites into space before the war begins. This balloon-like meteorite has air inside and a high-tech camouflage skin on the outside, which can fool most detectors. And the cost of this thing is very low. Basically every space encounter, a warship can throw millions of these meteorite balloons in a few seconds, and they are mixed with many detectors, space torpedoes and floating guns. It is unrealistic to completely clear these floating objects, so the torpedoes disguised in them actually have a high chance of successful sneak attacks. Because sometimes these torpedoes are activated only when they float close to the enemy's spacecraft, and the opponent's interception weapons have no time to react.

third. Although the speed of space torpedoes is very slow, it is compared with energy weapons such as lasers. Compared with battleships, the speed of space torpedoes still has a huge advantage, and these small ones are very fast and usually have multi-warhead guidance technology. Some types of large space torpedoes are even equipped with shields, as long as they can be carried several times The attack can rush to the enemy's side, and such a torpedo cannot stop it at all. Moreover, although a shielded torpedo is not cheap, if it can severely damage an enemy space battleship, it will make a lot of money. The value of a space battleship is at least hundreds of thousands times more than this kind of torpedo. In other words, as long as hundreds of thousands of torpedoes can be used to kill a battleship, it is a good deal. Based on the above characteristics, guided torpedoes in space warfare are actually very versatile. Combined with kinetic weapons and energy weapons, it can form a multi-level combination of medium, medium, low, fast, medium and slow, and the battlefield flexibility is very high. Moreover, these torpedoes can be recycled if they are not used after the war, which is very economical. Some types of torpedoes will even actively separate the warhead at the last moment, and then the projectile will actively slow down to prevent it from hitting the enemy ship. After the war, the main body of the torpedo will be recovered and the warhead will be replaced to create a new torpedo. There are all kinds of torpedoes in the space age. They have everything, but they are very powerful. "

Leader No. 1 suddenly asked: "The void shield you mentioned before is mainly used as an energy generator rather than a shield, right?"

I nodded and said, "Yes, this device can continuously generate energy. As long as it does not fly out of the boundary of the universe, there will be an endless supply of energy."

"So, I want to know how efficient the energy conversion is, how much energy can be produced, and what effects can this energy be used to produce?"

"About this...how should I put it...the amount of energy generated is actually not very large. The void shield consumes a lot of energy to generate the void itself, so most of the energy it produces is used to generate the shield itself. , so the external output will not be too much. However, we cannot replenish chemical fuel in space, and it is always a good thing to have energy. The energy generated by these devices is enough for our super electromagnetic engine to continue operating in a low-power mode without shutting down. Before we The super electromagnetic engine in the designed space immigration ship is planned to be started at intervals. After all, even if it uses nuclear power and solar energy, it may not last for thousands of years, so it needs to be used sparingly. But with this thing, our The super electromagnetic engine is always running at low power, which can greatly improve the acceleration capability and cruising speed of the spacecraft. In addition, after all, this is an extra energy reserve, which is also an extra insurance."

"You said this thing can accelerate the spacecraft, does that mean our fleet can continue to push out time?" Chief No. 1 asked.

I shook my head and said, "I'm afraid not. The super electromagnetic engine itself is a low-thrust engine. Its advantage is that the propulsion force does not decrease as the speed increases, but its own output is actually very low. Its advantage is that the entire voyage lasts for thousands of years. It is a continuous acceleration capability within a certain period of time rather than a short-term acceleration capability, so even if it allows us to delay the launch, it will only buy us an extra ten days at most, which is of little practical significance.”

Chief No. 1 nodded and sat down while muttering: "It will be good for a few days."

"Is there anything else besides this technology?" the US president asked.

I continued to nod: "Yes. In addition to this, there is actually another technology that I think is meaningful."

"Tell me what it is." (To be continued ~^~)