Chapter 306 Void Creation

The so-called working fluid is actually the material used to eject to obtain reverse thrust.

Just like on a small boat, people throw stones backwards to obtain reverse thrust to make the boat move forward. In this example, the thrown stones are the working fluid.

For chemical rockets, the high-temperature and high-pressure gases generated by the combustion of propellants are ejected, and the reverse thrust is obtained to push the rocket up. Those gases are the working fluid.

In spacecraft, the high-temperature ions ejected by ion thrusters are the working fluid.

The advantage of ion thrusters over chemical thrusters is that they can maximize the use of working fluids and obtain more reverse thrust with the same mass of working fluids.

But no matter how economical or efficient it is, it has working fluids.

And obviously, working fluids also need to occupy the space of the spacecraft and have their own mass. This will affect the acceleration ability and speed of the spacecraft.

Once the working fluid is used up, the spacecraft will lose all its thrust, and even if there is more energy, it will no longer be able to move.

It can be seen from this that the working fluid-free propulsion technology is a breakthrough of great significance. Once this technology is mastered, a shackle of space travel will be completely opened.

However, after mastering the unified force, human civilization, which has now been promoted to level three, discovered that the so-called fluid-free propulsion actually also has fluid.

It's just that the fluid it uses is "born out of thin air" and does not need to be carried extra.

Its principle is based on the quark confinement effect.

After mastering the unified force, level three civilization can break quark confinement with higher efficiency, and then wait for it to cool naturally. After spontaneous breaking, new quarks will be born next to the free quarks through energy to form baryons similar to neutrons and protons.

In short, one piece of matter can be turned into two.

Through this technology similar to "void creation", the spacecraft of level three civilization can obtain a steady supply of fluid without carrying fluid, thus realizing "fluid-free propulsion" in a sense.

In addition, more energy can be obtained through protium fusion, so this technology has the possibility of real realization.

At this moment, Han Yang has not really figured out how to realize these technologies, how to land them, and how to apply them in practice.

It's like knowing that there is huge energy in the nucleus, but not knowing how to make hydrogen bombs and atomic bombs.

But even so, Han Yang has truly experienced the power of the third-level civilization.

"Sure enough, the gap between different technological levels is like a natural moat. Facing the third-level civilization, even if I can build endless second-level civilization peak warships, I can't be the opponent of the third-level civilization."

The warships made by the third-level civilization do not need heavy armor like the warships of the second-level civilization, because they have energy shield technology.

In this way, the warships of the third-level civilization level may weigh only half of the second-level civilization warships, or even less, under the same volume.

This means that the maneuverability of the third-level civilization warships is far superior to that of the second-level civilization warships, and the endurance is longer, but the protection capability is higher.

Your second-level civilization warship can only maneuver at a maximum of 200 meters per square second, but I can easily do more than 400 meters per square second.

Your second-level civilization warships have to go back to replenish energy after fighting for ten days, but mine can fight for more than a month.

In addition to super maneuverability, super endurance and super protection, third-level civilization warships also have super attack power.

Everyone's electromagnetic cannon projectiles are 0.5 grams each, and the speed is 500 kilometers per second.

The projectiles of the second-level civilization are just ordinary collisions. After the third-level civilization is specially treated to be in that "quark excited state", the same mass can increase the lethality several times.

You hit me, but you can't penetrate my defense. I hit you, and a projectile can penetrate your armor, no matter how thick your armor is. What's more, your mobility, endurance, detection, electromagnetic protection, etc., are all inferior to mine, what can you use to fight me?

The third-level civilization level is almost a complete crushing of the second-level civilization.

With this broad prospect clarified, all the scientific research forces of the entire civilization have been invested in the follow-up research and application based on the "unified force" theory.

Time slowly passed, and ten years passed in the blink of an eye.

On this day, the human scientific community and the military joined forces to conduct an experiment on Pluto that attracted the attention of almost all insiders.

On the vast land of gray and dark red, more than a dozen huge buildings formed a building complex. There were extensive passages connecting different buildings, and there were also numerous passages underground, like spider webs.

Countless huge devices gradually began to operate under the debugging of scientists and finally stabilized.

With Han Yang's order, all scientists evacuated, leaving only robots busy in it.

"The first test of the Pluto Energy Shield Experimental Base, start!"

Under the huge energy supply of the dedicated fusion power station, the majestic electricity poured into the equipment developed based on the unified force theory. The ultra-pure copper-zinc alloy sheet that served as the material vaporized and disappeared in an instant, turning into a ball of light that changed like mist.

The quarks bound inside the nucleus were stimulated by external energy and began to be in a special state with extremely high energy. Afterwards, under the precise control of the magnetic field, they spread out and gradually turned into a huge hemispherical object with a faint blue light, which was inverted on the Pluto energy shield experimental base.

The ten Stardust-class warships participating in the experiment came out under the command of the military commander and came to the top of the experimental base. After a simple aiming and locking, a total of more than 100 electromagnetic cannons began to shoot at the hemispherical shield from different directions at the same time.

A large number of electromagnetic cannon projectiles whizzed away and violently hit the energy shield that seemed to have no entity.

The next moment, the energy shield with a faint blue light was like raindrops falling on a calm pond, rippling.

The ripples became more and more dense, and even the entire shield seemed to start shaking. However, until the end of the shooting, the Pluto experimental base protected by the energy shield was always safe and sound, without any impact.

Wow!

In the space, in the huge hall of the research ship, all participants stood up and applauded. In particular, the dozen military high-ranking officials who were invited to visit the test applauded even more enthusiastically.

Although the energy shield technology at the moment is still very immature, with huge energy consumption and average protection, and the equipment required is very heavy, it is impossible to install it on a warship, even the largest asteroid-class warship cannot be installed, but think about it, technology is always improving.

One day, this technology will be applied to even the smallest warships, and even to unmanned warships and automated defense facilities.

By then, how much will the combat power of the human fleet be improved?

They deeply realized that from this moment on, the mode of interstellar combat has undergone major changes.

After the major breakthrough in energy shield technology, the energy cannon technology has also made a major breakthrough.

This experiment was also conducted jointly by the Human Academy of Sciences and the military.

On a planet in the asteroid belt, a huge energy cannon base has been completed.

Similarly, a small conventional electromagnetic cannon weighs only a few tons and is only about two or three meters long. But this experimental energy cannon, which also uses conventional electromagnetic cannon technology, is as big as a large base.

Those many devices are actually used to put the electromagnetic cannon projectile in an excited state. As for the launch device, the ordinary electromagnetic cannon can be slightly improved.

A copper-zinc alloy the size of a sesame seed enters from the huge entrance, and the powerful energy from a nuclear fusion power station gathers on it. Gradually, it emits a faint blue light and seems to be burning.

But it is not burning. It is just at a higher energy level and has higher energy.

And this state is very stable.

Under normal circumstances, hitting it with a sledgehammer will not destroy this stability.

People can even hold it in their hands without being burned.

But once it is hit more violently, such as when the projectile hits some armor, the energy contained in it will be released immediately, giving the target a layer of extremely powerful explosive damage in addition to the ordinary impact damage.

This comes from the inside of the nucleus, from the energy release between quarks.

From this aspect, it is somewhat similar to an atomic bomb or a hydrogen bomb. Or it can be said that this is a super-miniature nuclear bomb.

After a series of processing, the excited projectile was fired by a special electromagnetic gun, or energy gun, and rushed towards a target ship in space at a speed of 200 kilometers per second.

The target ship was a retired Stardust-class battleship. However, even if it was retired, its armor was 20 centimeters thick, and it adopted a variety of advanced protection technologies.

Under normal circumstances, it is impossible for an electromagnetic cannon projectile of this mass and speed to cause damage to it. At most, a small dent will be made on its surface.

But at this moment...

The moment the projectile hit the target ship, a fierce fire broke out in an instant. The next moment, the fire dissipated, and people saw that the target ship's heavy armor was directly torn into a bowl-sized hole, and the interior of the cabin was also damaged by the flying debris like a ruin.

In a sense, this battleship has been scrapped.

One projectile destroyed a battleship!

Seeing this amazing power beyond imagination, the military leaders in the research ship applauded enthusiastically again.

In the following ten years, two key technologies, protium fusion technology and fluidless propulsion technology, also made breakthroughs.

After another ten years, human civilization finally integrated these four key technologies into a warship. (End of this chapter)