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1525, the summer of the graduation season.

Bura Star Academy of Astronautics, at the 1021st graduation ceremony,

As a representative of outstanding graduates, Yunxinghe, who is 25 years old and wearing a handsome uniform, gave a humorous and meaningful speech in the ring-shaped step hall:

"Dear teachers, dear students, good morning."

"I believe that most of the people present should know my face. Of course, they are not very handsome. Some people are annoying. Some people may say hello to this face: Hey, is n’t this the great Captain Galaxy? You have helped humans find dozens of livable planets, enough to give everyone one? "

"Yes, yes, I did find so many planets, of course, in a dream (laughs off stage)."

"Do n’t laugh, guys, I really had this kind of dream. In that dream, there was a planet with a stellar system. There were more planets than pinballs, so dense and so many. I was so happy at that time. , Woke up directly from the dream (the audience laughed). "

"Of course, dreams can be made, but dreams will never change."

"My dream, like everyone's dream, is to expand more living space for humanity and for the Federation."

"I am not a great man. I joined StarCraft, nor did I prove how great, how lofty and great I am. This is a genetic gene left over from generations to generations in my body. These genes tell me: The Yun family is a For a family that exists as a distant star, we can hardly look forward to seeing the star in the sky in one place. We want to see this one, and we also want to see that one ... Yun family boy, never restless. "

"The universe is full of unknowns and dangerous. The vast majority of people will never return. My father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, 10 generations, have gone to a deep space, some of them have confirmed their deaths, some No news came back ... I am the 11th generation and I will embark on a journey. "

"After many years, some people may ask, why do I walk towards the starry sky without any turning back? What influenced me, induced me, driven me, and became a great pioneer? Here, I want to answer here in advance he:"

He paused and said: "It's an ideal, an impulse, a search, a romance that belongs to a man, because my name is Xinghe."

"One day, this name will spread like a thunder to the stars."

"thank you all!"

Yunxinghe bowed slightly.

"Pappappapap ~"

Warm applause continued.

...

After graduation, it was an internship on the starship.

Yunxing River and his small team were assigned to the 11th Fleet of the Federation, a main-class D-class battleship named "Dragon Halberd", and the flagship of the 10th Squadron.

As a d-class battleship, the tonnage of the dragon halberd exceeds 1 billion tons. Its length is more than three kilometers, 33 internal layers, and the average armor thickness is more than 5500mm. As for the weapons it uses, mainly small nuclear missiles, Laser cannons, particle cannons, high-power nuclear torpedoes, and also carry a thousand air and space fighters and tens of thousands of unmanned fighters-this starship, equipped with combat and non-combatants, a total of 30,000 people.

Even though there are more than 30,000 people, the interior of this advanced warship still seems extremely empty, with many positions and talents in short supply.

In recent years, the various fleets of the Federation have been continuously expanding. The starship production line is being built at full capacity. Every year, five to ten new ships are put into service. This speed is comparable to that of dumplings.

In the case of the 11th Fleet of Bora Star, more than a thousand years ago, there were only 12 star ships that arrived from Bura Star from Mother Blue Star, and all were kilometer-long A-class battleships. Now, after thousands of years The expansion is almost violent, and now the 11th Fleet, the number of A, b, c, d, and E warships at all levels add up to more than 10,000 ships.

These warships gathered together, the brick-like shape, the dense three-dimensional square matrix, and the splendid fire during the weapon salvo training in the asteroid belt.

but……

The 10,000 military trainings in peacetime are no match for the real swordsmanship of a real battle.

So at a party event in the Starship Restaurant, when a pilot officer in the rank of captain communicated with Yunxinghe, he learned that he was an interstellar explorer, and he was envious and envious in the sour tone.

He complained: "It is your time now. Long peace, boring training, relaxing vacations, and family members I can see every year. Let me sometimes forget that I am a soldier. It is better to say that I am It ’s good to do a job, but you ca n’t get a job in 50 years, and you can work safely until retirement. "

He looked up and took a sip of booze. He looked at the Yunxing River: "At least you can still get glory, but we, except in the virtual training game, use the virtual knockdown numbers to comfort and motivate ourselves. Sometimes, there is nothing but emptiness ... "

"At Bura Star, our sense of presence is not as good as some TV stars, not as good as some masters in virtual online games, or even as popular as the anchors of some live broadcast platforms ... We are a poor group of invisible people."

He shook his head and said: "Boy, I really envy you. If God can give me another chance, I will definitely give up this military uniform and choose that handsome and cool adventure suit!"

Yun Xinghe comforted him: "Uncle, don't be discouraged, you will come in handy in the future, you will not stay here for training forever, you will also have some difficult tasks."

Yunxing River did not lie to him. The grandfather in his mind told him that about a dozen years later, the Blue Star Federation would announce that a group of colonial stars would be changed to direct administrative stars and be included in the direct jurisdiction of the Federation. At this time, these fleets will be dispersed and stationed in the new administrative star to help complete the power reorganization.

During the execution of this mission, these loyal soldiers did not receive praise and glory, but instead received overwhelming doubts and verbal abuse. The names "executor", "cold-blooded butcher" and "federal running dog" let these federation The image of the soldiers plummeted.

Therefore, they are eager for war. Excellent soldiers in peacetime are eager for war, and a war to prove them.

But it is indeed as the flying captain said: It is the age of adventurers, the age of soldiers, and it may have to wait thousands of years. The cake of glory does not have their share.

Yunxinghe can only express regret in his heart.

...

In five years, in space, it was just a few simple tasks of clearing meteorites and transporting larger masses of asteroids to the space smelter.

As the second intern of Yun Xinghe, on the "Dragon Halberd", he felt that he didn't learn anything, so he got an excellent one.

Even on the "Dragon Halberd" starship, Yunxing River still has a lot of time to pay attention to the "seventh spacecraft manufacturing plant" under the Star Exploration Bureau. What percentage is it, what advanced equipment is installed? Has the power system adopted the "Yunxia Power Solution"? How about defense? What is the maximum endurance?

Yun Xinghe would call the factory almost every three days to ask these questions. Sometimes, if the brain flashed in his mind sometimes, and there were some modification needs, he would take a leave and go to the "Seventh Spaceship Manufacturing Plant" in person. ", Put forward his own ideas, hope the other party to improve.

The factory naturally disagreed, and the designer repeatedly fought against him with blushing ears, and even almost beat him.

Finally, in the face of the cold reply given by the factory that "limited to cost control and unable to improve as required", Yunxing River had to save the savings in the bank, except for the part left to the aunt, most of it was taken out and sent in In front of the leader, the leader just glanced at the deposit number. The original sneer immediately received it back and immediately called the person in charge: "Spacecraft 37 was changed according to the user's request. Don't ask how to change it. Change what you change! "

This scene made Yunxinghe smile at the corner of his mouth. Hundreds of billions of federal currency, can't I still buy a detection spacecraft that cut corners in many ways?

I'm afraid you can buy all ten!

Therefore, under the strict supervision of Yunxing River, it was almost equal to the completely reworked No. 37 spacecraft, which completely followed the modification plan of Yunxing River.

Use the best structural materials.

The most advanced and reliable equipment on board should be used.

After the simulation of the supercomputer, the hull shape needs to be adjusted slightly.

After the power system was installed, tens of thousands of test runs were conducted to maximize the power curve.

In addition, the material printer used on the spaceship is two generations more advanced than the printers on similar spaceships, plus millions of additional copies of precision equipment information purchased "encryption package ~ www.readwn.com ~ as long as these" encryption package "Imported into the material printer, you can print the millions of products you need in daily life.

Even this material printer, even cars, all-terrain vehicles, communicators, small aircraft, these devices containing thousands to tens of thousands of precision parts, can also be printed directly and can be used directly.

Finally, due to rework, modification and other reasons, this spacecraft took five and a half years to complete the construction. The cost of the space before and after it exceeded 80 billion federal dollars. The construction cost is ten times that of an ordinary exploration spacecraft. , So in the end, that leader still didn't make much.

But this leader is still very happy. In fact, he does not want to cut corners, but the government subsidies are too small. In order to ensure profits, it is necessary to save some expenditures. task.

The designers, engineers, and workers who are responsible for building the spacecraft are also very happy, because a truly advanced "exploration spaceship" that contains the wisdom and hard work of many people has been built on their hands.

Inside the factory hangar.

Standing in front of this new and beautiful spaceship, all participants' hearts are full of sense of accomplishment.

Patting Yunxinghe on the shoulder, the factory leader asked: "Boy, this spaceship hasn't painted the name of the ship. Give it a nice name."

Yunxing River pondered a little, and slowly said: "Feitian."

"Flying?"

The factory leader read it again and murmured: "Good name, flying, not flying, flying into the sky ... This spaceship, like its name, will become a starship known to the public. Will be recorded in the history books, worshipped by those children ... ") !!