Chapter 162: First-Class Civilization Fleet
If they also use the same method of turning off the engine and sailing at a constant speed like humans, it means that this fleet is still at the level of aerospace-level civilization.
Although humans have never seen an interstellar civilization, from the original statement of "Silver Mist" and the warp engine that has not yet been cracked, we can also guess what kind of navigation method the so-called interstellar civilization uses.
The warp engine must be at the speed of light or super-light speed. There should be no need to use this energy-saving inertial navigation method.
Then we only need to wait for the observation results of the large-aperture telescope to know the specific speed of this fleet.
Humans only need to measure the size of the dust cloud, and then combine it with the speed of channel formation observed by telescopes within a certain period of time to determine the speed of the fleet.
So is it still too late to run?
The data displayed on the big screen has given Yue Yuan the answer.
The dust cloud is 0.75 light years away from Aldebaran. In other words, there is a time difference of 9 months from the time the fleet enters the dust cloud to the time when humans detect the dust cloud.
This shows that when Yue Yuan came to the bridge of the Tianqin, the fleet had sailed for another nine months based on the situation shown in this picture.
According to data on the speed of aerospace-level civilizations from the 'Silver Mist' or Mok Star civilization, if it is a first-level civilization, it will now take four years and three months for the fleet to reach Aldebaran. If it is a second-level civilization, it will take another one Years and nine months. If it is a third-level civilization, it will only take another nine months.
If it was a first-level civilization, it would still be possible for humans to run away now. But the problem is that after this two hundred and forty-year long journey, humans must carry out a large-scale replenishment, and many spacecraft must also be overhauled, otherwise it will be difficult to survive the voyage.
"Why is it at this time!" Yue Yuan, who was sitting on a chair, was thinking about countermeasures while waiting for further observation results.
If it were like the previous not-so-long voyages, rather than a long-distance attack, he would never have hesitated to order an immediate sailing, but it happened to be this time.
Now humans have just begun to land on the Aldebaran-Kong star. The infrastructure has not yet been developed. Various resource detection robots are still in progress, and the resources have not yet been harvested.
"Where is Man Yuemei?" While waiting for the observation results, Yue Yuan asked after finding that Man Yuemei was not in the bridge.
The staff on the bridge, the scientific officer, and others didn't understand either, so the 'Light of the Tianhe' directly connected Yue Yuan to Man Yuemei's communication.
"Yue Shuai? Just in time, I was about to give you a report, and you took it over!" Another split screen appeared on the big screen, with Manyue Mei's avatar appearing on it.
Through the screen, Yue Yuan saw the background behind Manyuemei. It seemed to be in a certain corridor. The person was still floating, indicating that he was still on the Tianqin.
"Have you received the information from the dust cloud?" Yue Yuan asked first.
"It has been shared to my personal terminal through the Ministry of Armament." Manyuemei nodded and said that he already knew the latest situation, and then continued: "I have downloaded the Kunlun ship, Huashan ship and other warships located in the asteroid belt. Instruct them to rely on asteroids to hide themselves. However, there is a certain distance between the Tianqin and the asteroid belt, and there is a certain delay in communication, so I plan to go to the Kunlun ship in person to open a second command post. "
"It just so happens that the current route to the asteroid belt is under the cover of giant gas planets. Looking from the direction of the dust cloud, even if a telescope is used to look at us over there, this thruster tail flame cannot be found."
It makes sense, but the problem is that we don't know what level of civilization the fleet that passed through the dust cloud is.
"Don't worry, let's synchronize the dust cloud data to the fleet command system first, and let the captains of each ship find large asteroids to hide themselves. We will wait for further information to determine other strategies." Yue Yuan rejected Man Yuemei. proposal.
Immediately afterwards, he called Zhu Pite in the bridge of the Tianqin, and then said directly: "Zhu Pite, order your department to prepare various emergency plans within the civilization. The news about the dust cloud is currently kept secret from the public, and we will wait for it. My next instructions.”
"Understood!" Zhu Pite saluted.
After turning off Zhu Pite's communications, Yue Yuan issued several orders to his production, engineering and other departments.
The general meaning is to increase manpower, increase ground detection, and resource extraction speed, and strive to have the first batch of mineral resources delivered to the resource ship within half a month.
Furthermore, the resource collection department immediately dispatched idle collection spacecraft to the giant gas planet to capture hydrogen elements.
When ground exploration has not yet found resources of protium, deuterium, tritium and helium three and helium four, the fastest way to obtain energy is to salvage and collect it from the periphery of the giant gas planet.
Although the situation is not clear now, it will not go wrong to replenish energy and supplies as soon as possible.
When we arrived at Aldebaran, basically all large platforms, engineering ships, and mining ships were docked in the orbit of the Aldebaran-Kong star satellite. As specialized combat warships, they did not have large-scale mineral mining capabilities. .
At this point, the same goes for the flagship Lyra.
Therefore, energy replenishment and material replenishment must be pulled from various factory-type spacecraft.
Time passed minute by minute.
Soon after Yue Yuan completed the orders to various departments, Gan De's voice sounded again in the bridge of the Tianqin: "Captain, there is a result! From the analysis of the size of the dust cloud and the formation of the fleet's track, we judge that the speed of the fleet is 14% of the speed of light, the large track is 120, and the rest are small tracks."
"The direction of the fleet has been clear, that is, Aldebaran where we are. It is impossible to determine the specific size of the spacecraft by observing the dust cloud track alone."
Gande said all the results observed by the astronomer team directly with a hint of suspense.
Hearing this voice, Yue Yuan was shocked and looked up at the big screen. At this time, all the information obtained by the astronomers was synchronized on it.
Although the distance is 0.75 light years, observation is different from sending a spacecraft to the destination for detection. As long as the telescope can observe the changes in the dust cloud for a period of time, various relevant data can be calculated through the supercomputer.
Of course, the telescope must have seen the track that has occurred for nine months, but it does not affect the judgment.
"According to normal interstellar navigation behavior, the position 0.75 light years away from the destination should not reach the position node where the fleet slows down. In other words, this fleet is still at the highest speed, and this speed is 14% of the speed of light. Therefore, it can be judged that this fleet belongs to the first-level civilization fleet." Yue Yuan looked at the data on the big screen and fell into deep thought.
It is not 15% of the speed of light. There are two possibilities. One is that the speed dropped a little bit due to interstellar dust during the voyage. The other is that the highest speed that this civilization can reach is 14% of the speed of light.
No matter which one, it belongs to the first-level civilization.