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The speed of light is an important physical constant in Harry's original understanding. By assuming that the speed of light is constant, people have a completely different view of space and time.

In a universe where the speed of light cannot be exceeded, once civilization steps into space, things will become very different. However, in this world, the running of time does not use the "speed of light" as the reference system, so the space observed under normal circumstances is used as a reference. The speed of light is not an insurmountable barrier.

Among other things, Harry has confirmed the delay-free nature of psychic communication, and faster-than-light communication has been verified to be feasible.

In the Odyssey base, Harry walked alone in the metal passage, and the drone beside him completed the final construction work in the passage in an orderly manner.

The center of the passage is like a huge tunnel, enough to support five engineering ships "merging". Next to the spacecraft passage is a humanoid passage leading to the living module in the space station.

The idea of ​​designing this kind of passage is similar to that of roads on Earth. The center is open to traffic and people walk on both sides. However, the main roads and base resources used by the spacecraft belong to different systems from the passages and resources used by humans.

In other words, although the spacecraft and humans are in the same Odyssey base, they are like being in two different cities. In theory, there will be no situation where anyone will cross the passage of the spacecraft.

Harry clenched his fists and found no delay or other sensations. Using the psychic network to communicate could indeed achieve faster-than-light communication, or even instant communication.

This is a very important premise, which means that even if it enters space, the current social system will not be acclimatized too much.

"Sir, I have taken over the space station. All communication protocols are operating normally and the star base can be activated at any time."

Oyce has been connected to the Odyssey base, which also has a huge semi-biological electronic brain as the CPU and is also equipped with psychic organs. This puts the entire space station within the coverage of the psychic network. Once the activation is completed, the leader will Will become the new AL.

"Very good, tell Dilian and get ready for inspection."

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Star bases and traditional "orbital space stations" are not of the same order of magnitude.

The purpose of this thing is to monitor the entire galaxy, serve as an artificial harbor in the vast sea of ​​stars, undertake the production of space ships, and provide a foothold for creatures heading into space.

Since it’s a place to stay, someone has to come and “stay”, right?

The Ground Alliance is very satisfied with this base. It is the largest space building in human history. However, a simple building has no meaning. There must be staff here to function.

In order to recruit talents, Dilian specially shot a large number of promotional videos for the Odyssey base.

"The growth of the Mayflower colony inspired the idea of ​​heading into space, but first, do we really understand the solar system?"

"The moon was the first extraterrestrial planet we landed on. Last year, we landed on Mars. Understanding these planets will allow us to learn more about the universe."

"However, there are some planets that we can still only observe through telescopes, and there are even places where we can't even see them: such as L3 at the Lagrange point."

"What exactly is there? Is there a counter-Earth? Now, the opportunity has come - the UNSC has built the largest 'space port' in history. We will build real spaceships in space and move towards a broader universe..."

The promotional video first showed the first human landing on the moon, then showed the growth process of the Mayflower Colony, and finally showed the magnificent Odyssey Base - as long as the angle is chosen well, this base looks about the same size as the Earth.

The intention is obvious, which is to stimulate people's "explorer enthusiasm" - you must know that in addition to the United States under Norman's governance and the Osborne Group, synthetic humans are still a sensitive topic. 70 billion people seems to be a lot, but they are willing to There are very few people working in space for long periods of time.

However, the Osborn Group does not have this problem. Harry may not have that many humans available, but he can directly create synthetic humans!

Synthetic humans do not have much attachment to the earth, and in their thinking, they are created to meet the labor gap in society, and they do not have much resistance to working in space.

One transport ship after another filled with high-level talents entered the Odyssey base, and soon the base was operational.

The contract stipulates that the Osborne Group only has 40% of the use rights of the Odyssey base, but after the space station officially begins operation, more than 80% of the people on the space station are Osborne employees.

But this is just a small stellar base on the road to the Osborne Group's fortune.

The space dock is activated, and the space ship is slowly taking shape.

The traditional space shuttle design will be eliminated. A new generation of military warships will be assembled directly in space. They will be larger and more flexible and look similar to traditional naval warships.

In space, ship design is completely divorced from traditional design principles. However, as a civilization that has just entered the star sea, the Osborne Group does not have much theoretical support, so it adopts this original design.

However, Harry felt that the impact should not be very big - after all, the battleships he saw in the movie seemed not to be too different from the design he was using now. If there were problems, they would just be improved.

The first batch of small warships produced will escort the first super-light voyage. They are "frigates" with a maximum length of 570 meters and a maximum width of 170 meters.

The weapons carried include a blue laser launcher, modified from an anti-meteorite laser; a rail gun, and missiles with simple ideas.

To be honest, Harry couldn't say which of these weapons would be more useful: these weapons were extremely powerful within the planet, but at the scale of space, it was hard to say how effective they would be.

The scale of the universe will make traditional weapons "slow". On the ground, missiles of several Mach can be considered a big killer, but at the scale of space, even laser weapons seem a bit slow.

However, we will not encounter large-scale space battles yet, so let’s take it one step at a time.

In addition to military ships, Harry has also produced some scientific research ships. Considering that scientific researchers may need to enter planets for investigation, these ships are much smaller and have an appearance closer to traditional space shuttles.

"Sir, the coordinate system has been established, the navigation program has been set up, and the test can be started at any time."

Oyce's voice sounded in the cockpit of the research ship.

Since faster-than-light communication is so simple, Harry certainly wouldn't mind using the prosthetic body to participate in the first faster-than-light voyage.

The gravity sensor using gravitonium as the core has successfully located the entrance to the hyperspace channel in the solar system. Now you only need to activate the FTL program, and the spacecraft will create a warp bubble and accelerate the hull to 30 times the speed of light. It only takes a few You can reach the channel entrance in an hour.

Then the hyperspace engine started and the ship slid into the hyperspace channel.

Harry sat in front of the console. He wanted to see with his own eyes what hyperspace navigation was like.

"Let's go faster than the speed of light."