Urban Sims

Federation year 1525, the summer of graduation season.

Bora Star Aerospace Academy, the 1021st graduation ceremony.

As an outstanding graduate representative, Yun Xinghe, who is over 25 years old and wearing a handsome uniform, delivered a humorous and meaningful speech in the circular staircase hall:

"Dear teachers, dear students, good morning."

"I believe that most of the people present should recognize my face. Of course, it is not very handsome, and some people are annoyed. Some people may greet this face like this: Hey, isn't this the great Captain of the Galaxy? Listen! Say you found dozens and dozens of habitable planets for humanity, enough to give everyone one?”

"Yes, I did find so many planets, of course, in my dream (audience laughing)."

"Don't laugh, everyone. I have really had this kind of dream. In that dream, there was a star system with more planets than marbles. They were so densely packed that I couldn't even count them. I was so happy at the time that I couldn't even count them. I woke up laughing from my dream (audience laughing).”

"Of course, you can dream, but dreams never change."

"My dream is the same as the dream of everyone here, to expand more living space for mankind and the Federation."

"I'm not a great man, and I didn't join the interstellar development to prove how great and noble I am. This is just the genes left over from generations in my body. These genes tell me: The Yun family is a place for As a family that exists as a distant star, it is difficult for us to stay in one place for a long time. Every night, looking at the stars in the sky, we want to see this one and that one... The man of the Yun family, Never restless.”

"The universe is full of unknowns and dangers. Most people will never return. My father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, 10 generations of people, have gone to distant deep space. Some of them have been confirmed to have died, and some have died. No news has come back... I am the 11th generation and I will be on the journey too.”

"Many years later, someone may ask, why did I walk towards the starry sky without hesitation? What influenced me, induced me, and drove me to become a great pioneer? Here, I would like to answer in advance. he:"

After a pause, he raised his fist and said, "It's ideal, it's impulse, it's search, it's a kind of romance that belongs to men, because my name is Yun Xinghe."

"One day, this name will be heard like thunder and spread throughout the starry sky."

"thank you all!"

Yun Xinghe bowed.

"Pah pah pah pah~"

Warm applause resounded endlessly.

…

After graduation, it was an internship on a starship.

Yun Xinghe and his small team were assigned to the Federation's 11th Fleet, a main-class D-class battleship named "Dragon Halberd". This starship was also the flagship of the 10th Squadron.

As a D-class battleship, the Dragon Halberd has a tonnage of more than 1 billion tons. Its length is more than three kilometers, its interior is 33 layers, and its average armor thickness exceeds 5,500mm. As for the weapons it uses, it is mainly small nuclear missiles and lasers. Cannons, particle cannons, powerful nuclear torpedoes, as well as a thousand space fighters and tens of thousands of unmanned combat aircraft - this starship is equipped with a total of 30,000 combat and non-combatant personnel.

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

Over the years, the various fleets of the Federation have been continuously expanding, and the starship production lines are being built at full capacity. Five to ten new ships are put into service every year. This speed is comparable to making dumplings in one pot.

Take the 11th fleet of Star Bora as an example. More than a thousand years ago, the fleet that set off from Mother Blue Star and arrived at Planet Bora had only 12 battleships, all of which were kilometer-long A-class battleships. Now, after thousands of years, With an almost violent expansion, the current 11th Fleet has more than 10,000 A, B, C, D, and E class warships combined.

These warships gathered together, the brick-like shape, the dense three-dimensional phalanx, and the gorgeous firelight during the weapons salvo training in the asteroid belt, all the viewers were amazed.

but……

Ten thousand military trainings in peacetime are not as good as one actual combat with real swords and guns.

So at a party in a starship restaurant, I had a conversation with a pilot officer with the rank of captain, and when I learned that Yun Xinghe was an interstellar explorer, his sour tone was full of envy and jealousy.

He complained: "Now is your time. The long peace, boring training, relaxing vacations, and family members that I can see every year... sometimes make me forget that I am a soldier. Rather, I Working in a job that pays well, but you can’t get promoted once in fifty years, and you can work until you retire safely.”

He raised his head and took a sip of wine, then glanced at Yun Xinghe and said: "At least you can still get glory, but what about us? In addition to using virtual kill numbers to motivate ourselves in the virtual training game, at other times, Some are just empty..."

"On Planet Bora, our presence is not as good as some TV stars, not as good as some master players in virtual online games, or even not as good as some popular anchors on live broadcast platforms... We are just a bunch of poor invisible people."

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

Yun Xinghe comforted him and said: "Uncle, you will come in handy in the future. You will not stay here forever for training. You will also perform some difficult tasks."

Yun Xinghe did not lie to him. The old man in his mind told him: In about ten years, the Blue Star Federation will announce that a number of colonial stars will be converted into directly administrative stars and brought under the direct jurisdiction of the federation. At this time, these fleets will be dispersed and stationed in new administrative stars to assist in completing the power reorganization.

However, during the execution of this task, these loyal soldiers did not receive praise and honor. Instead, they received overwhelming doubts and abuses. They were called "executioners", "cold-blooded butchers", and "running dogs of the Federation", which made these soldiers The image of federal soldiers has plummeted.

So they long for war. All outstanding soldiers in peacetime long for war, long for a war to prove them.

But it is true as the flight captain said: Now is the era of adventurers, and the era of military achievements may have to wait for thousands of years. They will not have a share of the cake of glory for the time being.

Yun Xinghe could only express regret in his heart.

…

During the five years in space, I only completed a few simple tasks of cleaning up meteorites and transporting larger-mass asteroids to the space smelting plant. These five years flew by.

As a trainee second officer, Yun Xinghe felt like he didn't learn anything on the "Dragon Halberd", yet he got an excellent grade.

Even on the "Dragon Halberd" starship, Yun Xinghe still had a lot of time to pay attention to the completion of the manufacturing progress of the exploration spacecraft that was about to be assigned to him in the "Seventh Spacecraft Manufacturing Factory" under the Starry Space Exploration Bureau. What percent? What advanced equipment has been installed? Does the power system adopt the "Yunxia Power Solution"? How's the defense? What about the maximum battery life?

Yun Xinghe would call the factory to inquire about these questions almost every three days. If an idea flashed in his mind and he needed some modifications, he would take a leave and go to the "Seventh Spaceship Manufacturing Factory" in person. Put forward your own ideas and hope that the other party will improve.

Naturally, the factory disagreed. The designer argued with him many times and almost got into a fight.

In the end, facing the cold reply from the factory that "it is limited to cost control and cannot be improved as required", Yun Xinghe had to take out most of the savings in the bank, except for the part left to his aunt, and took pictures on In front of the leader, the leader just glanced at the deposit number. He immediately withdrew his disdainful sneer and called the person in charge: "Spaceship No. 37 was changed according to the user's requirements. Don't ask how to change it. He wanted to Change it however you want!"

At this scene, Yun Xinghe smiled. With hundreds of billions of federal coins, couldn't he still buy a detection spacecraft that cut corners in many aspects?

I’m afraid I can buy all ten of them!

Therefore, under Yun Xinghe's strict supervision, Spaceship No. 37 was almost completely reworked, completely following his modification plan.

The materials used for the hull structure must be the best.

The equipment on board must be the most advanced and reliable at the same time.

The hull line shape needs to be slightly adjusted after being simulated by a supercomputer.

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 spacecraft is two generations more advanced than the printers on similar spacecrafts. In addition, millions of additional "encrypted packages" of material information purchased can be imported into the material printer. , millions of products needed in daily life can be printed.

Such as cups, basins, toothpaste, toothbrushes...

Even cars, all-terrain vehicles, communicators, small aircraft, and other devices that contain thousands to tens of thousands of precision parts can be directly printed and used by this material printer.

In the end, due to rework, modification and other reasons, it took five and a half years to complete the construction of this spacecraft. The cost of construction exceeded 80 billion federal coins. The construction cost was ten times that of an ordinary detection spacecraft. , so in the end, the leader still didn’t make much.

But the leader was still very happy. In fact, he did not want to cut corners, but the subsidies provided by the government were too small. In order to ensure profits, it was necessary to save some expenses. After all, this factory had to complete the production of more than 50 detection spacecraft every year. Task.

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

Inside the factory hangar.

Standing in front of this new and beautiful spacecraft, all participants felt a sense of accomplishment.

Patting Yun Xinghe on the shoulder, the factory leader asked: "Young man, this spaceship hasn't been branded yet. Give it a nice name."

Yun Xinghe thought for a moment and slowly said: "Feitian."

"Feitian?"

The factory leader read it again and murmured: "What a good name, Feitian, if you don't fly, it will soar into the sky... This spaceship will definitely become a star spacecraft well known to the public just like its name. It will be recorded in history books and worshiped by those children..."

Looking up at the spacecraft again, the factory leader nodded and said to himself: Its beautiful figure deserves all the glory.

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