Everyone Thought They Were Impressive
"But Ai Dudu Scholar, how can you be so sure that Human Civilization has already found a way?" a Nair People asked.
The Nair People, whom he called Ai Dudu Scholar, immediately replied, "Of course I can't be sure, but since Human Civilization dares to use Artificial Intelligence so boldly, they must have a way. So we need to ask Human Civilization about this. If they really do have a way, then we must get our hands on this technology."
Judging from this, it seems the Nair Civilization has implemented policies restricting AI development out of fear of Technological Crisis. Incredibly, these policies are still being jointly observed even after the Nair Civilization has split into three factions.
I wonder what humans would think if they saw this.
Because humanity clearly knows that at the Level 2 Civilization stage, no matter how deep the research into Artificial Intelligence technology is or how impressive the achievements are, it is impossible to create truly self-aware Artificial Intelligence.
However, this Nair Civilization seems unaware of this.
Of course, humanity currently doesn't know that the Nair Civilization is unaware of this. Due to preconceived notions, humanity, after learning of the dialogue between the two, didn't consider this possibility. They simply viewed the Nair Civilization's host as a chatterbox who liked to ask the AI all sorts of questions.
Just as the Nair People of the Pot Lid Vastness Star were discussing how to obtain technology from humans to prevent Artificial Intelligence from rebelling, the Lyra, having completed the first phase of deceleration, began to separate from the human fleet.
Before long, the Lyra, along with two Lake-Class Warships, four hundred transport ships, and some resource processing platforms, turned around again and began to cross the Meteorite Belt, which spanned one Astronomical Unit, following the route given by the Nair Civilization.
On this trip to the orbit of Pot Lid Five Planet, humanity did not bring any spaceships carrying ground mining equipment and ground Base Vehicle, because this is, after all, the territory of the Nair Civilization, and therefore it is highly unlikely that humans would be allowed to mine resources on their own.
As for mining Meteorite Belt, that's even more impossible.
Regardless of whether the Nair Civilization agrees, it is not cost-effective to mine them, because the meteorites in the Meteorite Belt are too small and too scattered, and it is very difficult to capture them one by one. They are fine for emergency fuel replenishment, but not for refining other mineral resources.
It would be better to buy it directly from the Nair Civilization.
In any case, whether it's rocks used as fuel by Level 2 Civilization or various metal minerals, the interstellar era has no shortage of them. The only thing of value is the cost of mining.
A journey of tens of light-years can be traversed in the blink of an eye, so a distance of several thousand Astronomical Unit will naturally not take much time.
After traversing Meteorite Belt spanning one Astronomical Unit, the Lyra spacecraft continued its journey toward the Pot Lid Five Planet.
As the target gradually drew closer, the situation in the region of the Pot Lid Five Planet became clear to humankind.
Although the probe had already transmitted some images, the feeling of actually being at the destination and looking through the porthole with the naked eye is still different.
By now, many people had already run to the portholes, gazing at the rows of Nair Civilization spaceships.
Spaceships and warships are commonplace for humans, but this is the first time we've observed an Alien Civilization's spaceship so closely.
Outside the porthole, spaceships with styles quite different from human warships were moving back and forth near the planet's orbit, their exhaust plumes becoming the brightest stars in the night sky.
Some of them travel between planets and Space Station, while others depart from Space Station and fly towards the inner orbit of the Pot Lid Vastness Star. Of course, there are also spaceships coming from the inner orbit towards Pot Lid Five Planet. Looking around, the area around Pot Lid Five Planet seems to have formed a busy airway.
The Nair People of the Pot Lid Vastness Star told humanity that the spaceships shuttling between the Space Station and inner orbit were their Interstellar Flight, specifically for travel within the Nair People star system.
Spaceships that travel between Space Station and planets are called Space Flight. Unlike Interstellar Flight, Space Flight only involve transportation between the ground and Space Station.
In addition, as far as the eye could see, there were also faintly visible fleets that were clearly not just a single entity silently floating in space.
Yes, that's right, a fleet.
The Lyra has received information from the Nair People that this fleet is responsible for the safety of the Pot Lid Five Planet, and consists of 73 ships, all of which are Lake-Class Warship.
Clearly, the Nair Civilization, like humanity, recognized the power of the Lake-Class Warship. It's just unknown whether they, like humans, equipped them with three different types of main guns.
In the information provided, the Nair People only told humans the number of warships, without mentioning the specific parameters. Therefore, Yue Yuan, who was currently on the Lyra, naturally had no idea about it.
However, regardless of what the Nair People said, as the distance gradually closed, the humans still noticed it, just as the shape of its warship clearly appeared on the Lyra's large screen.
"Chief of Staff, the main guns of the Nair People's Lake-Class Warship appear to be a triple-mounted design." Inside the bridge of the Lyra, warship design expert Gao Kun pointed to the image on the large screen and said to Yue Yuan.
Yue Yuan also noticed that, although both were Lake-Class Warship, they differed from human warships which were designed with only one main gun. The Nair People's Lake-Class Warship clearly had three rather protruding, thick, columnar structures at the front. Although the specific gun muzzles were not yet visible, their design strongly suggested that these were the main guns.
Upon seeing this design, Yue Yuan was overjoyed, for no other reason than that the aperture was too small.
The original Lake-Class Warship only had so much space, and if they wanted to install a super-large cannon, there would be no room left. Now, the Nair Civilization has installed three main cannons on a Lake-Class Warship, so the caliber is naturally much smaller than that of human warships.
Yue Yuan estimated that the main guns of the Nair People's Lake-Class Warship were probably only slightly larger than the main guns of the flagships of humans during their Tier 1 Civilization.
This is a typical design that sacrifices firepower for full functionality.
With this caliber of main gun, apart from the Positron Cannon, the other two types of main guns would not be able to cause real damage to the Lyra's armor even if the Lyra remained stationary and allowed to fire at it.
If things really came down to it, Yue Yuan felt that with just the Lyra, he might be able to wipe out all seventy-three of the Nair People 'Lake-Class Warship.
The firepower is simply not in the same league.
Even without Gao Kun's reminder, Yue Yuan could guess why the Nair People designed their Lake-Class Warship in this way.
He felt that if his guess was correct, then the Nair Civilization did not possess Alloy No. 2 as powerful as humans.
Without robust alloys, it would be impossible to create warship armor as powerful as that of humans, thus eliminating the need for large-caliber main guns to breach the armor.
Observation is relative. When humans saw the Lake-Class Warship of the Nair Civilization, the Nair People also naturally saw the human flagship and two other Lake-Class Warship.
The round thing on the bow of the Lake-Class Warship naturally caught the eye of the Nair People.
Like humans, the Nair People also sparked a discussion within their ranks about the design of human warships after seeing the Lyra.
Unlike humans.
The Nair People were very puzzled by the design of the huge caliber main guns on the human Lake-Class Warship. Many of them felt that the design was a waste of firepower and completely unnecessary.
Some military experts believe that, given similar main gun loading times, a single Lake-Class Warship from the Nair Civilization could easily defeat three human Lake-Class Warship. The reason given by these military experts is that the Nair Civilization combines three main guns into one, resulting in a faster rate of fire and the ability to flexibly switch targets based on their situation.
In short, after seeing the enemy's warships, both humans and Nair People felt they were quite capable.