Great Fleet Plan

Let there be a flight path; it's not unacceptable. As long as it's successful and allows humanity to master the navigation technology expected of Level 3 Civilization, that's all that matters.

Yue Yuan got up and floated to the porthole to look out into outer space. What came into view was a scene that was both sci-fi and, to his surprise, quite normal.

At this moment Lyra is in orbit around the satellite of one of the planets in this Star System. It just so happens that the Lyra is emerging from behind the satellite, so from Yue Yuan's perspective, looking at the distant planet, he can see a huge yellow sphere rising from the edge of the satellite's arc.

Initially, it was just a convex semi-circle, then it grew larger and larger, eventually drifting completely into the dark background of space, appearing lonely yet beautiful.

Light from several Astronomical Unit behind the satellite fell on it, and then the satellite's shadow was cast on the planet. Although it was very far away, Yue Yuan could still discern the changes in brightness caused by the satellite's shadow with the naked eye.

Amidst the shifting light and shadow, twinkling points of light floated by, like stars twinkling within them—it was incredibly beautiful.

However, those are not actual stars, but various spaceships used by humans to travel there. They are all operated by Strong Artificial Intelligence in a fully automated mode, bringing all kinds of resources from the planets to humans.

As you get closer, you can see the shapes of these bright spots; they are cargo ships fully loaded with goods, continuously delivering raw materials to the Space Resource Processing Base not far away.

This so-called Space Resource Processing Base is actually a gathering place for many human Factory Spaceship. The raw materials mined are sent into these spaceships to be processed into semi-finished or finished products, and then transported to other functional spaceships that need them, or to nearby Space Dock and Residential Spaceship Cluster.

Humans already possess specialized mechanical skills, and now, with the support of Strong Artificial Intelligence, they are even more powerful, increasing the productivity of human society by more than a hundred times.

With such powerful productivity, the entire space region where humanity resides is exceptionally busy, with various spaceships and transport ships constantly traveling between planets, each performing its own function under the multi-threaded coordination of Strong Artificial Intelligence.

If you observe for yourself, you can see that the most frequent convergence point of these various spaceships, transport ships, Engineering Ship, etc., is a large structure that is just beginning to take shape.

The main framework of this structure has emerged. It is 18 kilometers long from beginning to end and about 10 kilometers wide in all directions. Although it is very large, it is actually a hollow structure.

Anyone in the know would recognize this sight. That's right, it's Modular Mobile Space Dock humanity is currently building.

Because the completed Magnetic Propulsion device is so large, the existing warships can no longer accommodate it. Therefore, humanity needs to have larger ships, and to build larger ships, a larger Space Dock is needed.

In fact, with the current level of human technology, we can manufacture new ships step by step in space using other Engineering Ship with Mechanical Arm, without needing Space Dock. However, that would be very cumbersome and chaotic, and not suitable for mass production.

Humanity's goal is to build more than just one ship, making Space Dock essential. Not only essential, but if the Sample Ship are successfully tested, humanity will need to build even more Space Dock to mass-produce more warships, new Residential Spaceship, and various other types of vessels.

This is part of the Great Fleet Plan.

At a previous plenary meeting, the leadership unanimously agreed that the emergence of the new propulsion system would inevitably elevate humanity to a new level, and that all current warships would no longer meet the needs, thus requiring a comprehensive replacement and upgrade.

Clearly, the leadership is very confident in Magnetic Propulsion Technology. After all, the model test has passed and its feasibility has been proven. When it comes to sample testing, all that is needed is some optimization and improvement, and humanity will have real Magnetic Propulsion Technology.

Based on this, the Great Fleet Plan was proposed at the conference.

According to the previous fleet restructuring plan of the Command Department, the conference divided the Great Fleet Plan into three steps. The first step, after completing all tests on the prototype warships, was for humanity to build one hundred New Warship.

All one hundred of these New Warships are operated by humans and equipped with a Strong Artificial Intelligence.

The second step involves using these one hundred New Warship as a foundation, with each New Warship serving as a flagship, to develop ten thousand Unmanned Warship controlled by Strong Artificial Intelligence, forming one hundred fleets. Each fleet would consist of approximately ten thousand warships, for a total of one million warships.

The third step is to comprehensively upgrade the Residential Spaceship, engineering spacecraft, factory spacecraft, and biosphere spacecraft so that they can fully meet the needs of humankind's ongoing and developing civilization.

To carry out this plan, humanity must first build enough Space Dock. Therefore, what Yue Yuan is seeing now is all part of the preparatory stage of the plan.

During the preparation phase alone, there were no fewer than 100,000 unmanned spacecraft of various functions moving back and forth in space, plunging the entire space region into a scene of bustling activity.

If you look at the various planets in this galaxy, it's not hard to see that each planet has images of all kinds of human spacecraft and bases of various types.

Space Elevator are transporting supplies day and night, and Orbital Mass Accelerator are also playing their part in transporting large objects.

Since the emergence of Strong Artificial Intelligence, the number of human Space Elevator and Orbital Mass Accelerator has rapidly increased from single digits to hundreds.

And this is only the scale formed during the preparation phase of the Great Fleet Plan.

It is foreseeable that when the Great Fleet Plan truly begins, this starry sky will become even busier, with the clash of steel, the elegance of machinery, and the power of intelligence all taking place in this cosmos.

Humans are the ones who dominate all of this.

According to the conference's projections, once the Great Fleet Plan is completed, the total number of human fleets will reach approximately two million, including warships and various types of spaceships such as Residential Spaceship.

Of course, this doesn't mean that the size of human fleets has stopped there. The Great Fleet Plan is only the initial stage of human development at this stage, mainly because the military feels that one million warships are still too few.

In particular, the current active-duty officers believe that the current Lake-Class Warship should be expanded. Humanity currently has two fleets with a total of about 2,500 Lake-Class Warship.

The crew of every warship should be made to become the backbone of the flagship in the New Warship formation, because they already have a wealth of combat experience.

If this is the case, then the number of human warships will eventually reach 25 million, or even more.