Sea-Class Warship
Years have passed, and it is clear that the number of construction facilities in space has doubled. The number of auxiliary construction spacecraft coming and going has become so dense that people can feel the power of technology. The space area where humans live has now become as brightly lit as a bustling night market.
The bright lights represent new Space Dock, New Warship, new Residential Spaceship, new Biosphere Spaceship, and new industrial ships. If someone seeing these ships and warships for the first time were to describe them in one word, they would definitely say: enormous!
Yes, it's enormous.
At the level of Level 2 Civilization, the largest lake that humanity was capable of building was the Lyra, which was about five kilometers long, and about three kilometers wide and two kilometers high.
Humans at the time could also build larger space structures, but they would be too big and heavy to be convenient to move with Great Fleet. Therefore, large structures like the Space Multi-Point Particle Collider needed to be modularized.
The same principle applies to warships; if they are too large, Level 2 Civilization simply cannot propel them to their maximum speed in a short period of time.
But things are different now. The emergence of Magnetic Propulsion Technology has given humanity the ability to build larger warships, and the size of Magnetic Propulsion devices also requires humanity to build larger warships.
When the first New Warship was pushed out of the Space Dock, it attracted a lot of attention. Some enthusiasts even Residential Spaceship and looked at its huge size through the porthole with binoculars. Because there were other spaceships coming and going near the Space Dock, these enthusiasts could easily and intuitively feel the size of the New Warship.
The spaceships beside it were like wasps nesting together, creating a striking contrast that was quite impactful to the senses.
According to data released by the military, these new conventional New Warship are approximately 10 kilometers long, 6 kilometers wide, and 4.5 to 5 kilometers high. Of course, these figures are based on the most prominent parts; in reality, it is not a rectangular prism, but rather resembles a traditional layout with a smaller nose and a larger stern.
In terms of appearance, it is in line with the Lake-Class Warship and looks very futuristic.
For this reason, the Design Department named this New Warship Sea-Class Warship, based on the classification of human warships.
Of course, at ten kilometers long, it is not as vast as the ocean, but it is almost twice the size of the Lake-Class Warship. In addition, the various supporting facilities and technologies have been updated, so it can no longer be called Lake-Class Warship.
As for the internal layout of the New Warship, especially in the design of the living and combat areas, the concept is similar to that of the Lake-Class Warship. It also has a built-in rotating device for rest and hibernation areas.
Civilizations without artificial gravity technology can only simulate gravity through rotation. The best representation of the same structure can be seen in Residential Spaceship.
The previous Residential Spaceship were quite large, but they were still composed of a series of not-so-spacious suspension modules. Therefore, people living on the Residential Spaceship could easily feel that they were in a narrow cabin. Even if they were made to look like streets, the feeling was still intuitive because each suspension module was not very big.
But things are different now. The size of the Residential Spaceship is almost the same as that of a warship, which allows designers to design larger suspension modules. Thanks to this, the streets inside this generation of Residential Spaceship are now ten meters wide, and there is even space on both sides to plan other functional buildings.
Driving small cars or electric vehicles on the Residential Spaceship is no longer a problem.
Yes, electric vehicles are also necessary for people Residential Spaceship to get around. After all, the new spaceship has really grown bigger, and it may take several kilometers to get from one's own residence to other places.
Humans, having undergone physical enhancements, can run very fast, but most people still prefer to use transportation.
It can be said that with the advancement of technology, the living environment of mankind is getting better and better. In the hands of some designers with a love for the earth, these good environments have been designed in a style with a strong earth-like character. Even in the case of ample space, many plants that were used as food in the Callisto Base are now being used for greening and embellishment in some scenes.
These plants are among the few remaining plants on our home planet. Although they are also vegetables, using them as garnishes evokes a strong sense of familiarity.
The structure of the Residential Spaceship is also unable to deviate from the shape of a large cylinder, only it is larger.
This leads to another problem: the difference in gravity effects inside the spacecraft increases. To address this issue, the designers placed the rest areas and living quarters in relatively suitable Gravity Environment, while other activity areas and functional areas were placed in rings where the Gravity Environment differs more from Earth's gravity.
While it's true that genetically modified humans can adapt to high-G shocks, prolonged exposure to weightlessness still has other effects, which scientists have yet to fully identify and eliminate.
Even if these factors were found, humans would not dare to directly and drastically modify these genes that have adapted to gravity over billions of years. As mentioned before, these factors would affect the development and function of all aspects of the human body.
Therefore, as of now, humanity still places its desire to escape these rotating Residential Spaceship on future technologies, rather than crudely modifying itself. Of course, if one day we can fully understand all the mechanisms by which the human body adapts to Gravity Environment, then living and growing entirely in a weightless environment is not impossible; it's just that at that time, engaging in activities within Earth's Gravity Environment will become a sentiment, a hobby, and a habit.
This is a question related to biology and life sciences.
Today, however, humanity's attention is focused on New Warship and spaceships that are being called Sea-Class Warship.
Conventional Sea-Class Warship were designed based on the original experimental prototype spacecraft, but this spacecraft, which has just started construction, is an independently designed one.
It is larger than a conventional Sea-Class Warship, with a length of 14-15 kilometers and a height and width of 6-8 kilometers. The reason it is larger than a conventional Sea-Class Warship is because humans demanded stronger armor and more comprehensive capabilities from it. Much of the space structure that makes it larger than a conventional Sea-Class Warship is composed of composite armor, layered like animal scales.
It is obvious that this warship is the future New Flagship of mankind, and its name remains unchanged, still called Lyra.
Given the existence of Polarization Shield and Magnetic Shield, humanity envisions that warfare in Level 3 Civilization will primarily utilize kinetic weapons. Therefore, the only way to improve the survivability of warships is through layered armor. Of course, this layering cannot be done blindly; it must be done while ensuring sufficient power.
The new Lyra is the final design that was derived after taking various factors into consideration.
According to the plan, the Lyra will be completed in 100 years.
However, it is clearly impossible for humanity to set sail in a hundred years, as there are still a large number of warships to be built.
Humanity aims to upgrade its various spaceships and warships within this red Dwarf Galaxy. As for the existing Lake-Class Warship, humanity doesn't intend to discard them; instead, they will build a transport platform to take them with them. Although these Lake-Class Warships are no longer comparable to Sea-Class Warship, they can still be used for other purposes in the future.
The Command Department has not forgotten its plan to train the Dog-Headed People and Kuntai People, believing that these warships might be useful in the future to confuse the enemy if necessary.
In short, nothing is useless if used properly.
The decommissioned old Residential Spaceship can also be converted into inhabitants for the Dog-Headed People and Kuntai People by changing their rotation speed. However, like the Lake-Class Warship, these ships need to be equipped with specialized Magnetic Propulsion transport platforms; otherwise, they won't be able to keep up with the main force.