Planet Destroyer Cannon
The Weapon Design Department anticipates that this weapon, still in the conceptual stage, has great potential. Its general design concept is to use Antimatter as fuel for energy, Grand Unified Force Field as the direct driving force, and the warhead is also composed of Antimatter.
In summary, it is an Antimatter Kinetic Weapon.
Initially, weapons experts thought it would simply be a Level 4 Civilization version of an Electromagnetic Railgun, since the development path and concept of this weapon followed the original Electromagnetic Railgun. However, to their astonishment, when the design drawings were produced and various feasibility studies began, they discovered that this weapon was incredibly powerful in terms of various performance indicators.
According to theoretical calculations, the high energy efficiency of Antimatter, combined with the powerful driving force of the Grand Unified Force Field and the immense energy of Antimatter annihilation, could theoretically reach the level of planet destruction.
Yes, a planet destroyer.
Of course not stars; humanity doesn't yet have the power to move stars.
In weapon design, experts calculated theoretical values indicating that the explosive energy was so immense that it could easily destroy an asteroid. Yes, easily, because the energy level far exceeded that required to destroy an asteroid—this was a conservative estimate by the experts.
If the weapons that humans create can be extremely close to theoretical levels, then destroying a satellite or even a planet is not impossible.
The combination of Antimatter annihilation and the Grand Unified Force Field has unleashed terrifying energy previously unimaginable to humankind. Currently, some weapons experts have suggested naming this weapon under development the Planet Destroyer Cannon.
This suggestion has been temporarily shelved because the weapon has not yet been actually built, and people have not yet witnessed its power in reality. If it were truly as powerful as it is in theory, it would inevitably be dubbed Planet Destroyer Cannon.
Planet Destroyer Cannon, what a resounding name.
However, it is not easy to actually manufacture such a weapon. First of all, the design mentions that the acceleration part of the weapon must reach at least 150 kilometers per hour. Such a long acceleration part is naturally to give the shell enough acceleration time to achieve a higher shell speed, since it is a kinetic energy weapon.
Such a length, combined with the powerful acceleration of the Grand Unified Force Field, is necessary to propel Antimatter projectile to Sub-Light Speed. Then, the increased kinetic mass resulting from this Sub-Light Speed, along with the immense energy released by the annihilation of Antimatter itself, is enough to destroy a planet.
At the level of Level 3 Civilization, humanity could at most plow the surface of a star. Even if the entire civilization used all its power and all available weapons, it would not be able to shake a planet. But Level 4 Civilization is different. Just from the theoretical energy level calculations, humanity has the confidence to destroy a planet.
The power that the Grand Unified Theory brings to humanity is truly immense.
Now, humanity has finally realized why Level 4 Civilization is classified as an advanced civilization. Indeed, its level is powerful enough that the stars in the sky that were once unshakeable can be easily destroyed by Level 4 Civilization.
In the design, the walls of the Planet Destroyer Cannon are covered with devices that produce Grand Unified Force Field. The Grand Unified Force Field generated by these devices will be intertwined in a special way to form a powerful force that propels the Antimatter projectiles inside the barrel forward. Needless to say, the Planet Destroyer Cannon's energy supply system must be the Antimatter Engine on the warship.
However, due to the sheer size of the Planet Destroyer Cannon, it also requires warships of comparable size. The longest existing human warship Lyra, is only fifteen kilometers long, a tenfold difference, which is clearly insufficient. Therefore, to realize the Planet Destroyer Cannon, it is necessary to simultaneously build even larger warships, which in turn requires breakthroughs in various technological fields.
Materials technology and the like are definitely essential.
The emergence of the Planet Destroyer Cannon will inevitably change the course of war.
Natural planets in space will no longer serve as Space Fortress, as Level 4 Civilization could destroy them with a single shot. All Land-Based Defense Cannon built on planets, similar to the defenses of Level 3 Civilization, will become mere decorations, destined to perish under Planet Destroyer Cannon.
Of course, if one had the ability to transform a planet into a war star, that would be a completely different story. However, it is clear that even with the Grand Unified Theory and the Grand Unified Force Field Equation, humanity sees no possibility of being able to drive a planet on its own.
Destroying a planet is possible, but moving a planet away using Warp is not even theoretically feasible. The reason is that the mass of a planet is too great; with the current parameters of human Warp Speed Travel technology, it is simply impossible to generate such a massive Warp field.
Installing tens of thousands of conventional Magnetic Propulsion engines could indeed propel planets, but that would make interstellar travel as slow as a tortoise, making them mere sitting ducks, utterly pointless, and unable to even keep up with normal human fleet operations.
In fact, humans can propel a star at Level 2 Civilization, but to propel a star as quickly as a warship is something even Level 4 Civilization cannot do.
Some scientists researching Warp technology are now puzzled because they have discovered that even with the current theoretical development of Warp, which seems to have reached its limit and can be turned into reality, it is still impossible to create a Warp Bubble that can envelop an entire planet.
In other words, it is not allowed under existing Warp theory.
This puzzled them greatly, because back when humans first came into contact with the Kun-Tai Civilization, they had seen some descriptions in the Kun-Tai Civilization's documents. They said that their home planet was taken away because a civilization called the Quell Civilization received a broadcast from the Silver Heart Alliance near their home planet.
Humanity knew that the technology to 'pack up and take away a planet' was powerful, but it never imagined it would be this powerful—to pack and take it away without damage. Previously, humanity only knew it was powerful, but didn't have much of a concept of its capabilities. Now, things are different. Even with the realization of the Grand Unified Theory, humanity still cannot theoretically pack up and take away a planet. This suggests that the civilization whose name is unknown even in the Kun-Tai Civilization database is at least a Level 5 Civilization.
Based on this data, human dynamics experts speculate that Level 5 Civilization should possess Warp drive system more powerful than that of Level 4 Civilization; otherwise, it would be impossible for them to have the ability to carry away a planet.
The method of acquisition might be related to the Theory of Everything, just as humanity's current Warp Speed Travel technology is related to the Grand Unified Theory. This is easy to connect, since the Precursor have already told humanity the hallmark theories or technologies of Level 5 Civilization and Level Six Civilizations.