New Warship Manufacturing Plan
Antimatter Factory can be built.
After the realization of the Grand Unified Theory, humanity began planning this project, and it is now under construction. The materials used to build the factory come from human reserves and leftover materials from the construction of the Astronomical-Level Particle Collider.
However, while factories can be built, Antimatter production has not reached a large-scale level. This is because humanity has very little material left, or rather, there are very few resources available for humanity to utilize in this space. The Rocky Planet in the eight Star System have been largely depleted by humanity, and the only resources available to humanity now are the remaining Gaseous Planet and the remaining resources.
However, the production process of Antimatter is not very efficient. It requires a large amount of matter and energy to be converted into a small amount of Antimatter through Antimatter Factory. Currently, humans have no other way to deal with this, because they have not found any other more efficient methods to produce Antimatter.
Based on the efficiency calculations of Antimatter Factory designed by humans, it would typically require the consumption of over ten thousand tons of matter to produce just one ton of Antimatter. This ten thousand tons of matter includes the fuel consumed in the Antimatter production process. It's worth noting that the energy system of Antimatter Factory is actually provided by Nuclear Fusion, a cheap and readily available energy source. Energy is generated through Nuclear Fusion reactions and then converted by the Antimatter Factory into the Antimatter that humans need.
Even though we've reached Level 4 Civilization, using Nuclear Fusion energy seems a bit low-class, but it's important to understand that energy and power are different concepts.
Nuclear Fusion is an easily obtainable energy source in the Great Universe, while Antimatter is a higher-level energy aggregate. Unlike Nuclear Fusion, it is not ubiquitous in the Great Universe and does not arise spontaneously. Therefore, an energy system is naturally needed to power the factory. Of course, the produced Antimatter could also be used as fuel to drive the Antimatter Factory, but this would undoubtedly consume far more resources.
This is not a question of whether human technology is advanced or not, but a result of the Second Law of Thermodynamics and the law of entropy increase.
For this reason, humanity has no plans to mass-produce Antimatter Factory. Currently, humanity plans to use its remaining resources to build one factory, along with a warship that uses Antimatter as fuel and can achieve Warp Speed Travel.
After that, we need to find a way to leave this space.
While this space is safe, its remaining resources are insufficient for a full-scale human upgrade. Admittedly, there are many Gaseous Planet, but developing Gaseous Planet is many times more difficult than developing Rocky Planet. With so many Star System in the Milky Way Galaxy, there's really no need for humanity to waste its time here.
Unless there is no way out and one has no other choice but to do it for survival, humans will not do such a thankless and arduous task.
Of course, humanity isn't going to leave everything unplanned. If we can't find a way out in a short time, then humanity will really have to start developing the Gaseous Planet on those eight stars. Even if it's just to obtain fusion fuel, it's better than nothing.
However, at this stage, what humans need most is still Heavy Element.
As humans, who have just stepped into Level 4 Civilization, the way we obtain Heavy Element is no different from that of Low-level Civilization; it can only be obtained through the exploitation of Rocky Planet. Many civilizations are in the same boat, unless their technology reaches the point where they can create supernovae by hand.
This shows that star systems in the Great Universe are still the main places for civilization activities. Even if humanity reaches the Level 4 Civilization, future navigation plans will still have to be the same as those of the Level 3 Civilization, using Star System as Docking Port their navigation in the vast sea of stars.
As time went by, thanks to our powerful industrial capabilities, humanity's Antimatter Factory gradually appeared in the starry sky from nothing, next to which was the Astronomical-Level Particle Collider that was more than 6,000 Astronomical Unit long.
This newly formed Antimatter Factory appears somewhat small here, but in reality it is a behemoth, larger than the largest human warship to date Lyra, and a Space Fortress spanning more than twenty kilometers in length and width.
The Antimatter Factory follows humanity's consistent design philosophy. It consists of many parts, each of which has been specially designed by human engineers with thruster mounting slots. The purpose is to allow it to be modularly separated and then carried into space by the human fleet.
Such demands undoubtedly increase the difficulty of manufacturing Antimatter Factory, but humanity has accumulated sufficient mechanical technology, so it's not a major problem.
While the Antimatter Factory was under construction, another project was also underway— the New Warship Manufacturing Plan.
Human engineers are ambitious; they hope that humanity's new warship will be a Level 4 Civilization warship in the absolute sense. Therefore, the requirements for the warship are obvious: first, it must have weapon systems matching Level 4 Civilization level; second, its fuel technology must utilize Antimatter annihilation for power; and finally, the warship must possess Warp Speed Travel capability.
This is the most basic requirement. On this basis, the new warship must also have the new shield technology of Level 4 Civilization, that is, Force Field Shield developed based on the Grand Unified Force Field. Then the warship must also have a conventional navigation mode, that is, the Magnetic Propulsion system of Level 3 Civilization must also be installed.
Conventional travel methods are primarily used for navigating within Star System, near various planets. This is because scientists have discovered that the Gravity environment of stars near celestial bodies can affect Warp, and forcibly entering Warp in these regions can easily lead to accidents. However, the exact extent of this impact and the consequences of forcibly entering Warp will only be known after scientists conduct on-site experiments using spacecraft equipped with Warp Engine.
These things definitely need to be studied and data collected in advance so that humans can safely use Warp Speed Travel in various Gravity environments in the future.
Compared to new warships, experimental spaceships are much easier to modify. They only require modifying an old spaceship's frame and installing Warp Engine and various testing equipment.
For some time now, countless humans have been engaged in the massive construction project to advance to Level 4 Civilization. Many new projects have been launched simultaneously, and new creations have been constantly emerging, making the starry sky where humans live a bustling scene.
Warp Engine power experiments, Warp spacecraft test flights under Gravity conditions, Antimatter Factory, Force Field Shield experimental platforms, Tachyon Communication tests, Tachyon Detection tests, research on the application of Gravity Potential Well Technology in large ships, testing of large Magnetic Propulsion Thruster driven by Antimatter, research on Antimatter Kinetic Weapon projects, research on Antimatter Warp Missile, and research on weapons related to Gravity Potential Well Technology.
From theory to technology, and from technology to technological creations, humanity is transforming itself into a true Level 4 Civilization.