Lyra

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Lyra (天琴)
Alias(es)	New Lyra; Dream Lyra; “String Plucker”
Affiliation	Human Civilization; later the Star Alliance and Great Voyage Organization
Occupation/Role	Human Civilization’s flagship; military and political command center; later an AI-controlled exploration and combat vessel
Status	Active
First Appearance	151

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Human Civilization flagship	151	Completed testing and selected as the replacement for Hope 1 as Humanity’s military and political center. Its name was chosen through public solicitation and voting.
Lake-Class leader / Level 2 Civilization warship	318	Assessed as the strongest Lake-Class warship in armor, Magnetic Shield, main gun, and maneuverability; armed with a Super Large Positron Cannon.
Level 3 Civilization upgrade	464	Received upgrades to power, firepower, defense, shields, life-support systems, ergonomics, and high-G acceleration buffering.
Overclock-capable flagship	483	Magnetic Propulsion could operate at 160% overload for roughly one hour, allowing extreme acceleration, deceleration, and evasive maneuvers.
Consciousness-linked New Lyra	689–690	Rebuilt as the flagship of a 3,000-warship elite fleet using the Awakener Consciousness Linking Device; required 8,000 selected pilots.
Pioneer-enhanced New Lyra	781, 909	Received the Warp Space Enhancement Device. Its warp speed rose from 38.941 to 50 times light speed, then later reached 130.44 times light speed and gained instantaneous warp entry.
Level 6 Characteristic Technology flagship	1033, 1062	Designed to reach 256 times light speed; activated Pioneer technology enabling Quantum Macro Tunneling and personnel transmission. Its Quantum Exile Strike, Third-Person Piloting Mode, and Quark Material armor made it Humanity’s premier warship.
Microscopic High-Dimensional Jump upgrade	1290	Humanity installed its own jump device after 300,000 years of work. The Lyra achieved four-light-year jumps and increased Quantum Exile Strike range to 1.618 light-years.
Dream Lyra	1465, 1496	Successor flagship built around Calabi-Yau Space. Its exterior became dynamically shifting and mentally disorienting to prolonged observers.
String-based combat platform	1500, 1516	A String-based Computer enabled repeated jumps of up to 800 light-years, with a maximum near 1,000 light-years, and supported the string-based “Grand Movement” attack.
Cosmic Civilization-scale Dream Lyra	1641	After Pixel Space exploration, its jump distance reached 1,616 light-years. A fully charged strike could cover an area comparable to the Milky Way Galaxy.

Background / History

Lyra was chosen as Humanity’s flagship after Hope 1 became too small to remain a military and political center. Unlike ordinary warships, it was designated a “Hao” because it was intended to serve more than a combat role. Its name defeated proposals such as Noah’s Ark and Peter the Great through public voting. 151

The vessel became the headquarters of Humanity’s Command Department and later the military and political center of the Star Alliance. Human senior officials worked aboard it, and Star Alliance policy was issued from the Lyra. 151 578 708

Over successive rebuilds, Lyra incorporated the Awakener Consciousness Linking Device and the Pioneer’s Warp Space Enhancement Device. These systems transformed it from Humanity’s strongest conventional flagship into a vessel built around Characteristic Technology. 689 798 909

Humanity later developed the smaller, unfixed-form Dream Lyra using Calabi-Yau Space. The new flagship’s structure manifested microscopic high-dimensional technology on a macroscopic scale, granting it unusual defense, movement, and string-based offensive capabilities. 1464 1465 1496

Appearance

The original Lyra was a massive warship whose exterior was compared to flowing water. By the era of its planetary operations, it was large enough to land in an ocean and affect an entire planet’s magnetic field and weather. 857 863 1139

• Constructed with highly durable armor, including Alloy No. 2 during its earlier service and Quark Material in its Level 6 form. 390 1062
• Used immense Magnetic Propulsion thrusters rather than visible flame exhaust. 857
• Its Level 6 surface could dissolve into pixel-like fragments immediately before Quantum Macro Tunneling. 1086
• Dream Lyra has no fixed macroscopic form: its exterior churns, twists, flows, and displays shifting spectral colors. 1496
• Prolonged observation of Dream Lyra can draw viewers into fear, curiosity, nightmares, or attempts to comprehend its changing topology. 1488 1496 1497

Abilities & Systems

Third-Person Piloting Mode

The Awakener-derived consciousness system allows coordinated pilots to perceive danger and operate Lyra with exceptional predictive precision.

• Supports synchronized control by selected pilots through Consciousness Linking. 689 960
• Enables predictive dodging and targeting in close combat. 807 961
• Allows pilots to observe threats that conventional detection struggles to track, including the Heavenly Maiden Civilization’s movements. 1139 1142
• Requires sustained concentration during high-intensity combat. 1088

Magnetic Propulsion and Warp Travel

Lyra’s conventional propulsion is magnetic, while its warp systems evolved through Pioneer technology and later Human-developed high-dimensional movement.

• Magnetic Propulsion overload at 160% allowed Lyra to evade 776 incoming electromagnetic cannon shells. 483
• Its overclocked thrusters can sustain extreme operation for approximately one hour. 483
• The Pioneer Warp Enhancement Device enabled warp speeds beyond normal Human warships and eventually supported 256-times-light-speed travel. 909 1033
• At Level 6, it could instantaneously enter and exit warp. 909 1172
• Dream Lyra’s Microscopic High-Dimensional Jump permits repeated long-range teleportation, though consecutive jumps temporarily burden its engines. 1500 1512

Quantum Macro Tunneling

A Pioneer Characteristic Technology system that moves the entire vessel by converting it into pixel-like fragments and reappearing elsewhere.

• Safe operational range is approximately three light-years; extreme-distance use risks unknown losses or errors. 1062 1175
• Can evade attacks that bypass conventional shields and armor, including Electron Destruction Strikes and Four-Dimensional Weapon Projections. 1086 1175
• Allows point-to-point transmission between Lyra and a planetary surface after analysis and setup. 1062
• Has capacity for roughly one million people; personnel cannot tunnel into solid matter or enemy warships. 1062
• Frequent use consumes immense energy and cannot be sustained indefinitely. 1176

Quantum Exile Strike

Humanity’s signature weapon banishes targets into an unknown Quantum World or destroys them through quantum phenomena.

• Exiled the Harvester Electron Warship, ending its threat to the United Front Organization. 1094
• Can be divided from one large strike into roughly ten smaller attacks, allowing repeated use against dispersed targets. 1142 1172
• Instantly eliminated Yao, Ierna, and Ku Yin of the Heavenly Maiden Civilization with a strike spanning 63,240 astronomical units. 1142 1143
• Later reached a maximum range of 1.618 light-years. 1290
• Cannot be used around Lyra itself to eliminate enemies who have boarded it without risking the vessel’s own exile. 1173

Conventional Weaponry

Lyra has carried several major weapon systems across its upgrades.

• Super Large Positron Cannon — its principal Lake-Class main gun. 318
• Armor-Piercing Electromagnetic Railgun — fired hydrogen-bomb warheads capable of bypassing Magnetic Shields. 390
• Antimatter Planet Destroyer Cannon — employed in warp-speed engagements and planetary destruction operations. 692 809
• Tachyon Light Sword — can sweep across vast areas through slight hull-angle adjustments. 952
• Void Strike and Space Cutting Weapon — Level 6 weapons used against the Electron Warship, Heavenly Maiden forces, and conventional fleets. 1088 1172
• Grand Movement / String Plucking — Dream Lyra’s string-based attack, which induces resonances and self-destruction among microscopic Calabi-Yau spaces in the target area. 1516

Defensive Systems

Lyra relies primarily on evasion and material resilience rather than a conventional shield.

• Alloy No. 2 armor withstood an electromagnetic-railgun impact with only a slight dent. 390
• Quark Material armor can restore damaged sections by converting incoming energy into new Quark Material, provided the damage is not catastrophic in a single strike. 1175
• Lyra deliberately lacks a conventional shield because shielding would have to be disabled before Quantum Macro Tunneling, slowing its reaction time. 1062
• Dream Lyra possesses a Flexible Rule Shield: its own Calabi-Yau-derived rules continuously renew its surface against environmental rule-modification attacks. 1514

Equipment / Items

• Awakener Consciousness Linking Device — enables linked-pilot control and Third-Person Piloting Mode. 689 798
• Pioneer Warp Space Enhancement Device — increases warp speed beyond standard civilization limits. 781 909
• Pioneer Quantum Macro Tunneling system — supports ship teleportation and limited personnel transmission. 1062
• Quantum Exile Strike device — Humanity’s high-dimensional exile weapon. 1062 1193
• String-based Computer — Dream Lyra’s dedicated computer for controlling Calabi-Yau structures and string-based operations. 1496 1500
• Tianhe Light — onboard AI system that tracks targets and analyzes anomalies. 531 533

Relationships

• Yue Yuan — Long-serving commander, captain, and main pilot of Lyra; directed its major tactical engagements and operated it through Third-Person Piloting Mode. 390 791 1091
• Human Civilization — Lyra is Humanity’s flagship, command center, technological showcase, and primary high-end deterrent. 151 1062
• Awakener Huan — Ally whose civilization supplied the Consciousness Linking technology; coordinated with Lyra against the Heavenly Maiden Civilization. 683 1172
• Pioneer — Precursor source of Lyra’s Warp Space Enhancement and Quantum Macro Tunneling systems. 781 1062
• Long Xinglv — Scientist who restored Humanity’s capacity to maintain Lyra’s Characteristic Technology systems; later served as Lyra’s commander. 1353 1444
• Four-Dimensional Lifeform — Mistook Dream Lyra for an individual lifeform named “Lyra”; Humanity maintained this deception while learning about Pixel Space and dimensional evolution. 1588 1592

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Flagship establishment — Replaces Hope 1 as Humanity’s command center and flagship. 151
• Artificial Intelligence Consciousness battle — Demonstrates the value of Alloy No. 2 armor, electromagnetic weaponry, and Human Body Overclocking Mode in close combat. 390
• Interstellar Transaction Market war — Leads Human forces into the enemy fleet, survives encirclement, and uses propulsion overload to evade massive barrages. 472 483 484
• Rhomboid Crystal incident — An unknown rhomboid lattice bypasses Lyra’s defenses and appears inside its Command Center, leading to Humanity’s contact with the Pioneer “Drift Bottle.” 533 536
• Harvester War — Duels the Electron Warship across multiple star systems, closes into Quantum Exile range, and exiles it from the known universe. 1086 1090 1094
• Heavenly Maiden campaign — Serves as the Great Voyage Organization’s spearhead against Four-Dimensional jumps and weapon projections; destroys Heavenly Maiden leaders, Sacred Guards, and ultimately strikes their headquarters. 1139 1143 1177 1183
• Boundary Breaker conflicts — Uses Microscopic High-Dimensional Jump and Quantum Exile Strike to destroy enormous enemy concentrations and establish the “String Plucker” reputation. 1385 1398 1400
• Dream Lyra voyage — Becomes Humanity’s Calabi-Yau-based flagship, develops long-range string attacks, and explores Pixel Space. 1496 1516 1582
• Cosmic Civilization advancement — Attains galaxy-scale strike coverage and 1,616-light-year jumps following discoveries in Pixel Space. 1641

Notable Quotes

“My name is Lyra. I come from the Milky Way Galaxy, a place more than ten billion light-years from here.” — Humanity, speaking through Dream Lyra while posing as a single lifeform 1588

Trivia

• Lyra’s original name was chosen by online vote rather than solely by Yue Yuan. 151
• Early accounts describe it as a Mountain-Class flagship, while a later assessment identifies it as the leading Lake-Class warship. 151 318
• Dream Lyra’s appearance can be changed by switching among different Calabi-Yau manifolds; its potential forms are limited by the String-based Computer’s computational capacity. 1499