During the departure ceremony, Long Fei handed a longsword with a silver hilt to a Dionda male major general standing before him.
The Dionda major general accepted the sword bestowed by the emperor.
"Major General, I'm counting on you for this journey. Protect the diplomatic ambassador's safety. Your mission is to make our intentions clear to them; you must not make enemies of them."
"By your command, Your Majesty."
The Dionda major general saluted, then boarded his airship and headed for his command vessel, the Rebil.
They watched the voyage fleet set off.
The news was broadcast live by the national media, and a media team accompanied the fleet.
Before long, it had spread across the entire international community.
The leaders of various nations felt that the technologically advanced Skywing Empire should handle the search for the Jupiter Federation and the journey to such a distant place.
In terms of long-range travel technology, the great powers had no problem with it. The issue was that traveling somewhere so far away required a great deal of time.
Spacecraft needed air circulation systems, internal environmental control systems, and the capacity to grow crops and raise livestock inside. The crew's living needs had to be guaranteed.
That was only possible if they could accurately calculate the round-trip distance, ensure the supplies they carried would last, and guarantee that no unforeseen variables arose.
The great powers would have no trouble dispatching a fleet on the same scale as the Skywing Empire's, but none of them could guarantee all of those requirements.
Furthermore, they did not possess the Skywing Empire's nearly limitless controlled nuclear fusion technology.
At present, the Skywing Empire had already refitted its fleet with the fifth-generation Minovsky Super Energy Thermonuclear Reactor. It could switch between and regulate cold and hot nuclear fusion,