2695. Strategic deception
Stargate has never been a small thing.
The stargate developed and built by Kingdom of Dawn with the help of Vasari, although it is called the same thing, has actually gone through several technical iterations.
For example, Stargate V1 is the original version. This version is the roughest and can only sail one-on-one. And overall, the speed is actually not as good as the hyperspace channel. It's just that because the star gates are in point-to-point mode, there is no need to turn around or jump multiple times, so it seems to be faster than the hyperspace channel.
The Stargate at this time was a huge ring with a diameter of 20,000 meters. At the bottom of the ring was a huge control area that could accommodate the living and working of ten thousand people.
Later, the diameter of Stargate V2 was increased to 30,000 meters, and the number of navigable spacecraft was also increased.
Stargate V3 optimized the configuration of the living area and modified the living area to the left and right sides of the star gate to separate the family area, entertainment area and work area, which improved the quality of life and increased the capacity to 20,000 people. It can be said that the operation and maintenance of a star gate is surrounded by a small town.
Stargate V4 further increased the speed of navigation between star gates, reaching a quarter of that of navigation in hyperspace channels. The overall performance is that the shorter the distance, the slower the speed relative to the hyperspace channel. And if you sail long distances, the speed will increase exponentially.
The Stargate V5 stargate currently under development has a revolutionary improvement. That is, the destination of the star gate alignment can be adjusted, such as Dawn Star Planet. There are currently four star gates, which are aligned with Makito, Eriadu, Rendili Planet and Chiss territory.
In the new stargate function, the stargate of Dawn Star Planet can be aligned with the stargate of Rendili Planet first. If not used, the direction can be adjusted to align with the stargate of Eriadu. Of course, this technology is still under further development. To adjust the direction of the star gates, you need to first clear the spaceships sailing between the star gates. So generally speaking, unless there is a large-scale strategic adjustment, we still won't change the direction like this.
The Stargate V6 stargate under development can be aimed in three different directions at the same time, and also supports modifying the alignment destination.
In other words, Dawn Star Planet's stargate technology is now advancing by leaps and bounds, and it is getting closer to the goal of finally building a multi-point-to-multipoint stargate network.
At this time, the size of the star gate is no longer fixed. There are large stargates designed to accommodate large-scale navigation, and small stargates built just to connect some strategic locations.
Now the light frame stargate that Dunn-Vesex found on the planet Oud-Mantel is actually a small stargate used only for military purposes. Therefore, the scale of this star gate is small and the construction period required is shorter.
After all, the planet Oude-Mantel is mostly for military purposes. The planet's own resources and population are not enough to make it a prosperous commercial, cultural or industrial center. There is a high probability that after the war is over, this place will only become a transportation transfer station.
A lot of information can also be analyzed through the regional division and spatial configuration of the star gate.
And the existence of this star gate allowed Imperial Supreme Strategic Command to guess some of Kingdom of Dawn's tactics.
There is no doubt that they moved the star gate here directly to Bilbrin Planet. As for the means, it is probably Archangel Titan warship. Because in many previous battles, Archangel Titan warship, whether it was Hyperspace Beacon or hyperspace jump, showed unusual strategic mobility.
Therefore, it is not impossible to use Archangel Titan warship to send the core components of the star gate to Bilbrin Planet.
Galactic Empire Intelligence Bureau, which has always been unreliable, finally got it right this time. Their judgment was correct. This series of strategic deception and strategic shifts were achieved through the hyperspace jump function of Archangel Titan warship!
The explosion that occurred during the military exercise was a fake accident, which gave Kingdom of Dawn military an excuse to blockade the planet Ode-Mantel and make Archangel Titan warship disappear from everyone's sight. In order to make the accident more realistic, Kingdom of Dawn military really created an explosion on Emissary!
It's just that the fake explosion occurred in an area composed of more than 200 explosion-proof compartments. If repairs are needed later, the main thing is to replace the main armor belt and explosion-proof compartment. This is a modular assembly. Although the amount of work is large, the difficulty is very low.
While entering the shipyard for repairs, Engineering Department of Kingdom of Dawn also began to dismantle the nearly completed stargate on the planet Oud-Mantel and put it on Archangel Titan warship. The location where it was placed was the large vacancy area that was blasted out.
After that, Archangel Titan warship used the hyperspace jump method to first fly to an uninhabited galaxy, and then jump from here to Bilbrin Planet.
At the moment, Major General Luo Huacheng is engaged in construction at Bilbrin Planet, and Galactic Empire's focus is not on his side. Because Imperial Intelligence Bureau believes that Kingdom of Dawn fleet of Bilbrin Planet no longer has the ability to strategically attack.
Archangel Titan warship jumped to a very remote location outside Bilbrin system, blended into a group of mining spacecraft, and secretly sent the stargate to the forward base. Vasari Phase Engineer, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately started working, assembling the star gate and installing it on Bilbrin Planet Stargate, which had only one frame.
This star gate is the most advanced V5 version star gate, which can adjust the direction of alignment. It is precisely because of this technology that the movement of the star gate can become a reality. Otherwise, if it is the oldest version of the point-to-point star gate, it will no longer be usable if it is moved.
Then, they first aimed the star gate at Dawn Star Planet, and then brought the fleet assembled by Dawn Star Planet over there without a trace. Afterwards, the star gate was aimed at Makito, and another batch of reinforcements were received from this direction. After that, this star gate will be aligned with Makito for a long time.
Not to mention anything else, just these two adjustments to the star gate targets caused the star gates between Dawn Star Planet to Makito to stop operating for three days, causing economic losses of hundreds of billions!
But the result was finally worthy of the investment. Bilbrin Planet, the northern defense line that Galactic Empire had worked so hard to build, finally fell! Kingdom of Dawn fleet, finally got a window to advance into the galaxy Core Worlds!