Dawn Star, City One, Academy of Sciences headquarters.
Inside the Human Federation First Laboratory.
As usual, most of the Academy of Sciences' senior members had gathered in the First Laboratory.
The enormous Holographic Projection at the front of the laboratory displayed the various parameters of the Ring-Moon Particle Accelerator.
Unlike other Starships or large experimental facilities.
The [Light Satellite One Planetary Fortress] was unmanned.
Every component was remotely controlled by Zero through the Superluminal Communication Device.
For one thing, this saved considerable space.
Whether aboard Starships or in other large facilities, supplies needed to sustain human life often took up a great deal of space.
As it was a "fixed gun emplacement" sitting practically face-to-face with Dawn Star, Lü Yongchang had simply designed it to operate by remote control.
For another.
The energy concentrated within the Ring-Moon Particle Accelerator was terrifying, and the device was specifically intended for antimatter research.
If an operational error brought the collected antimatter into contact with matter, the two would annihilate each other. The energy released was no laughing matter.
After all, once matter and antimatter came into contact and began annihilating, all their mass would be converted into energy.
E=mc²
That energy would far exceed what nuclear fusion could produce.
Thus, for safety reasons, no personnel would be stationed inside the [Light Satellite One Planetary Fortress], which housed the Ring-Moon Particle Accelerator.
"Prepare to begin the first experiment," Lü Yongchang said from the center of the laboratory.
"Begin positron production."
In the Holographic Projection, instruments on Light Satellite One, tens of thousands of kilometers away, began operating under Zero's control.
Positrons, a fundamental form of antimatter, were actually quite common in the universe.
Tiny quantities of positrons continuously fell onto planetary surfaces in the form of cosmic rays and high-energy particles.
Even during the