One month later.
After repeated refinements, a fully developed experimental plan was finally ready.
The entire experiment would take place aboard a specially customized small starship.
The overall shape of the Experimental Ship was spindle-shaped, with rings of equipment encircling its exterior.
These rings were the particle accelerator's tracks.
According to the experimental plan, the Academy of Sciences would conduct another high-energy particle collision experiment while traveling faster than light.
Because the particle acceleration tracks aboard the Experimental Ship were relatively small and supplied comparatively little acceleration energy, most of the particle acceleration would take place outside the starship.
Using a massive Large Particle Accelerator assembled from countless Carrier-Based Drones, protons would be accelerated to (1-1/10^40) times the speed of light.
These particles would then be fed into the tracks encircling the Experimental Ship, where magnetic fields would maintain their speed.
Next, the Experimental Ship would enter curvature navigation under the propulsion of its Warp Drive.
To prevent communication interruptions, its maximum cruising speed was set at ten times the speed of light.
The final step was also the most crucial.
At the moment of particle collision, several high-energy laser generators would fire high-energy lasers into the Collision Region.
The purpose was, naturally, to supply as much energy as possible to the supposed tachyons, slowing them down so humanity could observe them.
"Attention, all units!"
"The tachyon observation experiment begins now!"
"Activate the Carrier-Based Drones' magnetic fields. Begin particle acceleration!"
After repeated checks confirmed that nothing had been overlooked, the experiment officially began.
As with the previous particle acceleration, the entire process would take approximately a year.
One year later, Earth Calendar year 3610.
"Professor, the protons have successfully entered the Experimental Ship's encircling tracks."
The moment the electronic synthesized voice sounded, the atmosphere in the laboratory grew tense.