Chapter 795 A small problem

The mass accelerator has a very high launch efficiency. Rockets have to choose a time to enter orbit and have high weather requirements. The mass accelerator ignores all these conditions and launches when the spaceship is full.

Li Chengxi couldn't experience what it felt like to launch this thing. He could only see the airship flying along the parabolic track under the action of electromagnetic acceleration. It went up to the sky in an instant and quickly passed through the atmosphere.

Without air resistance and gravity constraints, the rest of the things are simple. The airship turns on its own power and approaches the spaceport hovering on one side of the planet. After unloading the cargo and personnel, this thing can break through the atmosphere and go back alone.

This way of going to space is very novel, but it must be said that Li Chengxi still wants to see if there is a space elevator. However, even from Alyssa's point of view, the space elevator is considered a fantasy.

After all, even if you have super strong materials to ensure that the space elevator will not fall apart, what about the foundation? The planet rotates, and the space elevator will also be thrown up, and the rock bed obviously can't stand it.

So in comparison, the mass accelerator is the best way to replace the rocket.

Arriving at the spaceport, everyone changed their clothes and got off the ship, followed the container with the Manta, and went to the anchorage where the light cruiser was docked.

Since the light cruiser awarded as a champion was retired from the army, it was temporarily placed in the military port. Everyone was a little impatient, and soon a mighty warship appeared in front of them.

The ship is about 300 meters long and 20 meters wide. The front half is cigar-shaped and the back half is disc-shaped. From above, the shape is similar to a palm fan.

A light spear main gun is hidden under the ram of the sword head. A little further back, there is a set of twin turrets above and below the hull. The upper one is a 210mm twin-mounted naval gun, and the lower one is a 200mm twin-mounted ion cannon.

Further back is a 12-round void torpedo tube. The bridge is located in the middle of the hull, but the design is not symmetrical. When standing next to this light cruiser, it gives people the illusion that it is looking at you with a squint, as if it is not easy to mess with.

The disc-shaped rear half of the ship has two airlocks, which can accommodate up to six shuttles or six magic mechas. The 'wings' are equipped with 560mm rocket launchers, which can launch up to 40 rockets at a time.

Further back are three high-power engines arranged in a V shape, and countless built-in anti-aircraft guns ranging from 40mm to 85mm are arranged in various parts of the ship. However, due to the metallic gray paint, these built-in guns do not look so conspicuous.

"Not bad, although it is a retired cruise ship, it has only been in service for three years and has just been overhauled recently. Its performance is only slightly weaker than that of active warships."

"It's really not bad, but..."

Alyssa looked around:

"But it's too small."

The size depends on the comparison.

A 300-meter-long warship doesn't sound big, but it is actually about the same size as an aircraft carrier cruising on the ocean. It's not a small thing.

But Alyssa's starship is eight kilometers long, and it's not even the largest one among starships...

In comparison, the light cruiser is really light.

Alyssa said it was small, mainly because she was worried about whether this size of light cruiser had the ability to sail long distances.

"Don't look at its small size, you can definitely rest assured about its performance."

Vilania walked up the gangway and motioned everyone to follow us in to take a look.

The reason why light cruisers are the lowest standard for ships that can be used for long-distance voyages is mainly because, below the light cruiser, there will be no magic rudder installed.

The magic rudder can accelerate the ship to the speed of the law drive, which is the so-called pulse flight, with a daily mileage of 160 million kilometers. Roughly the distance from the earth to the sun in one day.

This speed far exceeds all smaller ships, and the most important role of the magic rudder is not just the speed of the law drive.

The magic rudder can be simply understood as controlled nuclear fusion. It does need to add reaction fuel, but it is very little. It is not a perpetual motion machine, but it will not run out of fuel like a rocket.

This light cruiser has three energy storage tanks, and the energy from the magic rudder will be temporarily stored in the energy storage tanks. It is equivalent to the combination of a generator and a battery.

Jumping consumes a lot of energy. The Manta can jump at most twice, and each time does not exceed seven yars. It needs to strictly plan the route. Once it runs out of oil in the void, it will become space junk.

Because the light cruiser has its own magic rudder, there is no need to worry about running out of oil. Even if the energy storage tank is used up, just sail normally or simply stop and wait for the magic rudder to slowly fill up the energy storage tank.

And the reaction materials it needs are not expensive.

That kind of thing is called star essence, and it is also called blue crystal. It is said to be a raw material refined and processed with refined gold.

Although the price of refined gold on Viola's side is literally priceless, on Alyssa's side, because it can go to the sky to mine asteroids rich in refined gold, the price of this thing is not as cheap as cabbage, but it is already very cheap.

Similar to the controlled nuclear fusion materials currently studied by humans, helium 3 is needed, and there are a lot of them on the moon.

This makes interstellar travel just like traveling on a sea ship.

The Illithids' Conch Shell Ships use a similar principle, except that the reaction material they put into the magic rudder is psychic crystal.

Vilania led everyone around and finally came to the bridge.

"This ship only needs a few people to operate, but most of the weapons and devices need people to operate. If there are only a few of us, we can just make it run."

"Enough."

Alyssa just needs a ship to catch up with her starship, nothing else matters.

Although it is small, the speed is not low, which perfectly meets Alyssa's psychological expectations.

"But there is a small problem."

Villania pointed to the main control terminal of the bridge:

"The jump function and all weapon functions of this ship are locked."

"Why? I can understand that the weapon function is locked, but why lock the jump?"

The Storm Kingdom has very strict control over lethal force, which is why it is so eye-catching that the champion of the Magic Mech Competition will get a light cruise ship.

Just like in the extremely strict gun control in China, there is a competition champion reward of a sniper grenade, which is itself very topical.

The physical shells of this ship are all 0 ammunition, and the energy weapons are locked. This is normal, so that no one can drive this ship to cause trouble.

But the ability to jump has no direct killing power...

Alyssa thought of this and suddenly said:

"Are you hiding something from me?"

"It's a small matter that is not important at all."

Villania explained:

"We have a tradition in the Kingdom of Storms. The royal family likes to recruit talented and amazing people."

This...should be considered normal?

"It is normal, but you don't know how they recruit talents. Our royal family likes marriage."

"..."

Is this the way of thinking that if you turn others into your own people, then they are your own people?