Chapter 1,272 The Prologue of a New Era

In early May, there was a sudden increase in the number of reporters and tourists traveling to the new country.

To be precise, the number of people heading to Star Ring City suddenly increased.

As for the reason, it is because of a message announced by Star Ring Trading on its official website a few days ago——

[The million-ton Envoy class starship was launched and was delivered to the Earth Defense Alliance on May 7th...]

A million-ton starship!

Many people were dizzy after hearing the news.

Especially those in the aerospace field.

The Ares 6 launched not long ago was able to propel Ares into Mars synchronous orbit in more than a month, which has marked the most cutting-edge aerospace technology of NASA in the United States. However, it didn't take long before Star Ring Trading came out with a million-ton starship.

Is this gap too big?

Although Starlink Trading and the Earth Defense Alliance jointly announced the construction plan for a million-ton starship a long time ago, even many people in the Earth Defense Alliance do not really believe that Futureman Heavy Industries really has the ability to build a million-ton starship. Starships were built.

After all, the heaviest aircraft carrier now is only more than 100,000 tons.

Take the 100,000-ton nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Eisenhower as an example. The amazing length of the deck is enough to impress people. Even according to data released by the US military itself, in the event of a disaster, even using deck space to accommodate 10,000 refugees can ensure normal combat effectiveness.

Ten Eisenhowers linked end to end...

People who don’t know the truth have expressed that their imagination is no longer enough.

Since imagination is not enough.

Then I have to go to the scene and take a look.

Thanks to this, the hotels in the Star Ring City have been almost full recently, and even the cheapest hotels have been fully booked. The tourism industry in New Zealand under the space elevator has also become prosperous.

"Our current location is the original site of the shipyard in the gravity-free section of Star Ring City. Now it has been transformed by Future Heavy Industries into four small shipyards for the production of the Electric Ray X-1 small spacecraft. Starships of the Seagull class and above All production equipment has been transferred to the independent shipyard outside Star Circle City."

Standing by the window in the shipyard corridor,

A BBC reporter asked the photographer to focus the camera on the "H"-shaped shipyard space station outside the floor-to-ceiling window, while holding a microphone and explaining.

"...The independent shipyard outside of Halo City is currently closed. We have not yet obtained permission to enter the shipyard. This is probably the closest place to the Envoy-class starship in the entire Halo City, but it is not accessible to ordinary people for the time being. Open to tourists. If you are watching our program in Halo City now, you can go to the open-air observation deck in the gravity-free section of Halo City and use the fixed-point telescope there to see the whole shipyard..."

At this moment, the reporter suddenly let out an exclamation and pointed in the direction of the shipyard.

"...Look there!"

In the distance, a blue arc of light flickered slightly, like a bright star in the dark and deep starry sky. On the observation deck one kilometer away, passengers standing under the transparent dome burst into exclamations and whistles.

The main engine behind him was turned off, and the two secondary engines on the abdomen were spraying blue light backwards.

Driven by those two groups of faint blue arcs, the black spot belonging to the envoy-class starship was approaching, slowly crossing a distance of tens of kilometers, revealing its power for the first time in front of everyone. Majestic figure!

Under the dim light cast by the earth, the jet-black steel exudes a cold light.

The steep hull is like a dagger, piercing from light into darkness and cutting through the silent universe.

After trying hard to close his open mouth and swallowing the shock and spit, the reporter standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, holding the microphone, seemed to have exhausted all his strength, opened his trembling mouth again, and spoke to the people waiting in front of the TV and computer. The audience explained.

"... Unbelievable, unbelievable... Apart from this word, I can't find any suitable words in my poor vocabulary to describe the shock in my heart at this moment. I believe that even if you are tens of thousands of kilometers away from the scene, Through this screen, which is only a few inches, it is not difficult to understand my mood at the moment."

Looking at the gradually clear outline and the majestic hull, he sighed.

"The Envoy-class starship, with a net weight of one million tons, was built by Futureman Heavy Industries and was delivered to the Earth Defense Alliance on May 7, 2020. As the first star warship of the Earth Fleet, it will travel between the Ultra Cloud and the Halo City. During the period, the crew and officer training tasks are performed.”

"From today on, our history once again opens a new page,"

online.

Facebook, Twitter, scarves, Moments, and Future People 1.0...

All social media are buzzing with the same news at this moment.

"Bunker! Is Star Ring Trade going to heaven?"

"It's already in the sky, okay? I think it will soon fly out of the solar system!"

"Produced by Future Heavy Industries? Oh my God, wife, go and take out our housekeeping robot. I remember it has the trademark of Future Heavy Industries on it!"

"I'll go! I just discovered that the doll I bought...no, the maid robot is the same brand as the Envoy-class starship?!"

"What's all the fuss about? Forget about robots, you can just find any electrical appliance to take apart. As long as there is graphene material on it, 80% of it is produced by Future Heavy Industries' factory in New Matt District."

Of course, in addition to admiring the Star Ring trading technology, people also admire and yearn for it.

Although this million-ton starship has no direct relationship with people's lives, surprisingly, the "launch" of this envoy-class ship is the same as civilian technologies such as maglev highways and urban drone systems. , ignited the enthusiasm of people all over the world for immigrating to new countries.

"By the way, is it still too late to immigrate to a new country?"

"Damn it, why should I be a first mate? I'm going to join the army in space! Serving on that battleship must be awesome, haha."

"I wonder if the aerospace volunteer immigration is still recruiting people? Waiting online, it's quite urgent."

"Hey, if I had known I would have bought a house on Koro Island four years ago. It is said that the housing prices in the city center have skyrocketed, and the threshold for immigration is also terrifyingly high. The simplest option is probably to volunteer for aerospace. If you want to immigrate, you must check the box 'Subject to colonial immigration adjustment' when applying. It hurts..."

"What's the trouble upstairs? If you go to Mars now, food and accommodation are included. Maybe in more than ten years, you won't even be able to afford a shack on Mars."

"..."

While people all over the world were looking at this envoy-class starship with admiration, the side of the dock built in the gravity-free section of Star Ring City was now cleared for the arrival of this "special envoy". Representatives from each member country of the Earth Defense Alliance, together with the crew and officers of the Earth Fleet who were about to board the ship, stood at the entrance of the dock boarding channel...

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(I caught a cold when I was doing an internship in the mountains. The thermometer showed it was 38 degrees. This is probably what it feels like when the house leaks and rains all night. Fortunately, I finally had a quilt to cover me at night, and the days of sleeping in a down jacket are over... I can’t laugh or cry.)