Trillion-ton hydrogen bomb

Hawke's fleet, consisting of 50,000 battle ships, a hundred transport ships, and five large processing ships.

With these five ships, which were mobile docks for space travel, Hawke could build ships while sailing on his long interstellar journeys.

In the inner system, Hawke did not dare to make his speed too fast, but maintained a speed of fifteen hundred kilometres per second. At this speed, it took Hawke three months to leave the inner system of the ε Eri star system.

After leaving the inner system, there was much less matter in interstellar space, which meant that Hawke would no longer have to worry about being hit. Hawke immediately began a second round of acceleration, and after three days, Hawke accelerated the fleet to a speed of three thousand kilometres per second and sped off towards Tenkura V.

The database within the Lucan ship did not carry too much information, so Hawke still frequently went to ask the Lucans some questions.

Of course, the questions that Hawk asked were not related to technology. For one thing, Hawk could not trust these Lucasians, and for another, even if he asked them, they would not necessarily understand. They were, after all, only soldiers, not scientists.

During the long journey, Hawke talked casually to the Lucanians while he carried out his busy construction work.

It seemed that apart from some dissatisfaction with Hawke's tight confinement practices, the Lucanians were quite happy with their current living conditions. After all, not only did they not die after losing the war, but they were quite content to have an above-par existence.

During this time, through Hawke's rewarding behaviour, some of the Lucanians, who could be called "Lucan traitors", have gained a high status on the New Homeworld, with the most comfortable houses, the most delicious food and the best entertainment facilities. They had the most comfortable houses, the most delicious food and the best entertainment facilities. In turn, their attitude towards Hawk became more and more respectful. As for what the Lucanians at the bottom thought of them, Hawke didn't care.

The previous interim Lucan supreme commander, Luca One, had been secretly executed by Hawke for plotting a rebellion, and now the official leader of the Lucans was called Luca Two by Hawke.

"Do you understand the way the Guardian and Scavenger civilisations fight?" Hawke asked a question. Immediately, Lucca Two replied respectfully, "Master, since our Lucca civilization is only a third-tier civilization and is at the bottom of the Alliance, we don't know much about their way of warfare, we've only heard some of it in the rumors."

"Oh? Tell me about it?" Hawke asked with great interest.

"Rumour has it that seventy million years ago, at the location of the Silver Heart, the two civilisations waged a massive battle in which each side deployed hundreds of millions of warships and waged a long-lasting war."

"During that battle, thousands of stars were detonated and supernova explosions occurred, resulting in gamma-ray bursts that swept across the galaxy, and tens of thousands of stars were affected by the battle, thus falling into an early state of senescence. war." Luca II replied.

"Oh? That impressive?" Hawk listened in rapt fascination, "And what was the end result?"

"After the Neutron Battlestar debuted, the battlefield situation was instantly reversed, and the Guardian civilization was defeated miserably, with less than fifty million battleships remaining and fleeing in disarray. It was also after that war that the Guardian Civilization became known as the Guardian Civilization and began the act of sheltering the weaker civilizations."

"So that's how it is ..." Hawke pondered silently and continued, "Do you know anything about their weapons systems?"

"A little vague understanding, that I heard from a creature of a fifth level civilization on some random occasion. They seem to have a weapon called 'space collapse', another weapon called 'matter stealing', and yes, there is also a weapon called 'matter decay', these weapons I am not sure of the exact principles and killing methods of these weapons, you should know, master, that I am just a third level civilized creature." Luca II replied respectfully.

Hawk thought about it.

"Spatial collapse, it seems to be well understood, it should be to destroy the opponent through some kind of weapon that can affect space, what are matter stealing and matter decaying? Is it a sneaky way to take the other side's matter for yourself? That's a bit too much. Hey, I wonder when I'll be able to reach that level."

Putting this question aside for the time being, Hawk continued to ask, "What does the Guardian civilization rely on to classify civilizations?"

Lucca II replied, "Those with the ability to navigate the surface of a planet are Level One civilizations, whose main characteristic is their reliance on chemical energy for energy. A Level 2 civilisation is one that has mastered nuclear energy and has the ability to navigate within a star system, mainly through nuclear fusion. Class III civilisations are characterised by energy shield technology and have the ability to navigate close to the stars. A level four civilization is FTL navigation technology, and a level five civilization is unknown, that is beyond the reach of our Lucan civilization."

This division is precise and reasonable. The main feature of a level three civilisation was energy shield technology, but an energy shield, didn't just represent a shield alone, it represented a large number of derivative technologies, and in Hawke's plan, there were a large number of derivative technologies based on energy shield technology. It represented a direction of energy use, and researching in this direction would yield many rewards.

As for the FTL navigation technology of a level four civilisation, this represented even more of a lot of things. For example, new sources of energy sufficient to support FTL navigation, material technology, communication systems, weapon systems, etc.

This triggered very deep thoughts in Hawke.

Time, then, was spent in busy construction work, and occasional conversations with Luca II. Three years had passed by now.

"Six years have passed and the Luca fleet should be within the ε Eri star system by now. I wonder if they have received the gift I sent them?" Hawk thought with great interest. Hawke even entered the parameters of the Lucca civilisation's technology, as well as the parameters of his own traps, into the model and performed a projection.

In the model projection, Hawke saw a very interesting picture.

After the Lucca fleet entered the ε Eri system, the first to attack them would be the armed satellite system of the ε Eri c. Then came the controlled mines that roamed the ε Eri system like bloodthirsty sharks. They will be programmed to rush towards the Lucca fleet, sacrificing their lives and their lives.

They would also receive a great gift when they had carried the mines' attack and crippled the ε Eri c armed satellite system. Hawke had placed a trillion-tonne equivalent giant hydrogen bomb on top of each of these satellites. This hydrogen bomb had the capacity to blow a satellite right to pieces, at which point, in addition to the heat of the giant hydrogen bomb and the radiation attack, the Lucca fleet would be attacked by a huge number of meteorites.

Hawke has now sailed out over 200 billion kilometres, and at this distance, if the giant hydrogen bomb explodes, Hawke will be able to detect the flash. Hawke had set up a telescope and aimed it at the ε Eri system twenty-four hours a day, expecting to see the light of a hydrogen bomb explosion coming from there.

Hawke was not worried at all that the Lucan fleet would not enter the ε Eri star system. To find the trail of Hawke's fleet, they had to confirm the initial acceleration point of the fleet, and to confirm the initial acceleration point, they had to enter the inner part of the star system.

After ε Eri c, they will be greeted by solar sail weapons and asteroid belt weapons. Of course, the mine attack is continuous throughout this process.

In the model projections, by the time the Lucca fleet leaves the star system of the ε Eri system, 20,000 ships, only 12,000 or so remain, a loss of nearly half.

Of course, the actual number of losses must have been less than that, because Hawke did not count the unknown weapon of the Lucca fleet, nor could he. Hawke estimated that with that unknown weapon factored in, the number of their ships lost, would probably be around five thousand.

"Hmph, I'm not in the ε Eri system anymore anyway, I don't care if it turns the world upside down." Hawke thought with a sneer.

After another year of interstellar navigation, Hawke finally saw the long-awaited glow of a hydrogen bomb from the direction of the ε Eri system. This result immediately cheered Hawke up.

In the following days, Hawke saw four more hydrogen bombs, meaning that all five of the trillion ton hydrogen bombs that Hawke had placed within the ε Eri star system had successfully exploded.

"The look on the Lucanian's face should be interesting." Hawk sneered, "How easy would it be to find my trail?"

After the five hydrogen bombs exploded, Hawke lost interest in continuing to observe the ε Eri system, and instead focused his attention on technological development and interstellar navigation.

The newly arrived Lucca fleet had a maximum speed of between four and five thousand kilometres per second. By this estimate, if the Lucca fleet finds a trace of Hawk, they will catch up with him in a maximum of no more than twenty years. In other words, from now on, if the Lucca fleet had not caught up with him in more than twenty years, then Hawke would basically be confirmed safe.

During this period of time, the number of battle ships had increased to 80,000 and the total amount of supplies had been depleted by three quarters.

These ships will all have shield technology and more advanced, powerful power and weapon systems. With these ships, Hawke will be able to fight 20,000 Lucca ships without force field generators and other unknown powerful weapons.