"Quick, check the data!" The Chief Engineer asked.
"Yes, Chief!"
A group of experts began to get busy.
"Chief, the experimental ship has been confirmed on the orbit of the resource planet… the experimental ship is also intact!" an Engineer reported.
"What? So fast? Contact the experimental ship immediately and ask them to report the situation on the ship."
"Understood!"
At the same time, in the resource planet's orbit, the people in the experimental ship were collectively confused, especially the captain.
'What the… I just blinked my eyes when I pulled down the level, and when I opened it, the resource planet is right in front of me? Did they just cross 200 million kilometers, in just a blink of an eye?'
"Beep beep* Do you read me? Answer if you hear me?".
"This is the experimental ship. We have reached the orbit of the resource planet, all crew members are safe!"
"Okay, great, immediately check the Warp Timer installed in the bridge to see what the number is."
"Yes… the number is 1.14!"
"What? 1.14? Are you sure you read it right?"
"Yes, there is absolutely no mistake, it is 1.14!"
The crew on the experimental ship didn't understand what 1.14 meant, but the experts on the scientific research ship over in the orbit of planet Odeus were like ants in a hot pan.
1.14 is the total time of the entire travel. From Odeus to the resource planet, the current distance is 200 million kilometers and the experimental ship crossed that distance in just 1.14 seconds. Just what is this?
That's 500x the Speed of Light. Even the Stellar Path can only accelerate them at 200x the Speed of Light. With the Warp Engine, the speed of human interstellar travel is multiplied by nearly 200x, and they can just ignore the Stellar Paths and just Warp anywhere.
"Chief Jon, what's going on? What does 1.14 mean?"
President Uhuru looked at these crazed researchers, he couldn't help but ask.
(A/N: Now we know the name of the Chief Engineer, Jon).
"President Uhuru, the distance between the two location is currently 200 million kilometers. Didn't it take you several days to arrive here? However, our experimental ship only took 1.14 seconds to travel that same 200 million kilometers. Do you know what speed that is? 500x the Speed of Light, hahaha!"
The President was shocked. Is Chief Jon really telling him that the experimental ship only took 1.14 seconds to travel 200 million kilometers? 500x the speed of light?
At this moment, he finally understood why these researchers had become so crazy!
"Chief, when will the upgraded Warp Engine be mass-produced for the Fleet?"
"What do you guys think, do you think that the new equipment will be done with just one test? Can you ensure safety with that? I told you that we have to test it multiple times before we can confirm whether the safety is up to the standard and whether it can be mass-produced. The production is the final installation, so don't even think about it for 2 to 3 years!"
"Uh, that's okay, we still have 7 years, and we can afford to wait for 2 to 3 years."
It's a pity that Lin Fan on the side doesn't think so. After all, with their warlike nature, the war will start again in one year at most.
Half an hour later, under the Chief Engineer's order, the experimental ship Warped again and returned to the orbit of Odeus. The time was still 1.14 seconds.
This allowed the researchers to finally determine the speed of the first-generation Warp Engine which is 500x the Speed of Light.
This is a terrifying speed. In perspective, the Solar System is about 4.22 light-years away from the neighboring Star System, the current travel speed is about 3,000 kilometers per second, and it would take about 1,000 years to reach it.
And if they use the first generation of the warp engine they can arrive in about 4 months.
But now, with the second generation Warp Engine, it would only take less than 3 days to arrive. What a huge improvement this is!
Whether it is in the civilian or military field, the Warp Engine will bring explosive development to mankind.
The results of this test have brought great confidence to the top leaders of the Earth Federation. The President has already decided to call all his Council of Representatives to drastically revise future policies when he goes back. Many things that he didn't dare to think or do before can now be reconsidered.
After the initial test was over, Chief Jon immediately led the people to start manufacturing new Warp Engines. This time, a hundred units were to be manufactured at a time to speed up the testing speed.
Actually, he was more anxious than both of them. He immediately started construction after he came back and strive to complete the safety test completely within one year.
After half a month, hundreds of new Warp Engines were completed. Admiral Collins was also very cooperative and he arranged 1 Battlecruiser, 1 Carrier, 3 Cruisers, 3 Destroyers, and 2 starfighters to the Chief Engineer for testing.
Although the progress on the Warp Engine is very gratifying, the Energy Shield project is a bit troublesome.
They have the complete technology, so why is it troublesome? That's because their energy source can't keep up, keeping the shield activated consume a lot of energy. However, the energy provided by the nuclear reactor on the Warships right now can't match the continuous consumption of the shield.
To put it simply, the recharging speed is slower than the consumption speed.
And this is in under normal circumstances. If in battle, not only they need energy to maintain the shield, but they also need energy to resist the attacks.
The nuclear fusion reactor that's supplying their energy right now is out of date and cannot keep up. This thing has been in the Earth Federation for 70 years, with no new breakthroughs within this field.