Chapter 224: The Concert (1/2)

Chapter 224: The Concert

Translator: OneshotwonderEditor: Hitesh_

Meanwhile, the preparation of the FFC's technology conference was underway. The purpose of the conference was for the scientists around the world to gather together and explore scientific topics.

All the scientists seemed to have the same question this year,” Was the technology for the VZPE battery really ready as FFC proclaimed it?” Their doubt was not unfounded, since it was well known that there were many unsolved technical bottlenecks even in the theory stage.

This science conference lasted a long time and was divided into different sessions. The first session was the meet and greet with the media, the second session was the primary panel discussions, and the final session was the caucus panel discussions. The secrets of the VZPE battery would be announced at the last stage, and by then, only a handful few who had earned a seat on the caucus panel would be able to attend.

Despite the high clearance level of the project, news of its progress still found its way to the public's ears. Rumors had it that the FFC had already possessed the essential technologies in making the VZPE battery, but they had been meeting headwinds in a few very particular manufacturing processes. FFC intended to iron out these kinks during the conference with the help of scientists around the world. Otherwise, the FFC would never willingly disclose their secrets.

The announcement that the VZPE battery would be showcased during the conference was an opportunity of a lifetime for the most scientists to witness something truly revolutionary. The scientists came here for the knowledge, but the military came for its application.

The project had been under the military's radar ever since its conception. To the military, the VZPE battery meant only one thing, a new generation of mother-ships.

Eons ago, when the first ”mother ship”—the aircraft carrier—was introduced to the world, it had brought the naval warfare to a new era. Nowadays, the desire for a superclass mother ship that could outclass the Space Hive of the Zergs stroke a resemblance to that of the ancient nations caught in an arms race.

The only piece of the puzzle in creating this gigantic super class mother ship was its power supply unit. As the mother ship grew in size, the demand for power grew exponentially. Designing a mother ship had become the art of balancing the firepower and the capacity of its shield, as both were power hoggers.

However, the VZPE battery promised to solve the problem by providing nearly limitless energy. With that in hand, the humans would be able to create mother ships that were practically space death machines for Zergs.

Regardless of how long it would take FFC to invent such a battery, the Military could not pass up on it. Therefore, they had been installing spies inside the project team ever since the project had kickstarted. During this conference, they had also dispatched an entire unit of covert operation team, disguised as civilians.

Due to the importance of the technology, the Aurora city had significantly beefed up its security. Even the Confederation's secret police unit had been requested to station in the city during the conference. Although the invention of the VZPE battery would be great news for all human race at large, it would more or less unnerve the Ivantians and the Martians as they would feel threatened by Earthling's technology advancement. Everyone knew that the alliance of the human race would last as long as the Zergs, and the eventual infighting was inevitable. Nevertheless, Human race's unity had improved by leaps and bounds over the recent hundred years, thanks to a centralized government and colonization programs in other galaxies.

There was another acute problem threatening the peace of human race: the three colonies in the Andromeda Galaxy that were still underdeveloped due to its relatively young age. It took the Martians three hundred years of hard work to finally tame their planet. The three colonies served merely as the outlet for the mounting pressure of population on earth, but they lacked severely in resources and commerce. The only resource-rich planet, Norton, was under the Zerg's occupation, and Norton's extreme gravity decreed that it could only be used as a supply node, and was not suitable for settlement.

The only hope seemed to lie at the planet of Ceres. It was a marvelous planet that was situated between the Mars and the Jupiter. As the moon of the Mars, it was quickly colonized and developed by the Martians to be one of the most developed places in the known Universe.

Ceres was also important strategic-wise, as it was the gate to the human world. It served as a port for commerce between the solar system and the other systems. The Martians even built a space portal on Ceres that would warp spaceships directly to the Andromeda Galaxy.

The Ceres had its own government, which was in an alliance with the Mars. Although the Ceres had an independent military, the planet had always been the focal point of battles between greater powers as they raised numerous political intrigues and proxy wars to establish its dominance.