New "Aim for the Top!" Science lesson.
Chapter 4+1: The History of Spaceships
Hi there, Takaya here!
Amano here, long time no see.
Our science lesson has made a comeback after 6 years.
In this instalment, Chapter 4+1, we'll be covering the history of spaceships.
Now, Takaya-san, please explain.
Eh, ah... Sorry, that was 6 years ago. I've totally forgotten about it!
I suppose that means I'll have to explain it, then.
First-Generation Spaceship
To begin, a first-generation spaceship like the Apollo...
was a rocket with chemical propulsion.
Second-Generation Spaceship
The second generation was a sub-light speed spaceship that used photonic propulsion.
Third-Generation Space Battleship
The third generation was a tear-drop-shaped translight starship...
equipped with a degeneracy generator.
Truly mankind's dream! The first ship in this line was my father's Luxion, right?
Yes.
Fourth-Generation Space Battleship
And the fourth-generation spaceship Exelion had a lifting body...
rather than the old teardrop-shape, to utilize the ether flow efficiently.
Was that it?
Fifth-Generation Space Battleship
The fifth generation, Eltreum...
was an ether foil starship.
It's the highest achievement of human intelligence.
Hm? I don't see any main nozzle on the ship...
No. That's a good point!
The fifth-generation ship Eltreum...
doesn't use the energy-based propulsion of Newtonian mechanics.
It uses pure mathematics to rewrite the laws of physics in the space around it.
We call this, "algorithmic image propulsion."
In order to account for the weakened causation around the ship...
they use ESPers and dolphins with electronic brains as navigators.
W-Was that it?
Wow!
Coach!
Takaya, feel the wrath of the heavens!
How can you not remember such basic things?
I'm sorry! I just remembered!
Very well. In that case, explain the Buster Machines to me.
Okay!
Buster Machine #3 was developed as the ultimate strategic weapon.
It's main body acts as the detonation fuse for 3,000 slave mines...
spread in a 10,000 light year radius throughout the centre of the galaxy.
Buster Machines #1 and #2...
are high-performance battleships designed to defend Buster Machine #3.
When combined, they become the ultimate machine weapon, Gunbuster!
The mass production model Gunbusters, Sizzlers, do not transform or combine...
and they only come equipped with one degeneracy generator.
So that means that what makes Gunbuster so invincible is...
its two degeneracy generators, right?
You're too naive, Takaya!
Gunbuster is invincible because it draws its energy from hard work and guts!
After all, hard work and guts have no limits.
Yes, Coach!
You haven't learned a thing in the past 6 years!
Neither have you.
S o l o n g
Well, see you next time.
Bye-bye!