Chapter 129 Volume
127. Volume
On the screen in front of Tang Xiao, a giant mining spacecraft at least 1500 meters long was slowly sailing in the asteroid belt. Dozens of Mining drones are flying in and out.
This kind of mining drone has a very small body, but it has four mechanical claws more than 20 meters long. They fly to those asteroids, directly grab the asteroid with their long mechanical claws, and then The whole thing was brought back to the mining spacecraft.
The refining equipment built into the mining spacecraft will directly crush the asteroids finely, then extract the minerals from them, and throw the remaining impurities directly into space.
"This giant mining spacecraft was purchased by us through the Technology Alliance. It is a brand-new spacecraft. It will then be leased to the Fourth Group for use, and the rent will also be mortgaged with 30% of the production capacity of the spacecraft." The Muen man said.
“Can this solve our current resource problem?” Tang Xiao asked Xu Yan.
“As long as the construction of the mine can keep up, there is no problem at all. Because in the Endor system, there is an ocean planet that can mine a lot of resources. In addition, the resources of several other satellites Although the reserves are not as good as those of the Dole planet, it is still quite impressive. It can be said that the Endor galaxy is a unique place!" Xu Yan said excitedly.
If it weren’t for the unique location, the Galactic Empire would not regard this place as a secret base in the future and build the Death Star 2 here. Tang Xiao thought to himself.
This is not the first time he has heard this statement, and he also feels deeply convinced.
After finishing his inspection of the United Mining Group, Tang Xiao stopped by the interstellar shipyard and took a walk. Currently, the Fourth Civilization has 2 destroyer docks that can build spaceships under 150 meters, and 1 is under construction; 5 frigate docks that can build spacecraft under 50 meters, and 3 are under construction.
Furthermore, the production lines of fighter jets have also been built independently. Five of them have been built in space, and the remaining five production lines have been built on the Dawn Planet but have not yet been completed. Counting the mothership's own production line that can produce two fighter jets at the same time, the Fourth Civilization will soon have the ability to build 10 fighter jets at the same time.
Among these space projects, the engineering ships of the Traders Emergency Alliance have begun to be used. This kind of engineering ship is 43 meters long, carries a large number of construction machinery, and has enough horsepower to drag a large amount of raw materials behind the spacecraft for construction. There is a very flexible large-scale mechanical arm on the upper and lower sides of the spacecraft that can be used for construction.
This kind of engineering ship is a perfect match with the SCV. The engineering ship is responsible for the construction of large parts, and the SCV is responsible for the processing and installation of fine parts.
Although SCVs are ground units in the "StarCraft" game, in fact, this kind of engineering mecha was originally designed to be used in space. This is a fully enclosed self-circulating engineering mecha with a small power engine.
Tang Xiao came all the way to the scientific research space station. Now the original engineering research space station and physics research space station have undergone extensive expansion and become two irregular space buildings.
But this kind of expansion is not endless. After all, the original design was not like this. Continued expansion will only make the structure of the space station extremely complicated and reduce efficiency.
So when Tang Xiao came to Professor Chi, old man Chi Jianjun directly handed him a large-scale construction plan-a scientific research center.
This kind of scientific research center is roughly a circular space building with a diameter of 1,000 meters and a height of more than 2,000 meters. There are also many ancillary buildings that can accommodate a scientific research team of more than 2,000 people to work and live in it. It is equipped with complete experimental equipment and can conduct various scientific research experiments.
Tang Xiao frowned and asked: "Mr. Chi, although I understand the need for the current scientific research project team to expand, but this scientific research building... is too exaggerated? Even if it is built, now we will There is no ability to make it fully operational.”
"This building is the data in the technology tree of the Traders Emergency Alliance. With the TEC engineering ship, we now have no technical problems in building this large scientific research center." Professor Chi said with a smile.
"But..." Tang Xiao was interrupted by Professor Chi raising his hand, "Manager, this is what I want to tell you."
"You said it." Tang Xiao is a person who always follows the good deeds. Since Professor Chi said this, he must have his own deep meaning.
"Size." Chi Jianjun spit out two words.
"Size?"
"Yes, size." Chi Jianjun nodded, "Now the development of our fourth civilization can be said to be changing with each passing day. We have powerful interstellar fighters and Revenge-class Light destroyers, hammer-class light frigates, and cobalt alloy-class heavy frigates are also under construction. We even have complete resource collection, industrial production lines, and agricultural systems."
Tang Xiao nodded and said. "Yes, this is also something that makes me proud."
"So what do you think is the difference between our fourth civilization? Why can't we compare with the Galactic Republic and why we still have to live in Damask? Pretending to be a grandson in front of the holding group?"
Tang Xiao frowned, "You want to say, size?"
"That's right, size." Chi Jianjun nodded, "What determines the strength of our fourth civilization now is not how advanced our technology is, but our size. Because don't forget, even if there is Many achievements have been made. The current fourth civilization has a total population of less than 50,000 people.
But did you know? The cobalt alloy-class heavy frigate we are about to serve will require 75 people. The crew. Even if the B-1 robot can be used to replace humans, the size will be the most important issue for us now."
Tang Xiao nodded. , "So you came up with the plan for this scientific research center just to tell me that although such a scientific research center is beautiful and the technical threshold is not high, it is not usable with our current size?"
Professor Chi Jianjun smiled and shook his head, "No, I really want this..."
Poof~~~! Tang Xiao didn't hold back for a moment and spit out a mouthful of tea.
"Hahahaha..." Seeing Tang Xiao's appearance, Chi Jianjun smiled kindly, as if he was looking at his thriving younger generation, "Manager, now the fourth civilization is constantly spreading. , Our brains should be more powerful."
"Are you talking about me?" Tang Xiao asked.
"Your brain alone is far from enough. Can you make suggestions to the scientific research department in terms of technology? Can you make suggestions to Gulagham in terms of people's livelihood? He ran to your office to ask you When you complain about insufficient grain production, don't you just stare?" Professor Chi asked.
[Easter Egg Chapter Attached Picture 1: Mining Drone. 】
【Easter Egg Chapter Attached Picture 2: TEC engineering ship. 】
(End of this chapter)