Chapter 875: Go to Zhao Akkada in person
The highest point dock of Zhao Akkada has been in operation for more than 8,000 years. It hangs high above the orbit of the planet it guards. It was originally just an ugly rock.
But appearance is not important to the Adeptus Mechanicus. Efficiency, precision, and functionality are what are important.
The biggest advantage of this small satellite is that its size is just right for transformation. In fact, this planet is surrounded by three satellites, but one of them is too large, which will double the amount of work and is not cost-effective. One is too high, the other is too small, and there is not much significance in transforming it.
So 1,000 years after Zhao Akada colonized, the freed-up Mechanicus finally began to build their own shipyard.
Soon the small satellite was hollowed out by giant drills and filled with pipes, tunnels and rooms.
Millions of servants, remote-controlled machines, and assistants toiled in the labyrinth, and through their toil the dead moon became a busy hub and factory at its heart. A giant gravity engine.
Looking from a distance, you can see the grand structure extending from the surface of the satellite through metal tendrils. Countless tendrils support the bubble-shaped dome, clinging to the rock like limpets, and a large number of pneumatic lifts. The array looks like a steel ball at first glance.
Actually, some people do call it that.
However, the colonists of Zhao Akada still prefer the name they are proud of, the commanding heights dock.
And today, it has a visitor.
“It’s unimaginable that this will actually be a world of death.”
Standing behind the porthole of the frigate, Soshyan looked down at the green planet slowly rotating. In his concept, the world of death should be desolate, or at least desolate.
At this time, Thor walked forward from him and said softly:
"Zhao Akada has an environment similar to Catachan. Its atmosphere has extremely high oxygen content. Even in the beginning, ordinary people could not breathe normally on the surface of the planet, otherwise they would be intoxicated with oxygen. This made the natural environment of Zhaoakada very deadly to people who did not carry out corresponding mechanical strengthening. In addition, the main climate form of the planet is a typical rain forest climate. , the overall temperature of the planet fluctuates greatly, and the high-humidity air brings continuous rainfall. All of this makes the local animal community reproduce extremely quickly, and they are all giant arthropods and snakes that are terrifyingly large. Class.”
"Just like this, I'm afraid it can't be called a death world, right?"
"Yes, the more important point is that the thick atmosphere has created countless huge plants, some of which can even reach the clouds. , those places where plants grow densely will even cover the entire area without any sunlight, providing a paradise-like feeding environment for various giant predators. The other point is food. The microorganisms on this planet are very active, and the natural environment There are very few foods that can be called clean. The only crops that can be called clean are a few tuber crops, and it is relatively difficult to obtain them only by boiling them for several hours after harvesting and processing them with professional filtration and purification equipment. Pathogenic pasty artificial food."
"That's it."
"Yes, the earliest colonists paved the road to Omnisiah with their lives."
A voice sounded, and the two looked back and saw a middle-aged man wearing a red robe and standing upright appeared behind the gate.
He is the leader and connector sent by Zhao Akada this time, senior technician Ji Rui Bakar.
As he moved, two servo skulls floated above his shoulders. At the same time, his right eye was transformed into a more sophisticated mechanical prosthetic eye, flashing with a light green light behind him. There is a small mechanical backpack on his back. Two slender metal tentacles extend from the backpack and wrap around the arms of the high-level technician, just like the mythical snake controller. He walked between the two Astartes, looked at the approaching planet, and said with awe:
"Every step in the early days was filled with blood, until a certain A group of colonists buried part of the colonial ark deep into the ground and transformed it into an underground base, creating a true safe zone for the first time. This led other colonists to follow suit and gave up dismembering the hull to build new above-ground buildings. Burying it underground to build a more stable home can avoid those huge predators. At the same time, it can also be more convenient to process the air in a safe environment. The benefits of this behavior are beyond imagination. With the construction At the beginning of the great tide, sunken ecological domes and casting temples began to be built underground one after another. As the first casting temple began to slowly operate, various mechanical servants that were created were gradually Allowing them to start using various new technologies to enable them to complete their work at a faster speed and with higher efficiency. After nearly a century of construction, the foundry world Zhao-Akada was truly born."< br>
After hearing this, Soshiyang sighed softly.
"Although humanity in the Dark Ages was torn apart, it still shone with a perseverance and pioneering spirit. However, it is ironic that the current empire can only linger on with its broken body."
Bakar smiled and did not reply. , but his smile already showed his attitude.
"Because every forging world is hard-won, even if Zhao Akada once fought side by side with the Thousand Sons, he was not destroyed in the end."
Thor's sudden words , making Bakar's expression darken slightly.
Then the senior technician responded in a relaxed tone:
"Ah, who can tell clearly what happened back then? We just followed the contract and the promise. This is our position."
Then he glanced at Soshiyang.
“I believe it is because of this stance that the Chapter Leader will come here in person, isn’t it.”
Soshiyang smiled and said:
“Yes. , I believe in your contractual spirit, so I handed this important contract into your hands twenty years ago at the expense of two STC templates.”
After finishing speaking, he turned his attention to the dock that was already in front of him. It consisted of seven stations anchored by cables and pipes. Between those pipe cables, giant cables connected these stations, forming a complex A network that allows subsidiary platforms to float between its bodies and enables transport between all locations along a dizzying array of routes.
From time to time, you can see large and small cargo ships, passenger ships and maintenance ships coming in and out from above, like a hive surrounded by countless hardworking worker bees.
Hive?
Soshiyang thought, this description is really apt.
Even though it was still nearly five kilometers away, he could already see clearly that a huge ship was lying in the main frame of the dock, like a baby in the arms of a mother.
So cute.
(End of this chapter)