Without the threat of deep space civilization, the subsequent fuel collection operations went very smoothly.
Except that the Deep Sky Star is a little smaller than the Sedna Star, the rest of the places are very similar. Its surface is also covered with a thick layer of tholin, and there are also huge oxygen ores, which can easily purify fuels such as methane and ethane as well as oxygen.
Under the operation of the electromagnetic railgun, standard fuel tanks with a mass of more than one hundred tons were continuously sent into space one after another, and then received by the space carrier.
Speaking of the electromagnetic railgun, this was another unexpected gain that surprised Zhao Changxing.
Electromagnetic railguns, like space elevators, are powerful facilities for transporting large amounts of supplies from the ground to space. Although the performance is inferior to that of a space elevator, it is much simpler to manufacture than a space elevator.
In the future, when technology advances further, a large number of such facilities can be deployed on certain resource planets, and there will no longer be a need to expend huge engineering efforts to build space elevators.
This kind of technology has not been mastered by human civilization before. But now, with the finished product, it will be much simpler to master this technology in the future.
Under this situation, the fuel reserves in the space carrier are growing rapidly. The engineering team is also seizing the time to repair the main shaft of the mothership.
At this stage, it is obviously impossible to completely repair the space carrier. But that's okay, there's no intention of completely restoring it.
The main consequence of damage to the spindle is that it can no longer support the overload pressure of full power acceleration. Just like, if you could accelerate at a maximum speed of 5 centimeters per square second before, now you can only accelerate at a maximum speed of 2 centimeters per square second.
However, by extending the acceleration time, the space carrier can still be accelerated to the required final speed. The time it takes to finally cross the distance of more than 60 million kilometers between the Deep Sky Star and the Sedna Star will not be much different.
Under such circumstances, the space carrier stayed at the Deep Sky Star for several more months. After all preparations were completed, it finally set off on its way home amid the cheers of all the expeditionary force soldiers. .
Looking at this huge dark red planet, at the earth that was riddled with holes due to the war, at the space orbit occupied by metal fragments, base debris, interstellar bombs, etc., Zhao Changxing finally left with sighs. go.
What happened in the past few years now seems like a dream.
A civilization dies and a civilization is reborn.
Before the space carrier set sail for its return journey, the industrial spacecraft from Sedna had already set off.
This spacecraft carries many necessary basic industrial facilities, supplies, and related industrial personnel. They will carry out large-scale development operations here on the Deep Space Star and continuously transport resources from the Deep Space Star to the Sedna Star.
Of course, that's for the future.
At this moment, Star Sedna.
In Earth City, somewhere in a room that was more spacious and exquisite than other areas, Wang Hong sat blankly in his study, his face pale.
Something happened.
Obviously the performance difference is only three thousandths! It was obviously only two or three of the thousands of performance indicators. Why was it such a coincidence, why was it so unlucky that it happened to be exposed?
How could things develop like this?
Now, Chief Executive Sun Weiping is investigating the matter. Now, the expeditionary force led by leader Zhao Changxing has won the war and is on its way back.
Thinking of the outcome he was about to face, Wang Hong trembled all over.
How did things become like this?
Did it start when Lao Li damaged the equipment due to operating errors and was afraid of punishment, so he asked him to entrust it to him. Then the equipment was repaired secretly and he did not report it for replacement according to the normal process?
Or did it start when Lao Zhang secretly lowered the target for purchasing equipment and secretly divided the saved contribution points?
Of course, I got the largest share that time.
still……?
All these things were obviously done flawlessly and watertight, so why did it happen now?
Wang Hong thought for a long time alone in his study, and finally made up his mind.
"I can't bear the blame for this accident! I can't bear the responsibility alone! Lao Li, Lao Zhang, Lao Wang, Chief Hong, Director Zhao... everyone has a share! We are all ants on the same rope. Grasshopper, no one can escape!"
"If you can't escape, then drag more people into the water! At least hundreds of people in the entire industrial system are involved in the case. Everyone has worked hard for so many years, and there is no credit but hard work. Besides, didn't there be no consequences this time? Can leaders really do this? Are you ruthless enough to deal with so many people? Aren’t you afraid of paralyzing the entire industrial system?”
"This is my bargaining chip! If I hold on to this bargaining chip, I can survive!"
Having made up his mind, Wang Hong immediately picked up the phone.
Time passes slowly. In the vast space, the distance between the space carrier and Sedna is getting shorter and shorter. When several years passed in a hurry and the space carrier finally docked and entered the orbit around the Sedna star, passed by the ferry ship, and entered the space terminal base of the No. 1 space elevator, the entire planet began to boil.
Looking at the high-level civilization standing in front of him, looking at this familiar scene, looking at the planet he had lived on for hundreds of years, Zhao Changxing's always tense heart finally let go, and a relaxed smile appeared on his face.
A grand celebration and triumphal ceremony began. During the ceremony, Zhao Changxing first led everyone to ceremoniously bury the identity plaques of the fallen soldiers in the martyrs cemetery - they had no bones left, and the only thing that could express people's grief and respect was this identity plaque. Something.
Their names will also be recorded in history books for future generations to pass on forever.
After that, Zhao Changxing awarded Wu Qinghong and Cheng Kaitian special merit medals, and awarded first-class, second-class, third-class merit medals to the soldiers who died in the battle, as well as other outstanding soldiers. The ceremony ended with the Heroic Medal for all the soldiers of the expedition.
Returning to the government building of human civilization, Zhao Changxing did not wait for Sun Weiping and others to report the development information of the Sedna star over the years. He immediately darkened his face and asked directly: "The investigation into the substandard quality of the space carrier's main shaft is how's it going?"
Sun Weiping sighed.
"Leader, the matter has been investigated clearly. But how to deal with it is more difficult."
Listening to Sun Weiping's report, Zhao Changxing's face became increasingly gloomy.
He did not expect that human civilization has just developed to its current stage, and moths have already appeared within it! And this moth seems to be quite capable. He even knows how to trick others into the water, trying to tie more people to his warship, so that he can use rat traps to escape the attack!
"If this matter is not handled well, it may affect the stability of the entire industrial system. My suggestion is to handle this matter in a low-key manner."
Zhao Changxing slapped his palm heavily on the table.
"The stability of the industrial system? Will the industrial system be stable if these worms are left alone? An industrial system that cannot even guarantee the quality of strategic equipment related to the fate of our civilization, what is the use of being stable? The industrial system is stable, Aren’t you afraid that the entire civilization will be unstable?”
Sun Weiping suddenly raised his head, and there was some fear in his eyes: "That's hundreds of people!"
"Even if there are thousands of people, we must kill them! If we don't kill these people, when our soldiers fight for the fate of civilization in the future, will they die at the hands of their own people?"
Zhao Changxing has long made up his mind that it is time to clean up civilization again.
He knew very well that according to the laws of history, this kind of thing was inevitable when civilization developed to a certain stage. There will always be corrupt people. But this does not mean that he has to accept this situation and tolerate the existence of this phenomenon.
Not only industrial systems need to be cleaned, but other systems must also be cleaned together. In particular, the disciplinary supervision and regulatory departments also need to be cleaned.
They were also remiss in failing to detect and avoid these things in advance. If there is any collusion in this, then we cannot show mercy.
The day after Zhao Changxing returned to civilization, a purge involving the entire civilization had begun. During this purge, a total of more than 2,000 people received minor or major punishments. Among them, a full 17 people were directly shot, and more than 300 people were directly put into cells.
This time, Zhao Changxing did not hesitate at all when signing the death penalty order. Especially when signing in for the death row inmate named "Wang Hong", Zhao Changxing snorted coldly.
"A worthy death."
After solving these things, Zhao Changxing finally felt better physically and mentally.
"Next, it's time to go all out to build civilization..."
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After returning to Sedna, the legal authorities of human civilization tried those Deep Space Star captives on charges of "war crimes."
Although Gudazar and others are subhuman and cannot get close to the decision-making circle of deep space civilization, people still believe that the actions of Gudazar and others actually provide the basis for the aggressive actions of deep space civilization. To help, they also need to take part of the responsibility.
The death penalty is certainly not enough. According to the normal lifespan of a subhuman in a deep space civilization, which is about 300 years old, the final verdict was that they were sentenced to 100 years in prison, and they were required to bear heavy labor during their sentence.
In fact, before arriving on Sedna, a prison belonging to the deep space aliens had already been built, right next to the Water Mine No. 1 Mine, the most consumed mineral by humans.
Gudazar and others had no objections to the verdict. It's nothing more than hard work, not work anywhere.
But recently, the Deep Space Star criminals headed by Gudazaar have become slightly restless.
