At this moment, it has been more than 50 years since the beginning of the resource crisis. More than 160 years have passed since Zhao Changxing first started laying out the technology research and development related to ultra-high-power ion thrusters.
That is a lifespan that even genetically modified humans cannot achieve.
During this period of time, human civilization, except for Zhao Changxing, has at least completed a comprehensive and complete round of population replacement. Even longer, two rounds would be possible.
Zhao Changxing's plan more than a hundred years ago has finally received results more than a hundred years later.
Compared with the empty outer solar system, the resources of the inner solar system can be regarded as almost endless.
Ganymede's resources have been exhausted, and there are still three other Galilean satellites, more than 70 small and medium-sized satellites, Jupiter's rings, and Jupiter's body.
The resources of the Jupiter system are exhausted, as well as Saturn, and Uranus and Neptune. These gas planets also have huge satellite systems.
In addition to these, there are dwarf planets in the asteroid belt, and four rocky planets: water, gold, earth, and fire.
The Voyager 1 spacecraft successfully arrived at Jupiter and successfully "mailed" resources from the Jupiter system to Sedna. This feat has never been as simple as a Jupiter system. Because this means that human civilization has fully gained the ability to obtain supplies from anywhere in the inner solar system.
If you can go to the Jupiter system, you can go to all other places. Even if you can’t go for now, you can go in the near future.
For a long time, the resource crisis will no longer exist.
With the crazy influx of resources from the Jupiter system, and with the increased exploitation of some resource types that are still abundant on dwarf planets such as Sedna and Deep Sky, the entire human civilization has once again entered the Sturm und Drang mode.
All existing factories and enterprises resumed work almost instantly, many new large-scale projects were launched again, and the construction of space cities and roller bases was also put on the agenda.
Under this situation, Zhao Changxing finally made an extremely important decision.
At a meeting attended by all members of the Civilization Management Committee and the War Committee, Zhao Changxing calmly announced his decision.
"Now, the bottleneck restricting the development of our civilization no longer exists. We have enough energy to accomplish something we should have done a long time ago."
"Raise an army."
This matter was not brought up suddenly, but after a long period of deliberation and weighing. At this moment, with Zhao Changxing's personal announcement, the matter was finally settled, and there was no room for change.
At this moment, all the committee members stood up and applauded warmly for this decision.
Especially the members of the war committee were so excited that they burst into tears at this moment.
Over the years, the War Council, the organization in charge of the military and war, has even degenerated into a scientific research institution.
If it were a normal scientific research institution, at least the research would be tangible and have real data. However, the study of war theory has always been air-to-air. No matter how many theoretical results have been researched, there has never been a chance for practical verification.
In the past, in order to obey the overall development of civilization, when there were no external threats in the entire solar system, or when external threats had not yet arrived, military-related construction could only be temporarily abandoned.
People accept this arrangement and are willing to obey the overall arrangement, but it does not mean that they will be willing to do so.
Now, finally, I have the opportunity to apply the full strategy into practice...
When the draft was announced to society, the entire civilization was in a state of excitement.
It is the dream of countless young people to become a soldier, drive a space battleship majestically, and fight bloody battles to defend civilization. Now, this dream finally has a chance to come true.
Under this situation, the students and teachers in the Human Military Academy, which was almost the only institution under the War Commission, were immediately transformed into members of the army on the spot, becoming commanders and front-line soldiers respectively. In fact, Participated in the formation of the space fleet.
Some teachers and students who were more willing to conduct theoretical research, or whose age or physical condition did not meet the requirements, were retained in the military academy and became the skeleton of the only military academy in this civilization.
New enrollment begins immediately. When the freshmen enter the military academy, they will complete the identity transformation from civilians to soldiers under the leadership of the "skeleton".
At the same time, many researchers, engineers, and technical workers were transferred from their original positions to form two major institutions, the first arsenal of human civilization and the Academy of Military Science, which were directly under the management of the Military Commission.
There are many similarities between civilian and military technologies. For example, ion thrusters can be installed on civilian spacecraft, and of course they can also be installed on combat spacecraft to improve the maneuverability of combat spacecraft.
The electromagnetic railgun can be used to fire standard resource boxes, or it can also be modified to become a high-performance electromagnetic gun.
Optical technology can be used for distance measurement and deep space search. It can also be turned into laser cannons and spy satellites.
Over the years, military commissions and military academies have studied how to transform civilian technology into military technology and how to use these technologies.
It is now the 626th year of the New Calendar. At this moment, almost 400 years have passed since deep space civilization was exterminated by human civilization.
Zhao Changxing was extremely fortunate that the Moyun Litar civilization that had wiped out the main body of deep space civilization had not yet returned to the solar system from the Lalande 21185 star system, allowing human civilization to develop peacefully for up to 400 years. But he still hopes this time can be longer.
Lalande 21185 is the home galaxy of deep space civilization. It is a red dwarf star with a mass of about 46% that of the sun and is about 8.31 light-years away from the sun.
At the beginning, the deep space civilization on the verge of extinction could only reach 17% of the speed of light at its maximum speed, which was about 51,000 kilometers per second. It took about 800 years and 99% of the fleet was lost during the voyage. At the cost of mass and population, the last hope of civilization was delivered to the distant solar system.
At that time, no wise man in the deep space civilization could have predicted that this was not a way of life, but a way of death.
But now that human civilization has wiped out the last survivors of deep space civilization, then the fate of deep space civilization will also be borne by human civilization. The enemies they originally faced will also be faced by human civilization.
The technological level in the heyday of deep space civilization still relied on nuclear fusion as the main energy source, but its efficiency was far higher than that of human civilization at the moment.
According to the captured deep space civilization data heritage and deciphering results, the wise men of the Deep Space Civilization Science Temple can even create something beyond imagination such as "fusion batteries".
The so-called fusion batteries within human civilization are actually small fusion power stations. But no matter how small it is, the mass must be tens of tons, and the energy conversion efficiency, that is, the efficiency of converting nuclear energy into electrical energy, does not exceed 30% at most.
But the fusion battery of deep space civilization is a real fusion battery. Its mass is only a few tens of grams and its length is only a few centimeters. And the thermal efficiency is as high as 70% beyond imagination.
Coupled with extremely advanced ion propulsion technology, deep space civilizations have successfully completed interstellar navigation under almost impossible circumstances.
However, the captured deep space civilization data heritage and deciphering results also show that the technology mastered by the Moyun Litar civilization is even more advanced than that of the deep space civilization.
They have even mastered the technology of large-scale, industrial production of antimatter. Through "antimatter annihilation", an energy source method that can 100% convert mass into energy, they have achieved complete control of an entire star system, which can be convenient and fast. The crushing of deep space civilizations that communicate with different planets in the star system.
Deep space civilization eventually dies. The Lalande 21185 galaxy fell into the hands of the Moyun Litar civilization.
According to records, the Moyun Litar civilization seems to be a wandering civilization. Their survival mode is to wander between different star systems. After exploiting all the available resources in the current star system, they will abandon this star system, and the entire civilization will once again embark on a long-distance voyage across the star system to reach the next star. Tie it off and repeat.
When a star system is reached and resources are extremely abundant, the population of the Moyun Litar civilization will explode. The scientific conjectures and scientific experiment needs accumulated during the long-distance interstellar voyage will also be intensively conducted during this period to improve the level of science.
The demise of the deep space civilization is just that the Moyun Litar civilization happened to choose the Lalande 21185 galaxy as the next target of its interstellar travel.
Now, they are most likely still in the stage of digesting and absorbing the resources of the Lalande 21185 galaxy. When this work is completed, the solar system will usher in the same fate as the Lalande 21185 galaxy.
Zhao Changxing only hopes that this time can be longer, longer, preferably until human civilization has developed enough to compete with the Moyun Litar civilization.
"I hope it's still too late to start building the army and fleet now..."
Zhao Changxing prayed silently in his heart. Everyone who knows about this is praying silently in their hearts, praying for the countless heroic spirits in human history to protect the continuation of civilization for a long time.
When the construction of the human fleet was officially put on the agenda, the Voyager 2 spacecraft, which had already reached its destination, was finally allowed to return to Sedna.
People who have struggled in the Jupiter system for more than 30 years have finally come home.
Due to a series of changes in arrangements, they have now served more than ten years beyond their scheduled service.
Among them is Captain Cheng Xuanjia, who is now in his seventies.
