Not long after Harland came up with the Spirit Star plan, Yang Tianyi began to wonder whether he should use his origin points to "draw a prize" in the parallel world. If he could obtain some resources or technology, it would be a big deal for the current group. There are benefits.
So after further asking the system about the usage of origin points, he learned an excellent news - origin points can be used when a single carrier is selected, but the impact is completely random.
And this is also the reason why he is now on the first engineering ship of the Star Group.
Although the current size of the passage between the Star World and the Elysium World is still difficult for the Javelin-class frigate to pass, the engineering ship, which is two times smaller than the Javelin-class, can just pass through. Yang Tianyi, who is standing in front of the entrance of the passage, is ready to spend money. Breathe a sigh of relief.
As for the destination of this engineering ship, it is naturally the main belt asteroid Spirit God specially selected by Harland.
As the gathering place for almost all asteroids in the solar system, the main belt between Mars and Jupiter has tens of thousands of asteroids, among which three are larger than Psyche, and there is even one with a diameter of nearly Thousand kilometers of dwarf planet. But in terms of mineral resources, Lingshen Planet is the most abundant.
This time, Yang Tianyi planned to target a mineral-poor asteroid with a diameter of about 100 kilometers near the Spirit Star to see what it could be transformed into with 1,500 Origin Points.
The reason for not choosing planets or battleships as carriers is also very simple. For these carriers that are huge or have high technological content, on the one hand, the 1,500 origin points will most likely not have any effect; on the other hand, , who knows what the system will fish out from the parallel world.
If it was an existence that would bring negative effects, wouldn't I feel like crying without tears?
Accompanying him to inspect the Spirit Star this time were researchers from several scientific research departments, Harland, the person in charge of the Spirit Star project, and dozens of senior engineers specially trained for the project by the Engineering Department.
After he returns to Earth, the engineering ship will set sail again, taking the engineers who have completed preliminary surveying and all the materials they need to establish the group's first stronghold on the Spirit Planet.
"The spacecraft is about to reach its destination, and the sublight speed thrusters begin to slow down. If there are turbulences, passengers please do not panic."
As the sweet voice of Xingshu came from the cab, Yang Tianyi used his keen perception to detect a slight shaking of the hull of the engineering ship and then regained his composure. As for the others, they were busy at their respective posts safely, completely He didn't feel the shaking just now. This situation made him feel that it was indeed a good ship that cost 120 million credits.
It took less than twenty-four hours for the engineering ship under his feet to fly the 370 million kilometers from the earth to the main belt. The first five hours were used to accelerate the speed of the ship to 2% of the speed of light, and the last two Hours are used to slow down the spacecraft so that it does not hit the target location.
This is an impressive speed for chemical thrusters and fusion reactors that have not yet been developed to their extremes. Until the Ministry of Science and Technology develops a new generation of usable ion thrusters, two percent of the speed of light may be the speed limit that the Star Group's spacecraft can reach during regular cruise.
When the bow of the spacecraft slowly aimed at the destination of the Spirit God, Yang Tianyi, who was sitting in the cab, finally saw with his own eyes the asteroid with an attractive metallic luster on its surface.
It didn't take long for the engineering ship, which was constantly fine-tuning its landing attitude with its nozzle, to anchor firmly in a basin on the Spirit Star. Several scientists wearing life-support equipment stepped on the Spirit Star through the hatch under the spacecraft. On the metal-rich ground, the magnetic boots on their feet will help the engineers overcome the low gravity and maintain the balance of the body, so that they will not fly to an altitude of more than ten meters with just a jump.
After seeing through the holographic projection that the scientists were beginning to sample the soil of the Spirit Star in an orderly manner, Harland, not to be outdone, nodded to the engineers around him and signaled them to carry out their tasks.
"Prepare to scan the mineral resources of Lingshen Planet and start releasing drones and industrial robots."
As a senior engineer in front of the cab console tapped his finger on the screen, the cargo bay doors used to store drones on the left and right sides of the engineering ship slowly opened. Hundreds of exploration drones and more than a dozen were modified The industrial heavy-duty Z-1 robots left the spacecraft and began to perform the tasks set for them in the program.
Exploration drones can scan the shallow veins of less than half of the Spirit Star within a few hours. With the assistance of engineers, they can also go deep into the mines for exploration. The heavy-duty Z-1 will use their powerful strength to move various cargos loaded on the engineering ship to the vicinity of the spacecraft, and use these materials to build a prototype of a stronghold suitable for human settlement on the spot.
An order for ten small transport ships has been placed by Garno to a black market shipyard on Fenhabennis. It is expected to be delivered in a few months. By then, professional transport ships will be available to help carry supplies to the Spirit Star Industrial Base. The construction speed will definitely reach a higher level.
"Gano did a great job this time and I am very satisfied with the performance of this engineering vessel."
Yang Tianyi witnessed the heavy-duty Z-1s painted yellow and black in full swing. In just half an hour, he could even see the prototype of the building, and the holographic projection was marked by the drone. There are also more and more green dots representing rich ores. Each green dot represents tens of thousands of tons of rare metals that have been brought under the control of the group. This is an efficiency that has never been achieved on Hughes III.
"If we continue to develop at this rate, when you come back next month, there should be about a hundred engineers and hundreds of light and heavy industrial robots stationed here. Although it is not yet self-sufficient, metal smelting and the like The basic automated factory has definitely taken shape."
"The drawings of the shipyard have been loaded into the database of the industrial robot. If the earth in this world is responsible for the material supply, before the transport ship arrives, the engineering ship will need to make several trips back and forth to transport all the required goods to Spirit. A god."
Harland came to Yang Tianyi and glanced at his former best friend and current boss, his tone full of expectations for the future.
In his plan, in one month, the Lingshen Star Industrial Base can start to feed the group with tons of rare metals that are extremely rare on the earth. By then, gold may even be one of the least valuable goods in the warehouse.
"I can safely hand over the Spirit Star to the Engineering Department. The low-gravity dock is indeed more suitable for building starships, but I have overlooked this."
After listening to Harland's passionate narration, Yang Tianyi nodded and looked through the cockpit window to the second target asteroid with a hint of edge in his field of vision.
"The system selects that asteroid as the carrier of origin points."
"The target has been selected. Boss, please choose the number of origin points you plan to invest this time."
"Um......"
Yang Tianyi looked at the pitiful one thousand five hundred points in the balance, and his eyes became sharp.
"Invest all the 1,500 points, system, don't let me down."
"Okay boss, this system will do its best. Channels are being opened, and parallel world resources are being mined using asteroids as carriers..."
Another half hour passed, and when all the heavy-duty Z-1 robots worked together to place the only hemispherical glass dome brought this time on top of the stronghold building, the system also brought good news to Yang Tianyi.
"The excavation is completed, congratulations on obtaining resources."
"An edible asteroid."
