"The thruster power is reduced, the spacecraft begins to slow down, and is heading to the docking port in Area A."
As Xingshu's voice rang in his ears, Yang Tianyi, who was lying on the bed killing time, put down the paper book in his hand, stretched and looked through the porthole, with a hint of expectation in his eyes.
Quite some time has passed since the establishment of the Lingshen industrial base. Thanks to the dozen or so small transport ships and professional engineering ships provided by Garno at the beginning, the group planned to deploy a space port near Lingshen. General framework.
According to Haaland's recent report, the current space port is still in the first phase of construction, and in addition to the most basic parking area and multi-functional service area, the port also has three bird-class transport ships and Javelin-class frigates. small dock.
Under the best circumstances, an ordinary Sparrow-class transport ship takes one and a half months to complete, while the construction period of a Javelin-class frigate is about three months. This number will fluctuate slightly depending on the configuration of the ship. , but not more than a week.
Looking towards the space port through the window, the space station, with an edge length of about one kilometer, looks boxy and featureless, both from the front and the sides.
But Yang Tianyi, who has carefully studied the follow-up expansion plan, knows that sooner or later, this space station, which is no different from a metal box, will turn into a huge four-pointed star-shaped space fortress and become the most important shipbuilding base and powerful force of the entire group. symbol.
Compared to Area A, which is still being expanded, and the planned Battle Fortress, the size gap is astonishingly hundreds of times greater.
After completion, the overall square-shaped space station will have an equal length of five kilometers or more, and a thickness of nearly two kilometers. This means that as long as there are sufficient resources, the group at that time will have the ability to independently build battle cruisers. Class ship capabilities.
The space fortress that has completed all the expansion projects will not only have the level of ships it can build, but also the number of docks will far exceed that of the space port, which is only a prototype of partitions at this time.
According to Harland's vision, when the second phase of the project, that is, the construction of one corner of the four-pointed star, is completed, the space station will be able to start construction of twenty bird-class transport ships at the same time, and will have the ability to manufacture cruiser-class ships.
When the third phase of the project is completed, the space station with two corner areas can double this number.
But all this is based on sufficient resources and personnel. If the Lingshen Star Industrial Base cannot provide enough military-grade alloys and precision parts for the space station as planned, and the Earth Training Center cannot replenish the number of engineers on time, then no matter how ambitious it is, His plan is nothing more than a soap bubble that will burst as soon as it is popped.
And this is why Yang Tianyi is on a returning bird-class transport ship at this time. He must see with his own eyes the situation of the Lingshen Star space port and industrial base in order to better formulate development plans for the future of the group.
With a little excitement caused by not seeing each other for a long time, the bird-class transport ship he was riding on docked at a relatively slow speed in the parking area on the side of the space station.
After the staff in charge of the parking area confirmed that the gate used to isolate the space environment had been lowered, Yang Tianyi, who was wearing casual clothes, followed the group employees and robots on the spacecraft and walked off the transport ship, looking at the unfamiliar people in the space station with curious eyes. environment.
"Salute to you, Your Majesty the Leader!"
After the employees dispersed, personnel stationed at the space station from several group military headquarters came over. They paid a military salute to Yang Tianyi and followed his gaze. They found that what the leader was looking at was the purple ion barrier behind the gate.
"How is the situation on the space station lately?"
Yang Tianyi turned around when he heard the footsteps of several people behind him. After nodding, only a major with the highest rank was left to accompany him. The rest returned to their original posts and did not need to put down because of his arrival. The job at hand.
Gu Huan "reported to the leader that the operation of the space station is very good, and neither the completeness of the facilities nor the supply of materials have been affected by the distance from the earth."
The major of the group glanced at the huge figure of the bird-class transport ship that was tens of meters tall and the robot workers who were carrying supplies, and said with a smile: "Originally, we planned to apply for a batch of precision parts from the earth in a few days to be stored in the warehouse as spare parts. , also brought here by the transport ship you took this time."
"That's good. The space station is the top priority for the group's future development. If you have any requirements, you can apply directly to the headquarters. Your Excellency the CEO will do his best to satisfy you."
After nodding to express his satisfaction, Yang Tianyi raised his hand and pointed to the alloy gate not far away and asked: "I saw that there is an ion shield behind the gate. It seems that you have adopted double protection?"
"Yes, Your Excellency, Leader. Since there is no external threat, the designer's original plan did only have an armored gate for protection, which mainly served to isolate the space environment. However, in the subsequent expansion, the spaceport engineers believe that We should be prepared for a rainy day, and an ion barrier that can be switched on and off at any time is more in line with our needs, so we added this layer of protection.”
The major's detailed explanation left no doubts in his mind, so he walked around the major functional areas inside the airport with the other party's company, and after inspecting the living conditions and working conditions of the group's employees, Yang Tianyi invited him as a guide Go with yourself to the industrial base on the surface of Psyche.
Followed by several robot guards, the major, who was obviously not going to the surface of the Spirit Star for the first time, took Yang Tianyi aboard a small traffic boat with ease. This type of small spacecraft, which is only more than ten meters in length, can even be built in a dock. No, the technical difficulty is very low.
But in contrast, apart from the most basic fusion reaction pairs and sub-light speed propellers, traffic boats do not have the ability to travel in hyperspace and can only be used for movement within the local system.
Within a few minutes, the two people appeared in the spacecraft parking lot of the industrial base. However, because they were accompanied by the major, Xingshu did not arrange for other group employees to greet them at Yang Tianyi's request.
As the head of defense of the space station, the major obviously has a general understanding of the situation in the industrial base, so the exchange between the two not only has no impact, but can be said to be a pleasant conversation.
When he saw a team of more than 20 humanoid robots carrying a lot of materials and tools walking past him, he glanced around and found that there were hundreds of robots working in the parking lot alone. Yang Tianyi couldn't help but sigh: "I think when I first arrived at Spirit God Planet, there were only dozens of robots around me. I didn't expect it to have developed to this extent in just a few months."
The major, who was a few years older than Yang Tianyi, stared at the tall back of the young man in front of him and said bluntly: "Without your foresight and strong support from the earth, the base would not be able to develop at such a rapid pace, so the Spirit Star Base can It’s all thanks to you that I am today.”
"As you can see, there are three divisions in the current ground base, namely the mining division, the refining division and the processing division. The mining division is not a fixed area, but according to the different minerals and reserves, the machine workers will be in the engineer's Under the leadership, we will go to various places on the Spirit Star to mine."
"After these high-quality minerals are mined, they will be sent to the furnaces and forges in the refining area to be made into raw materials immediately, and then sent to the production lines in the processing area to be manufactured into various products from scratch. The current The industrial base has already been able to produce industrial robots and small construction machinery on its own, and it is estimated that in a while, various large industrial machinery will also be available."
He and Yang Tianyi came to the roof of a certain processing plant building. The major pointed to the giant mining machinery in operation outside the window and said with excitement: "The mineral resources of Lingshen Planet are much richer than those of the earth, and most of these minerals are exposed to The surface may not be buried deep, making it very suitable for mining.”
"To tell you the truth, the various rare metals currently stored in the warehouse are enough to buy an entire country on Earth."
The major set his sights on a large group of warehouses near the building. The golden scene at that time appeared in his mind. The gold and various rare alloys piled up like hills really shocked him.
If it weren't for knowing that these gold nuggets are just a drop in the bucket of the asteroid mine beneath our feet, I am afraid that no matter how determined a person is, they would be so obsessed with this astonishing wealth that they would have no intention of working.
