Dragoon fighter

This is a "Commercial Hercules 3" launch vehicle with a diameter of 982 meters and a length of nearly 50 meters, which is almost as high as an 18-story building. It is like a big-headed doll sandwiched between two large strap-on solid rockets.

An adult African bull elephant can be easily stuffed into the rocket body. The maximum carrying capacity can reach 13 tons. Its performance is not inferior to its brothers. Other versions originally used for military purposes are in the Hercules series. Among the best.

The Cape Navilar launch site in Florida, on the east coast of the United States, is the commercial launch area of ​​the L-39 launch area of ​​the Kennedy Space Launch Center, including launch vehicles. The cost is at least $1.7 billion.

This does not include the manufacturing cost of the special satellite. In fact, Helena and Daru paid nearly 500 million US dollars to fulfill their promise with the intelligent core system "Adam".

Although an invasion is an invasion, the Third Era Civilization Council and the advance team still value the credibility of their promises. [

Abandoning the supercomputer center on the outskirts of Stockholm, the Swedish capital, which was originally used as a hiding place, the "Adam" intelligent core system carried the last family property through three large star door rings in the Victoria Desert in the interior of Oceania and entered the dimensional membrane world of the third era.

The advance team who stayed in the current world quickly obtained the launch opportunity for "Adam" through members of the vassal "Holy Arrival" organization.

The "Commercial Hercules 3" launch vehicle is not a piece of cabbage on the supermarket shelves. If we follow the normal process, we will have to wait until a year at the earliest before we can get a launch vehicle that meets the requirements and schedule the launch.

The weather at the launch site on the Atlantic Ocean is good, and the gentle sea breeze brings a cool feeling. The launch site that was still noisy just now became quiet as the staff evacuated in batches according to the work process. Only the sounds of sea breeze, waves and seabirds became the main tone of the empty launch site.

"The countdown to launch is still half an hour away. The security team has begun to confirm the final clearance."

"The Marlene team begins final confirmation! The inspection will be completed within 5 minutes, and the final evacuation will be carried out in 10 minutes."

As usual, many tourists and space enthusiasts often gather outside the safety zone to watch this launch. The view from the launch site is excellent. Even without a telescope, you can see the rising dense sky from a distance. Smoke and flames, watch the entire launch process from beginning to end.

Most of the launches of the space center will not refuse civilians to watch, even the launch of space equipment with military purposes is no exception.

The isolation area is only used to prevent the leakage of highly toxic additives from harming those who enter by mistake. Apart from a small number of plainclothes agents and police officers who maintain order, there are no large armed forces outside the launch site. A grand scene of strict blockade.

In fact, this is a free advertisement to promote American aerospace technology. NS (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) does not only serve the military. The huge profits from commercial services are due to the general trend of using the military to lead the people and the people to support the army. Towards.

Tourists gathered in small groups outside the quarantine area and looked at the launch site in the distance, which was in the final stages. Many of them held telescopes in their hands. The huge "Commercial Hercules 3" launch vehicle is clearly visible in the line of sight, even a rivet is clearly visible.

The tweeter in the launch area reported the launch progress according to the standard procedure, and the countdown sound was clearly audible. The effect far exceeded the effect of watching the live broadcast in front of the TV at home. Some obsessed fans were even more excited. I never get tired of it, and I come here to watch it every time there is a launch, just like a pilgrimage.

This is the real "Tower of Babylon". This is the starting point for mankind to move beyond the sky. No matter who you are, you can feel a vast and mysterious atmosphere here.

There was a flash of fire under the launcher, and thick gray smoke rose upwards, quickly surrounding the launch vehicle and launcher.

Tourists outside the quarantine area only heard the belated loud noise of the rocket engine after seeing this scene. It seemed that even the air was trembling with the continuous roar.

The white carrier rocket that broke free from the development rack rushed out of the smoke cloud in the next second, spraying orange flames from its tail and quickly approaching the blue one.

A moment later, the "Commercial Hercules 3" launch vehicle successfully took advantage of the additional speed of the earth's rotation. It disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean to the east and submerged into the vast starry sky.

As the last level enters the system, it disengages. The thick deflector carrying the cargo of this launch successfully reached an altitude of more than 200 kilometers above the ground, and continued to climb to a higher orbit relying on the power system of the deflector.

"The deflector successfully detached and now begins to accelerate around the earth at 65 kilometers per second. This is a successful launch. It will enter the first cosmic speed 12 hours later and enter the target orbit 484 kilometers above the earth 144 hours later. It will continue to maintain focus on."[

As the engine at the bottom emitted a faint blue light, the artificial satellite, which was as big as a bus, took the remaining momentum accumulated by the launch vehicle and continued to climb to a higher altitude while flying around the earth.

Although this height is still within the ionosphere of the atmosphere and is not yet the outermost exosphere, the influence of gravity here is far less than on the ground. With the kinetic energy bursting out within minutes, it already has the capital to completely escape the influence of gravity.

During the rest of the journey, relying on the power slowly released by the small rocket engine and plasma engine, it was enough to allow this special satellite, which combined the top technologies of the two-dimensional membrane civilization, to climb to a higher altitude.

As planned, the "Adam" intelligent core system can maintain a backup system in an absolutely safe place outside the atmosphere, and can also serve as a bridgehead for returning to the surface world.

"Hmm! The familiar smell is 'Adam'! Wasn't it uprooted? Why is it here? Go and have a look."

An artificial satellite cruising at an altitude of 500 kilometers above the earth suddenly deviated from its original orbit, ejecting several faint blue flames as thick as forearms, and slowly moved towards the earth.

Several metal fragments that passed near the satellite at high speed suddenly slowed down for no reason. If their orbits were specifically tracked and calculated, it can be found that the next cycle of these fragments will overlap with the satellite that continues to descend in orbital altitude.

Several circles expanded to several kilometers, and the electrostatic field like concentric elliptical rings was surrounding the satellite and moving with it.

Anything that contains metal that passes nearby. Regardless of size, they will be intercepted and decelerated by the Coulomb's law of the electrostatic force field. The repulsion and attraction are changing under precise control. The speed difference and distance are slowly absorbed, slowly attracted, and finally mysteriously disappear on the surface of the satellite, as if from nowhere. Never appeared.

Humans on the earth and space scientists did not notice that the earth's low-Earth orbit suddenly became much cleaner. Some space junk that still continued to fly around the earth for a long time disappeared mysteriously, just like a person who did good deeds without leaving a name. The active Lei Feng is silently cleaning the low-Earth orbit.

"Where?! Why did 'Ye Xiao 3' deviate from its original orbit! I can only barely confirm the position of 'Ye Xiao 3' through other satellites, Kono-kun! Are you making adjustments?"

Inside the Satellite Control Center of Tanegashima Space Center. Yamashita Shigeaki, who was on duty to monitor his country's satellites, suddenly saw a military spy satellite suddenly leaving its original orbit and approaching the earth.

This is not good news. The sudden and inexplicable approach to the earth means that the possibility of the satellite crashing out of control is increasing. Once it cannot maintain the first cosmic speed. It will fall into the atmosphere involuntarily.

Except for the space shuttle or space return capsule, other man-made objects in outer space can only "crash" after losing speed.

"No, no, no, I'm not 'manipulating' it. 'Ye Xiao 3' has been malfunctioning since it disappeared last time. It was only two months ago that the link was barely restored. Maybe the malfunction has recurred."

Shuyan Kono, a satellite communications and control expert not far away, perked up after hearing this. He immediately approached his computer monitor, adjusted his glasses, and quickly typed on the keyboard to confirm the satellite that suddenly went out of control. Start contacting them.

The spy satellite lost control seven months ago, and why?

Well, it’s really unspeakable, and it’s probably the fault of a certain hegemonic country. But he couldn't beat the opponent, and he didn't even have the courage to protest. All I can do is knock out my teeth and swallow blood, bear with it!

The Satellite Control Center on Tanegashima has been trying to restore contact with the lost satellite and regain control. However, ground technical experts have been working hard for several months with no response. It was not until two months ago that it suddenly and miraculously recovered. For some signals, it can barely respond to basic signals and respond to some operating instructions.

"unble-to-"

Looking at the information displayed on the screen, Kono Shuyan pressed the keyboard, shrugged helplessly, and said discouragedly: "There is no way, we lost contact again. It seems that it is really an old fault."

"Well, inform other countries to be careful about this out-of-control satellite. It is a pity to include it on the list of highly dangerous space debris. It is worth 500 million US dollars." [

Yamashita Shigeaki let out a long sigh.

In order to develop aerospace technology, Japan often spends several times more effort than other countries to make a small step forward. This military spy satellite lost control not long after it was put into service. It is really regrettable and helpless.

"Wait a minute, the Americans have just launched a commercial satellite. According to calculations, this commercial satellite will overlap with the orbit of Ye Xiao 3 in 4 hours. This will mean"

Shuyan Kono, a satellite communications and control expert who had just finished pulling out the phone to report the situation to his superiors, was preparing to write an email to notify his colleagues when he suddenly discovered a new identification signal in low-Earth orbit.

He couldn't help but create a new orbital model. After a little calculation, the results were surprising.

"collision!"

Yamashita Shigeaki and Kono Shuyan suddenly stood up in unison and looked at each other.

"Did you calculate correctly? Kono-kun!"

Yamashita Shigeaki first prayed for the friendship of the unlucky commercial company, but Amaterasu was probably not in the service area.

"Uh! There should be nothing wrong. According to the vector model, the probability of collision is as high as 90%, and the error of the impact time will not exceed two hours."

Kono Shuyan lowered his head and continued to type on the keyboard. He calculated nervously for a while and once again confirmed the judgment he had just calculated.

"Okay, report this result to ns!"

Yamashita Shigeaki could only regret it and reluctantly accepted the result.

It was not Japan that suffered the loss anyway, the collision was purely an accident. The Satellite Control Center on Tanegashima was also helpless, and the commercial company that launched the satellite through the Kennedy Space Launch Center in the United States could only admit that it was unlucky.

News from Japan arrived at the Kennedy Space Launch Center in the United States immediately, and alarmed NS at the same time.

This was a real-money commercial launch, and the U.S. aerospace department was naturally responsible for it. The control center immediately became busy monitoring the out-of-control military spy satellite "Ye Xiao 3".

"Collision countdown, 3 hours and 15 minutes, 'Night Owl 3' begins to accelerate and begins to correct the collision time. A collision will occur in 1 hour and 9 minutes, start remote control avoidance now!"

"The trajectory is being adjusted. The fuel remaining is 99%, deviating by 3 degrees! Uh, the trajectories overlap again! This. What on earth is going on?"

"It's all the Japanese's fault. That shit shouldn't be called 'Night Owl', it should be called 'Kamikaze'. What's the name of the satellite? It's called a guide. Continue to evade! Accelerate and reach the first cosmic speed as soon as possible. As long as it exceeds The orbit of 'Night Owl 3' can be successfully avoided."

"Okay, let's get out of the way and notify Hudall TV and Telephone that the Mesopotamia satellite that was just launched has run into a little trouble. Reassure them, we'll be there soon." Once it is done, tell the satellite manufacturer and ask them to help quickly. If the launch fails, they will go bankrupt."

After all, ns and the Kennedy Space Launch Center are not just collecting money and doing nothing. Even if the launch vehicle is sent to the sky, they will be done. After charging a high fee, they must also ensure services such as communication and assistance with control. Only after the satellite has completely entered the designated orbit will most of the work of the space center be officially completed.

The data being tracked by the Kennedy Space Launch Center and the Tanegashima Space Center also appear in the computer processing systems inside the two huge man-made objects in outer space.

The "Mesopotamia" satellite, which is shaped like a luxury bus, has deployed two pairs of dark blue solar panels. It is meticulously executing ground attitude adjustment signals to avoid possible collisions.

However, to everyone's surprise, the out-of-control Japanese military spy satellite "Ye Xiao 3" seemed to have identified the commercial satellite that had just entered outer space. No matter how it evaded it, it could not escape the fact that the distance between the two parties was getting closer. reality.

This huge commercial satellite began to change its appearance, and a slender square bar nearly two meters long stretched out from the inside and pointed it in a certain direction in the dark starry sky.

"Locked target, named 'Ye Xiao 3', orbit altitude distance 47 kilometers, speed difference 07 kilometers per second, collision is expected to occur in 45 minutes, confirmed threat level 7, activate attack system, particle beam cannon begins to calibrate group processor failure , system performance decreased by 19%, warning, hardware system failure occurred, group b processor failed, group processor started hardware restart, activated the second backup system, the main system completely failed, unable to boot the system, the second backup system failed, the third backup System failure, shutdown”

The "Mesopotamia" satellite, which is in orbit at an altitude of 351 kilometers above the earth, went through a series of internal system changes unknown to the outside world and responded with the ground control center.

The signal lights that were still flashing on the surface suddenly went out, and the satellites that were still in some operating state completely died, like a coffin that had lost its life.

"We lost contact with the Mesopotamia satellite and entered a drifting state. Damn it, what happened? Is it a solar storm?"

"Sorry, Director Michus, there are no forecasts of solar storms arriving on Earth recently."

"Is losing control also contagious? Communications team, repair the connection immediately, increase the antenna output power, and open the backup communication channel. Damn it, Larry, help me take notes and prepare a report. I want to report to Mr. Bollen this matter."

The control center at the Kennedy Space Center began to get busy.

Although satellites may encounter various accidents after being sent into space, there is no sign of what happened today, and there is an evil atmosphere.

"That commercial satellite also went out of control?"

In the satellite control center duty team at Japan's Tanegashima Space Center, Yamashita Shigeaki and his colleagues looked at each other, obviously in disbelief. The satellite that had just been launched could not escape the fate of being the backer. It lost control at this juncture. It was really unlucky. Absolutely.

Against the background of the bright blue earth, a cylindrical satellite with flashing light spots was slowly approaching a satellite whose lights were completely extinguished, as if it had been scrapped. The flight speeds of the two parties were getting closer and closer, even to the point of being relatively stationary.

It is hard to imagine that this satellite that stalled not long ago is actually the brand-new satellite "Mesopotamia" that has just launched into space and will officially enter the designated orbit in a week.

According to the manufacturer's design life, it can work non-stop for at least 30 years.

The surface of the cylindrical satellite approaching with evil intentions is undergoing drastic changes. A large number of complex components emerge, are constantly activated and moved.

Six gaps suddenly opened on the surface of the cylinder, opening wider and wider, slowly blooming like a piranha.

"Food Harvest"

The moment the two satellites were about to come into contact, the six-petaled component suddenly enveloped the stalled satellite.

A large number of components of various shapes swarmed over the

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