Star Survival: The Rise of the Fourth Scourge

"Open the star map and take a look..."

Blue light flashed, and a holographic screen appeared in front of Li Meng.

It was a star map with the logo of the S-01888 star system on it.

Each shining star represents a star system.

Lighted means that it has been explored, dark gray means that it has not been explored.

There are two steps to exploring the stars.

The first step is to determine the orientation of the star based on optical equipment and then calculate the approximate distance.

Without navigation beacons, ships cannot jump accurately.

Most of the time, ships will use sublight engines to travel once they arrive near a star system.

Once it sails into a star system, it can use the gravity wells of stars and planets to make precise jumps.

The mineral resources of the illuminated star systems have been surveyed, a process that often takes several months.

Every planet, moon, and asteroid belt has been effectively explored.

Of course, it is impractical to fully explore mineral resources.

Most of the high-quality minerals are in the deep layers of the planet, and the mineral scanning array can penetrate the strata nearly a kilometer deep at most.

There is little that can be done any further, and exploration outposts must be built to explore for mineral resources in deeper layers.

In order not to waste too much time on exploration.

The mineral exploration of the star system is only a rough exploration of the distribution of mineral resources in the star system.

Ordinary metallic minerals are common in the universe.

For example, the metal minerals needed for the empire's ceramic steel and plastic steel can be found everywhere in the star system.

Although the resources of the universe are limited, they are close to infinite because of their large size.

There is no problem in feeding billions of people relying solely on the mineral resources in the S-01888 star.

Of course, due to lack of water resources and difficulty in obtaining them, the cost of feeding billions of people is too high.

The S-01888 star system is suitable for mining, but not for colonization.

Now the Ark has been built and hundreds of thousands of people live in it.

The annual new population is probably between 20,000 and 30,000.

Li Meng had thought about putting the Ark in the fault space and letting the people of the empire work hard.

But after thinking about it, let it go. As the regent, he should not use his people as reproductive tools.

Moreover, fault space is in subspace after all.

Although protected by psychic barriers, the human spirit will be affected to some extent.

Only slave workers who have had part of their brain tissue removed can work there for a long time without being affected.

The Temple is under construction. Even if there is a time gap space, the construction period will not be less than five years.

How to seamlessly weld Sikkim modules is a technical task and the process is very cumbersome.

At present, except for the Temple project, all other projects in the empire have been completed.

It’s time to branch out…

but……

As he watched, Li Meng suddenly realized a problem.

That is, the Empire has no engineering ships.

The STC construction module on the Yuanxing has been dismantled and is not suitable for use as an industrial base.

If you want to develop outward and build various mining bases and space stations, engineering ships are indispensable.

Thinking of this, Li Meng said: "001, inform Donald and ask him to design an engineering ship. The indicators are as follows: it must be large, the length cannot be less than 2 kilometers, it must have complete industrial capabilities, and its production efficiency cannot be lower than STC 20% of the construction modules must have the ability to enter and exit the atmosphere, take off and land on planets, sail in subspace, and be able to accommodate at least 50 "Iron Slaves" mining boats, 1,000 mining machines, and 1,000 engineering machines. "

With the "Firestorm-class" escort ship, the E-class fusion reactor, E-class plasma thruster, E-class subspace engine, E-class Geller force field, E-class void shield, and corresponding weapons and energy transmission pipelines are unlocked. science and technology.

With these technologies, the Adeptus Mechanicus can design civilian ships with relative freedom.

"Also, design a transport ship with the following indicators: the length must not be less than two kilometers, it must have the ability to sail in subspace, and it must have the ability to take off and land on the planet. The cargo compartment must be modular and can ship any type according to demand. The cargo, including troops and armored vehicles, must have certain self-defense capabilities, and the firepower does not need to be too strong, but ship weapons cannot be eliminated.”

Among all the warships in the empire, except for some special ships, only the escort-class ships have the ability to take off and land on the surface of the planet.

Anti-gravity devices are also standard equipment for escort ships, but they are too fiddly.

After all, the larger the battleship is, the greater its mass will be, and the greater the impact it will be affected by the planet's gravity.

Imperial warships will not attempt to enter the atmosphere unless absolutely necessary.

001: "The order has been conveyed, and Donald the Great Sage of Science and Technology replied that the ship data will be released in two months."

The ship is no different than the Ark, which has a simpler design.

The STC Data Terminal only designed the hull structure of the Ark, and the technology priests participated in the design of the internal details.

And this process will not take less than half a year.

When construction of the Ark began, its plans were not yet complete.

It is built and designed at the same time.

"By the way, let me ask Donald again, have you got the coordinate data of the "UNSC" base camp?"

This time the "UNSC" fleet suffered heavy losses. Only one-third of the warships were successfully evacuated, and the other warships became metal wrecks in the universe.

After the war, the Adeptus Mechanicus salvaged a relatively complete Steadfast-class frigate.

If you can crack the battleship database, you can get the location of the "UNSC" base camp.

001: "The ship terminal data has been deleted, and the chip has been physically destroyed. Donald Technology Sage replied that he is trying to repair it, but there is no guarantee that it will be successful. It will take some time."

Obviously, it may be impossible to obtain the coordinates of the "UNSC" base camp from those metal debris.

He was not disappointed. This answer was within Li Meng's expectation.

If it were him, knowing that the other party didn't know where his base camp was,

A self-destruct program will also be designed. Once the ship is destroyed, all data will be cleared and the chip will need to be physically destroyed.

In this way, even if the war fails, the enemy will not be able to easily find the location of his base camp.

The universe is so big that even if the other party is within thirty light years, it is not easy to find it.

If you can't find it, you can't find it...

Li Meng didn't pay too much attention to the "UNSC" attack this time.

It's like a child sneaking a punch at an adult. Although he hit, his hand was swollen, and then he ran away secretly.

The adults will remember him and deal with him the next time they meet him.

There is no need to seek revenge on the streets.

"call……"

Taking a deep breath, Li Meng looked thoughtful.

The next thing to do is much simpler, explore outwards and find more valuable star systems.