The Endor system, the fourth moon in the outer orbit of the gas giant planet Endor, Dor.
This is a satellite made almost entirely of metal, with a diameter of 1,144 kilometers and an estimated weight of about 342 trillion tons (equivalent to 3.42 followed by 20 zeros). In simple terms, Dole’s diameter is about
It is one-third that of the moon, but its mass is 500 times that of the moon!
According to expert inspections and scans on the Glory mothership, it was found that Dole is rich in various metals, rare metals, and even natural alloys formed under extreme natural conditions!
It is estimated that if the entire planet Dole is completely mined, the resources produced will even allow the largest spacecraft manufacturer in the Galactic Republic, Quat Dynamic Shipyard, to operate non-stop for 10 years!
Tang Xiao took a spaceship to the outer orbit of the planet Dole. He did not go down to the planet's surface, but observed the planet through the portholes and optical sensors.
Standing behind him is a middle-aged man in his 40s, wearing a suit and behaving well. His name is Xu Yan, a master mining expert, and now has another title - President of United Mining Group.
United Mining Group is a group company jointly registered by the Fourth Group and Damask Holding Group. It is currently responsible for mining in the Endor system.
In fact, after learning about the rich resource reserves on the planet Dole, even Hego Damask II, a powerful man even in the Interstellar Banking Association, was extremely excited. At the same time, he was also very interested in the selfless management of the planet.
Tang Xiao trusted Tang Xiao even more when such a resource was shared with him.
So he directly raised 200 million from Damask Holding Group and founded the United Mining Group with the Fourth Group. Tang Xiao didn't pay a penny, and the main core and senior management of the group were his people, and he also owned 70% of the entire group.
of shares.
At this time, Xu Yan was explaining the recent mining plan to Tang Xiao. There were also several Muun people present. They were representatives of the Damask Holding Group and are now senior executives of the United Mining Group.
"Manager, look. At coordinate A, there is the excavation site we originally built on Dole. This is a modular building that was originally stored in the mothership. It is not large in scale. This excavation site is still in operation.
, but the output has become less and less, and we plan to shut it down within six months." Xu Yan said.
“Why the shutdown?”
"Planet Dole is almost entirely a metal planet. After our mining work progressed to 1.8 kilometers underground, the rock formations we encountered were almost all metal. The equipment in this excavation site could not dig it at all." Xu Yan
answer.
Then Xu Yan pointed to another area on the planet. Here, even in orbit, you can clearly see a patch of light, which shows the scale. He said: "This is the second phase of our mining project on the planet Dole.
It has not been completed yet. There are currently 100 SCVs under construction around the clock, but the gravity environment of this planet is very physically demanding for workers. And the B-1 robot cannot work on this planet, Damask Holding Group
They are preparing to send a group of professional mining robots over there."
"How much will the second-phase mining project improve mining efficiency?" Tang Xiao asked.
"According to the continuous expansion of scale, it will be about 10 to 200 times. This is technology from the Traders Emergency Alliance, and it can also be regarded as a planet-level mining base. But for now, this speed is still not enough." Xu Yan said,
Enlarged the screen.
I only saw on the surface of the planet, several huge brackets supporting a super-large drill with a diameter of tens of meters, which was constantly breaking up the ore, and then a nearby transport vehicle followed closely to transport the ore away.
"In our cooperation agreement with Damask Holding Group, doesn't it also include cooperation in a planetary mining base?" Tang Xiao asked, looking at the Muun people on the side.
One of the Muun people nodded politely and replied: "Dear Sir, our engineers came over to investigate and found that our current planet-level mining equipment is also unable to effectively mine the planet Dole, so we are working with Xu
After discussion, Mr. Yan prepared another agreement."
Tang Xiao's eyes turned to Xu Yan.
Xu Yan immediately said: "We are planning to build a large-scale mining space station in the low orbit of the Dole planet, and will later expand this space station into a mining star ring. For subsequent mining work, we will mainly rely on mining lasers to cut the ore.
, and then pulled up directly from the space station through a tractor beam for separation and refining.”
He took out another agreement and said, "For this mining space station and even the mining star ring in the future, we will mainly provide the technology, and Damask Holding Group will be responsible for the construction."
The Muun man next to him added: "The engineering team we have may not be the most advanced, but it is completely possible to build such a large space building. In addition to this large mining space station, we will also assist you in building two
Comprehensive shipyard.”
"Comprehensive shipyard?" Tang Xiao was a little unfamiliar with this project.
Xu Yan quickly explained: "This project is still under discussion. The comprehensive shipyard is still a product of the Traders' Emergency Alliance. It is a large shipyard that can be adjusted in size. It can be built as small as 50 meters and as large as 500 meters.
Spaceship. There are still some technologies that the Engineering Science Department has yet to break through, and it is estimated that it will take several months to officially start construction."
Traders Emergency Alliance... Tang Xiao nodded silently. Now the technology tree of "Original Sins of a Solar Empire" has begun to be fully rolled out. Two months ago, the Traders Emergency Alliance and the engineering ship built as TEC were put into use.
Sure enough, on this basis, TEC's technology tree is also climbing rapidly.
This is definitely good news, because the technology tree in "Sins of a Solar Empire" is much more advanced and more comprehensive than "Homeworld".
"In addition, Professor Chi also gave us a mining drone, and we are currently expanding production. We have built a space mine near the asteroid belt, mainly relying on this mining drone for mining." Xu Yan added.
Said, "In the long run, the resources in the asteroid belt are limited, but easy mining can solve our short-term resource shortage problem."
Tang Xiao nodded, now the resource problem of the fourth civilization is very serious. Because a large number of infrastructure equipment including SCVs and TEC engineering ships are put into use, their construction speed is much faster, and resources are needed almost everywhere.
What's more, Tang Xiao personally instructed that all resources should be given priority to the construction of the spacecraft, and the construction of the spacecraft has not stopped at all, which makes the resources even tighter.
Fortunately, the buildings on Dawn Planet still use a large number of reinforced concrete construction, so at least the urban construction has not been slowed down.