On the screen in front of Tang Xiao, a giant mining spacecraft at least 1,500 meters long was slowly sailing in the asteroid belt, and dozens of mining drones were moving in and out.
This kind of mining drone has a very small body, but it has four mechanical claws that are more than 20 meters long. They fly to those asteroids, directly grab the asteroid with their long mechanical claws, and then bring the whole thing back to the mining spacecraft
among.
The refining equipment built into the mining spacecraft will directly crush the asteroid finely, then extract the minerals from it, and throw the remaining impurities directly into space.
"This giant mining spacecraft was purchased by us through the Technology Alliance. It is a brand-new spacecraft. It will then be leased to the Fourth Group for use, and the rent will also be mortgaged with 30% of the production capacity of the spacecraft." said the Muen man.
"Can this solve our current resource problem?" Tang Xiao asked Xu Yan.
"As long as the construction of the mine can keep up, there will be no problem at all. Because in the Endor galaxy, there is an ocean planet that can mine a lot of resources. In addition, the resource reserves of several other satellites are not as large as
It is not a planet, but it is also very impressive. It can be said that the Endor Galaxy is a unique place!" Xu Yan said excitedly.
If it weren't for this unique place, the Galaxy Empire would not regard this place as a secret base in the future and build Death Star 2 here. Tang Xiao thought to himself.
This was not the first time he heard this statement, and he felt deeply convinced.
After finishing his inspection of the United Mining Group, Tang Xiao stopped by the direction of the interstellar shipyard and took a look. The Fourth Civilization now has two destroyer shipyards that can build spaceships under 150 meters. One is under construction; five can build 50 meters.
Three of the frigate docks for the following spacecraft are under construction.
In addition, the production lines of fighter jets were also built independently. Five of them were built in space, and the remaining five production lines were built on the Dawn Planet but have not yet been completed. Counting the production line in the mothership that can produce two fighter jets at the same time.
, the Fourth Civilization will soon have the ability to build 10 fighter jets at the same time.
Among these space projects, the engineering ships of the Traders Emergency Alliance have begun to be used. This engineering ship is 43 meters long, carries a large number of engineering machinery, and has enough horsepower to drag a large amount of raw materials behind the spacecraft for construction. The spacecraft
There is a very flexible large-scale robotic arm at the top and bottom that can be used for construction.
This kind of engineering ship is a perfect match with the SCV. The engineering ship is responsible for the construction of large parts, and the SCV is responsible for the processing and installation of fine parts.
Although SCVs are ground units in the game "StarCraft", in fact, this kind of engineering mecha was originally designed for use in space. It is a fully closed self-circulating machine with a small power engine.
Engineering mecha.
Tang Xiao came all the way to the scientific research space station. Now the original engineering research space station and physics research space station have undergone extensive expansion and become two irregular space buildings.
But this kind of expansion is not endless. After all, the original design was not like this. Continued expansion will only make the structure of the space station extremely complicated and reduce efficiency.
So when Tang Xiao came to Professor Chi, old man Chi Jianjun directly handed him a large-scale construction plan-a scientific research center.
This kind of scientific research center is roughly a circular space building with a diameter of 1,000 meters and a height of more than 2,000 meters. There are also many ancillary buildings that can accommodate a scientific research team of more than 2,000 people to work and live in it. It is also equipped with complete experimental equipment, which can
Conduct various scientific research experiments.
Tang Xiao frowned and asked: "Mr. Chi, although I understand the need for the current scientific research project team to expand, but this scientific research building... is too exaggerated? Even if it is built, we still don't have the ability to make it fully operational.
ah."
"This building is part of the technology tree of the Traders' Emergency Alliance. With the TEC engineering ship, we now have no technical problems in building this large-scale scientific research center." Professor Chi said with a smile.
"but……"
As soon as Tang Xiao finished speaking, he was interrupted by Professor Chi raising his hand, "Manager, this is what I want to tell you."
"Tell me." Tang Xiao is a person who always follows good deeds. Since Professor Chi said this, he must have his own profound meaning.
"Size." Chi Jianjun spat out two words.
"Size?"
"That's right, size." Chi Jianjun nodded, "Now the development of our fourth civilization can be said to be making rapid progress. We have powerful star fighters, Revenge-class light destroyers, and Hammer-class light frigates.
Cobalt alloy-class heavy frigates are also under construction. We even have complete resource collection, industrial production lines and agricultural systems."
Tang Xiao nodded and said, "Yes, this is also something I am proud of."
"So what do you think is the difference between our fourth civilization? Why can't we compare with the Galactic Republic, and why do we still pretend to be grandsons in front of the Damask Holding Group?"
Tang Xiao frowned, "You want to say, size?"
"That's right, size." Chi Jianjun nodded, "What determines the strength of our fourth civilization now is not how advanced our technology is, but our size. Because don't forget, even if there is
After many achievements, the current fourth civilization has a total population of less than 50,000 people.
But did you know? Our cobalt alloy-class heavy frigate that is about to enter service requires a crew of 75 people. Even if B-1 robots can be used to replace humans, it will cause more problems.
Size is the most important issue for us now."
Tang Xiao nodded, "So you came up with the plan for this scientific research center just to tell me that although such a scientific research center is beautiful and the technical threshold is not high, it is not usable with our current size?"
Professor Chi Jianjun smiled and shook his head, "No, I really want this..."
Poof~~~! Tang Xiao didn't hold back for a moment and spit out a mouthful of tea.
"Hahahaha..." Seeing Tang Xiao's appearance, Chi Jianjun smiled kindly, as if he was looking at his thriving younger generation, "Manager, now the fourth civilization is constantly blooming.
, our brains should also be more powerful."
"Are you talking about me?" Tang Xiao asked.
"Your brain alone is far from enough. Can you make suggestions to the scientific research department in terms of technology? Can you make suggestions to Gulagham in terms of people's livelihood? He came to your office to complain to you that the food production is not enough. What else can you do?
Isn’t it just a blank stare?” Professor Chi asked back.