Casio, P9 employee of Maga Company and director of the Prometheus Research Center of the experimental base, sat in the "interrogation room".
He probably knew that he was on a torch spacecraft. Only a torch spacecraft could achieve a cruise acceleration of nearly one-tenth of gravity.
The design of this kind of spacecraft uses the acceleration of the spacecraft's main engine to simulate gravity.
In other words, there must be a powerful terawatt-level reactor and a terawatt-level engine adapted to the reactor under the butt.
Casio guessed at the identity of the group of people who attacked him.
Could it be that a rival company finally took action?
At this moment, his interrogator opened the door and came in.
Seeing the man's gait, Casio was so surprised that he couldn't open his mouth from ear to ear.
In outer space, only a group of people still subconsciously maintain this gait under gravity conditions: a stride length of nearly three-quarters of a meter, chest high and head raised.
Interrogator: "Then what benefits can you gain by moving this system to the spacecraft?"
"This question is funny... don't hit me! The reason is very simple. Think about the regulations of their Space Force. After three years of space flight, you need to take a three-month vacation on the ground. Human beings are originally a species on the earth and are not suitable for it.
universe.
At this time, Casio, who had lost two teeth in a row, had his mouth exploded with pain. The piercing pain reminded him that the space force in front of him was really not the civilized space force.
Casio shook his head. He was extremely nervous just now, but now he even had time to tease the interrogator: "No, no, no robber would have such a straight back when sitting down. They usually sit like this."
"You still say no?"
"In fact, the biggest obstacle to improving the performance of combat craft is the 'wetware' of humans themselves. But there are problems with unmanned combat craft. There are too many accidents in space flight, especially in combat. Almost all of them are accidents. Artificial intelligence
All it can deal with are the accidents it encounters in the learning process.
The interrogator sneered: "That's right. In fact, among the records we seized, we also found the complete battle records of the most famous pirate king, Gila Milaire, including almost every battle he participated in."
Casio: "First, we hope that the humanoid spacecraft can reduce the mental impact of the external brain-computer interface on the driver. Second, we hope that the humanoid body can use the mass autonomous movement method to turn the body, just like the trained
Just like experienced Space Force personnel do in weightlessness.”
"In the world outside that, prosthetic technology is civilian technology. In the past, a built-in neural chip was needed to control the prosthesis. This surgery is not cheap, but it is cheaper than regenerating an amputated limb. But the external brain-computer interface allows
Prosthetics become radically cheap technology."
Interrogator: "Do you believe it now? Don't toast or eat as a penalty. Tell me your question honestly!"
"Then, if humans, the wetware, are more thoroughly connected into the system, wouldn't it improve the performance of the wetware?"
"The benefits are obvious. The information processing efficiency of the brain-computer interface is an order of magnitude higher than the current instrument panel. No, more than an order of magnitude. If a pilot can really control this system, he will definitely be able to explode with amazing combat effectiveness.
He tremblingly confessed: "I am a P9 employee of Maga Company and the director of the scientific research center of Prometheus Experimental Base, Casio."
The interrogator continued to pound the table: "Is your humanoid machine a special machine prepared for Gila Mirel?"
Just by looking at this gait, Casio knew who had caught him.
The next moment, the interrogator punched the spot where Casio had just pointed, causing his entire face to tilt to the side, his neck almost breaking, a white tooth flying out, and a thread of blood on his back.
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At this time, the interrogator sat across from Casio and introduced himself in a serious manner: "My name is Dahei, and I am a robber."
Interrogator: "You got Lieutenant Wang Ping'an's battle record so quickly."
"And according to the current analysis of actual combat records, survival in battle mainly depends on not being hit. We have your latest ace, the one named Wang Ping'an. He has avoided all ballistic attacks with hit delay, including magnetic rails.
Cannons and plasma cannons.
"The same goes for your other aces. So we believe that in high-end battles, what you need to worry about is laser weapons that hit immediately when fired, but require continuous irradiation to cause damage."
The moment he found out, he breathed a sigh of relief.
Interrogator: "External brain-computer interface? Is it the technology used in virtual entertainment?"
Casio immediately demonstrated the standard sitting posture of a robber: swaying with his legs wide open and his feet up on the table.
The interrogator asked: "Which middleman?"
"No, what we got was the battle records from the pirates. After careful classification, we extracted Lieutenant Wang Pingan observed in the records of different pirates, and then summarized his battle process."
The strong man in power armor immediately shook his fist.
Interrogator: "Why do so many people go crazy when operating a spaceship?"
Interrogator: "So your base is a good base that works for the welfare of society? Then how do you explain the large number of anti-human experiment records we found in your materials?"
At this time, the strong man wearing a powered exoskeleton patted the interrogator on the shoulder: "You forgot, we are gangsters."
"I...I don't know."
After saying that, he turned around and punched Casio on the left side of his face.
"Because what we are testing here is using external brain-computer interface technology to operate the spacecraft. This experiment is particularly easy to drive people crazy. In fact, we have consumed 513 groups of experimental personnel, and the initial D-class personnel have been used up.
, the latest experiment was conducted by a brave couple of experimenters from our side.
"Of course, they are all low-level employees and consumables. Moreover, they voluntarily conducted experiments not to explore the unknown, but to seek the high rewards of being promoted to two levels!"
The interrogator made a gesture, and the strong exoskeleton man took a step back, but still looked at Casio maliciously, as if he was looking forward to the moment when he could be used as a punching bag.
"And through the external brain-computer interface, combined with the spacecraft's sensors, even the information that has been 'polished' by the computer exceeds the understanding of the human brain and exceeds human common sense, so the seal is normal."
The interrogator also emphasized the word "robber".
Interrogator: "I understand. Then why is your spaceship humanoid?"
Suddenly, the interrogator slammed the table and roared:
"Is Maga Company the financial backer behind the pirates?"
"What I want to ask is, even if your test is successful, that humanoid machine can really turn around using its own mass movement method, and it can really process complex information and respond at ultra-high speeds. Can the improvements brought about by these make up for the loss?
Are there any negative effects from the reduction of the overall structure?”
"Yes, that's it! It's also used in mechanical prostheses for disabled people. Your Space Force... no, no! Their Space Force generally uses amputated limb regeneration and transplantation technology, so they can't use it. But you... theirs
Technology is very expensive, and only ordinary people in society like them can afford it.
While he was talking, a strong man wearing a combat exoskeleton came in and showed Casio that the powered exoskeleton really had a fist as big as a sandbag.
Casio was terrified.
Interrogator: "I was a soldier before I became a robber. This is my habit. I am really a robber. You'd better be smarter!"
Interrogator: "Then did you succeed?"
Casio shrank in fright, and then hesitantly said: "This... I don't know why the company has records of Gila Mirel. But the pirates use everything in exchange for money, maybe it's
Their owners took the initiative to sell to middlemen."
"Research, research..."
Casio was obviously deflated: "Obviously, no."
Casio: "Our principles are different from yours. For the company, the loss of money when a mercenary dies is relatively small. So survivability is not a very important thing - in the view of the board of directors.
When Casio heard the other party's speech, which seemed to have "I am a Space Force" written on his forehead, his long-standing impression of the Space Force calmed down his shocked heart. He continued to joke: "Robbers don't speak in such formal terms.
Well, comrades of the Space Force, I have to wait for my lawyer to arrive, and then I will file a complaint against you... Pfft!"
The interrogator punched him again, and another white tooth flew out and fell to the ground under the simulated gravity of one-tenth of the standard gravity.
Casio exclaimed: "I confess! I just didn't finish what I said! Damn it, I just didn't finish what I said! I'm not being sarcastic! I'm researching external brain-computer interfaces!"
The interrogator continued to ask: "According to our tests and computer simulations, the structural strength of your humanoid machine is 90% weaker than that of a combat boat. Basically, if it is hit by a live bullet from a combat boat-level electromagnetic gun, it will completely lose its combat effectiveness. If
The cockpit was hit, and the two pilots' survival rate was zero.
"No, absolutely not!"
"Soldier, no robber will threaten someone with 'You better be smarter', they will hit you directly. Just like this, punch me here, and in an instant I will tell you with my carefully maintained white teeth.
Bye now!"
"What do you mainly do there?"
Interrogator: "Humans generally have 28 to 32 permanent teeth. I hope you can understand the current situation before you lose all your permanent teeth and become a toothless grandfather. If pulling out all your teeth cannot do this,
Let’s try it on our fingers.”
"I confess, I confess!" Casio roared.
So the fist stopped only 0.01 centimeters away from his cheek, and the wind caused Casio's hair to be messed up.
Casio was in shock and continued to shout in order to save his life: "The board of directors believes that Gila Mirel is a new generation of human beings who have adapted to the universe! He should be able to use a brain-computer interface to control the spacecraft! We developed the brain-computer interface and new machine just for this.