Eight hundred and eighty seventh chapter starry (thirty-two)
"There are only three cores in the master mold we created, so there is absolutely no room for error in the launch..."
General Ross looked at the old general standing on the stage. The old general said in a sonorous tone: "In the past five years, we have invested countless manpower and material resources, and finally created the core of the mother model and the ability to launch it to
Launching device near the sun..."
When he said this, Ross noticed that the expressions of the two generals in the front row became a little uncomfortable.
In fact, Ross also knew what was going on.
The Red Manlan Project is said to be extermination, but in fact it is nothing more than using super weapons as bargaining chips to negotiate with mutants.
At that time, Professor
However, five years ago, humans were struggling to even launch a probe to Mars. At that time, it was impossible to develop a launch device that could directly reach the sun.
The Red Gate Orchid Project was proposed under this technical background. At that time, the upper limit of the military's imagination of the radiation range of weapons was the solar system.
At that time, they thought that as long as they could deploy a super weapon near the sun, they would be able to solve the mutant problem once and for all.
In the first three years of five years, they spent countless wealth and pooled the military expenditures of the three armies, and finally managed to build this ridiculously expensive equipment.
To talk about why it is so expensive, we have to start with the so-called core of the master mold.
The "Mother Model" is a super artificial intelligence developed by the military. The military used various means to force many scientists who mastered technology to hand over their technologies, and used these technologies to develop a super artificial intelligence.
However, even the scientists they can find who study artificial intelligence combined are not as good as Stark alone. Therefore, this super artificial intelligence is not as good as Jarvis. It has a fatal flaw, that is, it requires a special person.
core to carry its powerful computing core.
Although this special core does not look big in the design drawing, it also depends on the size of the entire Hongmenlan base.
In the design, the Red Gate Orchid base should hover stably near the sun, with a volume about one percent of the size of the Earth.
The core installed inside the base is about the same height as a twenty-story building, and most of the parts require vibranium.
At that time, vibranium was so expensive that the military tearfully dug out their old guns and managed to create three cores, two of which were simplified versions.
Many people know what happened next. About three years ago, Schiller came to this world, and then the earth was like a wild horse running wildly towards an unknown road.
Schiller stepped on the accelerator, and mankind accelerated into the cosmic era. The Iron Demon accelerated again, and the entire solar system became human territory within reach.
The military never dreamed that their grand plan would look like a clown now.
At the beginning, they were very farsighted. According to the speed of human development, it would take at least hundreds or thousands of years to touch the sun. As long as they can use leading technology to build a base near the sun, they can not only threaten mutants, but also
More ambitions can be realized.
Driven by such motivation, the U.S. military has exploded with endless potential, especially the Tartu faction. Their philosophy has always been "the army, more than the army."
This plan, which had been running smoothly for the past three years, was like a giant gold-swallowing beast, but at least it was progressing relatively smoothly. The core was built and the launcher was successfully completed. Then, the Iron Demon arrived.
From then on, Stark, who suffered from severe paranoia, seemed to have suddenly enlightened, and began to use his technology for free.
It doesn't matter if the rocket can't fly. If you drop it the day before, you can get a series of design drawings gifted by nature the next day. It doesn't matter if the satellite orbit is unstable. You are only responsible for sending it up, and someone will naturally maintain it for you.
In the next time, Stark will incarnate tens of billions to subsidize Stodo. Regardless of whether you have the ability to explore space, as long as you want to explore, I will solve the technical problems.
After the arrival of the Schiller Iron Curtain, most other countries also saw clearly that if they did not rush forward to grab the cake, they would have to eat the dregs from behind. With the global enthusiasm for spaceflight erupting violently, one month to land on the moon,
Three months of Mars exploration, half a year of solar energy development...
In just over a year, human civilization's attitude towards the solar system has undergone tremendous changes. Before, I belonged to the solar system, but now, the solar system belongs to me.
In this case, it is quite novel to throw something around the sun, but now the countries on the earth have either already thrown it or are planning to throw it. Even if you can fix it there, sooner or later everyone can
, if you dare to open fire, no one will get better.
What makes the military even more distressed is that when they first built those cores, the price of vibranium was at a high point. To prevent themselves from being affected by the price increase, they stocked up a lot.
But now, due to the popularization of molten steel, the cost of making the same thing is only one ten thousandth.
Moreover, due to the explosive growth of technology, there is a generation gap between the technology about five years ago and now. This means that they are only now confident that they can send launch and transportation devices that are several generations behind into the intended orbit.
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Moreover, we are not completely sure yet. We still have to rely on Ross to ask his daughter for information about the vicinity of Mercury to prevent him from being shot down by the guard weapons of the Mercury base.
In this way, the military became a pioneer in human exploration of the solar system. It is not accurate to say that it is a pioneer. It was first, but it was not successful.
It is also human nature to chase the rise and kill the fall. The military's launch this time is also to rush a duck to the shelves. If it is launched now, it can win over the forces who are opposed to mutants participating in the solar system construction plan and win their favor, so as to gain more support in the future.
Thinking of this, Ross raised his head and glanced at the image of the transporter played on the screen. He had to admit that compared with the pile of slightly sci-fi equipment that humans have now, this thing is a bit too outdated. Now launch it.
, was discovered by other countries, and I thought Russia had started archeology again.
But now that the matter has come to this, we can only bite the bullet. At least, after launching it, we will have one more bargaining chip with the mutants, and we may be able to recover some losses from them.
Ross thought ferociously that when the time came to negotiate with those nasty mutants, they would have to bleed heavily. Otherwise, how could the military recover its losses?
On the day of the launch, New York was cloudless. All the generals were waiting at the launch center. Standing behind the high-rise glass curtain wall, looking at the large screen monitoring the launch, a researcher came over and said:
"We have launched the satellite in advance and are monitoring the status of the equipment near the flight track. When the rocket takes off successfully, the generals will be able to see the flight trajectory of the equipment..."
The leading old general nodded and looked at the screen again. The countdown was completed and the rocket blasted off.
Although it is not a very leading technology in this era, it is completely different from traditional rockets. The ignition process is shorter, but the speed is faster. Almost in an instant, the rocket is no longer on the screen.
The screen switched to the sky above the earth, and the figures of rockets flying in the distance made several young generals feel excited, but the more mature generals standing in the front row frowned, and they said:
"What is that thing in the upper right corner of the screen? Is the screen dirty? ... It doesn't seem to be the case. Why is it still moving?"
"That... looks like a ball? Did I see it wrong? Why does it still seem to be glowing?"
"Rocket! The rocket flew towards the ball! No, that ball should be blocking the rocket's trajectory. Move it away!!!!"
With the last roar, the screen briefly lit up for a moment. As it gradually extinguished, the explosion light lit up and rocket fragments flew everywhere.
For an instant, the fire light illuminated the dark night sky, and the stars in the universe were shining brightly at this moment.
"what happened!!!!"
The leading old general roared: "What did the rocket hit?! Why did it disintegrate?! Why didn't the equipment break away in advance?!"
Soon, a pale-faced researcher ran over and said: "Hug... I'm sorry! Mr. Admiral! There is a piece of space junk that we have not detected. It may be left behind by rockets launched by various countries before..."
"This space junk is compressed by some special equipment. Its own gravity is abnormal, so our equipment did not escape safely, so... so..."
The old general stared at him angrily and said: "You want to say that the core we spent a lot of money to make has been completely destroyed??!!"
The researcher's legs began to tremble, but in the end, he gritted his teeth and nodded and said: "Yes... but fortunately, we originally wanted to launch a streamlined version of the pathfinder first, so the loss is not
The complete core, the most important core, has not been launched yet..."
The old general's face looked a little better, but he still said with a dark face: "If this happens again, you should know what the consequences will be. The Hongmenlan Project will never allow failure, and continue to prepare for launch!"
After another week or so of preparation, the rocket was launched again. This time it successfully approached Mercury according to its planned orbit, and then moved closer to the sun.
When this scene was monitored, the generals' expressions finally improved. Ross heard his colleagues beside him whisper: "We have all launched to this location. There should be no problem, right?"
"Is the equipment ready to be deployed? I think this distance should be just right. Look, there is the Mercury base..."
"The equipment is out of the warehouse, hurry, hurry, hurry! Deploy it quickly! As long as the base can be anchored, the plan will be more than half successful..."
Amidst whispers, the last shell of the launch module fell off, and the equipment was ready to be deployed in place.
Just when everything was going smoothly, an eye-catching laser appeared out of thin air, seeming to cut the screen in half.
The generals instinctively covered their eyes with their arms, and when they opened them again, the equipment that had been initially deployed had disappeared.
Everyone was stunned. After a while, the researcher shouted: "We were attacked by unknown weapons!!! Someone destroyed our research equipment!! This is an attack! This is an attack!!"
"What's going on?!" the old general roared: "Who attacked our equipment?! Is it Stark?! Contact him immediately!!"
After a while, the researcher ran up and said: "General, our equipment was attacked by an unknown weapon. According to observations, it was not Stark's equipment. The defensive weapons on the Mercury base were not activated at all..."
Ross hurriedly stepped forward and said: "It can't be a defensive weapon over the Mercury base. We have obtained the authorization code in advance and avoided the output range of the main weapon. There is no way it can be shot down silently..."
"Then what do you think is going on?!" The old general's chest kept rising and falling, and he had lost his mind a little.
After all, as the proposer and executor of this plan, he knew better than anyone how much money they had lost in those few seconds.
"Find out who started the fire!!!" The old general's voice almost broke through the glass curtain wall. He said: "We will definitely make them pay and let them know what stupid thing they did!!!"
"Yes, they must pay ten times and a hundred times the price for this!!" someone agreed.
"Go find it immediately! Find who did it!!"
"We will declare war on them!!!"
At this time, another researcher ran over and said:
"According to the signal sent back by the black box, the energy fluctuation of the weapon that destroyed the equipment is very similar to the Rainbow Bridge that appeared on Earth before. It is suspected to be a weapon of the Asgard fleet..."
The generals who had just been filled with righteous indignation fell silent for a moment.