Without the threat of deep space civilization, the subsequent fuel collection operations went very smoothly.
Except that the Deep Sky Star is a little smaller than the Sedna Star, the rest of the places are very similar. Its surface is also covered with a thick layer of tholin, and it also has huge oxygen ores, which can easily purify methane.
, fuels such as ethane and oxygen.
Under the operation of the electromagnetic railgun, standard fuel tanks with a mass of more than one hundred tons were continuously sent into space one after another, and then received by the space carrier.
Speaking of the electromagnetic railgun, this was another unexpected gain that surprised Zhao Changxing.
Electromagnetic railguns, like space elevators, are powerful facilities for transporting large quantities of supplies from the ground to space. Although their performance is inferior to those of space elevators, they are much simpler to manufacture than space elevators.
In the future, when technology advances further, a large number of such facilities can be deployed on certain resource planets, and there will no longer be a need to expend huge engineering efforts to build space elevators.
This kind of technology has not been mastered by human civilization before. But now, with the finished product, it will be much easier to master this technology in the future.
Under this situation, the fuel reserves in the space carrier are growing rapidly. The engineer team is also seizing the time to repair the main shaft of the carrier.
At this stage, it is obviously impossible to completely repair the space carrier. But it doesn't matter, people are not thinking about completely repairing it.
The main consequence of damage to the spindle is that it can no longer support the overload pressure of full-power acceleration. For example, if it could accelerate at a maximum speed of 5 centimeters per square second, now it can only accelerate at a maximum speed of 2 centimeters per square second.
The speed has accelerated.
However, by extending the acceleration time, the space carrier can still be accelerated to the required final speed. The time it takes to finally cross the distance between the Deep Space Star and the Sedna Star, which is more than 60 million kilometers, will not differ much.
Under such circumstances, the space carrier stayed at the Deep Sky Star for several more months. After all the preparations were completed, it finally set off on its way home amid the cheers of all the expeditionary force soldiers.
.
Looking at this huge dark red planet, looking at its land riddled with holes due to the war, looking at the space orbit occupied by metal fragments, base debris, interstellar bombs, etc., Zhao Changxing finally left with sighs.
go.
What happened in the past few years seems like a dream when I think about it now.
A civilization perishes and a civilization is reborn.
Before the space carrier set sail for its return journey, the industrial spacecraft from Sedna had already set off.
This spacecraft carries many necessary basic industrial facilities, materials, and related industrial personnel. They will carry out large-scale development operations here on the Deep Space Star, and continuously transport resources produced from the Deep Space Star to
Go to Sedna.
Of course, that will happen later.
At this moment, Sedna.
In Earth City, somewhere in a room that was more spacious and exquisite than other areas, Wang Hong sat blankly in his study, his face pale.
Something happened.
It's obviously only a performance difference of three thousandths! It's obviously just two or three of the thousands of performance indicators. Why is it such a coincidence, why is it so unlucky that it just happened to be exposed?
How could things develop like this?
Now, Chief Executive Sun Weiping is investigating this matter. Now, the expeditionary force led by leader Zhao Changxing has won the war and is on its way back.
Thinking of the outcome he was about to face, Wang Hong trembled all over.
How did things become like this?
Did it start when Lao Li damaged the equipment due to an operating error and was afraid of punishment, so he asked him to take care of it. Then the equipment was repaired secretly and he did not report it for replacement according to the normal process?
Or did it start when Lao Zhang secretly lowered the target for purchasing equipment and secretly divided the saved contribution points?
Of course, I got the largest share that time.
still……?
All these things were obviously done flawlessly and watertight, so why did it happen now?
Wang Hong thought for a long time alone in his study, and finally made up his mind.
"I can't bear the blame for this accident alone! I can't bear the responsibility alone! Lao Li, Lao Zhang, Lao Wang, Section Chief Hong, Director Zhao... everyone has a share! We are all ants on the same rope.
Grasshopper, no one can escape!"
"If you can't escape, then drag more people into the water! At least hundreds of people in the entire industrial system are involved in the case. Everyone has worked hard for so many years, and there is no credit but hard work. Besides, didn't there be no consequences this time? Can leaders really do this?
Are you so ruthless in dealing with so many people? Aren’t you afraid of paralyzing the entire industrial system?”
"This is my bargaining chip! If I hold on to this bargaining chip, I can survive!"
Having made up his mind, Wang Hong immediately picked up the phone.
Time passed slowly. In the vast space, the distance between the space carrier and the Sedna star became shorter and shorter. When several years passed in a hurry, the space carrier finally parked and entered the orbit around the Sedna star, and
When we passed the ferry ship and entered the space terminal base of Space Elevator No. 1, the whole planet began to boil.
Looking at the high-level civilization standing in front of him, looking at this familiar scene, looking at the planet he has lived on for hundreds of years, Zhao Changxing's always tense heart finally let go, and a relaxed smile appeared on his face.
The grand celebration and triumphal ceremony then began. During the ceremony, Zhao Changxing first led everyone to ceremoniously bury the identity plaques of the fallen soldiers in the martyrs cemetery - they had no bones left, and they could be trusted by people.
The only thing I can mourn and revere is this identity plate.
Their names will also be recorded in history books for future generations to pass on forever.
After that, Zhao Changxing awarded Wu Qinghong and Cheng Kaitian special merit medals, and awarded first-class, second-class, third-class merit medals to the soldiers who died in the battle, as well as other outstanding soldiers.
The ceremony ends with the Heroic Medal for all the soldiers of the expedition.
Returning to the government building of human civilization, Zhao Changxing did not wait for Sun Weiping and others to report the development information of the Sedna star over the years. He immediately darkened his face and asked directly: "The matter of the main shaft quality of the space carrier not meeting the standard is being investigated.
how's it going?"
Sun Weiping sighed.
"Leader, the matter has been investigated clearly. But how to deal with it is more difficult."
Listening to Sun Weiping's report, Zhao Changxing's face became increasingly gloomy.
He did not expect that human civilization has just developed to this stage, and a moth has already appeared within it! And this moth seems to be quite capable, and even knows how to drag others into the water, trying to tie more people to his warship.
, let yourself throw yourself into the trap and avoid the blow!
"If this matter is not handled well, it may affect the stability of the entire industrial system. My suggestion is to handle this matter in a low-key manner."
Zhao Changxing slapped his palm heavily on the table.
"The stability of the industrial system? If we leave these worms alone, the industrial system will be stable? An industrial system that cannot even guarantee the quality of strategic-level equipment related to the fate of our civilization, what's the use of being stable? The industrial system is stable,
Aren’t you afraid that the entire civilization will be unstable?”
Sun Weiping suddenly raised his head, with a bit of horror in his eyes: "That's hundreds of people!"
"Even if there are thousands of people, we must kill them! If we don't kill these people, will our soldiers die at the hands of their own people when they fight for the fate of civilization in the future?"
Zhao Changxing has long made up his mind that it is time to clean up civilization again.
He knows very well that according to the laws of history, this kind of thing is inevitable when civilization develops to a certain stage. There will always be people who become corrupt. But this does not mean that he has to accept this situation and tolerate this.
the existence of phenomena.
Not only the industrial system needs to be cleaned, but other systems must also be cleaned together. Especially the disciplinary supervision and regulatory departments also need to be cleaned.
They also failed to detect and avoid these things in advance, and they also failed in their duties. If there is any collusion in this, they cannot be merciful.
On the second day after Zhao Changxing returned to civilization, a purge involving the entire civilization had begun. During this purge, a total of more than 2,000 people received minor or major punishments, of which 17 were
They were shot directly, and more than 300 people were put directly into cells.
This time, when signing the death penalty order, Zhao Changxing did not hesitate at all. Especially when signing the death penalty inmate named "Wang Hong", Zhao Changxing snorted coldly.
"A worthy death."
After solving these things, Zhao Changxing finally felt better physically and mentally.
"The next step is to do our best to build civilization..."
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After returning to Sedna, the legal authorities of human civilization tried those Deep Space Star captives on charges of "war crimes."
Although Gudazar and others are subhuman and cannot get close to the decision-making circle of deep space civilization, people still believe that the actions of Gudazar and others actually provide the basis for the aggressive actions of deep space civilization.
To help, they also need to take part of the responsibility.
Of course, the death penalty is not enough. According to the normal lifespan of a subhuman in a deep space civilization, which is about 300 years old, the final verdict is that they were sentenced to 100 years in prison, and they were required to bear heavy labor during their sentence.
In fact, before arriving on Sedna, a prison belonging to the deep space aliens had already been built, right next to the Water Mine No. 1 Mine, the most consumed mineral by mankind.
Gudazar and others had no objections to the verdict. They were just doing hard labor, and that was not what they were doing.
But recently, the Deep Space Star criminals headed by Gudazaar have become slightly restless.