Super Mothership

Chapter 403 Historical Reasons

(TL:By Rafael,valhallatls.blogspot.com)

Solar system.

The nine planets and stars revolve around the core of the galaxy like arches and moons, like loyal guards who have never changed.

The only light source in the solar system exudes endless light and heat, dispelling the eternal darkness of the boundless universe and illuminating the entire galaxy. It burns itself, ignites the solar system, and also ignites the flame of civilization on earth.

The sun is the central celestial body of the galaxy, accounting for 99.86% of the total mass of the solar system, and the remaining 0.14% of various celestial bodies and interstellar dust are orbiting the sun, while the sun revolves around the center of the Milky Way. Revolution.

It is a star with hot plasma and magnetic fields intertwined. Its diameter is about 1.39 million kilometers, which is equivalent to 109 times the diameter of the earth and its volume is about 1.3 million times that of the earth.

Judging from the chemical composition, about three-quarters of the mass of the sun is hydrogen, and almost all the rest is helium. Nuclear fusion is used to release light and heat into space. It is the well-deserved energy heart of the solar system!

All activities on the earth are inseparable from the energy provided by the sun. In recent years, with the development of earth's science and technology and the huge demand for electricity, the photovoltaic industry has grown rapidly, and the utilization rate of solar energy in various countries on the earth is also getting higher and higher.

And with the chaotic Nie Yunhe technology increasingly eroding the daily life of the earth, the long cosmic distance and high temperature have been unable to prevent the earthlings from letting go of their thoughts, so they turned their eyes to the sun!

In fact, Freeman?Dyson proposed a theory as early as 1960, the so-called “Dyson ball”.

He believes that the energy contained in a planet like the earth itself is very limited, far from enough to support the development of civilization on it to an advanced stage, and in a star-planetary system, most of the energy comes from stars!

But the radiation of stars is actually wasted. At present, the solar radiation energy received by the planets of our solar system accounts for less than one percent of the total.

Therefore, a highly developed civilization must have the ability to surround the sun with a huge spherical structure, so that most of the sun's radiation energy is intercepted. Only in this way can it support this civilization for a long time and make it develop to a sufficient height.

Civilization has developed into the interstellar era, and it must have entered full electrification, and the demand for energy will reach a very alarming level. Therefore, ensuring energy supply and improving energy collection efficiency are major problems that every civilization entering space must face.

Nie Yun, who entered the interstellar era, inevitably turned his attention to the use of solar energy.

The ”Prometheus" project was publicly tendered by Captain Ghost, proposed by Lawrence, a top scholar, and certified by the cloud scientific research institution of the Ghost Department. It is the first galactic-level project of human civilization supported by the Earth Defense Force!

Prometheus is the god in Greek mythology who steals fire for mankind, and what Prometheus plans to steal...is the endless energy of the sun!

Speaking of this plan, there are “historical reasons” for its proposal and implementation.……

Originally, Nie Yun's time in space was too short. Even if he used mechanical insects to frantically mine and build a colonial base, he didn't occupy much territory at all. For the solar system, it was not even a drop in the ocean.

In terms of the current scale of the development of the solar system, energy has not yet become a factor restricting the development of earth civilization.

Among the cosmic colonization bases on major planets and asteroids, Nie Yun has built controllable nuclear fusion energy centers of varying sizes. The rich nuclear fuel in the universe is enough to provide the energy needs of the base.

However, with the large-scale entry of the earthlings into the universe, hundreds of millions of robot troops have been put into use, various infrastructure projects have been gradually rolled out, and energy demand is increasing exponentially!

Among the large energy-consuming households include various mining heavy industry equipment, smelting centers, shipyards, quantum computer centers, and mechanical worm factories.……

According to statistics, the current size of the small robot army in the solar system has reached about 350 million, and nearly 1 billion humans are taking turns using these avatars to enter the universe through virtual helmets to engage in various industrial and entertainment activities.

Even if the energy consumption of each robot is not high, such a huge amount, coupled with 24 hours of non-stop operation, still needs to consume a lot of energy for charging every day.

The smelting center is even more an energy black hole. All industrial construction and infrastructure construction, including the daily rations of mechanical insects, are inseparable from metal. The largest building in each colonial base belongs to the smelting center.

Countless minerals are collected and put into smelting centers for high-temperature smelting. A large amount of steel and parts produced are transferred to various production lines to manufacture robots and industrial equipment, which require a lot of energy.

The emerging space shipbuilding industry needs to consume huge amounts of metal.The importance of the shipbuilding industry to the interstellar era is definitely far beyond the era of great navigation!

For the stability of the rear, Nie Yun has not released the construction permit for the battleship for the time being. The battleship shipyard currently only has the exclusive ship-building base of the Earth Defense Force located in the asteroid belt.

The ordinary warships produced here are basically delivered to the Earth Defense Force for use.

As for the super battleship made of mechanical insect materials...Well, there is no need for a shipyard at all.

The current solar system can be said to be loose on the outside and tight on the inside. It seems that there is no military power, but in fact, mechanical insects are too capable of pretending to be pigs and eating tigers.

When needed, Nie Yun could let the mechanical insects in the rear pull out a super fleet of fully mechanical insects in just a few hours.

In this regard, liquid metal warships that can be ever-changing can be said to be born with the hidden skills of “stealth”.

At present, most of the mechanical insects are secretly devouring and breeding in secret areas that are not open to the public. The number of mechanical insects is equal to Nie Yun's strength. As long as they don't stop eating, Nie Yun's strength will steadily expand.……

If it weren't for worrying about the safety of the wormhole defense line, Nie Yun wouldn't even want to garrison the Sea Wolf there just in case. After all, the resources near the wormhole are not rich.

However, the two warships stationed in the wormhole are not idle. There is a lot of metal mined in the fortress and nearby celestial bodies. In addition to being used in the construction of weapons of war, every once in a while, some steel will be transported to the two warships for them to devour.

If Gemini's radar is accurate enough, it will be found that these two warships are slowly "gaining weight”.……

Compared with cheating mechanical worm warships, the manufacture of ordinary warships is much more serious.

After continuous expansion, the ship-building base in the asteroid belt is being built at a rate of one ship per month, and the speed of ship-building is still increasing.

In addition to the first “Soyuz” launched, another battleship has also been completed, and a batch of supplies is being transported to the wormhole to join the defensive front.

Nie Yun in the military shipbuilding industry temporarily forbade countries and forces on the earth to interfere, but in order to stimulate market competition and promote the development of the industry, Nie Yun took the initiative to open up applications for the construction of civilian shipyards.，

For some powerful countries or forces, which one doesn't want to be strong and powerful, and cross the sea of stars?

Even if only civilian ships can be built, it is also a kind of technological accumulation, not to mention obtaining certain technical support from the ghost captain. Naturally, no one wants to let go of this kind of good thing.

However, things like space shipyards are heavy assets and high-precision. They can't be played without certain scientific and technological strength and economic strength. Therefore, at present, only the four major forces of Europa, the United States, Mao Xiong and the flower family have their own independent shipyards, and after completion, they can only produce small spacecraft below the 10,000-ton level.

Many consortium forces and the world's top 500 companies have also applied for the construction of more than a dozen small shipyards to produce small spacecraft of the kiloton class through equity or joint fund-raising.

The major forces on the earth do not have many unlimited coins on hand. In order to meet market demand, Atlantis has also established a special banking institution to provide special low-interest loans to the outside world, further accelerating the pace of development of the ship-building industry.

As the scope of the solar system continues to expand, the issue of resource complementarity between the various colonial bases is also on the agenda. The hidden demand market for transportation spacecraft is so huge that it is coveted. With massive orders and tonnages ranging from thousands of tons to tens of thousands of tons per ship, no amount of production capacity can fill the rapidly increasing demand black hole.

At the current production capacity, orders from governments alone are scheduled for 2025. This is not a civil society group that can't even get orders.

What followed was a skyrocketing demand for materials.

According to the company's forecast, they need to at least double the number of current smelting centers to meet market demand. The supporting energy centers must also keep up, and the ensuing fuel demand will also rise!

In addition to these infrastructure projects, with the popularization of virtual technology, billions of human beings have poured into virtual communities. Countless streams of consciousness require massive computing power resources to process, and virtual laboratories also consume a lot of computing resources. Coupled with countless automated production lines and equipment, the computing power occupancy rate of enterprises continues to rise to new heights.

The quantum computer center on the moon has been continuously expanded and now occupies an area the size of 5 football fields.

Such a huge quantum computer center consumes a lot of energy all the time, and fortunately, the moon is rich in nuclear fuel resources.

Of course, the original consumption of the above-mentioned series of resources was also within Nie Yun and his colleagues' expectations. With the current energy collection efficiency, it is enough to meet all needs, and there is still a surplus of about 10% to 20%.

However, life is always full of surprises, and Nie Yun still ignores the amazing spending power of certain groups.……

Scientific and technological research and development has always required a lot of social resources, including energy. However, what Nie Yun didn't expect was that the energy consumption of these scientists began to rise steadily until they broke through the sky.……

All along, Nie Yun, who insists on the prosperity of science and technology, has carried out policy tilt and financial subsidies for scientific research, so the cost of electricity is basically zero.

I have to say that this initiative has stimulated the enthusiasm of Yu Lao's group of guys for research and development and accelerated the scientific and technological development of earth civilization.

But it turns out that scientists are the closest group of people to lunatics, and the mad scientists without restrictions are a group of old gangsters!

Nie Yun's connivance allowed Yu Lao and other scientists to use energy without scruples. Just last month, a “energy plasma research" organized by these guys accounted for 3% of the total energy consumption that month!

This is almost the electricity consumption of a colonial base for a month!

However, these guys didn't know that Chai Mi was expensive when they were not at home. Some time ago, they actually applied for a series of “super”-level experiments that started with “super” and were very tall when they heard it. "Super"-level experiments like ultra-large quantum collisions, ultra-high temperature plasma, ultra-long-range fortress-level laser cannons, super-heavy gravitational collapse, etc.

Get one today and two tomorrow. It seems that the future plan is still increasing in an arithmetic sequence. I'm afraid that if it weren't for insufficient manpower, these guys would turn all the celestial bodies in the solar system into laboratories.……

Then the butler suddenly discovered that the speed of his energy addition was almost unable to keep up with the speed of energy consumption.……

Nie Yun, who was working hard on the front line not long ago, was in a daze when he received the system prompt “Insufficient energy, please recharge as soon as possible” from the rear!

Lao Tzu has nuclear fusion!You actually told me that Lao Tzu owed money and has no energy?！

Is it possible that before the front line goes to war, I have to start using strategic resources such as energy crystals?

TL Note- Nuclear fusion can't fulfil Nie Yun's Energy needs...

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