Super Mothership

Chapter 406 Newcomer Benefits

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

Endless light and heat shone on the huge film of Torch No. 1, and part of the trapped light and heat radiation began to be converted into its own energy by the mechanical worm.

“The energy retention rate is 35%, and the reserve energy of Torch No. 1 is increasing...”

In the system tone in the virtual command room, Lawrence looked at the picture in front of him nervously.

With super-materials that can withstand high temperatures, how to transform energy and compress and store the violent huge energy without being exploded is the key step in the ”Prometheus" plan to determine the success or failure.

It's not difficult to "steal fire" from the sun. The difficulty is how not to get burned!

“Zizi!"Soon after, a blue arc began to flash on the huge umbrella-shaped film, which was a unique energy spillover phenomenon of mechanical insects.

Immediately afterwards, the extremely huge amount of energy was converted into electrical energy and concentrated on the hemispherical pod. I saw that there was a complex optical path in the pod that gradually lit up. It looked a bit like a...cannon?

“Drop!The energy reaches the threshold value, and the laser positioning begins... Confirm that the "torchbearer" has received the positioning signal!The ’torchbearer' docking is ready!

Countdown to the torch lighting!10，9……3，2，1！”

The next moment, the light in the pod was shining brightly!

“Zi!”A thick, high-energy laser was excited and shot straight into the void from the pod away from the sun!

At an angle slightly deviating from the ecliptic surface of the solar system, this beam of high-energy laser traveled a long distance at the speed of light, and was finally received by a weird-looking aircraft 30 million kilometers away!

This aircraft was named "Torchbearer”, and the core parts are still constructed of mechanical insects. Its appearance looks like an old-fashioned monocular telescope with a little curved arc, the front is large and the back is small.

I saw that after a long distance, the huge beam of light that had spread to dozens of square meters accurately penetrated into the larger entrance, and then when it came out from the smaller exit, it had been recompressed into a bucket thickness. The laser turned at a tiny angle and shot towards the ecliptic surface of the solar system again.……

……

Solar system, Mercury base.

Unlike the hustle and bustle of the past, this base has temporarily closed all functions and stopped opening to the outside world.

All virtual helmet users who want to log in to the Mercury Base will receive a strange prompt “System upgrade, the map is temporarily closed”.

The nuclear fusion energy of the base has been turned off and replaced with a backup energy system, so the base is already dark at this moment, and the Buddha has fallen into a deep sleep.

At this moment, a huge beam of light fell from the sky!

Through the distant space, the beam of light from afar directly hit another “torchbearer” in Mercury's orbit.

The beam of light was compressed and gathered again, and the next moment it refracted straight towards the Mercury below, and after a while it accurately fell into the Mercury base below!

"Zi~" The surging energy is like injecting a soul into this base, and the lights are centered on a straight beam of light, and they are quickly lit outwards in turn!

“Boom boom!”The machine began to roar again, and the stopped automated production line resumed operation!The furnace warmed up again, igniting a dazzling flame……

The whole base is like a behemoth, waking up from a deep sleep in an instant!

“The No. 1 energy transportation line has been established, the equipment is operating normally, the orbit is stable and normal... The energy transportation loss is 6%, and the energy acquired per unit time is 235247755.54 kilowatts... The energy reserves of Mercury Base are continuously improving...”

……

In the ”Prometheus" plan, the way of energy transmission is not to use energy storage substances for energy transportation, but to use high-energy lasers to achieve energy express at the speed of light!

It is impossible for the energy storage medium to be transported by a “hard landing” like a mechanical worm, so the long distance from the sun to various bases in the galaxy determines the traditional mode of transportation, and the long transportation cycle is calculated in months!

This method not only consumes a lot of energy during the transportation process itself, but also the transportation efficiency is extremely low. For Nie Yun, who lacks a transportation spacecraft, it is simply not a way that can be achieved in the short term.

But it is very convenient to transfer energy by means of a high-energy laser!

Calculated according to the speed of light, it only takes 5.6 hours to get from the sun to the most distant Pluto, which can fully achieve the “same day arrival” in the solar system!

However, although this method is efficient, it also has its disadvantages. The first is that it will be disturbed by cosmic dust and various rotating celestial bodies during transportation.

Therefore, the transportation route of the ”Prometheus“ plan was chosen outside the ecliptic surface of the solar system, refracted by the ”torchbearer", and the energy was delivered to Mercury in a triangular path!

The solar system is a galaxy formed by the explosion of a supernova. The primitive nebula at the beginning of the formation of a galaxy rotates by itself, so a large number of planets, asteroids and cosmic dust gather on the ecliptic surface of the solar system.

On the surface of the ecliptic, all kinds of celestial bodies are rampant, just like the busy land traffic on the earth.

The area outside the ecliptic is relatively "clean”, like an air route, which is the best choice for the establishment of semi-permanent transportation routes.

Another problem of transportation is the diffusion effect of light.

Even if there is no interference from the medium, the artificial laser itself will diffuse with the increase of distance in a completely vacuum environment. If it is the previous earth technology, it is impossible to excite a low-diffusion ultra-long-range laser.

In addition to the amazing machining accuracy of the mechanical worm, this must naturally be attributed to the generous Gemini.

However, low diffusiveness does not mean non-diffusion, so it is necessary to use the “torchbearer” as the relay to re-compress the diffused light back.

About every 30 million kilometers, such a transit is needed to ensure a high degree of energy condensation!

If the distance between the earth and the sun is about 150 million kilometers, it takes about 6 transit stations to complete the relay. This number is not too much. With Nie Yun's current productivity, even if this set of energy transmission lines is all over the solar system, it is not difficult.

……

Virtual command room.

“Pop, pop, pop!”Everyone stood up and applauded and celebrated this historic moment.

Although it is only the successful launch of Torch 1, it is still far from the huge vision of Dyson Ball, but this is the first step in a journey of thousands of miles!

“I... we succeeded?"Lawrence is still a little unbelievable.

Especially the data of 6% energy delivery loss almost blinded his presbyopia!

Roughly speaking, this is almost equivalent to almost no loss in the entire energy transportation process except for the energy escape of the laser itself?！

How did you do it? Hey!

“Hmm!The system is working well, and the energy delivery power is almost equivalent to that of a large energy center, and it is almost permanent!We did succeed!

However, this is only “Torch 1”. The subsequent "Torch" series will be launched from the Mercury base one after another, and the parallel operation of multiple "torches" also needs to continue to improve and test.

In addition, the relay route of the "torchbearer" also needs to be well planned. I need to fully roll out the energy transmission line to the important bases of the entire solar system, so the whole project has actually just begun!"Old Yu said with a smile on his face.

The trial operation of the ”Prometheus" project was successful, and the boss promised another R&D fund. He was naturally happy, and even watching Lawrence became more pleasing to the eye.

“The basic model of ’Prometheus' has been established, and the rest of the follow-up work is not difficult. You just need to find someone to stare at it, but everyone here still has a large number of scientific research projects on hand, I'm afraid I can't get out of it, so...”

“I do!“Before he finished speaking, Lawrence said with a look of ”let me do it."

“Uh..." Yu Lao's eyelids jumped, and he was thunderstruck by these three words.

“Ahem!Very good, then Ms. Chen will go through the entry procedures for you. Is there any problem with the 1-month internship period?”

“No problem!"Lawrence answered categorically, not even asking about his labor contract and welfare benefits.

As long as he can enter the Cloud Research Institute, he is willing to post it upside down!This is an opportunity that many people dream of.

After this period of contact, he has been completely conquered by everything here, and no scientist can withstand such temptation without being distracted.

“Well, don't worry, the boss will never treat the people who work for him badly. The welfare of our newcomers here is definitely beyond your imagination, haha...” Yu Lao smiled meaningfully.

The people around them also showed the same smiles.

The so-called solo music is not as good as Zhonglele. Since you are unlucky, it is natural that more people need to be together to be fair.……

Lawrence couldn't see everyone's smiles, but he only felt that there seemed to be something chilly behind him.……

Naturally, he didn't know that this newcomer welfare has a very nice name, called-“Always eighteen years old”!

TL Note- Eternal Eighteen.....

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