Super Mothership

Chapter 408

Chapter 407 Newcomer Welfare

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

“The energy interception rate is 35%, and the Torch No. 1 energy reserve is in the Ascension…”

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

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

“Stealing the fire” from the sun is not difficult, but the difficult thing is how to prevent the fire from burning!

“Zizi!” After a while, blue electric arcs began to flash on the huge umbrella-shaped membrane, which is a phenomenon of energy spillover unique to mechanical insects.

Immediately afterwards, the enormous amount of energy was converted into electrical energy, which was concentratedly transmitted to the hemispherical pod. I saw the complicated light path in the pod gradually lit up, and the outline looked like a…cannon?

“Dip! The energy reaches the threshold, and the laser positioning starts… Confirm that the’torchbearer’ has received the positioning signal! The’torchbearer’ is ready for docking!

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

The next moment, the light in the pod is brilliant!

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

This high-energy laser beam traveled a long distance at the speed of light at an angle slightly deviated from the ecliptic plane of the solar system, and was finally received by an oddly shaped aircraft 30 million kilometers away!

This aircraft was named “Torchbearer”. The core components still use mechanical insect structure. It looks like an old-fashioned telescope with a slight curvature, with a large front and a small rear.

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

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Solar system, Mercury base.

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

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

The nuclear fusion energy of the base has been shut down and changed to a backup energy system, so the base is already dark at this moment, as if falling into a deep sleep.

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

Passing through the distant space, the beam of light from afar directly hit another “torchbearer” in the orbit of Mercury.

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

“Zi~” The turbulent energy seems to have injected soul into this base. The lights are centered on a straight beam of light, and they light up rapidly in turn!

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

The entire base is like a giant beast, awakening from its deep sleep in an instant!

“The No. 1 energy transportation line has been established, the equipment is operating normally, and the orbit is stable and normal… The energy transmission loss is 6%, and the energy obtained per unit time is 235,247,755.54 kilowatts… The energy reserve of the Mercury base continues ascension…”

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In the “Prometheus” plan, the energy transfer method is not to use energy storage materials for energy transportation, but chooses to use high-energy lasers to achieve light speed energy express!

The energy storage medium cannot be transported by a “hard landing” like a mechanical insect, so the long distance from the sun to the bases in the Galaxy determines the long transport cycle that the traditional transportation method is calculated in months!

This method not only consumes a lot of energy in the transportation process itself, but also has extremely low transportation efficiency. For Nie Yun, who lacks a transportation spacecraft, it is not a short-term approach.

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

Calculated according to the speed of light, it only takes 5.6 hours to reach the most distant Pluto from the sun, which is fully capable of achieving the “same day” in the solar system!

Although this method is efficient, it also has its shortcomings. First of all, it will be interfered by universe dust and various orbiting celestial bodies during transportation.

Therefore, the transportation route of the “Prometheus” plan chose to be outside the ecliptic plane of the solar system, refracted by the “torchbearer”, and sent energy to Mercury in a triangular path!

The solar system is formed by the explosion of a supernova. The original nebula at the beginning of the formation of the Galaxy spins, so a large amount of planets, small planets and universe dust are gathered on the ecliptic surface of the solar system.

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

The area outside the ecliptic plane is relatively “clean”, like air routes, and is the best choice for establishing semi-permanent transportation routes.

Another problem with transportation is the diffusion effect of light.

Even if there is no medium interference, the artificial laser will diffuse as the distance increases in a complete vacuum environment. If it were the previous earth technology, it would be impossible to excite a low-diffusion ultra-long-range laser.

In addition to the amazing equipment processing accuracy of the mechanical insect, naturally, it must also be attributed to the generous Gemini.

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

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

If the distance between the earth and the sun is about 150 million kilometers, it takes about 6 transfer stations to complete the relay. This number is not too much. With Nie Yun’s current productivity, even this set of energy transmission lines can be covered. The solar system is not difficult.

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Virtual command room.

“Papa!” Everyone stood up and applauded for this historic moment.

Although it is only the successful launch of Torch 1 and it is far from the huge vision of Dyson Ball, this is the first step for a journey of a thousand miles!

“I…we succeeded?” Lawrence was still a little weird.

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

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

How do you do it!

“Well! The system is working well, the energy transmission power is almost equivalent to a large energy center, and it is almost permanent! We did succeed!

However, this is only ‘Torch 1’, and 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 be tested.

In addition, the mid-transmission route of the “torchbearer” also needs to be planned well. I need to fully spread the energy transmission line to the important base of the entire solar system, so the whole project has just begun! “Yu Lao said with a big smile.

The “Prometheus” project was successfully trial-run, 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. Just find someone to stare at. However, everyone in this room still has a large number of scientific research projects on hand. Open up, so…”

“I’m willing!” Lawrence said, “Let me come” before he was finished.

“Uh…” Yu Lao’s eyelids twitched, being thundered by these three words.

“Ahem! Very good, then the code name Miss will handle the entry procedures for you. Is there any problem with the one-month internship?”

“No problem!” Lawrence replied categorically, without even asking about his own labor contract and benefits.

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

After this period of contact, he has been completely conquered by everything here, and no scientist can stand the temptation and remain unmoved.

“Okay, rest assured, the boss will never treat him badly. The welfare of the newcomers here is absolutely beyond your imagination, ha ha…” Yu Lao laughed meaningfully.

The people around also showed the same smile.

The so-called happiness alone is not as good as everyone’s happiness. Since I am unlucky, it is natural to have more people together to be fair…

Lawrence couldn’t see the smiles of everyone, but only felt that there seemed to be a bit of a chill behind…

Naturally, he didn’t know that this newcomer welfare had a nice name called-“Always 18 Years Old”!