Survival of the Stars: Rise of the Fourth Scourge

Since the workers on the mining ship are all slave labor, the space required for the life support system is compressed to the extreme.

This allows the "Iron Slave" mining boat to have a larger cargo hold.

It can transport thousands of tons of mineral powder at a time.

As the ten mining boats drifted away, Li Meng on the bridge also received exploration information from the mining boats.

The picture on the holographic screen in front of him was constantly flashing.

Every flash jump has more than a dozen pieces of exploration information flashing from the screen.

Sodium ore, magnesium ore, aluminum ore, potash ore, calcium ore, etc...

These are the most common metallic minerals in the universe and can be found on any rocky planet.

Of course, that's not to say that the most common metallic minerals are useless.

There are no useless metal minerals, only the difference between low value and high value.

"Huh, fine gold mine?"

The densely packed fine gold ore scanning information suddenly jumped out of the screen.

This made Li Meng look happy...

In the world of Warhammer 40, adamantine is the strongest metal,

Because of the high price, it is generally only used on the keel of the battleship, the armor of the main parts, and the ramming angle.

Only battleships will use fine gold on a large scale to enhance the strength of the hull.

It's not over yet...

In the following time, the mining boat brought more good news to Li Meng.

All kinds of rare minerals appeared one by one, and the reserves were astonishing.

It took a full 72 hours for the mining boat to detect 30.00% of the entire star ring.

But that's it, just 30.00% of the area has brought enough surprises to Li Meng.

……

"Very good, stop the exploration first, let the mining boat enter the mining operation, and build the dock first..."

Before I knew it, four days had passed, nearly a hundred hours.

Geostationary orbit, like the ground, also has day and night.

When the side facing away from the star, the outside will appear even darker.

Only a halo can be seen at the north and south poles, and occasionally there will be aurora surges.

Star No. 40.00 has an atmosphere, which is about [-]% of the Earth's atmosphere.

Although its volume is twice that of the earth, its gravity is only 70.00% of that of the earth.

If you want to build an ecosphere space station, you can't do it with only ten mining boats.

There must be more mining machines, more mining boats.

Donald was beside Li Meng. He raised his head slightly and looked at the star ring outside the window.

The electronic eye in the hood is emitting red light, blinking.

The tech-priest in front of the communication terminal received the command.

After a while of operations on the console, new instructions were issued to the mining boat.

Outside, the mining boats that were originally scattered on the track turned in unison.

Fly towards the place where Yuanxing is located at high speed.

The mining boat did not return to the Yuanxing, but worked in the asteroid group near the Yuanxing.

They are docked above the ring plane.

Doors were opened on both sides of the open-front warehouse cabin.

The spherical aircraft whizzed out under the control of the slave laborers, and rushed towards the asteroid group below.

The spherical aircraft is the "slavery" mining machine.

It is round and round, about five meters in diameter.

There are four main propulsion engines at the rear, and four booster engines at the top, bottom, left, and right.

Its cockpit is small enough for only one driver.

It also has two long robotic arms responsible for capturing asteroids.

The machine head also has a high powered laser cutter.

Capable of cutting larger asteroids into captureable asteroids.

The function of the mining machine is very comprehensive, and it is a qualified engineering machine if it is replaced with a magnetic chuck and a welding torch.

The engineering machine is the key equipment for building a space station.

They can transport building modules from Yuanxing to designated locations for assembly and welding.

Leaning back, Li Meng put both hands on the gauntlet.

He leaned back against the seat with a pensive look on his face.

Wanting to build an ecosphere space station is not something that can be done in a short while.

It can be expected that this will be an extremely long process.

It will take several years, even ten years.

The labor required to build a space station is sufficient, and [-] slave laborers are enough.

Civilians can not rush to wake up, just let them continue to sleep.

After some facilities are built, wake them up when they are needed.

Li Meng checked the supplies carried by Yuanxing.

If everyone is awakened, the supplies on Yuanxing can only last about five years.

Thinking of this, Li Meng stretched out his right hand and clicked on the holographic screen in front of him.

The STC database access page was pulled out by Li Meng.

The database of STC building blocks has a certain intelligence.

Of course, definitely not intelligent AI.

It just has a set of behavioral logic that looks smarter.

As long as you enter the relevant requirements in the database, it will meet the requirements as much as possible according to the information in the database.

If the request cannot be met, it will reject it.

"Regent, the design of the space station can be entrusted to me. I have a lot of experience in this area."

Regarding Donald's volunteering, Li Meng politely declined.

"This... let me do it!"

Li Meng really can't appreciate the artistic style of the human empire in Warhammer 40K.

Maybe a medieval castle flying in space.

How to design it?

Since the vacuum is a state of weightlessness, there is no requirement on the shape.

You can design whatever you want on the appearance, and the internal structure STC will divide the corresponding areas by itself.

After thinking for a while, Li Meng stretched out his hands.

Put your palms together and press your fingers together.

The palm is slightly arched, leaving an empty bag between the palms.

"To design a space station with such a shape, it must be able to move without speed requirements. It must be able to enter subspace navigation. There is no corresponding technology now, but we must leave a space for installing subspace engines in the future."

As Li Meng's voice fell, the holographic screen in front of him flickered.

After a while, design drawings of the space station popped up one after another.

"No, this is the shape of a whale, it's too long, the next one..."

"A little asymmetrical, no, the next one..."

"Well, this one is okay, the next one..."

"Is it disc-shaped? The next one..."

Delete, delete, delete again.

Although each one was very good, none of them were what Li Meng wanted.

"Next... wait, come back..."

After more than a dozen design drawings of the space station were rejected by Li Meng.

Li Meng finally found a more satisfactory design drawing.

It is shaped like a shell, symmetrical up and down, and the upper and lower surfaces are smooth.

Very similar to his folded hands, only wider.

"Yes, this is the one..."

The screen flickered again, and the blueprint was divided into five parts.

Divided into five levels.

Ten kilometers, twenty kilometers, forty kilometers, eighty kilometers, 160 kilometers.

The above are the length units of the space station.

Due to the lack of some key technological blueprints, only ten-kilometer-level space stations can be built.

space station?
The ecosphere space station with spaceflight capability can no longer be called a space station.