Survival of the Stars: Rise of the Fourth Scourge

"Open the star map and have a look..."

Blue light flickered, and a holographic screen appeared in front of Li Meng.

It was a star map with the logo of the S-01888 star system on it.

Each shining star represents a solar system.

Lighted means explored, dark gray means not explored.

Exploring the starry sky is divided into two steps.

The first step is to determine the azimuth of the star from optical equipment and then calculate the approximate distance.

Without navigation beacons, ships cannot warp accurately.

Most of the time, once a ship is in the vicinity of a star system, it will use sublight engines to travel.

Once in a star system, you can use the gravity wells of stars and planets to make precise jumps.

The mineral resources of the illuminated star system have been surveyed, and this process often takes several months.

Every planet, moon, and asteroid belt has been effectively explored.

Of course, it is somewhat unrealistic to fully ascertain mineral resources.

Most of the high-quality mines are in the deep layers of the planet, and the mineral scanning array can penetrate the strata nearly a thousand meters deep at most.

No matter how deep it is, there is nothing you can do. Exploration outposts must be built to explore mineral resources in deeper layers.

In order not to waste too much time on exploration.

The mineral detection of the stellar system is only a rough exploration of the distribution of mineral resources in the stellar system.

Ordinary metallic minerals are very common in the universe.

For example, the ceramic steel and plastic steel of the empire, the metal minerals needed can be seen everywhere in the star system.

Although the resources of the universe are limited, they are close to infinite due to their large volume.

Relying solely on the mineral resources in the S-01888 star, there is no problem in feeding billions of people.

Of course, the cost of feeding billions of people is prohibitively high due to lack of water and difficulty in obtaining it.

The S-01888 star system is suitable for mining, not for colonization.

Now the Ark has been built and 10,000+ people live in it.

The new population is about [-] to [-] each year.

Li Meng had thought about putting the ark in the fault space, so that the people of the empire could work hard.

But think about it or forget it, as the regent, he should not treat his people as reproductive tools.

Moreover, the fault space is in the subspace after all.

Although protected by spiritual energy barriers, human spirits will be more or less affected.

Only slaves whose brains have been removed can work in it for a long time without being affected.

The Sanctuary is under construction, even if there is a time gap, the construction period will not be less than five years.

How to make the Sikkim module seamlessly welded is a technical task, and the process is very cumbersome.

At present, except for the Temple project, all other projects in the empire have been completed.

It's time to grow outward...

but……

Looking at it, Li Meng suddenly realized a problem.

That is, the empire has no engineering ships.

The STC construction module on Yuanxing has been dismantled, and it is not suitable for an industrial base.

If you want to develop outward and build various mining bases and space stations, you must have engineering ships.

Thinking of this, Li Meng said: "001, tell Donald to design an engineering ship with the following indicators: it must be large, the length must not be less than 2 kilometers, it must have complete industrial capabilities, and its production efficiency must not be lower than STC 20% of the construction module must have the ability to enter and exit the atmosphere to take off and land on the planet, and to navigate in subspace, and can accommodate at least 50 "Iron Slave" mining boats, 1000 mining machines, and 1000 engineering machines."

With the "Firestorm-class" frigate, you will unlock the E-class fusion reactor, E-class plasma thruster, E-class subspace engine, E-class Geller force field, E-class void shield, and corresponding weapons and energy transmission pipes science and technology.

With these technologies, the Mechanicus can design civilian ships relatively freely.

"Also, design another transport ship with the following indicators: the length should not be less than two kilometers, it must have the ability to navigate in subspace, it must have the ability to take off and land on planets, the cargo compartment must be modular, and any type of ship can be shipped according to demand. The cargo, including troops, and armored vehicles must have certain self-defense capabilities, and the firepower does not need to be too strong, but naval weapons must not be absent.”

Among all the warships of the empire, except for some special ships, only the ships of the escort class have the ability to take off and land on the surface of the planet.

Anti-gravity devices are also standard equipment for escort ships, but they are just too frustrating.

After all, the larger the battleship, the greater its mass, and the greater the influence of the planet's gravity.

Imperial warships will not attempt atmospheric entry unless absolutely necessary.

001: "The order has been communicated, and the great sage Donald Technology replied that the ship data will be released in two months."

Ships are not compared to arks, which are simpler in design.

The STC data terminal only designed the hull structure of the ark, and the internal details were all designed by technology priests.

And this process will not be less than half a year.

When construction of the Ark began, its blueprints were not yet complete.

It's about building and designing.

"By the way, let me ask Donald again, do you have the coordinate data of the "UNSC" base camp?"

This time the "UNSC" fleet suffered heavy losses. Only one-third of the warships were successfully evacuated, and the other warships became metal wreckage in the universe.

After the war, the Mechanicus salvaged a relatively complete firm-class frigate.

If you can crack the battleship database, you can get the location of the "UNSC" base camp.

001: "The ship's terminal data has been deleted, and the chip has been physically damaged. The great sage of Donald Technology replied that he is trying to repair it, but there is no guarantee that it will be successful. It will take some time."

Obviously, it may be impossible to get the coordinates of the "UNSC" base camp from those metal wreckages.

He was not disappointed, the answer was within Li Meng's expectations.

If it was him, knowing that the other party didn't know where his base camp was,
A set of self-destruct procedures will also be designed. Once the ship is destroyed, all data will be cleared, and the chip will need to be physically destroyed.

In this way, even if the war fails, the enemy cannot easily find the location of their base camp.

The universe is too big, even if the other party is within thirty light years, it is not easy to find it.

If you can't find it, you can't find it...

Li Meng didn't pay too much attention to the "UNSC" attack this time.

It's like a child who punched an adult sneakily. Although he was hit, his hand was swollen, and then he ran away secretly.

Adults will remember him and deal with him the next time they meet him.

There is no need to avenge one punch and search all over the street.

"call……"

Taking a deep breath, Li Meng had a thoughtful look on his face.

The next thing to do is much simpler, to explore outwards to find more valuable star systems.