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Chapter 305 Mining
Moreover, these small cosmic mining ships of the Ming Empire are also equipped with certain weapons. Although these weapons are not very powerful, compared with military spaceships of the same size, the weapons and equipment on them are much less, and it can even be said that these The weapons and equipment on the cosmic mining bed are very simple, only an electromagnetic rail gun and a large-caliber laser cannon.

But in fact, there is only one electromagnetic railgun on these small space mining ships, and the large-caliber laser cannon is actually installed on the spaceship as mining equipment, and its main function is to cut large meteorites .

However, although it is a cutting device, it can also be used as a laser cannon. After all, the caliber of these laser cannons used for cutting has reached [-] mm, so as a weapon, the laser cannons on these space mining ships are powerful. Also quite large.

For example, the meteorite that hit them just now, if it is an ordinary civilian spaceship, then this kind of impact force is enough to penetrate the ordinary spaceship, but the mining ship is different. Just scratching an itch, even if it was twice the size of the meteorite that hit them just now, it would only pose a slight threat to them.

However, the computers above have made detailed calculations on the meteorites and asteroids that can cause damage to their spacecraft, and can bypass these asteroids that threaten them. If necessary, they can even use the electromagnetic orbit on the ship. Cannons are used to destroy, but this is only done with electromagnetic railguns when there is no alternative. After all, they are here to mine and not to destroy. Once the meteorites are smashed into pieces, it will be quite troublesome to mine them again.

"How is the analysis of the third child?"

"Second brother, the diameter of that asteroid is more than 300 meters, and it is mainly composed of iron ore and copper ore. After calculation by the computer on our spacecraft, the weight of this asteroid exceeds hundreds of millions of tons. Our current This small cosmic mining ship simply cannot be towed.

It is very difficult to divide this asteroid even with the laser cannon of our mining ship, and it takes a very long time. It will take at least more than a week to divide this asteroid in half, so the old man Second, I think we should change to an asteroid. After all, there are so many asteroids around, it is not necessary to drag this asteroid back, and there is a very high risk of entrusting this asteroid. "The third child who is operating the spacecraft's spectrum analyzer and computer equipment said to the second child.

"Well, let's change to another asteroid for mining. After all, this asteroid is too time-consuming and consumes a lot of energy. Although our spacecraft has stored enough energy, but now the asteroid There are still so many asteroids in the asteroid belt that we don’t need to waste here, then you can analyze which asteroids in the surrounding area are suitable for us to drag back, and the value should be the highest. After all, it’s not easy to come out. Go back at a loss." Said the second child who was the captain.

"Okay, second brother, look at me." After finishing speaking, the person known as the third man operated the computer and began to analyze an asteroid with a diameter of only about 50 meters not far from this asteroid.

"Old man, drive the spaceship about 5000 kilometers in front of the left. Just now, after the analysis of the spectrometer, there is a mineral 5000 kilometers in the front left that is very suitable for mining in a small space mining deposit like ours. And the value is also very high. The spectrometer According to the analysis, there is a 70% possibility that this asteroid is composed of platinum, but we need to observe it closely.” After analyzing all the small stars around him, the third child said to the old man who was driving the spaceship. Five said.

After listening to what the third child said, Xiao Wu, who was driving the spaceship, drove towards the direction that the third child said. After a while, the spaceship approached the asteroid that the third child mentioned.

After rigorous computer calculations, the data of this asteroid was displayed on the display screen of the space mining ship.

This asteroid is about 70 meters long, about ten meters in diameter, and weighs about 1000 million tons. Its element composition is 30% iron ore, 20% copper ore, and 50% platinum ore. It can be said that this The value of an asteroid is very high.

Although it is said that the Ming Empire has entered the space age, platinum is a precious metal, and it also plays a great role in the space industry of the Ming Empire, so platinum is also very expensive in the Ming Empire now, and its price exceeds ten times that of gold. several times.

"1000 million tons, such a heavy weight, I don't know if our spacecraft can be towed. After all, the maximum output high power of our spacecraft is only so large, although the weight of 48 tons is dragged by a hammer in the earth's atmosphere. Weight, it is very possible to drag about 1000 million tons of ore in the universe.” After thinking for a while, the second child said: “I think we should cut this asteroid first, after all, it is still Be safe, and this is our first sailing, so be careful!

After cutting the asteroid, put part of it in our spacecraft, and then let the spacecraft drag the part, which is relatively safe. "

"Okay, second child, I listen to you. After all, this is the first time mining." Always thought about it.

"Okay then, let's start working," said the second child.

After hearing what the second child said, the teacher in charge of manipulating the mining system and the weapon system replied: "Okay, Xiao Wu, the spaceship will move forward one hundred kilometers, and then slowly approach this asteroid until the spaceship and this asteroid are reached." It will be synchronized with an asteroid, but it should not be more than 100 meters away from the asteroid, otherwise it will be very difficult to cut."

Soon the space mining ship Five Brothers began to enter the working state. First, they used the laser cannon on the space mining ship to divide the asteroid into four parts, and then manipulated the manipulator to put four of the smaller ores on the spaceship one by one. In the material warehouse, that is, in the cargo cabin.

However, the volume of the remaining ore is still relatively large at this time. This means that the volume of this ore has only left about 2/3 of the original volume, but in fact this ore is still a bit large compared to the small space mining ship. Yes, and the weight still exceeds their psychological bottom line as brothers, but I still feel a little unwilling to tell them to give up like this. After all, it is an asteroid mainly composed of platinum ore. As long as this asteroid is dragged back, They have the capital to buy a medium-sized space mining ship, which is a medium-sized space mining ship with a capacity of [-] tons, and I feel nervous when I think about it.

"Let's try it first. We've come here already. If it doesn't work, use a laser cannon to cut the ore into two pieces, and then try to transport the ore away. If there is no other way, just take a little more." .” The second child thought for a while and said.

Then the eight legs of the spacecraft launched powerful barbs, and the eight barbs directly penetrated the outer layer of the asteroid, and did not stop until they penetrated nearly three meters.

(End of this chapter)