The Emperor’s Angel of Death

It is precisely because of Natsu Mastenbrooke's outstanding achievements and his superb talent in robot and Necron technology that Soshyan became more dependent on him, not only making him an Astral Knight battle robot The second commander of the brigade also made him the second Mechanicus person after Dietrian to have access to the most secret armory of the Astral Knights. In a sense, he has begun to compete with Dietrian. potential.

The main reason why Nasu came to see Soshyan was because when Soshyan was working on Naisen 5, he sent him to Naisen 6 in advance to investigate the mineral resources here, and Nasu had analyzed Naisen 6 After mining all kinds of raw ores, we sent our own exploration team to dig some underground, and after using instruments to conduct several rounds of detection, we came to a rough conclusion.

Judging from the data submitted by Suna, Nathan 6 is a planet rich in minerals. Its mineral types are generally not very different from Nathan 5. In terms of specific reserves, accurate information cannot be obtained due to the short detection time. However, The reserves of heavy metal raw ores should be considered above average.

However, there is a very special place about Nathan No. 6, which the Ministry of Justice did not notice -

Nathan 6 has an extremely large gold-rich vein. This was accidentally discovered by an exploration team sent by Suna around an active volcano near the Antarctic of the planet. According to their detection results, there is a gold vein that almost spans the continent. It is likely that a huge meteorite or even an asteroid carrying a large amount of gold elements directly impacted the surface of the planet in the early stages of the planet's formation, permanently changing the orbit of Nathan 8. Some remnants were formed around the impact area with the movement of the earth's crust. Huge gold veins.

That also explains why some gold mines are not included in the Ministry of Justice's raw ore list.

It was obvious that the Ministry of Justice was so focused on the prison world, and did not invite very professional mechanical priests to conduct reconnaissance investigations, that even though they were guarding a golden mountain, nothing was discovered at all.

That brought bad news to Soshyan.

You must know that gold is also a rare mineral in the empire. After all, the conditions for the formation of that metal element are too harsh. Whether it is a supernova explosion or a neutron star collision, it is an extremely high probability event in the huge galaxy, so even if In the 41st millennium, gold was still a low-value precious metal.

In addition, gold also occupies an important position in the industrial system of the Adeptus Mechanicus. Few cutting-edge products and weapons require the use of that metal. For example, the famous poison blade, its various internal facilities and instruments contain at least 0.4 tons of gold. Gold, the poison blade is expensive only because of its simple structure. Just the various expensive and rare metals it uses determines its high cost.

To obtain promethium, you first need to mine raw ores. Raw promethium in gaseous planets often exists at a depth of 7,000 meters in the mantle, associated with huge diamond mountains. Although the reserves are large, the difficulty of mining is relatively small, and it is far from being frozen. The world is only as difficult as cutting through the ice, and it is even more difficult than the Promethium Sea, which cannot easily use drilling platforms to obtain small quantities of raw promethium. But after all, the reserves are there, and the Promethium Sea is not easy to find. , for this reason, the Mechanicus has also developed the technology to obtain promethium from gaseous planets.

Nessian 1 is similar to Neptune in the solar system. It is also a gaseous planet. It is also the smallest of the Nessian planets. Therefore, it has 10 satellites that are as small as one in size. From a close distance, it is not a huge blue satellite. sphere.

The small gold vein of Naisen No. 8 cannot be said to be a fortune from heaven. According to Nasu's detection results, its potential reserves should be around 7 billion tons.

But after all, gold is a rare precious metal, and it is naturally an equivalent commonly used by merchants or small interstellar trade. It does not have the same status as palladium in the small whirlpool area, but it will be less valuable in some areas, such as In places like the solar system where the population is low and the number of dignitaries is relatively small, the value will be relatively high in some border areas. Generally speaking, it can be called a very "valuable" mineral.

The other part was used to purchase small civilian equipment from Zhao Akada and order new warships. The rest was withdrawn outside the battle group's warehouse as preparatory administrative expenses. After all, Soshiyang added so little. Belonging to organizations and institutions, these new personnel also need to be paid, especially technical personnel such as scholars, who can be dismissed just by stuttering people.

Promethium!

Although Nessen 7 also produces gold, a few of it is associated ores, and most of the deep gold mines have long been dug out. After all, a small part of the planet's gold elements exist in the earth's core.

Before the situation of Nessen 8 was basically understood, Soshyan immediately set off to go to the outermost planet of the Nessun galaxy, Nessun 1.

That kind of planet has almost no significance for colonization, because the surface temperature of the planet is often as high as 200 degrees above zero, and is filled with small amounts of methane, ethane, and acetylene, but for the Adeptus Mechanicus, such a planet is of little significance. Because it often represents a mechanical source—

A very important reason is that the rarity of gold makes it difficult for it to meet the commercial needs of the world if it is placed in a relatively small empire. In addition, the empire has formulated a law since its establishment, prohibiting private citizens from using it. Although the trading and storage of gold were not tolerated at first, large-scale private transactions and gold holdings were the default unspoken rules. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com However, as time went by and the people of the empire became increasingly impoverished, gold On the contrary, the ban became more tolerant, because it gave the lower class a very bad excuse to plunder private wealth. (I made it up myself, don’t take it seriously. I used to wonder why the presence of gold in the empire seemed to be very low and very high at the same time. It was used everywhere under ships and buildings, but it was not very common as currency. Of course, there are no worlds that use gold coins, it’s just common)

But why can gold be used as the universal currency of the empire?

That's not why gold can be seen in the empire's palaces, battleships, churches, and even equipment, but it is difficult to see it in areas above the middle nest.

Yes, a considerable part of the promethium used by the human empire is not mined from those gaseous planets. Raw promethium cannot be mined from other places such as the ice of frozen worlds or the promethium seas of dead worlds, such as the Storm Planet. Safinius, a relatively famous world in the domain, is famous for its large and small sea of ​​promethium.

So Soshyan told Nasu to move slowly first, prepare the necessary equipment and personnel, and wait until the relocation of the Ministry of Justice is completed before proceeding to mine the mineral vein area. After all, this is located at the south pole of the planet, and the average daily ground surface The temperature can be as high as 80 degrees above zero, and in extreme cases can reach 120 degrees above zero. Mining by manpower is relatively slow, so the worst is to resort to mechanical mining. As for the purpose before mining, Soshyan plans to use part of it To pay for the construction costs of Ulan Huda, Naisen No. 8 needs to build many new facilities to become a new colony. These must rely on Ulan Huda's mechanical construction team. Although he is the opponent's loyal target, Soshyan also needs to build a new colony. It can really make people work in vain, even if Bangura complains, it is not fair to Ulan Huda.