Chapter 7 Space Station Design

Since the workers on the mining boats are all slaves, the space required for the life support system is compressed to the extreme.

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

It can carry thousands of tons of ore powder at a time.

As the ten mining boats gradually went away, Li Meng in the bridge also received exploration information from the mining boats.

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

Every time it flashed, more than ten pieces of exploration information flashed from the screen.

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

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

Of course, it does not mean that the most common metal minerals are useless.

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

"Huh, adamantium ore?"

The screen suddenly popped up dense adamantium ore scanning information.

This made Li Meng look happy...

In the world of Warhammer 40K, adamantium is the strongest metal.

Because of its high price, it is generally only used in the keel of warships, armor of major parts, and rams.

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

This is not the end...

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

Various rare minerals appeared one by one, and the reserves were amazing.

It took 72 hours for the mining boat to explore 30% of the entire star ring.

But even so, only 30% of the area brought enough surprises to Li Meng.

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

Unknowingly, four days and nearly a hundred hours have passed.

The geostationary orbit is the same as the ground, and there is also a distinction between day and night.

When the side where the Far Journey is located is facing away from the star, it will appear darker outside.

Only a halo can be seen at the North and South Poles, and occasionally there will be aurora.

Planet No. 1 has an atmosphere, which is about 40% of the Earth's atmosphere.

Although its volume is twice that of the Earth, its gravity is only 73% of that of the Earth.

If you want to build an ecosphere space station, you can't just rely on ten mining boats.

There must be more mining machines and more mining boats.

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

The electronic eye in the hood emitted red light, flashing.

The tech priest in front of the communication terminal received the order.

After a while of operation on the console, a new order was issued to the mining boat.

Outside, the mining boats that were originally scattered on the orbit turned together.

Flying at high speed to where the Far Journey was.

The mining boats did not return to the Far Journey, but operated in the asteroid group near the Far Journey.

They were docked above the star ring plane.

The doors on both sides of the front open warehouse were opened one by one.

One after another, spherical aircraft roared out under the control of slaves and rushed towards the asteroid group below.

The spherical aircraft is the "slave" mining machine.

It is round and about five meters in diameter.

There are four main thrust engines at the tail and four booster engines above, below, left and right.

Its cockpit is very small and can only accommodate one driver.

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

There is also a high-power laser cutter on the nose.

It can cut larger asteroids into asteroids that can be captured.

The mining machine has comprehensive functions. It can be replaced with a magnetic suction cup and a welding gun to become a qualified engineering machine.

Engineering machines are key equipment for building space stations.

They can transport building modules from the Far Travel to designated locations for assembly and welding operations.

Leaning back, Li Meng put his hands on the hand guards.

Leaning back against the seat, his face was thoughtful.

Building an ecosphere space station is not something that can be completed in a short time.

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

It will take several years, or even more than ten years.

The labor required to build a space station is sufficient, and five thousand slaves are enough.

Civilians can be awakened without rushing, and they can continue to sleep.

After some facilities are built, they can be awakened when they are needed.

Li Meng checked the supplies carried by the Far Journey.

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

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

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

The database of the STC building module has a certain degree of intelligence.

Of course, it is definitely not an intelligent AI.

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

As long as the relevant requirements are entered in the database, it will try its best to meet the requirements based on the information in the database.

If the requirements cannot be met, it will refuse.

"Regent, the design of the space station can be handed over to me. I have rich experience in this area."

Li Meng politely refused Donald's offer.

"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 will be created.

How to design it?

Since the vacuum is a state of weightlessness, there are no requirements for the shape.

The appearance can be designed in any way, and the internal structure STC will automatically divide the corresponding area.

After thinking about it, Li Meng stretched out his hands.

Put your palms together and put your ten fingers together.

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

"To design a space station of this shape, it must be able to move, there is no speed requirement, and it must be able to enter the subspace for navigation. There is no corresponding technology now, but there must be a space for the future subspace engine."

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

After a while, space station design drawings popped up one by one.

"No, this is a whale shape, too long, next one..."

"Somewhat asymmetrical, no, next one..."

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

"Disc-shaped? Next one..."

Delete, delete, and delete again.

Although each one is good, it is not what Li Meng wants.

"Next... Wait, return..."

After more than ten space station design drawings were rejected by Li Meng.

Li Meng finally found a more satisfactory design drawing.

It is shaped like a shell, symmetrical from top to bottom, and the upper and lower surfaces are very smooth.

It is very similar to the shape when he put his hands together, but it is wider.

"Yes, this one..."

The screen flashed again, and the design drawing was divided into five.

Divided into five levels.

Ten kilometers, twenty kilometers, forty kilometers, eighty kilometers, one hundred and sixty kilometers.

The above are all length units of space stations.

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

Space station?

An ecosystem space station with aerospace capabilities can no longer be called a space station.