Chapter 283, the Pentagon summons again

is full of calculations, from the local premiere of "Alien II" to the time I received that call again, it was exactly a month. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Although it was already mid-February, and there were only a dozen days left before the second half of the Eton School semester began, Alice certainly had to prioritize this meeting over the gains of a few classes, even if it might bring her a lot of work.

Washington, D.C., USA, in this chilly season, Alice is once again at the Pentagon.

"Miss Wang, please come here. ”

"Thank you, Mr. Rice. ”

It was still a bustling office hallway, and Alice followed the driver as she looked around without a trace.

Obviously, none of the people who can work at the Pentagon are simple people, although she is a fifteen-year-old girl, and she wears a denim kaftan, but all the people around her can not squint and are not curious about their arrival.

Moments later, she was led to a door by Rice.

"Miss Wang, the Minister of Defense is in the office, please come in. ”

Alice paused as she was about to move forward.

Then, she nodded to the serious middle-aged man, pushed the door open, and walked in.

At a conference table in the room, the Minister of Defense who sat in the first place, Caspar Weinberg, who wore round glasses, saw Alice, nodded at her and smiled: "Hello, Alice, meet again, please sit, please sit." ”

As she sat down, Alice looked at the full room of escorts, good guys, a room full of high-ranking people. At a glance, there was one four-star general in army uniform, three generals in air force uniform, and one navy was also present.

Of course, while she was looking at these people, the generals in the room were naturally looking at the girl herself.

A fifteen-year-old Asian girl, although she is extraordinarily beautiful, extraordinarily tall, and has extraordinarily full breasts, on the surface, that's it. But what is obvious is that not to mention the cheerleader or prom queen on campus, even if it is Miss World Beauty Pageant, if that's all, how can there be a reason to be invited here?

"What a grand spectacle, Minister Weinberg. ”

Alice sat at the end of the conference table and faced Weinberg: "Is my film so inspiring?

Everyone burst into a brisk laugh, and an Air Force general was the first to speak: "It's not just a movie, Alice, I can be regarded as seeing me today, but I'm a loyal reader of your "Jurassic Park"." ”

"Wow, really? I'm so honored. ”

In this way, Alice exchanged a few words of greeting with several executives present. After a moment, one of the generals turned to say:

"Alice, you've been working at Lockheed since May last year as a technical consultant, right?"

Seeing that the topic shifted to the military industry, Ellie smiled unsurprisingly: "That's the case, but it's just a temporary post for the time being, and Oron Lockheed hasn't asked me to be in charge of any specific affairs." ”

I believe that the people here must have understood this answer a long time ago, so as a quote, the general continued: "So, the reason why you were able to conceive those novel things in the movie "Alien II" was because you joined Lockheed, or because you already had this ability, so you were appreciated by Oron Lockheed?"

"Lockheed recruited me because of my excellent programming skills, and it had nothing to do with these ideas. ”

Alice replied, "After all, the navigation control system of an airplane, and the various programming in satellite control, are no more complex than writing a new operating system. Having someone like me as a helper will definitely reduce the workload a lot at the necessary time. ”

The answer is reasonable, and of course a company like the world's top arms dealer will not be stunned by a girl's science fiction-like idea of a new weapon, so it is even more nonsense to give a consultant title. As for these military bigwigs, they must also understand this truth, so Alice knows that the topic will continue.

Minister Weinberg himself spoke: "Actually, Alice, I investigated you carefully long before this meeting, you know?"

Nonsense, of course there will be an investigation.

Alice Skin smiled and said, "My pleasure." ”

Weinberg nodded and continued: "From Jurassic Park, we can see your ability to control cutting-edge technology, clone dinosaurs, and then form a zoo, and then lead to the main plot of a thriller science fiction novel because of the loss of control. Creativity is such a thing, but it can never be underestimated, because in many cases, the development of human beings depends on the flash of genius. ”

As he spoke, he picked up the file on his desk.

"Without further ado, let's see what you envisioned in that Alien. ”

"It's Alien II. ”

"Uh-huh, Alien Two. ”

Weinberg flipped through the file and said, "First of all, the one you came up with, it's called Power Armor, right? Was this the idea you got from Starship Paratroopers?"

"Starship Paratroopers", which is the masterpiece of American science fiction master Robert Heinlein, was published as early as 1959 and won the World Science Fiction Award "Hugo Award" in 1960. In this novel, the writer first proposed a concept that has been passed down in many science fiction works, including games, - power armor.

Perhaps fundamentally, Marvel's Iron Man is the ancestor of power armor, but it is undeniable that it was Heinlein's "Starship Paratroopers" that really put forward this concept, and this set of equipment was uniformly installed on each soldier's body.

Of course, as for the movie "Starfleet" adapted from it, considering the lack of cost, the producers could only let the soldiers wear ordinary military uniforms, but they still took ordinary assault rifles to play charge with the Zerg.

"Starship Paratrooper is influential, but it follows a biochemical stream, while mine is a mechanical stream. ”

As soon as he opened his mouth, he said a summary line, and the four-star general of the army raised his eyebrows and laughed: "Well said, haha, what a biochemical stream and a mechanical stream." I said, guys, do any of you remember Heinlein's description of power armor?

The admiral of the Navy smiled, "Please, we don't have any time." But I guess, Alice, you must have some opinion, right?"

"That set of power armor is divided into three categories. ”

To say that these sets of words were not colluded by everyone in advance, Alice didn't believe it, and since they were leading the topic to power armor, she also understood what these bigwigs were thinking.

"One is the power type, the other is the speed type, and the other is the command type. In fact, it is not appropriate to say that Heinlein is a biochemical stream, and its armor power is mainly controlled by machinery. For example, the strength is high because the hand sensor actively releases the vector, and the high jump is also due to the fact that the hydraulic device in the leg is loaded with enough 'bounce fluid', and the command type is just loaded with a more advanced communication system and has a lot of bounce fluid. ”

One second he had just defined the other party's "product", and the next second he had rejected his own judgment, and the admiral asked with great interest: "Then what do you think the real biochemical stream should look like?"

"Nano armor. ”

Throwing out a word that was enough to make many people stunned for a long time, Alice continued to follow her unsurprising style, and said directly: "The size of nanomaterials can ensure that the clothing can maximize its defense with the lightest weight. For example, carbon fiber...... Actually, don't look at the metal as hard enough, it's just because it's made up of atoms directly. But if we master nanotechnology, we can easily make materials that are hard enough from ordinary elements. ”

almost said carbon fiber and graphene, which made Alice subconsciously wipe her sweat. God knows, that process will not be realized until much later, and she is not involved in heavy industry now, but the industrial field can only start if she has saved enough capital.

If she leaks her mouth, and then the government subsidizes some existing heavy industry enterprises to research and develop, won't she have no share?

However, this set of words seems to be off topic, and Weinberg smiled bitterly: "I said Alice, the idea is indeed good, but you seem to be talking about ...... The process of making that mechanical stream, right?"

"Nanotechnology is just the basics. ”

Alice said: "It represents the basic size of our industrial products, the so-called biochemical flow, whether it is to enhance the quality of the human body, or self-repair after armor damage, it is the microscopic level of nanometers, right? ”

So, please, don't talk so informatively?

The armor that repairs itself after being damaged is clearly talking about the problem of basic craftsmanship, but it lightly throws out a new definition!

There are no three sentences in total!?

Seeing the rapid exchange of glances between the high-ranking officials, Alice couldn't help but be a little overwhelmed: "Then I said everyone, you didn't come to me this time just to draw inspiration from science fiction writers, right?

That's true, so Weinberg smiled at Alice after exchanging glances with the audience: "Of course it's different. Alice, those science fiction writers are just writers, but you're only fifteen years old, but you're already an integral part of several big tech companies. ”

"You also made up the software that made the computer special effects for Alien II. With such an all-round sci-fi idea, and a lot of the technology not too far away from reality, I don't think it would be too difficult to implement them if you did it yourself, right?" (To be continued.) )