Chapter 62: The Original Scheme
"During the years of the Hope's hull rebuild, we came across the first and only one of the seven lost spaceships to reunite with us after centuries of vanishing. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"
"During the discussion and the voting of the entire crew over the age of 12 on the ship on whether to make a space jump, we received a signal from the second spacecraft. The survivors of the third spaceship, needless to say, are sitting in front of all of us now, so should we continue to find the other four spaceships? ”
"The hull transformation of the USS Hope has given us the ability to jump directly to the sixth planet of the Karon star system with the first spaceship and more than ten years later. When we received the signal from the second spaceship, we completed the vote of the crew over the age of twelve, and began the great project of building an advance ship to explore the Karen star system. ”
"Now, with the only survivor of the third spacecraft, we will soon complete the construction of the advance ship, and we will have the ability to carry out advance reconnaissance at any time in accordance with the strategic plan approved by all the people after the original vote. It's just that due to the arrival of peace, the plan that was originally drawn up has now been temporarily shelved. The reason for the shelving is that more than half of the crew members have asked for a new round of voting. ”
In the silent lecture hall, listening carefully to the captain Richter's account of the peace so far, his thoughts surged.
As Richter said, in the A world where Ping An was originally located, at the beginning of leaving the solar system, the human interstellar alliance that had lost all the allies on the sixth coordinate point did not need to face the dilemma of "whether to directly make coordinate jumps or continue to maintain inertia to find allies" after 400 years of sailing.
At the moment when the hull transformation of the Hope was coming to an end, the vote of all the crew members over the age of 12 on the ship had already decided what the Hope should do after the completion of the hull transformation.
It was a unanimous vote of all members to build an advance ship that was far superior to many of the Hope's subships, including the size of the hull, and to investigate the situation of the Cullen star system.
However, unlike the advance ship in World A, which was put into service shortly after the completion of construction, the advance ship in World B, which is about to be completed, will not follow the path that the hero of Heian's mind, Aoba Heinz, once traveled.
"When we received the signal from the second spacecraft, we who had completed the vote of the entire crew were very clear about the strategic plan drawn up."
"On this route, where we have already sailed five-eighths of the way, the remaining three-eighths of the distance will require a total of twenty-two jumps if we use the sub-ship to jump, and take the maximum power to calculate. And if you use the advance ship that is about to be built, and also take the maximum power for calculation, you only need to jump eight times. ”
"According to the original voting results, since it is not known whether the remaining four spaceships are still alive, we who sent the advance ship to complete the exploration mission will then completely abandon the practice of finding friendly forces, and choose to directly make a space jump to reach the destination."
"But now, with the arrival of peace, many of the ship's crew have raised objections to the complete abandonment of the search for the four spacecraft. As for why there is so much opposition, do you know this? ”
"Yes, I know." Sitting upright in his seat, listening intently to what Richter had to say, he suddenly raised his eyes, looked at the peace of her captain by name, with the sharp gaze of an eagle, and immediately stood up, and answered calmly and smoothly.
"According to my personal opinion, the crew members who have been adrift on the voyage for more than 500 years are unwilling to waste their precious time and continue to grind on the voyage for the sake of four spaceships that they envisioned that most likely no longer exist, and even if they did, they do not have more advanced science and technology than Hope, so frankly speaking, it is very likely that they will not be worthwhile, and this choice is indeed understandable."
"It's just that because of the appearance of me with antibodies that can kill the lymph node hemorrhagic fever virus, they have seen that even if science and technology lag behind Hope, the other four spacecraft are likely to have great value and significance that will determine the survival of the human race. So now, when I have this living example before you, it is not surprising that there will be objections to abandoning the search for the four remaining spacecraft altogether. ”
"You're right, that's it." Richter, who was watching the peace, nodded approvingly, and then continued: "According to the reaction of public opinion, the question of whether to continue the search for the other four spacecraft will be voted on again in the near future." So today I want to ask all of you, what is your attitude towards this issue? ”
After speaking, Tong'an, who was not ordered by the captain to sit down, but was still firmly watched by him, knew very well that Richter meant to let her be the first to speak.
"You're definitely going to choose to continue your search for the other four spaceships, right? After all, the rabbit is dead and the fox is sad, thinking of your identity as the only survivor of the third spaceship, if you choose to give up the search directly, it is estimated that you will not be able to cross the hurdle in your heart. ”
Peter, who was sitting in the row behind Ping'an, was directly blocked by her after she stood up, leaned forward slightly, and muttered something behind her back in a small voice. However, to Peter's surprise, Peace did not choose either side.
"When I checked the information a few days ago, I learned that if according to the results of the vote to give up the search for the spaceship, the advance ship that set sail will complete eight consecutive jumps in three hours, and finally appear directly on the surface of the first planet of the Cullen star system, relying on the huge magnetic field generated by the Cullen star, as much as possible to cover up the magnetic field generated by the converted matter in the process of power generation, so as to avoid the adventitious insects and their nests that may be located in the galaxy, and then carry out exploration."
"After ensuring that there are no dangers or anomalies within the range of the twelve planets of the Cullen star system. Receiving the signal from the advance ship, the Hope will jump directly to the surface of the sixth planet, and then start the planetary transformation under the escort of the advance ship. And after a transformation that is likely to last more than a century, it is truly home on Planet Six. ”