Chapter 50: Prosperity of the New Americas
As the first extragalactic galaxy discovered in the cosmic era, the New American Galaxy dates back to SC0001 and was discovered by the first manned spacecraft "Columbus" using a jump engine at that time, so it was named New America. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infor?anw
From the very beginning, the New American Galaxy was a lucky place.
There was not only one manned spacecraft sent by humans to cross wormholes, but a total of 10 expedition ships equipped with first-generation jump engines were sent out together, and each of them entered from the 10 natural wormholes closest to the earth. But in the end, the "Columbus" was the only one to succeed, and the remaining nine expedition ships never returned, and disappeared on the other side of the wormhole.
It was later proven that five of the nine missing expedition ships entered the intergalactic region of dark matter after passing through the wormhole. Due to the limited level of technology at the time, these expedition ships lost their return position after leaving the wormhole, and wandered in the vast dark matter space, eventually running out of supplies and becoming a ghost ship. It wasn't until after SC0052 that the second generation of jump engines was born, and the unmanned expedition ships sent by the Earth Federation found the wreckage of these manned expedition ships on the other side of these wormholes.
The other 4 ships were directly destroyed at the other end of the wormhole, and the specific reason is unknown. Even if the Earth Federation sent an unmanned expedition ship to investigate decades later, there was no return, and there was no feedback at all.
At that time, Taimei WH, which was 9.8 light-years away from Earth, was not called that name, but was called Wormhole 6. It was not until after the discovery of the New American Galaxy that the wormhole was officially named after the heliosphere-New American Galaxy.
After that, the New American Galaxy embarked on a path of rapid development, and in SC0041 issued the Declaration of Independence for the Cosmic Age, establishing the New American Federation and becoming the first transgalactic colony to declare independence.
After independence, the New American Galaxy experienced only one war, the "Reconquista" war launched by the then United Nations peacekeepers later that year. It's a pity that the Earth Federation had not yet been established at that time, and there were still hundreds of countries on the earth from the old era, and the strength of the United Nations peacekeeping forces was uneven, and the countries were intrigued.
Since then, the New American Galaxy has not experienced any war. Both the New American Federation before the name change and the current UAC kept the war out of their homes.
After more than 100 years of development, and limited by the speed of the second-generation jump engine, all G-type and K-type galaxies within 100 light-years have been developed, centered on the "Dream of the Americas", the capital of the UAC Federation, and even the M-type star fields in the center of 30 light-years have been occupied.
Therefore, when Fols leaves NO's GMP project laboratory, he will see that the star in this field is an M-type star with low development value.
To use an analogy close to the old times, the "American Dream" is like a coastal metropolis, where every inch of land is 30 light years away, and even if the mountains are moved and the sea is reclaimed, real estate developers have to enclose land to build houses. The G-shaped star field is the CBD central business district, the K-type star field is a high-value urban area, and the M-shaped star field is the land plot that UAC real estate developers have moved mountains and reclaimed in the suburbs.
There are hundreds of m-type star fields within 30 light-years centered on the "Dream of the Americas", and it is not easy to find the one that Falls said. Fortunately, he estimated the voyage and memorized the characteristics of that star field, so he could finally conduct a preliminary screening based on his memory and narrow down the scope of the investigation.
At that time, he traveled almost 40 light-years to reach Taimei Wh, which is 15.1 light-years away from the "American Dream", so this M-shaped star field should be located in the spherical shell with the Taimei Wh as the center and a diameter of 40 light years, and the intersection of the "American Dream" within 30 light years.
There are a total of 18 space cities in 9 star fields that are eligible, all of which are located behind the "American Dream". This was the first difficulty of the Storm's trip.
Entering the New American System directly in the original form of a destroyer will be easier to transit, but it will not be possible to move freely within the New American System. The New American Galaxy has not experienced a war for more than a year, and warships are not allowed to move freely in the territory on weekdays.
If it is the UAC home fleet, it is basically dispatched in groups, at least in a three-ship formation with patrols as a unit. As long as a single battleship crosses the WA1 range, it is an abnormal phenomenon.
This means that the Tempest can no longer be exposed to the sight of other ships from the moment it leaves WA1. Therefore, it will be impossible to dock at the port to obtain normal supplies along the way, and can only be arranged to barges or transport ships through Awa-ker for space replenishment.
According to the clues provided by Falls, the nine M-shaped star fields initially screened out were not in one place, and even if Captain Morgan designed the most efficient route, it would take at least three months to travel all these M-shaped star fields and sail at 1,500 times the speed of light of the "Tempest".
So Captain Morgan will set up a temporary supply point in the Kuiper Belt of the fifth M-shaped starfield, and a large transport ship will be waiting for the arrival of the Tempest from a month and a half.
If the Tempest is lucky enough to find NO's GMP project lab in the first half of the trip, it will not need this temporary supply point and can go back to WA1 to show its face and make an alibi, while waiting for Captain Morgan to provide advice on how to proceed.
If you're unlucky and don't find your target until the last M-shaped field, it's still acceptable. I'm afraid that after walking around the 9 star fields, I still haven't found NO's GMP project laboratory, which is really fatal.
If that were the case, the Tempest would have to return to WA1 and leave the search for NO's GMP project lab to Captain Morgan.
Forth was confident in this, believing that as long as Awa-Ker's intelligence screening process was not wrong, he would be able to find the place he left out in these star fields.
In Foers's view, the question of which direction the Tempest will go after leaving WA1 is to be considered at the moment.
Clockwise or counterclockwise?
In the case where Foers is sure to find the target, which side to go is a very interesting multiple-choice question. Unless NO's GMP project lab happens to be in the fifth M-shaped field, it will always be close to one of them. If you choose the right one, the "Tempest" will not need to be resupplied and will be able to return to WA1 in no more than two months; On the other hand, if you choose the wrong one, you will have to spend at least a month more on the flight.
Making the right choice is not about IQ, it's just a matter of luck. If Chairman Edward is here, it would be right to throw this question to him. But for now, Fengyu can only let Hag make the choice.
"It's said that my ability is a 'sense of crisis', and it's not a prophecy, so it's a bit nonsense for you to let me make a decision, right?" Haag grimaced in refusal.
As an awakened newcomer who hasn't yet passed the official review of Awa-Ker, he doesn't want to make people feel like they have a problem because he chose the wrong direction. Even if you choose the right one, it's not a commendable achievement, so don't do it.
It is not difficult for the awakened to join the awa-ker, and the pass rate is basically 100%. But the problem is that Hag has been in contact with Fengyu, the director of Awa-ker, from the beginning, and will basically work by Fengyu's side in the future, so once he joins the organization, he is directly a core member of the headquarters and must be subject to the strictest review.
If it is found that he has ulterior motives during the review process, depending on the degree of harm, the lightest will be brainwashed and thrown into a certain space city, and the more serious ones will be detained in the prison of the Awa-ker headquarters for a long time, and the most serious may be directly executed.
For example, if Hag doesn't want to be loyal to Awa-ker, but just wants to follow Fengyu to take advantage, it is basically a fate that is lost after being brainwashed. The so-called brainwashing is to let an awakened person with the corresponding ability help him forget the memories of the last few months, and the price is that many of his brain cells will die, and those brain cells that carry the memories of Fengyu and Awa-ker will be destroyed.
And if he is a spy sent by the new European Union to break into the awa-ker, he will naturally be imprisoned for a few years, and then consider whether to release or continue to be imprisoned later, depending on the situation.
The most serious situation is naturally if he is found to be a spy of NO, so that Awa-Ker will allow the Awakened to read all the memories in his brain and obtain relevant information about NO. And after all his brain memories were read, the brain cells were basically dead, and the end was brain death.
Then again, making decisions means taking responsibility. Haag is not afraid to take responsibility. The problem was that the crew members of the Tempest were too high-ranking for him to take responsibility for decision-making as a reserve member.
Feng Yu understood the concerns in his heart, so he proposed a compromise, "In this case, you try to think about walking in a clockwise route and a counterclockwise route respectively to see if it will cause a 'sense of crisis'." If you feel it, let me know and I'll decide what to choose. ”
At this moment, Hag finally understood Fengyu's purpose, which was to test how strong his awakening ability was and how much effect he could play. In that case, he must cooperate.
With Haag's "survival stream ace" combat level, it can be said that he is the second on the "Tempest", but once the GMP man of Falls grows up, he is firmly at the bottom. Fengyu will take Haag in and pull him into the crew sequence of the "Tempest", and it is definitely not his combat power that is taken a fancy to, but his experience and awakening ability.
Even experience is secondary, Fengyu himself is a veteran with 10 years of military experience, and he has experienced more high-intensity battles in 10 years than some military bigwigs in his seventies and eighties, and it is not necessarily worse than Hag with 18 years of military experience. At the end of the day, this is the Awa-Ker organization, and the most important thing is that Fengyu needs Haag's awakening ability.
Haag was a man who understood, knew what he was doing, and immediately threw himself into mental induction.
After a moment, he pointed to the right-hand side, which is counterclockwise, "I feel dangerous to go this way!" ”