Chapter 24: Interstellar Traffic Accidents
This incident is somewhat similar to a traffic accident, but unfortunately the damage caused is much greater than that of an ordinary traffic accident.
Humanity lost a B-class galactic transport, all 200 crew members and 1,000 interstellar migrants on board died, and a large amount of supplies were wiped out in the accident.
And the other party also suffered heavy losses, an A-class battleship that had been in service for less than half an interstellar year fell, and all 20,000 Proxima centauri on the battleship were killed.
Proxima Centauri believes that the human transport ship should take full responsibility for this accident and demands that humanity pay for the damage, otherwise it will be regarded as ignoring the interstellar convention and waging war against humanity.
It was the first time that human civilization had come into contact with intelligent beings from other galaxies, but it was really under such awkward circumstances.
It stands to reason that human transports can't do any harm to the more advanced Proxima Centauri A-class warships, neither of them are of the same level in terms of artillery level or shield strength.
If this had happened in any other situation, the human transports would not have been able to hurt the battleship's fur.
But it just so happened that the transport ship inadvertently intruded into the orbital space where the battleship was operating during the interstellar jump.
Like a watermelon being thrown onto the path of a sports car, the wrong time, in the wrong place, has caused unimaginable results.
"The first collision between human civilization and other civilizations" is what historians of mankind would probably say about this accident many years later.
Although the human transport ship broke in by accident, it is still the main party responsible for the accident.
This is clearly stipulated in the interstellar convention provided by Proxima Centauri, so it is understandable to demand compensation from humans.
The amount of compensation is really unacceptable to the federal government, 500 trillion interstellar currency (1 interstellar currency = 2 star coins), converted into 1000 trillion star coins used by human beings, which is the total amount of taxes paid by the mother planet Earth for 20 years.
This makes the situation very awkward.
It is impossible to fight a war, there is no need to fight at all, and even the person on the other side can not see it and is killed, just like running with a big knife and spear to fight against aircraft and artillery, the Qing Dynasty government has long proven that this road is not feasible.
You can't lose money, not to mention that the Earth Federation on the home planet can't come up with so many star coins, even if you smash the pot and sell iron to make it up, you won't be able to live in the future?
So the Earth Federation held an emergency meeting to discuss what to do.
But the big guys sat together and discussed, and there was no suitable solution, so they had to send some easy-to-use diplomats to grind tofu with Proxima Centauri.
Proxima Centauri is also a peaceful race, unwilling to start a war easily, but they make an offer that the Earth Federation cannot refuse: rent 100 interstellar years of Titan in the solar system (1 interstellar year = 1000 Earth days) to offset the debt.
This proposal made the Earth Federation quarrel, and the radicals believed that although the previous reparations were huge, at least the territorial integrity of the solar system could be maintained, but if Titan was classified as a lease for Proxima Centauri, it would be tantamount to a humiliating act of power and humiliation, and what about the residents who immigrated to Titan?
Conservatives feel that this method is feasible, firstly, the progress of human development of Titan is slow, and the ratio of input and output is completely asymmetrical, so it can be said that Titan has become a burden on the mother planet Earth, and it is a pity to abandon it;
In addition, once Proxima Centauri colonized Titan, the distance between human beings and extraterrestrial civilizations will be much closer, and it will be much more convenient to communicate.
As for the immigrants on Titan, it's good to bring them back to Earth, and they've been clamoring to come back anyway.
The result of the debate was that the conservatives took the upper hand, and the Earth Federation agreed to use Titan as a bridge to communicate with the Proxima Centauri, leasing them to each other for 100 interstellar years.
Mu Chen was dumbfounded after hearing this, wasn't it just a traffic accident, as for renting a planet as compensation?
These federal officials have iron brains, right?
However, these things are too far away from his own Shengdou people, and his focus is still on returning to Earth.
"So we, the immigrants, are all going to be brought back to Earth?" Mu Chen asked with some concern.
At the beginning, the life of Mu Chen's family on the earth was not much better than it is now, as an E-level citizen, the family basically belongs to the lowest level of residents, there is not enough food and clothing, and they are always discriminated against.
Wang Jun also frowned, his comrades-in-arms were all sacrificed on this planet, and he had given up so many high-quality jobs on the home planet to choose to stay here, and he was reluctant to leave those former comrades-in-arms, but now it seemed that it was the last moment of separation.
"As far as I know, the home planet has sent an A-class transport ship that will arrive on Titan in 15 days, and the space of this transport ship is huge enough to take all the people from the two immigration camps away." Wang Jun said helplessly.
This kind of thing is not something that Mu Chen can change, the strength of the individual seems so weak in front of the collective, not to mention that the current life of most of the residents in the camp is unsustainable, and at least they can survive when they return to Earth.
"Xiao Mu, this matter has basically been decided, you better prepare early." Wang Jun said earnestly.
Mu Chen nodded, seeing that his life was getting better, but he was going to return to Earth to start over, this was undoubtedly a huge blow, but it had come to this point, there was no point in complaining, and trying to change the family's living standard on Earth was the most important thing.
"Remind you to collect more special supplies on Titan, if you can bring them back to Earth in the future, these things will be worth a lot of money." Wang Jun kindly reminded.
Mu Chen also has a plan in his heart, he can't live the tight days like before, although his sister's body has improved a little, but she still has to prepare more, what if the current silver-backed saber-toothed tiger is finished?
It seems that I will have to go around the camp a few more times in the next ten days.
After thanking Wang Jun, Mu Chen left with his sister.
"Brother, are we going back to Earth?" Muyue asked worriedly.
Mu Chen stretched out his hand, gently rubbed it on his sister's head, and said with certainty: "No matter where we are, our family will never be separated." ”
Inexplicably, Mu Yue's restless heart is much more steady, as long as her brother is there, this day will not fall.
Back at the repair shop, Mu Chen told everyone the information he had gotten, and everyone was shocked.
After finally adapting to the life of Titan, and now they are going back to Earth to start anew, everyone is a little worried.
Mu Chen said what he thought in his heart.