Chapter 3 Deceleration
Reconnaissance Ship No. 1 flew into the Starship No. 1 parent cabin, and then opened the hatch, Wang Runfei and Li Kun stood on Shi Hao's left and right respectively, and Li Kun held Shi Hao's right arm. Because after entering Starship 1, under the influence of the gravity simulator, Shi Hao's body sank significantly when he got out of the car, and he couldn't stand up quickly. The gravity inside Starship 1 is comparable to Earth's gravity.
Just now in the car of the reconnaissance ship No. 1, Wang Runfei and Li Kun introduced themselves to Shi Hao. And Shi Hao could only respond with a slight nod and a flash in his right eye, and Wang Runfei and the two of them also understood that Shi Hao had no way to communicate with them through voice at present.
After all, Shi Hao's body has been floating in space for 35 years, and has been in a state of weightlessness for a long time, so the sudden gravity made his body very uncomfortable, and many parts could not immediately work normally according to Shi Hao's thoughts and instructions.
Shi Hao relied on Li Kun's help to stand in place and try to move his arms and legs, and find a balance through the feedback data. After a few minutes, he was finally able to take steps on his own, and the more he walked, the smoother he went, and finally he could walk alone without Li Kun's support. But the legs can't be completely straightened, can only maintain about 15 degrees of bending, the waist has an unknown failure due to the hard landing of the asteroid, and the waist is also tilted, just like ordinary people have the feeling of a herniated disc in the lumbar vertebrae, which is more funny on a robot.
But Wang Runfei and Li Kun watched from behind, and they didn't want to laugh at all, but felt tears rolling in their eyes. Seeing the legendary hero and the idol of the whole army wandering outside for 35 years, the body has become like this, and the sadness can't stop springing up.
Seeing Shi Hao stop in front of a door, Wang Runfei and Li Kun quickly followed, and the access control system automatically opened after scanning the two of them. Behind the door is a circular hall, the wall of the hall is a complete screen, enclosed in a circle, the screen is divided into several functional areas by the system, displaying different data or images.
One of the largest functional areas is displaying two screens, one is the continuous tracking of the asteroid by the Earth Cannon Space Telescope, and the other shows engineering ships nearly twice the size of the reconnaissance ship lining up to leave the capsule, apparently preparing to land on the asteroid.
A middle-aged man who is about 1.8 meters tall, with a strong build, and wearing a colonel's military uniform, is standing there staring at the screen with his back to the door, this is Colonel Deng Yuan, the captain of Starship 1.
"Report to the captain, General Shi has received it, please instruct." Wang Runfei reported loudly.
Hearing this voice, Deng Yuan immediately turned around, walked quickly to the hatch, and then stood up and saluted.
"General Shi, hello! You have suffered! Deng Yuan said excitedly and respectfully.
When Wang Runfei and Li Kun saw Deng Yuan's appearance, they suspected that this was still not their fierce captain...
Deng Yuan's level knows much more than Wang Runfei, and he knows too well how much sacrifice and contribution Shi Hao has made, and now his performance is just a little admiration after seeing the real hero.
"If the general has any needs, just say it, as long as I Deng Yuan can do it, there is no ambiguity."
"Captain, that... General Shi is inconvenient to communicate in words. Wang Runfei said softly.
At this time, without waiting for Deng Yuan to continue, Shi Hao pointed to the tablet in Wang Runfei's hand with his finger and motioned him to open it, and then he used his inflexible fingers to spell out a sentence in the technique of "one-finger Zen": "My voice simulator is broken, I can't make a sound, I'm sorry!" ”
The thick fingers pointed at the small tablet, Shi Hao didn't dare to use his strength for fear of breaking it, so he typed one sentence for nearly 10 minutes before it was finished. The three people on the side are estimated to be full of black lines.
"General, I will report your situation to General Wu, and let Li Kun accompany you to the cabin to rest? When this mission is completed, we will send you back to Earth immediately. Captain Deng didn't dare to be polite, for fear that Shi Hao would say two more words, and the matter of the engineering ship landing would be troublesome if it was delayed.
Fortunately, this time Shi Hao did not choose to type, and nodded slightly.
"Li Kun, you must take good care of General Shi and arrange for the general to rest in my cabin." Deng Yuan instructed Li Kun.
"Yes." Li Kun immediately received the order.
Shi Hao thought that now was the critical moment, time was precious, and there was no hypocrisy, under the guidance of Li Kun, Shi Hao turned right and walked slowly towards the captain's room.
Seeing Shi Hao enter the captain's room, Deng Yuan turned around and returned to the center of the hall, continuing to stand there domineeringly staring at the screen.
Now there is an engineering ship that has begun to land, because the engineering ship is heavier than the reconnaissance ship, and the speed and acceleration performance of the engineering ship are not as good as that of the reconnaissance ship.
The 50 ships of Starship 1 and Starship 2 have all landed, and it will take about 30 to 50 hours to deploy to their respective positions.
The engineering ships are deployed in the area directly in front of the asteroid's orbit, and each engineering ship must stop there close to the asteroid and wait until all are in place before starting to work together.
For the sake of safety, no staff was arranged on the engineering ship deployed this time to operate, and all actions were operated by the AI system, and the second-level operation authority was opened to the AI system. The operational authority on the engineering ship is divided into three levels, the first level is the highest level, which is only open to the staff and can fully control the entire ship; The second-level authority is open to bionic robots and AI systems, and bionic robots and AI systems have the right to make independent decisions within a reasonable range. Level 3 clearance is also for bionic robots and AI systems, except that they have no autonomy and can only operate according to pre-set parameters.
The engineering ship methodically accelerated, adjusted its attitude, looked for a predetermined position, landed. Judging from the earth cannon space telescope, Starship 1 and Starship 2 continued to fly with the asteroid, and some small flashing dots flew out of the starship, and then flew to the B52 asteroid, these small dots are more and more, slowly covering the front area of the asteroid, and the indicator lights on the engineering ship are flashing one after another, just like the head of the asteroid is studded with diamonds, full of local tyrants.
After 45 hours of continuous fighting, the engineering ship finally landed. Deng Yuan stood in this posture for 45 hours, and saw that all the 50 engineering ships of Starship 1 were deployed in place, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Report to the command, the 50 engineering ships of Starship 1 have been deployed." Deng Yuan immediately reported to the headquarters.
"Report to the command, the 50 engineering ships of Starship 2 have been deployed." This is Starship No. 2 Captain Zhang Pengcheng reporting to work, also with the rank of colonel.
"Well, it took us less than 200 hours to complete the landing. Now the commissioning work will begin immediately, and all engineering ships will be placed under the command of the General Command. Su Yan said.
"Starship 1 received." "Starship 2 received."
Su Yan then ordered: "Commander, pay attention, the electronic clocks of each engineering ship check the time."
"It's over." The commander replied after a minute.
"It's 14:38 Beijing time, and the first test run starts at 14:40, and the test lasts for 5 seconds. The thrust of all engineering ships is 60% of the full thrust. Su Yan continued to order.
"The commander received it, and the test run started on time at 14:40, the test lasted 5 seconds, and the thrust hit 60%." The commander replied.
At 14:40, I saw a hundred bright lights appear in the opposite direction of the asteroid's head forward orbit at the same time, and it disappeared after only 5 seconds.
"The test run is complete, the test duration is 5 seconds, and the current speed of the B52 asteroid is 19.83 km/s, and the speed of the B52 asteroid is 0.04 km/s, which is in line with the expected value."
"The self-inspection of engineering ships has been completed, and at present, 98 engineering ships are working normally, and 2 have burned out their engines and cannot work normally."
After the commissioning, all the staff of the command efficiently gave accurate data and parameters.
"Have you found the cause of the two engines that burned out?" Su Yan asked a staff member.
The staff member said: "According to the data analysis, there was a problem with the electronic clocks of the two engineering ships that were burned, although the time was checked, but just now there was a delay of 0.1 milliseconds when transmitting the shutdown instructions, which caused the two engineering ships to be shut down 0.1 milliseconds late, and the engines were burned out due to excessive short-term load." ”
It's like 100 of us working together to lift a heavy object, everyone is shouting slogans, lifting and putting down at the same time, but two people have deserted their brains, others have put down, they are still carrying, and they are being pressed down, that's the truth.
After hearing the results of this analysis, Su Yan immediately convened several team backbones for a small meeting. After discussion, the decision was still carried out according to the predetermined plan, but earlier than the scheduled time, so that there was time to remedy the situation in the event of an accident.
"Report to the chief, due to an accident in the commissioning, in order to ensure the smooth progress of the entire plan, after discussion by our team, it was decided to start the deceleration plan in advance, please instruct!" Su Yan walked to the leadership observation seat and made a work report and asked for instructions from General Wu.
"Agree to execute." General Wu replied succinctly.
"All note, the second phase of the deceleration plan will be implemented at 15:30." Su Yan issued an order to all the staff in the hall.
If you want to stop the B52 asteroid, according to the calculation, the engines of 100 engineering ships must be driven to the maximum thrust, but considering whether the engines of the engineering ships can withstand and the problem of engine overheating, Su Yan They used the point break method to slow down the B52 asteroid, that is, drive for 1 minute at full load, then rest for 1 minute, and then drive for 1 minute after resting, and so on, for several hours to slow down the asteroid, and decelerate to zero when the asteroid runs to the closest orbit from the moon.
15:30 arrived quickly, and the deceleration plan began on time.
"19.6 km/s"... "19.1 km/s"... "18.7 km/s"...
The engineering ship is regularly running and shutting down, and the speed of the B52 asteroid is also decreasing little by little. However, as time increased, the signal delay of the engineering ship occurred twice, and the engines of a total of 5 engineering ships burned out.
"13.7 km/s"... "12.6 km/s"... "11.3 km/s"...
"It is reported that there are currently 84 engineering ships in normal operation and 16 burned. The B52 asteroid has not slowed down as expected. ”
"10.8 km/s"... "9.7 km/s"...
At this time, Su Yan and the backbone of the team got together again and had a heated discussion.