Chapter 65: Exploration
Ross is a planet with a special environment.
It has 1.6 times the gravity of standard gravity, has an atmosphere, but contains a measly 16% of oxygen, and contains so much mercury vapor and other toxic gases that humans cannot breathe directly.
Planet 3, which is star R19, is somewhat close to the star, so the temperature on the planet is slightly higher, reaching a maximum of 94 degrees Celsius during the day.
Also because of the distance, the flow of high-energy particles on the surface of the planet is very violent, not only the human body cannot bear it, but even wireless communication cannot be completed.
Because of the difficulty of environmental transformation, human beings abandoned Ross but did not let go of the minerals on the planet, especially after discovering that it contained rich Kasia metal, the enthusiasm for mining became more and more high.
As an important raw material for the manufacture of new engines, Kasia metal is classified as a strategic resource by many countries, including the Crane Federation, so Ross Star is one of the few state-owned mines.
But the living environment of Ross is too bad!
Losing the pressure to survive, few people are willing to venture into such a place, and the violent flow of high-energy particles has made automatic mining a luxury, in this case, the cost of mining, mainly the labor cost, is rising.
Eighty-seven years ago, a congressman named Ross hit the prisoner with the idea.
He argues that mere imprisonment is not enough to punish those who have committed the most heinous crimes, and that such hard work is more appropriate as a means of atonement.
The most important thing is that the Federation does not need to pay anything for it, the only thing that needs to be done is to keep them alive, which is what the Federation has always done.
The proposal was quickly adopted and implemented.
Because of this proposal, Congressman Ross won the Crane Peace Prize that year, and the planet was officially named after him, which shows how popular the proposal is.
As for whether Congressman Ross will feel depressed because his name is linked to a prison planet, there is no record in history, and only the person concerned knows best.
Of course, it is not an easy task to make those heinous prisoners work willingly, and there are legends that there have been many large-scale bloodsheds here, but under the halo of democracy, who cares about the life or death of these anti-socialists?
No matter how developed a society is, there will be criminals, and human beings are definitely the most difficult species to satisfy, and in the past few decades, there have been more and more prisoners on the planet Ross, and today, the number of prisoners has reached 100,000.
With so many prisoners in place, Ross Star Prison can still operate stably, and the police force responsible for guarding it has contributed a lot.
Of course, Anton would not believe that the police would talk to the prisoners about human rights, or take care of the scum of society with love, and this is one of the reasons why he is most worried.
The police, unlike the prisoners, certainly could not have worked here for the rest of their lives, and if given the choice, who would do such drudgery?
The Confederation has special compensation rules for these civil servants who have left their homes, and each police officer has served here for a maximum of three years, and once they return to the administrative star, this resume will become an important weight for their promotion, so many senior police officers in the Confederation have now worked here.
In such a situation, what he will encounter here, with the reputation of a police killer, Anton can imagine with his knees.
Although Onomura Yoshishi repeatedly stated that the Federation has strict regulations in this regard, that those prison guards will never do anything too out of the ordinary, and that the base will soon start rescue operations, Anton still feels unreliable.
He believed that the cops would not kill people at will, after all, the Federation needed these free miners, but the abnormal mortality rate of up to 7% per year was no joke!
History has proven countless times that in an isolated place like a prison, there are usually many strange things that happen, such as hiding from the dead, such as committing suicide with depression, who can guarantee that these things will not happen to him?
As the soldier said, he, a cop-killer, would not survive there for three days!
What's more, he's still an impostor, God knows if anyone knows Yang Kang there, and if he is recognized, it will be a big trouble!
Onomura Yoshichi seriously advised him that once his identity was revealed, his best option was to rush out of Ross's hideout, and dying under the mercury aerosol and high-energy particles was definitely his best choice.
Anton has no doubts about this.
This time, the base spent so much effort to help him leave, it was probably because of Derek, but he never dared to hope that he would have such good luck next time!
When survival is a luxury, Anton is not in the mood to think about Derek for the time being, and he wants to complete the task if he survives.
He sympathized with Yang Kang, who killed the policeman by mistake because he was drunk, and also believed that Onomura Yoshi's choice of this identity for him was a last resort, but Anton still couldn't help but scold in his heart, "What about it, why is Lao Tzu's life so weak......"
While Anton was thinking, the portal had gradually slowed down, and the space station had arrived.
Looking at the five heavily armed soldiers in front of him, Anton exhaled lightly, this is already the fourth security check, which shows that Onomura Yoshichi is right, Rogxing is indeed completely blocked.
Even he, a prisoner whose identity has been identified by the police, has to undergo four identity checks, and one can imagine the military's determination to block Rogstar.
This is the final level, after which Anton will board the transport ship bound for Ross along with the felons from other cities.
Of course, there are many unlucky people like them on the ship, and these prisoners from all over the Federation will become the new members of the Ross Star Prison to atone for their crimes.
The federal code has a fixed name for this kind of behavior, labor reform!