Chapter Ninety-Nine: The Badly Damaged Voyager
At first glance at the Voyager in the rover's footage, the crowd didn't notice anything else, but were immediately attracted by the huge scar in front of the spacecraft. The moment they saw the scars, everyone, including Zhou Xin, showed a look of fear on their faces.
"It seems that we were able to escape this time, and it was really a fluke." Looking at the picture on the screen, Dart subconsciously muttered to himself.
"The damage to the Voyager looks worse than expected." Dart's words brought Zhou Xin back to his senses. Of course, although he was surprised by the severe damage to the ship, he still seemed more calm in his words, "This must have been formed when the Voyager finally hit the mountain, such a scar, if you want to repair it-" He shook his head as he spoke. Immediately after, Zhou Xin's gaze swept over the entire spaceship from the beginning. He soon discovered that there was no intact part of the surface of the Voyager today, which made him shake his head even more.
As the probe continued to move away from the spacecraft, Zhou Xin further observed that the current Voyager had long since broken away from the shackles of the Norshan civilization and was heading lonely in an unknown direction. Behind the spacecraft, an ocean-blue planet is hanging silently in space. This was the first time that Zhou Xin and the others had observed the planet where the Noshan civilization was located at this distance. Looking at the planet in the corner of the screen with a complicated gaze, which was almost indistinguishable from Earth, Zhou Xin couldn't help but recall their experience in the Noshan civilization during this time.
After a moment's pause, Spred's voice brought Zhou Xin back to his senses, "Judging from the current situation, our top priority is not to repair the Voyager next." β
Without thinking about it at all, Zhou Xin replied directly: "Since we have escaped the pursuit of the Norsans, we will definitely have to repair the spacecraft next." But before thatβ" he paused to glance at the star map in the star system, "we need to stop and do a detailed inspection of Voyager, in its current state - I'm a little worried about how long it will last in the space environment, let alone make it to its intended planet." β
"That said, I'm also a little worried about the current situation of the warp engine." Zhou Xin's words made Spred start to be a little worried, "Forget it, in order to be at ease, I'd better check it myself." With that, he stepped out of the command module.
"I'm going to check on the rest of the world, too." As soon as Spred's words fell, Dart answered casually and hurried out after Spred. At this time, Zhou Xin's heart knew very well that Dart was worried about the other Atlanteans on the spaceship. After hesitating for a moment, Zhou Xin felt that he couldn't help if he went out, so he didn't leave the command cabin, but asked the Voyager to call up the surveillance footage of the internal area of the spacecraft that had not been destroyed.
Then, after nearly a day, Atlas and Voyager finally examined the ship in detail. During this time, Zhou Xin was also in the command cabin observing the situation everywhere on the Voyager. Obviously, Zhou Xin's ability alone cannot be compared with all the probes, so his main purpose is just to wait for the final inspection report, and then check some important areas in the spacecraft while waiting.
In anxious waiting, a comprehensive inspection of the entire ship was finally completed. The Voyager reported to Zhou Xin in its usual tone, which could not hear anything good or bad:
"After a detailed examination, the back armor of this ship has been severely damaged by the attack of the Norshan civilization, and more than 80% of the surface armor can no longer be repaired, and can only be replaced. The remaining areas are also not of high repair value and are also recommended to be replaced. In addition, the compartments adjacent to the surface armor also suffered serious damage, with the outermost two floors having difficulty finding an intact compartment and more than 50 percent of the third compartment being damaged. The damage suffered in the vicinity of some of the armored areas that had been completely damaged before the Norshan civilization launched the attack had even spread to the core of the ship. β
The Voyager's report made Zhou Xin's brows furrow, but even so, the Voyager's report did not stop, "In contrast, the damage to the belly armor did not come from the attack of the Noshan civilization, but from the friction between the ship and the ground during the take-off from the ground. As a result, damage to the abdomen is more even than on the back, with the protection of residual armor. Most of the damage to the abdominal area has only reached the second level of the chamber, and only a few areas have affected the third level of the chamber. β
"In addition to these general injuries, there are several groove-like cracks under the ship's head. The largest of these rifts is about 30 meters wide and more than 300 meters long, and its end has affected the core to some extent. These cracks were caused by the collision of the ship with a hard protrusion on the ground during the taxiing process. The above are some of the major damage suffered by the ship today, and the rest will be listed in the report. After saying this, a very detailed list appeared on the screen in front of Zhou Xin. It is a detailed record of all the damage that the Voyager has suffered to date, which has not yet been repaired.
Zhou Xin didn't immediately go through the damage report that contained a few pages in the catalog alone, but said to himself in a self-deprecating tone: "I'm afraid the damage to the Voyager is even worse now than when we first came here before." I really didn't expect that during the time we stayed here in the Norsan civilization, instead of repairing the spaceship, it suffered more serious damage. β
"Brother Captain, people don't think that's the case." As soon as Zhou Xin's words fell, Atlas raised a different opinion, "The Norsanian attack does seem to be very violent, and it has indeed caused considerable damage to the ship. However, compared to the previous attacks of spherical battleships, their attacks did not have any penetration. So, while on the surface the Voyager is now much more damaged than it was before, in reality, the damage done to the Voyager by the Norzans is only as much as we see it now, and it doesn't affect the core of the ship in the slightest......"