Chapter 30 Before the Test Flight

"Now everything is ready, all we have to do is the engine. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info”

Zhou Xin informed Spred that he was ready, and received the same reply from Spred, but because the warp engine was so big, it took a little time for the Voyager to rebuild a construction ship, and the warp engine was successfully transported back to the ship. After returning to the spacecraft, it took a few more days for the engineering robots to install the engines in their intended positions under the guidance of the Thunderers.

Since he had been in Thunderstar for a long time, Zhou Xin decided to leave the Voyager directly after the warp engine had successfully completed the test, so while they were moving the engine, the relocation of the base was also proceeding in an orderly manner.

There are only about 200 people in the base, although there are not many people, but they need to move a lot of things, you must know that there is no shortage of information about a civilization that has been inherited for tens of millions of years. Moreover, Spred also told Zhou Xin that this base also preserves a complete set of embryo samples of animals and plants from the original planet, which makes Zhou Xin very surprised, and at the same time a little embarrassed, after all, the preservation of embryos is not like just finding a place to put it in the same place, the preservation of embryos requires very strict conditions, and how to not damage these embryos in the process of transportation has become a very important problem. Fortunately, although it took a bit of time, they managed to transport the embryos to the Voyager's warehouse, and as for what to do with the embryos, Spred did not give a specific idea of what to do with them.

In the process of relocation, the one who contributed the most was Guresta, as the former logistics team leader, this kind of thing was indeed what he was good at, so after he took the initiative to ask for the relocation work, even Zhou Xin did not object. However, after learning the truth, Guresta became much more silent, and according to Spred, Guresta is now much more "calm" than before.

After more than a month, the vigorous base relocation activities were finally completed. Originally, after the warp engine was loaded onto the spaceship on the tenth day and installed, Zhou Xin wanted to try it, but the Voyager stopped him, "After all, this is the first time to use the warp engine, if you don't know where to go after starting it or the engine can't stop, then you won't be able to return here." The Voyager reminded him that although Spred had told him more than once how safe the engine was, just in case, Zhou Xin listened to the Voyager and waited for the relocation of the base to be completed.

On this day, Zhou Xin was in the command cabin, and on the screen in front of him was Gusesta, and behind him, from time to time, he could see a thunderstar or a robot walking by, no matter who walked by, holding a bunch of things in his hand.

"The relocation of the base is nearing completion, and this should be the last thing to ship." "The rest of us will follow this last cargo back to the ship," said Guresta with a blank face. ”

"Okay, thank you." Zhou Xin said, "Make sure it's all moved, what are you going to do with the abandoned base." ”

"I've checked everything, and apart from some discarded daily necessities, there's nothing left of this base." Guresta said calmly, "As for the abandoned base, Spred plans to seal the gate and erect a monument at the entrance. ”

"Need help from a robot?"

"No need, after all, this is our own civilization, you have helped us a lot, and finally let us set up a monument by ourselves, which can be regarded as a memorial." There was a hint of nostalgia in Guresta's flat voice.

"Alright, come back soon when you're done, we're ready to go." Zhou Xin continued, "Don't be too sad, your civilization will have a new tomorrow." ”

"Thank you." After a long silence, Guresta finally squeezed out two words, and then he hung up the communication.

The next day, Zhou Xin stood in the command cabin, Chang'e stood on his left hand, and Spred and Ralph stood on his right.

On the screen, an engineering ship slowly flies into the dock of the Voyager, and after the ship has stopped, the dock door slowly closes.

At the same time as the door closed, Zhou Xin let out a sigh of relief and said to Spred: "It's finally done, let's prepare for engine testing." ”

"Hmm." Spred nodded, "I'm going to the power cabin, I'm not worried about having those kids there." ”

Since the warp engine was made by the Thunder Star, many inspection devices were not available on the ship, and the machines they made needed to be used temporarily, and there would be a slight delay if the engine information was obtained in the command module, so Spred had to go to the power cabin to actually obtain specific engine data.

Zhou Xin turned on a small screen, and the scene inside the power cabin appeared. At this time, there were a lot of Thunderstar researchers sitting quietly in their seats, and next to them stood a robot for assistance, and they were also standing quietly waiting for something.

The silence lasted for a while, and the door to the power compartment was opened, and Spred, who had just left the command module, appeared inside the power room. He looked around and asked, "Are you ready?" After receiving an affirmative answer, he commanded: "Now that everything is ready, the first full-power test of the warp engine will now begin." ”

After Spred finished speaking, one of the researchers pressed a button on the panel, and the lights on the panel began to flicker, and the researchers who had just sat there began to get busy in an orderly manner.

"The energy conversion unit is working well and is channelling the energy of the Voyager." One researcher reported, "The energy is being introduced, the conversion is normal, and the warp engine is receiving the energy from the conversion device. ”

"The energy is coming in normally, and the warp engine is starting." Another researcher reported that after a while, he continued, "The engine is finished and running at its lowest power." ”

Spred observed the researcher's movements for a moment, then he looked at one of the screens, his gaze stayed on the data on the screen for a moment, he turned back to Zhou Xin and said, "Everything is normal, the engine is already running, but this is the end of the inspection we did in the base, and next, I will increase the power of the warp engine." ”

Zhou Xin nodded at Spred, who turned his head and ordered the researchers: "Increase the input energy and conduct a full power test." ”

"The input energy is increasing."

"The engine power has reached 50% and continues to increase...... 55%…… 60%…… 65%…… 68%…… 69%。 ”

Just as it was about to reach 70%, several of the screens went dark. Then Zhou Xin heard the researcher's siren.

"Warning, the warp engine is running out of energy, it is about to shut down, it is about to stop."

"What's going on?" Zhou Xin asked Spred.

"What's the situation?" Spred asked the researchers aloud, "Is there a problem with the engine?" ”

No one answered him, and the researchers were scrambling to look at the various data on the screen, checking for what was wrong. Looking at the busy researchers, Zhou Xin showed a trace of worry, but in order not to affect their work, he did not interfere with them more than asking a question at the beginning. Spred joined them after asking the question, constantly walking back and forth between the screens, stopping to point to the panel and say something to the researcher.

After a hectic examination, a researcher reported the final conclusions.

"The check was done, and there was nothing wrong with the engine, it was just automatically shut down due to insufficient input energy. The problem was with the energy conversion device, which was overloaded due to too much input energy. ”

Spred let out a sigh of relief, "As long as it's not a problem with the engine, is there a big problem with the conversion device, can you fix it?" ”

"Several parts are burned out and are being replaced." The researcher questioned the staff who had gone to investigate the device and replied, "Nothing else. ”

Zhou Xin asked beside him, "Isn't there a safety device?" And how do you guys not know what the upper limit of the input energy of the conversion device is. ”

Spred awkwardly explained: "This energy device is the first time that it has reached the level of overload, and the energy power of the first few tests has not reached half of the overload power, so I forgot." ”

"......" Zhou Xin was speechless for a while, "Then what should I do next, the power is not enough after repairing." ”

"We also have a spare conversion device, which was supposed to be made just in case." "I didn't expect it to come in handy now." ”

"Is a spare one enough?" Zhou Xin asked worriedly.

"Judging from the engine health just now, it should be enough."

"Alright, then add a backup conversion device and continue the experiment." Zhou Xin agreed.

Spred turned his head to the researchers, assigning them a new task, and then the researchers got busy again. After a while, some of the screens that had been dimmed by the overload also came back on, and the researchers reported that the damaged conversion had been repaired.

"Connect the second conversion device." Spred said.

"The second conversion device is being started, the startup is complete, it is being connected, and the connection is successful." A researcher reported on the status of Conversion Unit 2.

"Warp engine recharged for the second time." Spred ordered, "The charged energy is divided equally between the two energy conversion devices. ”

"Understood, the energy is being introduced, the import is successful, and the engine is being charged." A researcher reported.

"The engine is 60% charged...... 70%…… 80%…… 85%…… 90%…… 95%…… 96%…… 97%…… 98%…… 99%…… 100%, successfully charged, the engine is on standby at full power. Another researcher reports on the progress of the engine's recharge.

"Very good, keep it in this state for now, is there anything abnormal about the energy conversion device?" Spred asked, and after the accident just now, he was also a little worried about the problem with the improvised energy conversion device.

"The energy conversion device is all right." "Warp engine standby is normal." Two answers came.

"Good." Spred nodded with satisfaction, "Compare the data from full power standby with our previous flight data to see if there are any anomalies." ”

After a period of data collection and comparison, each researcher gave the results of the comparison of the parts assigned to his or her own examination, and the results were slowly converged into Spred's hands. Looking at the more and more reports in his hand, Spred opened one of them from time to time, and occasionally stopped to think about it, his expression became more and more relaxed, and seeing his face, Zhou Xin was also relieved.

When the last researcher handed the report to Spred, he quickly glanced at the report twice, nodded, and then said to Zhou Xin, "Sure enough, there is no problem, the warp engine is fine." He also emphasized, "The warp engine is just like when it first left the factory." ”

Zhou Xin said happily: "That's great, then when can we start making the first warp move." ”

"It's going to take a while, and we'll need to set the various parameters of the engine." Spred replied.

At this time, a researcher asked a little embarrassed, "This spaceship is a bit big, will there be any problems if you set such a wide range of warp movements?" ”

"Does the range exceed the limits of the warp engine?" Spred asked.

"Not really, it's just that our previous ship was much smaller than the Voyager, so—"

Spred thought for a moment, then took a piece of paper, he wrote and drew on the paper for a while, and then said: "If you don't exceed the limit, there is no problem, at most it will affect the speed of warp flight." ”

"Really? Don't fail the flight and warp out only part of the ship. Zhou Xin was a little worried.

"That's not how you understand it." Spred corrected, "Warp speed flight only successfully flies or unsuccessfully stays in place, and it is impossible to fly out of a part, and the specifics are too complicated to explain." You just need to know that if we fail, we'll just stay where we are. ”

Zhou Xin nodded to indicate that he understood, and then Spred continued to turn his head and discuss the specific settings of the engine parameters with the researchers.

After a long time, Spred let out a sigh of relief and said to Zhou Xin: "It's finally done, this ship is really big, and it still took a lot of time to figure out a few data." ”

"Thank you for your hard work." Zhou Xin said, "Can you fly next?" I can't wait. ”

Spred, who had completed the warp engine test, seemed very happy, and he also joked with Zhou Xin, "Your Excellency, Captain, are you sure you don't make a testimonial about the first warp flight of the earth's civilization before flying at warp speed?" ……”