Chapter 41: Bugs and Mines
Elsa and her two sisters were very competent bodyguards, but when Pan Wen didn't offer help, they were ultimately defeated by Kareda. On the pretext that her people would guarantee her safety after entering the house, the three sisters had to rest in the room arranged by Kareda.
Strangely, Kareda's dwelling was not a communal quarter, but a small manor was built in a place that resembled a dockyard, and the space was not in any of the pobra-shaped harbor areas.
There is a lot of this space on Segeis, and it is the dock. Unlike the 32 port areas, which have a total of nearly 1,000 docks, these docks under the Segeis metal sphere have a different function, they belong to the Safety Authority, and only park the Authority's ships.
Although Pan Wen believes that he has never underestimated the strength of the Jijemet family, after seeing this small manor, he knows that his guess is really far from the truth, especially before entering the door, Careda also said:
"This is my manor, Lord Panvin doesn't need to associate it with the Jiyemet family, here I have the final say, no one will dare to be rude to you in my cottage."
Kareda's explanation was to reassure Pan Wen, after all, when the two first met, she had a certain purpose. However, from her words, it can also be imagined that the surname Jiyemet is far from being represented in the literal sense of a viscount of the Isis Empire in Segeis. Recalling that the chick who broke into the control room with a gun and was caught in the battle at that time, it felt really bloody that she had such an outrageous backer.
Upon arriving at the manor, Carreda did not make any moths, and took a few sips of what could have been tea in the reception room, and began to show Pan Wen the alleged evidence.
The first is a star map of the star system, MR251, which contains a small star, a gas star and four rocky planets. When the image zooms in, the field of view focuses on the vicinity of the gaseous star, and a bunch of markers pointing to dozens of satellites appear.
Gas stars are amazing celestial objects that can deform their satellites by gravitational pull alone in the absence of sufficient light, allowing them to obtain enough geological energy. Most of the rocky planets are either overheated or overcooled according to the distance from the star and rotation, while the gaseous star satellites have an absolute numerical advantage over the planets, and many of them are about the same size as the standard rocky planets, and occupy a larger proportion than the rocky planets in the artificial modification of human beings.
Finally, the picture falls on the three gaseous star satellites, and the markers are also increased from simple numbers and letters to rotation speed, illumination time, gravity, atmospheric composition, average pressure, etc. However, in addition to the more reliable gravity value of the three satellites, none of them is close to the standard of human needs, which is also a common problem with the planets and satellites in the MR251 galaxy in the three regions. Humans may be willing to spend some money, time, and energy to change 2% of the atmospheric composition, but it is better to find a new one if it is not up to standard.
"After sending people to search these satellites briefly, I found insects on three satellites, C3, D13, and D21."
Kareda said and pressed the pen in his hand, and the screen enlarged the satellite numbered D21 and fell to the ground, through the enlarged bubble screen, showing creatures within a diameter of nearly 100 square kilometers, the weapons, armor and even superpowers of these creatures are higher than normal, and it is difficult for protists to evolve to this point without the stimulation of alien species.
Alien is not a type of worm, but refers to all creatures that can travel through space without obvious characteristics of civilization. Alien insects used to be the biggest enemy in the history of human space travel, and after a hundred years of mutual pits, humans gradually learned about alien insects and ended the boring alien war.
Take, for example, the representative family of alien insects, the Terrellar swarm, which is a group of alien insects that use spores as travel vectors. Once the Terrella swarm spores have reached the right environment, the first step is to multiply themselves, i.e., increase the number of spores, a process that forms fungal colonies in preparation for the second stage. The second stage is the evolution of small, ancient organisms based on the fungus, and this process is also the process of further adaptation of the Terrella colony to the local environment. In the third stage, any metamorphosed primitive creature will grow directly into a small representative creature of the Terrela swarm, a highly aggressive creature that can directly eat minerals; Small gluttonies grow to a full body of over three meters in length between two and three generations. The presence of the Tyrella Gluttonous Eater is enough to provide strong protection to the colony and find more sources of nutrients for the fungus blanket.
This is the end of the information contained in the genes of the Terrela swarms, and what follows is a long process of evolution according to the local environment, and with enough time, they will grow into a complex and complete biosphere. This was the first swarm-type enemy that humans came into contact with.
One thing all insects have in common is that they are very sensitive to energy-based minerals, most of which are similar to the Terrella swarms, which can provide energy to certain special evolutionaries without vegetation, leaving more food for the vulnerable parts of the community that can be easily absorbed.
Looking at the picture of the insect in the hologram, Pan Wen frowned.
"Lord Pan Wen, you don't think it's a special effect, do you?" Kareda immediately noticed the change in him.
Pan Wen shook his head and asked a rhetorical question: "Since your target has atmospheric protection, why do you have to find someone to cooperate?" Wouldn't it be the end of building a robot automatic factory by yourself? ”
The atmosphere in the space age is the ultimate shield of the planet, and in the process of penetrating the atmosphere, ordinary energy and beam weapons are weakened not to mention how much they are weakened, and whether they can avoid refraction hits is a problem, and the only thing that can cause a devastating blow to the atmosphere is only two things, the Starship Destroyer and the Death Star Satellite. The Stardestroyer has already seen it, and it should be mentioned that the missile cannot reach too high a speed due to the atmosphere during the ground attack, and the inertial damage and explosive force are similar to those of the ground-to-ground missile. The Death Star satellite is actually a super-large electromagnetic cannon, because the ballistic speed of electromagnetic weapons is still too slow compared to various high-energy weapons and beam weapons, and it has little practical value in modern warfare, but it can even affect the entire land plate when hitting the ground! But because the power is too great, there is a suspicion of massacring civilians, and a few planes have withdrawn from the historical stage under the joint declaration of various countries.
Therefore, a planet with an atmosphere, theoretically, as long as there is a production chain deep enough underground that includes mineral gathering, smelting, and automatic construction of defense robots, it is very difficult to completely defeat - no matter how many enemies come, as long as the entire planet is not destroyed, there will always be resistance. It is not easy to build a completely closed line of defense against autonomous robots, and whether you build the air or the ground is just a matter of a button.
Hearing Pan Wen's question, Kareda's eyes lit up, and the man in front of him was really not comparable to those guys whose brains were full of muscles.
She stretched out the tip of her tongue and licked her lower lip before answering ambiguously: "Because I'm worried that there are people like you who are worried about that property, and giving away the benefits can reduce my risk." ”
"Someone like me?" He didn't know when he was so acquainted with Kareda, and he thought he was just an NPC trying to survive under the pressure of the player.
"Minerals are meant to be exported, and if there are too many people like you who are patient, I won't be able to turn minerals into other necessary resources even if I don't go to war on the ground."
Pan Wen nodded, as if agreeing with her statement: "Last question, I don't know how I can help you?" ”
This is the most practical one, and none of the ships in Panvin's fleet are free to travel to and from the atmosphere and beyond, and are all professional spacecraft, which makes it impossible for him to provide any ground assistance during the development process.
If he just wants to be an ordinary bodyguard, it means that he is nothing important, and an unimportant guy can barely get an average profit of burning incense. In that case, although Pan Wen will not give up the idea of getting a piece of the pie, it is likely to be used as a vacation.
"But I want to keep this little secret for now." Kareda smiled mischievously as she spoke.
Since she said this, Pan Wen is not easy to force, the basic purpose of his coming has been achieved, and he has obtained a little useful information, which is enough.
After talking about business, it's time for fun.
I don't know if Kareda is dissatisfied with her desires, or if she is used to using her charm to reach deal terms, or maybe she may really have some interest in Pan Wen. Anyway, in the small talk, the two of them stuck together.
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By the time he came out of Careda's small estate a few hours later, Pan Wen had been able to confirm something.
First of all, the tall blonde beauty must have really given up the purpose she had brought when she first approached him. Otherwise, in such a manor, without the surveillance arrangements of the Security Administration, it would be impossible to find out how he died, and with some of the circumstances shown by the Geyemet family, it is very likely that the investigation will be perfunctory.
Then, for MR251, he may have to make some additional preparations, such as landing ships to and from the atmosphere. Of course, preparations can wait until after the meeting on May 18, no matter how urgent things are, it is normal to coordinate multiple forces, and it is normal to prepare for a week after the meeting, because some people will mothball the ships that are not usually used, and have to re-recruit the crew.
In the end, this woman is a good **, but the power she represents and her social skills are really a bit stressful, and she still has to be avoided, but she can't be caught in by feelings or anything.
After coming out of the manor, I returned to the port to take a look, and the stacking of supplies had been completed. The distribution of supplies in the back of the ship could not be completed by relying on such a crew of about 20 people, so let the people go home to rest for one night, and gather all the crew members to sail again the next day.
There are a lot of things that are scheduled to be piled up later, and this time the time left for the fleet to leave the port is only about seven to nine days, and I hope there will be no moths.