Chapter 459: The Great Works in the Dockyard
In the past, Shen Chao had no good way to deal with this kind of problem, because the council's own governance ability was very limited, the ability to manage these worldly things was low, and the beheading ability of the core expedition team was not strong enough at that time, and rash use of violence would only have the opposite effect.
But now, the Council of Time and Space is no longer what it used to be. The exams for the first batch of trainees are nearing the end, and his expedition is about to complete its first large-scale integration. Many historical problems can be solved in the first place.
As for the historical problems left over from the fugitive fleet, they can be dealt with together with these backlog of historical problems on our side. Shen Chao didn't dare to speculate rashly as to what people would ultimately say about his response, but he was fairly sure that his solution would eliminate all superficial resistance.
Of course, Shen Chao was not in a hurry to arrange the treatment of a group of war criminals represented by Dr. Portal. His expedition still has a lot of things that he needs to pay attention to and deal with, and for Shen Chao, the affairs of the expedition are undoubtedly the most important.
After spending two weeks at the Fleet Anchorage, he returned to Space Station Zero to rest and inspect the latest ship upgrades. He's been stuck on the ground for the past two weeks to house the newcomers, but that doesn't mean there's no one in charge of analyzing the technology brought by the Theron and the fugitive fleet.
The Plane Council was still more famous than it was, but for his expedition, it was the other way around. Although the name of the space-time expedition has not changed, the scale of the structure directly managed by it has exceeded the imagination of ordinary people.
With the exception of the very few members of the earliest operational department, the scientific institute under the direct command of the expedition had swelled to the size of an army. They have recruited more than 100,000 full-time scientists and technicians from all planes.
Most of these people were not directly placed in the control plane of the expedition. Instead, under the cover of each project, they carry out their own scientific research projects in other heterotopic planes. There are biomedical projects, AI development projects of the Nantianza Project, and many projects that are still waiting to come to fruition.
As the commander-in-chief of the fleet, Damien organized a technical force on the Zero space station to analyze the Jump Engine technology after the first technical experts were selected among the new immigrants, some of whom were drawn from some ongoing research projects in other dimensions.
Of course, even with these additional technical forces, it is unlikely that any substantial technical results can be achieved in such a short period of time. Now, their technologists are only scratching the surface of the BSG plane's transition technology, and the technicians don't even have the ability to safely disassemble a jump engine.
But. That's not to say they're going to slow down parsing and leveraging the jump engine. On the contrary, since the entire fleet has been waiting for the jump engine for a long time, Damien is still urging technicians to speed up the application of this "new technology".
At the request of Damien and with the authorization of Shen Chao, the technical team in charge of technical analysis temporarily recruited a group of Theron and human technicians. With the collaboration of these people, the first attempt to port the jump engine began.
It's a lot of work. Because the jump engine core they're trying to transfer now was removed from a battle fortress of Theron with a damaged hull. The entire engine removes heat dissipation and energy supply. The automatic control mechanism is still as tall as a 5-story building. It looks like a small all-metal building.
The sheer size is only a small aspect of the problem, and the core mechanism of the jump engine, despite its size, is actually very complex and fragile. The difficulty of dismantling is similar to having a group of mechanics dismantle the core of a nuclear reactor.
In the process of moving and installing such a huge piece of equipment, too many steps can go wrong and make big mistakes. Not to mention, everyone on the scene was disassembling the jump engine for the first time. The Theron and the fugitive fleet technicians explained how the jump engine worked and how it was maintained, but it was theoretical.
In their parent plane, the installation and dismantling of the jump engine is also the most difficult technical work, and it is all done by professionals of their respective races who never move after the installation is completed, and it is rare to hear of cases of disassembling the jump engine. Because of this, it is difficult to say how much of a role their theoretical knowledge can play in the implementation of such a large-scale project.
At this time, Damien stood in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling windows of the busy repair dock, and the wide corridor behind him was constantly filled with people and goods. Technicians and scientists from various disciplines are busy walking through the area, some visiting and others coming to help.
The observation decks of the other dockyards in the distance were filled with people who came to see the excitement, yes, to see the excitement. The people who can work or stay on the Zero space station are quite safe, and they don't have much entertainment other than work. When I heard that new equipment was going to be installed, I came to see the excitement......
Damien didn't care about the people watching from afar, he held a bunch of information panels handed in batches by technicians, and just stood in front of the window and quietly looked out the window at the cruiser Songhu in the dockyard undergoing major surgery and the Theron battle fortress in another dock.
At this time, the technicians were still carefully disassembling the core of the giant jump engine from the battle fortress, and a large number of mechanics in space overalls and several humanoid mechs of different models were working together.
Shen Chao did not interfere with Dai Mien's management of the fleet, so he served as the commander of the fleet and the head of the maintenance department. He decided to be the first to equip his ship with a jump engine, becoming the first test ship to have a jump engine.
In the past, any new technology in the fleet was applied to the Budapest for the first time, which was the envy of all the others in the fleet. But this time, his ship finally grabbed the jackpot.
However, seeing the current progress of the renovation, Damien could not be happy. In order to disassemble and assemble this new engine, the Songhu had to undergo a major overhaul. Many of the deck spaces and pipelines had to be dismantled and rebuilt as needed.
If it weren't for the gravity-free environment here, the equipment could be moved more freely during transplantation, and they would have to cut off the keel on the top of the battleship to transplant the jump engine.
At this time, the internal renovation work of the Songhu was almost complete, and a large hole with a diameter of 7 stories was opened on one side of the hull, revealing the deck inside, important pipelines, keels, and even one of the Mass Effect cores.
In another dockyard, the engine dismantling is progressing more smoothly than expected, and the jump engine is undergoing a series of external inspections to ensure that the removed engine has not been damaged or otherwise affected by external influences.
This kind of inspection will continue for a long time, because the jump engine itself is a very sophisticated piece of equipment, and it must be compared to a precision atomic clock similar to the main plane, and external thumps and other environmental disturbances can significantly affect its accuracy.
This effect is very dangerous, because spatial transitions require very precise manipulation, and the slightest disturbance of the core of the engine at the atomic level can cause a light-year deviation between the actual and calculated coordinates after the transition is completed.
That's why, despite having a means of ultra-long-distance travel such as the Jump Engine, the humans of the BSG world and Theron have not been able to explore and occupy the entire galaxy at a rapid pace. Because every long-distance jump they make is risky.
Although the discipline of hitting the sun headfirst after the jump is negligible, the chances of getting lost in an unfamiliar star field are not small. In the Milky Way galaxy of the BSG plane, there are very few habitable planets with similar planets, and getting lost in the vast sea of stars is basically equivalent to chronic suicide.
The purpose of this inspection is to ensure as much as possible that there are no major disturbances during the dismantling process, and that there will be a more dangerous migration and installation phase later. Theoretically, the most dangerous stage is the installation phase of the jump engine.
Because reinstalling a jump engine will almost certainly affect its core unit components. In the expectant eyes of countless people, several Atlas space-type mechs dragged huge engines and slowly flew over the distance of several kilometers between the two docks.
During their flight, Space Station Zero flew out of a huge shadow area on the far side of Jupiter, and sunlight appeared in front of everyone's eyes. Fortunately, because it is much farther away from the sun than the earth, the sunlight is not dazzling at all, but plays a little unnecessary illumination role on the scene.
At this distance, the sun looks very different from the earth, if the sun looks like staring at a large brazier on the earth, then here, the sun is like a small white plate hanging in the sky, although you can also feel the photosynthetic heat of the sun, but it is not dazzling at all.
The on-site staff was not affected by the new sunlight, and the operators of several mechs, under the guidance of the scientists of the rear command headquarters, slowly and carefully pushed the huge jump-like engine to the predetermined installation position, and then carefully turned the engine over.
While it may seem easy, it is still difficult to maneuver given their personal vision and the ratio of their engines to the mechs they operate. But it's much easier than doing the same job in a spacesuit.
In this kind of large-scale space equipment installation operation, humanoid mechs have too many advantages over ordinary people wearing space suits. The mech can carry more tools and oxygen reserves. Jetpacks have more power and longer working hours.
The power arm length of the mecha itself can also be remotely controlled by the rear personnel to make up for the pilot's own lack of skills...... Because of so many advantages, the council, which is preparing to build a large number of space stations, is preparing to build its own humanoid mecha production line on the Elysium plane. (To be continued......)
PS: First of all, I would like to thank "hill2" for the tickets and "Valky and Hurricane" for their tips. I don't dare to guarantee a double watch today, and book friends who are busy don't have to stay up late......