When he came to the bottom of the fortifications and saw the situation on the scene, Carlson's mood calmed down.

The engineering officers and men were not lazy and did not lie. The work progressed much slower than expected, and the blame lay with no one else, but with Carlson.

To put it simply, Carlson didn't think it through when it came to arranging his tasks.

That is, the place where the fortifications were built was not ideal. At the bottom of the fortifications, there was a huge pothole with no bottom in sight, which caused the foundation of the fortifications to be unstable, which affected the subsequent construction and even had to be torn down and restarted. You know, this is a military fortification, not a civilian facility. In addition, even for civilian facilities, unstable foundations can also cause quality problems. If the Legion suffers serious losses in battle due to the quality of the construction is not up to the table, the person in charge of the construction will be fully responsible, and in serious cases, he will be punished. What's more, if the fortifications are not repaired, they are likely to be destroyed by the enemy when they are under heavy work.

Seeing this, Carlson was very big.

The construction time was already very tight, and now there is a quality problem, which is really troublesome.

Actually, this is not the first fortification to have quality problems.

Carlson had dealt with several similar cases before coming here, and the only way to do that was to reinvent the wheel, and never lose sight of the quality of the work in a hurry.

Now, too, it can only be reworked.

Obviously, this will have to take a lot of time, at least this fortification will take half a day longer, which means that the construction team can complete one less fortification than scheduled in the allotted time. If you count the problems elsewhere, there is simply not enough manpower right now.

Thinking of this, Carlson couldn't help but sigh.

Although he knew that it was useless to complain, Carlsen still couldn't help but complain secretly.

Carlson knew that no one else was to blame for this, but that he was too negligent. It ignores a critical issue that no engineer should ignore.

That's it, the geological structure.

Although Slag is a planet, both in mass and size, it is very ordinary, and there is nothing special about it, but Slag Star is very different from similar solid planets. That is, before it was abandoned. Slag Star has been mined unchecked for two hundred years. Although there are no exact statistics, it has been documented that the frenzied mining has resulted in at least fifteen percent of the quality of the Slag Star.

What is this concept?

If it were any other planet, it would have collapsed long ago due to the change in the gravitational field caused by the loss of so much mass. The slag star did not collapse, not because of the special geological structure, but during the frenzied mining, in order to ensure safety, the miners strengthened the mine in various ways, which made the interior of the slag star a typical honeycomb structure. It is also stronger and does not collapse due to mass loss.

However, this unnaturally occurring structure cannot be sustained for a long time.

To put it bluntly, man-made facilities have a period of use.

What's more, the slag star boom didn't last long, and it was abandoned after the resource was mined, thousands of years now.

What kind of man-made structures can exist for thousands of years?

Even if there were, it wasn't strong.

Not to mention. The mine was strengthened only so that resources could be safely extracted. In large-scale mining, even the largest veins are quickly mined, so there is no long-term plan when it comes to strengthening the tunnel, and no one is stupid enough to spend a lot of money to strengthen the tunnel to last for thousands of years.

The tunnels on Slag are still in existence today, only because they have not been damaged for thousands of years.

To put it simply. The current Slag Star is actually a scattered sand planet. Although it will not collapse because of a little external disturbance, it will definitely cause a geological disaster when the external action is too obvious, and the foundation collapse is actually only the smallest geological disaster.

That's what Carlson overlooks.

In fact, strictly speaking, the responsibility does not lie with Carlson.

Here it is. The information provided to Carlson by the Fleet Command was not accurate at all, it was all thousands of years old, and it was on the basis of this information that Carlson made his construction plans. Obviously, the slag star of thousands of years ago was not what it is now, and there would be no such problem.

It's just that Carlson is still blaming himself.

He was not only an officer in an engineering corps, but also a geology expert. Anyone who works in engineering must understand geology and be an expert. Even if the information provided by the fleet command is inaccurate, as an expert, Carlson should have thought about these issues in advance. What's more, as an officer of an engineering unit, he should be fully prepared. You know, the Legion fights irregularly, and it is not uncommon to set up camp in an unfamiliar location. It obviously doesn't make sense if there are all kinds of problems in the construction of the camp because of the lack of understanding of the local situation. Besides, the commander of the command will certainly not consider the head of the engineering to be responsible for this.

Of course, responsibility is responsibility, and now the question is how to make up for it.

Luckily, Magnus is experienced.

In fact, the problems encountered now are only temporary, and when the camp is completed, they will disappear.

That is, as soon as the camp is completed, or more precisely the large Primal Energy Converter that is used to sustain the camp, arrives and is operational, the Primordial Energy can be used to stabilize the foundation. If necessary, you can even create a huge energy barrier to protect the entire base. Under the protection of the energy barrier, even if the foundation is unstable, it is not a big problem, so these problems encountered now are not a problem at all.

However, when will the camp be completed?

As a matter of standard procedure, the fleet would not send in the large Origin Converters that kept the camp functioning until the perimeter defenses had been established. This construction process makes sense, that is, only by completing the deployment of the perimeter defense can the security of the camp be ensured, and it will be possible to complete the entire construction work. If the perimeter defenses are not in place, then there is no security in the process of building a camp.

In addition, large origin converters are extremely expensive.

The only thing that can maintain a fortress-level military camp that can support a hundred legions is an SSS-level Origin Converter, and even the Lei Ling Clan is not rich enough to be able to use the SSS-level Origin Converter at will. What's more, it is not only a large Origin Energy Converter that is needed to maintain a military camp, but also a lot of supporting equipment, such as generators used to make energy barriers, ecosystems, and so on. In order to realize the value of a large original energy converter, these devices must be sent together, and the installation and commissioning must be completed simultaneously. To put it simply, the cost of building a Stronghold-class barracks is equal to, or even more than, building a ship of the same class.

The outer fortifications have not been completed, and the fleet command may not have sent equipment such as the Origin Energy Converter.

In other words, Magnus first had to complete the perimeter fortifications.

Of course, it's not without room for discussion.

This is the slag star, far from the front line, and there are no inhabitants, so there is no danger. The standard construction procedure for legions is for war, not peacetime. Since there are no enemies here, there is no need to care too much about the deployment of perimeter defenses, and it will not be too much of a problem to install a large Origin Converter in advance. Besides, if the camp was really needed, the fleet commander would certainly not be embarrassed by Carlson.

To put it bluntly, embarrassing Carlsen won't lead to anything.

If Carlson can't solve these problems, so can he send anyone else. The problem is real, and we can only find a way to solve it.

After much thought, Carlson made the decision.

After getting the engineers ready to get back to work, Carlson activated the communications equipment he had with him and reported the problems encountered to the fleet command and how to fix them, including sending the large Origin Converter and other equipment in advance to get the camp up and running as soon as possible.

In fact, this is also Carlson's greatest authority.

Although he was the head of engineering here, and the supreme commander of the engineering units of the three corps, he was only a mid-ranking officer, and at most he could only report the situation to the fleet command and propose solutions to the problem. In his capacity, it was not yet possible to report directly to the fleet commander.

This is also understandable, if any mid-level officer goes to the fleet commander when he is in trouble, even if Wan Luo Zhanhuang is in command, he will be dizzy. According to the fleet's command procedures, Carlson's response will be assessed by the staff officer of the fleet command and then sent to the senior staff officer in charge of the relevant matter, and the senior staff officer will deal with it in order according to the rating level, that is, the degree of urgency. Only matters of particular importance are transferred to the fleet commander, who makes the decision. General affairs simply do not reach the fleet commander, they are taken care of at the fleet command. Although the procedure is a bit complicated, relying on a powerful light brain and a large number of staff officers, the problems reported by the commanders of the grassroots units will be dealt with immediately and appropriately, but whether they can be replied in time is another issue.

Regardless, Carlson did what he had to do.

Of course, he also believed that since the matter of building the barracks was so important, the problems he reported would definitely be taken seriously by the staff officers of the fleet command, and perhaps they would be sent to the fleet commanders. As long as the fleet commander still thinks it is necessary to build a barracks here, he will reply immediately. Of course, the so-called "immediate" does not mean immediately, but does not wait for a while, as in general affairs.

Perhaps, just for a few days.

Thinking of this, Carlson couldn't help but smile bitterly.

A thousand years of peace and prosperity have made everyone slack off. If it had been a thousand years ago, in the Fifth Greenwich War, such a problem would have been dealt with immediately. In some major battles, senior commanders even personally deal with the problems reported by officers of the rank-and-file units.

Only for now, Carlsen can only wait patiently.

Of course, in these few days, the engineering troops under his command will still be able to complete the construction of some fortifications, and by that time the outer defense line will almost be formed.

Exclamation to sigh, Carlson didn't delay much.

It was just one fortification, and there were hundreds of similar ones on the ring line of defense of the barracks, and Carlson did not intend to stay here.

However, as he was about to leave, the ground shook violently. (To be continued.) )