Chapter 103: Take off
On the day the "Voyager" space carrier was built, the entire "Divine Sleep" base was empty.
Everyone crowded outside the cordon of the "low-earth orbit space port" and waited to see the moment when the transport ship lifted off.
The huge honeycomb-shaped building slowly opened its dome like a flower, and a shuttle-shaped spaceship more than 700 meters long and smooth flew up from the top of the space port.
There are two cylindrical ion-radiant thrusters at the rear of the ship, but they do not need to be activated at low speeds.
The ship's internal gravitational field engines are sufficient to power the planet's surface or at low speeds.
The "Voyager" space transport ship slowly drifted to the next clearing under the control of the base's intelligent lieutenant.
Then, under the belly of the transport, a circular platform descended straight from there.
The platform, with a diameter of about a hundred meters, was towed by its own power and landed on the ground.
"It's a small close-range teleportation array, similar to the teleportation array of a pyramid-shaped lander."
The base intelligence lieutenant explained, "Everyone and materials can go directly to the inside of the transport ship from this teleportation array, which is very convenient and fast. ”
White Tang was the first to step onto the circular platform, which was bare and devoid of any maneuverable devices, and it seemed that the operator station should be on top of the ship.
Susie and Cha Mo also followed, as well as more than a dozen members of the core of the "Journey to the Underworld".
They were the first passengers of the Voyager space carrier.
The crowd disappeared into the blue light, and the scene in front of them instantly changed from an empty ground to a high-tech cabin.
This is the transport area, and the huge dome is covered with white bands of light, illuminating the entire cabin.
The huge sign shows the area inside the ship in front of everyone, and after walking out of the conveyance area, it is the real cabin, which is a huge cargo hold with a height of more than 200 meters and an area of more than 100,000 square meters.
From the outside, they didn't think that when they entered the inside of the transport ship, everyone realized that it was really grandiose, not to mention a mixed combat force on the ground, even if the federal general colonial command base was moved in, it was more than enough.
Under the guidance of the intelligent lieutenant of the base, everyone came to the wheelhouse of the transport ship.
Probably because there are no weapons systems, there are very few things to maneuver in the wheelhouse, and apart from monitoring the situation in various areas of the hull, the entire transport ship is not much more difficult to operate than a multi-legged vehicle.
Susie studied it on the console for a while and said, "Now this transport ship is running at a low speed......
She pointed to a row of buttons on the console: "If you go into high-speed operation, the high-speed console below will go up." ”
"These are two operating systems, completely separate from each other, apparently to prevent operational errors."
White Tang nodded and said, "When it runs at sub-light speed, you need to turn on the ion radiation thruster, if that thing is turned on the surface of the planet, it will be enough to burn the entire 'Divine Sleep' base, and this transport ship will also become a meteor under the action of atmospheric resistance." ”
He pointed to the transport ship's teleportation system: "Prepare to reopen the teleportation area and bring up all the people and supplies on the ground." ”
As teams of armored soldiers and various heavy combat vehicles were teleported into the interior of the transport ship, the originally empty cabin became lively.
In addition to this huge cargo hold, inside the hull there are different areas such as personnel living quarters, living quarters, activity areas, and so on.
With potable water, stable energy joints and sanitation inside, the ship is a miniature city.
Mamba began to allocate resting positions for those on board, while Susie conducted a hull inspection in preparation for the first flight of the transport.
Elena followed the crowd into the cabin, and the familiar scenery of the cabin made her feel like she was in a different world.
She walked briskly through the crowd to a small room on the second deck.
Room "2047", which is the room number she was assigned to when she was on a transport ship with her parents.
Walking into the same room as it had been thousands of years ago, Elena fumbled for everything in the room, and after a long time, she silently closed the door, turned off the light, and curled up alone in the dark.
"The whole ship has been inspected, everything is normal!" Susie turned on the communicator and informed everyone on the boat: "Everyone get ready, we'll be off in ten minutes!" ”
It stands to reason that the transport ship that has just left the factory should make a few test flights before starting manned flights, but now everyone is looking forward to going to the Arctic continent as soon as possible and finding the planetary control center, this step has been directly skipped.
As the personnel on the ground departed, the circular platform for teleportation slowly rose into the air and returned to the transport.
Now the space carrier is completely ready to fly and ready to take off at any time.
"Susie, let's raise the spacecraft to the stratosphere first, wait for it to fly to the Arctic continent, and then land." White Tang was concerned about the cold fog that surrounded the Arctic continent, so he chose to bypass them.
Susie replied, "Okay, everyone's helped, let's go now!" ”
She gently pushed the joystick in her hand, and the behemoth "glided" diagonally upwards very smoothly, and its flight was so stable that it could hardly feel the effect of the atmosphere.
The transport ship quickly accelerated to supersonic speed, and the shock wave in the air shook the surface of the hull, and then all of them were thrown behind the transport ship.
There wasn't even any noise in flight inside the boat, so it was a comfortable ride.
From the "Divine Sleep" base to the Arctic continent, a straight-line distance of almost 3,000 kilometers, the "Voyager" space transport ship flew to the top of the destination in an hour.
However, just as the transport ship was about to land, the operation panel in front of Susie suddenly lit up with a red light.
"Alert! Alert! Receive a warning signal! This area is off-limits! This area is off-limits! ”
"Immediately regain altitude!" The voice of the base intelligence adjutant rang out: "We have invaded the other party's airspace!" ”
Susie quickly pulled the spaceship up, and she broke out in a cold sweat when she saw the "No Entry" characters flashing on the screen.
White Tang clicked on the screen: "Our current altitude is 30,000 meters, is the air defense identification zone of the planetary control center so large?" ”
"Your Excellency, the Voyager space carrier has no weapons for self-defense, and we must be careful and vigilant, as an attack by ground fire is likely to lead to catastrophic consequences," the adjutant reminded. ”