"Lord Ajaeg, we've arrived in the Walpole system."

A busy crew member in front of the console reminded him.

Ajaeg, who was explaining the wonderful and magical physics to his students, waved his hand to signal that he had heard.

Then he said to his students:

"It seems that this is the only way to talk about it today. But I'll delay you for a few more minutes and give you a string of what I just said. ”

"Balabala...."

"I'll conclude with a few points, first of all... And then... Secondly... But... Note... And..."

"Speaking of... I have to mention..."

Before you know it, a few hours have passed again.

Looking at the students who were almost starving and fainting, the crew had to make another sound.

"Lord Ajaeg, which planet we are going to first, please give the order quickly."

Ajayge, who was still talking, couldn't finish smashing his mouth, and said to his students with a look of pity:

"Looks like it's really going to be class. I've sent all the courseware to your crew's room computer, and you'll be able to learn on your own for the next few months. If you don't understand anything, you can come and ask me, I have been waiting for you in the command room. Don't forget to do the exercises for each chapter, I'm going to check them. Those who fail to pass will be dragged to the deck for a month. ”

Looking at the relieved but "overjoyed" students, Ajaeg nodded.

As a forbidden soldier, he certainly has a precise control of time, how could he not know how long it has passed.

However, this towing hall is a characteristic of the scientific research school, and it cannot be tasted.

This is a fine tradition from Lord Sivir, and it cannot be broken with oneself. I believe that this group of students will also be able to understand their good intentions and continue to carry forward this tradition.

As the students left the command room one by one, Ajaeg began to fulfill his duties as a research captain.

He asked the crew beside him:

"Dalton, which planet is closest to us?"

"Planet Walpole IV and the satellite Walpole IV.a."

"Have you ever put a base car on it?"

"Yes, my lord, the record shows that a base vehicle was dropped on the Walpole IV.a satellite, but we have sent a signal to it once before, and we have not yet received a response."

"There may be something interfering with the signal transmission, let's take a closer look."

"Yes, target Walpole IV.a, go!"

...

Walpole IV is a gas giant, a planet composed mainly of hydrogen and helium and a dense core surrounded by them.

His satellite, Walpole IV.a, is a barren rocky world with a virtually non-existent atmosphere. The surface is covered with craters, and there is no life at all. However, it has abundant mineral resources. The planet's crust is rich in high-quality minerals.

When the "Game Thrill" research spacecraft approached the Walpole IV.a satellite, it finally got a reply signal.

After investigation, it turned out that there were a large number of asteroids, meteors and comets in the orbit of Walpole IV, which often hit the surface of Walpole IV.a.

So most of the buildings on Walpole IV.a were built underground, and the thick rock layers weakened the signal transmission.

Although the surface is threatened by meteorites, it is impossible to build large equipment such as large mining machines, nor can large-scale complexes be built on the surface.

However, new surface fracturing technologies and hydraulic fracturing technologies can allow robots to penetrate deep into the earth's crust and exploit geothermal resources that were previously unavailable.

Advanced spectrometry, hydraulic fracturing and chemical scouring can be used to quickly exploit shallow and mid-layer veins.

Assessing the morphological patterns of mineral deposits can help establish more efficient drilling models. The large ground drill can be used for deep drilling operations to reach the near-core area, so that we can explore and excavate the bonanza near the core.

Underground complex mines can also mine minerals from planetary crusts. There are also many spiral mining sites that go deep underground, with narrow elevators speeding through staggered and winding tunnels.

The minerals are then roughened through advanced mineral treatment technology, which not only improves efficiency but also facilitates the transportation and storage of minerals.

These technologies have allowed the Walpole IV.a satellite to be mined at no slow pace, and a lot of minerals have been stored during the years of excavation.

But there are still too few of them, and instead of taking them to Terra, it would be better to build them into other structures on the spot to address the meteorite threat and increase the usable floor area to speed up the mining of Walpole IV.a.

Ajag orders a construction ship to stop over the Walpole IV.a moon, and the ship's mechanics land to build a planetary shield generator using the native minerals.

It is more difficult to create a powerful shield in a planet's atmosphere than in a vacuum, but it is effective against orbital bombardment. But Walpole IV.a doesn't have an atmosphere at all, which makes the shield even more resistant to meteorites.

Robots and drones produced by base vehicles can now build more mining and energy equipment on the surface without worrying about a meteorite falling from the sky and destroying it all.

The machinists on the engineering ship will also be able to modify the base car on the Walpole IV.a, allowing it to build a variety of smelting equipment capable of producing alloys.

Of course, since Walpole IV.a is not suitable for human life, and various large smelters must be operated by a large number of workers, they can only be replaced by robots.

But producing a large number of robots requires a large number of alloys, and the cost is too huge. Increasing the alloy production of Walpole IV.a was a thankless task.

So only small foundries or equipment such as arc furnaces and plane furnaces will be built that do not require human intervention. These small quantities of alloys will be used for Walpole IV.a's own development and construction.

Large quantities of minerals are later shipped to other planets for use or reprocessing. Walpole IV.a is still largely a mining world.

After investigating the situation of Walpole IV.a, as the planet rotated, the planet Walpole VI. came to the vicinity of the research ship, which is also a planet that had been dropped from the base car. Ajaeg immediately ordered a trip to his planet's orbit to investigate.

But this time the result was not satisfactory, no matter how the "Game Stimulus" number sent a signal, no reply was received. From space, Walpole VI. is red, and there is no man-made structure in sight.

A planet that has been melted. Its atmosphere is extremely thin or non-existent, and due to volcanic activity, the magma inside is surging freely on the surface. This type of planet cannot sustain the survival of organic life.

Perhaps due to a crustal collision and volcanic eruption, the base car was directly damaged.

Although it is very difficult to mine and the quality of minerals is not as good as that of Walpole IV.a, the size of this planet is huge, which means that its resource reserves are very impressive.

This is not something to give up easily for the Empire. Ajaeg marked the planet on the star map, and after he had surveyed the other planets in the system, he would decide what to do with the planet at the moment.