Chapter 228: Pandora

At some point and at some point, a spaceship about 1,500 meters long traveled in the dark and unknown universe.

Being in the freeze, people don't dream at all. It doesn't feel like six years, it's more like drinking five cups of tequila and having a big fight with someone else. When you wake up, you see your companion who is screaming for you to wake up.

"You have been frozen for five years, nine months and twenty-two days, you will feel hungry, you will feel weak, if you feel unwell, please apply for medical assistance first, and then use the nutrient solution as prescribed."

Inside the spaceship, the cold light shone on the silver-gray cabin, and Jack heard this very familiar language when he came out of his cryo-dormant chamber.

"Are we there?"

He looked at the neat rows of freezers in his line of sight, and asked hoarsely in a voice that hadn't spoken in six years.

"Congratulations, we had a great trip.

However, there are still about forty days to go before your destination, during which time you will need to undergo rehabilitation and regain your physical functions. ”

The white-robed medical staff replied happily.

The man named Jack nodded, his nervousness finally relaxed.

Although his brother Tommy is a scientist, he is not, it is Tommy who wants to break free from the shackles of light years and take the distant universe to find answers, he is just going to finish what Tommy has not done.

But as a human being in the interstellar age, even an ignorant child knows how risky it is to sail through the universe.

It's like the history books about the age of sail: ocean voyages meant adventure, they couldn't accurately measure longitude, wooden hulls couldn't resist maggots, food reserves were not suitable for long-term voyages, and the hygiene and living conditions on board were terrible.

However, driven by both economic and political interests, the explorations carried out by these people have greatly expanded the scope of the known world.

In the interstellar age, the ships sent by human mining companies are spaceships that fly out of their home planets to "pan for gold" in the vast and infinite deep space of the universe.

Jack looked at the ship at his feet, called the "Corporate Star", which, despite having the most advanced antimatter engine for mankind, could only accelerate a quarter of its range at sub-light speeds.

The specific operation of the spacecraft round trip is also very complicated, first in the departure stage, the head of the enterprise star opens a giant umbrella, through the light pressure acceleration of the star system land-based laser, and continues to accelerate for several months to reach sub-light speed, and then glide for five years, during which the crew sleeps at low temperatures, and the deceleration section turns the bow of the ship to turn on the antimatter engine.

Upon arrival at the destination, refuel is refueled to return to the home star system. The deceleration section after reaching the star system is fuel-free, and is still slowed down by a lightsail.

That is, there is no such thing as a human fleet going on a long journey like in the movie. Today's humans simply don't have the ability to build a spaceship that can travel autonomously over such long distances.

One sail, one ship, and the remaining half of the time is left to fate.

If the "Corporate Star" deviates from course on the way back, it will have no chance to save itself, and the ship's control system will euthanize all dormant crew members.

Interstellar voyage, which sounds lofty, is in fact just a true reproduction of the voyage of human beings at great risks for profit in the early days of the Great Voyage.

All the mining company could do was send a few more of the same ships, loaded with more advanced weapons and mercenaries, to reach the colonized planet after a six-year voyage, and then transport it to the planet's surface via shuttles.

But this will all happen more than a decade later, as it will take four years for the last battle information to be transmitted back to the home planet.

Jack Sully knew all this, but he couldn't refuse a journey full of great risks.

After a dramatic life change, he was admitted to the Veterans Administration Hospital, where he often dreamed that he was flying, that he was finally free, and unfortunately eventually had to wake up and face reality.

It all started with his older brother Tommy, who, a week before his departure, ended his trip with a gun and snatched money from his wallet.

However, because his brother Tommy is involved in a major investment project, the mining company SEC FOR wants him to continue the contract because his genome is exactly the same as Tommy's, and he can take Tommy's place.

The end result was very obvious, he agreed to the invitation, and in return, he could start a new life in a whole new world, and the salary was good, very good.

Ahead was the planet Pandora, and he grew up listening to its stories, but he never thought he would go there.

……

"Pandora?"

"Avatar World?"

In the silent office, Shen Sen looked at the New World intelligence document in his hand, and silently read out a few words that only he was familiar with.

NWIC Summary:

Planetary Environment: [The New World is suspected to be the moon of a giant gas planet, it is almost the size of the Earth, and there is a large red spot made of planetary storm clouds above the planet's atmosphere, like an eye glaring at its moon.

According to observations, gaseous planets have multiple moons, so in the New World you can see two or even three moons hanging in the sky. 】

Atmospheric environment: [The composition of nitrogen, oxygen, and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of the New World is 18%, xenon is greater than 5.5%, and the mixture of methane and hydrogen sulfide is about 20% denser than that of the earth's atmosphere.

Secondly, it should be noted that the concentration of carbon dioxide, methane, and chlorine in the atmosphere is very high, so it is extremely toxic to humans, which can make humans unconscious in about 20 seconds and risk death in about 4 minutes without the protection of a special respiratory mask.

The increased air resistance in this denser atmosphere has a number of effects, and the following aspects need to be considered for the Operation Star Empire:

First, reduce the terminal speed. The new world has about twenty percent lower gravity, and the maximum velocity of a free-falling object is significantly smaller than the maximum velocity of several other worlds. This physical condition can reduce the impact on the surface of the falling object ......]

Planetary Creatures: [The New World looks like a lush paradise, and it has been observed that local creatures exhibit bioluminescent properties in various shades of blue, purple, and green at night.]

In addition to being colorful, these trees resemble the trees of the earth. They have familiar trunks, branches, and leaves, although many of the shapes are strange to humans due to the difference in gravity, and they are larger individuals due to lower gravity.

The most important discovery was that Pandora's tree and plant life formed an electrochemical link between its roots and effectively acted as neurons, thus forming a planet's broad "brain" that, according to the test results, is likely to have acquired sentience. 】

……

Shen Sen spent half an hour reading the various data of the new world in detail.

In the end, he also determined what kind of world this world was - the planet Pandora.

Its name comes from a movie world called Avatar.

Simple summary: The story takes place in the year 2154, and the main character is named Jack Sully, a former Marine with two legs paralyzed.

He learns that his twin brother has been killed, and in order to complete his brother's unfinished business, Jack accepts a job that is sent to the mining company on the planet Pandora, known as the world of Pandora.

There is a mineral element on this planet that is not found anywhere else, ultra-temperature superconducting ore, which can attract human beings to come here from far and wide to pioneer because it will completely change the energy industry of mankind.

The environment here has also created a race that is different from humans: the Na'vi, a blue humanoid creature of about three meters. The Na'vi resented the arrival of the human pioneers, and did not like the scars left by the human machines as they mined everywhere on the planet's soil.

Although the environment of Pandora is harsh, humans can even work on Pandora with bare skin as long as they wear an air filtration mask. But since humans can't communicate directly with the Na'vi even if they learn the Na'vi language, scientists turned to cloning.

They combined human DNA with Na'vi DNA to create a clone of the Na'vi, which could allow human consciousness to enter it and become the embodiment of humanity's free roaming on the planet, namely the Avatar.

However, not anyone can manipulate this clone of the Na'vi, only those whose DNA matches the human DNA in him does.

So the protagonist appeared, he took the place of his brother, operated Avatar for the so-called love and justice, led the local people on the planet Pandora, and together formed a resistance army of thousands of people, and finally defeated the human race.

After the battle, the Na'vi leader is severely injured and then hands them over to the protagonist, who tearfully takes over the task and kills him at the leader's request.

With the help of the protagonist, the Na'vi will send all the mining companies away from Pandora. And with the help of the power of the Divine Tree, the spirit of the protagonist is completely transferred to his avatar.

In the end, the protagonist becomes the leader of the Na'vi people on this star, inherits the family business of the original leader, marries his daughter, and reaches the peak of his life.

When Shen Sen watched this movie for the first time in his previous life, he didn't think too much, and was directly shocked by the amazing special effects and the beautiful world.

If you look at Avatar purely as a movie, it is a very good movie. His core theme is anti-war, anti-aggression, and an apology from a shameless country to the Indians.

But when the world of Avatar became a reality, Shen Sen couldn't help but sigh that if reality really had a movie plot ending, it would be a little too magical.

Although the protagonist is on the side of justice, the difference in strength between the mining company and the natives of Pandora is so big that they even lose in the end.

A group of human mercenaries armed with guns, flying airplanes, and power armor lost to a group of aliens who were still in a primitive tribal state.

Although there are many reasons for this, such as the emergence of traitors, mining companies cannot carry weapons of mass destruction due to the provisions of the Galactic Law, and can only use relatively outdated weapons and equipment.

Another example is the familiarity of the two sides with the terrain, the interference of human communication, the help of the protagonist, and so on.

But they just lost, and they lost badly.

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(PS: New World sorted out the outline, wasted some time, and there is a big chapter today.) )