Chapter 350: The Far Traveler of the Starry Sky Age
In the past, unmanned space exploration and orbital deep space periscope have been carried out, so the elves have different degrees of understanding of their own star system, several nearby outer star systems, as well as the entire mother river system, and even a larger range of cosmic space, and especially know the most detailed about the mother star system.
But now, the quasar multi-purpose fortress base named 'Explorer 1' has completed its trial operation, and the subsequent verification will require it to go to a more distant orbit before it can be carried out, so the related outer space exploration is also close to the real start period.
In the meantime, in addition to the high-level spellcasters who want to go to the outer orbit of the Sun and beyond, and observe the overall perturbation of the parent galaxy, the first to 'emerge' is the Republic's exploration department.....
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A few years ago, when the mainland tribes were still regarded as the main enemies, the intelligence services of the ruling government and the military made outstanding contributions in their respective duties, but with the hasty end of the battle for hegemony, or not carried out at all, the amount of field tasks in the field of intelligence of the Republic fell to the bottom;
As a result, a large number of members recruited at the peak of demand were dismissed, leaving only their core skeleton to maintain the operation of the department, and thanks to the fact that the elves do not count on wages to live, otherwise this one-time large number of unemployed intelligence agents will tear down the walls of the ruling government and the military department.....
The progress of the layoffs and the absence of the imaginary enemy have plunged the intelligence department into a long depression, and even the backbone members who have been retained seem to be at a loss, and the knowledge and professional skills that have taken more than ten years to learn seem to be useless.
Seeing this situation, the two females, Zhuo Lingtes and Cui Wen Lites, who are the founders of the department, as well as other backbone forces and successors, began to think about the future, and naturally set their eyes on the area higher than the sky......
They feel that 'external exploration' and 'intelligence suppression' should not be limited to the surface of the home planet, so even though there are considerable differences in technical direction, mission mode, and mission objectives, they insist that they hope to take on the task of 'star exploration'.
The ruling government and the Rune's Council, which were still in the pre-reshuffle stage, agreed after discussions......
As a result, the two intelligence departments, one and the other, actually merged again after being separated from each other for more than 150 years, and once again ushered in a new mission in the new era as a 'far-traveler', and became the pioneer of the Republic's star exploration in the following decades.
In the beginning, although the Far Travelers missed the honor of landing on Purgatory for the first time, they also played an important role in the subsequent exploration and development process;
Further on, they are the main force of the Death Star orbit exploration and landing missions, and the prospecting missions of the asteroid belt are also indispensable for them;
During the opening of the Four Guards and Three Bases, several Far Travelers were released to the surface in the Sleeping Chamber, and became the thought landmarks of the Imaginary and the projections of the high-level spellcasters.
And this time, the long-orbit verification of Explorer 1 and the subsequent peripheral exploration missions were naturally entrusted to them again...... 120 Wanderers, including Warriors, Warlocks, and Spellcasters, plus 3 Rank 5 Spellcasters, have become members of the mission who will be on the front line with their real bodies.
In the next six months, the scheduled front-line crew completed targeted voyage training, optimized the configuration of body inscriptions, and let all task team members master the skills of star driving and maintenance.
In addition, all of them have implanted hypothermia-resistant integrated organs that have begun to show results, so that they can maintain their vitality in 55 absolute degrees, although such cold resistance seems to be not worth mentioning for the cosmic environment and even many stars in the outer solar system, but it can be regarded as adding a little fault tolerance to the mission.
Of course, the elven creations have always had good stability, and the wisdom brain and inscription integration body with the astral body also have a very comprehensive function, not to mention that there are three high-level spellcasters accompanying them all the way;
At the same time, if the Realm of the Void realm maintains a stable link all the way as it is in the calculation, there will be tens of thousands of caster projections that can support at any time, and even stay in the quasar all the time;
Therefore, with the combination of these elements, the possibility of a devastating catastrophe on Explorer 1 is actually very low......
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While the front-line crew is making various preparations, the transformation of the software and hardware of the star itself is also being carried out, such as star maintenance, channel adjustment, energy reserves, brain programs and many other aspects have been additionally strengthened many times, and although it is considered to be extremely low in speculation, the situation of field disconnection should still be considered as a 'just in case'.....
If this kind of 'what if' really happens, although it will not cause much interference to the operation of the quasar itself, it will have a great impact on the crew inside;
The first to bear the brunt of the natural is the ultra-long-range projections, which will disappear directly the moment the virtual realm is disconnected, but will not cause any damage to the body;
Second, those who go to the front line will no longer be able to enter and exit the Realm of the Shroud, and the cold quasar fortress will be their only scenery for years to come.....
Even if it is not really lonely, because there are more than 100 compatriots who will always be with you, even if it does not endanger survival, because there are enough energy and elemental reserves in the quasar, but the monotonous, complex and mechanical fortress environment, as well as the constant darkness and silence of the outside world, will be a little difficult for the elves who like nature and freedom.
Therefore, considering the abundance of energy of Explorer 1, the vastness of the space inside, and the fact that the Republic also has sufficient technical reserves, the subsequent transformation has specially added the real spice of the journey to the quasar......
Part of the residential area in Explorer 1 has been transformed into a real livable environment, and under the protection of inscriptions such as gravity and magnetic fields, a 20-kilometer-diameter hemispherical micro-ecosystem has been constructed, with an orderly rise and fall of high-proof sunlight shining on a rural town, surrounded by water, soil and lakes, flowers and forests, animals, fish and insects, agriculture and animal husbandry fields;
On the whole, this ecosphere can exist both inside the quasar and rise to its outer surface under the isolation of the shield, so Explorer 1 has an additional experimental project to make a detailed investigation of the operation and maintenance cost of the ecosphere according to the inner and outer environment of the star, different navigation conditions, and different outer space temperatures.
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All in all, after completing a series of pre-hardware and software preparations, the Explorer 1 quasar, which is one-tenth the size of the parent star, embarked on the expedition with high expectations......
The starting point is the outer orbital region 600,000 kilometers away from the parent star, which is also the area where it was anchored when it was previously modified;
After that, the first station arrived at the Death Star base, and left after filling part of the elemental reserve room, and then broke through the asteroid to bring the second station to the four-orbited star, and opened the gas extraction system at maximum power to complete the reserve;
At this point, it is really a long official mission stage.....