History of Human Space Exploitation

Chapter 6 Reunion

The exquisiteness of "Rachmaninoff Prelude in C Sharp Minor" can always express the incomparable perseverance and overwhelming passion contained in the coldness of the ancient Slavic nation.Although there are many people like Xiong Ping who appreciate and love ancient piano playing in the entire human universe in this era, but at the end of the sixth century of the universe era - those days around 1990, this is not a person who was popular at that time. The politicians fully embraced the hobby.

After nearly 60 years of war and chaos similar to that of the Bezo star area, although there have been 30 to [-] years of relatively stable but crisis-ridden peace, the vast majority of human residents, including civilians, businessmen, politicians and industrialists , all hope that there will be a government that can control the overall situation and reverse the decadence.Under such expectations, the course of history often falls into the advanced mode of the tried and tested careerists in the past.

Similar to the ancient Japanese novelist Yoshiki Tanaka's description of Rudolf von Goldbaum who would become Rudolf the Great in the great science fiction novel "Legend of the Galactic Heroes", Heinrich who rose from the frontier pirate war Vasilyevich rose to prominence from the ruthless suppression of pirates in the Brescia system.He has won the favor and expectations of most people and more and more politicians through his excellent military qualities and his natural political acumen and tenacity.

In the end, by mastering greater military and political resources, destroying almost all the pirate forces entrenched in the border galaxy, and through the trust and loyalty established in the army over the years, Heinrich finally took the step of a military coup to obtain the dictatorship of the coalition government.Although he did not establish a hereditary Gordonbaum dynasty like the fictional Emperor Rudolph of the Galactic Empire, the near-lifetime head of state model and the absolute legal power to designate heirs allowed him to have politics and laws similar to emperors identity.

The tens of thousands of cubic light-years of the human universe linked by star tunnels make the "United Republic of Humanity" or "URH (United Republic of Human)" the greatest military feat since 5000 BC.Of course, the First Head of State Heinrich's ambitions will not stop at the military field. He hopes that he can also leave a strong mark in human history in the political and cultural fields.

In terms of culture, he believes that although many literary and artistic works in human history are indispensable cultural treasures of this group, excessive indulging will lead to the weakening of each individual's yearning for the vast sea of ​​stars, and it is this "decadence" that leads to The loose and lack of social management decades ago has become the main reason for the growth and rampant border pirates.

In the 37th year of the Universal Era, that is, the second year after Heinrich became a dictator, he announced a policy of restricting ordinary people from learning and using general philosophy, literature, art, etc.For a [-]-year-old like Xiong Ping who has been immersed in classical music for more than [-] years regardless of day and night, it is undoubtedly a great pain.He has already regarded the Rachmaninoff Prelude series as the "background echo" when his brain is blank. He once wanted to end his life in his own way a few days after all the equipment was confiscated and destroyed by law enforcement officials. Five years ago A voice that he had communicated with in the homosexual space made him temporarily give up committing suicide.

Using a more ancient title, the name of this "netizen" is Yu Tian, ​​and he should be a brain chip engineer who also likes Rachmaninoff.The netizen, who had never met, traveled tens of light years through underground channels, passed through several border checkpoints, and brought Xiong Ping a chip implanted in the cortex with a size of one square centimeter.

The chip, ostensibly masquerading as a holographic treatment for depression, also stored several tracks of classical music similar to Rachmaninoff's works banned by the government.Although the immersion effect naturally cannot be compared with Xiong Ping's original equipment worth tens of thousands of times, it has brought him the only joy and sustenance in the darkness of life.In the months after receiving Yu Tian's chip, the two still maintained a minimum of communication through legal but strictly regulated methods, and the information in these communications was still almost about their common interest in classical music.

Xiong Ping, who lived in Zheng Liangxing, Chuxing District, Central Minister, felt something was wrong. Half a year after losing contact with Yu Tian, ​​he blamed himself for putting aside the most basic humanistic care because of his love for hobbies.The reason is that Xiong Ping himself almost deliberately forgot an important issue during the intermittent communication process in the past six years.He actually didn't have any more information about the later Yu Tian, ​​who could almost be called his benefactor, other than his name.

After receiving the chip, apart from making some non-speculative guesses based on the chip, which can be seen everywhere, it can be concluded that Yu Tian is engaged in related engineering or research industries, which is not a conclusion. Xiong Ping can't get more information. .Other information about this person, including his or her star sector, planet, and even male and female gender, is almost unknown to Xiong Ping.Even so, Xiong Ping still has a deep obsession with being able to thank this spiritual friend who may be thousands of light-years away in person one day.

However, obsession belongs to obsession, reality and objective factors deter Xiong Ping.The height of 41 centimeters and the weight of [-] kilograms are the most direct result of his appearance brought about by living behind closed doors for a long time.The sense of physical and mental powerlessness made Xiong Ping give up again and again the actions of opening the door of the house, flying out of the atmosphere, traveling through the star tunnel, and looking for soulmates in this human society with hundreds of billions of residents.

Finally, the first uprising broke out after mankind entered the cosmic era.Judging from credible records, the uprising that spread to nearly half of the star area was due to an accident during the transfer of important supplies.When a transport fleet carrying 5000 million tons of chromium, silver, iridium and other precious metals was preparing to travel through the S1-5-3 star tunnel to the Maezawa galaxy, a white dwarf star 170 light-years away had a large-scale IA due to material absorption Type supernova explosion.The gravitational waves attached to this supernova explosion directly caused the 1-day ban on S5-3-[-], and under the idea of ​​"heavy codes should be used in troubled times", the harsh and inflexible system and laws newly formulated by URH made this time Almost all [-] people in the fleet face the fate of being exiled to the prison planet.

This time, the Maezawa Uprising detonated by these [-] transport workers was responded by nearly half of the army, workers, and civilians in the entire human society and joined the uprising team.In addition, due to the iron-fisted rule of the United Republic of Humanity, the star regions that were originally in a semi-autonomous position have changed from dormant to imminent, and Gu Panzixiong, who was on the sidelines, has turned into a rank that opposes the unified government.

The first head of state, Heinrich, died in depression in the first year of the uprising, at the age of 49.Leonid Hilge Bourbon, then Chief of the General Staff and Executive Chancellor of the Republic, was appointed Second Head of State during the crisis.In the tenth year of the uprising, that is, in the 14th year of the cosmic era, the rebel army broke through the defense circle of Ceres in the solar system, and their soldiers pointed directly at the earth, the actual political core of the human universe. After being assassinated by the imperial guards, the unified human republic that lasted only [-] years came to an end.

Zheng Liangxing, where Xiong Ping worked, was inevitably affected by the ten-year uprising. In order to fight against the still strong military strength of the unified government, the rebel army had to recruit soldiers from civilians.Although Xiong Ping was weak, he was still forced to join the rebel army and became the operator of the logistics transport ship.

The smart Xiong Ping understood that this might really be an opportunity to help him find Yu Tian.He knew that with the uprising army with a small total strength, he might be able to spread his footprints to planets that he could not even imagine before.

He knew that, as a member of the logistics force, he also shouldered the task of gathering logistics supplies for the troops on the newly occupied planets and star areas. Such tasks allowed him to easily access the global population information system of the occupied area.

He knew that based on the Yu Tian information he currently knew, it should be enough to accurately screen out no more than ten candidates with similar attributes in a database no larger than one star sector, that is, a population of 100 billion.

He knew that he would use the ten days or so of vacation after occupying each planet to visit the most likely "candidates".He knew that if he found him, he would hug each other, kiss each other, and look at each other for a whole day.

He knew that at the end of this meeting, when he said goodbye, he would put his only treasure since joining the army, an alloy hull fragment that he used to clean up the battlefield after the army's first victory. A model of an old-fashioned grand piano, honed by his own hands and a power file.

He knew that he would definitely do all these, as long as he could live long enough to see each other.

Xiong Ping persevered, endured, and endured the arduous war, the longing for bosom friends, and the myths of notes and rhythms hidden deep in his heart. He didn't know if he could get the result he wanted.However, he thought, as long as he moves forward, as long as the thoughts deep in his heart still exist, maybe, he can really find it, find it.

After seven years and hundreds of light-years of battle, at the end of the war, Xiong Ping's army was stationed on the industrial planet Fabu, which was controlled by the former unified government.The longing for Yu Tian made Xiong Ping form the habit of retrieving the information of all planet residents every time he arrived at a new planet. When the army took control of the whole territory of Fabu Star No. 17, when he searched the population database of this planet, he found the following data:

Name: Yu Tian;
Gender: Female;

Date of Birth: July 689, 28 Universal Era;
Occupation: chip engineer;

Address: Room 79, No. 3781 Tower, West Zone of Ziyuan Space Comprehensive Apartment, Fabuxing·[-] Residential Area

She was killed by the Rebels' second wave of plasma bombs on the planet.This lady, who was almost the same age as Xiong Ping, was naturally notified to take refuge in the air defense facility on the day of the air raid. She grew up on this industrial planet and was also engaged in an industry closely related to science. She naturally knew the power of fusion nuclear weapons.However, when the 370-story "Super Cloud" skyscraper collapsed under the bombardment of tactical fusion weapons, it also made Ito Biological Co., Ltd. Together with the core virus warehouse of the upper layer, it fell to the ground without suitable protection conditions.

Strict anti-aircraft installations are only designed with nuclear radiation and fragment damage in mind, but have not considered the possibility of virus and germ warfare that have long been out of the stage of history for hundreds of years due to factors such as morality and consumption ratio.And Ito Bio is committed to researching available vaccines for human beings. When human beings may suffer from unknown viruses and bacteria in the new biosphere when they go to space, they will provide themselves with an insurance given by science.The samples used in these studies were accidentally leaked into public areas during the bombing.This biological accident caused the death of 15.00% of the people on this planet. The greater tragedy is that after the accident, the permanent injury caused permanent trauma to several people and families again, and there are various tragedies that cannot be recorded.

Of course, no one from the rebellious military, or the person in charge of the Ito company who was saved from dying in the war, was responsible for the accident afterwards.

In the secret compartment of her home, Xiong Ping saw a Steinway Model M grand piano produced in 2071 AD, on which was the second half of the hand-copied sheet music of "Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C-sharp Minor" and a short wooden ruler.

Xiong Ping, who wanted to cry without tears, sat down on the piano bench next to the Steinway piano.With one hand, he caressed the music score written in beautiful handwriting, and with the other hand he took out from his pocket the potassium cyanide pills distributed by the army to front-line combatants five years ago to prevent them from being brutally mutilated after being captured by the unified government army. , put it between his right upper and lower molars, and bit the pill.

Hanging on Xiong Ping's cold body was a letter he wrote to "Yu Tian", the person he misses every day.All these letters were carefully typed on the computer by him, and then hand-transcribed onto paper and carefully preserved. He hoped that one day he could hand them over to the other party as a token.These letter papers can only become an inconspicuous footnote to the tragedy of this era...

(End of this chapter)