Abnormal crossing

Chapter 20 What a majestic and domineering name

"A new crew member? Me?"

Hearing Milo's words, Gu Wei was subconsciously stunned. After coming to his senses, he turned his gaze back to the other party.

The tall and burly captain was looking at him seriously, with no sign of joking on his face.

It was clear that Milo meant business.

This was a proposal that far exceeded Gu Wei's expectations. He could never have imagined that the situation would change so dramatically in such a short period of time:

At first he thought that he was destined to wander in a foreign land for the rest of his life. Then, when Birna's pursuers arrived, Gu Wei began to guess that he might become a prisoner with Milo. Unexpectedly, after a while, he was invited by Milo to become a crew member of the spaceship?

Although the crew members' identities may not be very noble, it is not difficult to see from Jin's previous conversation that the captain in front of him is a poor bastard. His situation in the starry sea is probably similar to the hard work of pulling a few employees to transport goods to towns on Earth. Following him, you can at most get enough food and clothing, and it is unlikely that you will live a good life.

But as Milo said, this time his and Gu Wei's status was almost equal.

Although this kind of equality is still far from being a heart-to-heart talk, it is much better than the passive situation that Gu Wei had in the beginning - according to normal development, Gu Wei would probably not be treated like this by Milo after the original "contract" ended.

Of course.

Becoming a crew member certainly has its advantages, but it also means that Gu Wei has to cooperate with Milo's actions at certain times - if we really have to put it in a certain way, this should be considered an open conspiracy, because Gu Wei himself also wants to figure out this matter.

Thinking of this, Gu Wei looked at Milo again and said carefully: "Captain Milo, to be honest, this proposal is indeed very tempting to me. But the problem is that I have no experience in spaceship navigation, and I don't even know what the crew should do. Moreover, my physical fitness seems to be significantly different from yours."

"Don't worry, these are all small matters. Everyone has been a rookie before," Milo interrupted Gu Wei before he finished speaking: "I was a rookie who knew nothing decades ago. I almost tripped someone when I first started sailing. Now I'm an experienced driver - as long as you get into the industry, there will naturally be people to teach you about this kind of thing."

"As for your body, it's even simpler. Although our spaceship is now very poor... ahem, the economic conditions are not optimistic, but your level of civilization is too low. I can still afford the expenses to help you get started."

Gu Wei thought for a moment, and finally nodded in agreement.

Milo's words are not difficult to understand. The fact that the spacecraft has no money is based on the level of the star sea. There is a huge generation gap between Gu Wei or the earth and the star sea civilization - it's like you are a social animal in the 21st century who works 996 every day and still owes a mortgage and car loan. It seems that life is extremely difficult, but if you save money from cigarettes for two days and buy a box of ibuprofen, you can be very successful in ancient times.

Gu Wei estimated that even if he sold one servant drone, the money he got would be enough for him to upgrade his job or change his profession.

After thinking this through, Gu Wei no longer hesitated, took a deep breath and said to Milo: "In that case, I'll trouble you, Captain Milo, to take care of me in the future."

"Just call me Captain. Don't feel too stressed. Life on the ship will be very interesting." Milo patted Gu Wei's shoulder vigorously, looking very happy. "Welcome to the Flutter Flutter, Gu Wei!"

Gu Wei was originally grinning and muttering in his heart that Milo's grip was too strong, but his expression froze when he heard the second half of the sentence: "Wait, Captain, what did you just say?"

Milo gave him a strange look: "I said you can just call me Captain from now on. Everyone calls me that except Jin." "Not this sentence," Gu Wei shook his head quickly: "I mean the next sentence."

"Next sentence?" Milo blinked and quickly understood what Gu Wei meant: "Oh, you mean the Flutter Flutter? - This is the name of our spaceship. How about it? Isn't it impressive?"

Gu Wei's gaze towards Milo suddenly became extremely subtle.

Good guy.
How can this name, which sounds very weird and as if a bunch of moth powder will stick to your hands if you pinch them, be connected with grandeur?

Is this a cultural difference?
Meanwhile, Milo continued the conversation from the name of the ship: "In addition to the name, the origin and parameters of the Flutter Flutter have been introduced before. The remaining engine modules are more complicated. To put it simply, they can be used in turn according to demand."

"In deep space far away from stars, if we have enough time to travel, we occasionally use cheap and affordable nuclear power combined with gravity slingshots. Usually, we use antimatter ramjet engines. In extreme cases, we use upper phase transfer engines. The maximum speed in deep space can reach 27% of the speed of light. Of course, this is not normal. Due to the existence of jump points, most of the time our flight speed is only about a hundred kilometers per second."

Gu Wei glanced around. Although he could not see deep space through the wall, he seemed to see a spaceship moving slowly.

Perhaps Milo intentionally chose words that were closer to planetary civilization, and this time he was basically able to keep up with Milo's expression.

He had seen nuclear power combined with gravity slingshots before, so needless to say, it most likely relied on inertial confinement of nuclear fusion to propel the ejection of fusion products to achieve its goal.

The antimatter ramjet engine should literally be related to annihilation, for example, mixing antiprotons and hydrogen, and producing photons (gamma rays), high-energy pions, etc. after annihilation.

As for the phase transfer engine, Gu Wei had no idea about the principle. When he was in the junior class, he had heard about the operation of TEBA phase transfer catalysis for the synthesis of mandelic acid, but that belonged to the field of chemistry and should have nothing to do with the phase transfer engine.
However, what is certain is that no matter what principle is used, the thrust generated by the engine will most likely be an order of magnitude that Gu Wei could hardly imagine.

After all, the empty weight of the Fling Fling alone is over one million tons.
With this kind of mass, let alone 27 percent of the speed of light, even if it is "only" a few hundred kilometers per second, the energy consumed is countless times that of the Parker Solar Probe, which is said to be the fastest on Earth.

Gu Wei suddenly thought of several good friends in the aerospace industry whom he had met before he traveled through time. If they could see this kind of engine, they would probably be so excited that they would have a cerebral hemorrhage and need to get prosthetic brains.

It's a pity that I can't go back
Just when Gu Wei was lost in thought, Milo spoke again: "Gu Wei, this is about the situation of the spaceship. You can learn about the specific appearance and internal structure yourself. In a word, our ship is quite large. You are welcome to wander around. If you are tired, just find a room to sleep. It's no problem."

"In addition to the spacecraft, the next person I should introduce is our crew. Jin and I have dealt with each other before, and you also know Mee Mee. So who's the next one?"

At this point, Milo paused and picked up a beast-eared girl with bared fangs and claws from the ground:

"Let's start with Nono. This little guy is an orphan I picked up from the Exploration Domain a few years ago. His current position is the mascot, cannonball, pitcher, and half-cook of the Flutter Flutter. His melee weapon is a soup spoon. In addition to being human, he also has the genes of Bodamon. By the way, Bodamon looks like this."

As soon as Milo finished speaking, a color picture appeared in front of Gu Wei.

There is only one small animal in the picture, which is as white as snow. Its black eyes and pink nose form a distinct triangle. Its slender whiskers and erect ears give it a fresh and innocent agility, as if it is a...
"Stoat?"

(End of this chapter)