Interstellar Soldier

Chapter 1147 Dangerous Times
The idea proposed by Yu Hongxing is bold and highly feasible, at least more realistic than building billions of escape spaceships in a short period of time, but it is also very difficult to implement.Not only technical problems, but also some non-technical problems that cannot be solved by technology.

Transforming a planet-level celestial body into an escape spaceship, to be precise, is a completely closed world. Although there are no insurmountable obstacles at the technical level, it takes enough time and a huge amount of engineering needs to be invested. labor force.

Clearly, the renovation project cannot be completed before the escape begins.

To put it simply, the transformed planet is actually a super escape ship, which can carry tens of thousands of times more passengers than the escape ship.Living on a planet with a diameter of 100 kilometers, completely hollowing out the interior, and retaining a shell with a thickness of about [-] kilometers, the surface area inside the shell is equivalent to the surface area of ​​the planet. , can accommodate up to [-] billion inhabitants.

However, just one planet is obviously not enough.

If it is just the Human Federation, about a thousand such planets are needed.Including the Extreme Realm Race, about [-] such planets are needed.If all other civilizations in the Southern Alpha galaxy are taken into consideration, at least one hundred thousand such planets are needed.Even if certain civilizations do not have very high requirements for the living environment, or can lower the survival requirements during the escape, at least [-] such planets are needed.

Of course, [-] planets is not a lot.

In the Southern Alpha galaxy, there are more than 100 billion planets with a diameter of about [-] kilometers and sufficient resources, and more than [-]% of them have no permanent residents.

The problem is, terraforming [-] planets is no less work than building a billion getaway ships.

In other words, if 100 planets can be transformed within [-] years, one billion escaped spaceships can be built, and judging from the probability of success, one billion escaped spaceships must be much higher than [-] planets.If only to preserve the seeds of civilization, then an escape ship should be built.

In fact, this is also one of the main reasons why human scientists decided to build an escape spaceship at the end of the second era.

Yu Hongxing proposed this plan only because the current situation is different from that at the end of the second era, at least there is no problem of two camps.

Don’t forget, at the end of the second era, only a small number of human scientists advocated escape, and most human scientists put their hopes on the interstellar system space technology based on the central black hole.While scientists advocating the escape were given an opportunity, the resources available were extremely limited.What's more, no one was expecting to save everyone, just the seeds of civilization.

Apparently, the opposite is happening now.

Although the war is not over yet, the hundreds of years of war will soon come to an end after the Jijing tribe joins the war as allies of the Human Federation.Yang Yi's purpose is to save everyone, at least this is the fundamental purpose, and there is no other feasible means.As for the other method that Yang Yi personally found, because it didn't take up too many resources, the impact on the escape operation was extremely limited.

That's why Yu Hongxing proposed this plan.

However, the problem is equally prominent.

Because it is impossible to complete the transformation work before the start of the escape, Yu Hongxing proposed that the transformation work on the planet should be arranged after the start of the escape. Original energy, an ecosystem that can provide a suitable living environment and working environment for all residents on the planet before the transformation is completed.

In addition, it is necessary to hoard resources on some planets that are indispensable for transformation and that are not available on this planet.

Although this is also a huge project that requires a lot of resources, compared with transforming the planet, this initial investment is not worth mentioning.Not to mention the extreme race, even the Human Federation can complete the preparatory work for transformation on 20 planets that meet its own needs within about ten years.If it is an extreme group, it only takes [-] years at most to complete the preparation work on [-] planets.

Obviously, compared to building an escape spacecraft, the preparatory work for transforming a planet requires much less effort.

Although this is just the preliminary preparation, not the later stage of transformation, and the amount of transformation is still astonishing, but according to Yu Hongxing's plan, the transformation will be carried out after the start of the escape, and by that time, I am afraid that no one will be able to carry out the huge transformation. Engineering questioned.Whether it is for themselves, for the nation, or other civilizations, everyone will go all out to participate in the transformation work.

In fact, a problem is involved here, that is, the attitudes of various civilizations and many individuals in each civilization towards fleeing.

Undoubtedly, this is the most serious problem.

In a sense, the Yu family's rejection of the plan to build an escape spaceship is directly related to this.

Even if the members of the Yu family, Queen Kang Sheng and other people in power in the Extreme Realm clan firmly believe in Yang Yi, they may not be able to convince others to believe in Yang Yi's prophecy.As for the signs discovered by Yu Hongxing and other scientists, they are only signs at most, and cannot prove that a disaster is about to happen.

Apparently, this problem still exists in the preliminary preparations for terraformed planets.

To put it bluntly, just establishing a complete industrial system on at least [-] planets and stocking up enough supplies in advance is not a trivial matter.If there is enough time in peacetime, the problem is not too big. After all, both the Extreme Realm Race and the Human Federation have strong industrial productivity, can provide enough industrial products, and the resources are not too small.The problem is that the war is not over yet. Even after the war, post-war reconstruction must be carried out. At this time, limited resources and industrial productivity are allocated to do things that have nothing to do with post-war reconstruction. It is difficult to get the support of the people, and even This will lead to people's doubts and dissatisfaction with the authorities.

In fact, this is also the key to Yu Hongxing's belief that reform should be carried out after the start of the escape.

For this reason, Yu Hongxing proposed a set of more detailed plans, to be precise, a plan that clarifies the time node but has no specific content.To put it simply, it is best to complete the preparatory work within 50 years, at most no more than 70 years, and focus on technical preparations in the first 20 years.After each civilization completes the post-war reconstruction, it will focus on the construction of the industrial system and resource reserves.This is mainly to reduce the impact on the public in the early stage, so as to gain the recognition and support of the public.In addition, the early technical research and the subsequent infrastructure construction partially overlap with the post-war reconstruction, so the post-war reconstruction can be used to keep secrets, prevent the public from knowing the news about the disaster prematurely, and ensure that various civilizations can maintain stability. .

However, if it is carried out strictly according to the time node proposed by Yu Hongxing, it will be very difficult.Even if the time is extended to 70 years, it may not be possible to complete the preliminary preparations in time.As for continuing to relax the time limit, it is unlikely, after all, it will take enough time to transfer the people of various civilizations to the fleeing planet.Compared with the number of transferred personnel, 30 years is not enough time.

Of course, this is only difficult, and it is difficult to overcome.

In Yu Hongxing's words, as long as we make full use of post-war reconstruction, that is, use the special circumstances of post-war reconstruction to mobilize more resources and manpower, it is not a big problem to complete the preliminary preparations.For example, in the name of post-war reconstruction, a comprehensive survey of those fugitive planets can be done.Because post-war reconstruction is the responsibility of the authority, the duration of post-war reconstruction and the resources used are also determined by the authority.Even if the public has doubts about this, it can be explained by post-war reconstruction, at least in the short term, it will not arouse public resentment.Obviously, compared to this war that has lasted for hundreds of years and affected the entire Southern Alpha galaxy, decades is not a long time.

However, there is a problem that cannot be covered up by post-war reconstruction.

That is, at the beginning of the escape, the main-sequence star of the star system where the escaped planet is located must be destroyed, so that the escaped planet can get rid of the gravitational bondage of the main-sequence star.Although theoretically speaking, this step will only be taken when the signs are clear enough, or when it has been able to prove that a disaster is about to occur, but it must be before the disaster occurs, and it is certainly impossible to give a reasonable explanation to the public immediately.There will be at least a few years or even decades of interval between the start of fleeing and the arrival of disaster, and during this period, the public's attitude towards fleeing, or their trust in those in power will play a decisive role, and a situation may arise. loss of control and other serious consequences.

In addition, even if this interval is shortened as much as possible, another problem cannot be avoided, that is, it is necessary to obtain enough fusion elements from the main sequence star before fleeing, which will inevitably have an impact on the main sequence star, and may even cause The main sequence star is completely destroyed.

Obviously, even Queen Kang Sheng couldn't give a reasonable explanation to the people of the Jijing tribe.

Don't forget, as early as the Second Era, all civilizations gave up nuclear energy and turned to raw energy.After that, the scientific systems of all civilizations were based on primordial energy.Although the war has caused huge damage, no civilization has a reason to go back, let alone destroy the main sequence star of a star system in order to obtain fusion raw materials that exist widely in the universe and are not of great value.

It can be said that this retrogressive approach will inevitably arouse doubts from the public, and it may have unexpected effects.

In short, the period immediately following the start of the flight was the most dangerous.

As for how to get through this dangerous period, Yu Hongxing did not propose any solution. After all, he is a scientist and is not responsible for solving problems other than science.

Of course, in Yu Hongxing's words, after the escape begins, especially after the disaster has been confirmed, all problems will no longer be problems.What needs to be faced at that time is just how to let as many people as possible reach the destination alive during the long escape journey.

For this reason, the Yu family gave a piece of evidence that was convincing to Queen Kang Sheng.

(End of this chapter)