I live in the Martian wilderness!

"Tomorrow's plan will be divided into three main steps," Xuanjian's clear, girlish voice immediately began to report.

"Step 1: Building a Nest"

"At six o'clock in the morning, you will release and drive the [Sky Shuttle Engineering Vehicle] to the Land of Adventure, and use bulldozers and cutting tools to pre-modify the hole into a perfect interface."

Step Two: Transplantation.

"Upon returning, you will use the crane arm to completely detach the command module of the Candle Dragon One from the main landing module. Then, carrying this main module, you will travel to the Land of Encounters for the second time."

Step 3: Activation.

"You need to embed the command module into the prepared opening and seal it using a 3D-printed module. Finally, connect the Tianshuo's nuclear power source to bring life to the new home."

Xuanjian gave the final time assessment: "According to the simulation, the entire process is expected to complete the initial activation of the 'Oasis One' shelter before 18:00 tomorrow evening."

Looking at the perfectly executed plan on the screen, which minimized all risks, a satisfied smile finally appeared on Gu Yu's lips.

It will be an extremely tiring day. But when the sun sets tomorrow, he will no longer be a survivor living on a sunken ship.

Rather, he was a pioneer who had a "home" on this planet.

He entered the cramped sleeping pod and secured himself in the sleeping bag.

Goodnight, Xuan.

"Good night, Captain. Your alarm has been set for you to wake up in 6 hours, and tomorrow's detailed operational schedule has been synchronized. Please make sure you get enough rest."

Gu Yu closed his eyes and forced himself into a deep sleep.

He was already mentally rehearsing every detail of how he would control that steel behemoth tomorrow to carve out his own home.

The dawn on Mars is silent.

There was no gentle transition of light from dark to bright; instead, at a certain moment, a pale ray of light suddenly burst forth on the straight line on the distant horizon.

Then, the sun, which appeared smaller than it does on Earth, leaped out and showered its faint light upon the red wasteland.

Gu Yu opened his eyes precisely one second before the alarm clock set by Xuan Jian went off.

Six hours of forced deep sleep restored his exhausted body to function, but his mental tension remained like a fully drawn bowstring, never letting up for a moment.

Without lingering in bed, I skillfully untied my sleeping bag, put on my lightweight intravehicular activity suit, and used a nutritional paste and half a pack of beef jerky to complete my first food supply of the day.

He didn't go to the porthole to gaze at the distant blue star. From this day forward, sentimentality would be a fatal luxury.

"Xuan," he said, stretching his joints as he made a final check, "has Tissot's system self-check completed?"

"Captain, all systems of the Sky Shuttle have completed self-checks and are in perfect condition. The Candlelight nuclear power core has been preheated to its optimal operating temperature, and the Tianchi supercapacitor battery pack is at 100% charge, ready to begin the mission at any time."

"very good."

Gu Yu put on his Xuanjia combat suit, fastened his mask, walked through the docking tunnel, and entered the Xuntian Mars rover, which was still connected to the landing module.

But instead of starting the vehicle, he stepped onto the metal deck of the Candle Dragon One cargo hold through the airlock at the rear of the vehicle.

This is a steel cavern filled with industrial atmosphere, where a steel behemoth lies quietly on a huge electromagnetic mounting frame.

Tissot Multi-functional Engineering Vehicle No. 03

[Value]: 550 billion RMB

(P.S.: This cost includes the first customized "Candlelight" nuclear power system and all six top-tier operating modules. As the core asset of Project Spark, it is not just a vehicle, but a mobile industrial machine.)

[Description]: Tracked heavy-duty unmanned engineering platform, designed specifically for planetary pioneering. The vehicle body adopts a three-layer composite armor structure, with an inner layer of titanium alloy skeleton, a middle layer of non-Newtonian fluid energy-absorbing material, and an outer layer covered with a self-healing biomimetic ceramic coating, which can withstand the continuous erosion of micro-meteorite impacts and Martian dust storms.

[Powertrain]: Dynamic Isotope Thermoelectric Generation System (DRPS) + Supercapacitor Hybrid Powertrain.

Energy core: "Candlelight Type B DRPS", with a total system weight of 950 kg.

Core fuel: 25 kg of "high-abundance plutonium-238/ammonium-241 mixed ceramic matrix".

Conversion technology: It adopts four parallel free piston Stirling generators, with a thermoelectric conversion efficiency of up to 35%, far exceeding that of traditional thermoelectric power generation.

Output power: It can continuously provide a stable base power of 8.5 kW, and waste heat is used for vehicle body and battery insulation through liquid metal circuit.

Energy storage unit: Tianchi graphene supercapacitor array.

Total capacity: 480 kWh.

Performance: Utilizing a solid sulfide electrolyte, its energy density surpasses theoretical limits. It can provide the enormous instantaneous power required during operation, with a maximum peak discharge power of up to 800 kilowatts, sufficient to drive the most violent hydraulic breakers or plasma melting.

Energy Cycle: The electrical energy (approximately 200 kWh) generated by the Candle Core in one Martian day (24.6 hours) is sufficient to recharge the "Tianchi" capacitor bank to a high level, supporting approximately 10 hours of high-intensity heavy-duty operation the following day.

Design life: 20 Earth years.

[Drive Unit]: Four-wheel independent vector electric drive system

Core motors: 4 superconducting axial flux motors.

Technical features: It adopts high-temperature superconducting coils, and its volume is only 1/3 of that of traditional motors, but its power density is increased by 5 times.

Power parameters: Rated power of a single motor is 150 kW, and peak power is 250 kW. The total peak power of the entire vehicle reaches 1000 kW (approximately 1360 horsepower).

Torque: Peak torque at the wheel end can reach 32000 Nm. This gives the Tissot an extremely formidable ability to get out of trouble and traction, allowing it to start on a 45-degree slope even when towing cargo twice its own weight.

Thermal management: The heat generated by the motor is directly fed into the vehicle's active temperature control system through a liquid cooling loop, heating the battery and hydraulic oil on cold Martian nights and achieving cascaded energy utilization.

【Tram System】: Four sets of ultra-wide independent suspension tracks.

Each track has a ground contact area of ​​3.8 square meters, uses a segmented shape memory alloy skeleton, and is covered with wear-resistant polymer material.

【Core System】: Modular mounting platform with six military standard interfaces at the rear of the vehicle body. It adopts electromagnetic locking and wireless power transmission technology and can automatically complete the replacement within 3 minutes.

Already installed modules:

① "Mountain Moving" excavator arm module: Titanium alloy hydraulic mechanical arm with a maximum excavation depth of 15 meters. The arm head can be replaced with various tool heads such as a breaker hammer and a grab bucket, which can easily break high-hardness Martian basalt.

② "Reclamation" bulldozer blade module: 3.5 meters wide, with a variable angle design, used for efficient site leveling and construction of defensive walls.

③ "Tanlong" deep drilling module: Equipped with ultrasonic-assisted drill bit, it can drill rock cores up to 100 meters deep. It integrates Raman spectrometer and neutron detector, and can analyze groundwater ice and mineral deposits in real time.

④ "Qingtian" crane boom module: Maximum lifting capacity of 8 tons, equipped with high-precision millimeter-wave radar and force feedback system, capable of performing lifting and docking tasks with perfect accuracy.

⑤ "Shen Gong" additive manufacturing module: plasma-electron beam composite selective melting.

Capabilities: Without the need for complex inks, it can directly absorb Martian regolith soil, mix it with a very small amount of polymer binder, and instantly melt and sinter it using a high-energy beam.

Output: Interlocking structural components with compressive strength exceeding 80 MPa (better than C80 concrete) can be printed, which are key to building permanent foundations and airtight walls.

Its 8.5-ton steel body, wrapped in a dark gold coating, resembles a lurking prehistoric behemoth.

The four wide tracks are deeply embedded in the red sand, exuding an unshakeable sense of power.

At the rear of the vehicle, five massive functional modules are neatly arranged, ready to reshape the planet's landscape at any time.

This is a tool that the country specially created for the Spark Program, capable of opening up new horizons in this wasteland!