spaceflight manual

Chapter 120 A scholar meets a "soldier"

Casio, a P9 employee of Maga Company and director of the Prometheus Research Center of the experimental base, is sitting in the "interrogation room".

He probably knew that he was on a torch spacecraft, and only the torch spacecraft could make the cruising acceleration reach nearly one-tenth of gravity.

The design of this spacecraft is to simulate the gravity by the acceleration of the main engine of the spacecraft.

In other words, under the butt, there must be a powerful terawatt-level reactor and a terawatt-level engine that is compatible with the reactor.

Casio guessed the identity of the group who attacked him.

Could it be that a rival company finally made a move?

Just then, his interrogator opened the door and entered.

Seeing the man's gait, Casio was surprised from ear to ear.

In outer space, only a group of people will subconsciously maintain such a gait under gravity conditions: the stride is close to three quarters of a meter, and the chest is raised.

Just looking at this gait, Casio knew who had caught him.

The moment he knew it, he breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, the interrogator sat across from Casio, and introduced himself in a serious way: "My name is Dahei, and I am a robber."

The interrogator also bit the accent on the word "robber".

Casio shook his head. He was so nervous just now, but now he even had the leeway to tease the interrogator: "No, no robbers sit with their backs so straight. They usually sit like this."

Casio immediately demonstrated the robber's standard sitting posture: wide open and closed, hanging around, and by the way, put his feet on the table.

Interrogator: "I was a soldier before I became a robber. This is my habit. I really am a robber, you better be smart!"

"Soldier, no robber would threaten someone with 'you better be smart', they would just hit. Just like that, punch me right here, and in an instant I'd say to my well-maintained white teeth Bye now!"

The next moment, the interrogator punched the spot that Cassio just pointed at, causing his whole face to be tilted to the side, his neck was almost broken, and a white tooth flew out, and there was a thread of blood on his back. .

Interrogator: "Now do you believe it? Don't toast or eat fine wine. Tell your question honestly!"

When Casio heard the other party's speech that seemed to write "I am the Space Force" on his forehead, his long-standing impression of the Space Force calmed down his shocked heart, and he continued to joke: "The bandits don't speak so politely. Well, comrades in the Space Force, I'm going to wait for my lawyer to arrive, and then I'm going to file a complaint against you... Poof!"

The interrogator punched him again, and another white tooth flew out, falling to the ground under simulated gravity of one-tenth of standard gravity.

Interrogator: "Humans generally have 28 to 32 permanent teeth. I hope you can understand the current situation before you lose all your permanent teeth and become a toothless grandfather. If pulling out all the teeth is not enough, Let's try our fingers."

While talking, a strong man wearing a combat exoskeleton came in and showed Casio that the powered exoskeleton really had a fist the size of a sandbag.

At this time, Casio, who had lost two teeth, burst into pain in his mouth. The piercing pain reminded him that it was really not the space army known for its civilization.

Casio was terrified.

He explained tremblingly: "I am a P9 employee of Maga Company, Casio, the director of the scientific research center of the experimental base Prometheus."

"What are you mainly doing there?"

"Research, research..."

The burly man in power armor threw his fist immediately.

Casio exclaimed: "I confess! I just didn't finish! Damn, I just didn't finish! I'm not mocking! I'm researching external brain-computer interfaces!"

The interrogator made a gesture, and the strong exoskeleton took a step back, but he still looked at Casio maliciously, as if looking forward to the moment when he could be used as a sandbag.

Interrogator: "External brain-computer interface? Is it the technology used in virtual entertainment?"

"Yes, that's the one! It's still used on the mechanical prosthetic body of the disabled. Your space force... no, no! Their space force doesn't use it because of the widespread use of severed limb regeneration and transplantation technology. But you... theirs The technology is very expensive, and only ordinary people in the **** society like them can afford it.

"In the world beyond that, prosthetic body technology is civilian technology. In the past, a built-in neural chip was needed to control the prosthetic body. This operation is not cheap, but it is cheaper than regeneration and transplantation of severed limbs. But the external brain-computer interface makes Prosthetics become downright cheap technology."

Interrogator: "So your base is a good base that works hard for the well-being of society? Then how do you explain the large number of anti-human experiment records we have found in your data?"

"Because what we are testing here is to use external brain-computer interface technology to operate the spacecraft. This experiment is particularly easy to drive people crazy. In fact, we have consumed 513 groups of experimenters, and the D-class personnel at the beginning have been used up. , the latest experiment was carried out by a couple of intrepid experimenters from our side.

"Of course, they are all low-level employees, and they are also consumables. Moreover, they voluntarily conduct experiments, not to explore the unknown at all, but to covet the high rewards of going straight up to two levels!"

Interrogator: "Why do so many people go crazy when operating a spaceship?"

"This question is very funny...don't hit me! The reason is very simple. Think about the regulations of their space force. Three years of spaceflight requires three months of vacation on the ground. Human beings are originally species on the earth, so they are not suitable for it. universe.

"And after the external brain-computer interface is connected with the spacecraft's sensors, even the information that has been 'polished' by the computer exceeds the understanding of the human brain and common sense, so the closure is normal."

Interrogator: "Then what benefits can you gain by moving this system to the spaceship?"

"The benefits are obvious. The efficiency of brain-computer interface processing information is an order of magnitude higher than the current instrument panel. No, it is more than an order of magnitude. If there is a pilot who can control this system, he will definitely be able to explode amazing combat power.

"Actually, the biggest obstacle to improving the performance of combat boats is the 'wetware' of humans itself. However, there are problems with unmanned combat boats. There are too many accidents in space flight, especially in combat, almost all of them are accidents. Artificial intelligence What can be dealt with is only the accidents it encountered in the learning process.

"So, if the human wetware is more thoroughly connected in series into the system, wouldn't it improve the performance of the wetware?"

Interrogator: "I see. Then why are your ships humanoid?"

Casio: "First, we hope that the humanoid spaceship can reduce the impact of the external brain-computer interface on the driver's spirit. Second, we hope that the humanoid body can use the mass autonomous movement method to turn the body, just like the training has That's what the prime Space Forces do in zero-gravity."

Interrogator: "So did you succeed?"

Casio is obviously like a deflated ball: "Obviously, no."

The interrogator continued to ask: "According to our tests and computer simulations, the structural strength of your humanoid machine is 90.00% weaker than that of the combat boat. Basically, it will completely lose its combat effectiveness if it is hit by the live ammunition of the combat boat-class electromagnetic gun. If the cockpit part Being hit, the survival rate of the two pilots was zero.

"What I want to ask is, even if your test is successful, the humanoid machine can really turn around with the mass autonomous movement method, and it can really process complex information and respond at a super high speed. The improvements brought about by these can make up for it. Is there a negative effect brought about by the reduction of the overall structure?"

Casio: "Our principles are different from yours. For the company, the mercenaries lose less money when they die. So survivability is not a very important thing - from the perspective of the board of directors.

"And according to the analysis of the current actual combat records, survival in battle mainly depends on not being hit. We have your latest trump card, that is, Wang Ping'an. He dodged all the attacks with hit-delayed ballistics, including magnetic rails. Cannons and Plasma Cannons.

"The same goes for your other aces. So we think that in high-end combat, the thing to worry about is a laser weapon that shoots and hits, but requires continuous irradiation to cause damage."

Interrogator: "You guys got Lieutenant Wang Ping'an's battle records so quickly."

"No, what we got was the battle records of the pirates. After careful classification, we extracted the Lieutenant Wang Ping'an observed in the records of different pirates, and then summarized his battle process."

The interrogator sneered: "That's right. In fact, among the seized records, we also found the complete battle records of the most famous pirate king Gila Miller, including almost every battle he participated in."

Suddenly, the interrogator slammed the table and roared:
"Is Maga Company the financial backer behind the pirates?"

Casio shrank his neck in fright, and then said falteringly: "This... I don't know why the company has the record of Gila Miller. But the pirates exchanged all the things for money, maybe They took the initiative to sell it to middlemen."

The interrogator pressed, "Which middleman?"

"I...I don't know."

The interrogator continued to pat the table: "Is your doll machine a special machine for Gila Miller?"

"No, absolutely not!"

"Still saying no?"

At this time, the strong man wearing a powered exoskeleton patted the interrogator on the shoulder: "You forgot, we are gangsters."

After speaking, he turned around and punched Casio in the left cheek.

"I confess, I confess!" Casio roared.

So the fist stopped only [-] centimeters away from his cheek, and the wind caused Casio's hair to be messed up.

Casio was still in shock, and continued to shout in order to save his life: "The board of directors believes that Gila Miller is a new generation of human beings who have adapted to the universe! He should be able to control the spaceship with a brain-computer interface! We developed the brain-computer interface and the new machine just for this. type!

"Maga Company is the supporter of the pirates!"

(End of this chapter)