Deep Space Fleet

Latest website: Ding Peng's eyes flew to the distant horizon. There are no stars here, just a bleak void, where people will live and develop for a long time.

At this moment, the male voice in the TV set is also exuberant: "... when the flame of the planetary engine shines in this starry sky, we will finally embark on the road of fourth-class civilization!"

Many people cheered loudly and applauded. Even other geniuses selected from the virtual world, whether they are accustomed to this world or not, are toasting and celebrating, wanting to give their own strengths.

But few people know that the beginning of a thing is always good. Especially for such a large project, if there is no bright future, how many people will have the courage to do it?

The government did not say how long the project would ultimately take ...

However, when nearly 20 million people have consumed huge points, spent a hundred years on the road, enjoyed reaching the end point, and are about to start a new journey, they do not know that there will be nearly 3,000 years of difficult times in the future Waiting for them ...

The loud cheers now may be the last cheers in the next three thousand years.

They will repeat the same work until they die.

The 15,000 planetary engines that humans are responsible for are equivalent to 15,000 large mountains resting on the entire civilization. Many people will have to give up their current occupation and invest in the vast ocean of large construction projects.

Throughout their lives, they have to fight with excavators and earth boring machines. Through these tools, the craters have been razed to the ground.

Cheers and laughter from the beginning, then gradually numb, and finally brought deep despair into the grave ...

The talent cultivation of subsequent generations will also lean heavily on this aspect.

A large percentage of engineers will appear, and many entertainment-related occupations will be banned. Even the work of many scientists had to give up, because the entire civilization was no longer productive and provided them with experimental resources.

There is no passion that can last 3,000 years. The first generation died silently. For the sake of their beliefs and ideals, the second generation had to accept the status quo that has become a reality, because social inertia continues to struggle ... ...

The third generation is still doing the same thing, they cannot feel the ambition when people first came here.

This social inertia is slowly exhausted, and then the fourth, fifth, sixth ...

Even if a generation is born in 50 years, a relay of 40-60 generations is needed to survive these thousands of years.

Without any enthusiasm, they can maintain 40 generations to repeat the same work. They were born and started to see the world with no stars, no light, huge planetary engines ejected plasma sparks until they died, and they were still building the planet. engine.

After a glorious rainbow, after watching it for a lifetime, it also became an extremely boring thing.

But they just have to spend a lifetime of energy to do this thing, and they have to do it seriously. In the current robot system, there is no way to independently manufacture such a behemoth as a planetary engine. A large number of people must work to maintain the entire system.

In particular, without any pressure to survive, no one forced them, and there were no foreign enemies in this place.

The only spiritual support is a certain level of civilization.

However, the benefits of becoming a fourth-level civilization belong to all humankind, to future generations, and not to themselves.

"People have to keep working spontaneously, and 'spontaneous', for us, is not limited to a distant dream."

"So, Captain, don't think about the progress of the Tuos civilization, whether they can persist or not. The future expectations on our side are unreliable. Although everyone's current enthusiasm is very high, it is long Time can always wipe out all passion. "

"They will become lazy."

"The whole construction period is too long, and it is so long that we despair of this short-lived species."

"Can you die if you don't work? It won't die! The pressure on work is too small, and we can't force them to work by squeezing their labor ..."

On this day, the planet fortress has reached its intended location.

Just after the curvature bubble emerged, the two sides immediately dispatched a large number of scientific research experts to conduct on-site inspections, which is expected to continue for a month.

Various tens of millions of tons of TNT-equivalent large-scale nuclear fusion flares flickered in the starry sky. These flares acted like bright little suns, temporarily illuminating this bleak universe.

After that, people will choose whether to stay or return.

If they were to stay here, the two civilizations would have unloaded a large number of construction machinery in the planetary fortress and began formal engineering. Of course, if there is nothing special, everyone's general opinion is to stay here.

A small group of people, such as Zhang Yuan, were worried, betting their eyes on more distant times.

In the discussions these days, they increasingly feel that people seem to overestimate their determination and overestimate the ambition of human beings themselves.

The whole atmosphere was too optimistic, it was really too optimistic. The plan formulated by the new human government is very flawed, especially in terms of personnel mobilization, to a certain extent ...

"At that time, you will be lazy, and I will be lazy, and the whole construction period will be delayed. You will be lazy again, and I will be lazy again. Engineering is great for mankind, but ... mankind is still a self-serving creature. "

Optimism is a good thing. But being too optimistic tends to overestimate yourself.

Does the Sunset Empire want to weaken? The imperial empire does not want to weaken, the dignitaries and nobles of the imperial empire do not want to weaken, and the common people do not want to weaken.

Do the Mi people want to weaken? The Mi people don't want to, no one wants to weaken.

"However, the weakening of a country or even a civilization is not just an external challenger, but a strong competitor has kept them competing. It is more an internal reason ..."

"... It's because their society, their systems, policies, and the mental state of the people can't keep up with the times, so that competitors can take advantage of it."

"The same is true of our civilization. A civilization is dynamically changing and will not remain static. Our policy should change with the times so that the entire civilization can continue to advance. But now an invariant has emerged, that is, we must always adhere to this. Major projects, which will cause great trouble for future policies ... "

Faced with the pervasive suggestion of hundreds of senior officials, these high-level civilizations were all in a faint blank state, and a special meeting was held specifically for this purpose.

In the end, Mr. Captain sighed and said, "So, Mr. Zhang Yuan, what better suggestion do you have? We cannot force the recruitment of workers to work for thousands of years, otherwise the government will become an authoritarian government. Sooner or later it will be overthrown. "

Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "Of course there are suggestions, the best way is to shorten the construction period. Reduce the project amount of the original two battle stars to one, you can refer to Option 17."

Option 17 is a scheme designed by Zhang Yuan's good friend, physicist Professor John.

In general, the plan is to build two planetary forts, one of which is placed at a distance of 120-200 astronomical units to observe the collision of neutron stars, and the other to disturb the mutual rotation between the two neutron stars. Reduce collision time.

Otherwise, humans have to wait more than 100,000 years before they can wait for the neutron star to collide, which is too long.

More than 100,000 years is absolutely unrealistic for humans. The Tus, who lived longer, could not wait that long.

"So, this planetary bastion to shorten the neutron star collision is essential."

"But can another battle star placed at 120 astronomical units be saved and not built?"

Professor John's 17th alternative plan, after careful calculation, believes that it is sufficient to build only one planetary fortress in a specific situation.

According to current astronomical observations, there are no suitable planets at 120 astronomical units. And the equipment to observe the collision of neutron stars is best built on the planet, so that there is a greater chance to observe the required data.

Is it possible to push a planet to 120 astronomical units without building a planetary engine?

Yes, of course!

The answer is ... use the huge gravity of the planet fortress that has to be built to drag another planet over!

Since human beings need to build at least one planetary fortress, let it play a more important role. The first is to use its own gravity to move the movement of another planet and bring the other planet to the goal of 120 astronomical units. After orbit, it is the second goal to do three-body movement with the neutron star, or some other way to shorten the mutual rotation between the two neutron stars.

The gravitational attraction between the planet and the planet, like two magnets attracting each other, can form a power source between each other.

Take the previous Earth-Moon binary star system as an example. Because of the existence of gravitation, the two sides will form a system.

The Earth-Moon system is not simply a moon orbiting the earth, but the earth and the moon are orbiting the center of mass of the Earth-Moon system, except that the Earth-Moon system has a large mass and a small moon, and its common center of mass is approximately 4800 kilometers away from the center of the earth. After being enveloped by the earth, it looks like it has become a simple moon orbiting the earth.

Once a large number of planetary engines are installed on the earth and the earth deviates from its own orbit, the moon will also come with it, and it will not be possible to throw it away for a short while.

In the same way, installing an engine on the moon to make the moon move will also interfere with the movement of the earth.

If you really want to "wander the earth", letting the moon act as a constant source of gravity to move the earth is a more reliable solution. After all, the thin earth crust cannot support those powerful planetary engines.

And the 17th plan proposed by Zhang Yuan and others is this. Only build a battle star, start it to hook another planet, and **** it forcibly to change its orbit.

In this way, humans do not need to build a second planetary fortress, only need to install various observation devices on this large ice ball.

"If we cut the project deadline in half, it will undoubtedly be good news for us."

These officials have a contemplative look, and the plan sounds good, but the technical difficulty is undoubtedly an order of magnitude greater.

The movement of a planet is not driving. It does not mean that you can turn left if you want to make a left turn, or right when you want to turn right. Under its huge inertia, you may need to turn from left to right. A hundred years!

If you want to sway other planetary movements, you need to use its own inertia, and you need to calculate accurately. Maybe you accidentally hit it. This is not alarmist!

A scientist raised his eyebrows and slowly said, "Mr. Zhang, in the 17th plan, the big ice hockey selected was quite large and had a diameter of 2,000 kilometers, although its density was low and its quality was low. It's not high ... but if you want this big puck to run with our planet fortress, the distance between the two sides must be close enough to the gravity to be large enough for the plan to succeed. "

"After more than 500 years, the distance between the two planets will reach the nearest distance, and there will be a chance of gravitational pull. So our planet fortress, it is best to move the orbit to the same height within 500 years ... ... "

"But if the positions of the two planets are too close ... too dangerous! The two planets no longer orbit, but in a cascading pattern."

"Our battle star must run fast enough and the planetary engine must have sufficient horsepower. Otherwise, the distance between the two sides will be getting closer and closer due to the force of gravity. Maybe they will run into it. By then, it will be all over!"

Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "Yeah, because of this, it is the motivation of all human beings to work hard! If they don't work hard, the two planets will directly hit!"

"This is called work oppression. There is no oppression. For such a large project, I don't know how long it will take to work. Who can guarantee that it can be completed on time and amount for thousands of years?"

Everyone is a cricket.

Zhang Yuan continued: "But this kind of oppression is not enough. We still need to expand a part of the population, especially in the early stage of the project. The population must reach more than 100 million."

"A hundred million." The captain frowned and thought. The previous plan was to expand the population, but it didn't need that much.

Another professor who supported the plan took the stubble and replied: "The schedule of the 17th plan is very tight, far more intense than other plans. Without exploding the population, our industrial capacity cannot meet the standard."

"On the other hand, after a large population expansion, our current spacecraft can't hold so many people ... or, after loading so many people, it doesn't look so comfortable. Many people have to live underground and can see it at this time The big ice hockey behind will be even more oppressive. "

"but……"

A member of the government think-tank asked: "So many people, it will be very difficult to escape at that time ... We have insufficient Amoeba points, not enough leased spacecraft, and can only carry 40 million people in the end."

Zhang Yuan explained: "Your question is very good, but don't forget that people will grow old and die. For a period of 1,400 years, as long as you plan well, the final population can be reduced to less than 40 million."

The MP immediately retorted: "But that will seriously age and cause all kinds of problems. In an aging society, the labor force will be very scarce at that time. Maybe even the elderly have to participate in jobs and delay retirement. Age! This raises so many social issues! "

At one and a half minutes in the air, there was silence. It would take more than 3,000 years to work slowly. The future is unpredictable. Maybe it will take 4,000 years, 5,000 years, or even halfway. Even if the history of the new civilization is strong, it is impossible to predict the time of three thousand years.

Either the amount of work is cut in half, but it may endure a long period of aging crisis, and the people are persecuted and complain.

Zhang Yuan shook his head and sighed softly, "No way, everything cannot be perfect. We have a population of 100 million, spend 400 years, work harder, increase the working time, and have to complete 40% -50% of the project The amount can only be passed on to future generations. "

"How can a fourth-level civilization be so simple? It always has to suffer."

"The whole set of works will come down and the project period will be about 1400 years. So we can agree with the Huan Thai civilization that after 1400, we will lease some transport spaceships and transport our population to a light year away. Counting the 100 years that have passed, a total of 1,500 years. "

"If a human fleet comes to the trading market after that, you can also send them news about curvature technology, or simply let them sell it in the trading market. Hey, if our civilization does not complete the plan, stop Progress, then let the rest of the human branch progress ... "

This feeling is bitter, everyone knows what Zhang Yuan is saying ...

Actually makes sense.

But how should people choose?

Choose a solution that can be completed in 1400 years ~ www.readwn.com ~ Or choose a solution that is three thousand or four thousand years old?

This is the problem of long pain and short pain.

For 1,400 years, it is definitely necessary to bear the risks and suffer the hardships. Even a population of 100 million has to suffer a lot in the face of huge projects. For example, the daily working hours will be extended to 10 hours.

Various less important occupations will be banned. People will no longer be able to play any robot war games. The government cannot allocate resources to do these.

And the plan for three or four thousand years ... is too long to plan. It will be difficult to predict whether there will be conflicts with the Tuos civilization during this period, and whether there will be greater variables.

Whether it is planned or not can also be a problem.

In fact, Zhang Yuan didn't believe it in his eyes. If human beings completed this project like Mo Yanggong, could they go further.

There are fourth-level fallen civilizations in the galaxy, too.