Chapter 887: Bright Stars (32)
"There are only three cores of the master mold we created, so there is absolutely no room for error in the launch..."
General Ross looked at the old general standing on the stage. The old general said in a sonorous tone: "In the past five years, we have invested countless manpower and material resources, and finally created the core of the mother model and the ability to launch it to Launching device near the sun..."
When he said this, Ross noticed that the expressions of the two generals in the front row became a little uncomfortable.
In fact, Ross also knew what was going on.
The Red Gate Orchid Plan is said to be about extermination, but in fact it is nothing more than using super weapons as bargaining chips to negotiate with mutants.
At that time, Professor
However, five years ago, humans were struggling to even launch a probe to Mars. At that time, it was impossible to develop a launch device that could directly reach the sun.
The Red Gate Orchid Project was proposed against this technical background. At that time, the upper limit of the military's imagination of the radiation range of weapons was the solar system.
At that time, they thought that as long as they could deploy a super weapon near the sun, they would be able to solve the mutant problem once and for all.
In the first three years of five years, they spent countless wealth and collected the military expenditures of the three armies, and finally managed to build this ridiculously expensive equipment.
To talk about why it is so expensive, we have to start with the so-called core of the master mold.
The "Mother Model" is a super artificial intelligence developed by the military. The military used various means to force many scientists who mastered technology to hand over their technologies, and used these technologies to develop a super artificial intelligence.
However, even if the scientists they can find to study artificial intelligence put together, they are not as good as Stark alone. Therefore, this super artificial intelligence is not as good as Jarvis. It has a fatal flaw, that is, it requires a special person. core to carry its powerful computing core.
Although this special core does not look big in the design drawing, it also depends on the size of the entire Hongmenlan base.
In the design, the Red Gate Orchid base should hover stably near the sun, with a volume about one percent of the size of the Earth.
The core installed inside the base is about the same height as a twenty-story building, and most of the parts require vibranium.
At that time, vibranium was so expensive that the military tearfully dug out their old guns and managed to create three cores, two of which were simplified versions.
Many people know what happened next. Schiller came to this world about three years ago, and then the earth was like a wild horse running wildly toward an unknown road.
Schiller stepped on the accelerator, and mankind accelerated into the cosmic era. The Iron Demon accelerated again, and the entire solar system became human territory within reach.
The military never dreamed that their grand plan would look like a clown now.
At the beginning, they were very far-sighted. According to the speed of human development, it would take at least hundreds or thousands of years to touch the sun. As long as they can use leading technology to build a base near the sun, they can not only threaten mutants, but also More ambitions can be achieved.
Driven by such motivation, the U.S. military has exploded with endless potential, especially the Tartu faction. Their philosophy has always been "the army, more than the army."
Although this plan, which had been running smoothly in the past three years, was like a giant gold-swallowing beast, it was progressing relatively smoothly. The core was built and the launcher was successfully completed. Then, the Iron Demon arrived.
From then on, Stark, who was severely paranoid about being persecuted, seemed to have suddenly enlightened, and began to use his technology for free.
It doesn't matter if the rocket can't fly. If it falls down one day, you can get a series of design drawings gifted by nature the next day. It doesn't matter if the satellite orbit is unstable. You are only responsible for sending it up, and someone will naturally maintain it for you.
In the following time, Stark will incarnate tens of billions to subsidize Stodo. Regardless of whether you have the ability to explore space, as long as you want to explore, I will solve the technical problems.
After the arrival of the Schiller Iron Curtain, most other countries also saw clearly that if they did not rush forward to grab the cake, they would have to eat the dregs from behind. With the global enthusiasm for spaceflight erupting violently, landing on the moon in one month, Three months of Mars exploration, half a year of solar energy development...
In just over a year, human civilization's attitude towards the solar system has undergone tremendous changes. Before, I belonged to the solar system, but now, the solar system belongs to me.
In this case, it is quite novel to throw an object around the sun, but now the countries on the earth have either thrown it or are planning to throw it. Even if you can fix it there, sooner or later everyone can , if you dare to open fire, no one will get better.
What makes the military even more distressed is that when they first built those cores, the price of vibranium was at a high point. In order to prevent being affected by the price increase, they also stocked up a lot.
But now, due to the popularization of molten steel, the cost of making the same thing is only one ten thousandth.
Moreover, due to the explosive growth of technology, there is a generation gap between the technology about five years ago and now. This means that they are only now confident that they can send launch and transportation devices that are several generations behind into the intended orbit. .
And we are not completely sure. We still have to rely on Ross to ask his daughter for information about Mercury to prevent being shot down by the guard weapons of the Mercury base.
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In this way, the military became the pioneer of human exploration of the solar system. It is not accurate to say that it is a pioneer. It was the first, but it did not drive it.
It is also human nature to chase the rise and sell the fall. The military launched this time and forced the duck to go on the shelf. Now the launch can at least win over the forces that dislike mutants participating in the solar system construction plan and gain their favor, so as to get more support in the future.
Thinking of this, Ross looked up at the image of the transporter played on the screen. He had to admit that compared with the current pile of slightly sci-fi equipment of humans, this thing looks a bit too outdated. If it is launched now and discovered by other countries, they will think that Russia has started archaeology again.
However, things have come to this point, and we can only bite the bullet. After all, after launching, we have one more bargaining chip to negotiate with the mutants, and maybe we can recover some losses from them.
Ross thought viciously that when he negotiates with those annoying mutants, he must make them bleed heavily, otherwise, how can he recover the losses of the military?
On the day of the launch, New York was cloudless, and all the generals were waiting at the launch center. Standing behind the glass curtain wall of the high-rise, looking at the large screen monitoring the launch, a researcher came over and said:
"We have launched the satellite in advance and monitor the status of the equipment near the flight orbit. When the rocket successfully takes off, the generals can see the flight trajectory of the equipment..."
The leading old general nodded, and looked at the screen again. The countdown was completed, and the rocket took off.
Although it is not a very advanced technology in this era, it is completely different from traditional rockets. The ignition process is shorter, but the speed is faster. Almost in an instant, the rocket is no longer on the screen.
The screen switched to the sky above the earth, and the rocket was flying in the distance. The young generals were excited, but the more mature generals standing in the front row frowned. They said:
"What is that thing in the upper right corner of the screen? Is the screen dirty?... It doesn't seem to be, why is it moving?"
"That... looks like a ball? Am I seeing it wrong? Why does it seem to be glowing?"
"Rocket! The rocket flew towards the ball! No, it should be the ball that blocked the rocket's trajectory, move it away!!!!"
Accompanied by the last roar, the screen lit up briefly, and as it gradually went out, the explosion light lit up, and rocket fragments flew everywhere.
In an instant, the fire illuminated the dark night sky, and the universe was full of stars at this moment.
"What's going on!!!!"
The old general in the lead roared: "What did the rocket hit?! Why did it disintegrate?! Why didn't the equipment detach in advance?!!"
Soon, a pale-faced researcher ran over and said: "Sorry! Mr. Admiral! There is a space junk that we haven't detected. It may be left by rockets launched by various countries before..."
"This space junk is compressed by some special equipment. Its own gravity is abnormal, so our equipment did not detach safely, so... so..."
The old general glared at him and said: "You mean to say that the core we spent a lot of money to make, The core is destroyed? ? ! ! "
The researcher's legs began to tremble, but in the end, he still gritted his teeth and nodded and said: "Yes... But fortunately, we originally wanted to launch a streamlined version to explore the way, so the loss was an incomplete core, and the most important core has not been launched yet..."
The old general's face looked a little better, but he still said with a dark face: "If this happens again, you should know what the consequences will be. The Hongmenlan Project must not fail. Continue to prepare for the launch!"
After preparing for about a week, the rocket was launched again. This time it approached Mercury smoothly according to the planned orbit, and then moved closer to the sun.
When monitoring this scene, the generals' faces finally improved. Ross heard his colleagues whispering: "It has been launched to this position, there should be no problem, right?"
"Is the equipment ready to be deployed? I think this distance should be just right. Look, there is the Mercury base..."
"The equipment is out of the warehouse, hurry up! Deploy it quickly! As long as the base can be anchored, the plan will be more than half successful..."
Amidst a whisper, the last shell of the launch cabin fell off, and the equipment was ready to be deployed on the spot.
Just when everything was going smoothly, a striking laser appeared out of thin air, as if cutting the picture in half.
The generals instinctively covered their eyes with their arms, and when they opened their eyes again, the equipment that had been initially deployed disappeared.
Everyone was stunned. After a while, the researchers shouted, "We were attacked by unknown weapons!!! Someone destroyed our research equipment!! This is an attack!! This is an attack!! "
"What's going on?!" The old general roared, "Who attacked our equipment?! Is it Stark?! Contact him immediately!!"
After a while, the researchers ran up and said, "General, our equipment was attacked by unknown weapons. According to observation, it was not Stark's equipment. The defense weapons on the Mercury base have never been activated..."
Ross stepped forward and said: "It can't be the defensive weapons over the Mercury base. We have obtained the authorization code in advance and avoided the output range of the main weapons. It is impossible to be shot down silently like this..."
"What do you think happened?!!" The old general's chest kept rising and falling, and he had lost his mind a little.
After all, as the proposer and executor of this plan, he knew better than anyone how much money they had lost in those few seconds.
"Find out who opened the fire!!!" The old general's voice almost broke through the glass curtain wall. He said: "We must make them pay the price and let them know what stupid things they did!!!"
"Yes, they must pay ten times and a hundred times the price for this!!" Someone echoed.
"Find it now! Find who did it!!"
"We are going to declare war on them!!!"
At this time, another researcher ran over and said:
"According to the signal sent back by the black box, the energy fluctuations of the weapon that destroyed the equipment are very similar to the Rainbow Bridge that appeared on Earth before. It is suspected to be the weapon of the Asgard fleet..."
The generals who were just filled with indignation were silent in an instant.