Travel in space

By James Hernandez

"In that distant and dim future, mankind, after thousands of years of expansion and war, has absorbed a quarter of the galaxy into the circle of human civilization, which is divided into hundreds of worlds..."

But that's all after the big fault. Who remembers before the Great fault?

• Language: English
• Publisher: James Hernandez
• Release date: Jun 1, 2023
• ISBN: 9781088167847

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Prologue Chapter 1 Join Starfleet

It all started the day Voyager One was discovered.

The Voyager 1 signal was picked up again, but unfortunately by aliens. Hawking has said he does not want to actively reveal the location of people on Earth, but in addition to placing a gold chip on the Voyager 1 machine, NASA has also mapped the location of the solar system in the Milky Way Galaxy, which Hawking said is very dangerous. Voyager 1 set off from Earth in 1977, crossed the solar circle and entered the interstellar medium in 2012, and lost contact with Earth completely in 2025. Whatever happens after that is out of our control.

Exactly 45 years have passed, the year 2070 in time. If Voyager 1 is still flying, it will have been nearly 100 billion kilometers away from Earth, just four days in optical speed. Proxima Centauri, the nearest star to the Earth, is 4.22 light-years away. But on April Fool’s Day, aliens arrive and war breaks out.

While the Earthlings were still in the process of being caught off guard, the aliens went through the wormhole at sub-light speed, suddenly appeared in the atmosphere, and immediately issued a notice of surrender to the Earth. At the same time, they also carried the languages of different countries and played the music of different countries, of course, the music of the 1970s.

Earthling didn’t react to it at first, but soon data analysis revealed that the language and music came from Voyager 1, meaning that aliens had obtained the data of Voyager 1, learned the coordinates of the Earth, came through the wormhole, and attacked the Earth.

After 10 years of war, we knew what was going on. The aliens already had the technology of sublight speed and wormhole travel, but they didn’t have the technology of Hubble Telescope, and they didn’t know where to go to find a new colony. The radio waves sent out by Voyager 1 were captured by the aliens, and they found Voyager 1 through the radio waves. The entire satellite was placed in the spacecraft, thus unlocking the secrets of the Earth.

The aliens are from Gliese 581b, a planet 20.5 light years from Earth in the constellation Libra. The Gliese spent all their energy coming to Earth to pass through the wormhole. The only way the army can return is if they capture Earth.

The Earthlings’ style is impossible to be captured without a fight, so after diplomatic measures failed, Earthlings first launched an attack, through the years of the Star Wars program made laser guided weapons, carrying non-radiation nuclear warheads, using stealth technology, launched a surprise attack on the aliens, known as Project Athena.

The Earthmen used a total of 70 stealth nukes to attack the entire Gliese fleet. The plan went so well that the aliens did not respond to stealth missiles. After a dazzling burst of light illuminating night as day in the Northern Hemisphere, Earthlings were surprised to find the alien fleet intact without a shield.

Because the raid angered the Gliese, they launched a direct attack on Earth. The Earthlings immediately responded with the BF200, an autonomous, shielded fighter jet that fires laser cluster bombs, each powerful enough to flatten Mount Everest.

But when the battle began, our army finally discovered Gliese technology, Shape-proofing! In other words, when each of our attack weapons hits the Gliese ship, the hull of their ship will detonate the bomb, deform according to the blast wave, and then restore the original shape, while combining the deformation technology to divert the heat, isolate the air and the shock wave, the internal core components and the Gliese are protected from the damage of external weapons, which is a good way to protect the Gliese.

The Gliese have a very simple weapon, our regular light gun bullets, the only difference is that their bullets track, can fire hundreds of thousands of rounds at once, and in combination with the cannonball attack, our shield is too powerful to withstand the continuous attack of so many bullets.

The battle scene in the sky was Earthlings laser bombs, non-radioactive nukes, cluster bombs, but the Gliese beat us with the most ordinary machine guns, shells, because they were better protected than we were.

After the defeat of the Sky War, the Gliese sent their troops to carry out the ground war. The United Nations organized the global army to carry out the regional resistance. The spacecraft were removed, and the single army also encountered similar problems of deformation protection.

The Gliese, who are about 2 meters tall, wear a shapeshifting suit and a tail, head into each country with the attitude of a victor, leaving us Earthlings to lament our defeat at the hands of the wildlings.

The earth was defeated, the whole war, the earth people died nearly 100 million people, at that time there were 10 billion people on the earth, lost the 100 million people although for the earth people can also bear the loss, but all the high-end spacecraft, technology weapons have all lost, the earth people have no ability to continue to fight, can only choose to surrender, also buried the seeds of hatred.

The United Nations connected with the Gliese people through diplomatic negotiations. Fortunately, the Gliese people were not as savage as we imagined. Their level of civilization was far higher than the Earth’s, and the Gliese people managed the whole planet through the hierarchical system.

It’s hard to believe. The Gliese transfigure technology uses iron energy, and their interplanetary and sublight-speed flights use iron replacement to generate energy. The most abundant mineral on Earth, on Gliese, is about as abundant as silver on Earth, far from enough to meet their interstellar exploration needs.

After the defeat, the United Nations negotiated with the Gliese people and first confirmed the cooperative status of the Earth and the planet Gliese. All the countries on the Earth remained intact without any special changes. However, each country should send its own barons and soldiers to supervise the mining of iron ore without interfering in the internal affairs of each country. Each country of the earth should hand over 60% of its steel production to the Gliese people. If the country fails to complete the plan, it will be supervised by the United Nations. The president of the United Nations is the star Lord Gliese, and the basic Earth became the steel colony of the Gliese people.

And this is where our story begins.

Prologue Chapter 2 Join Starfleet

In 2090, I will be 20 years old, my name is Li Chengyue, because in the last Star Wars, part of the moon was cut off, so my parents named me Li Chengyue, to commemorate this war.

Earthmen are great. After 20 years of development, in addition to the cooperation with the Gliese people, they have initially mastered some basic technologies of the Gliese people. In terms of core technologies, the Gliese people are very secret and we have not mastered them yet. And the great earthman because of the steel part is collected by the Gliese people as a large amount of energy consumption, but also the original steel products into hardened plastic products, continue to meet the needs of the earth’s living.

I was born at the beginning of the war and grew up in the interstellar colony. My father was a stevedores in the interstellar transport team, who operated the mechanical arm for loading and unloading, and my mother was a teacher. I have been longing for interstellar flight since childhood, especially after the Gliese people brought interstellar technology to the Earth, and the Earthmen could fly to further galaxies, which is what I yearn for.

That day father came back, dinner was a sigh.

I was surprised and asked him, Dad, what’s wrong with you?

Well, you don’t know, Earth’s iron ore is pretty much mined, and the Gliese have used Earth’s Hans Space Telescope (the successor to the James Webb Space Telescope, the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope) to find a lot of planets in the galaxy, a lot of jumps require a lot of energy, But often jump over the useless planets, the more resources on Earth are depleted, according to the United Nations to guide a group of workers to the outer planets mining work, or risk losing their jobs, the father replied.

The more I listened, the more excited I became, but my father groaned. It was normal for old people not to want to leave home, and for me, interstellar exploration and tourism, and the underground’s cries of overthrowing the Gliese through alien technology, had already made me want to go out.

Snap to the head.

The moon to wash the dishes, mother a roar let me return to reality.

Mom accompanied dad to go out for a walk, I had to honestly to wash the dishes, while washing the dishes while thinking about how to realize their own interstellar dream.

After washing the dishes, I and the young Zhang Bao about to peek at the latest underground organization propaganda video, Zhang Bao home is a villa, his father is open interstellar transport ship, high income, rich law no matter in which era are good.

Zhang Bao has a penthouse where the party is held.

Paul, I’m coming.

Last Moon, let me show you something. "Said Zhang Bao.

He put out a promotional video on a laser projection. In addition to digging for iron ore on Earth, humans are also digging for it on Mars. Mercury is another target for human beings. Currently, humans have landed on Mercury to build a base and are recruiting skilled workers to go there. Mercury is a sphere with a pure metal core, the whole sphere is made up of metallic ore, and the iron core is two-thirds of it.

What’s this for? They hire skilled workers, and with Mercury so close to the sun, none of my father wants to go. "I said.

Not Mercury. There’s no point in going to Mercury. Paul said, Top secret: The Starfleet is looking for someone over the age of 20, and we both meet the criteria. It’s no fun hanging around every day. I want to try it.

We just turned 20. You’re crazy!

I punched Paul in the body, left the house and went to work before I thought about it, and my dad hacked me to death.

This is a great opportunity. I heard you have to hire people who are 20 years old and know astronomy, and we fit right in. It’s 2090. Miss this opportunity, and by the time we sign up two years later, people will be flying out of the galaxy… Zhang Bao was very passionate for me to explain.

To tell the truth, Paul’s words let me very heart, because I know, the Star exploration Fleet recruit, for our father works in the star company, is very advantageous, Paul’s father also knows the Lord of Gliese, want to go into the expedition fleet is a sure bet. But interstellar travel means being away from home for a long time. Maybe that’s life.

Do you want to sign up? Paul asked me.

‘Go! I threw up a word. I wanted to go for a walk so bad.

Said to do, the next day I and Paul about to come to the Starfleet registration office, are know uncles and aunts.

Yo, crippled moon, Paul you are going to inherit the father’s business ah! Uncles and aunts have been teasing.

Under the care of my uncle and aunt, we successfully signed up, and Paul’s father also hoped to send Paul to Starfleet and not to run around, but also hoped that I accompany Paul. In this way, we were successfully admitted by the Starfleet Exploration. That night I told my father the admission information, but my father did not say yes or no and remained silent for a long time.

Father said: I have gone to Mercury to work, your mother is alone at home, you go out, hope to be able to contact home more, go out to worry, do not want to do back, family reunion, I also hope you succeed, you rest assured to work!

Oh, typical Chinese father. I thought.

With the support of my family, I decided to go all out and create a miracle.

I and Paul excitedly came to the interstellar exploration fleet boot camp, we a class of 5 people, let me very surprised is that there is a Gliese and our class, the Gliese was born on the earth, named Dudar Hamlu, very difficult to say, the father is a Lord, although he is younger than us, but because of the height of two meters, We call him Lao Du. In addition to the computer god Xiaoming, and fitness maniac watermelon, we five people in a class, receiving the interstellar exploration Fleet of intense training.

The training time is one year, 2090, the system flight is already a very simple fool flight, everything is set by the computer, so the training content is not complicated, including: Scientific knowledge learning such as geology, astronomy, mathematics, flight mechanics, aerodynamics, rocket engines, electronic computers, inertial systems, navigation technology, control technology and so on, in addition to physical fitness exercise, space flight plans, but also special environmental life training.

Of course!! The point is!! In addition to actual training and physical fitness training, a lot of knowledge and technology are copied and pasted into the cerebral cortex through electronic load technology. In 2090, knowledge and technology learning has already broken through rote memorization, and learning efficiency has been greatly improved. However, the cost of learning is surprisingly high, which is generally paid by the company, and the employee must work for the company after payment. Until the cost of completion is paid.

In this way, through a whole year of learning, we 5 people have completed the basic skills, physical fitness of learning, during the moon, Mars Base practice training several times, in everyone still enjoy wearing Starfleet uniforms on the bar to drink, attract the attention of girls, the task is coming!

In 2091, because of the urgent need to search for living space deep within and beyond the Milky Way to break the galactic survival limit, exploration required more fuel and resources, and our team was sent to the first mission, to report on the Saturn.

And what’s really exciting is the destination: Europa, an ice-covered planet!

Humans haven’t set foot on Europa until now, for fear of Earth bacteria destroying its ecosystem. Now, with the help of the Gliese, sterilisation has been made possible, and the red coating of Europa’s surface is thought to be evidence of iron ore, which reflects sunlight to show its red color, and new technology can extract iron ore from seawater, as long as Fe is present, Can’t run away, science and technology achievements in the future ah!

The captain of the Saturn fleet was a woman, Ms. Angela, who was from Earth, but she was very capable, not as gentle as Angela. We were assigned to different positions. Fortunately, Paul, Du and I were assigned to the exploration team, which is the real feeling of the possibility of landing on Europa. We were too excited to sleep all night.

On April 29, 2091, Saturn will take off after a resupply mission to Europa, where alien matter will be explored for the first time, and this will be my first mission with Paul Du.

Everything is prepared in a state of mystery, excitement, and the unknown. The technical director of Saturn is a Gliese, and this expedition is a joint effort to discover the secrets of Europa. The entire crew is equipped with the latest transformer protective shield equipment to ensure the safety of each expedition member.

Prologue Chapter 3 A First Look at Jupiter

Traveling at sublight speed, without the use of energy-intensive wormhole technology, we reached Jupiter’s orbit in less than two hours, and then resumed normal speed as Saturn gradually slid into Jupiter’s orbit nearly 600,000 kilometers away, landing on Europa.

After the speed of the spacecraft slowed down, the three of us climbed to the window and greedily looked at the starry sky in front of us. A giant Jupiter gradually appeared in the sky.

It’s really huge! Our hearts went out together.

Really, you have not really seen Jupiter, do not know what is big, Jupiter can hold 1000 Earth, from the beginning into the circle of Jupiter, presented to us is a huge, charming gas planet, the intimidating force is indescribable, Zhang Bao looked at the mouth can not close.

For the first time, we saw Jupiter up close. The whole planet is made up of hydrogen and helium gas, and it has a very thick atmosphere. The two stages of Jupiter appear an attractive blue color, and it is covered with large wind spins, each of which is bigger than the Earth, and they are all changing rapidly. The wind speed drives the changing picture of every minute and every second, which reminds me of a famous saying by Da Vinci, no two eggs are the same, and the view of Jupiter presented in front of me is not the same for a second. Everything in the universe is really amazing!

Both Jupiter’s phases are constantly spewing out blasts of gas, while the wind swirls with flashes of huge auroras that cover both phases, each covering an area several times the size of Earth. As we get closer and closer to Jupiter’s orbit, the behemoth gets clearer and clearer. Technology in 2091 already allows spacecraft to get as close as possible to Jupiter, but this time we’re only 600,000 kilometers away.

The middle of the body of Jupiter is a light red, I saw the famous Great Red Spot at a glance, the Great Red Spot has raged on Jupiter for 400 years, but with the passage of time, its area has shrunk to half of the original, but the speed has increased by three times, so the spacecraft can clearly see the Great Red Spot in the high speed rotation, just like a huge car wheel. The wind speed there is more than 1200 kilometers per hour, big enough to blow the Earth, I think even if Saturn close to Jupiter’s wind circle, its own deformation system will be torn to pieces after a long time of pressure, fuel and technology energy, no matter how big, can not withstand the infinite force of nature’s own system.

As the spacecraft moved into close orbit around Jupiter, the planet’s clouds formed a line that looked beautiful from a distance, but as it got closer, a terrifying scene unfolded.

Each cloud is rolling at a high speed, and each cloud is a giant the size of the Earth. Underneath the thick cloud, a giant lightning with more than 1000 times the power of the Earth looms. Only close to the low Earth orbit of Jupiter can see this strange scene. The lightning-driven clouds hit, roll, and explode into the hydrogen filled air. It’s a hell of a world.

Paul and I secretly tried a remote sound transmission system, we adjusted the volume to the right degree, wind, explosion, lightning and thunder, shock ears, you must not want to live in this environment, too horrible, escape as soon as possible, this is my life now heard the most ugly voice and the most cruel environment.

Passing through the unpredictable body of Jupiter, full of wind and small winds, in the course of Jupiter’s 68 moons, the oncoming smooth white world of Europa appeared in front of our eyes!

Europa, known to Earthlanders as Europa, was discovered by Galileo in 1610 and is the sixth known moon of Jupiter. It is the fourth largest moon of Jupiter and the second closest moon discovered by Galileo.

With a diameter of 3,100 kilometers, Europa is the sixth largest moon and 15th largest object in the solar system. What is 3,100 kilometers? The moon has a diameter of 3,476 kilometers, Europa is slightly smaller than the moon. Europa has a thin atmosphere in its air, which is made of oxygen. Then it split into hydrogen and oxygen, and the hydrogen broke off and left the oxygen behind to form an atmosphere.

A seemingly smooth world, Europa is suspected to be less than 200 million years old. Due to its proximity to Jupiter’s main body, it has very few craters, fewer than 10. Jupiter’s main body has taken most of the impacts from outer space, keeping Europa intact. The smooth planet is covered with red streaks, which are suspected to be metallic minerals that have fallen on the ice through pressure ejections. Red is the symbol of iron, which is why the Gliese chose this place first. For the Gliese, the disappearance of a moon is not important.

Saturn is getting closer to Europa’s orbit, first circling the moon and checking out the landing site. Based on the technical evaluation report, Captain Angela chose the North Pole of Europa as the landing site.

Europa is known to be covered in ice, and to sample a subglacial world you’d have to dig through its own ice cap. But working on an alien planet would have unpredictable consequences, including the possibility of ice storms similar to Earth’s volcanoes. After all, no one knows what lies beneath the ice cap, but since 2012, By means of satellites and Hubble Telescope, humans have already found that there are intermittent plume ejection activities in the two stages of Europa, which is suspected to be the eruption of underwater ice springs. Then, by landing on the North Pole, we can not only directly obtain water samples and find the opening of the sea, but also detect the metal composition of red streaks and analyze the content of Fe.

According to the order, the login time was selected in the morning of the second day, and all the staff entered the rest state. Everyone was excited for a whole day, but also relaxed down. Only Zhang Bao and I were still immersed in the excitement for three days.

We tossed and turned in our dorm beds after dinner, waiting for tomorrow’s mission to be selected as the first explorers to land on Europa. I quietly stared at the white planet from the window next to my bed, the quiet planet spinning in silence as the sun reflected off Jupiter.

The technical report analyzed that there may be liquid material in the middle of Europa. The outer shell and core are rotating at different speeds respectively. The middle layer is liquid because of the gravitational pull of Jupiter. But the excitement of wanting something new is always there in the heart of the earthlings. Silently, looking at the white planet, I gradually fell asleep.

Drip, drip!! The high-pitched alarm woke us up. Emergency meeting!

Several of us immediately jumped up from the bed, I glanced out of the window, my God, what is this monster in front of us, the ravines, the surface is uneven, we came to Europa less than 10,000 meters, I can even see the jet stream toward me, falling back in a very close place.

Without much thought, a few of us hurried to the Saturn’s operations conference room.

Angela stands in front of the map in the middle of the room and makes landing arrangements for all the members.

From the information we’ve found so far, Europa is not as calm as we thought it would be. There are jet streams at the North Pole where we’re going to land. You can clearly see the giant jets, but the jets are in a 24-hour state, and the icicles immediately freeze and fall to the ground like bullets. With temperatures below -300 degrees at the North Pole, the landing will be extremely difficult. Except for the jet vents, the entire North Pole site is filled with toothed ice picks." ‘said Angela.

A geographic dentition ice pick is an array of spiky sheets of ice that are formed when the ice undergoes a process called sublimation, or direct transition from solid to gas. Earth’s toothed ice picks are found in cold, dry regions, and the first recorded observation of Angelica was attributed to Charles Darwin. In the 1830s, Darwin wrote about toothed ice picks in the Andes, but he misidentified them as wind erosion, or rather, sharp mountains.

But here on Europa, there are no roads between the mountains, only visible and invisible jets spewing icy material 24 hours a day, ice pellets falling to the ground at the same time, temperatures of -300 degrees Celsius and winds of more than 300 kilometers per hour. The ice pick could break off at any time, making it impossible for the landing vehicle to land directly. The morphing device on the human body can only last 36 hours, and even if it can land, it cannot pass through the non-stop jet.

The geology of Europa’s two stages is too intense for access through the jet hole to be practical. To drill a hole at the ice pick junction here is undoubtedly the most dangerous ice surface to operate on, which is extremely unscientific, and the computational analysis of the bottom of the ice surface is also very intense. After assessment by the CTO, I recommend abandoning the North Pole landing and instead looking for the central plains to drill ice into the interior of Europa! Captain Angela ordered directly.

Hearing the captain’s order, the subordinates began to talk. Because I knew that before we left, the base camp was against the ice-cutting plan, for fear of causing geological changes in the star. You know, if you poke a hole in a smooth balloon with a needle, it will set off a chain reaction of explosions that could blow up the entire planet.

But Angela was determined to make this trip for nothing. As an Earthling captain, she was so eager for higher honours and titles that she was determined to take an adventurous approach.

To tell the truth, an explosion of Europa, in the year 2091, is not a big deal for humans who have achieved a big jump in space, but the key is the planet explosion, our ship’s lives, at least the landing crew’s lives, may be sent here, in addition to causing the explosion and failure to return, how will the future history books record? Li Chengyue led the Europa expedition fleet, exploring the new planet caused the explosion of the star destroyed people…

Not right, not right at all. I thought to myself.

Unfortunately, ha ha, I’m just a small soldier of no importance.

At this point, the technical director, Hujue Maldo, came to the Captain’s support: We can send an advance party to land. This advance party has the history-making mission of digging holes in Europa and exploring the interior of the moon.

Well, that’s a great thing to say, I thought to myself. It seems leadership is contagious. The Gliese have been on Earth long enough to learn the ways of officialdom.

Maldow went on to mutter: The current situation is that the Great Cosmic Pass is inevitable. There are countless planets in the universe waiting for us to pass through. A small moon of Jupiter doesn’t matter at all in the universe. So I support Captain Angela’s proposal to move the mother ship to a safe distance, get an advance team to land on Europa, cut through the ice, go inside and sample and analyze. We can afford to lose Europa.

In fact, it is to withstand the loss of my Li Yingyue, I muttered to myself.

"The plan has been approved by the headquarters. You are all ready for the future of the Gliese and humanity on Earth. Next, Captain Angela will arrange the landing crew. Maldo finished his speech with great passion.

At the end of Maldo’s presentation, everyone was silent. Suddenly, I did not know who was the leader of the internal staff and they clapped. Captain Angela was very happy.

All the preparations for the selection of work in this arrangement, I first introduce the composition of the expedition advance team, plus our three new recruits Guazi, the whole Saturn advance team has a total of 20 members, 5 intelligent robots, belonging to the kind of intelligence and can work, of course, the shape of the steel robot, very simple and honest. Expedition leader Chen Qiang, 32, is a man of great experience and traditional responsibility.

Who do you think will be the first team? "Asked Lao Du.

I think we must choose experienced players to land first, the most efficient! "Replied Zhang Bao.

‘You’re wrong! I directly interrupted Zhang Bao’s analysis: The 22nd century is almost here, what is the current world paying attention to? Is the best choice! The fleet will not take care of us because we are new people, all the knowledge is just copying and pasting. However, for the first expedition, the risks are the same for each member, but the old expedition members with achievements and titles will not be allowed to take risks. We must let the new ones take the lead, even if something goes wrong, the losses will be the lowest for the fleet and the alliance, and everything will be ranked. You don’t believe it.

I said these words Zhang Bao

Prologue Chapter 4 Landing on Europa

In a historic moment, Captain Angela directed Saturn away from Europa’s polar regions and soon to the middle of the planet to look for the cross zone, Europa’s surface has a lot of so-called chaotic terrain. There, surface features such as plains, ridges, and crevases are a jumbled jumble of features that are moved and confused before they solidify, making slightly smoother sections impossible to see. And the so-called cross-zone zone is where the crevases in Europa’s surface can form when they open and close repeatedly. In contrast to the chaotic terrain, the smooth strips shown here form cracks that continue to pull horizontally, creating large, wide, relatively flat features that facilitate spacecraft landing.

Europa is about the size of the moon. Using the latest laser scanning technology, a cross-belt was quickly located in the upper midsection of the moon. It is indicated by Europa’s longitude and latitude, 108��20 ‘east and 31��56’ north. Not as dramatic as in the polar regions.

This is it, the captain commanded, while the expedition team convened a pre-war meeting.

A group of people gathered in the operations room, technical director Maldor first spoke: For this expedition, headquarters has given the maximum technical support, this landing in addition to wearing improved morphing equipment, but also equipped with laser ray guns, and micro cluster bombs, in case the landing crew in case of unknown creatures attack. Given that Europa may have a large ocean under its ice, the temperature may be lower than the surface temperature of -163 to -200 degrees. It is expected that if the core of the planet is unable to generate heat like the Earth, the temperature of the ocean floor may reach -1,000 degrees. Therefore, the modified deformation device provides a constant temperature guarantee, plus or minus 1,000 degrees in addition to protection.

No, that if it reaches the plus or minus 1001 degrees, the little God is not hanging up I mumbled to the heart.

Maldo seemed to see me talking to myself, looked at me and replied, Portable outerwear, plus or minus 1,000 degrees is the limit of current technology, and if something goes wrong, you have to accept the consequences of sacrifice for the Alliance.

It looks like the league is ready to sacrifice us. "Muttered Zhang Bao.

The improved morphing gear also optimizes the energy loss, providing 36 hours of intensity illumination and optimized seabed jet propulsion for the same 36 hours. This special equipment is patented by the Gliese people. It cannot communicate, but the powerful penetrating power of the gamma rays can send back your pulse information to the headquarters. Before rescue, the rescuers know that you are still alive, and it is worth sending a rescue team. This equipment has saved countless lives on many interplanetary expeditions, and it’s all personal protective equipment. The exploration equipment for the entire expedition has been set up. The expedition will be carried by Saturn’s moon, the Death Star. Please be ready to depart in three hours. Maldo deployed the order in one breath.

When Maldo had finished his preparations, he looked at Captain Angela.

Captain Angela nodded his head and said: The warriors, our action, although in the alliance is not a huge action, but also attracted the attention of the alliance headquarters, the exploration of resources is a necessary means for the long-term development of the people of the two planets in the future, for the benefit of the alliance of human things, we must have dedication and the spirit of responsibility, Captain Chen Qiang has rich experience in exploration, We were one of the first crew to explore Mercury, and we did what we were told, for the future of the galaxy, to make sure the mission was done! Ok, now everybody get ready.

Boy, they’re all up to the height of the Milky Way, I thought to myself. To tell the truth, I didn’t have much of a feeling for what Captain Angela said. My heart, like Zhang Bao and Lao Du, had already flown to Europa.

When we arrived at the dormitory, we had nothing to prepare for. The morphing device was directly put on the left arm and automatically put on when the right hand fingerprint was pressed or the eyes were unlocked. Zhang Bao was still very excited, staring at the beautiful white planet at the window, looking at the red stripes on the white ice.

Is it iron or not? Zhang Bao asked.

No one cares about his stupid questions. Why are we here if we know it’s iron? We’re here to prove it.

You two put this on, Adu reached out and handed Zhang Bao and me each a pendant.

What, the gold charm? "I asked jokingly.

What is a gold charm? Lao Du a face Meng, This is my father gave me the emergency survival device, the use of laser transmission technology, energy in the transmission process does not lose, in 36 hours can also increase 12 hours of survival energy, after the use of disposable, can not be reused, this thing is very valuable, only star Lord can have a group of use rights, The energy comes from a special substance of our parent star Gliese, because our parent star is already a red dwarf star, belonging to the old age, so it has not provided much of this substance, this thing in a group of three, ancestral has been handed down, my grandfather gave my father, my father gave me, today we are destined to give each of you a self-defense.

"Damn it! Zhang Bao and I shouted in unison.

Such a good thing, sure enough, there are levels of science and technology, social classes ah, obviously can extend the time of 12 hours, we such an important adventure project is not equipped, it is unreasonable and unscientific ah, this is actually we think too much, because this thing is too precious. This extraterrestrial technology, similar to pure imports, is such a precious life-saving tool. We were also very moved by Lao Du’s offer of one for each of us. The eye contact between the three of us confirmed the determination to advance together in life and death.

The three-hour preparation time soon arrived, and the expedition team was ready. Captain Chen Qiang led the expedition team, Captain Angela and all the remaining personnel saluted. At that moment, I felt the pride arose.

We boarded the satellite ship Death Star. The Saturn is currently staying 50,000 meters above the cross zone to prevent the planet from exploding and destroying the main ship with it. Death Star broke away from the main body on time and headed for Europa. The spacecraft is piloted by robot Duo Duo and Captain Chen Qiang. As Europa gets closer and closer, the true face of the first moon set foot on by humans becomes more and more clear in front of us.

Ice pick and drive, Maldow said.

We can clearly see the tall, sharp ice picks interlocking their teeth, blocking the path of descent, and the robots are quickly calculating the route of descent, and these ice picks are so high up in the sky that their eyes are sharp, and the so-called crossover zone is the open area at the base of the ice pick, and you have to go around them to get to them. The red material is also becoming more and more clear. It appears to be clay attached to the ice, and the actual sampling analysis can only be done when it is on the ground.

As the ship continued to move forward, jet streams were found under the nose ice pick, the droid said.

My God, I shouted.

We come to the cross zone is in order to escape the jet stream, did not expect the ice pick root exists at a very low height of the jet stream nozzle, although the jet stream is not high, but the jet port is densely covered with the ground, the air stream contains a small amount of red material, jet out, and quickly formed ice flocculent objects, we analyze that the floc should be gradually falling back to the ground, The clay we see on the ice, which is actually red material floating in the air, is so dense that it covers the ground, which should indicate that the interior of the planet is theoretically warmer than the exterior.

Why wasn’t the jet stream detected here? "Zhang Bao asked.

The altitude was too low and the air wave detector sent data that bounced off the tooth ice pick and intercepted it, causing errors in the data, but the data showed that there was a cross zone. Robot Jia Jia replied.

What kind of technology? "Zhang Bao muttered.

The error rate of technical analysis data is more than 50% in interstellar technology is normal, because there are too many unknown data in the universe, anti-physics, anti-molecular phenomena and so on, if you want to learn, recommend you to see… Jia Jia refuted Zhang Bao way.

"Shut up and be quiet!! I cut Jiajia’s long-winded explanation straight off.

This was no time to explain. Chen Qiang was searching for a suitable crossover landing spot according to the arithmetic orbit, and the Death Star was moving slowly through the space of the ice pick.

Eureka, said the robot suddenly. Three kilometers ahead, the air fluctuator shows an area with no jet activity.

All of us looked at the window at once. A piece of extremely smooth ice suddenly appeared below the ice pick in front of us, and there was no impurities on the ice. The clean ice was in sharp contrast to the surrounding mess, and the white ice was eerily white. Is an ideal drilling site.

Prepare for landing! Said Captain Chen Qiang.

He saw the operation of five - dimensional landing equipment, the spacecraft at the speed of 5 kilometers per hour slowly down, with when a sound, the spacecraft has no risk of steady landing on the ice.

Good! Zhang Bao and I clapped hands. Looks like we’re on a smooth trip," I said to Zhang Bao and Lao Du.

Suddenly, Kuang a sound, the spacecraft like the whole ball movement turned 30 degrees, five dimensional landing instrument stable support the spacecraft, but this sudden situation let the spacecraft all the people were surprised.

What’s going on here? Cried Lao Du.

Maldor and Jiajia urgently analyzed the data, but from the outdoor air changes, pressure changes, environmental changes and ice changes, are normal, why the spaceship moved 30 degrees, can not find out, can not find the reason is the most worrying problem, Captain Chen Qiang asked Duo to use infrared detection, purple light detection and other ways to scan the surface of the planet, There is still nothing unusual, the ship is now very stable, it seems that the problem will have to be discovered outside the ship.

Everyone speed prepare, 10 minutes later out of the ship, robot Jiajia stay behind the spaceship to provide data support, others with equipment ready to move, put down the kangaroo car. Captain Chen Qiang shouted out the order.

I, Lao Du and Zhang Bao knew that the real challenge had just begun, and I was filled with inexplicable excitement.

Europa, your conqueror Li Cainyue is coming! The universe will mark my day, heh heh! How real and exciting is the excitement of a space explorer.

Prologue Chapter 5 Exploring the Ice Spring spout

All actions under command! "Chen Qiang said.

Yes, we said in unison.

Li Qanyue, Lao Du, Duo Duo and I set out to sample the edge of the jet nozzle, while Maldo and Zhang Bao drove another kangaroo car to survey the smooth area, calculate the surrounding terrain, and find suitable drilling positions. The working time was not more than 12 hours, waiting for further instructions. All radios were turned on at all times, and the state was kept open. I always feel that the environment here is not very stable. We must complete the task as soon as possible. Everyone starts at once! Chen Qiang simply finished the plan of action.

We quickly slid into the safety channel into the kangaroo car, kangaroo car adopts the most advanced deformation protection function, can be well adapted to different terrain environment, protect the passengers in the car, the wheel adopts 6 big round wheels, and can be in complex environment and different temperatures for deformation protection, to ensure the stability of the vehicle.

"Safety compartments have been disinfected and isolated. Personnel have been disinfected and isolated. Ensure sterility. With Jiajia’s announcement, the ship’s outer compartment door opens, Europa, I’m coming!

In the cross zone of our spacecraft, the entire ice surface was unusually flat. The ice picks growing from the edge of the ice rose to the sky, and their canine teeth interlocked to block the view of the sky. In the gap between the ice picks, the giant shape of Jupiter loomed, and one area was just perfect for a complete view of the Great Red Spot. The Great Red Spot is spinning like Satan’s eye, staring down at us outsiders.

Temperature minus 180 degrees, wind speed 400 km/h, ice thickness 50 km, safe driving rating, high space radiation rating, estimated distance from the jet port 60 km, travel time 75 minutes. Duoduo read out the data of the external environment.

To tell you the truth, sitting in the car, I could clearly feel the sound of the wind hitting the outer shell of the kangaroo car. Depending on the light reflected by Jupiter, I could see the eerie white ice sheet around me. The wind blew over the ice sheet again and again, and the whole ice sheet appeared to be spotless. The space environment is very harsh. If you ask me if I am nervous, I can honestly tell you that I am not nervous. This may be the sense of security brought by science and technology. In the premise of equipment with super protective skills, any difficulties and obstacles are just a process in my eyes.

As we drove toward the edge of the ice sheet, we could see the sky in the distance filled with float-like wafers of ice.

After entering the jet area, the visibility is zero. We will determine whether to leave the capsule and land sampling, or directly by the equipment sampling. "Chen Qiang said.

At the same time, Chen Qiang also ordered Maldo and his team not to go out of the module unless necessary, but to focus on the survey data. The first task of going out of the module must be completed by our team. I think Chen Qiang also sacrificed one of his ideas to protect everyone. I’m not gonna be the first one out of the hatch to make that first footprint.

The car drove towards the edge of the ice sheet, and after about ten minutes of smooth driving, the whole car suddenly gave a sudden jolt. It seemed to be pushed upward and off the ground by a