Chapter 970 Europa No. 977
"The most important rule of the Earth Defense Force is 'never take the initiative to contact or even attack pre-warp civilizations.'" "That is to say, if we encounter a civilization that has not yet begun to travel the universe, we must not interfere with their historical development, let alone attack them." "Our mission is always to investigate anomalies."
"What if we encounter a civilization that is hostile to us? I think equipping us with weapons does not mean that we have to surrender, right?" Graham now fully believes that what Duran wants to do is for the great cause of all mankind, so he can completely accept his fake death.
"Of course, if you really encounter danger, weapons are for you to protect yourself. Not only your individual weapons, but even the Gundam and the Enterprise are self-protection weapons."
"685 meters, 2.35 million tons, 29 decks, 16 arrays with a total of 266 gun muzzles, all artillery range exceeds 300,000 kilometers, which is almost the super-long-range attack range from the earth to the moon. 9 torpedo launch groups can release 360 nuclear bomb-level photon torpedoes at the same time, covering a range of 90 million cubic kilometers. There are also powerful shields and curvature engines, but only a few people are needed to drive. It is hard to believe that the Enterprise is a spacecraft built by human technology." After Lockon understood the power of the starship, he felt that this spaceship was the most like an alien product, not something that humans could build.
In fact, a starship needs at least 700 people to make all functions work, but Duran couldn't find so many people, so all of them were managed by the intelligence, as long as the key parts were controlled by humans.
"Don't underestimate human technology. The celestial beings have mastered quantum technology, and human cloning and genetic modification capabilities have been developing. If nothing goes wrong, the human beings on Earth will be able to move towards the center of the universe in fifty years. What we are doing is just collecting intelligence one step ahead of them."
"So what should we do?" Sergei asked, "The universe is so big, what is our goal?"
"It's very simple. There is a complete monitoring system on the Enterprise. What you have to do is to investigate all abnormal gravity sources, abnormal life rhythms, abnormal space overflows, and investigate whatever is abnormal. You must know that anything can happen in the universe. We just need to investigate carefully and verify boldly."
"It's okay for us to investigate, but look at the members you found. They are either soldiers or civilians. It's okay for us to fight, but if we find any problems, it may be a phenomenon that we don't understand. We are not scientists and don't know how to deal with it." Sergei was very calm. He knew what he was good at, and he understood that they could not bear the responsibility of collecting intelligence for all mankind.
"So in the beginning, I will be the scientist until we find a more suitable person to take over." Duran volunteered.
Everyone doubted whether Duran was so knowledgeable.
In short, it was decided at present. Lockon would temporarily serve as the helmsman and liaison officer, Sergei would be in charge of command, Graham would serve as the captain of the field mission, Soma would be the deputy captain, Shazi and Louise would be the team members, and Duran would be the technical staff.
The first mission they encountered was to go to Jupiter to investigate the abandoned exploration spacecraft.
The spacecraft had been floating in the universe for decades and had long left the orbit of Jupiter.
"Jupiter exploration plan? Even after two hundred years, the content of the project is still confidential, but it seems that the first group of people who went to Jupiter did not have a good result, and some people are still sleeping in that exploration spacecraft. I remember the name of that exploration spacecraft is 'Europa'."
That's right, it was on this spacecraft that Tianren Iolia completed the design and development of the solar furnace, and even the first solar furnace was born on the spacecraft. But one hundred and thirty years have passed, and the service life of Europa has long ended. Now it is just floating aimlessly in the universe according to inertia.
The universe twisted and then released light. The dense light was the light from the deck of the spacecraft released from the window of the Enterprise.
"It's really shocking. In just a moment, the Enterprise has completed a journey that would take Earth spacecraft several years to complete. Is this the era of the curvature engine?" Sergei was shocked beyond words. Such a flight has overturned their common sense.
"Go prepare for light transmission, we will go directly into the interior of the spacecraft." In fact, it is quantum transmission, which quantizes people and transmits them to a distant place: "Granham, Soma, Shaci, Louise, the four of you prepare your space suits and go for action."
Shaci was a little scared. He had not yet changed from a civilian. Although he followed Louise, he was still afraid of unknown dangers.
"Shaci, I will protect you." Louise could feel the fear in Shaci's heart.
Graham raised his eyebrows and thought that this boy was really useless and needed his girlfriend's protection, but he didn't hate Shaci. It was already amazing that Shaci was just a civilian and had the courage to stand in the universe: "Boy, your job is to operate space tools, so don't worry, you just stand behind us."
"Yes, I know." Although he was timid, fortunately Shaci was very obedient and would never do anything wrong.
The light transmission room for small people is used to transmit small materials. There is also a large transmitter in the hangar, which is used to transmit Gundam.
The four people are wearing different colored driving suits, which are customized according to their own preferences.
"Everyone, please stand still. If you feel uncomfortable during the first transmission, don't vomit. If you block the oxygen supply tube of the helmet, you will suffocate, so you have to hold it in even if you feel uncomfortable." "The mission time is one hour. Keep in touch. If there is any danger, press the positioning system on your wrist and I will teleport you back immediately." Duran manually controlled the transmission.
The four people knew with a straight face. The most important thing is not to vomit.
"Start the transmission!" The four people turned into light and disappeared from the transparent transmission room.
It was really disgusting, but except for Shaci, the other three people held it in. Shaci also remembered Duran's words and wanted to cover his mouth, but through the helmet, vomit--
Sure enough, he couldn't hold it in and vomited.
The helmet was immediately covered with today's breakfast, and Shaci's helmet was full of odor.
"Boy, are you okay?" Graham asked with concern.
"It's okay." It's just uncomfortable and smelly.
They have already arrived in the spaceship, and it's pitch black. Fortunately, the space suits are decorated with luminous stripes, which are very fashionable, and the lights on the helmet can illuminate the space on the ship.
The ancient operation panel was covered with cosmic dust. It was indeed a human legacy.
"This is the bridge. I'm afraid it can't be used anymore." Graham pressed a few buttons to indicate that they were useless. "The energy furnace is designed to last for 200 years before it runs out. We need to retrieve all the data in the spacecraft and at least start the bridge. Captain Soma, you stay and prepare to start the main computer. Shaci, you and I will restart the energy furnace."