Chapter 85 S-01894 Star System

Once the engineering ship is launched, navigation beacons and mining bases can be built in the explored star systems.

Although the mineral deposits in the star ring are rich, they will be exhausted one day.

In just four years, some commonly used minerals have been exhausted.

The "Iron Slave" mining boat has to go to the farther asteroid belt to mine.

Once the transport ship and engineering ship are launched, the planetary mining plan will be put on the agenda.

Ground engineering equipment, such as transport vehicles and large mining equipment are all being prepared.

These are not advanced things, and the Mechanicus can make them at will.

"King, it's getting late, go to bed early..."

According to the current time and schedule of the empire, it is already late at night.

Outside, the star is already on the other side of Star No. 1, which makes the back of the planet dim.

As soon as Sandra said this, Irene and Ellie, who were kneeling on both sides of the recliner, stood up quickly.

Looking at the starry sky outside, Li Meng waved and said, "You go back first, I'll stay alone for a while."

Hearing this, Sandra stood up.

She didn't say much, just lifted her long skirt with both hands and saluted to the "king".

Then she twisted her waist and walked towards the direction of the golden gate, leaving Li Meng with only a beautiful back.

Looking at the back of Mrs. Sandra leaving, and then looking at the king.

The two sisters looked at each other, lifted their long skirts and saluted to the "king".

Then they left lightly...

As the three women left, Li Meng was the only one left in the huge hall.

Standing up, Li Meng came to the glass wall and quietly looked at the starry sky outside.

And his thoughts had already traveled through the subspace...

...

S-01894 star system.

The starry sky is boundless, dark but full of stars.

In a dark universe, a giant ship is sailing.

The thrusters at the rear spurted out a white tail flame hundreds of meters long, and its shining ion light was like a comet cutting through the starry sky.

In the bridge...

"Received a message from the "Regent", this star system is S-01894."

The purple-robed astropath suddenly spoke, breaking the silence in the bridge.

In the captain's chair, Ralph was sitting in a brown military uniform.

He looked at a tech priest not far away and said, "Update the star map and record the coordinates of this star system."

After speaking, Ralph said, "How is the star system data collection going?"

Tech priest: "The data has been sent..."

Ralph clicked on the button on the handguard.

On the other handguard, a blue light shot out and turned into a holographic screen in front of Ralph.

The screen showed a star map. Under the scanning of the auspicious array, large celestial bodies have been captured.

The S-01894 star system has eleven planets, seventeen observable satellites, and an asteroid belt located in the outer circle.

"Hey, is this a habitable planet?"

Suddenly, Ralph was attracted by a green and slightly red planet.

But after seeing the information, a trace of disappointment flashed in Ralph's eyes.

That is not a habitable planet, but there is liquid methane on the surface of the planet.

Although it is just a prediction, it is not far from the fact.

According to the habit of the "Regent", the green planet is marked as "No. 7".

Although it is not a habitable planet, but...

After thinking about it, Ralph ordered: "Go to No. 7 first..."

The surface of the planet has many colors, and there may be some precious special minerals.

Navigator: "Locked on "No. 7", subspace navigation time: three seconds, timed!"

Technology Priest: "Geller force field activated, outer protective armor closed..."

In the bridge, the sound of mechanical operation suddenly rang.

The protective armor outside the window slowly closed, from top to bottom, from bottom to top.

Tech Priest: "Subspace engine started, countdown: 5, 4, 3..."

Outside, in the dark universe.

The space in front of the bow of the HFB-1 ship suddenly twisted.

A red vortex quickly emerged.

The HFB-1 ship, which was sailing at high speed, crashed into it and disappeared without a trace.

The red vortex disappeared with it.

A few seconds later, in the universe outside the gravity well of a green planet.

The space suddenly twisted and strangely turned into a huge red vortex.

The next moment, a giant ship rushed out of the vortex.

The engine nozzle at its tail spewed out a more dazzling white tail flame, pushing the giant ship to rush towards Planet 7.

"Colonel Ralph, a high-energy heat source has been detected on the surface of Planet 7. It is a man-made construction project. The optical equipment has captured the target."

Man-made construction project?

The screen in front of him flickered, and a vertically angled picture appeared in Ralph's eyes.

In a green swamp of liquid methane, there is a mining base.

It is not very big, round, like a steamed bun, and the whole is green, which blends well with the environment.

If you don't look carefully, you can't see it at all.

There is also a kind of movable large-scale machinery running in the nearby swamp.

Behind the large machinery is a long pipe, one end of which is connected to the machine and the other end is connected to the steamed bun base.

There are quite a few, as many as eight.

There is also a transport ship docked next to the steamed bun base.

It is square, like two containers merged together, not big, about 150 meters.

Seeing this, Ralph frowned.

Rebels?

At the same time, on the surface of the planet.

Alarm bells rang loudly in the mining base.

Running figures can be seen in large and small metal passages.

"Commander Shigemitsu, an unidentified spaceship has appeared in the outer space of Liuma Star and is entering the orbit of the planet. Should we call the other party?"

In the main control room, Shigemitsu stood in front of the holographic display platform with a very ugly face.

On the platform, there is a planet simulated by blue light.

And in the orbit of the planet, there is a simulated warship.

When he saw the appearance of the warship, Shigemitsu's face changed.

That is the enemy...

A few years ago, in the S-01909 star system, the enemy encountered by the Xinjing Shogunate.

That time, the Xinjing Shogunate tasted the first taste of failure.

The unknown force has the Warhammer 40K technology template, so it is called Warhammer by the "Xinjing Shogunate".

Although the Warhammer force won the war, it did not occupy the S-01909 star system.

After two years, Shigemitsu did not expect the Warhammer force to appear in the S-01894 star system.

Since the "Xinjing Shogunate" occupied this star system for a short time, no defense facilities were built at all.

The purpose of mining methane is only to make pigments, which is not a very important resource.

Therefore, Liumaxing has no garrison force.

There is only such a base, with less than 200 staff members.