Starting from Zero

There was a slight accident when the thruster was cut away. This accident is that we discovered that there is a linkage device on the thruster. As long as the thruster is cut away, the thruster is located This power cabin will be automatically closed, and then automatically cut away from the hull after one minute.

This setting has no problem with the original use of spaceship, because the final cut-off method of the power room should normally be controlled by the central computer. We thought that after the power room was forcibly occupied The connection line is cut off, so it can only be controlled manually. If according to the designer’s idea, since it is controlled by a computer, the people inside should be evacuated before the thruster is cut off, and then the extra power cabin will be automatically discarded after the thruster is discarded. Anyway, the thruster is gone. , It is also a burden to power the cabin. Therefore, this design has no problem with the original use.

However, we set it manually, which causes us to leave the power cabin within one minute once we confirm the cut off the propeller. However, the power cabin will be closed when the thruster is cut away, which means that there is no time for us to leave the power cabin.

This setting is quite annoying, but we have to think of a way to solve this problem.

I don’t know if it’s quick witted in an emergency. Anyway, we found this linkage at the moment the first thruster was cut off, but because the entire power compartment would be cut off for one minute, we thought The time is almost zero. It was at this critical juncture that Xiaochun, who was in charge of this cabin, suddenly thought of a way.

In fact, Xiaochun's solution is quite exaggerated, and it is absolutely impossible for normal people to do it. However, none of us are normal people, so we can do things that normal people can't do.

After the thruster was cut away, the root of the fixing device under the thruster suddenly exploded continuously. This is a preset explosion point designed to cut away from the thruster. After these explosion points explode, all connections between the thruster and the spaceship will be severed. After the explosion, the insulation layer and protective armor at the bottom of the power cabin also experienced a series of dense blasts, directly blowing up a large outer shell. Because of the high-speed airflow, the shell that was exploded disappeared instantly, and the spaceship tail section where the thruster was located turned into a big hole.

Because the power cabin itself has air pressure, and the outside is a high-altitude low-pressure environment, when the outer shell bursts, the propeller that has been separated from the hull is immediately lifted out. Xiaochun jumped off the thruster when the thruster automatically blasted the connection device, but she quickly discovered the linkage device, and then she didn't even think about it, and she reminded Jingjing at the door and rushed back directly. Then, after the thruster flew out of the hull, she and Jingjing and the Nine Headed Snake soldier who came to reinforce the thruster slammed on the thruster under her body and jumped back again with the help of reverse thrust.

Of course, they didn't want to jump back to the power cabin, but jumped to the main structure in front of the spaceship and hung themselves on it.

At this time, although the speed of spaceship has dropped drastically, the speed is still as high as twenty-three times the speed of sound. The wind pressure outside is astonishing. If it weren't for the power armor, normal people would be instantly stunned. The airflow tore to pieces. Of course, our people can do this even without wearing power armor, but it will be a little uncomfortable.

When Xiaochun and the others jumped onto the main shell of the spaceship, one minute soon came, and then the power cabin actively cut away.

In fact, the power cabin at this time only has a shell and some bits and pieces, but cutting this thing can really reduce the weight of the hull, because this part is composed of a large number of support beams and load-bearing structures. , Even a shell is quite heavy.

Spaceship dropped this burden and the control became significantly more flexible, while Xiaochun and Jingjing and the Nine Headed Snake soldier crawled back to the power cabin along the shell and left after cutting away. That gap. This part seems to be specially prepared for cutting away from the power cabin, and there are actually heat insulation layers and fairings. But because this place was connected to the power cabin before, there are still several entrances here. Xiaochun and the others randomly found the nearest one, and forcibly broke the gate and returned to the ship.

With this example, we basically used this method to safely return to the spaceship without any accidents.

After throwing away the two propellers in one go, we threw the damaged propellers down together. On the sea below, the long-awaited recovery team quickly rushed to the airdrop. The position is to rescue the fallen propeller, but whether it is intact or fragmented when it is retrieved, it can only depend on luck.

It took almost ten minutes to cut off all the thrusters. This spaceship was a bit shorter, but it did not fall directly at this time, because although the super thrusters of aliens Although we threw it down, there were more than a dozen super-electromagnetic engines working on the bow and mid-hull, so the spaceship did not directly fall.

The characteristic of the super-electromagnetic engine is that it can directly use electric energy to convert into propulsion kinetic energy, and the energy consumption is not high, but its disadvantage is that the limit output is low, and it is impossible to support spaceship to break away from the gravitational circle. Because of the working principle of the super-electromagnetic engine, it can theoretically accelerate the spaceship to the speed of light all the time. This is not possible with the rocket engine produced by humans, because the rocket engine relies on injection to generate reaction force for propulsion. It will be completely equal to zero, and in fact, as the speed increases, the power of the rocket thruster will continue to shrink. Therefore, even if there is an unlimited fuel rocket engine, it actually cannot reach the extreme speed at the moment of the fuel explosion. , Because the relationship between propulsion and speed is a function curve that is infinitely approaching but never reachable. The faster the speed, the lower the power.

But the super-electromagnetic engine is different, its propulsion will not decrease with the increase of speed, which means that in addition to its own power loss, it can completely convert its own output power into spaceship's kinetic energy , So in theory, as long as the energy is sufficient, this thing can be said that spaceship has been accelerated to the speed of light.

However, there is a problem on Earth. Because of the existence of air resistance, the faster the speed, the greater the resistance, but the characteristic of the super electromagnetic engine is that the output is very low. If you are in space, there is no air resistance, and the space is wide enough, so you can slowly accelerate, and sooner or later you can reach very high speeds. This is why we need super-electromagnetic engines as one of the power systems of immigration ships. Because this super-electromagnetic engine can reach very high speeds in the universe, but the acceleration time may be as long as several years.

However, due to air resistance on Earth, this acceleration will be limited. Even the tiny output of the super-electromagnetic engine itself makes it not only unable to resist the air resistance, but also unable to fully bear the weight of the hull. Therefore, spaceship needs a power to get it into space before it can be accelerated by a super electromagnetic engine.

However, now the alien thrusters on this spaceship have been thrown out, and only super-electromagnetic engines and some small rocket engines for emergency steering and forced landing are left. In this case The power to get off the spaceship is already lower than its own weight. Therefore, after all the alien thrusters in the city, the spaceship is falling towards the ground.

Of course, although this ship has lost most of its power, because we don’t want it to fall directly into a pile of pieces, we have already completed this spaceship before throwing away the alien thrusters. In addition to the work of attitude control and deceleration, the spaceship is still barely supported by the super-electromagnetic engine to jump forward, but it is estimated that it can't fly far at the current speed.

"Nuwa, calculate our trajectory." After regrouping, the first thing I did was not to ask about the conditions of those engines, but to ask Nuwa to help us figure out the current state of the spaceship.

Nuwa is famous for multitasking, so while taking care of the salvage team at sea, it is also helping us calculate the flight trajectory. I just asked Nuwa here and gave our flight trajectory.

"Have we reached the sky over Japan?" Seeing the map and the estimated route of the flight trajectory, Eminis asked first.

Hans suddenly said: "According to this trajectory, I guess we are going to fall into Tokyo Bay? Have you notified the Japanese side to evacuate?"

Nuwa's voice was very quick replied: "When you first entered China’s airspace, I notified the World Summit to inform the Japanese government to pay attention to the disaster warning. Just when you flew out of China’s Sea Territory, I already gave them the latest forecast of whereabouts. Most of the Tokyo city is busy evacuating. There should be no people at sea."

"That's fine." Hans is a soldier, not a murderer, and he is a German. Honor is more important than life. Of course, we will not allow a large number of poor people to die and injured because of our mistakes.

According to the current prediction, what impact will it have on Japan this time? Of course, there is definitely an impact. According to our calculations, the final location of spaceship's fall was Tokyo Bay, and the final speed before the fall was about three times the speed of sound.

The hull now is about the size of six aircraft carriers. It is conceivable that such a big thing hits the sea at three times the speed of sound. But luckily, we flew from west to east, and the east of Tokyo Bay is basically a low-developed area. The downtown area of ​​Tokyo is located in the Northwest direction of Tokyo Bay. Moving eastward, what Tokyo needs to worry about is the aftermath of the recoil, and if something on the spaceship explodes, this is also a troublesome matter. The others are not a big problem. Even if there were casualties, it should not be too exaggerated.

To be honest, if we and some of the angry youth in the country are slowed down, the other party may wish the spaceship drop in the center of Tokyo. However, we will never have this idea. First, we are Dragon Clan, not murderers, and killing civilians is not our hobby. Second, although we are wearing power armor, if the spaceship hits the ground at three or four times the speed of sound, the impact is not something we can resist. Therefore, falling into the sea is actually a means of self-protection. The last and most important point is for the safety of the people of the world.

Don’t forget, now the world summit in the United States also includes representatives from Japan. In other words, if we deliberately cheat on Japan, the leaders of others Bian will immediately turn his face with us.

Although our country almost went to war with Japan before, and even saw the highest-level war mobilization rehearsal plan in my capacity, in the end, the senior management rejected this decision. Because the solar system killer is ahead of schedule, everyone There is no energy for another war.

Wait for intrigue or something, wait until the new colony, everyone will come back again, now this kind of time may have fun, and then all mankind will be over together. At this time, simply no leader dares to cause trouble at this time. This is why the relationship between countries seems to have suddenly changed for the better recently, because everyone knows that at this time, we will not let go of those countries. The contradiction between the two, the next moment waiting for everyone is the extinction of mankind.

In fact, after hearing that the crash site was in Tokyo Bay, at the joint meeting on the US side, leaders of various countries also relaxed one after another. If the wreck of the spaceship smashed into Tokyo at this knot, the fun would be great.

"Attention everyone, we have entered Japanese airspace now." We are arranging missions after occupying a pod, but the enemy outside seems to ignore us, and no one has come to attack for a long time. , As if there were only us on this spaceship. Of course, I know they are all still there, but I don’t know what they’re up to, and I don’t have time to care about us.

I took advantage of the rare spare time to tell Hans and Ling about the arrangements for the next meeting.

"The spaceship should be located somewhere east of Tokyo Bay, but we will not fall with the spaceship."

Hans asked: "Did you jump out halfway? Our power armor can fly anyway. At two or three times the speed of sound, we can still control the flight attitude and achieve a controlled landing."

"I know everyone’s power armor is great, but we can’t now Do this." I said: "Hans, don't say anything, just listen to me. Our mission is not to save our lives. In fact, it is difficult to die with our current equipment. However, after the spaceship fell, The enemy may also survive a lot of people. Those guys are struggling to survive. The high level of the life support system on this spaceship is unimaginable, so after landing, the opponent has a great chance of surviving. And there will definitely be nothing left. Few people."

"Then what shall we do?" Hans asked.

"We fell together with the spaceship, but separated at the last second." I said.