Bad News

After dealing with the Design Institute, Yue Yuan took the opportunity to discuss the warship with Man Yuemei, mainly to communicate in advance and prepare her for boarding the ship in the future.

After the Security Department was split into two, Man Yuemei no longer served as the Minister of the Security Department, but became the Minister of the Human Armed Forces Support Department, which is the Armed Forces Department.

As for the Security Department, it was taken over by Yue Yuan's assistant, Zhu Pete.

Both are military departments, but their functions are different. The Security Department is mainly responsible for internal security, with internal public safety, security, and police departments under its jurisdiction.

The Armed Forces Department is responsible for external operations.

Although talking about external operations now is indeed empty talk, since a new human government has been established, it must have complete functions, and preparing for a rainy day is never a bad thing.

Moreover, not just anyone can operate a warship. Boarding the ship, familiarization, and training all take time.

The warship hasn't been built yet, but they can practice with simulation equipment first.

In an era where virtual reality technology is widespread, simulation practice is a routine operation, and Callisto Base originally had these facilities.

Although the warship design data hasn't been created yet, they can use the virtual data of the previous transport ship for simulation first.

After leaving the Armed Forces Department, Yue Yuan returned to his busy and orderly daily work, reviewing plans, approving plans, and making decisions.

Time passed day by day.

Many technologies that had fallen behind the pre-disaster era were picked up again by the surviving humans, who followed the path they had already walked once and caught up with great strides.

The Controlled Nuclear Fusion project has been underway for more than two years since it was proposed, and there has been significant progress, but it is still far from reaching the level of clearly visible hope that existed before the disaster.

Fortunately, the Controlled Nuclear Fusion technology had already been determined to be feasible before the disaster, and the road to success had been almost completely paved by predecessors, so the surviving humans do not need to explore the unknown to cross the river. They only need to continue accumulating technology, and there will definitely be a day when it is realized.

In fact, this is the case with many other lost technologies, but humans need time.

Humans need time, but Callisto doesn't seem to want to give humans that much time.

Just today, Yue Yuan opened a report that made him worried.

Callisto Resource Exploration Report

For more than two years, humans returned from underground to the surface, and then, through various detection methods such as exploration teams, intelligent robots, and satellite remote sensing, they finally figured out the detailed resource distribution, structure, and reserves of Callisto.

As a member of the Solar System, Callisto, like other planets and asteroids, has all kinds of common elements, and although rare earths and other trace elements are scarce, they are barely enough for the current scale of humanity to use.

The problem lies in its reserves of radioactive elements, that is, nuclear fuel.

According to the report's estimates, even if humans hollowed out the entire Callisto, the nuclear fuel obtained would only be enough for humans to squander for about seventy years.

If it is used in the planned new spaceships, then this number will be further reduced.

Yue Yuan rubbed his throbbing temples, this matter gave him a headache.

"Xiaolin, go and call Gan Boshi and Xu Zhenyi Boshi over here." Leaning back on the office sofa, Yue Yuan pressed the phone on his desk and said.

"Okay." A crisp voice came from the other end of the phone.

Since Zhu Pete was pulled by Yue Yuan to manage the Security Department, Long Xiaolin took over as assistant and secretary, so Yue Yuan's messenger changed from Zhu Pete to her.

She was in the large office next to Yue Yuan's office, and Yue Yuan directly called her through the direct line.

Long Xiaolin's efficiency was not bad. After a while, Yue Yuan's office door rang.

"Enter!"

"Chief Yue, what's the matter?" The person who came in was Xu Zhenyi, who asked calmly, then turned around to close the door.

"There's one more person who hasn't arrived yet, don't close the door yet." Yue Yuan stopped Xu Zhenyi's action, then got up and handed over the tablet in his hand, "Sit anywhere, take a look at this first."

Xu Zhenyi took the tablet and read it carefully. The more he read, the more serious his expression became, and in the end, he didn't even bother to sit down.

"Chief, is this the latest data?" Xu Zhenyi's face was extremely serious, but it seemed that he had become calm instead, or perhaps he always had this expression.

"Yes, the exploration department just finished organizing it." Yue Yuan nodded, signaling Xu Zhenyi to read the content carefully.

Just then, an old man walked in at the door, it was Gan De.

Before Gan De could speak, Yue Yuan greeted him and said, "Gan Boshi, what's the situation in interstellar space now?"

"Ah?"

Gan De was stunned. He didn't expect Yue Yuan to call him to ask this, but he still answered truthfully, "The Interstellar Dust is much thinner than it was two years ago, but it still doesn't meet the conditions for navigation."

Speaking of which, Gan De seemed to understand why Yue Yuan was asking, so he raised his eyelids to look at Yue Yuan, "Chief Yue, you wouldn't be thinking of starting interstellar travel in a short period of time, would you?"

Seeing the increasingly firm look in Yue Yuan's eyes, Gan De quickly shook his head and said, "No, absolutely not. We absolutely cannot set sail within fifty years, otherwise we will all die on the road."

Having a good understanding of Yue Yuan's character, Gan De knew that this look in Yue Yuan's eyes meant he really wanted to speed up the schedule for humanity to start sailing.

However, the dust cloud of the Supernova Remnant still permeated interstellar space and had not thinned out enough for navigation. If they rashly set sail, they would definitely be gradually slowed down during the inertial navigation phase, and eventually perish due to fuel exhaustion.

Thinking of this, the always calm Gan De became a little agitated: "Chief Yue, we absolutely cannot set sail until the conditions are met. This is science. The data says it's not possible, and there's no miracle to be had."

"Doctor Gan, don't get excited yet. I didn't say we're leaving immediately. Take a look at this first." Yue Yuan suppressed his budding desire to set sail and pointed to the tablet in Xu Zhenyi's hand.

"The situation is not optimistic, Old Gan." After reading the content, Xu Zhenyi handed the tablet over with a solemn expression.

Gan De was a little puzzled, but looking at Yue Yuan and Xu Zhenyi's expressions, it seemed that the reason was in here. Thinking this, he took the tablet and began to browse it carefully.

After a while, Gan De was also a little dazed. He looked at Yue Yuan in disbelief, "Only seventy years?"

"Yes, look further down. Below are the data curves listed by the Engineering Department," Yue Yuan paused and added, "Regarding fuel and the warship."

Gan De continued to scroll down, and after a while, he looked up at Yue Yuan, then moved his eyes to Xu Zhenyi, his expression solemn.

He now knew why Yue Yuan wanted to speed up the start of the voyage.

The reasons were all in this report.

The exploration department provided data on nuclear fuel reserves and usage, and the Engineering Department used this data to create a consumption curve for the amount used by the warship being prepared for construction and the base.

The report clearly stated with data that it would take thirty years for the warship to accelerate to 1% of the speed of light, and another thirty years to decelerate. Both of these processes would require constant consumption of nuclear fuel.