Pot Lid Vastness Star
What does an Alien Civilization lack?
One sentence plunged the entire conference hall into deep thought.
Because they had never actually made contact with aliens, the group of Niels were still thinking about trading with the other two star systems. But now, after Gu Da's reminder, they suddenly realized that trading with aliens was indeed different from trading within a civilization.
But what exactly is needed?
"Technology!" Before long, some of the Nair People understood.
Since we have no shortage of various mineral resources, then we only have technology.
As for energy, as a Level 2 Civilization, as long as there are stones, there will be no shortage of energy, so energy is the least likely thing to happen.
Moreover, since the aliens have already gone to the Pot Lid Vastness Star, even if they need some rare metals, the First Star Region will have the advantage of being close to the source.
The Great Blaze Star, located more than ten light-years away, is no match for the Pot Lid Vastness Star. Therefore, the only technology that can be traded with aliens is the technology of the Second Star Region itself.
"Regarding technology," Gu Da continued, "Including scientific theories, various branches of technology in different disciplines, and all kinds of manufacturing processes. What we need, we, as extraterrestrials of the same level, will certainly need as well. Therefore, there are certain requirements for the personnel who will accompany me to the Pot Lid Vastness Star. First, we need a group of economic experts, and second, scientists, linguists, and experts in various fields."
As expected of the Chief Think Tank, his mind is truly sharp.
Upon hearing Gu Da's words, all the Nair People in the hall were secretly convinced, for they all understood the meaning behind them.
Since we are going to engage in technology trade, there must be two directions of exchange: one is physical technology products, and the other is various intangible technology data.
Since it is scientific data, it is necessary for scientists to participate, because only scientists can analyze which data is true and which data is false.
After a brief pause, Chief Think Tank Gu Da vibrated his abdominal vocal organs again. "Besides various scientific and technological data, perhaps we can also transport some of our civilization's plants and animals over."
No sooner had he spoken than Nair People asked in bewilderment, "Plants and animals? What value could those things possibly have!"
"Maybe!" Gu Da wasn't entirely sure either.
Perhaps because their home planet still exists, or perhaps because they have never encountered other biospheres, the Nair People do not have the same profound awareness of the value of Biosphere Resources as humans do.
In the Nair Civilization, there was no concept of 'Biosphere Resources being a cosmic treasure,' so Gu Da couldn't quite explain it. He just felt he could take some over, since the transport ship was just sitting empty anyway. Perhaps the plants and animals that were worthless in his own civilization would be incredibly valuable to the aliens.
Thus, without humanity's knowledge, the Nair Civilization Second Star Region devised a countermeasure and sent the strategy to the Pot Lid Vastness Star through their own communication channels.
Information travels at the speed of light, which is certainly faster than the human fleet. Therefore, while the human fleet was still sailing quietly, news from the Second Star Region reached the Pot Lid Vastness Star ahead of the human fleet.
To avoid arousing suspicion from humanity, while sending a message to the Pot Lid Vastness Star, the Second Star Region of the Nair civilization also sent a reply to humanity.
Basically, it means that we, Niel, have already informed the people on the Pot Lid Vastness Star, so that Human Civilization can proceed with peace of mind. We also made sure to inform them that we are preparing to transport some supplies from the Great Blaze Star to the Pot Lid Vastness Star.
This move has significantly increased human trust.
Pot Lid Vastness Star is about 14.6 light-years away from the Great Blaze Star starry sky, which is quite close in this sparse and barren land.
It would take about thirty years for the message to travel back and forth, and by the time the Nair Civilization Second Star Region sent the message to the Pot Lid Vastness Star, it would have taken humans 27 years to reach their destination.
In other words, communication between the First Star Region and Second Star Region of the Nair Civilization could only be conducted once, and then humanity would arrive.
As expected, as long as it does not enter a deceleration state, the fleet will be difficult to detect in space.
Twenty-seven years later, without being ordered to slow down, the human fleet arrived at a location 0.3 light-years from the Pot Lid Vastness Star without receiving any communication.
Meanwhile, humanity's advance probe team had already Pot Lid Vastness Star System, at a distance of approximately 0.008 light-years, or 505 Astronomical Unit.
Well, just looking at the numbers might not give you a sense of scale, but this distance is roughly 12.6 times the distance between the Sun and Pluto. That's quite a distance indeed.
Even Level 2 Civilization couldn't discover a few small probes without their engines running at such a great distance.
Perhaps this is one of the reasons why, despite the abundance of Cosmic Civilizations, we rarely encounter them during interstellar travel.
After receiving the answer, Yue Yuan, aboard the Lyra, said to the staff, "Have the probe team start slowing down. Also, send an Electromagnetic Wave Broadcast to the direction of the Pot Lid Vastness Star."
At a distance of 0.08 light-years, the Electromagnetic Wave Broadcast power of the detector team is sufficient. It is believed that after this shout, they will soon receive a reply from the Pot Lid Vastness Star.
During this time, scientists on the human fleet used various detectors and telescopes to observe the Pot Lid Vastness Star.
For an observation fleet, 0.3 light-years is a long distance, but if the observation target is changed to a star, then the distance seems much closer.
So without much effort, some basic information about the Pot Lid Vastness Star was collected into the Human Database.
The star type is the same as previously observed. The Pot Lid Vastness Star is a Red Dwarf Star, spectral type K, with an average surface temperature of only 2067 Kelvin, which is less than half that of the Sun. Its mass is about a quarter of that of the Sun and smaller than Proxima Centauri.
With a metallicity of -0.16135, this is a third-generation star, belonging to the extremely long-lived type. Human scientists estimate that if it were to die naturally, this Red Dwarf Star could live for approximately 8 trillion years.
Compared to the Sun, a short-lived star that only lives for 10 billion+ years, this thing is practically as long-lived as the heavens.
Based on continuous observations over this period, even if human probes have not actually entered this Star System, we know that it has planets. If the observations are correct, then it should have 5 planets.
As for how many of them are Rocky Planet and how many Gaseous Planet, that can only be known by the probes going deeper.
However, since this is the territory of the Nair Civilization, they already knew about the arrival of humans in advance, so humans didn't need to observe it themselves.
Now that they have agreed to allow humans to resupply here, Yue Yuan believes that the Nair Civilization will send over the star map of this Star System after receiving the information.
After all, only by pointing out locations on Star System map can humans know where they should stop.
Sure enough, not long after the probe slowed down and broadcast Electromagnetic Wave Broadcast, the Lyra received a message with a map of the Pot Lid Vastness Star system.