White Giant Star
When the long passage of time obscured the tracks, and when the vast space concealed the fleet, humanity's massive fleet finally crossed the distance of 27 light-years and arrived at its target star.
The target star is a White Giant Star with a mass 2.69 times that of the Sun, a surface temperature of 9950±221 Kelvin, a rotation period of 18 hours, and an age of about 280 million years. It is still in the Main Sequence Star stage and looks very young, but in fact it has already begun to move from its youth to middle age. Because White Giant Star like this have a very large mass, their lifespan is only about one billion years.
Because of its rapid rotation, this White Giant Star also rotates extremely fast at its equator. The enormous centrifugal force causes its equator to bulge outward, and the temperature on the surface of the photosphere at the equator reaches its maximum value, exceeding 10,000 Kelvin.
The intense combustion gives it an extremely high surface temperature, and its spectral color makes it look like a giant white sun, illuminating the space around it.
Even through the screen, one can feel the surging power within its boundless white light. Those Stellar Wind, as solid as tangible energy, are constantly surging, burning fiercely in the Void like the Sun Truefire.
The exhaust plumes from the simultaneous deceleration of over two thousand ships in the human Great Fleet were like the glow of a few matches burning together in comparison to it—utterly insignificant.
The fleet had just finished decelerating and entered the normal Gravity capture range of this White Giant Star when humanity felt itself enter a world of light.
Looking out the porthole, the warships and spaceships beside me were all illuminated by the light of the White Giant Star, as if all the warships were bathed in white light.
From the moment people awoke from hibernation, this White Giant Star became the brightest star in the sky, and as it got closer, its brightness continued to increase, transforming from a bright star into a blazing sun, and then into Great Fireball that was too bright to look at directly.
It was a fireball in the Void, the Sun Truefire, a collection of violent energy, and the source of surging Stellar Wind. That endless energy transformed into photons, releasing them outwards as if they were free, turning all the planets within its range into a vast expanse of white.
Humanity's fleet thus traversed the raging ocean of light, slowly approaching its target planet.
The target planet that humans are going to land on this time is the only Rocky Planet in this system, and also the only planet, located 18 Astronomical Unit away from the White Giant Star.
Despite its great distance, the Rocky Planet experiences daytime temperatures of over 100 degrees Celsius and nighttime temperatures of below -200 degrees Celsius due to the extreme activity of its Main Sequence Star.
Such a huge temperature difference indicates that this planet has virtually no atmosphere. In fact, even if it did have an atmosphere in such an environment, it would have been blown away long ago by the powerful Stellar Wind.
Scientists estimate that in such a powerful Stellar Wind environment, this planet would need to have a mass at least five times that of Earth to retain its atmosphere. However, this planet's mass is only 1.9 times that of Earth, so the outcome is predictable.
The reason why an entire Star System has only one planet is speculated by human scientists based on on-site observation data and Stellar Evolution Model. Those planets that are too close may have been swallowed up by their Main Sequence Star over a long period of time, while planets with more distant orbits did not have the conditions to form when their stars were born.
In short, this is a place unsuitable for life.
However, as a Level 2 Civilization, and possessing powerful warship armor made of No. 2 Alloy Material, carrying out various activities here is not a major problem. Of course, various machine operations still present some difficulties, but they are not impossible.
However, unlike on other planets, it's impossible to wear light armor—that is, a lightweight Spacesuit —Spacesuit to move around on the planet because the activity of this White Giant Star is too strong, constantly releasing various kinds of radiation around it.
In such an environment, if you throw a Geiger Counter at it, the value will immediately jump to an extreme level, and even a human's lightweight Spacesuit will be completely unable to withstand it.
Therefore, the moment humanity obtained the data on the stellar environment, they knew that this exploration mission on the planet would have to be carried out entirely in Tactical Armor.
Only the superior protection of Tactical Armor can withstand all kinds of cosmic rays and ensure human safety.
The only planet was Rocky Planet, which was very fortunate, as humanity had no other choice. After the fleet reached the planet's orbit, the usual procedures were followed.
Humans are already very familiar with the development of planetary resources. The whole process is roughly the same, but some local adjustments are needed depending on the different planetary environments.
First, a massive number of artificial satellites are launched to establish a comprehensive planetary detection network. Then, unmanned probes collect data. Next, unmanned equipment is airdropped to conduct secondary exploration and planetary data modeling. Finally, various initial base equipment is logged in and deployed.
Then, manned and unmanned ground exploration is carried out in many ways. After various mineral resources are detected, mines are built, and large machinery, remote-controlled machinery, unmanned machinery and other types of equipment are deployed to mine. The minerals are then loaded onto transport ships and transport vessels to be transported back to the ground base, and finally launched into space using Orbital Mass Accelerator.
Humans have long since fully mastered the technology of Space Elevator, but they haven't built one yet, so they can only use Orbital Mass Accelerator to start.
When the Pot Lid Vastness Star acquired the Space Elevator technology, humanity planned to build five Space Elevator. Now, without external interference, this can be carried out.
Everything is proceeding smoothly.
With current human technology and Mechanical Specialization, if we were to fully unleash our potential, our efficiency in areas such as ground base construction, air and ground resource transportation, and engineering construction would be far beyond what the Nair People could achieve.
After the supply chains of various mineral resources were stabilized, humans spent a year building the ground portion of the Space Elevator and made improvements on the original design.
The Nair Civilization's Space Elevator was designed with the long-term use on a certain planet in mind, but as a Wandering Civilization, humanity certainly won't stay in one star system forever.
Therefore, humans have put a lot of thought and effort into the design of Space Elevator.
First, regarding the ground structure of the elevator, humans also designed it in a modular and mechanically foldable manner. Moreover, in order to facilitate the entire elevator being transported into space and leaving with the fleet, humans specifically reserved rocket fitting points on the large ground structural components of the Space Elevator.
In this way, if evacuation is needed, humans can completely remove the elevator cables, install several rockets on the base of the Space Elevator, and then launch it into space to transport it away.