126. The era of big mining
Endor system, Endor gas giant The fourth satellite in outer orbit, Dor (Dor).
This is a satellite made almost entirely of metal, with a diameter of 1,144 kilometers and an estimated weight of about 342 trillion tons (equivalent to 3.42 followed by 20 zeros). In easy-to-understand explanation, Dor is about one-third the diameter of the moon, but its mass is 500 times that of the moon!
According to expert inspections and scans on Glory mothership, it was found that Dor is rich in various metals, rare metals, and even natural alloys formed under extreme natural conditions!
It is estimated that if the entire Dor Planet is fully mined, the resources produced can even allow Galactic Republic's largest spacecraft manufacturer, Kuat Drive Yards, to continue operations for 10 years!
Tang Xiao took the spacecraft to the outer orbit of Dor Planet. It did not go down to the surface of the planet, but observed the planet through the portholes and optical sensors.
Standing behind him is a middle-aged man in his 40s, wearing a suit and behaving well. His name is Xu Yan, Master Class mining expert, and now he has another title - President of United Mining Group.
United Mining Group is a group company jointly registered by Fourth Group and Damask Holdings Group. It is currently responsible for the mining of Endor system.
In fact, after learning about the rich resource reserves on Dor Planet, even Hego-Damask II, a powerful figure even in the InterGalactic Banking Clan, was extremely excited. At the same time, I also have more trust in Tang Xiao who selflessly shared such a resource with him.
So he directly invested 200 million Galactic credits through Damask Holdings Group, and founded United Mining Group with Fourth Group. Tang Xiao doesn't pay a penny, and the main core and senior management of the group are his people, and he owns 70% of the entire group's shares.
At this time, Xu Yan was explaining the recent mining plan to Tang Xiao. There were several Muun present. They were the representatives of Damask Holdings Group and now also the top executives of United Mining Group.
"Manager, look. At coordinate A, there is the excavation site we originally built on Dor. This is Modular Buildings, which was originally stored in the mothership. It is not large in scale. This excavation site is still operating, but the output has become less and less. We plan to shut it down within half a year." Xu Yan said.
"Why shut down?"
"Dor Planet is almost entirely a metal planet. After our mining work progressed to 1.8 kilometers underground, the rock formations encountered were almost all metal. The equipment in this excavation site cannot dig it at all." Xu Yan answered.
Then Xu Yan pointed to another area on the planet. Here, even in orbit, you can clearly see a patch of light, which shows the scale. He said, "This is the second phase of our mining project on Dor Planet, which is not yet completed. There are currently 100 SCVs under construction around the clock, but the gravity environment of this planet is very physically demanding for workers. And the B-1 robot cannot work on this planet. Damask Holdings Group is preparing to send a group of professional mining robots over."
"How much will the second-phase mining project improve mining efficiency?" Tang Xiao asked.
"According to the continuous expansion of the scale, it will be about 10 to 200 times. This is the technology from Trader Emergency Coalition, which can also be regarded as a planet-level mining base. But at present, this speed is still not enough." Xu Yan said, zooming in on the screen.
All I saw was that on the surface of the planet, several huge brackets supported a super-large drill with a diameter of tens of meters, which was constantly breaking up the ore, and then a nearby transport vehicle followed closely to transport the ore away.
"In our cooperation agreement with Damask Holdings Group, doesn't it also include cooperation with a planetary mining base?" Tang Xiao looked at Muun and asked.
One of them, Muun, nodded politely and replied, "Dear Sir, our engineers came over to investigate and found that our existing planetary mining equipment is also unable to effectively mine Dor Planet, so we prepared another agreement after discussing with Mr. Xu Yan."
Tang Xiao's eyes turned to Xu Yan.
Xu Yan immediately said, "We are planning to build a large-scale mining space station in the low orbit of Dor Planet, and will later expand this space station into a mining Star Ring. For subsequent mining work, we mainly rely on mining lasers to cut the ore, and then pull it directly from the space station through tractor beams for separation and refining."
He took out another agreement and said, "For this mining space station and even for the mining Star Ring in the future, we will mainly provide the technology, while Damask Holdings Group will be responsible for the construction."
Next to him, Muun added, "The engineering team we have may not be the most advanced, but it is completely possible to build such a large space building. In addition to this large mining space station, we will also assist you in building two comprehensive shipyards."
"Comprehensive shipyard?" Tang Xiao is a little unfamiliar with this project.
Xu Yan quickly explained, "This project is still under discussion. The comprehensive shipyard is still a product of Trader Emergency Coalition. It is a large shipyard that can be adjusted in size and can build spaceships as small as 50 meters and as large as 500 meters. Now Engineering Science Department still has some technological breakthroughs. It is estimated that it will take several months to officially start construction."
Trader Emergency Coalition...Tang Xiao nodded silently. Now the technology tree of "Sins of a Solar Empire" has begun to be fully rolled out. Two months ago, Trader Emergency Coalition, the TEC engineering ship was put into use.
Sure enough, on this basis, TEC's technology tree is also climbing rapidly.
This is definitely good news, because the technology tree in "Sins of a Solar Empire" is much more advanced and more comprehensive than that of "Homeworld".
"In addition, Professor Chi also handed us a mining drone, which is currently expanding production. We have built a space mine near the asteroid belt and mainly rely on this mining drone for mining." Xu Yan added, "In the long run, the resources of the asteroid belt are limited, but the convenience of mining can solve our short-term resource shortage problem."
Tang Xiao nodded, Fourth Civilization's resource problem is now very serious. Because a large number of infrastructure equipment, including SCVs and TEC engineering ship, were put into use, their construction speed was much faster, and resources were needed almost everywhere.
What's more, Tang Xiao personally instructed that all resources should be given priority to the construction of the spacecraft, and the construction of the spacecraft has not stopped at all, which makes the resources even tighter.
Fortunately, Dawn Star Planet's buildings still use a large number of reinforced concrete construction, so at least urban construction has not been slowed down.