410. Colonial Plan (Part 2)
Most of these recruited pioneers are refugees, the kind who cannot survive on their own planet due to war or famine. The governments of those planets are also unable to solve their food, clothing and employment problems. Under normal circumstances, at least 90% of these people will starve to death, and most of the rest will become bandits.
However, with the rise of Outer Rim Territories Mutual Aid Fund founded by Claire-Underwood, she began to organize rescue work for these refugees. Of course, this kind of assistance is not free. To give them good food and drink, they have to work, such as coming to reclaim wasteland.
But no matter what, it is better to reclaim the wasteland than to stay in the previous place and starve. What's more, the mutual aid fund also agrees to them taking care of the family - the condition is that you have to prove that you have the ability to support your family, otherwise, you will be deported.
Repatriation meant starvation to death. Faced with the pressure of survival, these pioneers also exerted all their strength.
After the spherical hull of Luukri-Hok-class freighter landed, four huge hatches opened from the surroundings. Based on the simple training they had received previously, the pioneers began to operate various forklifts, cranes and large trucks to begin unloading.
A small-scale settlement has been built on the edge of this crater named 'Grey Sea'. According to preliminary scans, this 500-kilometer-diameter crater was formed due to an asteroid collision. Therefore, a large number of precious minerals buried underground have also been brought to the surface, making it very convenient for mining.
Moreover, according to the depth scan of the earth's crust, the bottom of the Grey Sea crater is equivalent to an altitude of more than minus 6,000 meters, which is very convenient for mining the planet's underground water bodies. On the one hand, it meets the needs of life and production. The most important thing is that these frozen underground water bodies are the most critical material for atmospheric modification.
Some pioneers with higher technical skills have learned how to drive SCVs, and they have begun to use SCVs to assemble modular residential areas. A huge inflatable closed hydroponic agricultural area is also being built, and the entire colony is suddenly in full swing.
At this time, Volgograd-Kanidi had also come to the garage to check out the vehicles that had been delivered.
I only saw a huge warehouse here, which contained 40 M-12 Warthogs and 80 M-274 Mongooses. Kanidi was also curious about what Daphne-Clement found to replace the Vulture Vehicle he needed.
However, when he saw clearly the data and styles of these vehicles, he suddenly smiled.
M-12 Warthog is a wheeled jeep with a length of 6.3 meters and a body height of 2.3 meters. It has a powerful four-wheel independent swing arm suspension system, all-wheel drive, and all-wheel steering. The four 1.2-meter-high explosion-proof tires also ensure the strong off-road performance of the off-road vehicle.
The maximum speed of this off-road vehicle is 125 kilometers per hour, and the speed loss is extremely low even when off-road. It also uses a 12L liquid-cooled hydrogen-powered internal combustion engine. This advanced internal combustion engine can directly decompose fresh water into hydrogen fuel, and then generate extremely high temperatures through a synthetic carbon catalyst. It can also be powered by solar energy.
Moreover, the off-road vehicles are equipped with an M-46 three-barreled light anti-aircraft electromagnetic machine gun, which has good firepower.
It can be said that this off-road vehicle is completely tailor-made for the environment of Kuna's Tooth Planet! Kuna's Tooth Planet The atmosphere is thin and the ultraviolet rays are very powerful, which also allows the off-road vehicle's solar cells to receive sufficient energy. Moreover, the planet is rich in underground water resources, which can easily meet the power needs of vehicles.
In fact, not only this planet, this technology that can directly decompose fresh water into hydrogen fuel can be said to be extremely powerful! This means that logistics supplies do not need to transport fuel separately, just bring more drinking water! If you encounter extreme circumstances, you can run a certain distance by peeing in the fuel tank, but you have to clean the engine afterwards.
Let's look at another M-274 Mongoose. This is a vehicle that is a bit like a four-wheel off-road motorcycle. It is 3.2 meters long, 1.8 meters wide, and 1.5 meters high. It has a maximum speed of 95 kilometers per hour. It is unarmed and is also a very good off-road motorcycle. Using a 1000cc liquid-cooled mid-mounted four-stroke hydrogen-injection internal combustion engine, the same thing can be run by adding water!
After the two vehicles, one light and one heavy, were delivered, it also gave the colony preliminary defensive capabilities, and it could also detect and control a large area around it. It was very useful for subsequent colonial expansion!
Without any hesitation, Kanidi connected to the communication, called the driver to drive all these vehicles out, and immediately established several reconnaissance teams to begin investigating and patrolling the surrounding areas of the colony.
In the next month, due to the large number of Modular Buildings delivered by cargo ships, the colony expanded very quickly. Within a month, the colony could already accommodate 50,000 residents. And a mine has also been opened on the side of the crater, and four groundwater extraction factories have been opened in a valley.
At present, we do not expect this colony to produce anything. The first goal is to develop the colony to accommodate all 500,000 pioneers in this group, and the second goal is to make the colony self-sufficient.
The instruction given by Tang Xiao is to increase the size of Kuna's Tooth's colony to 1 million people in one year.
However, things always change. When the construction of Kuna's Tooth's colony was in full swing, something unexpected happened.
In fact, Kuna's Tooth Planet is not just the colonial group of Fourth Civilization, there are also several small residential areas with thousands of residents living there. Most of these residents come from Annaj Planet (Annaj), which is the largest habitable planet among Modell Sector and the most developed civilization in this sector.
This civilization is dominated by Ayrou (Ayrou), and there are also some humans.
Those small residential areas are also distributed in the Grey Sea. Everyone can see the unique environment of the Grey Sea. Naturally, the other party also knows this and built the residential areas at the bottom of the crater.
Initially, the two sides were at peace with each other, but friction soon arose.
On this day, more than ten Fourth Civilization Pioneer Corps people drove 3 Warthog off-road vehicle and 3 Mongoose off-road motorcycle to the bottom of the Grey Sea, There they had previously installed the Group One drilling equipment, preparing to detect the ice beneath Grey Sea in order to formulate a plan to build an atmosphere modification facility and restore the planet's atmosphere.
However, when they came to the drilling equipment, they were shocked to find that the equipment had been blown up!
"Those Bantha shits! Bastards!!" A pioneer yelled angrily, "This is the third time this week! What do those people want!"
He opened the communication and said to Volgograd-Kanidi, "Sir! Our equipment was blown up by those people again!"
"We will retreat temporarily and wait until we negotiate with Ayrou." Kanidi sighed.
"We've been negotiating for more than a week and there's still no result?!" the pioneer said loudly.
"This matter involves peace between two planets and even two civilizations. We cannot make hasty conclusions. Let us exercise restraint first." Kanidi replied.
At this time, a large cloud of smoke and dust was raised from the other side, and only a group of people carrying Blaster rifle were seen driving the hover motorcycle here. The first human jumped off the motorcycle and said loudly, "You have crossed the line! Where did you come from? Get back there!"
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[Easter egg chapter attached picture 1: M-12 Warthog multi-purpose off-road vehicle, from "Halo".]
[Easter egg chapter attached picture 2: M-274 Mongoose ultra-light all-terrain vehicle, from "Halo".]
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