The troops stationed on the moon were replaced by the first batch of new lunar personnel, who had already been held in reserve.
There were about three thousand of them.
Compared with Great Xia's latest target of a hundred thousand, they were a drop in the bucket.
All of this stemmed from the official announcement of the New Guanghan Palace Plan.
[Great Xia Supreme Command Center: Announcement of the New Guanghan Palace Plan]
With approval from the Supreme Command Center, the New Guanghan Palace Plan officially takes effect today.
Given the irreversible slowdown of Blue Star's rotation, following a joint assessment by the Academy of Sciences, Great Xia has decided to use the moon as the vehicle for a project to ensure the continuation of human civilization.
The core provisions of the plan are as follows:
One: build upon the existing Guanghan Palace lunar base to comprehensively expand the network of underground lunar cities and construct permanent habitable facilities capable of accommodating a large population.
Two: deploy a planetary engine array on the lunar surface, with construction to be completed within twenty years, at which point it will propel the moon beyond the Solar System's gravitational hold and into deep space.
Three: immediately begin research and development of Intelligent Construction Robots, striving to achieve mass production and deployment within six months to better support work on the moon.
Four: the initial lunar construction workforce will number one hundred thousand, with further expansion according to the progress of construction.
Priority recruitment will be given to engineering and technical personnel with underground city construction experience, while applications from civilian volunteers will open simultaneously.
Five: lunar cities will be equipped with complete ecological recycling systems, industrial manufacturing systems, and multilayered military defenses to ensure self-sufficiency and security.
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