Knocking wonders from the space station

"Continue to submerge, they won't be able to find us."

Lu Feng's expression condensed, and he quickly ordered calmly, "Scan the enemy fleet. I want to know how many warships the empire has deployed in this galaxy."

"Okay."

March 7th was very cautious. She did not use the easily exposed electromagnetic wave radar, but used a long-range optical sensor to adjust the heading little by little to obtain a suitable peeping angle.

Everyone in the bridge was silently watching the main holographic image, and the second galaxy that humans arrived after leaving the earth gradually became clearer.

This is a desolate and broken galaxy.

There is a star that emits cold blue light in the center of the galaxy. There are only two solitary rocky planets orbiting it. There are meteorite belts of unprecedented scale interspersed between their orbits. It can be said that on the ecliptic plane of this galaxy,

The orbits of the planets are all separated by vast meteorite belts.

According to estimates on March 7,

With such a large amount of meteorites, it would be unreasonable if one or two rocky planets had not been shattered here. It is difficult for humans to imagine how powerful it would be to bombard a hard rocky planet to such pieces.

This is not only an ocean of meteorites, but also a deep space mine for mankind.

Reconnaissance images show that more than a dozen Imperial mining outposts have been deployed at the edge of the orbit of the third planet where meteorites are densest, which is also where a planet is most likely to have been shattered.

A large number of mining drones are moving in and out of the meteorite belt, apparently surveying the distribution and precious components of the surrounding mineral veins.

Cosmic treasures like stardust are generally only formed in the core of a planet.

If you can find even a little stardust vein here, then the owner here will definitely become rich overnight. Looking at the mining machines that are raging like greedy green flies, you can feel the full enthusiasm of the remote controllers behind them.

To this end, a huge interstellar fortress is building a framework in the outermost orbit of the galaxy.

Judging from its diameter, this will be a giant man-made celestial body. Lu Feng has no doubt that if the mining industry here can flourish, then the fortress in front of him will definitely develop into a super space city.

"It seems that the Imperials have only recently discovered this place, otherwise they would have no reason to be indifferent to such a rich vein of minerals. We still have a chance to snatch it over!"

Lin Yuexi held the back of Lu Feng's chair with both hands, jumping up and down with excitement, with the word "money obsessed" written all over her beautiful eyes.

Lu Feng looked back funny and explained patiently.

"Xiao Lin, not all meteorite belts represent wealth. A large part of the meteorite belts are useless rocks and cheap iron ore. These basic minerals are everywhere in the universe. There is no need to look far away.

Also, do you think space mining is easy?

This also depends on the environment. If there was a lonely metal planet in the universe, then all mining companies would flock to it.

If this metallic planet turns into a metallic meteorite, its attractiveness will be greatly reduced.

If this meteorite is mixed with a large amount of impurities that are difficult to separate and is surrounded by billions of the same meteorites, then the forces that want to mine it need to carefully calculate the risks and costs."

"I know the cost. The more impurities in an asteroid, the higher the cost of mining. But where does the risk come from?"

Lu Feng patted the little hand on the back of the chair and smiled: "Not every miner has your level of flying. Flying in the meteorite belt is a very dangerous thing, especially when operating a heavy mining barge.

, if you are not careful, you will be smashed into space junk by the meteorite that suddenly changed its path."

Lin Yuexi slapped Lu Feng's hand away and poked his face with her finger, "Then why not use unmanned mining machines? Aren't these Imperial people using them now?"

Lu Feng grabbed the little hand that was making trouble on his face and held it in his palm.

“There are many grades of drones. High-grade drones can avoid meteorites sensitively, but the cost is naturally high and requires high-grade CPU, bandwidth and algorithms.

As for those now used by the Empire,

There are some prospecting drones, which are small and flexible in size. If it is a mining drone towing a heavy warehouse, the risk of going deep into the meteorite belt will naturally be much higher."

Lin Yuexi gave up her struggle, "Okay then, do we still care about this place?"

"Of course we have to take care of it. Not to mention that this is the ultimate road to Skyrim Star. This Broken Star Ring is also an excellent defensive barrier and foundry.

This place can only belong to Shen Tang!"

"I understand the defensive barrier, but what about the foundry?" Lin Yuexi asked doubtfully.

"I just said that iron ore is a very cheap mineral in the universe, but it is also an indispensable mineral for human development and is in great demand.

Therefore, when purchasing iron ore in resource-scarce areas, the shipping cost of the iron ore will be more expensive than the iron ore itself.

This leads to the fact that when all parties are building large-scale steel projects, they often search for nearby iron ore resources and process them nearby, and then directly bring them to the construction site.

Therefore, if we want to build ships on a large scale in the future, or manufacture artificial celestial bodies, megastructures, or recycle cornerstone materials, we will need to use these meteorites.

If a shipyard is built secretly here, it will not only be hidden, but also provide access to countless low-cost raw materials nearby, which would be perfect."

When Lu Feng said this, Lin Yuexi understood. She tilted her head and asked with a smile:

"It's a beautiful idea, but how are you going to seize this galaxy under the eyes of the empire?"

Lin Yuexi said, pointing to the fleet image clearly listed on the side of the main screen:

"Here, there are 3 Jaeger-class ships, 24 Aquitens-class ships, and hundreds of destroyers, frigates, and patrol ships. They are not easy to mess with, right?"

Needless to say, Lu Feng also saw the imperial fleet information compiled on March 7.

It can be seen that in addition to the Imperial Navy logo, the ships here are also spray-painted with the family crest of Count Kurt Marsh, which is the same as the logo of Baron Nat's fleet that arrived at Skyrim.

In Lu Feng's memory, the imperial fleet was generally organized with four capital ships as the core, and eight times the number of secondary capital ships and a number of light ships, special ships, and logistics ships, forming a complete space strike group.

Declare the mighty force of the Empire among the stars.

Although the organization is similar, the ship model creates differences in fleet levels.

For example, the capital ship in the empire's main fleet is usually a battleship, and if it is an ace, a dreadnought will be added as the flagship;

The fleet in front of us uses battlecruisers as its main force, which shows that it is a second-line fleet;

The fleets further down may only use cruisers as main ships, which is only the level of a third-rate fleet.

A few days ago,

If nothing else happens, the Jaeger-class ship that Baron Nat took away should be one of the four battleships stationed here. The same goes for the other eight Aquitance-class light cruisers. In total, Nat took

A quarter of the garrison fleet was taken away, and there was no return.

The remaining three-quarters of the Imperial fleet is still a behemoth to the Skyrim Alliance, with a clear advantage in military strength.

Now, the movement of this fleet is somewhat abnormal.

Lu Feng touched his chin.

It seems that he can't wait any longer and is ready to go to meet Baron Nut?

This is not possible.

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