Star Wars: The Silver Pledge

After crossing the gate, Sean heard a loud clanging sound, as if heavy metal parts were colliding violently. Add to this the sounds of gears turning, engines humming, flames burning, and so on, like a loud band.

Judging from the sound, there is an entire factory hidden at the bottom of the base, and the owner of the factory is undoubtedly Zhuang Yuanying.

The deeper Xiao En went, the more surprised he was by the girl with horns. He has been in the Hongxing base for a while, so he has checked the three-dimensional map of the base, but the map only shows the part above the long passage. As for the part below, it is classified as top secret, even with Sean's authority. less than.

Now it seems that the weight of this top secret is really not light, not only about this base, but also about the deep secrets of the Red Apricot Squad and even the Silver Knights.

But now is not the time to explore the secrets. There are countless secrets in the Milky Way. If we explore them one by one, it will not be enough to give Sean another 800 years. So there is only one thing he has to do right now...

"Today, let me demonstrate the maintenance method of [Tianqiong-3] engine."

Zhuang Yuanying brought Xiao En to a clean and flawless processing workshop, and said to a spaceship engine placed in the middle.

"[Tianqiong-3] is a general-purpose engine designed by Beihe Industry 700 years ago. It can be easily assembled into various spaceships. Although there are of course flaws in the design, it is cheap and has a strong production capacity. , and the performance is sufficient. Therefore, in the following seven hundred years, even after several versions, [Tianqiong III] has always been the most common spacecraft engine in the dry galaxy."

Sean nodded vigorously. He has gradually mastered these common senses through various channels during this period of time. But the same knowledge is naturally more credible when spoken by Zhuang Yuanying, a senior mechanic.

"Among the various spaceships of the Silver Knights, more than half of them are loaded with [Tianqiong III] with similar styles, so mastering this type of engine is also a compulsory course for every mechanic in the Silver Knights."

Zhuang Yuanying walked up to the processing table in the workshop while talking, controlled several mechanical arms, and began to disassemble the engine that was as tall as a person in front of him.

The one that was sent to the workshop was obviously used rough and not maintained properly. At this time, the whole body was scorched black, as if it had been scorched by a raging fire, and black smoke continued to emit from the cracked gaps; Half of the turbine blades are broken and bent.

But after taking it apart, the interior is simply horrible.

From Xiao En's point of view, this thing has no salvage value at all. Instead of bothering to repair it, it is better to contact the manufacturer directly to replace it with a new one. Anyway, this [Tianqiong-3] is the most popular civilian style in the dry galaxy. Not to mention the low price, the acquisition channels are also very wide.

But looking at Zhuang Yuanying's focused and pious expression, Xiao En knew that for this young mechanic, the problem of machine repair was never a matter of financial calculations. Even if it wasn't for demonstrating the technology, she would not let an engine that was still worth repairing be scrapped.

With the dancing of the mechanical arm, this [Tianqiong No. 3] was disassembled into countless small components. Zhuang Yuanying softly explained the structural principle of the engine, and at the same time classified the disassembled components. Among them, the completely irreparable waste products were Classified into one category, those that can continue to be used after processing are classified into one category, and those that are intact are the last category.

And in the girl's soft voice, the pile of components symbolizing waste products is getting higher and higher, which makes Xiao En feel very puzzled: Zhuang Yuanying discarded at least one-third of the components, and then How is she going to fix it? Even if there are enough components in the underground base to replace all the waste products, but the whole engine is disassembled like this, and then reinstalled will inevitably affect the overall performance.

"The next step is the core of today's lesson. For severely damaged engines, repairs cannot be carried out according to the conventional thinking..." Zhuang Yuanying said, stopping the work in hand for a while, and began to seriously prepare the explanation, but the girl's But his eyes were still focused on the workbench, and he didn't even look at Sean.

Xiao En did not take it seriously. With Zhuang Yuanying's shy personality, I am afraid that this is the only way for her to speak fluently. And compared to Zhuang Yuanying's concern, he cared more about how the other party planned to repair the engine that had been dismantled into scrap.

"The versatility of [Tianqiong-3] has always been well-known, and this versatility does not only mean that it can be smoothly installed into the interior of many different types of spacecraft, but more importantly, [Tianqiong-3] is the best choice for many similar engines. Prototype. Therefore, under certain conditions, [Tianqiong-3] can be converted into other types of engines.”

Xiao En couldn't help being dumbfounded when he heard this: Is this a joke? ! The engine is not an assembly toy, both manufacturing and maintenance require an absolutely precise environment, can it be transformed temporarily?

However, as Zhuang Yuanying's processing steps continued to advance, Xiao En was even more surprised to find that the dilapidated [Tianqiong No. 3] was actually changing into a brand new shape little by little.

The original slightly complicated turbine blades were cut and removed as a whole, and replaced with a set of grids made of special steel plates processed from the shell; the core reaction chamber was closed by one-third, although the engine efficiency was reduced, but it was also The engine can maintain normal operation; the scorched and cracked shell is simply welded and filled, and then put back, it looks a little shaky, but considering that the overall performance of the engine has declined, it is not necessary for the shell to provide such a strong fixing and heat dissipation function... …

After a series of operations, [Tianqiong-3] has changed beyond recognition, but it seems to be glowing with a new vitality. After all, Sean has accumulated considerable knowledge. After observing for a while, he confirmed that this engine carefully repaired by Zhuang Yuanying was castrated and modified with reference to the lowest configuration of the Sky series [Sky Field], and it can run normally in theory. .

Although as a low-end model, the performance of [Tianqiong Wilderness] is castrated by almost half compared to the original version, but there is still performance to speak of—before undergoing repairs, [Tianqiong No. 3] is simply a waste product waiting to be scrapped.

So far, Sean is only amazed. Zhuang Yuanying's skills are not shocking, they are even deliberately restrained. She didn't use her own strange strength and unique machine repair gun throughout the whole process. All operations used the most simple and unpretentious technology, and even her movements were slowed down.

It seems to be saying: as long as you memorize this process, anyone can do the same thing.

Sean can, of course.