Volume 1 Chapter 49 Catching an Asteroid
"Thank you."
"What are your plans for the future?" Chromie asked suddenly.
"Make money."
"I mean personal life planning."
"Didn't think about it." Chitaki replied seriously.
"Well, since you like it so much, you can do whatever you like, human life is so short, it is indeed to be enjoyed." Chromie said with a sigh.
Chitaki said as she looked at Chromie. "Your emotions don't seem right."
Chromie coughed a few times and said, "How could it be wrong, don't think about it." ”
At this time, Chitaki's bracelet suddenly sounded.
Chromie opened his eyes and looked over, and Chitaki looked at the message on the bracelet and fell into deep thought,
"What's wrong?"
"No, there's a mission." Chitaki has nothing to hide.
"Mining?" Chromie asked.
"Yes, but it's not, this time the task is more complicated." Chitaki said.
"What other tasks can you do than mine resources?" Chromie snorted.
"Operation Asteroid Capture." Chitaki said.
"Ahem, you're saying it again?" Chromie was also thundered.
"Asteroid Capture Program." Chitaki repeated very seriously.
"Those people are really good at playing, how big is the asteroid?" Chromie couldn't help but shake his head.
"I don't know, it shouldn't be too big, just as it is estimated that the Hiboni will not be able to withstand it, I expect it should be captured and fixed on the Hiboni and then disassembled." Chitaki gives her opinion.
"You're right, but you ignore the fact that generally speaking, if you want to catch an asteroid, there is usually a possibility." Chromie said.
"What possibility?"
"The ship will expand."
Chitaki blinked and said, "Can this work?" ”
"Why not, as long as the Hiboni doesn't jump, there will be no problem, of course, even if you want to jump now, you don't have the courage to jump, the original large wormhole has lost its maintenance and has become very dangerous, otherwise why do you think we will sail for so long." Chromie said wistfully.
"Wormholes are out of order? Can't be used? Chitaki asked.
"It's not as simple as you think, it's not just the loss of maintenance, there must be some inside story in it, this is estimated that only those in the spaceship know, don't think about it, be careful with your homework, don't let me give you approval, and you ended up hanging outside." Chromie replied.
"Okay, I'm leaving." Chitaki nodded and left the bath.
When Chitaki left, Chromie touched his chin, "The asteroid capture plan doesn't mean to expand the living area, what do those people want to do?" What to expand? ”
Chitaki rushed towards the hangar in Area E, this order was very hasty, and generally this kind of large-scale event should be prepared for a long time in advance.
In fact, Chitaki guessed correctly, the only thing he didn't guess was that this plan had just been approved, and it was implemented immediately as soon as it was approved.
By the time Chitaki felt the hangar in Area E, Aina and Jones had already arrived.
"Boy." Jones waved and shouted when he saw Chitaki coming over.
Chitaki walked up to the two and said, "Hello Aina, Jones. ”
Jones scratched his head, "You kid is not a nobleman, so you don't have to speak so well." ”
Aina nodded and said, "The people are due, and I'll explain the tasks that our team has been assigned." ”
Joneston was quiet, and now he was in working mode.
"This asteroid capture program is divided into three phases, and our first mission is mainly responsible for the installation of fixed ropes, which is part of the first phase."
"Just the installation of the fixed rope?" Chitaki asked, feeling that if this was the case, it didn't seem to be very difficult.
Jones shook his head proudly and said, "Boy, although your skills are good, but the experience is still a little tender, I told you that the fixed rope is not so easy to load, at the beginning of the operation, the Hiboni will adjust the flight direction, so that it is consistent with the asteroid's flight trajectory, and then we start the operation, each of us is responsible for installing 30 fixed ropes, each fixed rope represents a thousand points." ”
"You mean we can get 3W points?" Chitaki asked.
"Theoretically yes, but in practice it's impossible, because once everybody has loaded the ropes, as soon as the Hiboni starts to get out of orbit, the ropes will be stressed, and the ropes will break if they are not evenly stressed, and we will lose 2,000 points for each break, and what do you think will happen when the break is halfway there?" Jones said with a smile.
"Lose points and deduct points." Chitaki replied.
"That's right, of course, there is one more thing to explain, it's not that it doesn't matter if it doesn't break, for example, the fixed rope you installed is relaxed, and the result is not forced, I'm sorry that the result is the same as breaking." Jones added.
"It's up to us to decide the length of the rope?" Chitaki asked.
"When they assign the work, they will give you the specific force parameters for installing each fixed rope, and the rest depends on your own experience, come on, boy, don't be deducted points."
"I will." Chitaki replied.
Aina continued, "The asteroid we want to capture is numbered X-201, it is an asteroid with a diameter of 23 kilometers, and it is irregular in shape, the surface is not flat, our fixed rope cannot be stuck casually, I will not explain the reason, according to the feedback information given so far, this asteroid is safe, of course, it is not ruled out that there are exploration errors, in short, it is better to be cautious." ”
The announcement sounded, "Please all go into their respective positions and be on standby, the Hibony has entered its scheduled course and will be synchronized with the orbit of the asteroid X-201 in twenty minutes." ”
"Let's go." Aina spoke.
Chitaki climbed onto his own miner and into the cockpit.
The driving screen begins to pop up, and the information related to the job is displayed.
"Attention teams, the synchronization of the Hiboni is almost complete, and all mining teams will set off at that time, good luck to everyone."
It didn't take long for Aina's voice to sound in the communication channel, "Let's go." ”
Chitaki drove the miners and followed behind Aina towards the exit.
The trio piloted the miners out of the Hiboni and could see a huge cratered and uneven asteroid in the tail area of the Hiboni.
"It's time to get to work." Jones spoke.
Chitaki followed the instructions and flew to the specially set up fixed mouth area at the bottom of the Hiboni, and a fixed rope was hammered down, and the whole rope was made of titanium alloy, which should theoretically be hard enough.
Chitaki tugged at the fixed rope and flew towards the asteroid.
Phantom said, "Scan the X-201 asteroid." ”