spaceflight manual

Chapter 34 The Humane Space Force
The girl replied: "There are only two of us."

Wang Pingan: "Computer, what about the polygraph results?"

All spacecraft computers are equipped with a lie detector program developed by the Space Force's psychology department, which can judge the probability of lying based on details of facial expressions and physiological conditions.Generally speaking, the more physiological data this system can monitor, the more accurate it will be. Only spies who have undergone rigorous targeted training can deceive this system.

Now the computer can only observe the movement details of the little girl's facial muscles and breathing rhythm through optical means, and roughly judge the heartbeat through the heartbeat sensor, so the judgment is not very accurate in theory.

Computer: "The probability of being true is roughly 61.3%."

Wang Pingan complained habitually: "How the hell did you quantify those data?"

But Angeli was busy checking the boy's condition, so she ignored him. Only the computer interpreted this as a question and began to answer: "It's based on the quantitative standard formulated by Dr. Zhu Pump..."

"Shut up." Wang Pingan said while scanning the warehouse vigilantly.

Angorie pushed the boy towards the bridge.The boy moaned in pain as the thrusters accelerated.

The little girl followed while wiping tears.She has no propellers, so she can only gain a forward speed by kicking off the wall.

Wang Pingan went over, grabbed the little girl with his left hand, and dragged her to the bridge, still holding a gun in his right hand.

Wang Pingan: "Computer, send maintenance robots to search the warehouse thoroughly with the grid method, and don't let any suspicious persons go."

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On the bridge, Angeli used a small B-ultrasound machine to carefully examine the boy's wounds.

Wang Ping'an was "interrogating" the little girl who had calmed down: "Why did your parents let the two children smuggle into the country? Where are they? Are they with the smugglers in L2?"

Although the little girl still had a painted face, she didn't wipe off her tears and snot for a long time, but her tone was very strong: "We are not illegal immigrants! We just want to see Mars!"

Wang Pingan: "It's not about smuggling. How did you get to L2, and how did you get on the spaceship? Tell me, who arranged it?"

Little girl: "We are L2 who came to participate in the summer camp, and today we are visiting the Space Force Fortress!"

Wang Ping'an was stunned: "Hey, my dad is an eighth-level technician, and he also passed the self-examination as an engineer. He also has experience in the war. I participated in the summer camp and only cleaned up space junk in orbit. If you can come to L2, your parents are at least national models. level."

Little girl: "My dad is a labor medalist."

Wang Ping'an was Spartan: "Really, what's your name?"

"Lu Aolei, proud flower bud, my parents want me to be an upright woman."

Wang Pingan: "Computer, check Lu Aolei."

Computer: "My comprehensive database was only updated a week ago. Compared with the data, Lu Aolei's father, Lu Suiou, is indeed a labor medalist."

Wang Ping'an muttered: "It's called Suiou. It should be the generation born before the war. After the war, it's no longer called that. Does your father have an older brother named Miemei?"

Lu Aolei: "My aunt's name is Mie Mei."

"really!"

Angeli: "What the hell!"

At this time, she had checked the boy's condition and confirmed that the boy's life was not in danger, so she began to join the conversation: "The problem now is that we don't have enough deltas, are you still chatting here?"

Wang Pingan: "Don't worry, computer, how much goods do we have to throw away to make enough for Delta?"

The computer immediately completed the calculation and gave the number.

Wang Pingan glanced at the display screen and muttered, "It's a bit too much. If we count the time it takes us to throw away these goods? How much do we have to throw away?"

The computer immediately corrected the numbers.

Angeli: "Wait a minute! Why did you mention throwing goods so naturally? Isn't this the formal process for dealing with stowaways?"

"First of all, the formal process is the process when there is enough delta redundancy. If we have [-] tons of extra water, of course we can follow the regular process, restrain the stowaway in the airlock, and wait for the cruiser to be recovered catch up with us.

"But it's a pity that we don't have so many deltas. Generally, if there are not enough deltas, we should apply to the Air Traffic Management Commission to open a fast channel to try the stowaway, and then we will execute it."

Lu Aolei instinctively realized that it was not good, and said loudly: "What execution? What execution?"

Wang Pingan: "This is a warship of the Space Force. Although there are no ion cannons or large laser arrays on board, it is indeed a warship.

"Smuggling by spaceship warships is generally a death penalty. Of course, you are still young, and you may have a chance if you go through the normal process, but if a spaceship warship is in danger because of you... then it will be different."

Lu Aolei seemed stunned by the news, she was stunned.

Wang Ping'an turned to look at An Geli: "You won't be so cruel, you want to execute these two children?"

Angeli: "So just throw the goods? Will the two of them learn a lesson?"

Wang Pingan: "Of course they will learn a lesson. Their father is expected to lose all honorary titles. Their family will suddenly turn from a respected model family to a target of spurning, and their own resumes will always be stained in the future. This The price is not light at all.”

Angeli: "I think we'd better inform the navigation department first. Maybe there is a torch cruiser nearby, so we can take the two of them away and replenish us with water."

"Impossible." Wang Pingan shook his head, "Because the engines of the Torch Cruiser are powerful, they can exchange a huge amount of delta with very little water, so their fuel tanks are small, and it doesn't make sense to bring too much water. However, you should contact the navigation part."

Because in this way, the responsibility for decision-making can be handed over to the flight department, and there is no need to bear the responsibility for abandoning the cargo.

Wang Pingan: "Computer, turn on the emergency contact channel, and send a summary of the situation to the flight management department."

Computer: "Executing."

Computer summaries are often more concise than human summaries. After all, the words of machines only have logic, and emotional factors are completely excluded.Moreover, the machine's text has no literary talent, it is a cold statement, but as a substitute, the machine's text has a high degree of accuracy.

When the computer contacted the flight management department, Angeli suddenly asked Wang Pingan: "What if the flight management department decides to follow the established principles? Is it really necessary to execute the death penalty?"

Wang Pingan: "Of course not. We can save people only by sacrificing some consigned goods. Any space force will choose to save people and throw away goods. In this respect, the space force is very humane. It will be as cold as winter when there are gangsters."

Wang Pingan paused, turned off the radio function of the computer, and continued: "If you really encounter bandits, there is a high probability that they will not survive. The question is that the bandits resisted stubbornly and were forced to kill them. After returning home, the instructors will educate them. But I won’t be too harsh, after all, in the battle with the gangsters, it’s normal to not care too much.”

At this time Lu Aolei cried and said: "We are not gangsters, we just want to see Mars and Mount Olympus."

Wang Pingan turned to the girl and asked curiously, "Just for this? And then slipped on a cargo ship bound for Mars?"

"Yes, we are visiting the space port. For the experience, we put on a space suit and brought an oxygen cylinder. Then my brother suddenly grabbed me. He learned lip reading in the Children's Palace, and he happened to see you and the port. Talk to me and say the scanner in the warehouse is broken."

Wang Pingan stared at the ceiling, and suddenly remembered that when the ship was loaded on the first day, a group of students in spacesuits passed by.

He was surprised and said, "You guys hid on the ship the day before it set sail?"

"We hid in a container. It seemed that the container was opened for customs inspection. We had space suits, oxygen, and a cycler."

Wang Ping'an: "Why do summer camps have cycle machines?"

"Because what we experience is Class A equipment."

Wang Pingan raised his forehead: "A full set of space field survival equipment... I only wear it during training—no, it should be more appropriate to call it off."

Angeli suddenly asked: "I heard that your space existence is the legendary 'chasing the sun'?"

Wang Ping'an: "Yes, only one set of suit A is given, without any other supplies, and then we are asked to leave the lunar city Wanhu and survive on the lunar surface for a week on our own."

Lu Aolei suddenly said: "Impossible, the battery of the A suit is powered by solar energy, what if there is no electricity at night? It can't be done without supplementing oxygen."

Wang Pingan: "So we have to chase the sun on foot on the moon. Have you ever played PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds? The sunshine line is the 'poisonous circle', chasing us all the way. We have to keep moving, in case the exoskeleton breaks down. It also needs to be repaired at the fastest speed. After falling into the range of 'night', you have to find a way to catch up with the sun. If the battery is exhausted and you haven't caught up with the sun, congratulations, let's delay!
"It is said that this is an idea given by a science fiction novel in the pre-astronautical age. We all want to travel back in time and beat the person who wrote the novel. (This novel refers to Jeffrey Landis's "Chasing the Sun ")"

Angeli paid attention to another thing. She reached out and gently stroked the little girl's head: "You know it very well, you should like space very much, right?"

The girl nodded: "My brother and I like it very much, that's why we wanted to go to see Mars. But...we didn't know that the situation was so serious, we thought it would be the same as sitting on a magnetic levitation ride on Earth, just paying for a ticket... "

Lu Aolei burst into tears, and asked as she cried, "Uncle Astronaut, you won't really want to shoot us..."

Wang Ping'an: "I don't know. I haven't replied for so long. I guess the flight management department is also confused. Think carefully, this matter will affect many people. The team that loads our cargo and the team responsible for inspection, oh yes, The cruiser that came to scan us couldn't be left out either, they were at fault too.

"The most important thing is that I applied to postpone the launch window to refuel. The leader on duty who let us launch as usual at that time was out of luck."

Wang Pingan gloated.

At this moment, the lights on the control table came on, and the reply from the Aviation Management Committee arrived.

(End of this chapter)