Stellaris: Earth Alliance

Chapter 2 Exploring the Centauri Galaxy
The chemical thrusters at the stern of the scientific research ship started, and after slowly leaving the port, they headed for the hyperspace channel to the north.

In the corridors, scientists come and go, and everyone seems to have a lot of work to do.

Qin Xu, on the other hand, seemed to be visiting, wandering around from department to department.

Passing by the glass window of the scientific research ship, Qin Xu saw the scenery of the universe up close for the first time and paused for a long time.

"What are you doing here? Why don't you come and help me when you have such free time?"

Qin Xu, who saw the universe up close for the first time, was stunned by the window for a long time, when suddenly a familiar voice came from behind, it was Chen Xiaomeng walking over carrying a big box.

"Xiao Chen? I remember that there is no gravity in space, why are you moving so hard?"

Despite saying this, Qin Xu immediately went to help.

Chen Xiaomeng was speechless for a long time before saying: "Everything in the world has gravity. What you want to say is gravity...but it's not accurate. Forget it, and if there is no gravity, why are you able to stand here firmly? Scientific research The Earth's gravity simulation device is installed on the ship, because not all scientists can adapt to the space environment. And, don't call me Xiao Chen, it seems that you are my elder."

Qin Xu, who was reprimanded three times after saying one sentence, was a little embarrassed.

In fact, he knew all this and was just joking about it.

After all, the spaceship is full of old scientific research antiques. At least she has a relationship with Chen Xiaomeng, who is of the same age. I just heard Su Lixuan say that she has the highest score in the astronaut recruitment exam in all the years, so she needs to build a good relationship.

Qin Xu didn't know much about space before, and he came here eager to apply for an astronaut. He got a very low score in the test. He thought there was no hope, but he was specially recruited.

To be honest, he graduated from a finance major, and he only knows one thing about space and scientific research.

Suddenly, I became an official astronaut without any preparation. If I can find a senior to do things with me, it will be much faster to get started.

Qin Xu immediately took everything in Chen Xiaomeng's hand, "Haha, what should I call you?"

"Just call me Xiaomeng."

"Isn't this still with small print?"

"..." Chen Xiaomeng was speechless for a moment, "Forget it, I won't talk to you."

"Come on, the people here are all old bones. If you chat with them, it's either astronomy or geography. There is really a generation gap."

Chen Xiaomeng really wanted to say that there are actually communication barriers between us.

But seeing Qin Xu easily holding up his box with one hand, he hesitated for a moment and finally didn't say anything.

Just treat it as free labor, anyway, he is idle when he is idle.

Qin Xu hurriedly followed with his things, and glanced at the label on the box, which read "Deep Space Fleet D-class astronaut Chen Xiaomeng, personal belongings."

"What's in here?"

"Personal belongings."

"I know, it's written on it. I just want to know why your box is so big. I only brought the charging cable for my mobile phone power bank and nothing else."

"Are you here to travel?"

"Second Lieutenant Su Lixuan said, I seem to be here to travel."

Qin Xu said proudly rather than ashamed.

"Okay, you win. Inside is a telescope and some books."

Chen Xiaomeng decided not to argue with Qin Xu in the future.

"Astronomical telescope? Isn't there one in the spacecraft, and it seems that 550A controls and records data by itself."

"So this is a personal item. Moreover, the one controlled by 550A is not called an astronomical telescope, it is called a radar."

"What's a radar?"

Qin Xu has always wanted to find some topics to chat with her, but his chat skills are too poor, so he only asks formulaic questions.

Someone asked a very stupid question without paying attention.

As soon as he finished saying this, Qin Xu regretted it.

Sure enough, Chen Xiaomeng covered his forehead, and had already equated the person in front of him with a fool, thinking that he still needed the other party as free labor, but he was not angry.

He just calmly explained what radar was.

Arriving in the room, Chen Xiaomeng opened the box containing personal belongings. Inside was a worn-out astronomical telescope and a few old books that had been there for who knows how many decades.

Seeing these things again, Chen Xiaomeng is still easily distracted. This is all her father left to her, and it will be Chen Xiaomeng's life.

Looking at the encyclopedia with hundreds of pages written "One Hundred Thousand Whys", Chen Xiaomeng hesitated for a while, then carefully opened the cover of the book and handed it to Qin Xu.

"Read more books, you still need to know some basic things."

Chen Xiaomeng said.

"Why?" As soon as he finished speaking, he noticed Chen Xiaomeng staring at him unkindly, Qin Xu immediately took the book, "Okay, I understand."

Qin Xu took the book out, and Chen Xiaomeng warned, "Remember not to break it. If you come back and find the pages of the book are folded, I will throw you out of the spaceship immediately."

"But this is the universe, if you just throw me out, wouldn't I be frozen to death?"

"..."

Is it possible that if you are so angry with me again, I will throw you out and kill you?
In the command room of the scientific research ship, Artificial Intelligence 550A is reporting to Su Lixuan.

"The research ship will arrive at the hyperspace channel from the solar system to Centauri in 10 minutes."

"Start the hyperdrive."

Su Lixuan ordered.

"The hyperspace engine is started. The estimated startup time is 10 minutes, and the estimated completion time of the space jump is 5 hours."

The scientific research ship stayed at the hyperspace entrance to Centauri for 5 hours, and then appeared in the Centauri galaxy 4.22 light-years away in the blink of an eye.

"The automatic galaxy scan of the scientific research ship begins."

The cold voice of 550A sounded, and all the sensors on the scientific research ship were fully activated, and the artificial intelligence will automatically drive the scientific research ship to collect information on all targets.

At the same time, the hyperlight engine is preheated and will be turned on immediately if it encounters an attack.It is unclear how many years into the universe the spaceship will appear in after the hyperdrive is turned on.

Countless information was presented to the scientists through the sensors and then through the secondary processing of 550A, and the scientists in the scientific research ship moved again.

Qin Xu carefully stuck to the edge of the corridor. There were scientists coming and going in front of him. Some people accidentally bumped into him as they passed by. He was obviously in the way.

Nothing can be done, more success than failure.

Qin Xu could only rush to Chen Xiaomeng's laboratory to see if he could do anything, otherwise everyone would be busy and it would be no big deal for him to be idle.

Chen Xiaomeng is naturally happy to do this. Free labor is not bad.

All scientists submit their conclusions to the command room shortly after analyzing the information processed by 550A.

"The Alpha Centauri B star system has no signs of life, no resources to collect, and no abnormal phenomena."

"The Alpha Centauri Proxima Centauri star system has no signs of life, has 4 units of energy resources, and has no abnormal phenomena."

"The star system of Alpha Centauri A has signs of life. There are 12 units of mineral resources, 4 units of energy resources, and abnormal phenomena."

This is the first colonizable unowned galaxy that the Earth United Nations has encountered since entering the interstellar world.

After listening to the report, Su Lixuan stood up excitedly and said, "Conduct a second information scan on Alpha Centauri I that may contain signs of life."

Qin Xu originally came to help, but after Chen Xiaomeng found out that he was getting more and more helpful, now he only serves tea, water, laundry and cooking.

In fact, Qin Xu has never done this kind of laboratory work. If he were asked to analyze financial things, he would still be able to say a few words after several years of studying.

Doing experiments or something, Qin Xu, who chose liberal arts in high school, can only say that he had already thrown it back to the teacher.

Qin Xu, who went out to get some food and came back, looked at Chen Xiaomeng who was also excited with a puzzled look.

"Xiaomeng, why are they so happy all of a sudden?"

"Discover a living planet, initially assessed as a terrestrial planet, and the developable area is as high as 16 divisions!"

"Zone 16, is it big?"

Qin Xu asked.

"What do you think? The earth only has 18 divisions."

"Isn't this smaller than the earth? Then why are you so excited?"

Chen Xiaomeng really wanted to throw a teacup on the other's elm head.But I still held back and didn't care about fools.

The scientific research ship is parked in the outer space of Alpha Centauri I.

"The 10 people with the highest shooting test scores go out."

A group of people came out immediately.

Su Lixuan's eyes scanned the crowd and finally landed on Qin Xu.

For a moment, everyone's eyes were on him.

"Ah, do I count?"

Qin Xu was a little confused, after all, Su Lixuan had just said before that he was like cargo in the spaceship.

"Haha, of course. You have been idle for so long. Come on out. It's time for you to do something." Su Lixuan then said, "Each of the ten of you choose two assistants from the team, especially Qin Xu."

Qin Xu: "..."

Everyone wanted to be the first batch of people to land in the New World, and looked at these ten people with burning eyes.

Chen Xiaomeng also wanted to go on, but among more than 1000 people, she still felt that she couldn't be chosen.

But when she heard that Qin Xu could choose a few people to go down with him, Chen Xiaomeng immediately became excited.

Chen Xiaomeng knew that Qin Xu would definitely choose him!

After all, she has the best relationship with him, and she is the youngest and most beautiful girl here.

How could it not be—

Staring at Chen Xiaomeng who was looking at him excitedly, Qin Xu secretly made up his mind that Chen Xiaomeng could not be involved in such a dangerous thing. You see, she was so scared that her body was shaking.

Qin Xu, who thought he was considerate, showed a reassuring smile to Chen Xiaomeng, and then casually clicked on the two nearest people...

Then, Chen Xiaomeng's expression froze, and then Qin Xu knew why the flowers were so red.

The engine room door of the scientific research ship opened, and a landing craft loaded with various engineering equipment submerged under the thick clouds of Alpha Star.

After scanning the planet at close range, 550A obtained more accurate data.

"The position of the abnormal phenomenon is locked. At 23° north latitude and 133° east longitude, there are unknown signal transmitters and huge regular metal objects at the depth of 1 meters of ocean."

"Are you going there directly?"

Qin Xu asked.

"The first thing to do when landing is to prioritize the deployment of outposts."

In addition to Chen Xiaomeng, Qin Xu also chose a middle-aged man, probably a man in his 40s. He glanced at Qin Xu with some confusion, as if wondering why the other party didn't even know this common sense.

Chen Xiaomeng touched Liu Wenhan's shoulder. After Liu Wenhan looked over, he pointed at Qin Xu, then pointed at his own head, and then made a no-no gesture.

Liu Wenhan understood. This meant that he had a bad mind.

Although he was curious about why some people who could enter the research ship were mentally ill, after all, the other party chose him, and he really wanted to go, so he was still very grateful.

Liu Wenhan is the crew member of the first scientific research ship Yinxu, with rich sailing experience, patiently popularized a lot of knowledge with Qin Xu and reminded many places that need attention and possible mistakes.

No matter how powerful Chen Xiaomeng is, she is still a newcomer, not as good as an experienced crew member like Liu Wenhan, so she also benefited a lot from listening beside her.

Qin Xu also listened very carefully, because he really knew nothing about aerospace knowledge. Suddenly becoming a member of a scientific research ship, he had to master the knowledge he needed to master as soon as possible.

(End of this chapter)