I handed over to another world

Chapter 463 The construction of the space elevator begins

Freya didn't have any special emotions about Chen Lin's words. She just said lightly: "It's not a problem. It depends on their own ideas about where they go after the tribe comes out. If they want to stay in Stuttgart or this Nowhere in the world would I stop that."

"The ethnic group is actually not monolithic. When we first decided to leave from Eve Continent, many people in the ethnic group were unwilling to follow us. They still wanted to stay there and negotiate with the traditional elves. "

Chen Lin believed that no matter what ethnic group they were, as long as they were composed of intelligent individuals, similar situations would inevitably occur.

"But I think there is no point in compromising. The current ruler of Eve Continent is Isis. That woman has always had a deep hatred for us dark elves. She had already revealed this before she became the leader of the elves. Made a lot of unkind remarks..."

Freya spoke very calmly. When Chen Lin heard the unfamiliar names mentioned in it, he guessed that they were probably some elders from the elves on the Eve continent. He was not very interested in this kind of information. , just listened to Freya’s words with the corner of his mouth raised.

The two people had a detailed discussion about these areas. As the person in charge of the entire Anyun Base, Chen Lin is actually the actual controller of the entire Taka Continent. Currently, the main strength of the association is concentrated in the Anyun Base. Here, all the work is carried out from here. The content of the approval work that Chen Lin handles every day is numerous and important, and he is not as free as before.

Chen Lin agreed to some small conditions from Freya. In return, Freya will teach Chen Lin some of the abyss magic - of course those that are not too corrosive, and because Chen Lin himself does not have a special abyss. Nuclear source, so these magics will be activated by conventional magic elements, and the effect will naturally be compromised.

A month and a half later, the Dark Elf group entered the Hidden Spirit Valley with Freya to live together. As Freya had guessed at the beginning, dozens of people among the hundreds were not willing to follow her in.

Some of them are Naya's relatives, who choose to live with Naya in Nanjin New City or Selia City; some are unwilling to return to the primitive jungle after experiencing the extremely convenient modern life at the outpost. The dark elves.

Freya did not force it. It would be a good thing for some of the dark elves who were unwilling to come to stay on the Origin Star. At least they could have some contact with their clansmen when they came out of the Hidden Spirit Valley in the future.

Chen Lin had frequent contact with Freya during this period. He was very concerned about the affairs of the Dark Elf community. He sent people to build the buildings in the Hidden Spirit Valley, using a batch of special designs with direct style. It’s just natural jungle style.

Chen Lin also tried his best to persuade Freya to build some modern infrastructure here, such as primary power and network lines. Chen Lin also had people build part of the water conservancy project, because the construction site was hidden. In Linggu, the service targets are those dark elves who are similar to primitive tribes, so these infrastructures are basically designed to be simple, rough and effective.

Either solar, water or wind driven.

Chen Lin and Freya left a communication device directly for communication. It directly called the military's large-scale communication facility. This device was designed to be extremely simple. You only need to turn on the device and press the key button. Yes, it is not afraid of the humid environment here in the valley, and it uses satellite signals, not to mention that Chen Lin himself has also set up a signal tower on the top of the mountain near Yinling Valley...

Freya taught Chen Lin two large-scale abyss magics. One is to summon the fire demon, and the other is to summon the water demon. The two summoning magics are not trivial. What they summon is the height. Ten meters, the abyss monster with its own halo effect will affect everything in the surrounding fixed area as long as it appears.

The Balrog will burn everything within a hundred meters, and its attack methods are basically throwing fireballs, spraying flame rays, or even lava.

The water demon is even more powerful. After awakening, a crack will open directly from the ground. The flood-like water demon will emerge from below. Its entire shape is like a waterspout, and everything within the range will be hit by it like a sharp bullet. Ordinary water bombs attack indiscriminately...

After some testing, Chen Lin was basically satisfied with the two large-scale magics. However, he had realized that the opportunities for him to use these two magics were extremely rare. After all, although there was magic power on the Origin Star at this time, overall, Technology still takes priority, magic power has not yet reached the level of destroying the world, and the magic power in this world is still too weak.

As for the so-called Tiance Magisters on the Eve continent, in their heyday they could even use magic to promote the displacement of continental plates. For the Origin Star, the outpost and the Red Dragon Association at this time, it seemed too far away. Eve The elves on the mainland have closed themselves off to the outside world, and their impact on the association can be said to be extremely low.

After dealing with the matter of the dark elves here, Chen Lin learned from the internal network that the construction of the space elevator at Qinglong Base had officially started.

Carbon nanotube technology has been tested repeatedly, and the test results are amazing, fully meeting the needs of building a space elevator.

After selecting a location near the portal, Qinglong Base built a stable launch platform directly from the portal. This launch platform will serve as the ground station for the entire space elevator and the loading and unloading point for passengers and cargo of the space elevator.

Qinglong Base is equipped with necessary facilities here, such as a complete set of launch and recovery systems, a complete set of cargo handling equipment and a bunch of high-tech gadgets. Because it is close to the teleportation gate, it can also be established with the Origin Star very quickly. connect.

Any supplies and materials that are in short supply during the early construction period can be mobilized by the portal to support them within dozens of minutes.

The later space elevator project will enable interaction between portals anytime and anywhere. Things brought back from outer space can be directly sent to the origin star on the other side of the portal, saving a lot of transportation costs.

Chen Lin has always been interested in such high-tech representative technologies, so he specially pulled out all the information about the space elevator project on the intranet. He mainly wanted to see how the Blue Sea Star built it. of this grand project.

Qinglong Base adopts the stepped construction plan provided by the association - this plan was finally confirmed after passing various reviews and modifications. Compared with other plans, this plan is easier to implement and more cost-effective. At the same time, It is also more stable.

The initial investment in the project plan was 300 billion, and the subsequent additional investment would probably be multiplied several times. Chen Lin looked down the inside of a document and already understood what was going on with this stepped construction method. After the ground station near the portal is established, the space elevator project team will build the first floating platform 150 kilometers above the ground station. The floating platform uses room-temperature superconducting materials as its four-corner support points. The design can stably maintain suspension at an altitude of 150KM, and can also carry more than hundreds of tons of weight.

By comparison, the size of this floating platform is approximately equal to the area of ​​a playground. Under normal circumstances, it is maintained by the magnetic levitation ability of the normal temperature superconducting material itself. When a heavy object wants to stay on it, the propeller loaded above it will be activated. , energy conversion device to assist suspension, ensuring that this floating platform can be stable at high altitudes.

The first-level floating platform and the ground station below are considered the whole first-level platform. The 150KM long space cable in the middle will be erected by carbon nanotubes. The thickness of these special carbon nanotubes is about 12CM. The simultaneous erection of at least Twelve.

These special carbon nanotubes will exist as a cable connecting the ground station and the first-level platform. Although its thickness is amazing, these things are designed to be light in weight but very strong. They can withstand elevator cabins and other The weight of the device.

According to multiple rounds of tests by the space elevator project team here at Qinglong Base, these 12CM diameter carbon nanotubes can easily carry a weight of several thousand tons, even if the elevator cabin exerts a terrifying amount of tension on the cable during its ascent and descent. It will cause any deformation or breakage.

After the cables were designed, they were all built by the ACS manufacturing platform. The cost can be said to be low to a certain extent, but the length of the cables required for the installation is staggering. More than 12 kilometers of CM diameter cables, just the raw materials invested. It’s enough that many people dare not even think about it.

After the construction of the first-level platform is completed, the project team will build a second-level platform on this basis. Compared with the first-level platform, the distance between the second-level platform and the first-level platform is even more amazing. According to the data reported by the project team, between the two The difference is at least 1000KM!

Building a second floating platform is the key. The space elevator project team also needs to maintain the height and position through a floating device and a propulsion system. The first-level platform method is somewhat unreliable. At this time, the project team used The spar engine thrusters are currently very mature on the Origin Star.

The aeronautical equipment uses thrusters to ensure safety. More than 100 spar engines will be installed simultaneously under the secondary platform. Because it is thousands of kilometers away from the ground, the thruster effect at this time will be even better. Under normal circumstances, It is not necessary to fully open it, unless it is fully loaded with goods being transported from the orbital station above.

After the construction of the second-level platform is completed, high-strength cables such as carbon nanotubes are used to connect the first-level and second-level platforms. This is considered to have completed a stepped task.

The next step is to repeatedly build more platforms, and follow the same method to continue building more platforms and cables upwards. Each platform is higher than the previous one. Each platform will become a "ladder" of the space elevator. Gradually send the elevator cabin into higher orbits.

Above the last platform, an orbital station will need to be built. This station will be located in the synchronous orbit of the Blue Sea Star. The actual distance is smaller than that of the earth, about 32000 kilometers. The orbital station will serve as the end point of the space elevator. It is also the gateway to deep space, so this project cannot be sloppy at all. The association directly took over the project and delivered the orbital station ten days ago.

The Blue Star Synchronous Orbital Station is named "Panshi Station", and its space part also includes other facilities, such as maintenance and repair workstations, scientific research laboratories, space tourism facilities, etc.

These facilities are basically located in orbital stations in geosynchronous orbit, and can also be distributed on ladder platforms of different heights on cables. Currently, the space elevator project team is still in its original stage - that is, the stage of building a floating platform. Chen Lin saw the news At that time they were erecting the third level floating platform.

Chen Lin clicked on some details in the document, which mentioned the design of the elevator cabin.

The elevator cabin is the part of the space elevator used to transport passengers and cargo. It moves up and down along the cable. It can be driven by solar energy, spar engines or inertia, because carbon nanotubes are spaced a few meters apart to maintain the acceleration of room-temperature superconducting materials. Buffer part, so the entire elevator cabin is actually driven by its own engine, which is just started when landing.

The design of the elevator cabin not only needs to consider factors such as efficiency, safety, comfort, etc., but also the distance between the two places is not hundreds or thousands of kilometers on the conventional ground, but 30,000 kilometers between the Blue Star ground station and the orbital station. With a length of more than 100 kilometers, its design must be extremely strict and standard.

The priority when designing this thing is that it needs to adapt to the extreme space environment. It needs to be able to withstand the impact of micrometeoroids and space debris, while also resisting radiation and temperature changes.

The cabin adopts a multi-layer structure, with the inner layer used to maintain a comfortable temperature and air pressure, and the outer layer used to protect the interior from the external environment.

Because Blue Star has used underwater high-speed elevators before, the project did not take much effort from the project team. They applied some of their experience in underwater high-speed elevators to the space elevator cabin, and found that it was surprisingly consistent. standard.

When the underwater elevator was originally designed, the most important thing to consider was safety, and this was also applied to the space elevator cabin. This thing is equipped with an emergency braking system, a life support system and a communication system, so that it can quickly take action in the event of an emergency. Measures - In fact, this is indeed necessary. After all, the elevator cabin and the underwater high-speed elevator themselves are full of dangers. Once an accident occurs, the lives of the passengers inside will basically be in danger.

However, compared to the underwater high-speed elevator device, the space elevator cabin has more chances of survival. After all, this thing is not going underwater. No matter how bad the surrounding environment is, as long as it passes through the atmosphere, the risk is already reduced. A lot.

After the multiple protection measures under the complex design are activated, this thing is similar to the elevator used by high-rise users.

Chen Lin pursed his lips. According to the current construction progress, it will take at least half a year to complete the entire space elevator project. This is based on the association's full support.

He had some time to wait.

(End of this chapter)