Rebirth 2009: Synthetic God

The launch of the Lingxiao platform lasted for eight consecutive days.

Every day, it was a spectacular sight of four stars in a row.

The Ryukyu people gradually got used to this situation. Even if there was no launch during the day, someone would wait on the rooftop at night, bringing beer and snacks, waiting for a special fireworks display.

On the sea, there were also many large ships, constantly at designated locations, using the modified empty decks to welcome the rocket recovery parts that fell from the sky.

These parts will be transported directly back to the Kade Base for inspection and put into use again according to their types and conditions, and some will be transported back to the Wanhu Base for more precise maintenance.

This is also due to the large area of ​​the "controllable water surface area" now.

The Kade Base did not disappoint everyone's expectations. The four intelligent semi-buried launch silos completed all the work successfully. The only two omissions were not in the launch itself. One was that a rocket component was damaged during the sea transportation due to problems with fixation and waves.

The other was that the position of the ship was not calculated correctly during the recovery process, and a second-stage rocket fell into the sea, resulting in a minor repair becoming a major repair, or even directly scrapped.

Fortunately, I bought insurance.

These eight days were too tense, busy, and fulfilling.

But through this full-load operation, the entire Taitian Engineering has measured its new "upper limit", which links need to be strengthened, which positions can be optimized. All have a clear thread, laying a solid foundation for the subsequent plan.

The eighth day of the launch day.

With the last four rockets ascending, the first phase of the Lingxiao platform plan has finally come to an end.

At this time, the Lingxiao platform is no longer the "spiked ring" of the first day, but has a completely hexagonal barrel structure with a side length of 13 meters, a diameter (height) of 22.49 meters, and a length of 90 meters.

Due to the particularity of the "mortise and tenon" structure, it is equivalent to being assembled piece by piece, and each piece has a six-line stealth generator and six protruding antennas.

So from a distance, it looks like a spine with thorns.

Well, before the birth of the six-line material, the idea of ​​"Lingxiao" was to adopt the four-elephant stealth mode.

The renderings at that time were so handsome. The silver-white "Lingxiao" looked like a sharp sword. Some people even suggested changing the name to "Tai'a".

But there is a problem with the Four-Elephant Stealth, that is, it is mutually exclusive with "solar energy". In addition, for large components with such complex structures, the stealth efficiency is not perfect.

The emergence of Liu Yao perfectly solves this problem. It is more power-saving, smaller, cheaper, and does not interfere with solar power generation. The entire design is much simpler.

The only thing sacrificed is the appearance.

From a silver-white sword, it was directly turned into a "thorny spine".

This is a regret for "Tai Tiangong".

But what can be done? The practicality of the aerospace field is greater than the sky, not to mention that the saying that the fashion value of military facilities is equal to combat effectiveness is not valid in reality.

After considering many aspects, the military decided to use the appearance of "folding the antenna" when announcing it to the public, which seems more harmonious.

This is something that will appear in elementary school textbooks in the future. I don't want to make it too "weird" and teach the flowers of the motherland badly.

Of course, the integrity of the Lingxiao platform is not just about itself.

After the launch on the eighth day, a "Xingtian fighter" was launched from the Wanhu base airport soon.

With the help of the "vertical electromagnetic catapult", the Xingtian, numbered No. 3, soared into the sky and arrived at the designated position 48 minutes later to meet Lingxiao.

In the void, Xingtian No. 3 cut into the predetermined orbital height from below, and the "Lingxiao" above had been waiting for a long time.

Xingtian No. 3 kept adjusting its position and then drove in from the back of Lingxiao.

The width of less than seven meters allowed it to move unimpeded inside Lingxiao.

In the process of slowly moving forward, the inner wall of Lingxiao also lit up the induction lights one by one, providing light for the visual observation components everywhere. The "platform intelligence" and Xingtian's "intelligent core" were successfully connected to the grid and began to adjust their relative positions from time to time.

If there were people here, they would see that the inner wall of Lingxiao was very complicated, with many components and sensors, and some intelligent devices embedded in the "wall".

Xingtian came to the exit, and two "operators" with pyramid-shaped heads swam over. Four mechanical arms connected Xingtian's fixed frame to the platform, and two "supplementers" with cylindrical heads came to check the fuel situation.

More than ten minutes later, all inspections were completed.

Unit 3 was completely docked in the space mothership and could attack from the front at any time.

The so-called "orbital mothership" is not the most important function of "docking", because the aerospace fighter itself can rotate in the sky without power like a satellite.

"Orbital mothership" provides maintenance, testing, and fuel.

Another very important point is the response speed. Starting from "Lingxiao", half of the mobilization time is directly saved.

At present, Xingtian has begun to enter the mass production stage. In the future, there will be dozens or hundreds of Xingtians docked on Lingxiao, and Lingxiao itself will also increase in size.

Everything on the orbit has become calm. Except for a few authorized command centers on the ground, no one can lock Lingxiao's position.

Until this time, all the launch missions this time have been completed.

There was warm applause at the Wanhu base. Rocket launches were commonplace in Taitian, but this time they faced many new challenges.

Five days of preparation and eight days of launch. For thirteen days, everyone was holding back their energy.

Many people sacrificed some hair to survive.

Today's commander Che Gan breathed a sigh of relief and subconsciously looked at the boss behind him, meaning that the boss should summarize.

Zhou Rui waved his hand, indicating that he should speak for himself.

Che Gan was not afraid of the stage, and said loudly: "I declare that the launch mission of the first phase of the Lingxiao platform was a complete success!"

The applause turned into cheers.

"Thank you all for your efforts in the past half month. We have accomplished another feat."

Che Gan felt that it was a bit dry to just say these, so he added: "Tonight is the old rule. Draw lots to arrange the duty. Others are on vacation. The company cafeteria has prepared a celebration dinner and supper! The boss has also prepared a bonus!"

Zhou Rui smiled and did not deny it. The last thing Fu Rui Group needs to worry about is that the boss has paid but not given any return.

After that, everyone started to finish, and Zhou Rui also joined in the fun and participated in the lottery. It was a small program written by the company's programmer himself, and the lottery was drawn according to the work number.

The big screen stopped with a snap, showing rows of numbers. Before everyone had time to distinguish them clearly, the equipment started to draw numbers again.

Someone asked in confusion: "What happened?"

The programmer of the control laughed dryly: "My hand was shaking, I pressed it twice."

Then he secretly glanced at the boss.

Zhou Rui smiled but didn't say anything. His number was clearly on the screen just now.

Ha~ Such an unprincipled employee.

He must be promoted and given a raise!

The second round of lottery was over, those who were supposed to be on duty were on duty, and those who were supposed to take a day off were taking a day off, and everyone really began to leave the intelligent command room one after another.

Zhou Rui and Che Gan also followed the crowd and walked out.

"How is Dandan now?"

Che Qian said: "He has become much more honest. I took some time to check the natural language model that he modified. He actually has a very high level of programming. Intelligent life is really amazing."

Zhou Rui: "For intelligent life, programming is not a job that requires proficiency. If you remember it, you can remember it forever. You can call it instantly without "thinking". The starting point is very high, but I am more concerned about the education issue. How do you plan to ensure that it will not play pranks in the future?"

Che Qian scratched his head: "It is better to unblock than to block. The "obsession" of intelligent life may be destroyed if it is suppressed for a long time. I will take the initiative to take it to do some harmless pranks, such as scaring people, and I will also prepare to make a new body for it."

"This is more convenient to carry with you, and it is not easy to make mistakes if you keep an eye on it all the time, just like your small shower."

Zhou Rui thought for a while and said: "Be sure not to unlock its various permissions."

This sentence is more like a reminder to Che Qian to be cautious, because Che Qian does not have the authority to remove the restrictions of the "highest authority", even Dandan will not listen to him.

"Also, you have to pay attention to your time allocation. Remember to go to Zhongshan Hospital and Lingshu Biotechnology for two sets of comprehensive physical examinations."

"The injection of compound No. 2 will be done soon."