Otherworld Girl Development Guide

At the Lagrange point, the Tiangong space station is preparing to deliver supplies.

Just like a relay race, the mass accelerator delivers supplies from the ground to the Tiangong space station, and then accelerates them via Tiangong's magnetic orbit to the moon.

Inside the Tiangong control room, the controllers are making tense preparations for launching the first batch of cargo—materials for building the interstellar logistics tower—to the moon.

To facilitate the timely delivery of cargo, the space station's magnetic orbit acceleration track is aligned with the direction of the moon.

"The track is performing a self-check..."

The commander said softly that the control personnel who received the order would power on the magnetic rail acceleration track, but the current would be very small, only used to check whether the superconducting accelerator on the track was operating normally.

After confirming that the track is operating normally, staff use a robotic arm to send the container into the acceleration track.

"Commander, cargo is ready and launch is imminent!"

"Launch countdown: 3 minutes..."

"Yes, sir! Three minutes until launch!"

The space station's supercomputer began calculating the cargo's launch trajectory.

The thrust of the cargo launch cannot be too great or too small. If it is too great, the cargo may become a "shooting star". If it is too small, it may be affected by the gravity of the star and deviate from its orbit. Therefore, the launch force should be just enough to allow the cargo to be captured by the gravity of the moon and then land at the location of Guanghan-1.

"Tiangong Cannon, Level One Preparation..."

The current flows into the superconducting cannon... in the superconducting acceleration orbit.

"Tiangong Cannon, Level Two Preparation..."

The supercomputer completes the trajectory calculations and adjusts the Ampere force on the acceleration trajectory.

"Tiangong Cannon, Level Three Preparation..."

The coordinates were input into the chip inside the cargo container. After all, over such a long distance, the cargo container itself needed to be able to maneuver and change course to ensure that the goods could arrive at their destination accurately.

Theoretically speaking, this thing is no different from a precision-guided artillery shell; the biggest difference is probably the warhead.

"Heavenly Craftsman Cannon, fire!"

Propelled by Ampere's force, the cargo container flew towards the moon.

"Next shipment, prepare! Launch!"

Box after box of prefabricated modules and materials flew toward the moon via the Tiangong space station's accelerated orbit.

Within minutes, at least three hundred tons of infrastructure materials were launched.

During flight, these cargoes continuously correct their flight trajectory by reconnecting with the chips inside the cargo container.

After arriving at the moon, it will be captured by the moon's gravity and fall towards the lunar surface. It will then be guided by three triangulation devices pre-buried near Guanghan-1, preparing to crash near Guanghan-1.

What the rabbit needs to do is to continuously launch a large number of prefabricated modules to the moon. Only when there are enough resources to build a lunar research station that can accommodate a hundred people will it send people to carry out construction.

The advantage of this is that it can reduce time, allowing space engineers to directly establish interplanetary logistics centers and research stations.

After launching all the cargo, the commander watched the departing containers and said with a smile, "This is our last shipment, right? Now the space engineers should be setting off."

In the Tiangong spaceport, three White Bird spacecraft are preparing for launch. What they are carrying in their hangars is not an iron ball, but an upgraded version of the iron ball, a "steel tank" equipped with tracks!

These steel tanks are essentially iron balls with track modules added underneath, which makes their off-road capabilities and load-bearing capacity even stronger, easily transporting heavy cargo to their destination.

"Tower... This is Shiratori-1, requesting departure..."

"Control tower agrees..."

Upon receiving the order, Shiratori-1 disconnected from Tiangong and flew towards the moon.

"Tower... This is Shiratori II, requesting departure..."

"Control tower agrees..."

Upon receiving the order, Shiratori-2 disconnected from Tiangong and followed closely behind Shiratori-1, flying towards the moon.

"Tower... This is Shiratori III, requesting departure..."

"Control tower agrees..."

Upon receiving the order, Shiratori-3 disconnected from Tiangong and followed Shiratori-2, flying towards the moon.

In space, three White Bird spacecraft formed a neat formation and began to gradually accelerate... The White Birds' speed increased rapidly, and upon reaching the predetermined speed, their main engines shut off, entering a coasting phase...

Inside the cabin were numerous highly trained sky engineers, each a talent in their own right.

In order to simulate a more realistic space construction environment, nearly 100 space engineers not only work in a weightless environment, but also go into the deep sea for module assembly training.

They not only need strong physiques, but also excellent mental qualities. In space construction, mental qualities are sometimes more important than physical strength.

Chapter 38 Lunar Research Station (8/15)

Moon.

Site selection for Guanghan-1.

The ground around it is filled with a large number of cargo holds. As a mature cargo hold, it is essentially a drone and should learn to organize itself.

The rear hatches of the three White Bird aircraft opened, and the "steel tanks" inside the hangar were lowered down.

The first thing these steel tanks did was to remove the wireless power transmission equipment and photovoltaic power generation equipment from their cargo holds.

The solar power generation device, made from fractal silica, converts sunlight into electricity and charges the working steel tanks via an infinity transmission tower.

It's quite impressive to see 25 steel tanks working together on the lunar surface.

One hundred space engineers are working in four shifts to build the first building on Guanghan-1, which will also serve as the living quarters on the ground.

It is impractical for personnel to live inside the Shiratori spacecraft long-term; not only would it be inefficient, but it would also waste the spacecraft's carrying capacity.

Therefore, space engineers are working day and night to build the living quarters for Guanghan-1...

Space engineers opened the containers one by one, took out the prefabricated modules, and then assembled the living quarters like building blocks.

The entire living area covers 500 square meters. With the support of Tiangong, it has a permanent staff of 100 people to build the ground part of Guanghan-1. As the living area continues to expand, the number of engineers who can reside there permanently is also increasing.

After obtaining the geodetic data of the area surrounding Guanghan-1, the rabbit decided to first seal the entrance of Guanghan-1, blocking all the gaps to maintain the airtightness of the entrance.

Then, an elevator will be built at the entrance of the cave, and construction will proceed from bottom to top. The first thing to do is to build a fusion reactor underground, using helium-3 as the material, which can be mined locally, instead of transporting deuterium and tritium from Earth.

The construction of Guanghan-1 from the bottom up was truly a century-long project.

"Let me see, the foundation is in container hold number three..."

A sky engineer looked at his mission and drove his steel tank toward container number three.

Soon, the container identification system located container number three. After opening the container with the robotic arm on the steel tank, the prefabricated modules were taken out and driven to the designated location.

The shipping containers themselves are also made of materials from the Guanghan No. 1 base, so that all transportation capacity can be used.

With a creaking sound, the steel tank carried the prefabricated modules while its tracks crushed the pattern of the moon, allowing the engineers to see their home planet simply by looking up.

"I thought working in the sky would be interesting, but I still find it a bit boring..."

As the engineer muttered to himself, he moved the prefabricated modules to the designated location and then used the welding gun on the robotic arm to weld the prefabricated modules to the main body of the living area.

The surrounding steel tanks moved over like ants carrying house, transporting prefabricated modules one by one, and then welding them onto the living structure.

"Everyone, be careful! The container is coming!"

The foreman's voice came through the communicator, and all the steel tanks immediately stopped what they were doing and took cover in the safe zone.

The space engineers looked up and saw several bright spots that stood out in the darkness of space; those were indicator lights on the shipping containers.

Attracted by the moon's gravity, the container gradually decreased in altitude. Soon, the navigation module on the container was guided by the ground navigation module, and the attitude adjustment nozzles continuously ejected working propellant to adjust its flight trajectory. Finally, as it approached the ground, the bottom nozzles used reverse thrust to land steadily on the ground.

After the first container landed, the second container followed, then the third container...

"Alright, the goods have all been delivered. Let's get back to work. Everyone, roll up your sleeves and get to work! In fifteen days, the first module of our living area will be completed..."

"Don't worry, we will definitely make sure the flag flies on the moon!"

After saying that, the space engineers continued their work, piecing together the living quarters on the ground.

A week passed quickly, and thanks to the joint efforts of the space engineers, the Guanghan-1 surface living area was completed.

Today is a special day, as we activate the first sub-living area of ​​the Guanghan-1 surface living zone... a small research station covering only 100 square meters that can accommodate four people.

The space engineers looked at the "little house" in front of them with a sense of pride; it was the result of a week's hard work.

The entire research station is divided into three floors. The basement houses the power plant and shelter, the first floor contains scientific research equipment and a lunar garage, and the second floor is a small farm and living area for personnel.

"Attention everyone, prepare for the acceptance inspection of the research station..."

Upon hearing the words, several space engineers connected the research station's power supply to the station.

The research station is powered by four photovoltaic power generation devices. Sunlight is converted into electricity to power the research station, and any surplus electricity is used to charge the superconducting battery array in the basement.

"Energy connected..."

With the photovoltaic power generation equipment connected and the scientific research station powered up, many devices began to start.

"Power equipment is normal, preparing to connect oxygen tank..."

A steel tank connects a liquid oxygen tank to the oxygen supply equipment in the living area, while another steel tank places another oxygen tank on the supply equipment.

The entire oxygen supply system has three sets of oxygen supply equipment, namely No. 1 and No. 2, and a backup No. 3 oxygen supply equipment.

The system prioritizes using oxygen cylinder number one. Once oxygen cylinder number one is confirmed to be depleted, it switches to oxygen cylinder number two and simultaneously alerts the resident, reliable personnel to replace oxygen cylinder number one.

Oxygen cylinder No. 3 serves as a backup oxygen supply. If oxygen supply equipment No. 1 or No. 2 malfunctions, the emergency oxygen supply system No. 3 will be activated.

[Oxygen supply line number one is functioning normally...]

[Oxygen supply line number two is functioning normally...]

[Oxygen supply line number three is functioning normally...]

After confirming that all three oxygen tanks were functioning properly, the space engineers fastened the protective panels on the oxygen supply system to protect it.

"Preparing to activate the research station's internal life support system..."

"Life support systems have been activated..."

As the independent life support system inside the research station was activated, the sensors located throughout the station began to work, feeding the collected data back to the life support system.

[Internal temperature, -50...]

[Electric heating system activated, starting to heat up...]