Chapter 1759

Vickers is looking for a voyage log to find out what happened to him during his decades in the freezer.

But Vickers found that 46 years ago, the year after he entered the freezer, the voyage log disappeared. No, it should be said that there was no record.

A cold sweat ran down his cheek, and vex sat in the captain's seat with an ugly look.

After a while, Vickers calmed down and asked, "how far are we from the earth now?"

"Unknown, according to estimates, it should be more than 130 light years."

Vickers: "what's wrong? Can it be repaired? "

"Forty four years ago, when the Explorer-1 colonial ship left hyperspace to store energy in space, a meteorite hit the ship from the side. The ship was damaged, and the transition engine was damaged. The vibration caused the damage of the circuit. The core chip of the main console-3 was burned, and the main control program was messy. It took forty-four years to repair the ship, and the transition engine was seriously damaged, The main structure is damaged and cannot be repaired due to lack of necessary materials.... "

Please

If the transition engine can be repaired, they may not be able to return to the Empire. But if the transition engine can not be repaired, they will not be able to set foot on the journey of returning. 130 light-years, it may take thousands of years to return to the Empire only by plasma engine propulsion. On this premise, they found the right direction.

What should I do?

Sitting in the captain's seat, vex frowned

They are now 130 light-years away from the Empire. In the universe, the effective communication of quantum signals is 10 light-years. No matter how far away they are, a signal relay station must be established. No matter how hard it is, a signal repeater can be sent to the universe.

However, since 44 years ago, the AI of the Explorer-1 colonial ship has been offline. That is to say, except for the flight plan, the ship has no signal repeater to send to the universe. Between the ship and the Empire, there is a signal blank area as high as 90 light years, so the signal can not be transmitted, let alone the distress signal.

If you can't return, you have to move on

Now there are 100000 people on board in the freezer. As the captain, he must take these 100000 people to live.

"Number one, what's your opinion? We can't go home now. We can't ask the Empire for help. We have to save ourselves. We have to find a way to live. "

No. 1 is Explorer No. 1, the name of AI, which is what vex calls it.

"We are about to arrive at a strange star system. After optical observation, there are 14 stars in this star system, three of which are earth like planets. One of them has something similar to vegetation on its surface. This planet may be a habitable planet, so we can investigate it and search for whether there is intelligent life. According to imperial decrees, when encountering intelligent races, We should try our best to avoid conflicts and not colonize the planet where there are intelligent races. "

Looking up slightly, Vickers looked out of the window. Outside, there was only the Dark Universe and the dim stars. The naked eye could not see the distant star system, only the brightest star.

"How much longer will it take us to reach the target star system?" wicks asked

"1562 hours..."

Is that more than two months?

With a thoughtful look on his face, Vickers said: "I need to pick up a wake-up list immediately. I need technicians, researchers, and capable people. The accompanying defense team should also wake up. The total number should not exceed 500. They have to adapt to the current situation. We still have a lot to do..."

For shipboard AI, a wake-up list is just a flash.

As soon as the order from vex was given, one by one, the cover of each freezer was opened, and people who had been sleeping for more than 70 years woke up one by one.

"Please follow the beacon and gather at restaurant three. Captain wicks has something to say. Captain dray, please report to the bridge immediately..."

Just wake up from the freezer, people are at a loss, the memory of the brain appeared a moment of confusion.

When they come back to their senses, the people who wake up in the freezers gather one by one along the guide beacon to the No. 3 restaurant.

Two hours later, bridge main control room

With a salute in his hand, dray said in a loud voice, "Captain wicks, dray reports to you."

He was dressed in a silver gray uniform. He was very energetic. He didn't look like the man who just came out of the freezer.

He picked up his hat from the console. Wicks went out and said, "come on, say it on the way."

In the bright metal passageway, two people walk in front of each other.

As he walked, Vickers said, "dray, we're in trouble."

Trouble?

With a puzzled look on his face, DEX asked, "what's the trouble?"

"We've been in the universe for 69 years, we've deviated from our planned course, and we've come to a space far away from the Empire. Now the spaceship is broken down, the jump engine is damaged, and it can't be repaired. Do you know what that means?" wicks said

There was a slight change in his face, and dray certainly knew what it meant.

It means that they are alone and drifting in the universe.

"How?"

Delay can't believe it. It's 69 years since he woke up?

Wicks knew how hard it was to believe the news, but he had to tell the truth.

With a dignified look, Vickers said calmly: "it's a fact that a meteorite hit the spaceship, causing all the consequences. Now we can't contact the Empire, and we can't return to the Empire only by our own strength. We can only move forward and find a place for us to live. Fortunately, we are lucky enough to have a star system in the starry sky not far away, There is an earth like planet in this stellar system, which may be our home. That's why I wake you up. "

A habitable planet?

It's really good news. It's better than wandering aimlessly in the universe.

It was half an hour later when Wilkes took dray to restaurant three.

At this time, all the people who were awakened basically came to the No. 3 restaurant, with 500 people, no more than one, and no less than one.

When Wilkes appeared with Deley, everyone looked at Wilkes.

Everyone knows that Vickers is the captain of the ship. Here, Vickers is the supreme leader.

Standing on a high platform and facing the public, Vickers said in a loud voice: "this journey is not smooth. We did not fail, but we did not succeed. Because of the failure of the spaceship, we deviated from the course and flew in the universe for 69 years. Now we are far away from the Empire, unable to communicate and send out distress signals, The jump engine has also been damaged, and the way home has been interrupted. We have to move forward and find a new home. "

As soon as the words fell, people were in an uproar and looked at each other, some of them couldn't believe it.