The Era of Big Mining

The Endor System, in the fourth satellite of the outer orbit of Endor, the gas giant Alprezar.

This is a satellite made almost entirely of metal, with a diameter of 1144 kilometers and a presumed weight of about 342 trillion tons (equivalent to 20 zeros after 3.42). In an easy-to-understand explanation, Alprezar's diameter is about one-third that of the moon, but its mass is as much as 500 times that of the moon!

According to the investigation and scanning by experts on the Glory Mothership, it was found that Alprezar is rich in various metals, rare metals, and even natural alloys formed under extreme natural conditions!

It is estimated that if the entire Planet Alprezar is fully mined, the resources produced can even allow the largest spaceship manufacturer in the Galactic Republic, the Kuat Drive Yards, to continue working for 10 years without interruption!

Tang Xiao took the spaceship to the outer orbit of Planet Alprezar. Instead of going down to the surface of the planet, he observed the planet through the portholes and optical sensors.

Standing behind him is a middle-aged man in his 40s, dressed in a suit and well-behaved. His name is Xu Yan, a master-level mining expert, and now he has another title - the president of the United Mining Group.

The United Mining Group is a group company jointly registered with the Fourth Group and the Damask Holding Group. It is currently responsible for the mining of the Endor System.

In fact, after learning of such abundant resource reserves on Planet Alprezar, even Hego Damask II, a powerful figure even in the Interstellar Banking Clan, was extremely excited. At the same time, he trusted Tang Xiao even more for sharing such a resource with him selflessly.

So he invested 200 million Galaxy credits directly through the Damask Holding Group and established a joint mining group with the Fourth Group. Tang Xiao doesn't pay a penny, and the main core executives of the group are all his people, and he himself owns 70% of the entire group's shares.

At this time, Xu Yan was explaining the recent mining plan to Tang Xiao. There were also several Muun people present. They were representatives of the Damask Holding Group, and they were also senior executives of the United Mining Group.

"Supreme Commander, look. At the position of coordinate, is the excavation site we originally built on Alprezar. This is a modular building that was originally preserved in the Mothership, and the scale is not large. This excavation site is still in operation now. , but the output has become less and less, and we plan to shut it down within half a year." Xu Yan said.

"Why shut down?"

"Planet Alprezar is almost entirely a metal planet. After our mining work went 1.8 kilometers underground, the rock formations we encountered were almost all metal. The equipment in this excavation site could not dig at all." Xu Yan answered.

Then Xu Yan pointed to another area on the planet. Here, even in orbit, a piece of light can be clearly seen, showing the large scale. He said: "This is our second phase of the mining project on Planet Alprezar, which has not yet been completed. At present, 100 SCVs are under construction around the clock, but the gravity environment of this planet is very exhausting for the workers. Moreover, the B-1 Droid cannot work on this planet, and the Damask Holding Group is preparing to send a group of professional Mining Droids over."

"How much will the mining efficiency be improved by the second phase of the mining project?" Tang Xiao asked.

"According to the continuous expansion of the scale, it is about 10 to 200 times. This is the technology from the Trader Emergency Coalition, and it can be regarded as a planetary mining base. But for now, this speed is not enough." Xu Yan said, the screen is enlarged.

I can only see that on the surface of the planet, several huge brackets support a super-large drill bit with a diameter of tens of meters, which is constantly crushing the ore, and then the transport vehicles next to it follow closely to transport the ore away.

"In our cooperation agreement with Damask Holding Group, isn't there also a cooperation with a planetary mining base?" Tang Xiao asked while looking at the Muen people.

One of the Muuns nodded politely and replied: "Dear Your Excellency, our engineers came over to investigate and found that our current planetary-level mining equipment is also unable to effectively mine Planet Alprezar, so we are working with Xu After discussing with Mr. Yan, he prepared another agreement."

Tang Xiao turned his gaze to Xu Yan.

Xu Yan immediately said: "We are going to build a Large Mining Space Station in the low orbit of Planet Alprezar, and later expand this Space Station into a Mining Star Ring. Afterwards, we mainly rely on Mining Lasers to cut ore, and then pulled up directly from the Space Station via a Tractor Beam for separation and refining."

He took out another paper agreement, "This mining space station and the subsequent mining star ring, we mainly produce technology, and Damask Holding Group will be responsible for the construction."

The Muun man next to him added: "The engineering team in our hands may not be the most advanced, but it is completely possible to build such a large space building. In addition to this Large Mining Space Station, we will also assist you in building two Comprehensive Docks."

"Comprehensive Dock?" Tang Xiao was a little unfamiliar with this project.

Xu Yan quickly explained: "This project is still under discussion. The comprehensive dock is still a product of the Trader Emergency Coalition. It is a large dock that can be adjusted in size and can be built for spaceships as small as 50 meters and as large as 500 meters. There are still some technical breakthroughs in the Department of Engineering and Science, and it is estimated that it will take a few months to officially start construction."

Trader Emergency Coalition... Tang Xiao nodded silently. Now the technology tree of "Sins of a Solar Empire" has begun to be fully rolled out. Two months ago, the Trader Emergency Coalition built the TEC engineering ship and put it into use.

Sure enough, on this basis, TEC's technology tree is also climbing rapidly.

This is definitely good news, because the technology tree in "Sins of a Solar Empire" is much more advanced than that of "Homeworld", and it is also more comprehensive.

"In addition, Professor Chi also gave us a mining drone, which is currently expanding production. We have built a space mine near the asteroid belt, and we mainly rely on this mining drone for mining." Xu Yan added Said, "In the long run, the asteroid belt has limited resources, but it is easy to mine and can solve our short-term resource shortage problem."

Tang Xiao nodded. Now the resource problem of Fourth Civilization is very serious. Because infrastructure construction equipment including SCVs and TEC engineering ships have been put into use in large quantities, their construction speed is much faster, and resources are needed almost everywhere.

What's more, Tang Xiao personally instructed that all resources should be given priority to the construction of spaceships, and the construction of spaceships has never stopped at all, which makes resources more tense.

Fortunately, Planet Dawn's buildings are still largely constructed with reinforced concrete, so at least the city's construction has not been slowed down.