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On the screen in front of Tang Xiao, a giant mining spaceship at least 1,500 meters long was slowly sailing in the asteroid belt, and dozens of Mining Drones were entering and leaving.

This kind of Mining Drone has a very small body, but it has four mechanical claws that are more than 20 meters long. They fly to those asteroids, grab the asteroids directly with their long mechanical claws, and then bring them all back to the mining spacecraft.

The refining equipment built into the mining spacecraft will directly crush the asteroid finely, then extract the minerals in it, and throw the remaining impurities directly into space.

"We purchased this giant mining spaceship through the Techno Union. It is a brand-new spaceship. Then it will be leased to the Fourth Group for use, and the rent will also be mortgaged with 30% of the spaceship's production capacity." Muun said.

"Can this solve our current resource problem?" Tang Xiao asked Xu Yan.

"As long as the construction of the mine can keep up, there is no problem at all. Because in the Endor System, there is still that ocean planet that can mine a lot of resources. In addition, although the resource reserves of the other satellites are not as large It is not a planet, but it is also very impressive. It can be said that the Endor System is a unique place!" Xu Yan said excitedly.

If it is not a unique place, the Galactic Empire will not regard this place as a secret base in the future and will build Death Star 2 here. Tang Xiao thought to himself.

This is not the first time he has heard this statement, and he also feels deeply.

After finishing his inspection of the United Mining Group, Tang Xiao stopped by the direction of the Interstellar Shipyard for a turn. Now the Fourth Civilization has 2 Destroyer Docks that can build spaceships under 150 meters, and 1 is under construction; 5 Frigate Docks that can build spaceships under 50 meters, and 3 are under construction.

In addition, the production lines of Fighters were built independently, 5 of which were built in space, and the remaining 5 production lines were built on Planet Dawn but they have not yet been completed. Counting the production line built into the Mothership that can produce two Fighters at the same time, the Fourth Civilization will soon have the ability to build 10 Fighters at the same time.

Among these space projects, the construction ships of the Trader Emergency Coalition have already started to be used. This kind of engineering ship, the Raloz Heavy Constructor, is 43 meters long, equipped with a large number of construction machinery, and has enough horsepower to drag a large number of raw materials behind the spaceship for construction. There is a very flexible large mechanical arm on the top and bottom of the spaceship that can be used for construction.

This kind of engineering ship is a perfect match with SCV. The engineering ship is responsible for the construction of large parts, and the SCV is responsible for the processing and installation of fine parts.

Don't look at the SCV as a ground unit in the "StarCraft" game. In fact, this engineering mecha was originally designed to be used in space. This is a fully enclosed self-circulating engineering mecha with a low-power engine.

Tang Xiao came all the way to the scientific research space station. Now the original engineering research space station and the physics research space station have undergone a lot of expansion and have become two irregular space buildings.

But this kind of expansion is not endless. After all, the original design is not like this. The continued expansion will only make the structure of the space station extremely complicated and reduce efficiency.

So when Tang Xiao came to Professor Chi, the old man Chi Jianjun directly handed him a large-scale architectural plan - a scientific research center.

This kind of scientific research center is roughly a circular space building with a diameter of 1,000 meters and a height of more than 2,000 meters. There are also many auxiliary buildings that can accommodate more than 2,000 scientific research teams to work and live in it. Moreover, it is equipped with complete experimental equipment, which can carry out various scientific research experiments.

Tang Xiao frowned and asked, "Mr. Chi, although I understand the current needs of the scientific research project team to expand, but this scientific research building... is too exaggerated? Even if it is built, we don't have the ability to make it fully operational now. ah."

"This building is the data in the technology tree of the Trader Emergency Coalition. With the TEC engineering ship, the Raloz Heavy Constructor, we don't have any technical problems in building this large scientific research center." Professor Chi said with a smile.

"But..."

As soon as Tang Xiao spoke, Professor Chi raised his hand and interrupted him, "Supreme Commander, this is what I want to tell you."

"Tell me." Tang Xiao is a kind person. Since Professor Chi said this, he must have his own deep meaning.

"Size." Chi Jianjun spat out one word.

"Size??"

"That's right, the size." Chi Jianjun nodded, "The development of our Fourth Civilization can be said to be changing with each passing day. We have powerful Interstellar Fighters, Assault-class Light Destroyers, and Gunship-class Light Frigates. The Cobalt-class Light Frigate is also under construction. We even have complete resource collection, industrial production lines, and agricultural systems."

Tang Xiao nodded and said, "That's right, this is what I'm proud of."

"Then what do you think is the difference between our Fourth Civilization? Why can't we compare with the Galactic Republic and pretend to be a grandson in front of the Damask Holding Group?"

Tang Xiao frowned, "You mean, size?"

"That's right, size." Chi Jianjun nodded, "Now it is not how advanced our technology is that determines the strength of our Fourth Civilization, but our size. Because don't forget, even if there are many achievements, the current Fourth Civilization has a total population of less than 50,000 people.

But you know what? Just for the Cobalt-class Light Frigate that we are about to enter into service, a crew of 75 people is required. Even if the B-1 Droid can be used to replace humans, it will cause more problems. Size is the most important issue for us now. "

Tang Xiao nodded, "So when you come up with the plan for this scientific research center, you just want to tell me that although such a scientific research center is beautiful and the technical threshold is not high, it is not available for our current size?"

Professor Chi Jianjun smiled and shook his head, "No, I really want this..."

Pfft~~~! Tang Xiao didn't hold back all of a sudden and sprayed out a mouthful of tea.

"Hahahaha..." Seeing Tang Xiao's appearance, Chi Jianjun smiled kindly, as if looking at his thriving younger generation, "Supreme Commander, now the Fourth Civilization is constantly spreading its branches and leaves." Our brains should also be stronger."

"Are you talking about me?" Tang Xiao asked.

"Your brain alone is far from enough. Can you advise the scientific research department on technology? Can you advise Gullaham on people's livelihood? He came to your office and complained to you that the food production is not enough. Don't you just stare blankly?" Professor Chi asked back.