Chapter 49: The Quiet Earth-Moon Lagrange Point L2 (Part 2)



Grid news: 5 hours ago, the remnants of the space army launched an unknown number of air bombs in the direction of DG-46-101 in an unknown area of ​​Jupiter's orbit.

"DG-46-101" was a navigational positioning method widely used during the Community era, re-segmenting and encoding the solar system's ecliptic plane. Its full name is "Standard Solar System Chart." Limited by the aerospace technology of the time, spacecraft were restricted to operating along limited routes. Once they strayed from the routes meticulously calculated by actuaries and artificial intelligence, they would have difficulty reaching their destinations.

"DG" means "Earth orbit" and is also a star map standard. The "G" here refers only to planetary orbits. If it is a satellite orbit, it will be marked as "H", but some people often read this directly as "ring", and the area near the sun is specifically referred to by "00"; "46" means "the 46th sector centered on the sun". The number of sectors varies for different celestial bodies. The earth has 721 sectors, while the moon has only 16. This division is mainly related to the frequency of human activities and has little to do with the size of the orbital radius; "101" means "the 101st level", which represents the distance from the center of the sector. Generally, every 100 levels means one astronomical unit, but it is worth noting that these levels are only accurate and effective within a certain range. Lower or higher levels can only give a vague direction, and cannot be accurately positioned. The specific situation must be determined according to the first two initials. Each standard solar system star map will mark this range.

An "air bomb" is a small hydrogen bomb used to clear debris from shipping lanes. The light and heat generated by nuclear fusion can heat and push away the heavy gas stored in the outer layer of the bomb - usually neon - to convert it into a medium for shock waves. The rest is easy to imagine.

Qin Zhongquan, well-educated, understood the message instantly. He retrieved his spacecraft's orbital data from the flight recorder and applied a fuzzy algorithm to the grid information, ultimately arriving at a roughly 40% probability of a confluence.

The probability of such a collision is incredibly high in the vastness of space, so it's hard not to assume they're headed for the L2 debris cloud. If they were just ordinary stray bullets, the probability of them hitting any concentration of matter would be no more than one in a million.

Qin Zhongquan shook his head regretfully, commanding his men to speed up while activating the back thrusters and returning to the spaceship. In fact, from the moment he obtained this high-yield intelligence, he had been well aware of the potential for mishaps. In other words, completing the first half of his work safely was already beyond his expectations. He didn't believe his luck was good enough to make a killing here, allowing him to retire with just one vote.

About four hours later, the last batch of cargo was delivered into the cabin, and the third-generation fluidless optical radiation thruster was immediately activated, driving the spacecraft away from the fragile makeshift platform while blowing the surrounding debris of various ages into unpredictable orbits.

The stars in the distance are twinkling, which is the result of thermal convection of gas gradually spreading in the vacuum of the universe. Even though the protracted war has ended for a hundred years, the astonishing wealth created by the people of the community still tells of the prosperity of that time.

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