Sandora is a forceful person—at least when it comes to imperial affairs. After deciding to call the Death Garden system to help the exiles re-establish contact with the Fifth Fleet, she immediately notified little Artemis through the spiritual connection. It happened that the Death Garden had just completed a routine maintenance, and now all components are in the activated state Not yet closed, ready to perform tasks at any time.
Of course, there is nothing wrong with the exiles. Ever since they received the last communication from the Fifth Fleet in the early hours of the morning, all their communication equipment has been operating at full power, and there is no need for any preparations.
The only thing that needs to be prepared is to build a temporary conversion device to rewrite the communication protocol of the Exile Fleet into a data mode that can be recognized by the Death Garden system. The data modes used by the two are too different. The random distribution data protocol seems weird to us. To translate the two kinds of data into each other in real time without a mapping database requires a lot of calculations, so Sandora decided to use it in the Garden of the Dead and the planet Kerudak. Each installs a Xiling host for auxiliary computing. The Death Garden will be ready soon: there are more than two idle hosts in the system at any time in case of emergency, and we called Bubbles over—she is in charge of it herself. The more difficult end is more secure.
There is a comm array on Kairudak, and one of its data ports happens to be in this "capital building", which saves us a lot of trouble. According to the council, the large communication array deployed on the surface of the planet was directly dismantled and refitted by the engineers from the escaped spaceships. It is already quite old. It's going to be a bit of a problem to run - after all, they haven't built anything comparable to what the Empire has built. There is no way to use these ancient equipment, because they can't make new arrays at all for the time being. Don't think that a communication array is as simple as an antenna. The communication technology that can stably transmit signals across the void is very complicated, especially the large-scale array used to maintain contact with the Fifth Fleet. The difficulty of manufacturing is far from what it is now. The exiles can bear it. They can build colony stars, space traffic networks for space travel, star ports and various space docks. But a large-scale cross-void communication device cannot be built, and all their basic industries related to it have been lost, although the good news is that the drawings and materials are there. But the bad news is that they need to rebuild these basic industries starting from the molecular cracking-transfer machine for mining. Since they don't have the sky-defying host technology of the Xiling Empire, they are making slow progress in rebuilding their own basic industries. Um. These are all off topic.
The second floor of the parliament building (by the way, I don’t know how to distinguish between up, down, left, right, and the current floor in this weird building. This place is as intricate as an insect’s nest. It was only when the “parliament” told us that I knew it was on the second floor) It is where the data terminal is located, a large computer room full of weird equipment. It sounds weird to put this kind of thing in a government office building, but the council told us the reason for this arrangement: she herself is a huge consciousness aggregate with strong information processing capabilities, and during the exile of the fleet, she also She once controlled the entire planetary fortress as the central host, so she can undertake very heavy data processing work. Now the exiles' new home has just been established, and all kinds of facilities are very incomplete, so she has personally assumed the responsibility of unifying the entire galaxy data network, so the parliament building itself is the interface she uses to connect to this data network , of course there will be such a computer room here.
Therefore, Sandora's evaluation of "Parliament" is: a copycat version of Xiling host. Although there is no engineering function and mystic calculation function. But in terms of pure computing power, I'm afraid it won't be much worse than making bubbles.
The central computer room is very spacious, and because most of the data deduction is done by the parliament itself, there are not many terminals in this computer room for personnel to manually control. It is only used as an interface to connect the "parliament" with the information network. Existence, so it appears more empty. In the elliptical cabin full of Tobelu Zerg style, there are dozens of gray-black modems along the metal walls. These modems are as tall as a person, with smooth and round shells, without any buttons or panels, only some green symbols that slide across the surface to indicate that they are running, and the appearance of the modem looks like several different sizes and shapes. The ellipsoidal geometry blends together, which is Toberu's tech style: they like to make their equipment shells as sleek as their insect carapaces. In the center of the computer room, there is a large piece of equipment with a... quite abstract shape.
If I have to describe it, it is that several spheres or ellipsoids are piled up on the ground in a disorderly manner, and they are connected with each other by light beams. Green symbols and data are quickly refreshed on each sphere. Because of this weird shape, seeing them At first glance, I almost thought the balls were falling from the ceiling...
Bubble is sitting on the top of the largest sphere. The shell of this sphere has been opened, revealing the inner structure shining with dark green light below. The light point: She has successfully established a connection with the exiles' data network, and is now learning the information combination method of this system and downloading the root dictionary. It can be seen that she is very bored with this work, and muttered again : "I said, don't you just complete the grid connection as soon as possible?"
Bubbles was speaking to the "Parliament", which was standing next to us. At first, I thought her image couldn't leave that kind of hall. I didn't expect that the high-level Zerg of Toberu could not even use similar quality projection technology. After research, the "parliament", an incorporeal soul creature, can use this technology to act like a normal person, and even have physical contact with the outside world. However, the "mass projection" developed by the Toberu tribe still has flaws, that is, it cannot leave a fixed projection generator, and the council itself does not have the ability to perform multiple shadows, otherwise Tavel will definitely have a lot of problems with the latter. common topic.
The grid connection mentioned by Bubble is of course to allow the exile fleet to be mounted on the imperial network, and this work has actually started. But it has not been completed yet, and Paobao is very resentful about it—especially now, because she is not connected to the grid, she needs to use the most primitive method to learn a set of algorithms for a relatively simple and backward data network in her opinion, which seems to make her get used to it. People who have used 100M optical fiber to surf the Internet independently suddenly experience the same aggrieved experience as a 512K dial-up Internet connection. The "Parliament" could only shrug in response to Bubble's complaints, and continued to wait for the completion of data synchronization. This process took more than ten minutes, and with the computing efficiency of Bubbles, it took more than ten minutes to learn the algorithm of the Toberu-style data structure. It can be seen that although the latter's technology in this area is not as good as that of the empire, it is indeed quite high-end.
"There is no suitable slot, and the crystal oscillator interface is not supported. It is not compatible with the No. 6 protocol, and it needs to use other people's own energy...Even a temporary adapter needs to be designed and processed on site..." Bubble jumped off the modem and lowered his head Open your hands. Several rapidly changing lights flickered in her hands, and gradually formed the appearance of some small equipment. At the same time, she was still muttering, "If the child's father didn't ask, who would take this kind of work, work The environment is too harsh... at least give me a temporary slot... "
"She talks a lot of nonsense," Sandora turned her head slightly and muttered to me, "but I can only express my understanding: Bubble is not used to working without a host slot, and she feels insecure."
I nodded my head in understanding. Because Tobelu technology uses a completely different data interface, and the power supply module here in the parliament building also has problems. The slot of the conventional Xiling host is useless here—it’s not that it can’t be built, but even if a host slot is placed in this computer room, it will not produce any functions. The function of the regular slot: extra Energy supply, power amplification. To enhance stability and cache the input and output data, none of them are needed here. In the end, Bubble still needs to use a temporary adapter made by itself to directly connect to the modem made by the Toberu people, so we simply let Bubble Pao is connected directly to the modem here and is working on her own energy. As a result, Bubble complained about it.
finally. Bubble made a set of small devices on the spot, which consisted of two parts. One part was a palm-sized square box with a crystal-like shell. She stuffed this thing directly into the reading window of the Toberu modem. The crystal box The end that is in contact with the modem immediately glows red, and actively adapts to the latter's connection mode; while the other part looks like an awl, with one end sharp and slender, and the other end has a swollen handle, Bubble picks up the awl and shakes it Twice, he inserted his hand on the top of his head and made a "poof".
Me: "..." I made a big fuss. Was the scene just now a little curious? !
"The child's father? Why are your eyes so strange?" Bubble looked at me strangely, and then seemed to feel that the awl on the top of his head was uncomfortable, and pulled it out with a "puchi", and inserted it back in a different angle. , "Oh, what do you think of this? The amplifier I just designed, because it is too troublesome to change the components in my body, and it is only for temporary use, so I made an external part, do you think it looks good?"
Me: "..." Well, in the end I didn't say anything, I tried to keep calm and smiled at this "child's mother" who was a rotten double-cultivator and just added a novel-hunting list-although I have seen her make some strange things. Weird cable plugged into myself while downloading stuff, but the way this external antenna is mounted... I'm still out of comment.
"The connection has been established." After half a minute, a blue light flashed in Bubble's eyes—two blue lights, and then the green symbols on the surfaces of all the modems in the entire computer room were refreshed quickly, and after a blur, a large number of symbols were inserted. Items marked with Xiling characters, the low humming sound became clearer from low to high, Bubble tapped the awl on his head, with a happy look on his face, "Ah, I didn't expect these devices to be quite durable , I thought they'd have to burn at least a third or something at that high power."
In other words, did you actually hold such a goal in the beginning? ! Don't say it in front of others!
The "Parliament" showed a very subtle expression, but in the end they didn't say anything, just waiting for Bubbles to notify the system of the current progress. Everything went well. Bubbles successfully connected to the Toberu communication array and all related information networks. After transcoding, she can transmit the data from these systems to another station located in Avalon space through the Imperial network. Xiling host, the latter will carry out terminal processing on the data and input it into the death garden system. In the whole process, the Death Garden only assumes the responsibility of sending and receiving antennas, so a set of cross-system communication modules is established. Soon, Bubbles informed us that everything was running normally, and the Garden of the Dead was sending the most powerful broadcast signal in history to the Void Quadrant, which received the distress signal from the Fifth Fleet that day. The content of the broadcast was submitted to us by the "Parliament". There is only one sentence: "This is the Fourth Fleet, the message has been received. Please reply immediately."
That's the only thing we can do right now. The communication signals of the United Fleet began to broadcast to the deepest part of the void with an ultra-high intensity that they had never thought of before. The technology used was not only unachievable by Tobelu technology, but even the highest level that the New Empire could achieve. When the expected range and information stability level of the first broadcast were displayed on the modem, the "Parliament" expressed very strong surprise and gratitude to us. This is the first time I've received such fervent gratitude from this thought-aggregate creature before me—even more than when we handed over this universe to the Exile Fleet. The previous hunch was correct, if the Fifth Fleet could be successfully saved. Perhaps we will directly reverse the Fourth Fleet's alienated attitude towards the Empire.
Of course, the parallel problem is to make the Fifth Fleet let down its guard against us.
"The rest is up to luck," Bubbles said as she adjusted her switching device one last time and came to us with an awl on her head. "The broadcast may not be answered soon, but as long as the Fifth Fleet is alive , and there are still available communication arrays, they will answer sooner or later. The Garden of the Dead has already maximized the receiving sensitivity, and I hope that the communication strength of the Fifth Fleet will not be lower than the threshold... "
Bubble patted himself on the head suddenly, and added: "I hope they reply sooner. Now my head is full of messy noises, the Garden of Death is too sensitive, and all the information is uploaded to me."
"No way, who made you the host." I shrugged, and patted the... forehead on Bubble's head. awl. This thing is too eye-catching.
"If everything goes well, I can only make this matter public to the citizens after establishing contact with the Fifth Fleet again," the "Council" explained to us on the way back to the lobby at the bottom floor, "for the time being, only A section of senior officials and the 'Parliament' know. Please forgive our caution."
Everyone understands this, and I can see that the "Parliament" is trying its best to bridge the relationship between the new empire and the exiles. She also knows that this incident is an opportunity, so she strives for everything to proceed smoothly. Before it is completely under control, it is very important to ensure that the news is not leaked to the outside world: her main concern is that if the public knows the news of the Fifth Fleet and the situation of the Empire's involvement in contacting the latter, she will finally contact the Fifth Fleet If there is no result in the liaison operation, it is very likely that a new gap will be created between the new empire and the exiles. This is very likely.
"We will notify all the stations on the border of the empire, so that the outposts are ready to pull large troops to jump at any time. If possible, we will send legions to support the Fifth Fleet—should be in time," Sandora said.
The "Parliament" showed a worried look: "The Fifth Fleet may think you are the enemy: they know nothing about the establishment of the new empire, just like us back then."
"So it depends on your efforts. After the communication is restored, you have to find a way to convince the commander of the Fifth Fleet as soon as possible. I think you should be familiar with each other and can trust each other." Sandora looked at the translucent "Parliament" face, said in an unquestionable tone.
Through the Empire Spirit Network, Sandora and I quickly completed all the deployments that we can do now: order the third army of the New Empire, which has the fastest action capability, to enter a state of combat readiness, strengthen the observation of the void at all border posts, and increase the speed of death. All the intelligence priorities of the garden system during this period of time, as well as preparing box lunches and marinated eggs for Pao Pao... Well, the last one was reprimanded by the person concerned. In fact, I just wanted to reward this girl. After all, it started today In a few days, she will be a loli with an awl on her head...
The "Parliament" is also making her preparations, such as how to compress the information that needs to be delivered into a data packet as small as possible—after establishing contact with the Fifth Fleet, the channel will definitely not be stable. It took a long time to communicate with them, so the "Parliament" now has to screen and combine several data packets ranging from simple to complex, and send the most important information to the Fifth Fleet. The expected method is to send a minimal data packet immediately when the communication is restored. This data packet includes a set of navigation signals (which can let the Fifth Fleet know which void quadrant is safe), the identification code of the Fourth Fleet that year, and Passcodes for the borders of the New Empire. Due to the large amount of bandwidth required to explain the situation in the New Empire, this smallest data packet does not contain relevant content. In this way, even if our contact with the Fifth Fleet can only last for a moment, the other party can at least retreat towards us. As for what to do after they encounter the imperial outpost - I believe that the two sides have established a stable connection by then, and the "Parliament" can explain everything clearly.
And if the communication can be maintained stably for a period of time, it would be even better. We will try to send several larger data packets, and finally try to talk to the other party directly.
But before that, it really can only be left to luck as Bubble said. RS