Chapter 240: Compradors And Self-r&d
“Among them, such as Spaceships, advanced Material Processing Technology, mechanical Technology, and even Space Technology and Gravitational Wave Technology that Humanity currently has no clue about, and other High Technology.
All of these have very clear Selling Prices.
Therefore, it also brings another Concept, namely Star Coins, that is, Currency!”
Fan Ren lightly tapped his fist on the table, his voice somewhat muffled, drawing everyone to listen even more attentively.
“First, I want to talk about how to obtain Star Coins.
Actually, it’s very simple. The Tri-Titanium Alloy that Humanity is currently mining on Mars, Ganymede, and the four satellites, as well as Silver-like Super Metal, these are all Hard Currency on the Starfield Market with extremely stable Prices.
And obviously, this kind of Hard Currency is also the means for us Low-level Civilizations to earn Star Coins.
Why do I say that?
Next, I will talk about the Development methods of most Low-level Civilizations in the Galactic Alliance, based on the information I have obtained.”
In Fan Ren’s tone, there was ease, but also inevitably some of the style he had at the Press Conference back then.
“This is the good news I mentioned.
In the vast majority of Low-level Civilizations, perhaps due to Resources, survival, and compradorism, after contacting the Starfield Market, these Civilizations unanimously slowed down or even abandoned their Technological Development.
They use the Minerals and other basic Resources they Collection to exchange for Star Coins.
Then use these Star Coins to expand Military Equipment and other aspects.
Do not laugh at these Civilizations for neglecting one thing for another and forgetting their roots.
Take a simple example.
When the Crisis Countdown arrived 50 years ago, the Alien Civilization dispatched an ultra-small Frigate that was 20 meters long and 10 meters wide.
This Frigate’s interstellar Navigation Speed reached a terrifying 30,000 kilometers per second, that is, 10% of the Speed of Light!
At that time, compared to our Peregrine Falcon, whose highest Speed was only 3,000 kilometers per second, it was an extremely terrifying Gap.
Through our analysis at the time, this Spaceship possessed Silver-like Super Metal Processing Technology with processing Technology above the molecular level, which allowed it to maintain Structural Stability at 10% Speed of Light Navigation Speed.
At the same time, it also had a Power System called Afterburner on the Starfield Market.
This Power System used Liquid Metallic Hydrogen collected from the interior of Gas Giant Planets under millions of atmospheric pressures as Fuel.
It allowed this Spaceship to accelerate from relative zero Speed to 10% of the Speed of Light in 15 minutes.
Just this extremely terrifying Afterburner, on the Starfield Market, a set of the System used by a Frigate costs only tens of thousands of Star Coins.
According to our Human Mining Collection statistics at the time, the Ore we collected in one year could sell for 300,000 Star Coins.
In short, we only need to collect Ore, and we can purchase one such Spaceship in three years.
Besides being fast, what other capabilities does it have?”
At this point, Fan Ren couldn’t help but recall the helpless scene of Legion Commander Wang Wei back then.
“It can even single-handedly completely and utterly destroy our 5,000 Battleship Fleet from back then!
This is its terror.
This is also why the Starfield Market is so alluring.
Overall, in just three years, Humanity can possess an advanced Frigate that can defeat 5,000 Battleships.
This is the change in Strength brought by top-level Technology.
But don’t worry, these are just examples I brought up.
I am honored to tell everyone that Humanity currently possesses a new Thrust Engine Solution that we independently researched and developed, which is compatible with this Afterburner Technology.
Our Spaceships can also accelerate from relative zero Speed to 10% Speed of Light in just a few dozen minutes, and even, under the Efforts of Scientists, this Speed has reached 15% Speed of Light.”
After Fan Ren finished speaking, he clearly saw that everyone’s Emotions below the stage first rose with him, then, under his final statement, they relaxed as if breathing a sigh of relief, revealing excited smiles.
He didn’t know who started it, but sparse applause came to Fan Ren’s ears.
But soon, the entire conference hall erupted with deafening applause.
At this moment, those Engine Power Scientists who were watching this conference in front of the Display Screen all showed pride on their faces simultaneously.
This applause was for them!
After dozens of seconds, Fan Ren raised his hand to calm them, and the grand applause reluctantly subsided.
He steadied his similarly excited mood and picked up the topic that had been interrupted by the applause again:
“This is just one example, and there are many similar ones, which I won’t go into one by one here.
What I want to say is that when facing such a huge Technology Gap, we must still retain independent Scientific Research Investment, and absolutely not abandon our own Research and Development Solutions because of ‘relatively cheap’ purchasable Technology in this aspect.
Great Xia’s Development can serve as a warning.
Any Technology that we have the ability to produce ourselves is truly our own.
Bought ones are ultimately just a dream of Yellow Millet; at critical moments, the only thing we can trust is ourselves.
For this, I, on behalf of this Committee’s team, make a Promise to all compatriots of Human Civilization:
During my Term of Office, Human Civilization will always allocate no less than 30% of Humanity’s overall annual Revenue as Research and Development Budget in the Science and Technology Department.
This is our foundation, and no one is allowed to make any influencing factors unfavorable to Scientific Development!”
At this point in Fan Ren’s words, his entire demeanor changed greatly, with a hint of ruthlessness on his face, and his fists clenched tightly.
Through this period of understanding, he sensitively discovered that most Civilizations’ Crises came from insufficient Technology reserves in their hands.
Even a strong one like the Fox Civilization, which once battled the Sirius Civilization for years, ridiculously relied entirely on selling Resources to exchange for war Materials throughout the process.
In his understanding, this was a very absurd matter.
But as he said, when facing those top-level Technologies on the Starfield Market, the path of self-research and Development for Low-level Civilizations seems childish and laughable.
Actually, it is indeed the case.
If it weren’t for the Conqueror being able to freely collect Liquid Metallic Hydrogen, Humanity wouldn’t know how many years it would take to utilize this top-level Fuel.
And by that time, after contacting the Afterburner on the Starfield Market, they would have long abandoned the low Conversion Rate Nuclear Fusion Engine propulsion Solution.
Even now, Humanity’s Hybrid Power Engine Group still occupies a large amount of space on the Spaceship as Equipment.
Of course, these are minor issues.
After all, Human Civilization obtained more advanced Material Processing Technology from the Fox, and in Spaceship hull design, it can completely consider designing it larger.
