Deep Space Wandering Fleet
Chapter 394 - 392: Taipu Civilization

Chapter 394: Chapter 392: Taipu Civilization

The photos came out.

It was a pale blue planet with green vegetation, vast oceans, and snow-capped mountains... When these photos were seen, the generations that followed didn’t have much of a reaction, but these scenes stirred up tremendous emotions in the hearts of the first generation of citizens of the new civilization. It was almost an exact replica of Earth!

It wasn’t just these natural phenomena; humans also easily observed traces of civilization.

Cities, real cities!

Settlements were distributed in blocks, much like farmland.

There was also a large group of devices, as big as ants, floating in the air, shuttling between regions, probably the so-called means of transportation—the Airships!

An elderly astronomer spoke with a somewhat excited tone, "It seems they have developed real modern technology, but because the planet’s gravity is too high, this civilization has not explored the universe."

"...Instead, they have developed a transportation network centered around airships."

These scientists were fervently discussing while drafting their astronomical reports.

"Are there no satellites?"

"Yes, not even space junk. There must be no satellites."

"The potential of a civilization, to be strangled by the planet itself, what an unfortunate civilization..."

"...And who knows if the Enlightener Civilization has left any traces on this planet? With the wisdom of the Enlighteners, they must have known that this civilization would encounter such a situation."

Since our power was far greater than that of the other civilization, there was nothing for us to worry about.

Interacting with a civilization that had modern technology was still a very interesting and desirable thing. However, due to gravitational constraints, humans could not land on the surface for in-situ exploration, which was also a limitation of humans as a species. Otherwise, many people would have liked to travel there in person.

The astronomer wrote in his report, "...The surface of Taipu Star is predominantly blue, with vast oceans making up 82% of the planet’s surface, and only 18% being land and glaciers."

"The enormous oceans result in very abundant precipitation on the planet’s surface, and vegetation thrives. The average temperature is around 30 degrees Celsius, with large glaciers at the poles..."

The larger the ocean on a planet, the more precipitation it will have. Conversely, if the ocean’s size is only 60%, or even just 50% of the planet, then the likelihood of large deserts appearing on the land would greatly increase.

"We have already observed the existence of the indigenous civilization of Taipu Star. According to satellite observations, the individuals of the civilization are generally not tall, around one meter seventy in height, muscular, and their mode of walking is similar to that of gorillas, that is, they use their front limbs to assist in walking... This might be an adaptation to counter the high gravity, but the specific details of their body structure are yet to be explored."

"...They are clothed, which could indicate cultural similarities with humans."

Some civilizations do not wear clothes. For example, the Badeit Civilization, imprisoned in the Virtual World, has no gender distinction, nor do they have a sense of modesty between the sexes.

Their etiquette for meeting each other is to exchange reproductive cells.

The Badit people are physically very strong and do not need clothes to maintain body temperature.

As for the space suits they wore... well, that’s a different story, they’re hardly normal clothes.

The religious Riley civilization they once visited didn’t wear clothes either, because they were still in the primitive era, too poor to afford clothing; moreover, the warm climate didn’t necessitate clothes for shelter against the elements.

The upper echelons of the Riley civilization, the Nobles, did adopt some simple decorative customs, especially after humans traded them metal ornaments and some fabrics, which cultivated a certain tendency toward wearing clothes among them.

Jokingly, without clothes, what kind of Nobles would they be? It’s simply a symbol of decay and lack of taste!

The present Taipu civilization, it seems, does wear clothes, and culturally, they may have similarities with humans.

"... Due to the different environmental conditions of the planet, this planet has developed a technological system centered around airships and ships as the main means of transportation. Unlike Earth’s traditional land transport vehicles, which require high material performance, land vehicles are not widely used here."

That is to say, this civilization did have land vehicles, but they weren’t used on a large scale.

It hardly takes any thought to realize that in a gravity environment three times stronger, 1000 pounds would become 3000 pounds—the average car, even if able to start without any cargo, would already be overweight.

If the commonplace and inexpensive rubber tires used by humans were used, the likelihood of tire blowouts would increase significantly. Bridges and the like would also be prone to collapse since the material performance of steel and concrete would not magically improve with the planet’s higher gravity.

Especially for single-pier bridges, the uneven distribution of pressure could easily cause them to topple.

Trains could still run, barely, but could only carry less than a third of the cargo compared to Earth’s trains, otherwise the wear on the tires and tracks would increase dramatically...

If loaded too heavily, the tracks might even get squashed flat!

It’s the same reasoning for maglev trains, where the material requirements greatly increase, and this civilization has not reached the level of a third-level civilization like humans—they don’t have Super-magnetic A material. Even the new humans wouldn’t have the luxury of applying Super-magnetic A to maglev trains.

On the other hand, with an increase in air pressure, the buoyancy of the air would increase, which is beyond doubt. The proportion of increase in air pressure on this planet is greater than that of gravity, so airships become a very suitable means of transportation.

With small airships at the heart of the main transportation system, short-distance travel on this planet is conducted by airships... From a certain perspective, this civilization could even be called an Airship Civilization.

As for long-distance transportation, naturally, it’s the massive ships. Water buoyancy is equal to the weight of the displaced water, and buoyancy increases with planet gravity. A piece of wood would float in Earth’s oceans, and it would float in the Taipu Star’s oceans as well.

Thus, ocean liners as a mode of transportation wouldn’t have much of a problem; they don’t have high material performance requirements and, of course, become the preferred choice for long-distance trade.

Soon, this detailed astronomical report was delivered to the Captain’s Room.

Zhang Yuan, full of enthusiasm, discussed it with his companions for a long while, generally considering the technological strength of this civilization to be between the 20th and 21st centuries of humanity...

The shape of the technology tree appears heavily skewed; the exact nature still needs to be investigated.

Li Zhendong, frowning, said, "There’s a high probability... that they have not yet developed Controlled Nuclear Fusion Technology, they have no satellites, and it’s unclear whether they have the internet, but they should have developed radio technology. Wireless communications are also widely used."

"Our satellites have already captured some exposed radio waves... the folks in the research institute are analyzing these electromagnetic waves, which should be a globally used digital code, not much encrypted, and if we can directly decipher the language, it would save us a lot of trouble. There are also some very traditional telegrams."

Although he had already retired, he was still an old expert in the field of codebreaking. Many times, young people couldn’t necessarily surpass the experienced old experts.