It was a month later when the Swentowit was liberated from the ice tower.
The sturdiness of its armor was amazing. If it was the Seagull-class or Envoy-class, after being frozen for a month, even if the people inside could lie in the hibernation cabin and survive, the entire starship would be scrapped. It was precisely because of this that experts from all countries were so excited when the Swentowit broke the ice.
If this armor could be used on the Envoy-class or the Constitution-class, it would undoubtedly improve the combat effectiveness of the Earth Fleet.
The Swentowit, which was liberated from the ice, was also quite generous and readily agreed to the request of the Earth Defense Alliance. The relevant technology was packaged and sold to Future Heavy Industries for 500 million World dollars and a small part of the loan owed to Future Bank was repaid.
That's right, it was a loan.
The Golovin people under the Golovin's mental system didn't need troublesome things like currency. They had their own set of more efficient value measurement methods, and all individuals in the system widely agreed on this standard. However, the trade between the Golovin people and the Earth civilization couldn't be done without a value measurement standard.
Golovin I chose World Yuan and asked for a seat in the World Reserve to exercise voting and supervision rights in addition to the right to propose.
This was also the practice of most World Reserve member states. After all, if the currency was issued indiscriminately, the interests of the entire economy would be damaged. However, the Golovin people didn't care about economic issues. They just wanted to ensure that the World Reserve's overissuance of currency wouldn't harm the interests of the Golovin people.
The total cost of the ice-breaking plan was 113.1 billion World Dollars. Although it was jointly funded by many countries, the Swentowit also bore 40% of the debt.
In three years, most of these debts were repaid by technology. Among them, the warp engine was auctioned for a high price of 50 billion World Dollars and was eventually purchased by the wealthy Future Heavy Industries. If it weren't for the fact that other countries considered the technology generation gap difficult to digest, the transaction price might have more than doubled.
Some people might ask why the Swentowit still had debts to repay since the warp engine was sold for such a large sum of money.
It should be pointed out that these debts had nothing to do with the ice-breaking plan but were owed elsewhere.
According to the relevant resolution made by the Defense Alliance on the issue of accommodating the refugees of the Golovin civilization, after three votes vetoed the establishment of Russia in Siberia, it was finally decided to designate a piece of land on Mars as a resting place for the refugees of the Golovin civilization.
It was impossible to survive on the bare Mars without any preparation, not even for the Golovin people.
Therefore, after discussing this issue with Jiang Chen, Golovin decided to use the method of Earth's civilization to solve the problem. He would borrow from Future Bank and then build a city for the thousands of crew members on the Swentowit.
There were basically only two materials to build a city on Mars. One was steel, and the other was graphene.
Since there was no need to weld a building a building a building a city. It was just a bit ugly. If he felt that the building was not aesthetically pleasing enough, he could add a layer of graphene or nano-ceramic insulation on the outside, which would not only enhance the strength of the building, but also increase the aesthetics.
Now the largest real estate developer in Tiangong City was Future Development, which was spun off from Future Heavy Industries three years ago, followed by the B City Steel Group controlled by B City Consortium. Graphene and nanoceramics were still the foundation of Future Heavy Industries. Although Tiangong City was open to investment, these profitable industries were still controlled by Future Group.
200 million tons of steel and 30 million tons of graphene composite materials almost made the steel plants and graphite plants in Tiangong City operate to the limit. The project took three years and more than 100 billion dollars of investment was poured into the desert. A futuristic city was built on the deserted desert.
Two months after the completion of the ice-breaking plan, the Golovin broke away from the ice, repaired the damaged parts, restarted the warp drive behind it, and moved toward the Mars synchronous orbit under the gaze of the Europa colonists.
After passing through the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, two Seagull-class ships equipped with graviton shields and heavy mass accelerators approached. After they contacted the Golovin, they took on the task of escorting the Golovin.
Although they were escorting, it was inevitable that they were vigilant. After all, the Golovin was not a harmless civilian ship. The row of mass accelerators on the side of the hull was still a bit scary.
However, Golovin didn't show any aggressive behavior, or they didn't care about the two little ants following them at all. After docking at the spaceport in the Mars synchronous orbit, Golovin I entered the spaceport through a specially designed gangway and met the mayor of Tiangong City, Hong Zewei.
"Do you see that place? That's your future home. " Standing by the floor-to-ceiling window of the spaceport, Hong Zewei smiled and pointed to the fiery red land outside the window and the small silver-white spot on it. "We have kept the relevant names on the map. You can give this city a nice name."
"A name? Then let's call it Golovin. "Golovin I nodded slightly." Thank you for everything you have done for us. According to the agreement, we will use our technology to build a shipyard in the synchronous orbit. "
For Golovin, there was no need for a name at all. However, as the ruler of Golovin, it wasn't that he didn't understand the habit of those old humans who liked to name things they had never seen before.
"This is not urgent. It won't be too late to talk about this after you settle down." Hong Zewei smiled and said in a friendly manner, "Golovin, is it? I will help you register it on the colonial map. In addition, according to the colonial law, all people who enter Mars must register their identity information. Your situation is a bit special, so we don't need to register, but we must take the liberty to ask, how many people are on your ship? "
"Five thousand people."
"Five thousand people … We will prepare the supplies needed for five thousand people for a month, including water, liquid oxygen, gas, and nutrient supplies. The market of Tiangong City is open to you at any time. If there is anything else you need, please be sure to let me know, "Hong Zewei smiled slightly and said in a friendly manner.
"We will buy these aid supplies at market prices. You have already provided us with enough help. This will make us feel uneasy." Golovin I nodded to Hong Zewei to express his friendliness. He paused for a moment and continued, "Say hello to your leader for me. Golovin appreciates people who keep their promises. It seems that we will get along well before the end of the world. "
Hong Zewei paused for a moment, then smiled and nodded.
"I will convey it for you."
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