The Age of the 21st Century Magazine

After the experiment, Nam Ph.D. 's group headed to the 22nd district lounge.

Dr. Nam, who brings sandwiches and drinks to the table, dips rye bread sandwiches in yogurt and eats them.

“This is pretty good. It tastes like butter yogurt.

Is it a kind of sour cream? ”

“Yes, I went to Columbia last time and brought it.

There's still a lot left. ”

“If you go out and come after a monster hunter,

The Navis diet will turn into your local food. ”

Nam slowly tasted the flavor of the thick yogurt made from goat's milk.

The sandwich has a hammock instead of a ham.

There are three ingredients in the sandwich.

Yogurt is from Columbia and Harmon is from Spain, bread and vegetables and fruit are from Korea.

It is as international as the composition of the Navis Fusion Group.

Dr. Nam, who drank a glass of raw fruit juice, picks his chin and ponders something.

It appears to be related to an engine test problem.

“By the way, I got hot potatoes.

And more to invest. ”

“Dr. Nam, do you plan to invest heavily in that fusion impulse engine? ”

“No, that's not it. We have to invest heavily in boron. ”

“Boron?”

“Yes, of course boron is the most expensive resource in the next 20 years. ”

“Boron is a lot of boron now.

It is a common material and is not used in bearing systems. ”

“No, you know how much boron goes in there?

fertilizers, boron steel, neutron shielding materials, nuclear power plants, rocket propellant fuels, etc.,

And what's going to be the most demanding part is the fusion impulse engine that we're experimenting with right now.

When this is commercialized, boron will be as important a strategic resource as oil. ”

“Oh, but if boron plates are used as propellants, they'll all be used instead of oil. ”

“Well, you're still mixing boron with rocket gun fuel.

By the way, if that engine were commercialized, it would be hot potatoes.

Looks like the propulsion plate won't hold for more than four minutes. ”

Nam ran the pad and retrieved the design data.

“Here's the laser generator.

When this high-wavelength laser breaks down the particles of the boron plate, the boron ions are generated and the propulsion force is not generated. ”

“Right."

“Now, let's get rid of this complicated theory and think about it in common sense.

The laser keeps breaking down the boron plates.

So the propellant, the boron plate, continues to crash.

Plus, it'll break faster when it's lasered. ”

“Oh, I see. That's a complete dilemma."

Hearing the description, the fusion impulse engine had a design defect from the start.

Boron particle plates become weaker as they collapse.

In addition, thermal deformation caused by the laser occurs.

Eventually, the boron propulsion plate, which crosses the threshold as seen in the test, explodes.

I began to feel disappointed when I realized that it was a mass of defects with design problems.

“Well, that's a useless engine after all.

That's good. ”

“Still, if you keep fixing the shortcomings, you'll get something useful.

If you keep digging into the impossible, you'll find a solution. ”

Hope was largely in agreement with what Dr. Nam said.

“Hmmm.. that too.

Why don't you mix boron compounds with a heat-resistant alloy to make it stronger? ”

“That's a good idea, too.

Crystallized tantalum hafnium alloy can withstand up to 4,000 degrees.

You can frame it with it. Instead, the thrust will drop and the weight will increase. ”

Ji-hoon, who was listening next to me, got caught up.

“And the monster propellant that's added to that boron plate.

Besides, why don't you mix up the ether cocktails? ”

“What? Director JiHoon, that's a good idea.

If you mix the rhinoceros monster cocktail you caught this time with the flying monster ether cocktail... "

“Oh, JiHoon, that's a good idea. ”

Dr. Nam's eyes grew as though the idea was quite fresh.

“Good. Hopefully, I'll go to war and try my best. ”

“Argh! Is that how the story goes? ”

“Haha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! ”

“No, hahaha... I-I have to make it first. ”

Hope, seeing JiHoon's evil smile, coldly sweated and replied.

Lately, the production of ether cocktails has been on the rise because Aran cares about the company.

“But this engine won't make a big one.

The boron plate can't withstand the thrust. ”

“Well, actually, Kim Jang Kimchi's team knew about it, and they had a plan to scale it up a little bit from that size.

If normal, commercialization of fusion impulse engines will not take 20 years. ”

“But there's a monster carcass. ”

“Yeah, maybe a few months... if you're fast, you'll get a good one in a few weeks.

Still, it's hard to make a large fusion impulse engine.

This is an endless way to use it militarily.

Such thoughts and hopes are the same.

Historically, once something like that was made, I thought about making weapons first.

“Well, that must be pretty troublesome. ”

“So we have to make it 200 kilos of propulsion and then react.

The higher the performance, the hotter the potatoes. ”

Nam was very passive in developing the engine.

I think we can build enough space shuttles if we build a large one.

Hope thought that was the reason for the hegemony problem with the great powers.

However, Dr. Nam's thoughts were different.

‘Our quiet rest cannot be disturbed by these toys...’

He thought so.

That's the same for JiHoon and Chang.

It did not take long to build a refurbishment engine with ether emulsion.

On the first day of December, experiments on refurbishment engines began.

“Let's start the fifth test of the BPulse XNA336 prototype.

System check, voltage check, all systems normal.

Enter laser count down.

5,4,3,2,1 Laser firing ”

Jiaying ~

The sound of laser firing is heard and a rough vortex emerges from the rear of the engine.

Shuaaaaaah!

“Increasing engine output from 22.04.

Fixed at output 25.

Engine condition very stable. ”

“Well... the first time looks good. ”

“Yes, Dr. Nam has a very stable output at the moment. ”

“All right, let's get on with it."

The output of the engine is fixed at 25 and continues to emit thrust.

Significantly lower thrust compared to 76 to 1 of the engine before retrofitting.

Instead, it gained considerable stability.

The engine continues to emit stable output even after more than 10 minutes.

However, after 15 minutes, the thrust slowly began to decline.

Shhhhhhh!

Slowly the whirlpool diminishes as I hear a falling sound.

“Engine output is slowly dropping.

Current 21.91, 20.04, 19.1 ”

After 30 minutes, the output dropped to 8.

Researcher Kim said.

“The PSM Boron unit is at its limit.

I'm shutting down the engines. ”

Shhh!

When the boron-plated laser stopped, the whirlpool engine also stopped quietly.

“Engine stopped. ”

Researcher Kim announced the end of the experiment.

Nam said with a nod as if satisfied with the results.

“Great job, team leader and team members.

This is a success. ”

“Well done, Dr. Nam. ”

The group exited the laboratory and gathered again in the 22nd precinct lounge.

“By the way, as a result of the experiment, 15 minutes is stable.

Where do I use this? ”

Dr. Nam said they all curled their heads.

In fact, I'm building an engine, and it's gone.

If the price per capita is 1 billion won and mass produced, 200 million won per capita is an expensive engine to give.

But the thrust is 150 kilograms.

There seems to be no way to make use of it.

After all, there was one idea in Chalna that hoped to give up mass production.

“Dr. Nam, why don't you add the Air Metal Cell Battery Module to create a personal flying device? ”

“Like a personal jet pack that flies through a small jet engine? ”

“Yeah, just like that. ”

“Then at least give me one billion won.

With two stable engines, that's 400 million won in total.

Plus flying computers and gyros and high-performance air metal cells.

And what are you going to do about the price of the consumables?

That's not something an individual can handle. ”

“Oh, I see. I'd rather buy a helicopter with that money. ”

“Yes, a small helicopter can afford that much. ”

The group rolled their heads again. However, there was no pointed answer.

Eventually, it was decided to permanently postpone the engine's mass production plan until its intended use.

I came to the circuit board to get out of District 22 and take a full vessel.

At the same time, a special operations team is conducting tactical exercises in the Cycle.

A shipbuilder and HGD1 launch a raid on a fictional enemy.

JiHoon sweeps his red hair to one side and smiles meaningfully.

“Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! ”

“Argh. Heh heh. ”

The hope of being stabbed in the heart burst into a nice smile.

Team leaders who ride the Shipbuilder pull out of the negotiations and take a cool stance with the Furnace Saudus.

In the meantime, I don't know if the team leaders have been working quite hard on melee training.

Hope was a bit of a crisis.

‘Oh, now I have to work hard, but I'm not kidding. ’

“Hope, the team leaders are not joking.

Shouldn't you be breaking up with the team leaders later, after practice? ”

“Hahaha, I'm still taller. ”

The hope of being stabbed by Changsoo smiled nicely.

JiHoon laughed wickedly as if he had penetrated the inner circle of such hope.

“Argh, that's what I don't know,

How do you know hope will be broken by the team leaders later?

There's a proverb that I'm on top of the original runner. ”

“That's right. There's a guy on top of the runner. Hahaha... Huh? ”

I came up with an idea in the head of hope that I was smiling over JiHoon's words.

“Dr. Nam, what if the Magun suit flies around? ”

“Haha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! How the Magun Suit flies. Huh?!”

JiHoon shook his head and opened his eyes as though it was ridiculous.

Nam stopped walking and nodded slowly.

“Now I can fly. ”

“Really. I can fly now. ”

I nodded with an absurd expression.

The Magazine Suit is equipped with a gyro for posture control.

High performance processors are already built in to act as flight computers.

Moreover, there is also a metal air cell and a fuel cell, which are both powered.

It's ridiculous, but there's no reason for the horseman to disappear.

“Then the line between the attack helicopter and the horseman will be lost."

“Maybe... that's how it goes. ”

As Dr. Nam said, I thought the attack helicopter's perimeter would soon be cleared.

Of course, airplanes that can fly supersonic with aerodynamic problems can't be chased.

“Hahaha. All right, I'll design the flight module for the suit. ”

JiHoon seems to have taken on a new assignment after the runaway yard.

After JiHoon, master of airplane modification, Nam decided to take over the flight control software.

And as always, the final test became the share of hope.

“A horse-drawn carriage.

What does it look like?

Dr. Nam, I'm really curious. ”

“You'll know when you make something.

Once we have a mass production plan for the BPulse engine.

We also need to plant a software-API, so we have a lot of work to do until we build a flight yard. ”

Nam said slowly, clearing up his thoughts.

That way, Dr. Nam-kyung decided to create a flight module for the Magun suit.

However, none of the four now knew the devastating afterstorm that this would bring after it was completed.