SWNOVELXO Chapter 1030: Employment
Five days after leaving Mercury, the Star vessel arrived at Jupiter. The group dedicated three days to exploring the immense gas giant, utilizing Magic Eyes to scan for any signs of mana. Despite Jupiter's rapid rotation, completing a full spin in just eight hours, its sheer size required the group to spend a large amount of time investigating various regions.
Regrettably, their search for mana proved unsuccessful once again. However, they did manage to gather resources from one of Jupiter's moons, Europa. The group collected water from this icy moon, hoping to supplement their ocean. Despite the vessel's growth during the exploration, its water composition remained unchanged.
To ensure there was no issue, they conducted thorough tests and confirmed that the water collected from Europa was safe to be added to their reverse… it was quite the sight to take massive blocks of ice from it.
With Jupiter behind them, the group set their sights on Saturn, contemplating the next steps in their journey.
"Hmm, this is a problem… just using more mana will only make the traveling less stable and efficient," Rain thought.
Rain still didn't find a solution to the problem of speed… even though they could move dozens of times faster than the planets of the solar system, they still needed more to actually consider leaving the solar system…
As much as Rain and the relics knew, there was only so much they could do when it comes to magic and technology. Invent hyperspace technology was just impossible… and it was hard to imagine them bending space to use things like Teleport.
Hyperspace is commonly depicted as an alternative dimension or subspace that coexists with our regular space. It may have different physical laws or properties that allow for faster travel than what is possible in normal space.
The primary purpose of hyperspace is to enable FTL travel. Ships or objects that enter hyperspace can cover vast distances in a much shorter time compared to traveling through regular space. This is essential for interstellar travel within a reasonable timeframe.
Hyperspace travel often comes with its own set of challenges, including the need for precise navigation. Misjudging coordinates or encountering obstacles in hyperspace can lead to disastrous consequences, such as collisions with celestial bodies or getting lost in the vastness of the subspace.
"I can tell that the overseer is watching somehow, probably because we have a lot of people here," Sakaki said. "Still, it doesn't seem like he is going to help solve problems like this."
"I wasn't counting on that, I am counting on your guys free time to come up with solutions, but you keep disappointing me…" Rain said.
"So harsh and unreasonable…" Sakaki said.
Rain kept thinking about that but nothing came to mind… in the end, it seemed that this issue wouldn't be solved that easily. Still, he had to find a solution since once they leave the solar system, the time traveling between planets will skyrocket.
"You look troubled," Esmeralda said when she suddenly appeared at Rain's house alone. "Are you still dealing with the problem of speed?"
"Yes," Rain said.
"A change of pace could help you with that," Esmeralda said and then grabbed a notebook. "There are still five thousand people that need work to do here, you helping me with that should be a good change of pace."
"How convenient and cunning," Rain said. "Anyway, we need to start by asking what do we need right now."
Rain didn't expect that he was going to play real life civilization while doing spatial exploration, but life is a box full of surprises. One can never tell what kind of curveball they will receive from life…
"Anyway, what kind of people are those five thousand, do they have any specialties? What is their age range?" Rain asked. "Did you already consider giving them tasks like learning new skills?"
"Most of them are kids between ten and fifteen, a bunch of families decided to join us, but a very small number of them had kids that were younger than ten," Esmeralda said. "They were afraid of the chance of the failure of the mission, after all."
"We don't want to force them to become fighters only, so we will have to give them some options," Rain said. "Aside from that, what do we need?"
"While we have a decent force, we don't have many people that can forge weapons or create defenses, we don't have many people that can teach them that either," Esmeralda said. "Still, becoming blacksmiths could be a good start for them."
"Since that is the case, they will have to learn most things by themselves," Rain said. "We don't have many materials either, so they will have to learn how to forge things with some help of magic as well… Maxime, can you compile your knowledge in some notes easy to follow? We need to teach those people the basics of magic and forge for that to happen."
"I can, but I don't have hands to write anything, teaching the basics is simple enough with some gravures as examples," Maxime explained.
"I will find someone to help you with that," RAin said. "This is the second option, what would be the next option?"
"Until now, we didn't have to fight, but we might have to… a lot of people know now basics of healing, but that consumes mana," Esmeralda said. "Perhaps we need to teach how to craft health potions as well and stock them up while we can."
Rain nodded in agreement with Esmeralda's proposal to teach the community on the Star vessel how to craft health potions. Still, he acknowledged the difficulty of the task due to the various components involved in potion-making. The challenge was to simplify the process for newcomers while considering the limited resources and time available.
Esmeralda highlighted the time-consuming nature of growing and maintaining the plants needed for potion ingredients, emphasizing the need for daily attention. Rain knew a bit about that, and emphasized the importance of teaching the community how to monitor and care for them regularly.