Meeting Mai Mai's puzzled gaze, the Wise One continued, "Griya hopes to recreate the glorious technology of humanity's past, but we need support.
If your side wants to build such a ring, we can provide technical services, but the construction site and resources need to be provided by your side."
Clearly, these Tech-Priests also yearned for a mega-structure wonder like a Stellar Ring, which looked very much like something for the omnissiah.
They wanted to build one of these, but obviously, they had neither the place nor the resources to build a ring.
Although the Griya Forge World could do this on the star in their own star system, the resource issue still left them helpless.
A Stellar Ring is not as simple as putting a ring around a planet.
Not to mention how such an exaggerated thing could be constructed, the resources required to build the ring alone would be enough to drain all the resources of an entire Sector.
It is literally draining, not figuratively; all the planets in the entire Sector would have to be dismantled to gather enough resources for building the ring.
Of course, if stellar matter could be extracted and converted into minerals, it wouldn't be so troublesome.
Generally speaking, almost ninety percent or more of the matter in a star system is concentrated in the star; compared to dismantling planets, dismantling stars seems more cost-effective.
However, even with the technology controlled by the Adeptus Mechanicus, they still cannot dismantle stellar matter and convert it into minerals.
However, according to the information the Wise Ones of Griya have consulted, in the ancient Dark Age of Technology, humanity indeed possessed the technology to dismantle stars, and even once sent mining teams to the galactic core, setting up huge Spaceborne Particle Excavators to dismantle nascent stars, refining elements and obtaining energy through fusion.
Upon learning of this technology, the Tech-Priests of Griya collectively climaxed and plunged into the database to search, hoping to find the STC or related records of this technology.
However, so far, they have not found any relevant technical information records.
Currently, the Tech-Priests of Griya are both searching their own database and preparing to send people to Mars to search for records of the Spaceborne Particle Excavator in the largest database of the Adeptus Mechanicus, striving to restore this astonishing technology.
As long as it can be restored, the Tech-Priests of Griya dare to pat their gears and guarantee that they can truly build the ring.
"But you haven't found this technology yet, have you?" Mai Mai looked at the Wise One in front of her, feeling that the other party was joking.
Mai Mai did not doubt whether the headquarters of the Mars Mechanicus had this technology, but whether they could unearth it… Heh heh, if the Tech-Priests could unearth it, they wouldn't have failed to do so until now.
The Wise One of Griya felt a bit embarrassed about this but still stubbornly retorted, "We merely forgot this technology in the past!
As long as we are given time, we will definitely find it!
The Adeptus Mechanicus has only forgotten and lost, not truly lost this technology!"
For Tech-Priests, losing such important technology is unforgivable, especially when it concerns a super order, they will certainly argue forcefully.
After all, they can't let a big client think that these Tech-Priests are unprofessional, having even lost their core technology, and now can't produce anything, right?
"Alright, alright, then when can you unearth this technology? Decades? Centuries? Or millennia?" Mai Mai looked at the Wise One in front of her and said with some regret, "We don't have that much time to wait for you to slowly unearth it.
If you can't find it before 999.M41, then we will have to give up the idea of building a Stellar Ring."
"Why is it this time point?" The Wise One of Griya didn't quite understand the significance of this time node.
"Don't ask me, this is the time node set by Inquisitor Alex; I can only obey his orders." Mai Mai shrugged, decisively throwing the blame to Alex, and then continued, "The matter of the Stellar Ring and the Spaceborne Particle Excavator is not urgent, but please complete the construction of the Rostov II's ring as quickly as possible; we are waiting for it to develop the Sub-Sector!"
"Please rest assured on this point.
As long as there are sufficient mineral resources, we can complete all construction work within ten years." The Wise One of Griya was very serious about the business that had been agreed upon.
While making assurances, he also specifically stated, "We will send a technical team for an initial investigation to confirm the construction plan and also to confirm where to mine.
All these need to be confirmed beforehand."
Even housing renovations in the 3k era require a lot of preliminary coordination, let alone building a huge ring.
It should be known that this is a planetary-scale ring, and depending on the requirements, the modules set on the ring will also differ, from hydroponic farms that can meet the food needs of the entire Sub-Sector to orbital shipyards and supporting facilities.
All these specific requirements need to be confirmed beforehand before construction can proceed.
"Of course, we warmly welcome the Adeptus Mechanicus's technical team to Rostov II." On this point, Mai Mai naturally expressed welcome.
He hadn't forgotten why Alex had sent him so far to Griya to place the order.
"Very good, it seems we have reached a consensus on this point." The Wise One of Griya was very happy, then nodded and said, "Soon, Wise One Kristen will board this ship with her technical team.
She will temporarily act with you."
Griya indeed attached great importance to this order, and the technical team dispatched was the best on Griya.
However, hearing the Wise One of Griya say that this technical team would take a ship, Mai Mai was stunned for a moment, then asked, "Does this Wise One Kristen not have a Forge Ship?"
Generally, those referred to as Wise Ones usually have their own Forge Ships; some more affluent ones are already operating Forge Arks.
"No, she does, but her Forge Ship is currently undergoing upgrade and modification and is temporarily unavailable." Mentioning this, the Wise One of Griya was a bit embarrassed but still explained, "Wise One Kristen has a somewhat peculiar temperament, and her team also has many members who have similarly achieved the title of Wise One.
To accommodate the entire technical team, Wise One Kristen has carried out a comprehensive upgrade and modification of her Forge Ship, which is not yet completed.
Therefore, they can temporarily only borrow your ship; please be understanding."
"Alright, it sounds a bit troublesome, but as long as the Wise Ones don't mind that this ship is only a frigate, I don't think there will be any problem." Mai Mai didn't think there was any problem with hosting a group of Tech-Priests; as long as they were willing to take the ship, he would let them board.
"That would be excellent.
Wise One Kristen will contact you shortly." The Wise One of Griya nodded, then bid farewell and left.