Chapter 254
Chapter 254
Cumulative wear and tear is a type of wear and tear that may occur during the continuous use of mecha weapons. Ordinary basic wear and tear can be restored to the initial stage through the medical mecha system or repair by a repairman... The repair of cumulative wear and tear is relatively complicated. This type of wear and tear requires a detailed inspection and comprehensive renovation of the weapon core, which takes a long time. The 3-day maintenance time provided in the Star Domain Competition is not enough to repair the cumulative wear and tear.
Huo Yan: "I don't know much about maintenance, but what Sister Tang meant is that the cumulative wear and tear cannot be completely repaired in a short period of time. She suggested that we replace the spare weapons in advance."
Ying Chenlin pondered for a long time while holding the data board. "Changing two weapons in a row has ruined half of the tactics we discussed yesterday."
Huo Yan handed over another document: "And this is the list of all the replaceable weapons that you asked the maintenance team to bring before departure. Several of the new weapons have been approved by the alliance. If you want to replace two weapons, we still have alternatives. Qingfeng can take his scimitar again, and I can also replace it with the dissolving shield that you designed."
The desktop is filled with information compiled by the KID maintenance team, and all the weapons that can be loaded on site are included in the information.
Their mecha division needs to select weapons within the first two days and hand them over to KID maintenance technicians to load and unload the weapons on site.
"It's not impossible to reuse other weapons. We can study tactics after they wake up." Huo Yan continued, and saw Ying Chenlin holding the data tablet and seemed to be thinking, "What's wrong?"
Ying Chenlin put the data tablet down and said solemnly, "The weapons still need to be repaired."
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At the Asta contaminated area venue, except for the 8 core teams, the other teams gradually withdrew from the contaminated area.
YDS and other mecha technicians finished their physical examinations and returned to the rest area. Once they entered the rest area, it was much more lively. The participating teams had not left the field. Most of the mecha technicians were sitting in their own rest areas, their eyes all fixed on the maintenance sites in various areas of the field. They could see that the remaining teams had entered the preparation stage.
"Keep working hard next time." The head of YDS patted Hu Luobu on the shoulder.
Hu Luobu smiled and said, "Hey, you don't have to be so nervous. Captain Ke has already analyzed it for us when we came out. Let's go back and practice more."
Wen Yi walked over and touched hands with Ke Lin. Neither of them spoke, but they knew that some things didn't need to be said.
"Next, let's cheer for our two Shuguang teams in the second half."
Wen Yi glanced at the screen, "Next year's quota will depend on this ranking."
Hu Luobu said, "We have already made it to the quarterfinals. It would be unreasonable for Lao Zhao not to work hard to get four more places. He brags to me every day about how strong their Gale is."
The first half of the Star Domain Tournament is an elimination tournament, while the second half is similar to the ranking tournament in the Dawn Galaxy Tournament. The teams that enter the top 8 will compete to determine the top 8 rankings for the new season. This also affects the number of places for the first star domain and galaxies in the next season to participate in the Star Domain Tournament.
Black Crow Pool Liz asked, "What if they don't get it?"
Hu Luobu: "...at most we can find Chairman Li again next year and go on another Star Alliance mission to get a wild card spot."
Colin explained: "Not counting the wildcard spots and other opportunities to get a spot in the Star Domain Tournament, if KID and Jifeng want to get a spot for Shuguang next season, at least one team must be in the top four. The top four teams in the Star Domain Tournament will each get four reserve spots, and the quarterfinals will get three spots."
It is easy to get a place in the Star Domain Tournament after entering the quarterfinals. For the teams that can enter the quarterfinals, Dawn has already secured 3 places for next year's competition, but to get the basic 4 places, it must be the best to get the top 4 ranking.
"The quota is another matter. If there is no quota, we can still earn it."
Wen Yi smiled and said, "The main reason is that this time, it may be the season when our Shuguang is closest to the first place in the Star Region Competition."
The Dawn Galaxy has been ranked last in the first star field for a long time... Now they have two teams entering the second half of the game, KID is third and Swift is fifth. This is the best performance in the team battle history of this season.
Hu Luobu wiped the tip of his nose and said, "Of course not. We are the third and fifth. Our Shuguang is not inferior to Aries, right?"
Chi Liz's sight fell on KID and the Gale Team, who were neighbors in the distance. The Gale team's coach looked OK, and seemed to be discussing details with other members of the coaching staff, but Coach Jiang on KID's side seemed to have a very serious expression.
"What happened?" Colin also noticed this and asked.
YDS leader: "You didn't watch the live broadcast just now. The live broadcast overview of KID's maintenance area is not very good. Two of their weapons have accumulated wear and tear."
He was also a little worried. "The Gale has sufficient combat readiness, so we don't have to worry about their maintenance issues... Mainly for KID. According to the intelligence we have, they only have two sets of weapons. The weapons used in the Galaxy Tournament have probably been thoroughly studied by other strong teams. We are worried that there will be problems with their combat readiness."
KID is not adequately prepared and there is a high possibility that he will be targeted in the second half.
In the Star Domain Tournament live broadcast room, when the game entered the halftime, everyone's attention was focused on the maintenance sites of the eight teams. Each team's maintenance area was separated. In order to avoid the exchange of intelligence, the maintenance technicians in the venue entered the base station at the same time as the mecha technicians. They were also unable to view the weapon status of other teams in the first half. All information was shared with the mecha technicians.
A large number of maintenance technicians are carrying out meticulous work, and there are corresponding maintenance commentators on site. Specific confidential data will not be released, but the maintenance progress of each team will be broadcast to all spectators at the Star Domain Tournament through halftime live broadcast. Audiences familiar with the team can also judge what weapons their team will use in the second half by the appearance of the weapons replaced by the team.
[I just saw a lot of weapons prepared in the square over there by SHIELD. They have all been replaced! 】
【Jiazi also made changes, and the entire lineup was new in the second half. 】
[I like watching the Star Domain competition the most. I can always see a variety of combinations in one game. 】
[I don’t know what lineup the Shield will use in the second half. The Ukrainian team has different ideas every year. ◇
The maintenance technicians were making very fast progress in repairing the mecha's damage. Communication between the mecha technicians and maintenance technicians could be seen on site. It seemed that they were making adjustments while repairing the weapons. Everyone was making adjustments for the second half of the Star Domain Tournament.
The official live broadcast room happened to lock on KID's perspective and saw that KID's repair progress was slower than that of other teams.
The other eight teams have almost already taken out their spare arsenals, but the focus is on KID. They have not yet taken out the types of weapons that will be used in the second half. The maintenance technicians are still in the process of repairing the body, and there are no mecha technicians on the field. It seems that KID has not reached a unified plan yet.
In the public area of the live broadcast room, the repair progress of each mecha is displayed on the virtual panel, which is convenient for viewers and netizens to understand the current repair progress of each mecha. It can be seen that the repair progress of KID's six mechas is already more than half, but the weapon box of two mechas shows the damage icon of "cumulative wear and tear".
The commentator analyzed: "KID seems to have encountered other problems. From the data analysis on the scene, KID seems to have encountered cumulative wear and tear problems, but they don't seem to have any plans to replace their weapons."
[In a galaxy with backward resources, there are fewer options in the arsenal, right? 】
What is cumulative loss? 】
[I seem to have seen other teams also have cumulative wear and tear issues, but they don't seem to have fixed it. 】
The weapon expert saw the situation in the maintenance area and explained to the audience in the live broadcast room: "We can understand cumulative wear and tear as follows: the normal wear and tear rate of a weapon is a fixed value, but if a mecha weapon has cumulative wear and tear, its wear and tear rate will increase when it is used in a short period of time. For example, a weapon can be used continuously for 7 days under normal use. After cumulative wear and tear occurs, the time that this weapon can be used may be reduced to 4-5 days."
The commentator asked, "So that means the weapon is still usable, but its durability has been reduced?"
"Yes, cumulative wear and tear is not a rare problem. The probability of this problem occurring with high-frequency use is still very high. The process of repairing cumulative wear and tear is relatively complicated because it is necessary to replace the core worn parts... You should know that there are key points in each step of weapon design. It is easy to repair wear and tear by replacing ordinary parts, but the core parts will become incompatible if you are not careful. It is generally safer to send it back to the original workshop of the weapon and have it assembled by the original team of the weapon."
The weapons expert continued, "Look, several teams' weapons are experiencing cumulative wear and tear. The best way for them to do this is to simply replace their weapons."
[Then KID's two weapons cannot be used? 】
[That’s great. We don’t have to see Qingf’s illusion ball in the second half. This weapon is too useless in his hands. 】
[It's a pity that Yan's anti-damage shield is missing. His weapon is very useful against long-range artillery shells. If used well, it can also be an offensive weapon. 】
【But KID’s speed is too slow. 】
[It's normal to be slow. Their maintenance team probably has their first time repairing a star field race, and they don't seem to have much experience. 】
As a dark horse with outstanding performance in the first half, KID received a lot of attention.
In the large maintenance area, KID's female maintenance technician stood by and took charge of the situation. Her face was very serious, but she was not at all flustered when handling the mecha maintenance plan. Even though the overall progress was slower than others, she still took charge of the situation and led the young maintenance team to deal with this high-intensity on-site maintenance.
At this moment, everyone suddenly saw two mecha technicians of KID coming out of the rest area. One was tall and the other was short. The audience immediately understood who these two people were. One was KID’s captain Yan, and the other was KID’s medical mecha technician Sink.
After the two arrived at the scene, they started a conversation with the chief maintenance engineer Shen Xingtang, which seemed to be about the mecha weapons.
Are they discussing weapons options?
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[I guess they are changing weapons. They can only use other tactics in the second half. 】
In the slightly dirty and messy maintenance area, two mecha technicians walked in wearing combat uniforms and talked about something while standing in front of the spread-out maintenance board. KID boss Shen Xingtang pointed at the details of the maintenance board and after a few words, he saw Sink picked up the electronic pen next to him and wrote and drew on something that looked like an engineering drawing.
After they discussed for a while, the oldest maintenance technician in KID also came over, and several people stood in front of the engineering drawings and talked about something.
"Huh? Is KID's mecha technician drawing a design?" the commentator caught this.
The weapons expert noticed Ying Chenlin's actions and frowned slightly at him, but they couldn't see the engineering drawings clearly through the live broadcast angle. "I heard that Sink is also a maintenance technician."
Is this okay? 】
[That's no problem. Haven't you seen other teams where Mecha Masters are also speaking in the maintenance team? The official only limits the number of people, but does not limit Mecha Masters from interfering with the maintenance process. 】
【KID’s progress is too slow.】 】
In the maintenance area, seeing the plan proposed by Ying Chenlin, Shen Xingtang thought about it and said, "It's OK to follow your modification method, but we have to speed up the process. But we are not sure whether the problem of cumulative wear and tear will recur again."
"We won't use this weapon with high intensity in the second half."
Ying Chenlin pulled out the design draft, marked it, and passed it to Shen Xingtang: "We still have to use this weapon."
The situation in the second half will be simpler than in the first half, but we will encounter more teams and the problems will be more complicated.
Ying Chenlin had discussed with Huo Yan that they still had to fight for what they should fight for, and they also believed in their maintenance team.
After Shen Xingtang pondered for a moment, he handed the draft of the project made by Ying Chenlin to Grandpa Gu, "We will try our best to repair it according to your direction. Old Gu and I will be in charge of the project. You will be the final one. We will try to complete it in one day, leaving half a day for roundabout treatment. If we can't solve the problem after one day, we will follow the original plan and you will replace the spare weapons."
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While the star field competition was still going on in the first star field, the star field competitions in other star fields had already ended one after another.
In the PJT mecha base of the Second Star Domain, the PJT team, which had just finished the Star Domain Competition, once again defeated GBK to win the Second Star Domain Championship. As soon as Captain Norbert returned to the base, he saw the coaching team in the conference room studying other star domains that were still competing, and the competition in the First Star Domain was clearly visible.
Norbert lifted up his blond hair, found a random seat and sat down, then clicked on the KID perspective, "Has it reached the halftime?"
"Are you still paying attention to KID?" The coach leaned over. "KID's repair progress is very slow at the moment. Their team seems to be inexperienced."
Norbert didn't pay attention to these, he just clicked on the view and locked it on that side.
The midfield maintenance was already halfway completed, and KID's other mechas were still being repaired. He noticed with his sharp eyes that a young man in red and white combat uniform was stationed next to KID's hidden mecha, seemingly observing the condition of the mecha directly above.
Seeing this situation, Norbert, who is a stealth mecha master, saw the movement of sink and knew which part of the mecha he was checking.
This action seemed to be observing the situation on the left side of the mecha, but the biased position paid more attention to the weapon box... He clicked on the weapon situation in that area and saw the mark of cumulative wear and tear.
In the picture, the boy does not seem to be worried about the oil on his combat uniform. Instead, he climbs to the top of the left arm of the mecha several times during the operation, apparently recording data.
"Huh?" Norbert was a little surprised to see this situation.
At this time, the middle-aged man who had just come in from the door suddenly stopped when he passed behind Norbert.
He looked at the boy's movements on the screen and suddenly asked, "Is this mecha technician a maintenance technician?"
Norbert looked up: "Professor Mervyn."
Professor Mervyn is the chief weapons designer at the PJT base and was invited to the meeting by the PJT head coach.
The head coach next to them heard the two talking and came over quickly: "Did you see anything suspicious?"
"Sink seems to be planning to repair weapons with cumulative wear and tear." Norbert said.
"Weapons with cumulative wear and tear cannot be repaired within three days." The head coach said, "I have confirmed this with our maintenance technician."
Norbert responded briefly, and glanced at Professor Mervyn next to him, who seemed to be still observing Ying Chenlin in the picture, as if he was looking at something.
"Professor Mervyn?" Norbert asked curiously.
"He's not repairing the accumulated wear and tear. It's not difficult to repair the accumulated wear and tear, but it can't be done in three days." Professor Mervyn paid attention to the boy's operation on the screen. "From my perspective, he's more like determining the direction of the metal nerves and parts of the mecha arm."
PJT head coach said: "Modified mecha? That's impossible. The alliance will have an audit team over there."
"It's not a modification, it's just changing the direction of force by replacing parts to reduce the wear and tear on weapons when used by the mecha pilot." Professor Mervyn explained in a kind tone.
Professor Mervyn saw that the young man had already stepped down from the left arm of the mecha and walked to the right arm of the mecha. "The basic performance of cumulative wear is that the wear rate will increase, but it is not difficult to continue using this weapon. You just need to change a certain part or reduce the force of the body."
The head coach asked, “Can you explain it in simple terms?”
"To put it simply, for example, if part A on this weapon is the core cause of cumulative wear and tear, then I can change the direction in which the weapon's arm acts on the weapon, so that the force originally acting on part A is distributed to other parts, slowing down the rate of cumulative wear and tear." Professor Mervyn said, "This maintenance method can improve the usability of the weapon in the short term."
As for the wear and tear of other parts, don't worry. You can carry out comprehensive maintenance after the competition, but the maintenance time will be longer.
Head coach: "There is actually such a repair method?"
"This is difficult, and requires the maintenance technician to be very familiar with the mecha operator's operating habits."
Professor Mervyn heard the head coach's words and chuckled, "If the modification is wrong, it will affect the mecha operator's operation... What's more, the interaction between weapons and mechas is not so easy to change. Even the top maintenance technicians in the PJT base dare not guarantee that they can complete the modification within three days. This requires a very familiarity with the weapon design process to know where to make changes without destroying the weapon's performance or affecting the mecha operator's operation."
"KID's weapons designer should be on site."
Professor Mervyn looked to the side and said, "Without the designer present, no one dares to perform such an operation."
Norbert and the head coach's expressions changed slightly when they heard this.
The head coach turned around and told the staff, saying in a cold voice, "Bring up the footage of KID's repair site."
Professor Mervyn asked, "What's wrong?"
Norbert swiped through the video, replaying the operation not long ago, and saw the young boy's actions in front of the engineering draft, "I seem to know something."
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