Chapter 182, Gene Seed Implantation Surgery
Powered exoskeletons are different from powered armor.
Although welding armor plates on the exoskeleton would make the two somewhat similar, and even shaping the steel plates to look like Space Marine power armor would be possible for cosplay, they are actually far from the same.
In essence, powered exoskeletons simply provide soldiers with additional load-bearing capacity, allowing them to carry heavier loads with less effort, and at most weld a few steel plates for bulletproofing.
It lacks the life-support system, electronic muscle bundles, tactical system, auxiliary shooting system contained in the Space Marine power armor...it is even more impossible to have the same protective power.
But with such a set of equipment, trained elite mortal soldiers can use bolt guns, which originally had difficulty bearing the recoil.
Or you can continue to use the laser gun or electromagnetic rifle.
You can also carry some heavy firepower for individual soldiers, such as rapid-fire rocket nests.
Equip it with a chainsaw sword, and train the soldiers to T2 or T1 level...
Such an elite squad, if they work hard, can barely be used as a super-beggar version of Space Marines.
The key is much cheaper.
A set of power armor costs 40,000 tax coins, while a set of exoskeleton only costs 1,000 tax coins, a difference of 40 times.
Can one Space Marine kill forty elite soldiers armed with chainswords, bolters and exoskeletons?
Maybe it can, but there is also a high probability that it will fail.
Genuine Space Marines can probably easily kill these super-beggar versions with one shot; but on the other hand, elite soldiers armed with bolters, chainswords, and wearing exoskeletons can also threaten Space Marines. Ordinary tactical power armor can block bullets and laser guns without much pressure, but loyal bolters and roaring chainswords will not show any mercy.
When facing ordinary soldiers, elite special forces with full equipment can also experience the effect of crushing damage.
The 10th Special Operations Brigade established by Gu Hang planned to set up a few teams in this way to give it a try.
It's far from being a replacement for Space Marines, but at least it's enough to perform some secondary special missions.
The production capacity of this production line is just average. It is estimated that the monthly output is only about 50 sets, which can only be used by special elites. If it is carried out on a large scale, the production capacity cannot keep up and the cost will be too high.
Once Wu Jiarong has the ability to successfully reverse engineer this technology and expand production, and then when the overall productivity of Angry Owl Star is improved, perhaps Gu Hang will be able to arm an elite division with all members equipped with exoskeletons?
I hope that day will come soon.
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After completing the specific transaction, Wang Jiarong asked a question out of curiosity:
"If there was no compensation from Blackbird Heavy Industries, how did you plan to pay for the genetic engineering equipment you wanted to buy?"
Gu Hang grinned: "We on Angry Owl Star are not really penniless. Even if we were in the past, we are not now. With our productivity, can't we get 500,000 tax coins for you?"
Wang Jiarong was still a little suspicious, but she didn't ask any further questions.
But in fact, Gu Hang had never worried about this problem.
Without the money from Blackbird Heavy Industry, the worst that can happen is that we can just buy less stuff. Just that set of genetic engineering equipment worth 500,000, if we work hard, we can always get it together. If we sell 1,000 armored vehicles, 1 million sets of individual equipment, or dismantle two production lines and send them to the sky, the money will come.
Of course, that would affect planetary development.
Now that I have some unexpected money, it is naturally even better, and I can buy a lot of extra things.
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After the corresponding items were transported down, part of them were handed over to the research institute and part of them were handed over to the Phoenix Regiment.
The Phoenix Regiment was of course very happy about this.
Although three of them had died in the nearly half year since they arrived at the Angry Owl Star, the Phoenix, which was already on the verge of extinction, was now in an even worse situation.
But at least, this bite replenished their energy.
The replenishment and replacement of weapons and equipment are actually not that important, but the gene seed implantation surgical equipment saved lives.
Martins and Rizzo plan to carry out three operations in the near future, hoping to bring three new blood to the regiment.
Gu Hang was a little skeptical about this.
"Is it necessary to be so anxious?" He raised his opinion. "Among the group of young people you recruited, are there three most suitable candidates? They have only been training for less than half a year."
"Alas..." Chapter Master Martins, who should have an extremely tough character, showed a worried look at this moment. "The Governor is right to worry. To be honest, their qualifications are the best we have found, but they are far from enough, and their training is not up to standard. But we... have no choice. Before this, we did not have the technology and ability to properly preserve gene seeds. Simple preservation methods cannot maintain the activity of seeds for a long time. If we delay any further, the probability will only be lower. We can no longer wait to find more suitable people and give those teenagers more complete training."
This is indeed a realistic factor.
Gu Hang asked: "So...what do you think the probability is?"
Pastor Rizzo, who had been silent before, now spoke up: "The probability is very low. I'm not sure."
"Can the success rate reach 50 percent?"
Martins smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Maybe not even 10%. But... at least one will succeed. As long as one succeeds, the regiment will have its first new blood. At least there is hope, and everyone can breathe a sigh of relief and no longer be so desperate."
Gu Hang could only sigh as well.
He patted Martins on the shoulder and said, "I hope everything goes well."
Gu Hang said this sincerely. He really hoped that the three seeds of the Phoenix Regiment would be successful.
Gu Hang couldn't afford to build a war group for the time being, so he let the Space Marines do it themselves. Three more Space Marines, three more... If there were only a dozen or dozens of them, it wouldn't be enough to shake Gu Hang's authority.
Looking at the Phoenix's current miserable state, it's still too early to think that it will reach that level.
In fact, if Gu Hang didn't provide external help, he might never be able to achieve it in his lifetime.
However, things are often not as we wish.
Just one week later, Gu Hang received news from Martins.
The first operation failed; in the following days, two more days of bad news came.
When Gu Hang once again came to the Phoenix Monastery, which had already begun to take shape, he was unable to meet Captain Martins.
According to Pastor Rizzo, Martins Salas has locked himself in the prayer room and has not come out for a long time, and he does not allow anyone to disturb him.
To be honest, seeing Martins like this, Gu Hang also felt compassion.
After the Phoenix landed, whenever Gu Hang called them, they would respond, and every time they would do what Gu Hang wanted. Every time they fought very hard - half of them died.
The other person has done his best for himself, and Gu Hang must admit this.
It is also because of this that surgical equipment is repaired and bought new; power swords are bought; Terminator armor is bought...
However, he still felt a little guilty about the one hundred points of grace for one seed.
But now is not the time to take it out.
As for when exactly the right time would be...to be honest, Gu Hang didn't know either.
No matter how compassionate or guilty he felt, Gu Hang could not take the risk of taking out the gene seeds and then being reported to the court.
Reporting the Tribunal depends on the status of the reporter. If any random person reports a governor, the Tribunal will be investigated. Even if the Tribunal is expanded a hundred times, it will not be able to handle the situation.
But when a chapter commander does this, it is completely different and has a different weight.
He had to be sure that he was absolutely safe after taking out the seeds, otherwise he wouldn't do it.
Doing it in private is another matter.
However, Gu Hang also noticed another thing.
Pastor Rizzo doesn't seem to be in good condition.
Gu Hang turned his head and stared at Rizzo for a while.
Rizzo also looked over and asked, "What's wrong?"
Gu Hang said: "I am a little surprised, Your Excellency the Chief Pastor, you seem to be very calm and not sad?"
He did find it strange.
Martins was in so much pain that he didn't want to see anyone and locked himself in the prayer room. The other two people in the regiment were grief-stricken, confused, at a loss, and desperate... These expressions could be seen from their numb expressions that could no longer be concealed.
But Pastor Rizzo seemed very calm, and when he talked with Gu Hang, there was no change compared to before.
At this moment, after hearing Gu Hang's question, he even smiled: "Whether the operation is successful or not, it is the will of the Divine Emperor. We should learn to accept it."
"Yes, that's right." Gu Hang responded first, but then asked: "But aren't you worried about the future fate of the Phoenix?"
The smile on Pastor Rizzo's face became more obvious. He looked at Gu Hang and said seriously: "The fate of the regiment does not depend on the success or failure of these three operations, but on you, Your Excellency the Governor."
Gu Hang frowned deeply.
The appearance of this charlatan made him feel very uncomfortable.
He spoke cautiously: "Your Excellency, Chief Pastor, I don't understand what you mean."
At this time, Rizzo did not directly answer Gu Hang's question, but just said: "The Divine Emperor will decide everything."
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When Gu Hang left the Phoenix Monastery, he was full of doubts.
The old pastor's attitude really made him a little confused.
He looked as if he knew something.
But it is not advisable to think too much about this matter. There is no use thinking about it. He does not even have enough manpower to monitor these superhuman warriors. He can only ask some staff who enter the Phoenix Monastery to pay more attention and report more.
The Phoenix Monastery is right next to Weixing City. Since he was here, Gu Hang also went to Weixing City for an inspection. The last stop was the secret research institute headed by Wu Jiarong.
The things bought from the Beautiful Girl were either for the Phoenix Regiment or for the Research Institute.
Gu Hang originally wanted to come and see how the research institute was doing with the purchased technologies, but as soon as they met, Wu Jiarong came to him and complained harshly.
This girl from the Mechanicus was quite dissatisfied with the exploitation of herself by Governor Gu.
In the past, she didn't dare to express a similar attitude, for fear that after she knew the governor's big secret, her life, which was already very mysterious, would be lost.
But after a long time of contact, she found that the Governor was easy to get along with. As long as you do your job well, the Governor is generally not very strict.
Then she gradually dared to say what she was thinking.
Gu Hang was very happy about this.
It's not a bad idea for his subordinates to be afraid of him, but Gu Hang doesn't want to go too far. Loyalty should come from awe, not fear. It's not that fear can't bring loyalty, but while fear brings loyalty, it also brings hatred, which can easily turn into betrayal.
Reverence, love, trust...these are much better.
Gu Hang hopes that his subordinates will dare to express their needs to him clearly, which might be better.
However, what Wu Jiarong said this time still made Gu Hang a little embarrassed.
"You can't keep putting one research project after another on me. I don't even have time to study the black box and improve my own level."
What Wu Jiarong said was not just a complaint, but she actually pointed out a very practical problem.
"Various scientific research projects are squeezed here, and many of them have little connection with each other. I'm not being lazy or complaining about the heavy workload, but with so many things happening here and there and not enough scientific researchers, it's impossible to finish all this work. I know these technologies are in your plan, and each one is actually very important, not something that can be ignored, so you will definitely not be able to accept it. Many of them will be scheduled forever and indefinitely, and I don't know how far into the future they will be scheduled..."
"Hmm..." Gu Hang nodded.
He admitted that Wu Jiarong was right.
"But what do you suggest?"
"My suggestion is that you must have more people with scientific research capabilities under your command. I know that it is difficult to find many such people in the environment of the Wrathful Owl Star. But the more this is the case, the more you need to prepare in advance. Just like you built the Xifeng Zhongsi College, you also need a technical college."
"Of course you can." Gu Hang said, "This is already in my plan, but... Wu Jiarong, are you interested and have time to be a professor in this college?"
Wu Jiarong sighed helplessly and said, "If this is your order, Governor, I have no problem with it. But you will also have to bear a consequence: if I spend half of my time teaching students, then the time required to complete all scientific research projects will be doubled."
That's the price.
Do you want to advance those scientific research projects as quickly as possible, or send people to schools to teach?
Although the former is not fast, it is the most effective one at present. The technology of synthesizing starch needs to be optimized. The effect of the new production line cannot be compared with the one removed from the starship. The word "high energy" in front of the high-energy battery is not worthy of its name. It can't even support the firing of the laser gun, let alone use it for the speed attack boat. As a result, the effect of the laser gun cannot be fully exerted. The wind falcon has to use the much more valuable energy crystals as fuel, which is a huge waste.
Not to mention, there are still a lot of technologies that need to be reverse engineered, such as hydroponic farms, water purification equipment, spiritual gas collection equipment, exoskeleton production lines...
Without Wu Jiarong, a scientific researcher who has actually reached the level of a mechanical priest, all these works would have to stop.
(End of this chapter)
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