Chapter 460, Cruiser Technology!
It didn't take long, only half a year later, Gu Hang was able to see in the [Vassal] interface that the vassal levels of those worlds that signed the "Seven Horses Economic Consortium Act" were rapidly increasing.
The vassal level has nothing to do with the economic level or development degree of the planet. It purely reflects the relationship between this world and the Alliance, the "suzerain state".
Under the framework of the Seven Horses Agreement, the seventy-nine worlds except the Pegasus Star Region are basically LV2 and LV3, which is basically a stable or unstable vassal state. It is enough to be drained by the alliance. The imperial tax is a special situation in a special period.
But it’s a little different from LV4 onwards.
LV4 means that the vassal's economic, political and military dependence has increased significantly, and the world as a whole has almost no willingness to resist. The sovereign can begin to manage and deal with the world through some direct means.
When it reaches LV5, it symbolizes direct annexation. There will be no turmoil within the world. On the contrary, the people of these worlds will have a very strong sense of belonging to the suzerain country. They think that they are part of the suzerain country, so naturally they will have a strong centripetal force.
Of course, this does not mean that you can annex vassal states at will after reaching LV5. This level is only about the internal aspects of the vassal world, and how the outside world will view it is another matter.
The vassal level was rising, which meant that the Union government did not deceive him with false statements, and all conditions were developing smoothly, just as in the report submitted by Ossena.
The increase in the vassal level of these planets also brings in more grace points.
The income from these grace points, on the one hand, is the result of the improvement brought about by the development of productivity, and on the other hand, it is the result of an increase in the proportion of grace rewards obtained after the vassal level is upgraded.
However, the overall base was not large, which caused the monthly points given by the vassal to quickly increase from around 4,000 points to 6,000 points.
Don't underestimate this number.
Although it was only two thousand, it didn't seem like much, but in fact, the development of the entire alliance during this period of time was only an increase of one thousand from 36,000 to 37,000.
This was despite the migration of hundreds of millions of people and the rapid development of the Alliance's military and shipbuilding industries.
From this, we can see that it is a very cost-effective thing to develop such poor places, bring them into relative prosperity, raise the originally extremely poor productivity to a decent level, and by the way, raise the vassal level and eliminate the depreciation of the gift points provided by the vassal.
To date, it has been a year since the end of the Battle of Steel Wing Star.
Gu Hang now has a total of more than 1.2 million grace points on hand.
This is mainly composed of two parts: the monthly gift point income, plus the vassal income, here the total is about 540,000. The other part is the income from destroying the Ash Dead War Gang, a total of 680,000.
Although the Ashes of the Dead were not large in scale, their quality was really high. Not to mention the hundreds of thousands of evil god believers on the ship, they were just a bonus. The main source of income was the three hundred Chaos Space Marine veterans and the battleship.
Especially battleships.
This reward is still very high.
As for Gu Hang, he actually has a bigger "treasure trove" waiting to be unlocked: the Battle of Temir, and the Orc War that has now expanded to two star zones.
This war has been going on for eight months. The scale of the war is large and the intensity of the war is cruel. Before, Gu Hang thought that the rewards for the Temir Campaign were about the same as those for the Steel Wing Star Campaign, which was about one million grace points. But now it seems that the scale of the Temir Campaign is much larger than that of the Steel Wing Star Campaign, and the key is that it lasted for such a long time, and will continue in the foreseeable future.
After this battle, it won't be as simple as one million.
Three million? Four million?
If the Battle of Temir was not won, not only would the situation deteriorate, but the excess grace points would also be wasted.
But this "treasure trove" cannot be excavated at present.
But as for the current gift of 1.2 million, Gu Hang also has to spend it right away.
It won't lay eggs if you keep it in your hands.
In addition to some emergency funds, Gu Hang plans to spend one million this time.
As usual, 500,000 is spent on personnel deployment. In the [Hero] interface, the government officials, diplomats, and military officers are enlightened. Each person has 10 points of grace. After clicking, these people have greater potential for improvement, and they can upgrade themselves.
For example, when Ossena was first enlightened by Gu Hang, she was only level one, and was still a common 'N' card. But now, she is already a level six administrative official, and the attributes of the card have become SSR, which has been upgraded by three stages.
Of course, the latter was upgraded by Gu Hanghua’s grace points.
Human beings are creatures with infinite potential. Levels can be improved, and so can potential.
Normally, Gu Hang doesn't need to worry about the level upgrade. They can upgrade themselves after accumulating enough experience and making enough achievements in the projects they are good at. However, the rarity of the card represents potential, and the "heroes" will also improve themselves in this regard, but very slowly.
For others, it's fine. Gu Hang can wait. But Ossena's position is too important. She is the top figure in the Alliance Government. Gu Hang can't wait for her to gradually increase her rarity, so he simply spends the gift points to upgrade her from SR to SSR.
This cost Gu Hang 100,000 points of grace, but he felt it was worth it.
It’s okay for others.
Gu Hang spent another 100,000 points to recruit army officers and naval officers from the front lines, technical engineers from factories, managers from state-owned enterprises, researchers from research institutes... a total of 10,000 people from all walks of life.
In this part, a special character must also be mentioned: Sarath Martins.
Even without enlightenment, the Chapter Master of the Phoenix is actually quite good.
In terms of personal strength, although he was forced to the position of team leader, he at least has the level of a regular company champion; in terms of team command, he is even better than his personal strength.
But before that, Gu Hang had never seen him in the [Hero] interface.
Not only him, Gu Hang had never seen any Space Marine in the [Hero] interface.
He once thought that the level of Space Marines could only be improved by using the Space Marine special training function after the Phoenix event chain ended. But that thing could only improve to the level of the company champion at most, which was definitely not enough.
But this time, Gu Hang saw his options appear.
Gu Hang guessed that it might be much more difficult for a Space Marine to appear in the [Hero] interface than for a normal mortal. After Martins defeated the leader of the Ashes of the Dead, Zhong Jihua, it was a personal sublimation for him, which made his name appear in the [Hero] interface.
But since he appeared, Gu Hang gave him some enlightenment.
Gu Hang is still very much looking forward to what the first Space Marine hero will look like.
[Activated Hero: Sarath Martins (SSR)]
[Level: lv7]
[Physique 41, Spirituality 9, Command 32, Politics 14]
【characteristic:】
[Chapter Master: He is the leader of a Space Marine Chapter. Command +5, Constitution +2]
[Survivor of the Atonement Expedition: He has survived a long and brutal Atonement Expedition, and the great hardships he has endured have become his precious wealth. Command +2, Constitution +3]
[Phoenix Reconstructor: He carries a huge responsibility and dares not slack off at any time: Command +5, Constitution +1]
[Champion Swordsman: He has won the title of Chapter Company Champion: Constitution +5]
[Avenger: He has accomplished an unforgettable revenge: Constitution +3]
【talent:】
[Phoenix Gene: He inherited the gene seed of the Phoenix Legion - Phoenix Regiment, and is a Space Marine: Constitution +15, Command +10, Spirituality +5, Politics +5]
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Gu Hang was very envious of these attributes!
What he cares about most is the talent of the phoenix gene.
This talent should be possessed by every Space Marine. As the gene seed catalyzes two hearts, three lungs, and a series of superhuman organs in their bodies, their physical fitness will naturally be greatly improved.
Now, the system tells him that the degree of improvement is 15 points.
Does every Space Marine have so many? I don't think so. It depends on how compatible the individual is with the gene seed, and how much power in the gene is tapped through personal training.
However, this number itself represents the huge difference between them and mortals.
Being strong is a matter of course.
After being enlightened, you will become stronger.
Just look at Martins.
His series of characteristics were the accumulation of his personal experiences, and they were still playing a role even without enlightenment. However, the significance of enlightenment was to further explore these characteristics, truly bring about an increase in strength, and present them in the form of data in front of Gu Hang.
This means that Martins' true strength level must have surpassed that of an ordinary Space Marine captain and may have reached the level of a chapter champion.
This is a leap forward compared to his past level when he was only able to reach the company championship level.
What is the specific strength level of the regiment champion?
This was a level that Gu Hang couldn't kill with one pinch - he would have to use all his strength and pinch several times.
Converted into the strength of psychics, a regular A-level psychic would definitely not be able to beat the chapter champion. All kinds of psychic spells would be offset by the huge resistance brought by the physical attribute, and the remaining power would also be eliminated by the long "health bar" and excellent skills of the chapter champion.
If you want to kill a chapter champion through psychic powers, only A+-level psychics have a chance, and only Alpha-level psychics can be sure of success.
This is why Space Marines are the top fighting force of the Imperium, not the Psionic Orders.
How many Alpha-level psychics are there? And humans cannot control Alpha-level psychic powers for a long time. The final fate of every normal Alpha-level psychic is either to become a demon and become corrupted, or to die from a headshot. As for going crazy? They may have gone crazy a long time ago.
But almost every older chapter has a chapter champion, or even more than one.
Not to mention, above the Chapter Champions, there are the so-called ‘Emperor Champions’ and ‘Emperor’s Chosen’. Those Space Marine legends whose fame resounds throughout the universe can even fight against a demon with their bare hands, and kill their way in and out of the demon army with just one sword.
As for this guy Martins, if he wants to become the champion of the regiment under the normal trajectory, it is unknown how many years of training it will take.
Now, 'Achievement overnight'.
Even a higher level has opened the door to him.
He is only level seven and can still level up two more levels; moreover, Space Marines are naturally different from mortals, and maybe level nine is not their upper limit.
…
In addition to heroes, Gu Hang also spent 100,000 points of gifts to train 10,000 political commissars, which were mainly in the army. The expansion speed of the alliance's army was a bit fast. Although other things were also important, ideological work was the most important.
Another 200,000 points of grace were used to train more than 10 million soldiers, including T5 and T4. It was also a need for military expansion. He could no longer afford to train every soldier with a soldier card. The size of the Alliance Army had exceeded 400 million. If every soldier was trained with a soldier card, that would cost 4 million points of grace, which he definitely couldn't afford.
He can only train a part of them, and the other part is improved by conventional methods. For example, when selecting soldiers, he has to set high requirements and recruit good talents; the training time is extended, and the conventional training method uses enough resources to increase their intensity; after they officially join the army, veterans or elite troops trained by the military badge system will lead the new recruits.
In this way, the level of recruits can be improved very quickly.
Quite a number of people, especially those selected from planetary defense forces from all over the world, are able to quickly reach the T5 level on their own.
But after all, there is still a considerable number of people who fail to meet the T5 standards when they actually join the army.
There is no way around it; this is the price of military expansion.
With the training of these soldiers and the achievements he had made himself, Gu Hang was able to ensure that the proportion of soldiers in the Alliance Army who had reached the T5 level remained above 50%.
A considerable portion of the Astra Militarum, such as the 3rd Dragonhawk Legion, actually has this ratio.
All that remains is to go to the battlefield for training.
The battlefield is the best teacher for a soldier. As long as they fight on the battlefield and let the greenskins be their teachers, as long as they survive, they will be good soldiers.
The current situation of the Alliance Army is still relatively optimistic. Needless to say, the equipment level is based on the Star Army. All kinds of equipment that the Alliance can produce are given to the Army without reservation. Many Star Army equipment levels are not as good as the Alliance Army.
In terms of training level, thanks to the baptism of war, the alliance can actually reach a T5 ratio of 70%.
Pretty good.
…
Apart from the 500,000 yuan spent on talent, Gu Hang invested the remaining 700,000 yuan into the technology lottery.
He drew the 100,000 level seven times, aiming for a higher rate of epic-level technology production among the 100,000 levels.
And the facts proved that Gu Hang’s choice this time was correct.
Big shipment!
In the seven 100,000-level upgrades, three epic technologies were directly released, and there were also three elite technologies. Only one of them was upgraded to the advanced level.
Moreover, these three epic technologies, even the two elite ones, are what Gu Hang desperately needs right now!
[Moon-class cruiser technology: epic level]
There is no need to say much about this. When Gu Hang saw it, his mouth was almost crooked with smiles!
With it, the alliance can expand new shipyards!
The so-called Musician-class cruisers originally existing on the Flying Wing Star are essentially a variant of the Moon-class cruisers, and the changes are mostly towards simplification and cheapness.
Even this was a shipyard that had been designed and manufactured at great expense. Feiyi Star itself did not have the technical capability to expand the production of cruisers.
And now, the alliance has it.
Moreover, the expansion is not a low-health version of the Musician class, but a proper Moon-class cruiser!
The Moon-class cruiser is the most common cruiser in the Empire. Common does not mean weak, but rather it means excellent performance and high cost performance.
If it were really rubbish, how could the Empire have equipped its navy on such a large scale?
Of course, the technical capabilities of cruisers alone are not enough. The weapons must also keep up.
Isn’t it coming?
['Doomsday' Light Spear Array: Epic]
This is an L-type heavy gun, an energy weapon. It can only be equipped on ships larger than cruisers. With Doomsday, the Alliance will not lack main guns for new cruisers in the future. As for secondary guns, M-class weapons will do.
The Alliance has the relevant technical capabilities for M-type weapons, whether it is light spears, macro cannons or missiles.
Moreover, this large-scale light spear array can be placed not only on starships, but also on starports or even on the ground, which is suitable for powerful anti-orbital cannons and is a must-have for a planet to be fortified.
Moreover, the size of a planet is much larger than a battleship. Normally, a battleship cannot fight against a planet, just like in ancient times, an ocean fleet could not fight against a coastal defense artillery. There is no limit to the heavy artillery that can be deployed on a planet, it just depends on whether there is enough money and productivity.
Of course, an L-shaped light spear array like 'Doomsday' is expensive to build, and the shells are also very expensive. Production capacity is also the reason why it is difficult to fortify most planets.
However, it was a bit of a pity that Gu Hang only got the energy weapon of the L-type heavy artillery, the 'Doomsday'. He didn't have the L-type macro cannon 'Wrath of the Loyal Heir' or the L-type missile 'Dongfeng Burning'.
If the main gun only has a lance, it lacks diversity and will have some problems facing different enemies.
Light spears are expensive, have low firepower density, and deal high damage to energy shields and void shields, but are a bit weak against ship armor, and are relatively ineffective in providing orbital support to the ground.
Light spears, macro cannons, and missiles are the three most common types of ship weapons. Each has its own advantages and disadvantages and is good at dealing with different situations. A fleet is best when it has all kinds of weapons.
The third epic technology is Space Marine technology.
[Iron Cavalry Terminator Power Armor: Epic Level]
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Still owe 58k
(End of this chapter)
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