Chapter 268, it’s time for the much-loved card drawing session
At present, the technical capabilities of the Angry Owl Star in basic army construction are probably relatively complete.
Not to mention how sophisticated it is, there is a big gap between them and the top equipment, but at least all the conventional military equipment can be produced domestically.
The Air Force has the Fengfen, which is not bad. At least it can be used for air-to-ground support, airdrops, and airborne operations.
But the construction of space has not even started yet.
And 'Traveler' is a good start.
This thing is also not very big, about the same size as a V-type landing ship. Judging from the troops it can carry, it can carry a maximum of 500 people at a time along with their equipment. If it carries fewer people, it can also squeeze in a tank. Anyway, it is roughly the strength of a battalion.
In fact, the technology used by the two is very similar. They have similarly thick armor and similar weapons. You can put a few reflector laser cannons on them. If you really want to use live ammunition machine guns, that's fine. The firepower is stronger than the Wind Falcon, but it's limited.
However, the core difference is that the "Traveler" has the ability of interstellar navigation, and can cross the star gate and pass through the astral tunnel to travel in the astral world alone.
In order to achieve astral travel, the "Traveler" will be equipped with three technologies that ordinary landing ships do not have: jump engine, jump identification system, and astral force field.
The jump engine is used to provide power for the spacecraft to enter the jump state. Low-level engines cannot provide this energy output.
The warp identification system is used to find, locate, and connect to the stargate;
The astral force field provides additional protection for the entire spacecraft during the jump process, preventing it from being affected by psychic energy and waste energy, and protecting the minds of the people on the spacecraft from being damaged or distorted.
These three things are indispensable.
But unfortunately, the current alliance does not have any.
Gu Hang even suspected that the technology used to produce these three things would not be simply advanced, but would most likely be elite level.
But the good news is that although it cannot be mass-produced, the black box can directly pull out all the main components of the spacecraft, and the subsequent work only requires technical workers to "assemble the blocks".
Of course, it is nonsense to expect to build a star navy with travelers.
There is too much difference in levels.
The jump engines, jump identification, and astral protection force fields installed on the Voyager are all very small; the weapons and equipment on it are no different from tickling when facing large starships; and its own defenses can be destroyed by a single shot.
Only the poorest interstellar pirates would take this thing, modify it to the extreme, and use wolf pack tactics - to put it bluntly, it would be considered a success if they could gather enough cannon fodder and send it up, attracting some attention and creating some opportunities for the main battleship.
It is usually used for interstellar travel to carry people and small amounts of cargo; if used in war, it is used for harassment, reconnaissance and the like.
Its advantages are small size, low cost per flight, flexibility and low cost.
Of course, the so-called low cost is compared with those starships that cost hundreds of millions. The cost of the ship itself is estimated to be about 1.6 million tax coins.
This thing still needs to be built.
It was not enough to build a proper navy, but it was at least the first step for the Alliance to step onto the starry sea.
Moreover, it is not meaningless. Its existence inside the planet can provide the alliance with the ability to deploy military forces anywhere on the Angry Owl Star around the clock. In the war, if an armored battalion can be deployed to any point on the planet in a short time, it will still bring a huge advantage.
And Gu Hang is not completely without enemies on the Angry Owl Star.
The weak points have been basically squeezed, but in the west of the entire continent, there is also Blackbird Heavy Industries. This cannot be regarded as an indigenous force. It is a group supported by the Fachs family, or even simply an industry of the Fachs family.
Although the two sides are not interfering with each other for now, as the planetary governor, Gu Hang cannot accept that there is a huge and uncontrolled force on his planet.
Moreover, he did not forget that according to the requirements of the sector leader, he had to turn against Blackbird Heavy Industries.
But the specific time was not mentioned, and Gu Hang did not plan to do it immediately.
You just have to be prepared for possible action in advance - even if Gu Hang doesn't take action, others may get wind of something and create trouble in advance.
Utilizing the global rapid deployment capability provided by the aviator could have been used to great effect in this conflict.
In addition to the interior of the planet, the star travel provided by the Traveler will also facilitate the connection between the Wrathful Owl Star and the Black Arrow Star. It will be much more convenient for personnel to communicate and send administrative officials.
Although he might be able to use the Gu family's caravan to do this later, it would be a bad idea to trouble "others" too much.
This "others" is really not a polite way of saying it. Even if he is the head of the Gu family in the future, the Gu family's model is a bit like a franchisee. In the fourteen fleets - oh, now there are only twelve left - the Gu Investment Company established by the Gu family has shares, more or less. Among them, only five can achieve absolute controlling rights; the remaining seven will obey the unified orders and arrangements of the Gu Company, and everyone will make money together.
They are not employees of the Gu family, nor are they retainers, and cannot be deployed at will.
With Traveler, it is convenient to do similar things.
Of course, there is also the issue of safety. The fighting ability of the Voyager is too weak, and it would be quite dangerous if it encountered space pirates.
However, the journey from Angry Owl Star to Black Arrow Star is not on a prosperous shipping route, there is not much oil and water, there are only a few merchant ships running through it all year round, and pirates are not very willing to hang around in this area, so there is no need to worry too much about this issue.
In the future, if the number of travelers increases, for example, if there are more than 20 ships, the number of people that can be deployed at one time can reach tens of thousands, which can barely be used to deploy troops between star realms.
However, it is still a bit unrealistic to expect to increase production capacity purely by using black boxes to produce more than 20 ships.
Now, if we use only black boxes, it is estimated that we can only pull out one "Traveler" every four months.
The main thing is that this thing is quite large, and the black box is not that big, so it is impossible to produce a finished product directly at one time. In fact, it is produced one module at a time, and various components are produced.
However, like all black box products, the assembly difficulty of the parts produced is very low and can be done by ordinary skilled workers.
First of all, the speed at which the black box produces those parts one by one cannot be increased; secondly, assembly also takes time.
This means that it takes four months to build a "Traveler".
Gu Hang estimated that if the technology for larger, real starships was obtained in the future, even if there was a black box that could ignore previous technologies and directly produce finished products, the production cycle would probably be measured in years.
It must be built.
Even if we take a step back and say that if we can pull out a traveler ship in four months and use it purely to offset taxes, that would be 1.8 million tax coins; if we can pull out three ships a year, that would be more than 5 million, which is enough to pay the imperial tax for Angry Owl Star for a year.
The key is that it’s basically free.
Of course, Gu Hang hadn't worried about the imperial tax for a long time. With the current situation of the alliance, it was more than enough to pay it.
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Gu Hang still had 10,000 points of grace left in his hand. After thinking about it, he resisted the temptation of 10,000 points.
The main reason is that the 1000 gear has not been drained yet.
Although the price/performance ratio is not high anymore.
Currently, the probability of the 1000 level has dropped to 67.5% and will be empty, 10% for the basic level, 20% for the advanced level, and 2.5% for the elite level.
Even if the drop rate stops at this rate, there will only be three technologies in ten consecutive draws, and they are most likely advanced or basic levels. You may not even get the elite level.
But in comparison, the things extracted from the 10,000 gears are more likely to be good but useless.
It’s better to draw from the previous prize pool first.
So he fired another ten-shot combo.
Luck was a preference. Although only three technologies were released, one was elite level, and the other two were all advanced level. No basic level was drawn.
The two advanced levels are [Gravity Weapon] and [Sentinel Mech]; the elite level is [Astral Protection Field].
Gu Hang was a little depressed when he pulled out the [Gravity Weapon].
This is a special individual weapon. Pastor Rizzo's scepter belongs to this category. To put it bluntly, anything equipped with this device will become heavier.
There are so few uses that you can even buy it.
It would be best if we could make it ourselves, but the precious scientific and technological quotas might be more useful if they were used for other things.
[Sentinel Mecha] has the same meaning.
On Black Arrow Star, Gu Hang had witnessed the capabilities of the Sentinel Mecha...it was just so-so.
In a decisive battle on the plains, its role is a bit too low, far inferior to the Lion tank of the same price level. The latter is large, has a thick barrel, is durable and can withstand beatings, and is much better as a decisive battle weapon.
On the contrary, the Sentinel mech is expensive, has insufficient firepower, and poor armor.
Or the method used is not quite right.
For example, in landing and counter-landing battles inside a starship, the role of the Sentinel Mech is much greater than that of the Lion Tank - the tank cannot be driven inside the starship and can only stay in the warehouse because it is too large.
In some infiltration operations, in complex terrains such as mountains or swamps, tanks may not be able to go up, but the Sentinel mecha can move freely like humans.
When the enemy launches an attack on a hill, we can only deploy infantry forces. As a result, when we get up, we are faced with sentry mechas. It is very desperate at this time.
It cannot be used as the main force in a decisive battle, but in certain special environments, it can play a role that tanks cannot.
Although Gu Hang didn't like it very much, he would still choose to make some.
It’s the same as [Gravity Weapon]: I’ve already drawn it, what can I do?
Just create it.
Moreover, one advantage of the Sentinel Mecha over gravity weapons is that there is no need to worry about sales.
Given the civilization and culture of Black Arrow Star, the so-called mechas are quite popular. No matter how many Gu Hang produces, he can sell them to those knights.
As for the elite technology [Astral Protection Field] that was extracted, it is a capability that is not really needed but must be reserved.
This is a necessary prerequisite technology for building starships in the future, regardless of size. It is an essential capability to protect spacecraft and starships as they travel through star tunnels.
Let’s stock up first.
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After completing the technology lottery, Gu Hang made a trip to Weixing City.
On the one hand, he inspected the status of the most important industrial core of the alliance. On the other hand, he also went to the research institute to materialize the six newly acquired technologies, a total of twelve black boxes, and handed them over to Wu Jiarong.
Wu Jiarong has become numb to the fact that Governor Gu would send her several black boxes every once in a while.
It’s impossible to study it all. It’s impossible to study it all.
She thought she was swimming in an ocean of happiness. Having a few black boxes would be enough for an ordinary mechanical teacher to benefit greatly in her lifetime scientific research career.
However, she never expected that one day she would be extremely distressed because of too many black boxes.
She is almost drowning!
However, this is a happy trouble.
No matter how many troubles there are, happiness is the most important thing.
She said to the Governor: "At the current rate of progress, I estimate that in another year, I will be able to surpass the level of the Engine Prophet and reach the level of the Ruler Bishop."
"So fast?" Gu Hang was a little surprised.
The rank of the Dominant Bishop is considered high-ranking in the Mechanicus.
If you move up further, you can get the title of "Sage". Although it is only a master sage, there are many leaders of the Mechanicus's forge world who are at this level.
In response to Gu Hang's question, Wu Jiarong replied: "There are too many black boxes. I get new inspiration almost every day. I can't make slow progress..."
Gu Hang asked with a smile: "Then do you want to go back? Perhaps, an assessment and the publication of a few research results will make you famous in a forging world of the Mechanicus, and then... you may really become a ruling bishop."
Wu Jiarong shook her head.
She is still very self-aware.
She knew that it would be dangerous if she showed her intention to leave. Even if there was only one black box here, it would be a huge secret, let alone so many.
Besides, even if the Governor had some means to seal and erase her memory and let her go without worry, she didn't want to leave.
"Looking back, those years in the Mechanicus were really boring." Wu Jiarong sighed, "Intrigues and struggles for power are fine, and the lack of a pure scientific research environment is tolerable. But the lack of resources is really unbearable. A little bit of knowledge, a little bit of opportunity, a little bit of research results, will be used as capital for struggle. I spent the most comfortable and happiest two years here with you, and I really don't want to go back to the past."
Gu Hang smiled and said, "That's good."
"Don't worry, I have no intention of leaving. What does a ruling bishop mean? Perhaps, in the future I will have the opportunity to reach the level of a master sage or even a great sage?"
"I'm really looking forward to that day." Gu Hang said sincerely.
If we could really cultivate a sage on our own planet, we would be invincible.
Not to mention the ability in scientific research, when one reaches the level of a sage, which one of them is not a top combat force?
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Found a bug. The chainsaw sword has been drawn. This one is changed to a gravity weapon. It should not affect the plot.
(End of this chapter)
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