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Chapter 268, it's time for the much-loved card drawing session again

At present, Nuo Xiaoxing's technical capabilities in basic army construction are probably relatively complete.

Regardless of how exquisite it is, the top equipment is far inferior, but at least all conventional military equipment can be produced in-house.

It's not bad if the Air Force has a Falcon to support it. It can at least be used for air-to-ground support, airdrops, and airborne operations.

But regarding the construction of space, it has not even started yet.

And 'Traveler' is a good start.

This thing is not too big either. It is about the same size as a V-type landing ship. Judging from the troops that can be loaded, it can carry up to 500 people and their equipment at one time. With a few fewer people, it can also be stuffed into a tank. Anyway, Probably the strength of a battalion.

In fact, the technologies used by the two are also very similar.It has almost the same thick armor and uses similar weapons. You can get a few reflector laser cannons on it. If you have to use live ammunition machine cannons, that's fine. It has better firepower than the Wind Falcon, but its power is limited.

However, the core difference is that the 'Traveler' has the ability to travel between stars, and can cross star gates, pass through star tunnels, and travel across the stars alone.

In order to realize interstellar travel, the 'Traveler' will have three technologies that ordinary landing ships do not have: jump engine, jump recognition system, and astral force field.

The transition engine provides power for the spacecraft to enter the transition state. Low-level engines cannot provide this energy output;

The transition identification system is used to find, locate, and connect to star gates;

The astral force field provides additional protection for the entire spacecraft during the transition process, preventing it from being affected by psychic energy and waste energy, and protecting the minds of the people in the spacecraft from damage and distortion.

These three things are indispensable.

But it is a pity that there is no one in the current alliance.

In fact, Gu Hang suspected that the technology used to produce these three things would not just be as simple as advancing to the next level, but would most likely require 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. The follow-up is to require skilled workers to "assemble the building blocks".

Of course, it is nonsense to expect to use travelers to build an astral navy.

There are too many differences in levels.

The jump engines, jump recognition, and astral protective force fields installed on the Traveler are all very small; the weapons and equipment on it are like scratching an itch when faced with large starships; but its own protection will be Being shot to pieces.

Only the poorest star pirates will use this thing to carry out extreme modifications and engage in wolf pack tactics - to put it bluntly, it is to collect enough cannon fodder to send it up, attract some attention, and create some opportunities for the capital ship, which is considered a success. .

Its usual use is to carry people and transport a small amount of cargo into the interstellar travel; if it is used in war, it is used for harassment, reconnaissance and the like.

Its advantages are small size, low single flight cost, flexibility and low cost.

Of course, the so-called low cost is compared with those starships that cost hundreds of millions.Its own cost is estimated to be about 160 million tax coins per vessel.

This thing still needs to be built.

It is not enough to build a serious navy, but at least it is the first step for the alliance to enter the star sea.

Moreover, it is not meaningless.Its existence, within the planet, can provide the Alliance with the ability to conduct military deployments anywhere on the Raging Owl around the clock.In a war, if an armored battalion can be delivered to any point on the planet in a short period of time, it will still bring great advantages.

And Gu Hang is not completely without enemies on the Raging Owl Star.

The soft persimmons are basically finished, but there is still Blackbird Heavy Industries in the west of the entire continent. This cannot be regarded as an indigenous force. This is a group supported by the Faches family, and it is even an industry of the Faches family. .

Although the two sides are currently on good terms, as the planetary governor, Gu Hang cannot accept that there is a huge, uncontrolled force on his planet.

Moreover, he did not forget that according to the requirements of the sector leader, he had to fall out with Blackbird Heavy Industry.

But the specific time was not mentioned, and Gu Hang did not plan to do it immediately.

It's just that you have to be prepared in advance for the possibility of taking action - even if Gu Hang doesn't take action, people may get wind of it and cause trouble in advance.

Utilizing the global rapid deployment capabilities provided by Travelers could be used to great effect in this conflict.

In addition to the interior of the planet, the interstellar travel provided by Travelers will also facilitate the connection between the Raging Owl Star and the Black Arrow Star.Communication between personnel, dispatching management officials, etc. will be much more convenient.

Although he should be able to use the Gu family's caravan to do this in the future, he shouldn't trouble 'others' too much.

This 'other people' is really not a polite term for Gu Hang.Even if he is the head of the Gu family in the future, the model of the Gu family is a bit like a franchisee. Among the fourteen fleets - oh, there are only twelve left now - the head of the Gu family Gu's investment companies established all have shares, more or less.Among them, only five can achieve absolute controlling rights; the remaining seven will obey the unified orders and arrangements of Gu's Trading Company, and everyone will make money together.

They are not employees of the Gu family, let alone retainers, and cannot be called upon at will.

With Traveler, it is convenient to do similar things.

Of course, there is also a security issue. The combat ability of the "Traveler" is too weak. If it encounters space pirates, it will be quite dangerous.

However, the journey from the Raging Owl Star to the Black Arrow Star is not in a bustling waterway. There is not much oil and water. There are not many merchant ships running all year round. The pirates are not happy to mess around in this place, so there is no need to worry too much about this. aspects of the problem.

In the future, if the number of travelers increases, for example, there are more than 20 ships, the number of people transported at one time can reach [-], which can barely be used to transport troops between the stars.

However, it is still a bit unrealistic to expect that we can produce more than [-] ships purely by using black boxes to increase production capacity.

Now, using the black box alone, it is estimated that one Voyager can be pulled out every four months.

The main reason is that the size of this thing is not small, and the black box is not that big. It is impossible to directly produce a finished product at one time. In fact, it is a module by module, which produces various components.

However, just like all black box products, the assembly difficulty of these parts produced from it is very low, and ordinary skilled workers can do it.

First of all, the speed of producing those parts one by one in the black box cannot be increased; secondly, it also takes time to assemble them.

This also meant that it took four months to build a 'Traveler'.

Gu Hang estimated that if the technology for a larger, real starship is obtained in the future, then even if there is a black box that can directly produce finished products regardless of the pre-requisite technology, the production cycle will probably be measured in years.

It must still be built.

Taking a step back, if you pull out a Voyager in four months and use it purely for tax deduction, it will be 180 million tax coins; three units a year will be more than 500 million, which is enough to pay the imperial tax of the Raging Owl for a year. All over.

The key is, it's just like picking it up for free.

Of course, Gu Hang hasn't worried about imperial taxes for a long time.With the current situation of the alliance, it is completely sufficient.

...

Gu Hang still had [-] points of gifts left in his hand. After thinking about it, he resisted the temptation of [-] points.

The main reason is that the 1000 gear has not been drained yet.

Although the price/performance ratio is no longer high.Currently, the probability of level 1000 has dropped to 67.5%, with 10% for basic level, 20% for entry and exit, and 2.5% for elite level.

Even if there are no more drops according to this ratio, there will only be three technologies drawn in ten consecutive draws, and there is a high probability that they will be advanced or basic level, and may not be drawn at the elite level.

But in comparison, the things extracted from [-] gears are more likely to be very good but not useful.

It's better to draw the prize pool in front first.

So, he fired ten rounds again.

Luck is a preference. Although there are only three technologies, one is elite level, and the other two are all advanced levels, and no basic level is drawn.

The two advanced levels are [Chains Sword] and [Sentinel Mecha]; the elite level is [Astral Protective Field].

Gu Hang felt a little depressed when he pulled out the [Chains Sword].

There are so few uses that you can even buy it.

Of course it would be best if you can build it yourself, but giving the precious technology quota to other things may have a greater effect.

[Sentinel Mecha] also means the same thing.

On the Black Arrow Star, Gu Hang had seen the capabilities of the Sentinel Mecha... and that was it.

In the decisive battle on the plains, its effect was a bit too low, and it was far inferior to the Lion tank with the same price level.The latter is large, has a thick barrel, and is durable and resistant to beating. It will be much better as a decisive battle weapon.

On the contrary, the Sentinel mecha is expensive, lacks firepower, and lacks armor.

Still the way used is not quite right.

For example, in the landing battle and anti-landing inside the starship, the role of the Sentinel mecha 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 big. .

In some complex terrains such as infiltration operations, mountains or swamps, tanks may not be able to get up, but the Sentinel mecha can move around as smoothly as a human being.

When the opponent launches an attack on a certain mountain, they can only invest infantry troops. As a result, when they come up, they are met by Sentinel mechas. At this time, they are very desperate.

It cannot be used as the main force in decisive battles, but under certain special circumstances, it can play a role that tanks cannot.

Although Gu Hang doesn't like it very much, he will still choose to build some.

It has the same nature as [Chains Sword]: I've already drawn it, what can I do?

Just make it.

Moreover, the Sentinel Mecha is better than the Chainsword in that it has no worries about sales.

In the civilized and cultural state of Black Arrow Star, so-called mechas are quite popular. Gu Hang can sell them to the knights no matter what they produce here.

As for the elite technology [Astral Protective Field] that was extracted, this is an ability that is really not used but must be reserved.

In the future, when building starships, no matter how big or small, this is a necessary front-end technology. It is an essential ability to protect spaceships and starships when they pass through the star tunnel.

Reserve it first.

...

After completing the technology lottery, Gu Hang took a trip to Wei Xing City.

On the one hand, he inspected the status of the alliance's most important industrial core. On the other hand, he also wanted to run to the research institute to materialize all the six technologies he had just obtained, a total of twelve black boxes, and hand them over to Wu Jiarong.

Wu Jiarong was already numb to the fact that Governor Gu sent him several black boxes every once in a while.

It cannot be studied, it cannot be studied at all.

She originally thought that she was wandering in the ocean of happiness. A few black boxes were enough for an ordinary mechanical teacher, and she had benefited a lot in her lifetime of scientific research.

However, she never imagined that one day she would be extremely distressed because of too many black boxes.

She was drowning!

However, this is a happy problem.

That is to say, troubles are troubles, and the main thing is happiness.

She said to the Governor: "At the current pace, I estimate that in another year, I will be able to surpass the level of the Engine Prophet and reach the level of the Commanding Bishop."

"So fast?" Gu Hang was a little surprised.

Ruling Bishop, this rank can be regarded as a high-ranking one among the Mechanicus.

If you go higher up, you can get the title of 'Sage'.Although they are only sages of the main profession, there are many leaders of the Mechanicum forging the world, which are at this level.

Faced with Gu Hang's question, Wu Jiarong replied: "There are too many black boxes. I get new enlightenment almost every day. I can't make progress slowly..."

Gu Hang asked with a smile: "Then do you want to go back? Perhaps, one assessment and the release of several research results will make you famous in the foundry world of the Mechanicus, and then... you may He has really become a ruling bishop."

Wu Jiarong shook his head.

She is still very self-aware.

She knew that it would be dangerous for her to express her desire to leave.Even if there is only one black box here, it is a huge secret, let alone so many.

Moreover, even if the Governor had some means to seal and cleanse her memory and let her go with confidence, she would not want to leave.

"Looking back at the past, those years in the Mechanicus were really boring." Wu Jiarong lamented, "Intrigues and fights for power and profit, that's all. It can't be tolerated without a simple scientific research environment. But the lack of resources is real. I can't bear it. 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 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 at all. What is the ruling bishop? Maybe, in the future, I will have the opportunity to reach the level of a sage of the main industry, or even a great sage?"

"I'm looking forward to that day very much." Gu Hang said sincerely.

If one could really cultivate a sage on his own planet, he would be quite invincible.

Not to mention the ability in scientific research, at the level of a sage, who is not a top combat power?

(End of this chapter)