Walk through the structure of the Ark and wander on the continent of Terra

Currently, the Rhode Island Engineering Department can take some time off to produce three hundred of these unfinished rifles every month.Considering the size of the armed forces of Rhode Island's defense sector, the inevitable consumption in future use can already meet the demand without conversion of production. However, this cannot be called a weapons industry. This output is simply a small workshop.

Lucille has re-evaluated this weapon and believes that it is a weapon that most countries and regions on Terra can produce themselves as long as they have certain Originium industrial capabilities.Even if the electromagnetic guide rails use RMA high-purity minerals, in many places the initial cost of producing them is no less than a high-quality staff.But its significance is still significant.

"Doctor, don't do unnecessary things when aiming, such as boasting." Outcast, who was standing aside, smiled and patted the doctor's arm, guiding him to adjust his posture of holding the weapon, "There is one more thing you didn't say. , this gun can push Rutlan directly off the altar."

"It is still considered a product within the scope of Originium Industry, and the technologies used are not completely beyond the current scope, but in a sense, it gives ordinary people the opportunity to 'cast spells', just by pulling the trigger, bang The people from Rutland can do nothing better than you." Lucille was very proud of this, and participating in the entire development process of this weapon made her full of pride. "Doctor, give it a name or code name."

"How about calling it a Corusil rifle?"

"Don't, don't!"

Although it sounds cool to add Terra's first firearms designer in front of his long list of names, and it may even be written into the history books and be remembered for thousands of years, but Lucil I really don't want to be remembered this way.Although she seemed unable to change this fact, after all, she was the one who took the lead in designing this weapon that would change history.

……

"You named that gun a lightning rifle? That's too vulgar." Alpha looked at the complete engineering technical manual bound in a volume by the engineering department. The words on the cover made her full of the desire to complain.

"So it also has a manufacturer code, CGB01, doesn't it sound better?"

"Fortunately, your code name is not like Lao Mao... Ahem, just pretend I didn't say it. Anyway, just be happy."

While the two were chatting, there was a sound of high-heeled footsteps coming from far and near outside the door of Alpha's office in Rhode Island. A moment later, someone knocked on the door.

"Please come in."

A Draco who still smelled like gun smoke came in. After seeing the doctor and Alpha, she politely saluted them both.

"Tallulah, long time no see." The doctor smiled. The last time they met was at Longmen. The doctor was a witness to the negotiation between Wei Yanwu and Tallulah.It's very far away even when I think about it.

"Long time no see, Dr. Rhode Island, it looks like you are recovering well."

"Thank you for your concern."

After a brief exchange of greetings, Tallulah also made it clear the purpose of this private meeting. She wanted to introduce this new weapon to the New Chernobog People's Army.

The doctor did not make an immediate decision. He looked into Tallulah's eyes, trying to figure out her plans and intentions.

It is worth mentioning that because Rhode Island’s field work may cover every corner of the Terra continent, the lightning rifle was designed to be used in complex environments from the beginning. This was proposed by Lucille herself. The idea was highly praised by Alpha.And she provided corresponding experimental testing sites and equipment for this purpose. In theory, with only a few adjustments, the lightning rifle can adapt to the harshest winter in Ursus.

"We can have a brief exchange of intentions first. After all, in this land, this kind of weapon is the only one that has no semicolon so far." Alpha gave a compromise plan, "The current industrial recovery in Xinqi City I have read the situation report. You do have preliminary weapons and equipment production capabilities, but you still need to consider the impact of complex factors such as geopolitics. I suggest you be more cautious."

"I know...but everyone needs to have a way to protect their rights."

Looking at the doctor's look, Alpha knew that there was still room for negotiation on this business. Xinchie City was already sufficiently impactful to the situation between Longmen and Ursus. The production authorization of a new weapon that had not been verified yet was something like this. Things, in fact, it can't stir up any waves.

Doctor, please weigh it carefully for the [-] million debt owed by Rhode Island.

8. Set off again

When it comes to this arms trade, Amiya is a little worried. Rhode Island has always upheld a neutral position and a humanitarian attitude. The arms trade should not originate from Rhode Island.

The doctor rubbed Amiya's little head and smiled softly.For a long time, he has read a large amount of relevant information stored on Rhodes Island that records the pre-Tower of Babel era, as well as the thousands of years of conflicts between Sakaz and the races on the mainland. The Tower of Babel, which is closely related to the royal family, and its successor, Rhodes Island, in fact, in the eyes of the mainland countries, it is impossible to completely shed the identity of the Kazdaele exile.

9. Bon voyage

"Good morning, doctor, you are the last one to get on the bus again." Beside the boarding deck of the Life Star, Alpha held the member attendance sheet in one hand and played with the click pen in his hand impatiently with the other hand.

"I had something to do in the morning, so I'm just in time." The late doctor carried his luggage. He often traveled far away and didn't have much, but he looked like he was sweating from the rush to drive.This guy is always very punctual. I don't know why he came so late today.

"Doctor, I want to welcome you in advance to our Kjerag." Next to Alpha, an energetic white-haired Felin girl was happily greeting the doctor. Her code name in Rhode Island is Yaxin. Her full name is Enthia Shivaash, and she is the sister of Mr. Enthiodis, the chairman of Kalan Trading mentioned before.

"Excuse me, Alpha."

"Hey, after all, Boss Yin invited you, I can't leave you behind. Anyway, I'm more casual. I can leave anytime." After a second thought, Alpha had a smirk on his face, "Even if it's late, If we set off in two days, I can guarantee to arrive early, it’s just a little bumpy on the road.”

If the four Rainbow Team members who stayed in Rhode Island this time heard these words, they would probably immediately think of Aeroflot’s traditional performance of taking off late and landing early. The Life Star had a similar style when it was on its way.

After the doctor stepped onto the springboard and entered the hangar of the Life Star, the thick armored springboard was driven by the hydraulic device and closed behind everyone, and there was the sound of mechanical locking.This time, the doctor noticed that there was still a lot of goods piled up in the hangar, and quite a few of them had labels that said they were sent to Kjerag. He didn't know who ordered them here.

"Doctor, your cabin is still in the same place. Before this voyage, I tidied it up for you and added a service terminal. Now you can directly access the public remote communication system in your cabin and communicate directly with all the people in Rhode Island. Contact the department.”

He led the two of them through the hangar and engineering deck, boarded the ship's elevator, and arrived at the main living deck. Along the way, Alpha introduced the various internal facilities of this technologically advanced land cruiser to the curious Enxiya. It was a reminder to her to pay attention to her safety.

It is worth mentioning that the Life Star has no special accommodation cabins except the captain's cabin, which are all of the same specifications. Because the captain's cabin also doubles as the captain's office, there are no cabins on the Life Star. , everyone’s living and living conditions are the same.

"Enxiya, your living cabin is over here. I've already asked Benben to bring it to you." As he spoke, the mechanical car with a square head whizzed around the location of the three people and ran towards the other end of the ship. go.

"Stupid! There is a speed limit in the ship!" Before Alpha could finish his words, he saw the car brake suddenly and the cargo on the back almost fell. Fortunately, it raised its mechanical arm in time to help it.Then it began to move forward honestly at the safe speed inside the ship, at least until it disappeared from everyone's eyes.

"That little car, is it called Benben?" Enxiya looked curiously at the intelligent robot full of industrial technology. Benben's square and square image left a very cute impression on her.

"Well, to be precise, it is an all-terrain transportation platform, and it is also a dog."

After settling the second daughter of the Shivaash family in the cabin, Alpha and the doctor came to the bridge of the Life Star. At this time, Koloff was already sitting in the helmsman's position, and other necessary combat personnel were also in place. In place.

The doctor found a place to sit down on the crew bench behind the bridge. He watched Alpha walk up to the captain's position and activated some captain information auxiliary systems. The projection light screen of the head-up display came from the equipment device on the ceiling. Lowered, the diffraction projector starts working.

"Each unit reported its preparations for the voyage." Before this voyage, the Life Star underwent a thorough maintenance, replacing all six tires, half of the superconducting coils of the reactor, and the stress and wear of various mechanical equipment. They have also been inspected, so Alpha needs to be more rigorous when sailing this time.

"The reactor and energy system are normal." Ceria took one last look at the all-green indicator lights and various flowing data on the screen in front of her.

"The power system and walking device data returned to normal." Petrova sat in the power management position and opened a bottle of Casimir's local sparkling drink.

"The sensor array is ready." Levi knocked on the panel in front of him. He installed several additional monitors in this battle position so that he could see more sensor readings more directly.

"The artificial intelligence hub is normal, and the quantum computing unit is operating extremely well today." Diesel's holographic projection appeared on the projector on the bridge...

"This is the Life Star, Hurod Island Route Management Center, applying for departure."

"Rode Island receives it, the ramp has been put down, I wish you a safe journey."

"Bon Voyage!"

The engine of the Life Star made a steady mechanical sound, and the huge wheels began to rotate, slowly embarking on the track leaving the inner mooring bay of Rhode Island.The Rhode Island is still docked in the dock of Brilliant Shield Industries. Behind everyone, a huge crane is removing pieces of armor plates from the racks on the side and hoisting them back to their installation positions. Most of the Rhode Island The modification work on the structure is nearing completion.

Gladia didn't know when she also appeared on the bridge. She quietly sat down next to the doctor, holding a mobile terminal in her hand, which showed the omnidirectional viewfinder of the Life Star passing Diesel. Processed omnidirectional images.

Under the mobile block structures and towering cranes on both sides, there are many places on the rear of the Rhode Island hull that are shining with the light of welding, operating drones, Casimir's outsourced staff and the Rhode Island engineering department. The operators are working hard to advance the progress of the project.

Gladia saw a turret-like structure, wrapped in a three-color striped nylon tarpaulin, standing calmly on a raised structure at the tail of Rhode Island. It was something that had not existed before.

"Norman Heavy Industries' Arc Light' ship-borne light electromagnetic gun?" Gladia looked at the notes that Desel added casually on the screen. Although she knew the whole story, the land creature suddenly took out this epoch-making The level of advanced weapons was still a bit difficult for her to adapt to.

"Eh? I still remember that the modification plan said that it was to use a 57mm Gatling rapid-fire cannon. Why was it changed to an electromagnetic gun?" The doctor suddenly discovered a blind spot. He had never seen some recent modification projects.

"Because I inspected the remaining space inside Rhode Island, and it turns out that I really can't install a production line for 57mm artillery shells." Alpha shrugged from the captain's seat, "In comparison, the modified power system of Rhode Island There is quite a lot of redundancy, so I installed a light rail gun of the same type as the one on my car for you. There is still no essential change in terms of firepower, so don’t expect Rhode Island to turn into a battleship."

"I understand." The doctor nodded. The caliber of the Life Star's cannon was not large, and Rhode Island only installed a total of six single-mounted turrets to deal with rusty hammers or other gangs of robbers. The small land craft is already the limit. It can save a huge ammunition depot and ammunition production line, sacrifice a little firepower projection, in exchange for higher accuracy and penetration, which is enough for Rhode Island's current needs.

10. Travel anecdotes

Heading south from the Grand Knights and crossing the national border of Casimir, the Star of Life will move forward in the wilderness of southern Casimir for two full days. On the way, they plan to stop at a town called Tsvonne in the south of Casimir. Make the last stop of supplies in the city of Ke, and then go directly through the wilderness and onto the snowy plateau to Kjerag.

But this morning, in the conference room, Alpha shrugged helplessly to everyone, "I received a tip that there has been a commotion in Zvonek recently. A group of unidentified infected people caused a riot. We just I can give up this supply and go directly to Kjerag."

"The situation in Zvonek, Alpha, is your intelligence source trustworthy?" The doctor looked at the holographic map and scratched his head.

"The Knights of the Red Pine recently settled here after leaving the Grand Knights. When I asked them to help contact the port, they gave me this news. They said they met Maena here and that the city is currently under martial law. ." Alpha flipped over the report paper in her hand. She had not read her uncle's collection of stories, but she guessed that this emergency would be properly resolved by the Red Pine Knights and Maena.

"Do they need help?"

"I made a general inquiry, and Sona said that she needs some ore disease medicine there. They have taken in an infected worker leader. If we are not advised to stop, I plan to use a drone to deliver it to them. This The work has been approved through the existing licensing channels of Brilliant Shield Industry, so there is no big problem. As for the situation in the city, the riots have been quelled by the police and have not caused greater chaos. Sona said that Ma Enna has found the mastermind behind the scenes. , on the way to find him, I think everything will be fine."

"That's good..." The doctor sighed, "The current situation of the infected is still difficult, and there are always people who use the infected as tools and pawns to gain benefits for themselves, but every time this happens, it is a blow to the original people. Another blow to the living environment of the poor infected people."

After Zvonek's matter came to an end, Seria asked about the Star of Life's material reserves. However, Alpha has always had the habit of storing more than twice the amount of supplies. With the consumption rate so far, the Star of Life is actually Enough to run Kjerag back and forth twice.

……

That afternoon, the Life Star slowed down, performed a drone flight operation, delivered a precision-guided airdrop express, and delivered the things they needed to the red pine trees.

Due to the temporary rerouting, the route of the Life Star was actually very close to the city of Zvonek. The drone made a round trip in about ten minutes. Interestingly, on the way back, when passing by a forest on the outskirts of the city, The drone's sensors returned information that a high-energy stone technique had been detected.

With their curiosity aroused, everyone quickly let the No. [-] drone, which was always on standby, take off and mount a more professional pod to watch.Then they saw the outline of a figure that looked like Maena in the infrared image, and a guy with the appearance of a warrior knight fell in a pool of blood in front of him.Ma Enna obviously noticed the drone, but the drone did not make any hostile moves, so he had no reason to take action. He just turned around and left the woods with heavy steps.

"Maena killed a warrior knight?" Seria was a little surprised.

"He was good at this in the past. It is said that Maena once conquered a traitorous knight family by himself, and defeated more than ten high-level knights and Leitanian warlocks by himself." Alpha tried to collect information, but at present The channels basically yielded nothing.

"I'm more curious about what happened in Zvonek." Koloff said that watching the excitement is not too big a deal.

But Alpha and the doctor shook their heads together, "We may never know what happened here, unless they take the initiative to mention it to us. I believe they can handle Casimir's internal affairs on their own."

"Okay." It seemed that Koloff was a little disappointed. As a former Ursus veteran and member of the Shield Guard, he himself had even fought against Casimir, so he was actually somewhat curious about Casimir. .

……

Another day later, when the sun rose from the horizon, the Life Star had left the national border of Casimir and sailed into the gray area between the three countries of Kjerag, Victoria and Casimir.This place is more desolate than southern Casimir, but the overall phenology is still relatively similar. The rolling hills and temperate flora have formed a unique landscape on this vast land that has not been easy for thousands of years. It seems to be repeated but is different everywhere. The boundless scenery.

This is a scenery that has long been accustomed to everyone who travels on this land all year round.However, two major events happened today, which made this day of running around the world something worth recording.

About four hours after the Life Star left the Casimir border, the Casimir government announced the nationalization of Brilliant Shield Industries. The Casimir government established a brand new department to manage the country's commercial activities. Constrain and coordinate enterprises according to national strategies.

No one knows what kind of effect this can achieve in Casimir, which has long been penetrated by commercialization, but both the doctor and Alpha are actually looking forward to this change. To be more precise, look at Alpha's holding back. With a smiling expression, it would probably be unjustifiable if she was not involved in this matter.

Another incident, for everyone on the Life Star, can only be described as difficult. While passing through a small valley composed of two hills, the Life Star was attacked by an unknown source. A group of Guys wearing rudimentary homemade equipment and holding primitive weapons used the canyon to launch this attack. Stones, spears, bows and arrows all hit the armor of the Star of Life with a clanking sound. It was a pity that They didn't even manage to scratch the Life Star's livery.

"What's going on with those people?" Enxiya was startled by the battle.

Alpha was very calm. She probably guessed where this group of people came from. She also knew very well that she didn't need to draw her sword. She only needed to move her fingers to use the cannon of the Star of Life and the two men on standby in the hangar. A Predator drone can easily harvest this group of people. In the face of the absolute firepower advantage, no matter how many lives are taken, it is meaningless, but she is not here to commit massacre.

"That group of people can't be the so-called rust hammers." Ceria, who was next to the fire control officer's seat, looked at the picture returned by the naval gun's photoelectric sensor.

Alpha nodded, "A few kilometers east of here, there is a rusty hammer standing on a cliff. I think they are right."

"Just leave or what to do?" The doctor also came over.

"I'm quite curious about these guys. Why don't you get in touch with them?" Alpha shrugged. She was not very good at evaluating the ideas of Rusty Hammer, but she was quite curious about what she looked like in the eyes of these people. of.

"That's okay." The doctor shrugged. The high-altitude unmanned reconnaissance aircraft had detected hundreds of heat sources in the surroundings, but the total number of these people probably wouldn't be enough for the Life Star to kill in 2 minutes, let alone Everyone on this ship is a good player, and neither Seria nor the deep-sea hunter can single-handedly win over these guys. "This group of guys may be one of the strangest social organizations on this earth, and it is indeed worth studying." "

11.Embracing the Wilderness part.1

The UEG government's Predator drone is not the slow, small, four-axis toy commonly seen in Terra. Although the version manufactured by Alpha uses a superconducting battery-electric structure, it has four sets of heavy-duty ducted fans and a replacement small vortex. The fan engine provides a short-term afterburning rocket booster, giving it the ability to attack at high speeds and carry heavy air-to-ground firepower.

When it is necessary to attack heavy units, the pylons on both sides of the Predator can even mount twelve huge vortexes. However, facing the Rusty Hammer organization, which mainly focuses on humanoid scattered targets, Alpha chose to equip two 70mm rockets this time. ejection pods and two additional cannon pods, all optionally loaded with anti-personnel anti-personnel munitions.When the Life Star stopped its wheels and two Predator drones roared off the takeoff deck, everyone now only hoped that the Rusty Hammer members had some Hercules in their hearts.

In the legends about the Rusty Hammers, they are fanatics who have abandoned civilization, savages who have lost their minds, and a group of brutal and savage wasteland thugs who take pleasure in killing.There were rumors that when they launched an attack on a certain Ursus outpost, they launched a fearless charge against Ursus' artillery fire and slaughtered all the Ursus troops in just a few hours.

However, after seeing the actual combat effectiveness of the weapons and equipment provided by Alpha, all rational people know clearly that even if there are hundreds of heat source reactions around, even if zero is added to this number, it will only be more bloodless and tearless. The unmanned intelligent combat equipment is an easy target to kill.