Xiling Empire

Acceptance of the new spacecraft is an important issue, and because this is a project that Sandora and I personally follow up, we also need to see it in person during the acceptance. So after breakfast, I threw the noisy protoss slivers aside, and came to the shadow space with the cheerful Sandorah.

The new spacecraft is assembled on the back of the parent star Gaia-I usually used to call Gaia's side facing the Shadow City-a high-level orbit. Tavel has established a medium-sized starport here, dedicated to Used to build a variety of verified space facilities. When Sandora and I came here, Tavel was still directing his team to make final system adjustments and initial energy injections into the new spacecraft. We stand at the top of the a-2 tower facing the star port towards space. There is an open observation hall. Through the transparent barrier of the observation hall, we can see two silver-gray alloy "bridges" up to ten kilometers long. Probing out of the main body of Star Harbor below, straight into the space, a large amount of metal or beam "bone" extends on the bridge, making them look like weird polypod arthropods: this is a variable ship platform, It should be used to fix new ships. But in the middle of this slipway, I only saw a dark space, there was nothing there.

"The new spacecraft is temporarily shielded by the stealth force field, and his subordinates hope that this can achieve a surprise effect." Tavel's ... I don't know what number of clones came behind me and said with a proud tone, "Wait for the final commissioning , Your Majesty can see it. That's a beautiful big guy. "

The corner of my mouth moved, and my heart said it wasn't the coffin. I saw a sketch of the new spaceship in Sandora's room that day. The only improvement in the shape of the coffin-controlling spectacle lady was to turn one coffin into two parallel coffins. But seeing that happy look on Tavel's face. I was embarrassed to say it directly.

"If the new spacecraft passes the inspection, it can be put into production directly," Sandora said without looking back. "In addition, we should retrograde the technology with general value on the new spacecraft as soon as possible and make a large-scale operation on the existing starship of the Empire License upgrade. "

Tavel's mass projection returned to Israeli military salute: "Yes, Your Majesty, already doing this."

Sandora mentioned the "authorized upgrade" and the replacement of the Empire Starship. I have also touched a lot on this matter. This term sounds very high-tech, it is better to explain it.

We all know that there are many things in the Spirit Empire that have been in service for millions or even tens of millions of years. A starship series may even have been active on the battlefield for longer than the civilization cycle of many races, like The eternal class warships, which have been in service since the end of the old empire's expansion, are still one of the emperor's most important battleships-it is easy to give the wrong impression that the empire weapons are all antiques. It has not been updated for so many years.

In fact, on the contrary, not only are the war machines equipped by Emperor updated, but their speed of progress can reach an incredible level, and even new equipment will be put into the front line almost every moment. It was only after the period of “restricted use by form” was passed that the empire's military experts no longer carried out drastic reforms on the shells of those war machines. Instead, they carried out subtle but continuous "fine-tuning upgrades" of in-service equipment, that is, constantly using small technological breakthroughs to improve the spacecraft. Make another big upgrade when new technology accumulates to the point of outbreak. The eternal class starship does not seem to have changed for millions of years, but its main structure is completely updated almost every thirty to fifty years, and this complete update will be split into tens of thousands of times to complete.

And each update is synchronized to all troops across the empire.

This method of upgrading equipment sounds a bit maddening, as if it is a whimsical setting. In the real world, I am afraid that no normal logistics system can support this dressup plan: research a new type of screw. You have to run around and twist all the equipment in the country, and you have to do it every other three or five days-the logistics minister must be crazy.

So the Apostles of the Spirit set up a so-called "logistics" system that was not ordinary or normal. They are doing ultra-high-speed regular updates to their army through something called an "authorization upgrade agreement."

The effective mechanism of this "Authorization Upgrade Agreement" is very complicated, and the description is several kilograms. We only need to know its general process. First, this agreement is established on two prerequisites. One is the storage and linking of the apostles of the Spirit. Technology, one is the "information-material" transformation production module that will be carried by medium and large war units. These two technologies are the basis for "authorized upgrades."

The first step in the "authorized upgrade" is naturally the work of research and development departments at all levels. Military experts develop new war machines or a small component of this war machine. Any small technical progress can be used as an authorized upgrade. "Unit", even if this unit is just a new type of spaceship seat. The new "unit" that can be upgraded is designed and manufactured by technicians. After passing the acceptance, the senior R & D team will make a judgment. If this is a new model of equipment, send the blueprint to each arsenal for routine production. If this is a component of an existing device and meets certain "metrics", then an "authorized upgrade" is performed.

All information about the new model components, including production technology, technical indicators, replacement processes, etc. All data will be sealed into a "data package" without any detail, uploaded to the Empire Data General Network, and then instantly downloaded to the Empire Empire In every spacecraft or military base in the world, the terminal for downloading this data packet can be as small as a troop carrier or a deep space observation station with only dozens of people stationed. As long as this grassroots site has a set of "information-material" conversion production modules. And we all know that it is always a good habit of the Apostles of the Spirit to build an arsenal on their own spacecraft, and the "information is everything" technology of the empire allows these factories to create almost everything with drawings ...

So these terminals downloaded to the data package will make new parts in a short time, and then the self-disciplined machinery that downloads to the installation tutorial synchronously can complete the replacement without any effort: all equipment reserves for this replacement Operating space. Even a full-powered reactor can be replaced in a new buffer chamber without shutting down. For the "information-substance" conversion production module, there are no common problems such as processing difficulty. As long as there is sufficient accurate information, it is basically the same difficulty to make an armored plate and a starship host in the Empire Factory.

The only limitation of its production process is the "authority" of each grassroots factory, and of course "authorization" in "authorization upgrade" also refers to such authorization authentication and transfer steps.

For more basic units that do not have a production module, such as an ordinary Imperial soldier, his usual rifle needs to be replaced with a new type of trigger. Of course, it is impossible to have an arsenal on the Imperial soldier, so their equipment depends on Space storage and linking technology to upgrade. Everyone knows that Teijin ’s weapons and equipment are placed in portable spaces, and these portable spaces can actually be opened by other people under certain circumstances, such as the immediate superiors of soldiers. Carry space doesn't really follow you like a pocket at all times. It is a large warehouse established in the current world by a higher-level space distribution bureau. The space distribution bureau created this kind of super huge "warehouse", and then divided it into countless small areas, just like a hard disk. The folder is the same, and each soldier gets the access code of one of the folders, or the virtual path of the space and the opening password. As long as you master this access code, you can open different space at any coordinate in any universe. And take advantage of these access codes. You can also link all different spaces together, such as arsenal.

When the authorized upgrade begins, the soldier only needs to put his equipment in a different space, and his superior will link these equipment to a general upgrade center. Normally, this upgrade center will be connected to the nearest arsenal of the station. Direct connection by directly modifying the information. In a very short period of time, these equipments will be upgraded and upgraded, and the next time the soldiers take out the equipment, they will already be upgraded and strengthened models. If it is a relatively large improvement, the Imperial Soldier will also download a "weapon learning tutorial" authorized by the Imperial Supreme Command at the same time, after a second or two of learning. They can master their new weapons, and then happily use the more powerful killer to open their brains.

This is the entire process of the "Authorization Upgrade Agreement": R & D department conducts research and development. Then the blueprints and other materials are made into data packages, which are distributed to all empire units together with authorization and tutorials. Each of these units' war machines can produce parts and complete refitting on site, or through a different space arsenal. Dress up your own subordinate units. An authorization upgrade can take as short as 30 minutes to complete-now do you know what is the development model of madness?

If the Supreme Research Institute has developed a new artillery, then in the shortest thirty minutes, every ship in the whole empire that can afford this artillery has the ability to pierce the hot muzzle in its enemy's On the forehead-all produced on-site!

Of course, the "authorized upgrade agreement" is not a panacea. It can only be applied to conventional upgrade projects. If it is a component that exceeds the production capacity of the grassroots unit (such as the new model of the Xinghe main gun), or has special production requirements and resources The required items (such as the use of raw materials such as source energy ore that cannot be manufactured with the "information-material" interchange technology), can only be produced by conventional means at a specialized inland production base and then slowly. Slow changeover, basically this is a large-scale changeover, it may be carried out once in several years or even decades, upgrade the usual small-scale upgrades, update a gun base to replace armor, etc., "authorized upgrade agreement" Can already deal with it completely.

Well, I didn't expect to explain that "authorized upgrade" was quite troublesome ...

At this time, Tavel's assistant team finally completed the debugging of the sample spacecraft, and a steady broadcast sound of the star port host sounded in the observation hall: "Attention to the second platform, the evacuation channel is unobstructed, and all Class B working groups leave the platform within one minute. All Class B working groups leave the berth within one minute. Class A working groups check the initial energy injection level. "

"75% of the initial energy injection has reached the target value. The Class A working group evacuated the berth and the site was taken over by the self-regulatory machinery."

"Connected to a verified starship. The current starship is in external takeover mode. The operating status of each system is being checked."

"The energy system is normal, the security system is normal. The core control system is normal, the power group is on ... normal, the armored system is on ... normal, the shield is on ... normal, the weapon group is normal ... the communication array is on ... normal, start Verify the 1 to 36 device combination link ... All the links are online, boot is normal, and the response is normal. Confirm that all necessary devices are online. The core is warmed up, the emergency stop push component is responding normally, and exit the self-test procedure. "

"Start the verified starship host-external activation ... The host is turned on. Hello, Starship, this is Starport."

"Hello, Starport. This is an unnumbered starship. This machine is awake and working well."

"Starship, Your Majesty the Emperor will review it in person and wish you success, long live the empire."

"Starship is honored. Long live the Empire."

The Starport host disconnected external control of the new spacecraft. At this moment, the newly awake Starship host officially took over control of the spacecraft, at the same time, under the command of Tavel. The slipway also lifted the invisible camouflage of the spacecraft.

As the water film-like invisible force field faded away quickly, a silver-grey behemoth appeared in front of me and Sandora.

elegant. Magnificent, as perfect as artwork-it is not coffin-shaped!

A set of holograms appeared at the same time in front of us, showing the details of the shape of the new spacecraft from all angles, so that Sandora and I could see every corner of it clearly. At the same time, various parameters of the spacecraft were also displayed on the holographic projection, but I only noticed its size: 6.2 kilometers. It is a small man in the family of imperial battleships that generally take the route of the Big Mac, which is larger than the small spacecraft. Many, but it should be the lightest among medium-sized starships. However, this is a brand new special warship, so you don't need to delve into its size.

It still retains the rough structure of the sketch I saw in Sandora's room, that is, the catamaran with two main bodies arranged side by side, but the two parts of the hull abandon the angular cuboid The shape, replaced by a streamlined shell, is like two extremely stretched rugby balls. This streamlined shell only covers the upper half, and the lower half looks bare, but is additionally protected by a dense, translucent shield: I believe it will be stronger than the heavily armored part. Through the translucent lower shield, you can see the deep black structure inside, and the blue energy flow pulsating like a capillary network. All energy flows are concentrated to the middle of the hull, forming two under the catamaran. A dazzling blue halo.

And connecting the two streamlined hulls is a series of arc-shaped "arch bridges" at the middle and aft ends of the hull. These arch bridges also have beautiful lines, like the curved neck of a swan, and the silver-gray armored hull Also studded with gold stripes, according to the usual style of the Apostles of the Spirit, those stripes are definitely not decorations, but no matter what they are used for, this swan-like elegant streamlined catamaran looks like one in space. Piece of art is perfect.

I looked at this new spaceship with a stunned expression. The first reaction was that I finally did not have to visit Tavier's laboratory with the mentality of visiting the martyrs' cemetery. The second reaction was to pat the arm of the spectacle girl next to me: "This shape ... … Didn't you design it? "

A rare look of embarrassment on Tavel's face: "It is true, Your Majesty, after listening to your ... instructions, your subordinates realized that their aesthetic sense may be a little bit rigid, but they are really struggling to have no more modeling inspiration. So I asked Master Lelina for some advice. Your subordinates often listen to your Majesty mentioning that you like the beautifully lined buildings of the Protoss, so I guess her idea will satisfy you ... "

I immediately smiled, and said to myself that the day-to-day hunting and darkening Loli can do something good, and then connected with Lina's spiritual connection, and planned to praise the girl, I first said that I had accepted the spacecraft. Then he smiled and asked, "Lina, did you help improve the shape of the new spaceship? Where did you get your inspiration? It looks pretty pretty."

Liliana was praised for a while, and her voice was obviously very excited. She replied cheerfully: "The connecting bridge is a rib of imitation, and the hull is a stretched waist ..."

I:"……"

"Your Majesty?" Tavel couldn't help speaking, watching me for a long time.

With tears in my heart, I hung up the communication and slammed my fist with my fist: "Forget just now, forget just now ..."

Sandora also heard the conversation between me and Lilina, but she didn't reveal anything about her dream collapse, but looked at the spacecraft outside the observation window and suddenly took a sip of water: "Tavel, let's start with the weapon system Show. "

"Yes, you will be happy with its new attack."

The new spacecraft on the platform floated up silently ~ www.readwn.com ~ and quickly moved to a few kilometers away from the star port, and deftly turned to face the a-2 tower. I can't see where the propulsion device of this spaceship is, so it probably skipped the external engine directly, and used the high-end cargo like coordinate engine as its main thruster.

At the same time, a giant sphere as a target was also dropped into space, and was pushed beyond a dozen kilometers in a blink of an eye-because now only the power and stability of the new weapon are verified, the range verification is later project.

When the attack order was issued, the new spacecraft did not fire directly from the front as I imagined, but was instantly wrapped in a black and distorted giant sphere, and disappeared into space in a blink of an eye. At the same time, the target seemed to be erased. The erasure usually disappeared in the distance. Then, the black spherical layer with a diameter of nearly seven kilometers reappeared, but it was several kilometers away from where it disappeared. The spacecraft reappeared before us.

"The subordinate has designed a new firing procedure for it," Tavel said with a smile. "It's more like an assassin now. As for the sphere ... Thanks to Master Aurelia for his technical guidance, it's a shadow field. "(To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (an) to vote for recommendations, monthly tickets, your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users please read an.)

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