Chapter 84 Engineering Ships and Transport Ships

"Open the star map and have a look..."

A blue light flashed, and a holographic screen appeared in front of Li Meng.

It was a star map with the logo of the S-01888 star system on it.

Each shining star represents a star system.

The bright ones indicate that they have been explored, and the dark gray ones indicate that they have not been explored.

There are two steps to exploring the starry sky.

The first step is to determine the position of the star based on the optical equipment, and then calculate the approximate distance.

Without a navigation beacon, the ship cannot accurately jump.

Most of the time, once the ship arrives near a star system, it will use sublight speed engines to travel.

Once it enters a star system, it can use the gravity wells of the stars and planets to accurately jump.

The mineral resources of the lit star systems have been surveyed, and this process often takes several months.

Every planet, satellite, and asteroid belt has been effectively explored.

Of course, it is somewhat unrealistic to want to fully explore the mineral resources.

Most of the high-quality mines are deep in the planet, and the mineral scanning array can penetrate the strata up to nearly a thousand meters deep.

It is somewhat powerless to go deeper, and exploration outposts must be built to explore the mineral resources in deeper strata.

In order not to waste too much time on exploration.

The mineral exploration of the star system only roughly explored the distribution of mineral resources in the star system.

Ordinary metal minerals are very common in the universe.

For example, the empire's ceramic steel and plastic steel, the metal minerals required can be found everywhere in the star system.

Although the resources of the universe are limited, they are close to infinite because of their large volume.

There is no problem in feeding billions of people with the mineral resources in the S-01888 star alone.

Of course, due to the lack of water resources and the difficulty in obtaining them, the cost of feeding billions of people is too high.

The S-01888 star system is suitable for the development of mining, not for colonization.

Now the Ark has been built, and more than 100,000 people live in it.

The annual population increase can be between 20,000 and 30,000.

Li Meng thought about putting the Ark in the fault space and letting the people of the empire give birth.

But after thinking about it, he decided not to. As the regent, he should not treat his people as reproductive tools.

Moreover, the fault space is in the subspace after all.

Although it is protected by the psychic barrier, the human spirit will be more or less affected.

Only slaves whose brain tissue has been removed can work in it for a long time without being affected.

The Temple is under construction. Even if there is a time fault space, the construction period will not be less than five years.

How to make the Sikkim module seamlessly welded is a technical job, and the process is very cumbersome.

At present, except for the Temple project, all other projects of the empire have been completed.

It's time to develop outward...

But...

As he watched, Li Meng suddenly realized a problem.

That is, the empire has no engineering ships.

The STC construction module on the Far Journey has been dismantled, and it is not suitable for an industrial base.

If you want to develop outward and build various mining bases and space stations, you must have engineering ships.

Thinking of this, Li Meng said: "001, inform Donald to design an engineering ship with the following specifications: it must be large, not less than 2 kilometers in length, have complete industrial capacity, and its production efficiency must not be lower than 20% of the STC construction module. It must have the ability to enter and exit the atmosphere and take off and land on the surface of the planet, and the ability to navigate in the subspace. It must be able to accommodate at least 50 "Iron Slave" mining boats, 1,000 mining machines, and 1,000 engineering machines."

With the "Firestorm-class" escort ship, the E-class fusion reactor, E-class plasma thruster, E-class subspace engine, E-class Geller force field, E-class void shield, and corresponding weapons and energy transmission pipeline technology are unlocked.

With these technologies, the Mechanicus can design civilian ships relatively freely.

"Also, design another transport ship with the following specifications: the length cannot be less than two kilometers, it must be able to navigate in the subspace, it must be able to take off and land on the surface of the planet, the cargo hold must be modular, and it can carry any type of cargo according to demand, including troops and armored vehicles, and it must have a certain self-defense capability. The firepower does not need to be too strong, but ship weapons cannot be absent."

Among all the warships of the Empire, except for some special ships, only the escort-class ships have the ability to take off and land on the surface of the planet.

Anti-gravity devices are also standard for escort ships, but they are too troublesome.

After all, the larger the warship, the greater the mass, and the greater the impact of the planet's gravity.

Unless it is absolutely necessary, the Empire's warships will not easily try to enter the atmosphere.

001: "The order has been conveyed, and Donald, the great sage of science and technology, replied that the ship data will be released in two months."

The ship is not like the Ark, the design of the Ark is relatively simple.

The STC data terminal only designed the hull structure of the Ark, and the internal details were all designed by the priest of science and technology.

And this process will not be less than half a year.

When the construction of the Ark began, its design was not yet complete.

It was designed while being built.

"By the way, let me ask Donald again, has he obtained the coordinate data of the "UNSC" headquarters?"

This time, the "UNSC" fleet suffered heavy losses, and only one-third of the warships successfully evacuated, and the other warships became metal wreckage in the universe.

After the war, the Mechanicus salvaged a relatively complete Steadfast-class frigate.

If the warship database can be cracked, the location of the "UNSC" headquarters can be obtained.

001: "The ship terminal data has been deleted, and the chip is physically destroyed. Donald, the great sage of science and technology, replied that he is trying to repair it, but there is no guarantee that it will succeed. It will take some time."

Obviously, it is impossible to get the coordinates of the "UNSC" headquarters from those metal wreckages.

He was not disappointed, and this answer was within Li Meng's expectations.

If it were him, knowing that the other party did not know where his base was, he would also design a self-destruction program. Once the ship was destroyed, all data would be cleared, and the chip would need to be physically destroyed.

In this way, even if the war fails, the enemy will not be able to easily find the location of their base camp.

The universe is too big. Even if the enemy is within thirty light years, it is not easy to find it.

If you can't find it, then don't find it...

Li Meng didn't care too much about the attack of "UNSC" this time.

It's like a child sneaking a punch at an adult. Although he hit, his hand was swollen, and then he ran away secretly.

The adult will remember him and deal with him when he meets him next time.

There is no need to take revenge for a punch and search all over the street.

"Huh..."

Taking a deep breath, Li Meng's face looked thoughtful.

What to do next is much simpler, explore outward and find more valuable star systems.