Doomsday: I Build a Space Fleet

Chapter 282 Work, Arguments

After arranging the ship designers, Lorraine and Ouyang Nian dragged their slightly tired bodies back to the design room to continue refining the weaponry for large individuals that was still under design.

After two or three hours of hard work, Lorraine and Ouyang Nian finally finished manufacturing the two types of weapons specifically designed for large individuals before dinner.

Both of these weapon systems have relatively simple constructions, but they are equipped with powerful heavy artillery.

One type of weapon is a three-meter-tall bipedal robot equipped with two large, deployable shields in front of it. Its main function is to paralyze the movement and attack capabilities of the war behemoth.

When walking, the two shields are suspended in front of the two mechanical legs on the left and right, and above the legs is a heavy laser cannon that is two meters long.

When the cannon is converted to turret mode, the top of the mechanical feet bends backward, reducing the height of the muzzle to 2.3 meters.

At the same time, the support hidden in the lower half of the mechanical feet will pop out, forming a triangular support to keep the mech stable.

Then, the shields on both sides will fall to the ground, and the internal drill rods will be driven by motors to firmly fix the entire shield to the ground. Next, the folding part will unfold and be fixed to the left and right sides of the shield with a 160-degree angle.

The shield's surface is also covered with a certain amount of electromagnetic reactive armor.

The cannon's destructive power has been simulated and tested. A single cannon only needs four rounds of fire to temporarily paralyze its mobility. The data source for the simulated target is the large war behemoth that was just killed by the flagship.

Another type of weaponry is a light tank that is 2.56 meters high and 8.2 meters long.

The chassis of this light tank consists of a main body and four separate structures of different lengths, and the tracked vehicle is propelled by a tracked power system installed in the separate structures.

The main body is equipped with a large pure hydrogen gas turbine, which serves as the energy source for the weapon system, electronic control system, and hydrogen electrolysis system, while the power system within the split structure is a hydrogen energy battery that consumes hydrogen.

This tracked vehicle is equipped with only one 203mm composite electromagnetic acceleration cannon. Just two of its 203mm rocket-propelled capped armor-piercing high-explosive rounds are enough to shatter the head of a large war behemoth.

Such powerful firepower comes at a price; the weight of a single cannon reaches 18.3 tons, and with the eight rounds of spare ammunition it carries, the total combat weight of the vehicle reaches 30 tons.

To reduce weight, the tank does not have a heavy turret; instead, two twin-mounted interceptor missiles are installed on either side of the gun terminal.

After discussion, the two types of equipment were designated as Kangaroo and Moose, respectively.

Because the demand for these two types of equipment was not high and they were urgently needed, the production center and industrial nanosystems in Cleveland during the start-up period produced eight Kangaroo and two Moose tanks, along with their supporting supply vehicles, in just one hour.

These equipment, weighing nearly 200 tons, will be rapidly transported to the assault troops by medium and large transport aircraft within the base.

After dinner, Luo Lin and her two friends invited Xu Ling and Xu Yun, two pilot sisters, to visit the air traffic control aircraft that was undergoing final assembly.

Upon entering the factory, Xu Ling and Xu Yun exclaimed in surprise at the colossal machine before them, frequently quoting classic lines from "Doomsday: I Build a Space Fleet" in an attempt to find common ground. However, after learning about the spacecraft's purpose, the two simultaneously fell into deep thought.

After a long pause, the two shared their opinions.

"Commander, based on my experience, the armed forces on this air traffic control aircraft are mainly aimed at small aerial individuals and any conventional aircraft that may be present. The laser weapons on the control aircraft have limited power and cannot effectively kill the existing medium-sized and larger silicon-based creatures."

"That's true, but this air traffic control aircraft itself has certain experimental upgrades, and the weapons it is equipped with are mainly aimed at the individual zombies that remain in various cities."

"While the laser weapons on the mothership are not effective at killing medium-sized silicon-based creatures, they are relatively easy to deal with these zombies that are still made of flesh and blood."

"Moreover, our actual control area is only a very small area, and most of the cities in the Red Earth Federation are still under occupation."

Then Lorraine handed a data panel to Xu Yun.

"This contains detailed data about the air traffic control aircraft. You can take it back and discuss it with everyone to see if anyone has any other ideas."

"clear."

"It's getting late, everyone should get some rest."

The next morning, Lorraine and Platinum, having finished their work, went to the foredeck of the flagship and looked down at the ground from a thousand meters above.

"Phew—finally I can catch my breath."

All subsequent work has been arranged, the flagship upgrade plan has been completed, the defensive weapons for space operations are being produced, and the two near-Earth transport ships in the best condition have returned to their sea-based operational platforms and are undergoing space-based modifications.

At this moment, below the flagship, in two super-large dry docks in Jask Harbor, two destroyers, each 513 meters long, were under construction. In addition to the two secondary nanocores originally installed in each dry dock, Lorraine also equipped them with three supercomputers and four secondary nanocores.

"Based on the current production schedule, before the enemy fleet enters low Earth orbit, a total of one Bifang and three space destroyers will be able to have space combat capabilities."

"The timeframe is still too short. The mineral production rate is insufficient, the factory's capacity cannot be fully utilized, and the anti-gravity unit, which serves as the core of the power system, cannot be fully put into use."

Hearing Ouyang Nian's uneasy words, Luo Lin smiled and offered words of comfort.

"To compensate for our lack of firepower, haven't we built quite a few powerful armed satellites?"

"But these fixed defensive firepower are still not as good as space battleships. Even if you spread self-propelled mines all over the space route, the killing efficiency is not enough. After all, they are all 'veterans' of space warfare."

"Don't worry, the flagship's firepower is still sufficient."

Upon hearing Lorraine's words of comfort, Ouyang Nian completely lost his temper.

"Is this why you made the hydroponic farm and industrial center on your flagship all modular and detachable?"

In the early hours of this morning, a tired but worried Ouyang Nian suddenly woke up. After tossing and turning for a long time, she got out of bed, threw on a long trench coat, and headed to the design studio on the lower floor.

When she opened the system, she sat in her chair and unconsciously browsed through the design drawings in the database when she saw a conspicuous red dot light up in the lower left corner of her inbox.