#616 - Chapter 616 Small Space Battleship
"Commander, should we expand the number of light crystal panel production warehouses to 150?" Xiaolin asked.
This number is slightly higher than the theoretical value because building the production warehouses also takes time. This will result in less actual production time, naturally requiring more production warehouses.
"Yes," Dongfang Chen confirmed.
"Commander, will these 150 production warehouses all be built in the underground base of Barto City?"
"Build them in Wulan Gumu!" Dongfang Chen pondered for a moment, still feeling that placing them in Wulan Gumu was more appropriate.
Wulan Gumu was an underground military base established by Dongfang Chen on the westernmost border of the Wulan Neutral Zone after completing the recruitment.
The purpose was to provide training grounds for the 100,000 new recruits.
The area was sparsely populated, making it ideal for completing this top-secret mission.
Moreover, the production warehouses for the ground-to-air spacecraft were also built here. After the spacecraft are manufactured, the produced light crystal panels can be directly sent to the space station, which is more efficient.
"Understood, Commander."
"If we want to build a charging station in near-sun orbit, what conditions are still lacking?" Dongfang Chen asked.
"We also need to build a central control station," Xiaolin replied.
The space station's data has already been merged with the Mars database, so Xiaolin can naturally complete this assessment.
In fact, as long as the data is complete, Dongfang Chen prefers to use Xiaolin.
Because Mengka is too subjective and prone to making mistakes.
"What is the function of the central control station?" Dongfang Chen asked.
These questions are in the technical proposal, but he avoids reading it if possible, as it's troublesome.
"It gathers the charged zhen crystals and maintains the charging station. If any light crystal panels are damaged, it automatically replaces them," Xiaolin explained.
"Do you think it's more suitable to manufacture the central control station on the ground or in the space station?"
"The central control station is not large in scale, so it is recommended to manufacture it in the space station," Xiaolin replied.
"Alright, isn't the level one ring-shaped module currently idle? Manufacture the central control station as soon as possible!" Dongfang Chen said.
The main function of the level one ring-shaped module is material collection and production.
"Understood, Commander."
It can now be predicted that we should be able to obtain the charged zhen crystals in about a month.
"Xiaolin, don't stop after the level two ring-shaped module is built. Continue to build the level three ring-shaped module."
"Understood, Commander. What is the purpose of the level three ring-shaped module?"
"One human living area, two material production areas, one gene repair area, and one production warehouse for manufacturing small space warships. The remaining one will be used as a material storage area for storing materials and docking warships," Dongfang Chen said.
"Understood, Commander. Please set the technical route for the small space warship," Xiaolin asked again.
The level two ring-shaped module produces miniature space transport ships powered by nuclear energy, but they are only temporary.
Zhen crystals will be available soon, so small space warships must be manufactured using zhen crystals as the power engine.
"Use zhen crystals for the power core," Dongfang Chen replied without hesitation.
"Understood. What about the thrusters?"
"Use warp thrusters for the thrusters," Dongfang Chen added.
"Understood."
"Anything else?" Dongfang Chen asked.
"Number of occupants and functional configuration," Xiaolin said.
Small spacecraft can carry people. The number of people directly determines the size of the spacecraft and the configuration of various functions.
"Two people. Design it to be compatible with mecha, supporting the mounting of two mecha," Dongfang Chen said.
"In that case, the volume of the warship will increase a lot," Xiaolin reminded.
"How about this, remove the mecha mounting function, but change the driving method to mecha driving," Dongfang Chen said after thinking for a moment.
"Are you saying to remove the cockpit and directly use the mecha as the cockpit?" Xiaolin asked.
"That's right," Dongfang Chen nodded.
This is equivalent to the warship being directly composed of two parts: the spacecraft base and the mecha. The combination of the two is a small space spacecraft, and after separation, it is a base and a mecha.
"Does the base need automatic driving function?" Xiaolin asked.
Because the mecha has an automatic driving function, the base may not need it.
However, if both have automatic driving functions, they can be controlled separately after separation. If not, the base can only stay there after separation.
"Of course!" Dongfang Chen said without hesitation.
He doesn't have the habit of producing semi-finished products.
He's eager to fight, and he still has to spend time finding where his spacecraft base is?
Isn't this just creating trouble for himself?
"Understood. If there is only one pilot, is the spacecraft allowed to start?" Xiaolin asked a strange question.
Because the design capacity of this miniature space spacecraft is two people, the question is slightly complicated.
One is that there is no one in the main driver's seat, and the other is that there is no one in the co-driver's seat. Under these two circumstances, whether the spacecraft has the authority to run is subjective.
Once it involves subjectivity, it must be determined by Dongfang Chen.
