Spacesuit Modification
"It's not possible now, but I believe it will be possible in the future."
"Oh, then the task of creating a superhero will depend on you, Dr. Yi."
"Absolutely." Yi Kai had a mysteriously confident look on his face.
After exchanging a few more pleasantries with Yi Kai, Yue Yuan turned and left the bridge. There would be some time before further ground survey results were available, so he planned to check on the Engineering Department first.
Because of their experience landing on Ross 154-4, the Engineering Department realized that although humanity was already Tier 1 Civilization, its activities inside the planet were still very backward, and the Spacesuit at that time had many shortcomings.
So after that, the Mechanical Engineering Department team started working on optimizing the Spacesuit, and it seems they've made some progress recently. There will be a planet-landing mission coming up, so I'll take advantage of this time to go check it out.
Yue Yuan, along with two accompanying soldiers and his assistant Long Xiaolin, soon arrived at the Mechanical Engineering Department workshop.
The person who came out to greet them was Yu Nanfeng, an expert in engineering mechanics. Before Yue Yuan set off, he had already received a notification from Long Xiaolin, so he came to the machinery factory ahead of time to lead the way.
"Chief, you've come at the perfect time! That big guy is currently having its core power unit installed. Once it's finished, it can be put into actual operation. Let's go take a look together." Yu Nanfeng greeted him with a beaming smile.
"Lead the way," Yue Yuan said directly.
Yu Nanfeng didn't hesitate and immediately led Yue Yuan through the main gate into the factory, then headed straight for the elevator.
Because of the needs of mechanical processing, the roof of this factory building is very high, about ten meters high, and the area is also a whole suspended cabin.
The elevator is used to access the walkways with railings around the factory.
As soon as Yue Yuan stepped into the Mechanical Engineering Department workshop, he heard commands and instructions coming from inside, accompanied by the sounds of various mechanical gears moving.
Before long, Yu Nanfeng led Yue Yuan and the others out of the elevator, then turned a few corners and arrived at the pedestrian walkway located on the side wall of the factory.
As soon as the automatic door opened, the group saw a huge thing appear before them.
"Holy crap?! This is a mech?" Upon seeing the massive machine with only its upper body showing, one of the accompanying soldiers immediately exclaimed excitedly.
"Haha, what mecha? This is Spacesuit Modification." Yu Nanfeng laughed. Although he denied that the warrior was wearing a mecha, his words implied that this was indeed a mecha.
"This isn't considered a mech?" Another accompanying soldier's eyes lit up with excitement, as if he was already imagining himself driving this thing and dominating the battlefield.
"I already said it was Spacesuit Modification," Yu Nanfeng insisted.
"The changes are good," Yue Yuan affirmed.
As he spoke, he looked intently at the towering Spacesuit Modification before him. To be honest, Yue Yuan had seen the design of this thing in documents before, but the difference between the design and the reality was quite significant. Mainly, this thing was really big, seemingly even taller than the design he had submitted.
It appears to be about four meters tall, humanoid in shape, with hands, feet, body, and head, but the traditional Spacesuit is no longer visible; it looks like a mecha from a science fiction movie.
At this point, Yu Nanfeng explained, "This system is based on the design of Spacesuit, combined with humanoid robot application technology, and incorporates a series of technologies such as mechanics, chips, human-machine sensing, human-machine interaction, and Human-Computer Interaction. Because we cannot yet achieve Controlled Nuclear Fusion miniaturization at this stage, the power core is currently a miniaturized nuclear Fission Reactor."
"Those two lumps on either side of its chest cavity," Yu Nanfeng pointed to the area on the humanoid mecha's chest that resembled a woman's full breasts.
It's clearly where the nuclear Fission Reactor is located; it's a really good location.
After he said that, the group suddenly realized that this thing really did look like a female mecha.
Well, appearance isn't important; practicality is.
"Those two things that look like wings behind me are the tail nozzles of the Fission Thruster, connected to the Fission Reactor inside the chest cavity." Yu Nanfeng pointed to the so-called Spacesuit Modification: "It features a simulated human mechanical joint mechanism, a fully enclosed cockpit, and approximately ten thousand human micro-current inductors and a supporting AI signal acquisition module."
"After the pilot enters the cockpit, the core AI of the Spacesuit Modification will collect corresponding micro-electrical signals based on the pilot's hand, foot, body posture, and other movements, and then transmit the same command signals to the corresponding Mechanical Engineering Department. The response speed of each mechanical component is less than 1ms."
When we were conducting object interaction experiments, it could perform various human-like actions, including walking, pushing, poking, hitting, hooking, rotating, flipping, investing, squeezing, striking, and jumping.
After listening to Yu Nanfeng's introduction, Yue Yuan also felt that this thing could be considered a mecha.
Because Yue Yuan had seen the blueprints, the pilots of this thing could no longer enter wearing normal clothes like astronauts used to. Due to the large number of human body sensors inside the cockpit, many of these sensors had to be placed very close to the human body.
Therefore, drivers must wear a special type of clothing, which has only one function: to amplify the various micro-electrical signals of human movement.
The material used in the clothing is one of the achievements following this breakthrough in human materials technology. It is precisely because of this material that the Spacesuit Modification research project was able to be officially launched.
For this reason, the cockpit was designed as a soft liquid cockpit, meaning that once a person sits in it and starts the engine, apart from the face mask used for breathing, the rest of the body is enveloped in a soft, mud-like texture.
Therefore, drivers can only enter wearing clothes made of special materials.
The word "only" here means exactly what it says: apart from that special material bodysuit, nothing else can be worn, otherwise it will affect the electrical signal amplification function and cause control incoordination.
In theory, Spacesuit Modification could be equipped with weapons, such as large Gatling Gun, large sabers, large rifles, and small missiles. However, the Spacesuit Modification are currently in the trial and testing phase, so weapons have not yet been installed.
However, according to Yu Nanfeng, the Spacesuit Modification is only four meters tall, which is too small. It can probably only be used as a tool for landing and exploring inside planets, mainly for civilian use and assisting in the transport of buildings. There is no need to consider too much in terms of supporting weapons. After the Fusion Reactor is miniaturized, a larger one, at least ten meters tall, can be made. That would be a mecha.
There is some truth to that.
However, Yue Yuan felt that this was enough to ensure the safety of humans on other planets, and there was no point in making any bigger mechs.
Of course, he wouldn't object if someone continued to specialize in this technology.
After all, having more skills is never a bad thing. If we continue down this path, we might be able to create Flying Mecha that can directly enter the atmosphere on its own. If that happens, transport ships might become dedicated to cargo transport.
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