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Hearing Yu Nanfeng's words, Yue Yuan paced around the office, trying to figure out how to give humanity some military might.

Finally, after a long while, Yue Yuan stopped and looked at Yu Nanfeng. "Could we add some weapon systems to this design?"

He asked.

"It's possible, but that would require building an even larger spaceship, as we'd have to consider the entire weapon system. Plus, the cylindrical structure designed for living isn't suitable for mounting weapons," Yu Nanfeng said, his tone full of opposition, but he still answered seriously because he also agreed with the idea of arming humanity.

Currently, humanity's most powerful weapon is still the high-yield Hydrogen Bomb. Of course, there are also Laser Weapons, but they are mostly used for precision strikes, and their power certainly can't compare to that of a Hydrogen Bomb.

As for manufacturing, humans can certainly do it. Callisto Base has personnel with expertise in atomic energy; otherwise, how could they build nuclear facilities? It's just that Callisto, as a base, wasn't allowed to manufacture them back then.

"Hmm, this matter can wait, no rush. At this stage, the priority is still the living needs of the people. Let's focus on the Living Spaceship for now," Yue Yuan said helplessly, as he didn't have any better ideas at the moment.

As Yue Yuan was about to leave, he heard Gao Kun mutter something about a solution.

"What did you say?" Yue Yuan turned to look at the chubby fellow.

"Uh, I said it seems like there might be a way," Gao Kun sucked in his large belly and raised his voice a notch.

If you have something to say, say it; if you have something to fart, fart it. What's with all the mumbling? Yue Yuan mentally retorted, then looked at Gao Kun's belly: "Speak!"

"Since the Living Spaceship can have Living Modules attached, we can also attach Warships to the outer wall of the Living Spaceship, with the latter attached to the outside of the Living Modules," Gao Kun thought for a moment, then added, "When designing the Living Module suspension system, we can make special suspension reservations, or directly create an independent suspension system extending from the force arm base, and then create corresponding suspension structures on the back of the Warships. However, if we do that, the Living Module suspension system in the corresponding areas would need some positional adjustments."

Gao Kun's words silenced both Yue Yuan and Yu Nanfeng.

However, their silence was for different reasons.

Yue Yuan was genuinely silent, thinking, while Yu Nanfeng's silence meant he had already started modifying the model data on the keyboard at lightning speed.

Realizing what Yu Nanfeng was doing, Yue Yuan decisively abandoned his daydreaming and rushed over in three steps.

This is what I call an action-taker! Yue Yuan thought approvingly as he saw Yu Nanfeng's eyes gleaming and his hands moving like afterimages.

Just then, Gao Kun also came behind Yu Nanfeng's seat, joining Yue Yuan in staring intently at the constantly changing design model on the computer screen.

What you see is what you get—Yu Nanfeng had enabled this feature, so whenever he changed a data point, the corresponding part of the 3D simulation in the screen would change accordingly.

So, in Yue Yuan's eyes, he saw the cylindrical spaceship model being constantly tweaked as the screen's frame rate swept across it. Gradually, a vertical opening was created on the exterior, and then a base extended outward from the middle, followed by various suspension structures appearing on the extended base.

Half an hour later, Yu Nanfeng finally stretched and said with a smile, "Ha, done."

Turning around and seeing Yue Yuan and Gao Kun behind him, Yu Nanfeng said proudly, "I've only roughly tweaked the shape of the model; it's not the final version. The Design Department needs to refine the specific details."

"Dr. Yu, thank you for your hard work. Let's leave it to those brats next," Gao Kun said, grinning, the gloom from having his proposal rejected earlier completely gone.

Yue Yuan also patted Yu Nanfeng's arm and said, "Yes, not bad, let's do it this way."

"Oh, right, Dr. Yu, you still need to keep an eye on the matter of shipborne weapons," Yue Yuan said, taking two steps towards the door before turning back to add.

Yu Nanfeng is not only a Doctor of Engineering Mechanics but also a missile dynamics expert.

Shipborne weapons will definitely include Atomic Bombs and Hydrogen Bombs, and they certainly can't just be thrown out of the ship. The warheads must be launched using propulsion units, so they need a dynamics expert like Yu Nanfeng to keep an eye on things to ensure everything is safe.

"No problem, I guarantee every Nuclear Missile will be full of vigor," Yu Nanfeng said, his face beaming. He then asked, "Oh, Chief Yue, how many Warships are you planning to build?"

"Of course, one."

Yue Yuan interjected as soon as Yu Nanfeng finished speaking.

How many? It would be great if we could even have one.

Yu Nanfeng doesn't know the situation of the Human Armed Forces Support Department, but Yue Yuan, as the commander, knows it well.

With the current number of people in the Armed Forces Support Department, being able to operate one Warship would already be the limit. There wouldn't be enough people to operate a second one.

After a part of the Security Department was reorganized into the Human Armed Forces Support Department, it underwent an expansion and gained two hundred more people, but the total number is still only two thousand nine hundred. According to the military's past experience, a Warship needs at least two thousand crew members to form combat effectiveness, and that's for a Warship with good information automation.

If they really built two, there would be no one to operate them.

The Human Armed Forces Support Department can't recruit any more people at this stage. After all, the total population is so small, and every sector needs people. If the military expands further, the talent shortage in other industries and departments will be even greater.

With two thousand nine hundred people, the military-civilian ratio at Callisto Base is already close to 1:30, which is about the same as the military-civilian ratio of countries that entered military mobilization in the last century.

If it weren't for the emergency situation of the great relocation, they wouldn't have been able to recruit those two hundred people.

After leaving the Design Institute, Yue Yuan went straight to the Armed Forces Department.

There, some parameter data from previous transport ships and frigates are still preserved. He wants to send this data to Gao Kun so that the Design Institute has a reference.

This thing used to be classified, well... it still is. However, the only Design Institute of humanity has now been incorporated into the system and is considered a confidential internal organization.

It's just that they hadn't been involved in this type of design before, so the Design Institute didn't have this data.

And to send out weapon data, it must be approved by the Military Command, so Chief Yue, as the Minister of the Military Command, really needs to handle this personally.

Some might say, with so few people left, why bother with so much trouble? Wouldn't a single word suffice? After all, Yue Yuan is already the supreme leader.

That's true, but if you want to lead a civilization forward, some rules and regulations still need to be followed; they are necessary.

Because this is power under order.

If you take the lead in creating chaos, it may lead to emulation from above and below, ultimately resulting in the loss of institutional authority, which is like digging your own grave.

Yue Yuan, deeply aware of this principle, would never do such a thing.