Before anyone realized it, the year had reached its end in Federation Year 59.
During this period, all old-model ship classes had been completely discontinued, replaced by Snow Leopard-class Battlecruisers and Sky-class Aircraft Carriers. These two classes would form the core of the Federal Fleet from now on.
The Sky-class Aircraft Carrier had been finalized and put into production two months earlier, with performance far surpassing that of the old carriers.
Sky-class Aircraft Carrier Class: Aircraft Carrier Tonnage: 3.8 million tons Hull dimensions: Length 1,525 meters, width 585 meters, height 395 meters Armor thickness: 25 meters Point-defense weapon: Rapid-fire Electromagnetic Catapult Cannon, quantity: 256 Other weapons: Multipurpose missile silos, quantity: 256 Defensive system: First-generation Energy Shield Primary power source: First-generation Nuclear Fusion reactor Carrier-based craft: Reconnaissance ships, quantity: 5 | Assault Ships, quantity: 20 | Mechs, quantity: 2,000 Near-light Speed Engine: 5,000 KM/S FTL Engine: 585 times the speed of light (first-generation Warp Drive Engine) Crew: 4,258
Compared to the old carriers, the Sky-class Aircraft Carrier's onboard aircraft capacity had doubled directly, reaching 2,000 mechs. The improvement was obvious.
Over these three months, the Federation had produced 6,000 Snow Leopard-class Battlecruisers and 700 Sky-class Aircraft Carriers.
Of those, Liang Xingchen requisitioned only 1,000 battlecruisers and 100 carriers to replace the Guard Fleet of the Fourth Fleet. All remaining allocations went directly to the First Fleet.
Even Lin Fan's personal ship, the Uranus, had been hauled off for a major overhaul. Its combat power now exceeded that of a Snow Leopard-class Battlecruiser by quite a bit.
As a result, the First Fleet now possessed 6,000 old warships of various types and 5,600 new warships. In terms of strength, it could absolutely rival at least three fully staffed Fourth Fleets of the past.
As the Federal Fleet steadily grew stronger,