Fission Power Unit

"This is a nuclear power unit. I never expected someone to successfully miniaturize a nuclear power unit." Seeing the nuclear symbol on the power unit, Orbis could not help exclaiming in amazement.

In this era, nuclear fusion power plants had already been successfully developed for civilian electricity use.

However, military power units were either Fission Power Units, electric power units, or fossil-fuel power units. At present, many major powers were still conducting verification tests on nuclear fusion power units.

The nuclear power units used by many major powers for large spacecraft and large warships relied on Nuclear Fission Technology. Their purpose was not only to provide a long-term energy supply for prolonged operation, but also to ensure the effective output of warships' beam weapons.

But no matter how advanced nuclear fission became, the accidents it caused were no joke. Once a Fission Power Unit exploded, the radiation it released could cause tremendous harm to the human body.

For this reason, soldiers responsible for nuclear power units all wore extremely heavy protective suits.

Nuclear fission power units had only ever been used on large-scale installations. No one had ever heard of smaller warships possessing fission power units.

Yet the power unit removed from the dismantled captured Oni Yasha Mobile Suit was actually a fission power unit.

"This organization really is capable. No country has successfully miniaturized a Fission Power Unit yet, but this organization has already developed miniaturized Fission Power Units for mobile suits." Long Fei looked at the mobile suit Fission Power Unit before him.

Li Xiucheng and the other Gundam pilots also arrived at the scene.

"So the reason this mobile suit could instantly improve its performance and suppress our Gundams was because it had a nuclear power unit."

Li Xiucheng had been brooding over the previous battle. Seeing the nuclear power unit finally put his mind at ease. He had not lost because his skills or mobile suit performance were inferior to his opponent's; his opponent had activated the nuclear power unit's enhancement function, allowing the Oni Yasha Mobile Suit to temporarily improve its performance and suppress him.

"Boss, now that we have their nuclear power unit, if we bring it back for research and develop the same kind of nuclear power unit, wouldn't our Gundams' performance improve too? We could even activate a cheat mode." Avina looked at the nuclear power unit as she spoke.

"If possible, I would also like to equip your power units with nuclear energy. But this nuclear power unit uses Nuclear Fission Technology. It is simply too dangerous. If an accident occurs and nuclear radiation leaks, it can cause tremendous harm to the human body. So I reject this proposal."

Although a trace of disappointment flashed across the Gundam pilots' faces, they realized their boss was right. Nuclear radiation was far too harmful; no one could bear such a price.

"Don't be disappointed. Although I rejected equipping Fission Power Units, that does not mean I will not study this mobile suit Fission Power Unit. I will find a way to upgrade the Fission Power Unit into a nuclear fusion power unit. Once I succeed, all Gundams will directly be equipped with nuclear fusion power units."

Hearing their boss's words, many people present exchanged glances. They all acknowledged their boss's talent. Whether it was his skill at piloting mobile suits or his ability as a scientist to develop new technologies, he possessed talent beyond anyone's reach.

But their boss had actually claimed he would develop an even more advanced nuclear fusion power unit. This made them wonder whether he was being overly confident. The scientists and academicians of every country were no fools. No matter how talented their boss was, could he really surpass a whole group of scientists conducting research together?

Thus, they were deeply skeptical of what their boss had said. Of course, no one dared say it aloud. Who would dare offend the person who put food on their table?

If they knew that their boss Long Fei possessed Solar Furnace Technology in his mind, technology close to a perpetual-motion machine, they would probably cry out that all the scientists in the world were useless and should go home to farm.

In truth, if circumstances allowed, Long Fei would have loved to immediately develop technologies like nuclear fusion and the Solar Furnace, both of which offered nearly limitless energy.

Although Long Fei possessed the knowledge, theories, and other information for these technologies, they simply could not be developed in this era.

It was like mobile phone chips. To develop a new generation of electronic nuclear energy technology, many related industries, industrial technologies, engineers, and scientists had to participate. Not one of them could be absent.

Even if Long Fei could truly develop them alone, he could not mass-produce these technologies. Any industrial technological upgrade worldwide required a long period of time.

Even if Long Fei took out the blueprints for the Nuclear Fusion Technology he possessed and shared them with the world—

Whether the scientists and relevant industrial engineers in space colonies, the countries of the Earth Sphere, the Mars Sphere, or the Jupiter Sphere examined those blueprints—

They would be terribly embarrassed, spread their hands, and say, "This is awkward. Your technology is far too advanced. All relevant industries worldwide must first undergo a round of industrial technological upgrades. Only after at least twenty years can we attempt verification."

Because the Nuclear Fusion Technology Long Fei currently possessed was at least twenty years more advanced than the nuclear fusion technology of this era.

A few days later, all eighteen assigned transport ships arrived under the escort of six Escort Ships. Two of those Escort Ships had previously been part of the combat fleet that struck the Pirate Group.

These eighteen transport ships belonged to industries under the Skywing Mercenary Group and were mainly responsible for transporting merchants' goods. The merchants paid to rent them because some merchants believed that if they sent out their own cargo ships and encountered pirate raids, they would lose money on both the cargo and the transport ship. After learning that the Skywing Mercenary Group owned transport ships, they rented the ships as well when hiring the Skywing Mercenary Group to escort their goods, paying a rental fee.

Furthermore, according to the contract terms, if they encountered a robbery and their goods were lost, the commissioned merchants would receive compensation equal to twenty percent of the total original value of the goods. The rental fee for the transport ships would also be refunded to them.

After doing the calculations, many shrewd merchants found that this arrangement not only reduced costs and earned them greater profits, but also reduced their losses if their goods were seized.

Moreover, aside from the one time when the escort mission was robbed by the Sea Wolf Pirate Group and failed, the Skywing Mercenary Group had never failed a single commissioned cargo escort mission. Thus, many merchants used this method to hire the Skywing Mercenary Group to escort their goods.

The crew members of the other four Escort Ships were dumbfounded as they watched box after box of plundered spoils being unloaded. A few days earlier, they had seen the items brought back by the six modified spacecraft returned by those two Escort Ships. After listening to their returning colleagues brag, they had thought their colleagues were exaggerating and talking nonsense.

Now that they saw it with their own eyes, they felt their colleagues had not exaggerated at all. What lay before them far exceeded their expectations.

Long Fei decided to use this fission power unit as a reference. Perhaps it would inspire him to develop a Minovsky-type Thermonuclear Reactor.