Cruisers possessed greater firepower and shields than Assault Ships, while also boasting considerable maneuverability.
They usually served as the backbone of a Starfleet.
They were an indispensable class of warship for an early-stage Starfleet.
The list unfolded, and Qingyang's gaze swept across it.
After roughly determining the strengths of the various Starcraft, he finally fixed his eyes on one of them.
[T8 Star Cruiser] [Model: Long-range] [Length: 2200m] [Average Height and Width: 468m] [Shield: Guardian Type 1 Shield—8k (2k) Recovery Speed: 80/s] [Weapons: Particle Main Cannon—Standard Type ×1, Triple-Barrel Rapid-Fire Type ×1 Particle Secondary Cannon—Triple-Barrel Rapid-Fire Type ×8, Twin-Barrel Standard Type ×12 Particle Ship Cannon—Twin-Barrel Rapid-Fire Type ×20 Close-Range Defense Weapon System—×1, Mecha Standby Warehouse ×1 Phase Scanning System ×1, Twin Star Power System ×1] [T8 Cruiser Military Energy Level: Main Cannon 800, Secondary Cannon 300, Ship Cannon 80] [Model Enhancement: Shield and weapon energy levels increased by 100%]
Leaving aside the two aspects that already met his requirements, the number of secondary cannons alone was nearly equal to the number of ship cannons!
This already surpassed who knew how many higher-grade Star Cruisers.
Was this the Alliance Army's definition of moderate firepower??
Even the secondary cannons of the Long-range Cruiser, after receiving its model enhancement, were no weaker than the main cannons of ordinary cruisers.
Combined with their numbers, which rivaled those of ship cannons, their firepower was outrageously fierce.
To put it bluntly, the Long-range Cruiser's ship cannons had completely become defensive weapons for close-range combat. Its true main firepower was its secondary cannons!
Having settled on the model he wanted.
"I wonder when I'll get to see this Starcraft."
[Confirmation complete. Star Network data loading.] [The recipient's location has been determined to be within Alliance Territory and meets the Star Network delivery requirements.] [Data Delivery commencing.]
Qingyang froze and looked toward a nearby region of space through the Radiant Moon Battleship's three-dimensional monitoring system.
Countless complex symbols appeared, followed by the gradually solidifying phantom of a colossal vessel over two thousand meters long.
A few seconds later, the massive object had fully condensed into a physical entity!
[The Alliance Army has paid the fee for this data transmission.]
"..."
After standing there in a daze for a moment, Qingyang hurried into the control room. Datafication power instantly covered the Long-range Type Cruiser.
[Datafication successful] [Talent enhancement coverage complete] [Star Weapon Enhancement coverage complete]
Although it had no neural-wave pilot, the Starcraft's built-in intelligent program could still be used.
Its controls were simply more mechanical and less smooth.
In fact, if they encountered an intense battle, Qingyang would mentally control both the Radiant Moon Battleship and the Long-range Cruiser at the same time.
That would allow for finer control and easier coordination during attacks.
Guxing and the others were also drawn by the commotion caused by the Star Network delivery. When they saw the Long-range Cruiser through the virtual exterior view,
their expressions immediately turned strange.
There were only two warships. One was a Shining Moon Type battleship, while the other was a high-grade Military Type cruiser.
At the very least, he already possessed a T8 high Mental Threshold!
Adding in his Epic Commander Talent and the fact that he had awakened less than a month ago...
"What a coincidence. I didn't expect to encounter a prodigy commander during this random boarding trial."
Guxing silently thought of his second talent and could not help but wonder.
Was it really a coincidence?
After guiding the cruiser into the fleet, Qingyang looked at the Merit Exchange List.
At present, the exchange list had opened most T8 to T6 Starcraft classes, as well as all manner of resources and even technical materials.
Aside from certain classified Military Type Starcraft, even Shining Moon Type battleships could be found there.
Of course, those were not something that a mere 15,000 merit points could exchange for.
His gaze did not pause at all on the Assault Ship page before moving directly to the cruiser and resource lists.
Although Assault Ships were not weak and were considered the foundational warships of a Starfleet,
their functions still overlapped heavily with cruisers. They merely had stronger short-range mobility and faster attack frequencies.
In every other regard, whether firepower or armor, they were inferior to cruisers.
The reason they were so common was that Assault Ships were cheap to produce and suitable for mass deployment.
The cost of one ordinary cruiser was enough to buy ten mid-grade Assault Ships.
Ignoring main cannons and considering only average firepower, five Assault Ships were enough to rival a cruiser.
Therefore, Assault Ships were a class of warship needed by most commanders.
Qingyang had no intention of abandoning Assault Ships, but merit points were hard to come by, and exchanging them for Assault Ships was not cost-effective.
With his current T8 high Mental Threshold, he could still datafy two more high-grade cruisers or four mid-grade cruisers.
As the list continued flashing past, Qingyang frowned.
A T8 high-grade cruiser required 10,000 merit points, while a Military Type one required 12,000.
A mid-grade vessel, meanwhile, required only 3,000 merit points.
After pondering for a moment, Qingyang gritted his teeth. Since both of his current warships were high-grade, he should focus on quality for now.
"Exchange for a Xuanjia Type Cruiser!"
After giving it some thought, Qingyang decided to exchange for a defensive warship that leaned toward shield capacity.
Since the core function of his Star Weapon was currently shield linking, he naturally had to make full use of that specialty.
Most importantly, it could also raise the upper limit of his Commander's Shield, greatly strengthening his ability to survive!
[T8 Cruiser] [Model: Xuanjia] [Length: 2500m] [Average Height and Width: 500m] [Shield: Xuanjia Type 1 Shield—15k, Recovery Speed: 150/s] [Note: The displayed values are the final values after enhancements.] [Weapons: Particle Main Cannon—Standard Type ×1 Particle Secondary Cannon—Twin-Barrel Rapid-Fire Type ×4, Standard Type ×6 Particle Ship Cannon—Triple-Barrel Standard Type ×30 Close-Range Defense Weapon System—×1, Shield Rapid Recovery Matrix (+30/s recovery)] [Model Enhancement: Shield and weapon energy levels increased by 100%]
"Good lord, this shield is even stronger than a mid-grade battleship's!"
Qingyang was astonished. With the triple enhancements of talent, model, and Star Weapon,
this high-grade cruiser, which focused entirely on shields, had a shield value even higher than many mid-grade battleships!
Although its weapons were inferior even to those of a mid-grade cruiser, Qingyang did not care.
What he wanted was exactly this absurd shield value!
Even if shield energy levels were not calculated through simple addition, the three ships together had at least 25,000 energy levels.
More importantly, their combined recovery speed was 380 per second!
After exchanging his remaining merit points for irreplaceable materials for the Shining Moon Type battleship, the Xuanjia Cruiser arrived just in time.
He datafied it with practiced ease. The three warships did not linger, accelerating toward the Middle Region of Star Lake.
Where he once needed to proceed cautiously, the fleet's combat power had now risen greatly, and Qingyang naturally acted far more boldly.
Star Lake Inner Region.
Five enormous T6 Veteran Fleets sped forward.
Long-range Type, Blade Type. The energy fluctuations caused by thousands of Military Type T6 vessels even disturbed the surrounding cosmic energy clouds.
On a Special Warship at the center, five figures wearing Alliance commander uniforms gathered together.
Their expressions were grave.
"It has basically been confirmed. There is a Void Rift in Star Lake's core region. It falls short of the small-scale standard, but it is still extremely dangerous."
"What did the base say?"
"More than half of the Starfleets without missions have already rushed toward Star Lake, and the situation has been reported to higher command."
"Our five fleets will go take a look first and see what that Void Rift has let through!"
Since it was not a dedicated Void Swarm rift but a Void Rift,
the Void Creatures that came through were most likely not limited to the Void Swarm. Of course, one thing was certain.
Void Lifeforms were all hostile units. Every major civilization killed them on sight!
Yet the older commander at the front had his brows tightly furrowed.
"Add one more line to the report for higher command: it is suspected to be artificially created!"
The fluctuations from that Void Energy source were far too regular. It did not feel like a natural rift at all.
Brothers, my sleep quality has been terrible lately, aaah!
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