1148. Battleship Review (Part 2)
Gali-Ulan is still spending time at the Republic Ship Supervision Committee venue, looking at the nonsense-like deliberation and the number of orders that pierce his heart like a sharp knife.
The link of Kuat Drive Yards has finally entered the critical link, Hunter Class Battlecruiser!
This is the most important link, because Galactic Republic spends hundreds of billions on Hunter Class Battlecruiser every year!
In order to show their attention, Chancellor of the Galactic Republic Sheev-Palpatine also attended the meeting in person today to observe the deliberations of Hunter Class Battlecruiser.
The review of Hunter Class will be much more careful.
"First of all, we need to confirm that Hunter Class Battlecruiser is indeed a very classic and powerful battleship." President Ship Supervision Committee seems to like to put the word "classic" on Kuat On the battleship, "What we can see is that Hunter Class Battlecruiser is essentially an aviation battleship, with a maximum carrying capacity of 420 aircraft. However, with such an astonishing carrying capacity, it still ensures strong firepower, mobility and protection."
He opened a list of data, "In the early exchanges with Separatist fleet, Hunter Class Battlecruiser can form a very obvious advantage against the opponent's main battleships such as Munificent-class communications frigate, Defiant-class light destroyer. Separatists can only compete with the rare and expensive Deceiver-class destroyer."
"But no matter how classic the design is, it will be limited by the development of the battle situation. After the emergence of Kohl-class Battlecruiser and Behemoth-class battlecruiser of Separatists, it posed a very huge threat to Hunter Class. The common characteristics of these two types of warships The sign is..." The president turned on the holographic projection, which projected three-view cross-sections of Kohl-class and Behemoth-class. The cross-section of Kohl-class was very detailed, while the cross-section of Behemoth-class only had a few lines of data.
"... They all have a very powerful but slow-charging super main gun." The president continued, "Kohl-class's large electromagnetic gun and Behemoth-class's Yamato Cannon. Even the Plague Titan warship that they had appeared in the past also has a super electromagnetic gun... This can be seen as one direction of the Separatists force's battleship design."
Sheev-Palpatine said with a serious expression, "In other words, Separatists... well, Dawn Star Planet and Fourth Group, Kohl-class and Behemoth-class were developed specifically to target the weaknesses of Hunter Class?"
"Yes, according to the Ambria system air battle that occurred not long ago, this weakness of Hunter Class Battlecruiser has been infinitely magnified. When facing Behemoth-class battlecruiser, it is almost impossible to effectively resist." The president said.
In Kuat Drive Yards's seat, Chief Warship Designer Lila-Blythex stood up and bowed to Palpatine, and then said, "Let me answer this question."
Palpatine nodded.
"The main reason why Hunter Class is at a disadvantage when facing Kohl-class and Behemoth-class is the difference in design ideas between the two. Hunter Class is not a simple battleship. It was designed with the purpose of 'single ship suppressing a planet' at the beginning of the design. So The Hunter Class is equipped with Marines, equipped with vehicles, and has the capacity of up to 420 fighter jets... According to the power of the Hypermatter reaction stack we currently produce, maintaining the warship at about 1,000 meters is the most optimized solution, and this size is also the best size to enter the atmosphere, so we have done a lot of work..."
Lila opened the three views of Hunter Class Battlecruiser and showed the internal structure of the battleship. "The hangar, energy system and warehouse inside Hunter Class all occupy a lot of space, and there is also a preset legion-level command center that can support an entire legion's operations on the planet. Under such circumstances, Hunter Class still maintains very good firepower and shields..."
Gali-Ulan curled her lips. This arrogant woman began to brag about her design again. Oh no, who said it was her design? It was clearly her father's design! Her father, Willix-Blythex, was the real designer of Hunter Class. He was able to pack so many things into a battleship and make the battleship meet the requirements of almost all battle situations.
This is definitely not something that this woman with her head full of vanity and fame and fortune can do!
It is precisely because of the same reason that their father and daughter broke up, and their father Willix-Blythex came to Rendili.
But now seeing Lila-Blythex bragging about Hunter Class and treating it as her own achievement, Gali-Ulan just sneered in her heart.
"I just want to know something more important, Miss Lila." Palpatine said with a smile, but there was no room for doubt in her words.
Gali-Ulan The corners of his mouth turned up slightly, and it seemed that the Speaker had the same view.
It's just that the difference is... opinions are opinions, and practices are practices. My father has always told himself to treat the speaker with caution. He is not really an easy person to deal with.
"... The biggest weakness of Hunter Class is that the space inside the ship is very compact, and almost every inch is used. Therefore, Hunter Class only has a single layer of armor. Even though our materials and technology have made The armor of Hunter Class can withstand direct fire from the Turbolaser gun of the same level, but if the armor is penetrated, Hunter Class will immediately suffer a fatal blow," Lila said.
Palpatine nodded thoughtfully, "So the reason why Hunter Class is so vulnerable when facing Kohl-class and Behemoth-class is because the main guns of these two battleships only need one shot, and Hunter Class was immediately paralyzed?"
"To be more specific, it was directly destroyed. Of course, this does not deny Hunter Class's classic design." President Ship Supervision Committee continued.
Lila-Blythex nodded and said, "Yes, Hunter Class has only a single layer of armor, and almost no explosion-proof compartments, so as long as the armor is penetrated, there will be Each one will cause functional damage. Moreover, in the face of the spreading flames, Hunter Class also lacks sufficient insulation and buffering. There have been previous cases where the cabin next to the energy core caught fire, which directly caused the energy core to explode."
"So, is there a solution?" Palpatine asked.
Lila shook his head and said, "This is a design problem that cannot be solved. The design of Hunter Class Battlecruiser needs to take into account too many aspects, and it is completely comprehensive. This design actually leaves Hunter Class with no room for further upgrades."
It's not that you can't, it's that you have no way to modify your father's design! Gali-Ulan looked at each other coldly.
"Of course, we Kuat Drive Yards have sufficient plans for this. This is... Knight-class Star Destroyer (Tector-class Star Destroyer)!" Lila-Blythex said.