1835. War preparation (Part 1)
"Okay, start a war." Huang Yehao said, "But the question is, where is this Ssi-ruuvi Imperium? How many planets does it occupy? What is its military strength? We don't know these, and we can't do anything."
Shepard said, "It's not to the extent of launching a war. We can use our actions to force Ssi-ruuvi Imperium to submit, and then provide due help during our next exploration process. However, if the other party has quite strong military strength, then I'm afraid we also need to reconsider our next strategy."
The 'engineer' Haseck next to him made a whistle-like sound, and then typed a line of text in the input device: The opponent's military strength is not strong. Because the intuitive manifestation of military strength is the use of energy and the energy level of weapons. The current model of frigate does not have a high energy level. The energy output efficiency of the bioenergy reactor they use is not even as good as that of a nuclear fusion reactor, and is even more incomparable to the antimatter reactor on our battleships.
"If that's the case, I think we can fight." Huang Yehao nodded.
Shepard said, "But our current mobility is still very problematic. Eternity Even if Forerunner technology is used, the hyperspace engine can be used in a complex space like Unknown Regions, but the distance of each jump cannot be too long. Therefore, the best way is to lure them out."
"Do you have any plans?" Lieutenant General He Ru asked.
"Just use that Mangjia-Mangjia!" Shepard said in a deep voice, "Since Ssi-ruuvi Imperium is very nervous about this thing, then we will use their communication frequency band to send the news that Mangjia-Mangjia was found here. Use wide area communication to transmit, I believe they should be able to receive it."
She turned to 'engineer' Haseck and asked, "Can we simulate the communication frequency band of Xilu people?"
Haseck typed answer: It can be simulated, but accuracy cannot be guaranteed. Our understanding of Xilu people is very preliminary.
"How about this!" Huang Yehao clapped his hands and said, "We don't want to send anything else, just repeatedly send the word manga-manga!"
Shepard's eyes lit up, he nodded in approval and said, "Good attention! That's it!"
Haseck just did what he said, he turned around and floated to the other side of the table, wiped out his portion of the chocolate cake like a whirlwind of debris, and then went to the direction of the hill-like pile of debris.
They had already sorted out some usable parts, so Haseck started his assembly.
Once again, everyone saw the super genius performance of the 'engineer' in the mechanical field. Only three 'engineers' were seen floating in front of the debris pile, with four tentacles dancing rapidly, picking up the parts one by one with amazing accuracy and strength, and then assembling them.
The most amazing thing was that when Haseck was assembling a console, he only saw him placing a tentacle directly on the console, and then countless cilia protruded from the tentacle and penetrated deep into the interior of the console. After that, the outline of the host machine became smaller at a speed visible to the naked eye. In fact, the parts inside were arranged and installed in a better way. In just ten seconds, Haseck withdrew its tentacles, and the host was completely assembled!
In just a few minutes, three 'engineers' used these parts to assemble a Xilu people communication center!
"From the first time I met the 'Engineer' two years ago, I felt that we would be unemployed sooner or later." Cummings said with emotion.
He is Semirians, and Semirians is best at processing and manufacturing. Seeing the level of an 'engineer', I was naturally extremely shocked.
The 'engineers' have connected the communication device to the energy system, and then began to repeatedly send the word 'mangga-mangga' in the wide area communication.
Sure enough, after more than an hour, Eternity's powerful signal receiving system received a public frequency communication. The content of the communication was to inquire about the current location and the infection level of Manga-Mangga.
But the 'engineer' did not answer directly, but continued to send "mangga-mangga" over and over again.
"We should prepare for battle immediately!" Shepard said in a deep voice.
Lieutenant General He Ru nodded and gave the order loudly, "All ships enter Level 1 combat readiness immediately! The escort warships take off immediately!"
The entire Endless-class Super Carrier immediately came into operation. The spaceport hatch below the battleship opened. One after another, the 575-meter-long Steadfast-class Cruiser fell vertically. Then they started their engines and entered the escort formation around Eternity.
A total of 5 Steadfast-class Cruiser came out of the spaceport, in addition to 4 Twinblade-class EW light cruiser. Shepard also immediately left the bridge, returned to his Normandy frigate, set off from the space port, and joined the combat formation.
Steadfast-class Cruiser and Twinblade-class EW light cruiser are actually developed to match Endless-class Super Carrier.
Because the spaceport in Endless-class Super Carrier can accommodate 10 warships of about 500 meters, but there are strict requirements on the size of these warships. Because the space is compact, long warships must be installed. Otherwise, a slightly wider warship will occupy the berths of two or even three warships, which will actually reduce combat effectiveness.
In fact, among the current Duchy of Dawn Navy, Revenge-class destroyer and Revelation-class light cruiser, the two warships produced in the "Homeworld" technology tree are basically long strips. However, these two types of warships have lagged behind the times and are used by the second line below as local defense fleets and escort fleets. And then using it to equip the latest model Endless-class Super Carrier is completely nonsense.
Therefore, Tang Xiao instructs Trade Federation to immediately start the development and construction of Steadfast-class Cruiser and Twinblade-class EW light cruiser based on the technical experience accumulated in the previous development of Endless-class Super Carrier.
Among them, Steadfast-class Cruiser is 575 meters long, 124 meters wide, 112 meters high, and has a mass of 1.1 million tons. In the UNSC Navy database, it is classified as a heavy frigate, but in the naval classification of Duchy of Dawn, it is listed as a cruiser.
The biggest feature of the Steadfast class is that a Axial Base Great Cannon is installed in the front. This giant cannon does not use the original giant cannon in the database, but the latest Hypermatter Railgun Duchy of Dawn. This Hypermatter Railgun was originally used on the Kohl-class Battlecruiser. After a series of technological developments, it can now be miniaturized and transplanted from the 1,100-meter-long Kohl-class to the 575-meter-long Steadfast class.
This Hypermatter Railgun has a standard diameter of 30 meters. If the electromagnetic acceleration track is deployed, it can launch metal projectiles with a maximum diameter of 50 meters. The overall launch system is 220 meters long, basically occupying half of the Stalwart-class frigate's hull, and is extremely powerful.
In addition, there are 5 medium-sized Turbolaser cannons, 6 electromagnetic rapid-fire point defense turrets, 6 laser point defense turrets, 2 groups of 30-unit missile launch arrays, and 1 nuclear bomb launcher for Orbital Bombardment.
This is a very typical gunboat, and its firepower is very fierce.
Steadfast-class Cruiser is not just for equipping Endless-class Super Carrier, it is also a very excellent cruiser.
While Tyran Heavy Industries has some technical difficulties and Minotaur-class Heavy Cruiser has not yet been fully installed, Steadfast-class Cruiser will provide sufficient backbone firepower for Duchy of Dawn fleet.