1869, Novalith Cannon
Bilefe Tony began to chatter non-stop to introduce Novalith Cannon's data to Tang Xiao, as well as the difficulties they are facing now.
Novalith Cannon (Novalith Cannon), the super weapon of Trader Emergency Coalition in "Sins of a Solar Empire", is also a magnificent construct that combines all the cutting-edge weapons of Trader Emergency Coalition.
It's essentially a super cannon, there's no doubt about it. However, Novalith Cannon is completely different from Ragnarok-class Titan warship, which is also a super artillery, and its technical content is not at the same level at all.
Ragnarok-class Titan warship is a super electromagnetic gun, but it has a larger caliber (500 meters) and a higher power. Therefore, even from Das-Pregas nearly 20 years ago, the evaluation it received was "very rough". It's just that Das-Pregas didn't have the blueprints for other super battleships at the time, so he regarded them as treasures and happily built the battleships.
Novalith Cannon is also a super cannon, but the requirement is that it needs to hit the cannonball tens of thousands of light years away! This alone cannot be achieved by simply increasing the power.
Of course, theoretically speaking, in the gravity-free environment of the universe, the range of kinetic energy weapons is unlimited, but as the simulation test just conducted by scientist Bilefi Tony, once the launch fails, the projectile can indeed fly to the target, but that will be hundreds of thousands of years later.
But the design of Novalith Cannon can bring most of the galaxy into its attack range! In other words, this cycle cannot exceed one month at most, otherwise it will lose all strategic significance.
Now the goal of Bilefe and Tony is to overcome this problem - how to launch cannonballs tens of thousands of light-years away.
Tang Xiao's patience was gone. He waved his hand violently and said, "I don't want to see these failure cases. I just want to know if you have any solution to this problem. And when can I use Novalith Cannon."
Novalith Cannon is an important part of his strategy. To restart the war with the Galactic Empire, three conditions must be met: First, Novalith Cannon is completed. Second, Rendili Planet is officially included in the Duchy of Dawn economic system. Third, the flames of the Rebel Alliance are burning throughout the Empire.
Only in this way can Duchy of Dawn have the possibility to compete with the Galactic Empire for dominance in the galaxy.
If the construction of the Galactic Empire Death Star cannot be stopped, then Novalith Cannon needs to be used as a check and balance so that Galactic Empire cannot use this super weapon at will. Novalith Cannon not only needs to threaten most of the planets in the galaxy, but also needs to ensure that the shells it launches cannot be intercepted. Because once it can be intercepted, Novalith Cannon will lose its significance as a deterrent.
That's the point! Otherwise, there is the threat of Death Star, and Palpatine directly drives Death Star to Dawn Star Planet after a disagreement, then everything will be over.
Because of Geonosis's incident, Tang Xiao was not in a good mood now. He stared at Bilephi Tony, the air around him became colder, and the terrible pressure made the scientist's forehead covered with cold sweat.
"I... I will try my best... I will try my best..." Bilefe Tony wiped the waterfall of sweat on his forehead, "I have an idea... Same as... Same as Ragnarok-class Titan warship, use the Mass Effect field to solve the problem... But unlike Hypermatter Railgun, the projectile cannot be in In the state of partial acceleration, full acceleration is required... According to the test of Professor Arroyo... the fully accelerated Mass Effect field can break through the limitations of the hyperspace channel... But, but... the shell... yes! The shell... the shell does not need to carry a living body... there is a chance... you can..."
"Okay! I don't understand, and I don't want to hear what you are saying. I can give you the technology and personnel you need. And I only need an answer! When can we officially start finalizing and building Novalith Cannon!" Tang Xiao asked coldly.
"Three years... no no... two years... two years..." Bilephi Tony held up three fingers, and then saw Tang Xiao's expression and quickly retracted one.
"I'll give you one year. After one year, if you can't start construction, then you know the result yourself!" Tang Xiao's tone was extremely cold. "Then for up to 5 months, I need you to provide a framework through which I can start the construction of the main structure of Novalith Cannon!"
"Yes... yes... I'll try my best..." Bilephi Tony buried his head deeply, almost shrinking to his chest. But then he felt that the atmosphere was not right. He raised his head again and met Tang Xiao's cold gaze. He quickly changed his words: "I mean... it will definitely be done! It can definitely be done!"
Tang Xiao then spared him and turned to look at the Vaxian engineers.
After Vaxian joined Fourth Civilization, their level of civilization and development continued to increase, which can be seen from the fact that they began to wear various costumes on their carapace. But they still haven't gotten rid of the habit of taking tools out of their intestines. There's no other way, maybe racial talent...
The main thing that restricted the growth of Vaxian's population was food, because they were really good at eating. Now that the food problem has been solved, their population has also grown greatly. After all, they are one of the descendants of Killiks. As a race of Zerg, the last thing they need to worry about is reproduction.
Now Vaxian is already the largest Engineering Corps team among Fourth Civilization. Vaxian is involved in the construction of almost all large buildings. And this time, in the R&D and manufacturing of Novalith Cannon, Vaxian engineers will naturally participate.
"Can the construction scale of Novalith Cannon in the database meet their needs?" Tang Xiao pointed at Bilefe Tony and the others and asked.
Engineer Vaxian nodded and replied, "In the original database, Novalith Cannon has a length of 70 kilometers, mainly including an 8-kilometer-long material converter and a 62-kilometer-long acceleration track. At present, our research direction will still not deviate from this basic structure. Now our Varthian engineering team has built the basic framework on the outer track of Hoth Planet. Construction will start from the No. 1 guide rail, which is expected to take 7 months."
Tang Xiao nodded. Vaxian, apart from anything else, is very reliable when it comes to engineering and repairing things. Moreover, this race is said to be honest and honest, and they are all honest people. It is said that it takes seven months to complete, so if it were done by someone else, it would definitely take longer.
He then said to the officer in charge of security, "Secrecy work must be done well. It is necessary to further add Interdictor to ensure that hyperspace jumps in any direction cannot reach Hoth Planet. The families of all scientific researchers need to After proper placement, I will further increase investment to build better entertainment facilities and living facilities here. But what you need to give me is absolute confidentiality. After the construction begins, I will let Geth participate in the security work."
"Yes..." As soon as he heard the name Geth, this officer broke out in a cold sweat just like Bilefay Tony. He knew that Tang Xiao was trying to knock him by mentioning Geth.
After all, if Geth really gets involved, he will definitely not get any good results in front of those cold-blooded intelligent machines.
"Let's go, take me to the No. 1 guide rail site." Tang Xiao also had little interest in this laboratory, so he planned to leave for the construction site.