While the supervisor was reporting to William, the elevator had already descended into the extremely open shipyard.
William also saw the flagship ship classified as 'Star Killer' located in the shipyard through the three giant glass windows installed on the elevator.
Just look at this Super Battleship, which happens to be accommodated in this same "super" shipyard.
From a bird's-eye view from the elevator position, and using William's extraordinary eyesight to make simple measurements, we learned that the length from the tip of the bow to the stern is about 20 kilometers, and the maximum width of the ship is about nine to ten kilometers.
But the highest height of the ship is only about five kilometers.
Moreover, the entire battleship presents a flat cone shape to everyone in the elevator.
For William, the appearance and image of this 'Star Killer' super flagship are very similar to the 'Star Destroyer' in <Star Wars>.
Although it is not as wide as the Supremacy, which is 60 kilometers wide, the Star Killer-class Flagship in front of William is several times larger than most of the Star Destroyers <Star Wars>.
If this Star Killer-class warship successfully takes off in two months as planned, then Infinity-class will instantly give up its throne as the 'number one battleship'.
But at this time, Star Killer-class warship has not yet been completed, and William can still see "densely crowded", ant-like Engineering Team workers at work.
Moreover, Star Killer-class's external hull armor still has many modules that have not been installed, let alone coatings that can improve its "appearance".
"Boss!" The supervisor at this time looked out the glass window, looked at the behemoth ship in front of him, and sighed a little lost in himself:
"The company more than ten years ago only had Paris-class and Phoenix-class battleships. Now...
The current company is actually capable of building such a Super Battleship, which is really... so exciting."
"..."
William smiled, did not respond to the supervisor's excessive pride, and complained in his heart:
'Good guy, do you think Paris-class and Phoenix-class are too small now?
If you want to know my original world, I couldn't even find the Pelican, let alone Paris-class.'
"Boss..." Karl, who had been standing behind William at this time, after seeing the unfinished Super Battleship, asked in a low voice:
"Will this Star Killer be the flagship of our Fleet Zero?"
"Yeah." William nodded lightly without denying it.
"Boss! Are you saying that if our entire Umbrella fleet were equipped with this kind of flagship, wouldn't it mean that it would run rampant across the entire universe?"
Mylon also said with some excitement.
"Hey..." William turned his head and glanced at Mylon, raised his left hand to cover his forehead, and said helplessly:
"Mylon, one day I'll ask Rebecca to help you look at your brain. You seem to be a little confused lately..."
"Huh?" Mylon was stunned and asked in confusion, "Did I say something wrong?"
"Haha." He looked at John standing next to Mylon, gave a rare chuckle, raised his hand and patted Mylon's left shoulder, explaining:
"Brother, why does the company only have six Infinity-class warships until now?"
"Why?" Mylon is still a little confused.
"Hey..." John also showed a helpless expression similar to William, shook his head and said:
"It's because the cycle to build a Infinity-class warship is too long, and the construction, maintenance and refurbishment costs are far more than ten times that of the Phoenix-class.
The company's merchant ships, supply ships, various non-combat vessels, as well as troop expenses and colony maintenance, and even the research and development of high-tech weapons and equipment...
These things all require money, brother, and they cannot be built in large quantities with technology."
"Hum... that's it..." Mylon suddenly realized.
Listening to the conversation between the two brothers behind him, William also smiled and shook his head.
Indeed, he also hopes that Star Killer-class's Super Battleship can replace Umbrella's six fleet flagships, and even wants the UNSC to be equipped with Star Killer.
But the problem is that the construction time of a Star Killer-class will take at least three years with the efforts of more than 100,000 Engineering Team.
After all, a Space Battleship needs to be treated with extreme care in terms of fineness, sealing, strength, etc., so it cannot be built as quickly as a colony or building.
Of course, the most important ones are construction costs and maintenance funds.
Building a Star Killer will consume about 6% of the company's net profit every year. According to the calculation of Halsey, the maintenance cost will also cost tens of billions every year.
It can be said that the maintenance cost of Star Killer alone can build ten to fifteen Phoenix-class Aircraft Carriers.
No matter how rich Umbrella is, it still has two million employees to support.
That's right, in January 2025 statistics, Umbrella's total employees officially exceeded two million, far exceeding the original 'Big Mac' Walmart.
Those employees who only signed a half-year or one-year Engineering Team contract, as well as those who did not sign a Confidentiality Agreement contract, such as hotel waiters or lobby managers, do not fall within the scope of Umbrella's formal employees.
If we include these non-staff employees, the figure is not two million.
Umbrella's research and development speed and infrastructure construction are extremely fast because William has always implemented high benefits and high wages.
If there were no Artificial Intelligence like Serena to assist him in handling trivial matters in the company, then his brain might have exploded long ago.
"Ding~--."
At this moment, the elevator also arrived at the center of the shipyard, which is also the area of the shipyard headquarters.
At this time, the supervisor, who had recovered from his extreme pride, walked out of the elevator first, waved his hand towards the corridor leading to the control room and said softly:
"Boss, please come with me."
"Yeah." William also nodded lightly and led Serena and John to inspect the shipyard.
In fact, the main purpose of William coming here is to see the Star Killer, which will be completed in two months. After all, he has never seen this Umbrella super flagship with his own eyes since the beginning of this project.
Next.
Under the leadership of the supervisor, William inspected the command room of the shipyard, then the living area, canteen and other areas.
Finally, William used the radio to 'feed' all the workers, engineers and guards in the shipyard a brief chicken soup for the soul.
And William also promised to give bonuses to these employees who have worked silently here for three years to thank them for their efforts in the past three years.
Eventually.
William returned to the waiting Infinity in low-Earth orbit at 21:10 on Hafa Time, and asked Carmen to immediately start Warp Drive to return to Solar System.
Since having some physical 'contact' with Serena that day, William has not dared to go home late, and must return to the villa in Hafa before ten o'clock.
Although Halsey doesn't care on the surface, who knows if she will get sulky. Pregnant women's tempers can be unpredictable, and William is afraid of affecting the fetus in the abdomen.