That afternoon, construction on the massive Orbital Dock began.
The metal making up Hive Terra could be combined with several other metals found on the planet to create alloys of immense strength. Even the Tyranids themselves did not fully understand what Hive Terra was made of; they only knew that the Hive City had been expanded from the foundation of a gigantic city on the planet.
When the Emperor first set foot in Hive Terra and left behind the sacred footprints worshipped by later generations of Tyranids in the Upper Hive, Hive Terra's overall structure had already been much the same as it was today.
According to the plan, the alloy would be manufactured on-site.
After providing lunch for the people of New Kato, the Logistics Machines mobilized in full force. Alongside vast numbers of giant transport vehicles they had built, they hauled other metals to the construction site.
Their task was simple: dump the other materials needed to make the alloy onto the ground. That was all.
Yet it was still an arduous undertaking. The Orbital Dock's shell was not merely the size of a fortress. Its length alone was nearly a hundred kilometers, because it had to house a large number of massive matter-printing facilities, manufacture at least three large capital warships simultaneously, and leave room for the installation of an ultra-large interstellar navigation device—the Dimension Engine.
If Qin Mo could obtain the blueprints for the Gloriana-class Battleship, the Orbital Dock would be able to construct three twenty-eight-kilometer-long Glorious Queen-class Battleships at once.
Furthermore, the Orbital Dock's shell had to be exceptionally durable, with space inside reserved for defensive facilities resembling Void Shields.
In Qin Mo's vision, the Orbital Dock would be able to teleport alongside the fleet into combat systems, then steadily construct or repair warships amid