(Making up for yesterday's update.)
Then Busi sent the Tech-Priests he had brought throughout the transport ship to inspect its facilities.
They mainly checked the Bird Spectrometer, Plasma Reactor, engines, synthetic starch, wastewater recycling system, artificial atmosphere system, artificial gravity system, Machine Spirit, and other systems.
The captain went to the bridge to check whether the command equipment was functioning properly, then began screening the crew.
The ship provided by the olive oil merchant came with three thousand crew members.
Li Qinwu had quite a few secrets, and he was not willing to take just anyone aboard. The captain needed to vet them politically. Those with irreplaceable, crucial skills could stay; everyone else would be dismissed and replaced with his own people.
As for Li Qinwu himself, he followed the captain around the transport ship's compartments.
It had to be said, this specialized transport ship was fucking huge!
The interior was incredibly open and vast. The entire floor was covered in rails, clearly designed to make transporting containers easier.
A single deck on this ship was over fifty meters high. The entire vessel had nearly twenty decks, each built with an Open-Through Structure.
An Open-Through Structure meant that from the stern, one could see all the way to the bow at a glance.
Its side armor could even open directly into a deck entrance hundreds of meters long.
Heavy transport vehicles could then drive through the open deck, bringing large containers in or out.
This Open-Through Structure was unlike that of a warship. Warships had clearly separated compartments, one after another.
Because they feared enemy Boarding parties might seize an entire ship at once, warships deliberately divided themselves into numerous compartments and narrow passageways.
If enemies boarded, taking the ship would be as difficult as fighting a positional battle.
Transport