While the Kona fleet traveled back and forth to the Home Planet for supplies, Great Xia's war machine also began operating at full capacity.
Within Kona Base, unmanned legions marched out of several portals.
On the open ground between the Core Base and the walls, tracked combat platforms formed the outermost formations, with heavy artillery and missile launcher vehicles arrayed behind them.
Various unmanned fighter jets were delivered to the standby area by transport platforms, while the Earth Dragon Series Robots, designed specifically for underground combat, underwent their final inspections in the engineering area.
Large numbers of smaller reconnaissance aircraft and communications aircraft were packed into modular transport containers.
These units were the most numerous, yet would not take up much space.
Once they entered the Third Planet, they would be the first to disperse, establishing a communications network for the heavy equipment that followed.
Human combat troops were not included on the deployment list.
The Third Planet's surface gravity was 3.7 times that of Blue Star. A soldier weighing seventy kilograms would bear the equivalent of 259 kilograms upon entering it.
Exoskeleton armor might allow them to move for a short time, but the strain on their hearts, blood vessels, and internal organs would not disappear.
There was no need to expose soldiers to such risks.
Robots would also be affected by the high gravity.
Their weight would increase to 3.7 times its original value, placing strain on their joint actuators, support frames, and braking systems.
Fortunately, however, Great Xia's robots were almost all above third-order strength. This level of gravity would have little effect, at most affecting their payload capacity.
Some wheeled vehicles unsuited to high-gravity environments were eliminated outright and replaced with tracked or multi-point-support chassis.
Airborne units also carried only the necessary ammunition.
Even so, much