For three days, experts from the Mecha Academy were studying Jiang Xingchen's plan to upgrade the Raider Mecha.
Of course, not many new technologies are used in it. Basically, the design of the mecha is optimized based on the original technology, and coupled with the new version of the OS, the effect is achieved.
This is what surprised them the most.
turn out to be...
The Raider Mecha still has so much potential to tap!
However, there is also a problem here, that is, although the mecha's various statistics have increased significantly, ordinary pilots are completely unable to control it.
Just talking about the large and small propulsion devices throughout the Raider's body, except for the main thrusters, which have not changed and are still four, the auxiliary propulsion devices used to control the mecha's posture have increased directly from 17 to 29.
Even under that brand new OS, the reaction speed of ordinary pilots cannot keep up at all. If they are forced to be stuffed into such a mecha, there will only be one result...
In a hurry!
Therefore, after conducting more tests, it was decided to divide the new generation of Raiders into two versions, the so-called exclusive customized version and the universal version.
Needless to say, there is no need to say more about the exclusive customized version. All the functions are directly maximized, and there is no need to consider whether Jiang Xingchen can operate it.
As for the universal version, a large number of new designs have been eliminated, and while partially improving performance, it has been balanced with the pilot's operating limits.
So, everyone is happy!
After completing all this, the mecha squadrons carried on the Wuluo naturally obtained the right to be the first batch to receive modifications.
During this period, Jiang Xingchen was not idle. Through the Tinder database, he began to enrich the knowledge he needed to prepare for designing a new mecha in the future.
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Before I knew it, two and a half months had passed.
In another half month, the Hope will end its escort mission and return to Canglan Star to rest.
Naturally, the one to take over the escort mission was the Wu Luo. After all, it had only been on duty for ten days before, and then the Hope went on a mission ahead of schedule and replaced itself.
Originally, it should be like this, but...
"Captain, are you saying that this escort mission has been cancelled?"
"Yes, according to the latest order, the Hope will continue to stay in the Salant asteroid belt and continue to perform escort missions for six months, while the Wuluo and Fuxing have special tasks to perform!"
Nodding, Luo Hao explained.
Jiang Xingchen was slightly surprised when he heard this.
Generally speaking, in order to ensure everyone's physical and especially mental health, the rebels usually do not let a warship perform missions for more than half a year.
After all, other humans have not undergone genetic enhancement like Jiang Xingchen.
This is why the escort missions in the Salant asteroid belt have always been rotated every three months.
Now, the Hope has been in the Salant asteroid belt for two and a half months. If it were to be extended for another six months, it would be eight and a half months.
Unless there are any special circumstances, this kind of thing usually won't happen.
And this special situation is obviously the special mission Luo Hao mentioned...
"Captain, what special mission is this?"
"Well, take a look at this!"
As he spoke, Luo Hao controlled the large screen in the conference room and played a video.
There are three celestial bodies in the picture, the largest of which has a diameter of 973 meters, and the remaining two are also more than 400 meters in diameter.
"Is this the insect mound of the Starry Sky Zerg Tribe?"
"That's right!"
"Where is the location?"
"here!"
Under Luo Hao's operation, the screen changed into a star map of the Death Nebula, and the marked location was about 2.7 light-years away from the Canglan System.
So the question is, this location is not on a safe channel at all, so how did you get here and take this video?
Could it be...
"Captain, is this the result of that plan?"
"That's right, that's the drilling plan!"
Luo Hao nodded again.
The drilling project originated two hundred years ago. Its main purpose is to confirm the environment around the Canglan system and, if possible, find other safe routes within the Death Nebula.
The method is also very simple and crude, by continuously manufacturing a large number of unmanned explorers and sending them out of the Canglan System from all directions.
Of course, the result of this is basically that as soon as it leaves the Canglan System, it will be destroyed due to the space turbulence in the Death Nebula, and contact will be lost.
However, after a large number of them were sent out, there would often be some exceptions, and individual unmanned explorers would fly out successfully without encountering space turbulence.
However, although many channels have indeed been found over hundreds of years that can successfully extend outwards, most of these channels only extend slightly outward and then are cut off by space turbulence, which has no practical significance.
Therefore, so far, the drilling plan has not achieved much results, at least that's what Jiang Xingchen knows.
But now that I hear Luo Hao say this, does it mean that this plan has actually achieved some results?
"This route is the result of more than 100 years of use and tens of thousands of unmanned explorers!"
"It requires a total of 38 jumps, which is even more complicated than the route from outside the Death Nebula to the Canglan System."
"Just a week ago, the latest batch of unmanned explorers finally found a safe direction for passage at the end of the original channel. After continuing to move in this direction..."
"That's what you saw just now!"
So that was the case, Jiang Xingchen understood. No wonder not only the Wuluo, but also the Fuxing had to be transferred.
After all, there are three worm mounds, one of which is nearly a kilometer in diameter. The Wuluo alone may not be safe, and even if the Fuxing is added, this battle will not be easy.
If it weren't for the necessity to leave a battleship in the Canglan system, even the Hope would have to come with it.
At the same time, the purpose of this mission is probably not just to kill the three worm mounds so that the drilling plan can continue, but there are more considerations...
You should be taking advantage of this rare opportunity to obtain more corpses of star war bugs, right?
You must know that the previous 300-meter-long insect mound provided the resistance with materials that could build three warships of the same class as the Wuluo.
If we take down all three worm mounds...
I'm afraid it would be more than enough to build another dozen or twenty ships.
"I understand, when do we set off?"
"We will set off in three days. Please prepare and draw up a feasible battle plan for me!"
"Shall I draw it up?"
"Xingchen, you also know that a large-scale shipbuilding plan has begun, especially those three destroyers of the same class as the Wuluo, but many people are eyeing the position of the captain, so..."
Luo Hao said with profound meaning.
However, after talking to this point, how could Jiang Xingchen not understand the truth.
This shipbuilding plan is not a secret to begin with. After all, those warship production lines...
They have all been set up in the space outside Canglan Star.
By then, there will definitely be many people vying for the positions of captains of these battleships, especially those three destroyers of the same class as the Wu Luo, including even experienced veterans in their forties or fifties.
Therefore, if Jiang Xingchen wants to fight his way through these people and seize one-third of them, the current situation alone is not enough.
He knew very well that Luo Hao was deliberately creating opportunities for himself.
"Got it, Captain!"
"Work hard, kid, your future achievements will far exceed mine!"
After standing up and waving his hands, Luo Hao left the conference room.