"How much is the current production of joint battleships and the amount exchanged by affiliated civilizations?"
In the conference room, Su He looked at a staff member and asked.
"According to the latest data, the current production capacity has reached 3,000 ships per month and is continuing to climb."
"And the 12,000 joint warships that have been produced have been snatched up."
"The most exaggerated thing is that many affiliated civilizations require the opening of pre-exchange channels."
Hearing this, Su He was stunned for a moment.
Although it has been anticipated earlier, the implementation of these two major measures will definitely make the combined battleship very popular.
After all, by participating in the mercenary fleet of a civilization affiliated with the Federation, even if you are not on the battlefield, you can continue to receive points income just like receiving a salary.
Once on the battlefield, the points earned will be even greater.
But I didn’t expect that it would be sold out immediately, and they even asked for the pre-exchange channel to be opened?
It seems that after these civilizations have gained greater living space and there are no external threats, they have developed well over the years and have a lot of points in their hands...
"If they want to pre-exchange, then open the channel to them without setting a quantity limit."
"Um...President, I have a question."
"What's the problem?"
"According to our estimates, once unlimited pre-exchange is opened, the number is likely to directly exceed one million."
"One million? That's too little. Let's add more fire. The order of delivery will be from the order of redemption quantity. The more civilizations are redeemed, the sooner they will be delivered!"
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The staff was immediately confused.
My dear President, did you not understand what I said?
Based on the number of production lines currently deployed, even if the production capacity is fully reached, it is probably only 5,000 ships per month.
You still think one million is too little, so you need to add more firepower?
I'm afraid that once the fire goes down, the number of pre-exchanges will explode, right?
3 million?
5 million?
Tens of millions?
The monthly output of 5,000 ships is only 60,000 ships a year. When will the delivery be completed?
Although it is easy to increase production, just increase the production line.
If adding 500 items is not enough, then add 1,000 items. If 1,000 items are not enough, then add 2,000 items.
This is not a thing.
With the space particle reconstruction technology, the Federation's manufacturing efficiency is more than a hundred times faster than before.
But the problem is...
What drives these production lines is a zero-point energy module, and like a battery, it must be replaced when the energy is exhausted.
Take the dozens of Pangu-class ships in the Federation today, plus the current one hundred joint battleship production lines, the number of zero-point energy modules that need to be consumed every year has reached more than 2,000.
This requires expanding the production line. Where will the zero-point energy modules come from?
I'm afraid that Commander Mu Zhengfeng of the Military Department will have to rush to the Presidential Palace to overturn the table, right?
You know, the more we consume in this regard, it means that the fewer Pangu-class warships that can be put into service every year...
The staff member opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something.
But when Su He saw this, he spoke first before he could say anything.
"I know what you are worried about, but this worry is unnecessary."
"Yesterday I got a report from the Central Academy of Sciences. The new zero-point energy extraction technology has been completed."
"With this brand-new technology, we can directly expand our zero-point energy production by more than ten times."
hiss...
Expand ten times?
The staff member's eyes widened again.
The reason why the extraction of zero-point energy is slow is because every time you connect to the multiverse and extract energy from subspace, you need to make perfect preparations.
And this preparation...
It will take at least several months.
The most critical thing is that after spending so much time, the channel can only be opened for a few hours at a time.
That's why the production capacity of zero-point energy modules is so low.
As a result, even today, with the continuous improvement of extraction technology, the annual output is only over 10,000.
Increase tenfold...
That is a production capacity of more than 100,000 per year.
Even if 50,000 of them are used to serve Pangu-class battleships, another 20,000 are used as replacement energy for the fleet and war reserves.
There are still tens of thousands that can be used by the federation in other areas.
Enough, simply enough!
"Is it okay now?"
"No more, President."
"Well, then set up the production line as soon as possible. After the next zero-point vacuum energy is extracted, start it immediately. Tell them that I want to see a million battleships within half a year, all of which are affiliated to the combined battleships.
fleet."
"Yes, I'll do it right away!"
The staff quickly left the presidential office.
One million combined battleships, is it difficult?
Based on the current 100 production lines, it may take more than ten years.
but...
What if there are a thousand production lines?
That’s just over a year!
Two thousand or more?
Well, it's entirely possible to do it in half a year.
The reason why Su He asked for half a year was because Mu Zhengfeng submitted a report.
In this report, Mu Zhengfeng hopes to speed up the joint battleship plan, and then replace the pioneering fleet in Sextant A with a combination of defense fleet and affiliated civilization mercenary fleet.
After all, the Federation's strongest pioneering fleet has been guarding there, so this is not a problem.
For the military department, the pioneering fleet is not used to do this job, but should play a greater role in other aspects.
The most important thing is that the situation in the Small Magellanic Cloud is changing very quickly, and the Gods' Sealing Plan may even be implemented in less than a year.
After this plan, the military department needs to develop a fleet to complete the plan and completely solve the problem of the Starry Sky Zerg.
Therefore, in addition to calling for speeding up the production of joint warships and the issue of arming the attached civilized fleet, Mu Zhengfeng also proposed...
Proposals to further enhance the strength of the pioneering fleet.
Of course, all this requires sufficient zero-point energy modules to support it.
But fortunately, not long after Su He received this report, good news came from the Central Academy of Sciences.
Brand new zero-point vacuum energy extraction technology...
Done!
The use of this technology directly increases the output of zero-point energy modules by more than ten times.
Only then did Su He gain enough confidence to go ahead and do it.
It is not just a matter of joint battleships. With enough zero-point energy modules, the Federation can even expand the pioneering fleet to full strength, that is, 140,000 battleships within two years.
(The four major legions have 120,000 Pangu-class ships, the directly-affiliated fleet has 10,000 Pangu-class ships, and the Elf fleet has 10,000 Alda-class ships)
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At the same time.
Central Academy of Sciences, Institute of Energy Research.
At this moment, thousands of federal scientists are researching this new energy source.
That is, more than half a year ago, the pioneering fleet transported back from Sextant A, a relatively complete battleship of an unknown civilization.
Although the energy used by their warships is much weaker than zero point energy.
But it is enough to support the space weapons and space shields on the battleship.
most...
That is to say, because this energy is not as powerful as zero-point vacuum energy, the space shield is not as durable as the Pangu-level.
However, it is enough to build Type II joint battleships, or battleships for defense and guard fleets.
It is really necessary that all fleets use zero-point energy modules.
Even if the Federation masters better zero-point vacuum energy extraction technology, the production capacity will not be enough.
After all, the Pangu-class battleship does not just need to carry a zero-point energy module.
Daily energy consumption, or intense battle consumption, no matter how long or short the time, will always consume a zero-point energy module.
Based on the current data of the Federation's more than 50,000 Pangu-class ships, approximately 800-800 zero-point energy modules are consumed every year to replace warships that have exhausted or are about to run out of energy.
So, what about 100,000 ships, 200,000 ships, 300,000 ships, or even more?
What if high-intensity war is added?
What is the consumption at this time?
Therefore, even if the production capacity is increased by more than ten times, it is impossible for the Federation to replace all three fleets with Pangu-class ships.
Otherwise, the number of normal replacements every year alone would be terrifying, let alone during war times.
It is precisely because of this that this new energy technology project...