While Joseph and William were discussing, a cargo spacecraft passed through the storm clouds and landed on the base.
William and Joseph received supply lists on their personal terminals at the same time.
Joseph glanced at it and was attracted by one of the entries. He opened it and looked at it and said: "The 'Umbrella' missile defense system came in time, but unfortunately some of the medicines are not suitable for the disease."
William said: "It's better than nothing. I don't want to use anti-aircraft vehicles to block missiles anymore. Besides, we only have four anti-aircraft vehicles left on hand, so we can't do anything."
Joseph opened the communication channel and asked: "How is the research on our individual missile defense system? Has the development of a special model of mecha started?"
A slightly tired voice came from the other side, "Sorry, General. The current research progress is only 11% complete, and the prototype research has not been completed, so a special model of the mecha cannot be developed."
Joseph was furious, "11%? A team of 40 people, a full 100 hours, and the progress is only 11%?"
"I'm really sorry, General. But there is insufficient equipment here and many projects cannot be carried out. In addition, the environment here is really bad. Half of our team is sick and we cannot maintain efficiency."
Joseph still wanted to curse, but William held his hand and shook his head.
"Then so be it." Joseph suppressed his anger and closed the communication channel.
William said: "Our team is actually not bad, and the basic research equipment is in place. But after they came here, their research efficiency dropped significantly. Don't you think it's strange? Even I sometimes feel that
Drowsy."
"Is it intellectual suppression? Stop joking."
"Intellectual suppression is not new. Have you forgotten the experiments conducted by the Federation on some planets where felons are imprisoned?"
Joseph said, "I've heard of it, but it doesn't seem to be very successful."
"At least it proves that it's possible."
Joseph pondered: "How do they do it? Interfere with bio-waves?"
"I don't know the specifics. I need to ask for information. The general principle should be this."
"Maybe we should build a special laboratory for those researchers to isolate all unknown electromagnetic disturbances, or other messy fields and fluctuations?"
"Not just the laboratory, but also the bedroom and dining room."
"A big project." Joseph whistled.
"There is no way, it must be done."
"Then we have to stop building the armor factory. We won't be able to save Hathaway in a short time."
William frowned and thought hard. It was also a dilemma for him.
At this moment, Professor Herman's voice sounded in the communication channel of the two at the same time: "There is a new discovery in the Cambrian! You'd better come and take a look, this may be...an animal nest!"
Joseph and William looked at each other and immediately rushed to the command hall.
At Base No. 2, Chu Jungui and Lin Xi stood on the top floor of the base, looking into the distance. Hathaway walked up, holding a suitcase in her hand, and said, "I just made a very interesting little thing."
As she spoke, she opened the box and skillfully spliced the parts inside. In a blink of an eye, a micro-aircraft the size of a seagull appeared.
"For reconnaissance?" Lin Xi asked.
"Yes."
"How did you solve the remote control problem?"
"No remote control is needed. I entered the terrain route into its system. It will automatically record the surrounding data and intelligence while flying, and will automatically return after flying to the designated location. In this way, our reconnaissance range can be extended to 100 kilometers.
Already."
"Why didn't I think of that?" Lin Xi praised.
"Try it now?" Chu Jungui was also very interested. The expansion of the reconnaissance range is really important. The reason why Lin Xi and Chu Jungui have not developed large-range heavy artillery is because when the beast tide appears, they are basically all
It's about two or three kilometers. Normally, the reconnaissance range is the visual distance.
Hathaway smiled slightly and threw the drone into the sky. The drone quickly opened its three disk-shaped rotors, two in front and one behind, and flew into the sky. It quickly went away and soon turned into a small black dot.
While watching it go away, Hathaway introduced its basic parameters, "Its flying altitude can reach 3,000 meters. On Planet 4, the ceiling can reach 5,000 meters. The basic flying speed is 100 kilometers per hour. All
The system components are all specially designed for use in extreme environments, so there is no need to worry about reliability. The reconnaissance end point I set this time is 30 kilometers away, which means that we can wait up to 40 minutes before we can get the first hand
information."
Before she finished speaking, suddenly there was a flash of lightning in the distance.
The three of them looked at each other, and for a moment Lin Xi said, "Did I see it wrong? It seems that the reconnaissance plane has been burned down."
Hathaway was also surprised, "Its shell is made of fully insulating material and can withstand at least several million volts of voltage. How could it be burned?"
Among the three, Chu Jungui had the largest field of vision and the best eyesight. He said, "I seemed to have seen something appear just now, but the distance was a bit far and the speed was too fast. I only saw a blurry shadow."
"What kind of thing?" Lin Xi asked.
Chu Jungui quickly gave the data based on the images in his memory, "It is about ten meters long, about 1.5 meters in diameter, and the instantaneous pounce speed is about 100 meters per second. After pounce, it returned to the storm clouds
.I don’t know other details.”
Hathaway said: "The cruising altitude set by the reconnaissance plane is 900 meters, which is at least two to three hundred meters away from the storm clouds. Is this altitude also not acceptable?"
"It seems that's not possible."
Hathaway was not discouraged and said: "Then I will build another one and cruise at an altitude of 200 meters to see if it works."
The attack range of the Spinback is below 800 meters. The cruising altitude of 900 meters set by Hathaway is also to avoid the Spinback that may be encountered. Once a Spinback appears on the cruising route, at the speed of the reconnaissance aircraft, there will be no
The only way to escape is to be shot down.
Hathaway returned to the underground space to build a new reconnaissance plane, while Lin Xi and Chu Jungui stayed where they were, staring in the direction where the reconnaissance plane was destroyed.
"What do you think that thing was just now?"
"No matter what it is, it's best not to provoke it for the time being." Chu Jungui's face was solemn.
"It is true that our existing air defense towers cannot capture its movements. However, we still have many research and development projects that have not been completed, especially the black-winged aerial beast. If we study it thoroughly, there may be unexpected surprises." Lin Xi said.
Pumped up.
Chu Jungui suddenly said: "Do you still remember the interference bomb we developed?"
"Remember. But doesn't it become ineffective soon after use?"
"The beast tide here evolves very fast, beyond common sense. However, our agent chip research progress should be faster than theirs. I think a new generation of jamming bombs should be developed."