Even if William expanded the fortress to four times its original size in one fell swoop, the direction and content that a research and development center could research were still very limited. In the interstellar age, real research and development centers were at least at the urban level, and there were even crazy research planets.
For Herman, there is really not much that can be done in a research center with tens of thousands of square meters. The space inside is very tight just to fit the main brain, let alone a laboratory that requires a lot of space. Therefore, in the end, the leading research direction can only be
Choosing one, Herman himself had no right to decide this direction, it could only be chosen by William and Joseph.
"We now have the following directions to choose from. One is the direction of metal materials. We will mainly research new alloys that can adapt to the climate environment of Planet 4, thus opening the door to mass manufacturing of local weapons and equipment. The second is
Energy research. This not only refers to energy supply, but also includes research on various energy weapons, energy defense shields, various engines, etc. Of course, this direction is much more difficult than the previous one and requires a large number of people, masterminds,
Money and patience.”
"Both directions are good." Joseph said.
"anything else?"
"The third direction is to establish a biological research center, focusing on studying the organisms and environment on this planet. This direction... requires a lot of funds, space, equipment, personnel, and sufficient security forces. By the way, you also need to be patient.
.”
“What will be the ultimate outcome of this direction?”
"We will completely uncover the secrets of this planet's ecological environment and figure out the cause of the beast tide. The ultimate goal is to transform this planet into...well, that, a tourist planet."
Both William and Joseph knew that Hermann originally wanted to say a habitable planet, but it was too difficult to realize, so they changed their words to a tourist planet.
Joseph said without hesitation: "Ignore the third one! By the time you figure out their secret, we will have become their food long ago. We can know that they eat meat without you studying it!"
Herman shrugged and said, "You are the general, you have the final say."
William pondered for a moment, his eyes switching between the two research centers of different styles and comparing them carefully. After a while, he made a decision and said: "Maybe it is in the direction of metal materials. It is the fastest to build and the easiest to produce.
As a result, it is very smooth to convert new achievements into combat power. Unless we put our current tanks into a fully enclosed warehouse, they will break down in less than ten days."
Joseph thought, and then nodded, "That's fine. In the past, we fought every day, and most of the equipment was consumed in less than two days, without waiting for natural damage. Now that the beast's nest has been destroyed, we really need to research new equipment.
.”
William nodded, "Then it's decided."
He finally pointed to a tall tower rising from the ground in the center of the base and said: "This is the beacon tower. With it, we can guide three transport ships to land at the same time, and the base's supply capacity will be qualitatively changed."
"Beacon Tower? Is there such an ancient thing? Also, why is this thing so big? It almost becomes a building."
Herman looked helpless, "There is no way, the beacon tower must have a main brain, and the only one we can use currently is the Cambrian. In terms of function, one Cambrian may not be as good as the two of you.
General chip."
"So it has to be so big?"
"Yes." Heman said bravely.
Joseph frowned and remained silent.
"That's exactly why the new base is so big," William said.
"Since this is the only way, we need to think more about the defense system. I think it is better to build a satellite fortress in each of the four directions and connect them with underground passages. This can effectively disperse the impact of the main base.
pressure."
"That's it. Let's build the beacon tower first so that we can guide more transport ships down. Oh, by the way, when will the new transport ships be completed?"
Herman checked his personal terminal and then said: "The development of a new generation of disposable transport ships has been completed and is being fully produced. It is expected that we will receive the brand-new transport ships in 48 hours. More than 95% of the new transport ships are zero
The components can be directly disassembled and used, and the remaining parts can be recycled into materials. According to the design, the loss rate of the new transport ship when penetrating the ion storm will not exceed 30%."
"This success rate..." Joseph sighed.
"The success rate is already quite good. As informed, we now need supplies from at least five transport ships every day, plus a large mobile planetary material processing plant."
Herman took the order and left. After he left, Joseph said: "More than 500 lives are lost every day, hey!"
"It's not much. Don't forget, since we established the Shadow Fortress, the daily casualties are calculated in thousands."
"That's a death in battle, how can it be the same? Forget it, don't say it anymore, it's useless if you say it."
William forced out a rare smile and said: "When the new fortress is built, we will never sacrifice so many soldiers again."
"hope so."
At this moment, many soldiers were working hard at Base 2, with no one taking a break. When Chu Jungui and others returned from reconnaissance, they also learned that tens of thousands of war beasts had gathered. The fear was enough to make even the laziest guy
Become diligent.
Large editors are rising from the ground, continuously producing heavy alloys. Although survival-grade composite materials are obviously better, there is now a problem in the supply of raw materials, and there are not enough materials for war beasts.
Lin Xi added a layer of heavy alloy outer armor to various weapon towers. In battle, how long these weapon towers can survive is the key to determining the outcome of the battle. As long as Chu Jun is around, there will be more weapon towers.
The better, until his brain overheats.
At this moment, half of the workbench has been replaced with the alien version of the fourth-level workbench, and then a large-scale update was carried out with the refining furnace. The old refining furnace was dismantled on the spot, and the new fourth-level general-purpose refining furnace and recycling
Replaced by type refining furnace.
The new fourth-level detector has been producing results one after another. The newly added data has greatly increased the efficiency of the refining furnace. In one furnace, it can produce more than ten kinds of basic metals and silicon and other non-metals, and only less than 20% of the materials are classified.
Enter the residue.
The dismantled equipment can be directly sent to the recycling refining furnace, which can recycle most materials. However, the organic matter will be consumed, and an alien version of the recycling furnace needs to be developed to solve this problem.
In addition to the refining furnace, there are also various editors, preprocessors for various special materials, more than ten types of construction machinery, and even various living facilities that need to be built.
Thousands of things became easy to solve when they came to Lin Xi. She directly crossed out all the living facilities, regardless of the sad eyes of the little princess, and turned the saved supplies into a weapon tower.
The little princess felt that she had to do something, otherwise she would never take a bath.