"The Titan-class cargo ship you want me to refit has been modified. Now you can call it the Titan-class frigate No. 1. Um... I guess you will call it that?"
In the narrow bridge, engineer Rory Swann, wearing orange-gray work clothes and holding a toolbox in one hand and another, pointed to the cables and a console on the bridge and said to Augustus: "
This ship is 400 inches long (about 128 meters) and 67 feet wide (about 20 meters). This child is a medium-sized cargo ship. The cargo hold from the lower deck to the main beam can be divided into many new rooms. If you insist on cramming some people in, then
It can carry about a thousand people."
The lighting facility on the bridge ceiling is like an extremely bright white ball of light. Under its light, the consoles connected to the winding pipelines on the bridge can be seen clearly. Some opened bulkhead covers are full of
Cables of various colors were tangled together like a group of snakes, and the smell of lubricating oil and sweat was mixed in the air with poor circulation.
The bridge of this ship is not as wide as that of a battlecruiser. There are only a few driving positions facing the forward portholes. Augustus and a dozen Guardsmen, including Sarah Kerrigan, walked into the bridge.
The space seemed very small, and there were not many people standing in front of the bridge porthole, which was used to overlook the battlefield and broaden the captain's field of vision.
The Hyperion in the Eumoyan orbital dock will not be repaired until at least next month. Before that, this frigate converted from an interstellar cargo ship was Augustus's largest warship, and he had to accept that it would be
The humble fact that this battleship served as the flagship of the Korhal Revolutionary Army fleet.
While Augustus looked around at the layout of the bridge, Sarah Kerrigan, who was wearing a dark gray Revolutionary Army uniform and a golden wolf armband, began to inspect the facilities inside the bridge as usual. She straddled a C-10 rifle.
The long fiery red hair gathered behind the hat is tied with a white ribbon, and the tied long hair is like a dancing flame as it walks.
"Swan, what's the new design? You know you're a genius."
"Thank you, but you don't need to praise me nine times out of ten." Swann's face was stained with oil: "I made a small improvement. My team and I added an extra layer to this spacecraft.
The Titan engine and the new central reactor, and the jump engine maintained by a team of professional jump technicians, will allow you to race as much as you want in the hyperspace lane."
"Sounds like I don't have to worry about power anymore," Augustus said. "What about the weapons systems? I've seen you added extra ship armor and laser pulse cannons to the ship."
"Yes, there is a pair of ship-based laser pulse cannons under the bridge, and there is a deployable missile hive on each side. In addition, this modified spacecraft also carries a large number of small plasma torpedoes. Of course, due to
It's a flaw in the modification. We have to use manual operations to push the torpedoes out of the airtight cabin, and if necessary, give them a hammer to manually ignite."
Swann told Augustus: "Based on the original armor, I added thicker armor plates and a lightweight energy matrix shield."
"Shield shield technology? This is an epoch-making progress." Augustus' eyes lit up.
"It's actually not difficult to do this. The key is to be willing to spend money." Swann said: "Speaking of this, boss, will the Keha Weapon Research Institute need to be approved for more funding? The research and development of new weapons is very important.
Want money."
"There will be funds." Augustus' voice became louder: "We will discuss this issue later."
Nowadays, the entire Korhal, ground fortresses, high-altitude orbital defense platforms, anti-aircraft missile arrays, government departments' capital investment, fleet and army maintenance, etc. are all spending money constantly. The former are all big money swallowers, and there are millions of mouths.
It depends on the new government to fill it.
The new government's finances have long been unable to make ends meet by relying on taxes alone. If it were not for the huge war loans provided by the wealthy and generous Umoyan government at low interest rates, Angus would have hanged himself.
The Umoyan people thought very clearly. If the uprising on Korhal 4 failed, then the next war in the Koprulu sector would definitely be the battle between the Tyranid Federation and the Umoyan, so their support was sparing no effort.
The little money Augustus made in the army was not enough to buy a bathroom on Hyperion. At this time, he couldn't help but miss his brother Arcturus who was still digging mining on the edge of the Koprulu sector.
.
Since they are brothers connected by blood, they must support each other. Moreover, Augustus gave part of the start-up capital at the beginning, which was regarded as a stake in Arcturus' mining industry.
"Then I'll be relieved." Swann didn't realize the seriousness of the problem at this time.
"Also, do you have any idea about the design of the new main gun of the Behemoth-class battlecruiser?" Augustus said.
"Using the nuclear reactor of the battlecruiser as a power source to use a strong magnetic field to focus controllable nuclear explosions into a concentrated beam of energy. I have to say, this is a crazy idea." Swann said: "Sometimes I always doubt yours.
Did the intelligence department make a mistake? Maybe the federal ship research institute just created a folder on the terminal host to defraud funds."
"If we want to constrain a controllable nuclear explosion and condense it, we need the support of technological breakthroughs in multiple fields of materials science and engineering. You can't understand it in detail, because I can't understand it myself.
."He said.
"In general, it's easier said than done."
"Then we'll wait until the Federation people's experiment is successful, and then we'll get the design drawings." Augustus didn't have any expectations for this newly established weapons research institute, although it was filled with information he had learned from various departments in Korhal.
Talents poached by technology companies, but in fact, the best talents in the Koprulu Sector have always been in Tarsonis and Umoyan.
Augustus didn't really expect that they could develop the battlecruiser's classic Yamato cannon earlier than the Terran Federation, but what if?
"What about the cooperation research with Yumo Yang?" Augustus asked again.
"We are still talking, and the other party is very interested in this." Swann's thick eyebrows and beard stretched out: "But I am worried that those cunning Umoyan people will leave us alone and go it alone."
"But then again, we don't have battlecruisers, so I don't know what you are worried about." The grumpy Meinhof issued a torture that struck straight to the soul.
"...How many frigates of this type do we have?" Augustus received a critical attack.
"Three, there are 17 more that are being renovated in shipyards across Kehal. At the same time, we also have more than 50 reconnaissance boats converted from civilian transport spacecraft, ranging in size from 65 feet to 165 feet (10 to 50 meters).
), these reconnaissance boats are equipped with small laser cannons, but the damage is very serious. These laser cannons hit the armor of the battlecruiser like it is tickling." Swan gestured.
"biubiubiu——well...it's like this."
"This is really a huge fleet." Augustus sighed.
At this time, Jim Raynor's iconic laughter came from the narrow passage leading to the bridge. As the fleet commander under Augustus, this open-minded and optimistic young man was already gearing up to prepare for a big fight.
Already.
"Good morning, my lovely friends." Renault stuck out his bare head.
It is not easy to take a hot bath on a battleship. Sonic bathing can remove dead skin and dirt from the body, but it is not effective when dealing with greasy hair. Therefore, Renault always likes to shave his hair during this time.
Behind Renault was the tall Tychus, who found it difficult to walk in this narrow passage.