The new type of warship that appeared in Soshiyang's sight was called the guerrilla space gunboat. Its characteristics are simple structure and complete functions.
First of all, it is very simple from the appearance, and it lacks a lot of burdens for imperial ships. Secondly, this type of ship is very bold to use a new product of Ulan Huda, a Quanzhi Core. This product can be understood as an efficient processing core similar to the black iron core, but it is mainly used on ships, greatly improving the automation level of the ship, reducing the number of people and unnecessary contemplators. However, it does not hate intelligence and does not have the ability to operate independently. Bangula even said that even if it takes samples to Mars to check, it will definitely not be able to find any problems, because its characteristic is that it removes a lot of traditional burdens. Soshiyang guessed that Ulan Huda learned something from the furnace forging machine, but since Bangula dares to say this, there should be no big problem.
Finally, the design of the hull broke out from the traditional design of the Empire and used the common fully-supported structure scheme of the furnace ship. This scheme saves materials and space more than the Imperial keel support structure scheme, but the overall defense strength has not decreased. The only disadvantage is that the damage resistance will be relatively reduced, and it cannot achieve the degree of being riddled with holes and still being able to persist. However, the disadvantage of the galaxy defense ship is tolerant. After all, the combat range is very small and there are bases around it. The crew is easy to be rescued after abandoning the ship.
And all this design is for one purpose.
"Can you imagine it? I don't believe it before I see the specific numbers. The cost and working hours of this escort boat are only half that of the Imperial standard galaxy escort boat."
After hearing Soshyan's words, Falzad looked surprised.
"Is it so... cheap? Will the performance be too poor?"
"I have also had this idea, you guys see..."
As Soshiyang raised his hand, a holographic view projected onto the glass, and a detailed structural diagram of a guerrilla space gunboat appeared, and there were rows of data indicators next to it.
"4 heavy rail guns, 8 heavy ion missiles, 4 air defense turrets...the firepower is reasonable."
At this moment, Mark suddenly asked:
"Why use a railgun, a weapon that is not commonly used in the empire, instead of lasers or plasma?"
"Well, the designer's explanation is to ensure the speed of the ship. Look at its navigation speed, it reaches the level of a frigate, and its steering ability is even better. This is thanks to its strong engine power. If energy weapons such as laser cannons and plasma cannons are used, it will require an additional amount of energy. The characteristic of energy weapons is that their power is small and the power of the weapon is small, so it is difficult to choose between attack power and maneuverability. After all, the hull capacity is limited, and the reactor output is naturally limited. However, for galaxy defense ships, speed is definitely very important, which determines their aggregation efficiency and tactical arrangement when the invaders appear."
"Where are the other live-fire weapons of the empire?"
"The Empire's ship-purpose live ammunition weapons are generally large, and their caliber is small and their power is severely attenuated. In addition, the bullet speed is not enough, making it difficult to pose a threat to larger military ships. With this 230-meter-long ship, the Empire does not have a very suitable live ammunition weapon now, so the Ulan Huda ship designer decided to use short-man rail guns. The technology of this weapon is also very confidential and can be bought with money, but it has strong penetration and fast bullet speed. More importantly, the energy consumption is much lower than that of pure energy weapons. There is also one point, it is cheap and simple to make. A large laser cannon is very time-consuming and labor-consuming just by cutting crystals, not to mention plasma weapons."
"So that's it. No wonder the ship's cost and manpower hours are so low, and there are very few crew members, only more than two hundred people are needed."
"Don't underestimate them. Once the number increases, at least it will be a force that cannot be underestimated in the galaxy."
"Hey, then why did the Void Shield be installed again? Wouldn't it be cheaper if it was removed?
"This is the design choice. In order to install a high-power engine, the armor at the rear of the hull had to selectively give up some. In order to improve the survival performance of the ship, a small void shield generator was installed, which was activated when the enemy might attack the side and rear. After all, their function is to resist the enemy, not to be a one-time suicide weapon. It is actually inappropriate to just describe it as cheap. It should be said to be... high cost-effective."
"So that's the case, a very novel and bold design, but it can be seen that the designer has a deep understanding of the functionality of the ship. Galaxy defense ships require quantity, so the cost is as low as possible and the structure is as simple as possible."
"Well, in the future, the Naisson Galaxy, Bracato Galaxy, and even the defense fleet of the Catholic Diocese will be replaced with guerrilla ships, and its improvement potential is great. It can be changed to a minecraft or an anti-smuggling boat. Its speed determines that it can do a lot. In addition, it has very low requirements for the dock, and it does not even require Ulanhuda to produce it specifically. Three local shipyards in the Naisson Galaxy can start construction at the same time. The current construction time is... 16 weeks, 16 weeks can be completed, and this is just the beginning. After the subsequent workers are proficient in the construction process, they can be compressed to 14 weeks."
"Legislature Commander, is the shipbuilding ability of the Nasson Galaxy so strong?"
Hearing Tekshall's questions, the company commander around him chuckled, and Soshiyang also explained with a smile:
"Since the Star Knights settled here, they have been working hard to develop the shipbuilding industry here. After all, it will always be inconvenient to rely on casting the world in everything. After sixty years of development, Nassen IV has completed a large orbital shipyard, which can build all types of cruisers or super-large transport ships and merchant ships. Nassen V has also expanded from the original small civil shipyard to a medium-level comprehensive shipyard. It can currently build destroyers and frigates. In addition, Nassen V has also built a shipyard in the new colony of Nassen VI. It is currently relatively small and mainly small and medium-sized civil ships. It will also be expanded into a comprehensive shipyard in the future. The booming development of the shipbuilding industry not only provides strong guarantees for the legion fleet, but also increases the number of industrial workers in the galaxy. They are the real treasures."
"The Legion Commander is really far-sighted. No wonder he can restore the Legion to such a grand scene in such a short time!"
"Ha, I didn't think so much at that time, but the subsequent changes have been pushed to this point, and the most important thing is that there is neither the Ministry of Internal Affairs nor the Ministry of Military Affairs here."
Everyone was amused by Soshiyang's next two sentences, and they all said yes, and even Mark, who had always been serious, smiled:
"I heard a rumor not long ago that in the Rocky Star Zone, a world was attacked by green skins, and the local defenders were exhausted until they were out of ammunition and food. At this time, a force arrived, but instead of sending supplies or reinforcements, they collected tithes, and took away all the weapons and ammunition of the defenders and left. However, afterwards, the Ministry of Military Affairs destroyed a large number of weapons and ammunition on the grounds of full inventory... Haha, it was just a rumor."
Soshiyan just shook his head, made no comments, and then continued:
Chapter completed!