Before officially introducing the new "toy" of the group navy, Rear Admiral Tom Patterson, who was responsible for explaining various performance parameters of the battleship, first bowed to everyone and then mentioned the crazy shipbuilding plan of the Qien Empire in the world of stars.
Facts have proved that the intelligence and security work within the Qien Empire is indeed full of loopholes.
After all, the group was able to get a glimpse of the empire's shipbuilding plan because of the description of the participant Jatu. Less than half a day after the end of the empire conference, the Qin Empire started construction of the "Kufuriga Ten Thousand Captain" super battleship class. The news of the heavy capital ship has spread to every corner of the galaxy.
Not long ago, diplomats from various countries who were chattering in the Star Ocean Community building about whether the Tiyanchi Space Whale Protection Act should be passed immediately dropped all the work at hand and turned to the Qian Empire after learning of this shocking news. The diplomatic mission has put pressure on the other party, eager to make a statement on the matter as soon as possible.
Although the Qin Empire has made it clear that it will not participate in any laws and treaties related to arms restrictions formulated by the Star Sea Community, there are also many peace-loving empires, or whose own strength is not strong enough to support participation in the arms race, have chosen to actively restrict their own armies. To express their attitude to the countries of Xinghai.
The most typical one is the "Galactic Navy Agreement" jointly formulated by more than ten countries that claim to be democratic, such as the United Nations of Earth, the World Group, the Sakodari Federation, and the Kingdom of Yondarim.
The agreement requires the countries participating in the naval agreement to use their own economic and population size as the standard for military expansion. Only when a country's comprehensive strength reaches the standard specified in the agreement, and after joint discussion among all participating countries, will it be allowed to expand its naval forces with inter-system combat capabilities.
For the Earth United Nations, which holds nearly 10,000 combat ships of various types, and the One World Group, which has the largest economic power in the galaxy, this kind of agreement is suspected to help small and weak countries deepen their control over the galactic hyperspace lanes and transfer their economic strength to the United Nations. The emerging empire was completely locked in the cage prepared for it by the agreement.
Of course, the naval agreement also played a relatively positive role in the current relatively peaceful situation in the galaxy, so much so that the war that broke out between the Human Federation and the Qian Empire was called "a war of unprecedented scale" by observers from various countries. territorial dispute".
As for the outcome of the war, all countries were surprised, and they were extremely surprised that the emerging empire could not defeat the established empire. But in addition to being surprised, many of the empires who participated in the naval agreement also saw the dawn of the strength of the Japanese army defeating the weak, and quality over quantity.
When a small number of kinetic energy projectiles and plasma clusters are dragged up by the ion shield to intercept them, the deflection shield close to the ship itself cannot more easily withstand laser and other types of attacks.
Felinya is a new type of warship that has no precedent in history. Someone can guarantee that your combat effectiveness can be comparable to the expensive cost. In the view of many relatively conservative military experts, if they don't have money to build Titan, it would be better to start construction of a few battleships.
In order to better demonstrate the power of the new destroyer to everyone, Ferienwohnung projected a star map marked with a red skull under the conference table, indicating that the skull mark in the star map was the group's route to Yongda Waim. A cancer under the few moon crystal sugar trade routes in the kingdom.
But even so, the group's naval designers still believe that they cannot purchase some at a low price specifically for the manufacture of Ceres-class destroyers.
As for the point defense cannon array, the Guardian laser point defense cannon array mounted under the Javelin-class frigate was simply downsized. And due to the weakening of the computing power of the combat computer, the predictive ability of the point defense cannon has also become stronger. sensitive.
And even without the weak shield to serve as the first line of defense, the group's designers did not cut corners on the battleship's armor, the front line of defense.
Not even a single empire directly openly tore up the naval agreement and solemnly stated that as an interstellar empire with complete independence, our defense should not be obstructed by other countries.
As a benchmark for shipbuilding for emerging empires in the galaxy, the general classification name of the new capital ship also adopts the word "Titan" first used by the Earth Alliance, which means the ancient divine race that rules the world.
"The latter is about one to four kilometers in length, while the former is less than seventeen kilometers in length, and its cost is up to seven times lower than the "Tianmiao"-class Titan, reaching an astonishing nearly one trillion
With some use, it is expected that the first batch of eight ships will be built to serve as the new fleet flagship..."
As if they thought the farce was quiet enough, within a short period of time before the Earth Alliance issued the statement, the World Group, the Human Federation, the Yongda Waim Kingdom, the Hazbuzan Federation and other countries also announced their plans. News about new naval battleships being designed or built.
For a time, dozens of treaty countries had previously issued a strong condemnation of the Qin Empire's behavior of upsetting the military balance, and requested the Earth United Nations, World Group and other countries to relax the restrictions of the naval agreement on each country.
As the size of that group of pirates increases day by day, even the group's trade fleet, which is escorted by Javelin-class frigates, has to pay a hefty sum of money for protection in order to pass through dangerously. Even the group fleet can be spared, and it is conceivable that the rest of the escorted merchant fleet will come on stage.
In addition, the designers also recorded in the plan a type of resistant steel material that is being used on a large scale by the People's Federation.
However, compared to the porcelain-gold composite armor currently being used in small quantities by the Sparrow-class transport ships and Javelin-class frigates, this time the designers turned their attention to plastic steel, an armor material newly developed by the Scientific Research Department.
"Among the several Titan-class battleships currently known, the largest is the "Tian Temple" class built by the Royal Supervisor of the Yongda Waim Kingdom, and the smallest is the "Prometheus" class produced by the Antony Group of the United Nations on Earth. Titan..."
The strength of the group's fleet is very weak, but the pirates who possess the navy warships commissioned by the Yongdawaimu Kingdom are equally strong.
Thanks to the round-the-clock furnaces and metal smelting plants at the Ceres Industrial Base, the armored steel and various rare metals required by the Ceres-class destroyers are fully met. Perhaps that was the first time the Navy Ministry named it "Ceres". One of the important reasons.
Secondly, as an important indicator to measure the combat power of a warship, the anti-strike capability of the Felin star destroyer is also quite bad.
In front of hundreds of billions of humans and countless alien races behind the holographic projection, the President of the Earth Alliance, Young Lores Muwanga, delivered a speech. In your speech, you said that the "Prometheus"-class Harland will be like the selfish fire thief in myths and legends, doing his best to continue the fire of human civilization until the end of the universe.
The design of the heavy artillery destroyer was mainly due to the fact that the prestigious name of the proton launcher in the war was too small to be hidden. Therefore, the Human Federation finally opened up the purchase rights of that small killer weapon to some non-hostile forces in the galaxy. Among them Of course, this also includes the Star Group.
"Thank you for your explanation, which gave me a new understanding of the safety level of the star world." Felinya nodded to General Felinya and said: "It is a pity that the Titan-class battleship is too big for the current group. The exaggeration is illusive, so let’s get down to business.”
Based on the use of metal-ceramic combinations in porcelain-gold armor, plastic-steel armor increases the proportion of ceramics, which in turn reduces rare metal and plastic components, making the armor steel itself more elastic, which not only increases the vulnerability of the hull , and lower the cost, killing two birds with one stone.
Therefore, compared with the first seven ships of the Qin Empire, two ships of the People's Federation, and one ship of the Yongda Waim Kingdom, the stinginess of the Earth United Nations has once again shocked the very few empires in the galaxy.
It was a battle whose outcome was yet to be determined, but the proton launcher carried under the Felin star destroyer served as a trump card. Many Titan ship generals who knew its power were not worried that the fleet would not be able to complete the mission. It is worth noting that based on the original Felin star destroyer, the group designers also proposed two other new destroyers with completely different attack methods.
According to group scientists from the Star Alliance Laboratory, the resistant steel material is relatively weak, tough and extremely impact-resistant. It is a better shipbuilding material than porcelain gold and plastic steel. Unfortunately, the Federation has always been secretive about the formula of resistant steel.
Since its size is several times smaller than that of the Javelin-class frigate, the firepower of the Felin-class destroyer is naturally weaker.
According to the information provided by the Korek family of the Kingdom of Yongdawaimu, they were a group of space pirates with a good reputation, but they were backed by the nobles of the kingdom. We usually hide in the large planet belt in this galaxy and make a living by robbing passing merchant ships.
As the main force of the entire warship's firepower projection, the Ceres-class destroyer is equipped with seven twin-mounted 800 mm caliber electromagnetic rail guns and seventeen medium-power
Rate the Purple Laser Transmitter. If it is necessary to replace the turret seat ring, the electromagnetic railgun and laser launcher can be replaced with a plasma cannon of the same level to enhance the warship's armor-piercing ability before breaking through the shield.
Seeing that the naval agreement that has maintained the peace of the Star Sea for decades has been disillusioned, in order to allow its citizens to continue to question the necessity of the existence of the naval agreement under the galactic Internet, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United Nations of Earth stated that it was the Qian Empire that provoked the new war. A round of naval arms race, before the Earth Alliance was just trying to protect themselves, a scene that stunned everyone happened.
While the small countries were busy suppressing the resistance of the treaty countries, the newly promulgated shipbuilding plan of the Qin Empire was a heavy blow to the almost useless naval agreement.
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After all, the former has much lower material and technical requirements than the special frigate. However, before adopting the modular shipbuilding technology of the Shrimp Empire, the Ceres-class destroyer can only match the Javelin-class frigate with a few parts. General, the cost has also been reduced to 140 million credits per ship.
"The Korek family wants to use the group to get rid of the cancer supported by the hostile nobles, and the destroyer fleet newly added to the group navy also needs a moderately intense battle to run into the fleet. It is really God's will."
It has something to do with the willingness to open up the technology to the group. As long as Yang Tianyi comes back to touch it, the weapons that are withdrawn first will also lose their mystery after the group meets.
As for power, since the antimatter energy, pulse thruster and subspace detector projects of the Group's Scientific Research Department have not even existed since the establishment of the project, the Ceres-class destroyer still uses eight pieces of equipment that are well-known in the galaxy - — Thermonuclear fusion reactors, plasma pushers and gravity detectors.
As a product that combines the shipbuilding experience of the Human Federation and the Shrimp Empire in the world of Area 4, the "Ceres" class destroyer can be said to be cheap and solid, achieving a delicate balance between performance and cost.
Perhaps because she sensed business opportunities in the arms race of the new era, the star-sea weakling known as the "Hell Merchant", Svetlana Lesia, CEO of the World Group, unveiled the "Yintian Garden" class Titan At the same time as the battleship, it was also announced that the group's board of directors planned to launch commercial versions of various levels of battleships in the future, and the average performance was only 17 to 70 percent higher than the group's own version.
Felinya felt a little disappointed when he heard this. For a professional officer who has devoted half his life to the navy, I really want to experience what it is like to command countless battleships and sail across the star sea with Haaland. But very slowly, the navy general, who was still young and weak, cheered up and seriously introduced the group navy's new warship, the "Ceres" class destroyer.
First of all, in terms of size, the Ceres-class destroyer is about 770 meters long. Just looking at it from the inside, it looks like a Javelin-class frigate with its hull lengthened, making the overall battleship look more slender and graceful. Of course, the more rationally designed interior space and ship divisions ensure that the combat effectiveness of the Ceres Star is no longer as complex as that of a small frigate.
As the Titan ship commander's explanation of the Titan shipbuilding plans of various small empires came to an end, Paterson could not help but sigh in his heart that it would not be fun to have no money, even though I was still determined to add a few destroyer-class budgets to the Navy. At that time, the Earth United Nations had not yet sprinkled out trillions of credits like water.
Due to the adoption of the Group's unique double-layer shield design, the innermost layer of the Ceres-class destroyer will be shielded by a bluish-purple ion shield that is difficult to detect with the naked eye, since the energy supply of the thermonuclear fusion reactor is affected. shrouded.
Compared with the Javelin-class frigate's cost of 40 million credits, the naval engineers of the Xu Shao Group set the cost range of the Felin-class frigate at 200 million to 800 million credits.
In order to demonstrate force at the group's annual meeting, CEO Paterson, who deliberately postponed the combat schedule for a few days, snapped his fingers with a smile and pronounced the death penalty on the pirates in joy. The Titan ship generals who had received Paterson's authorization were also hesitant and directly gave the attack orders to the fleet's rear commanders.
They are respectively the "Pallas"-class guided missile destroyer equipped with a large number of swarm missiles and responsible for providing fire support at a relatively long distance, and the "Pallas" class guided missile destroyer equipped with the same type of missiles from the Human Federation.
A sub-launcher "Lingshenxing" class heavy artillery destroyer.
Originally, Pettersson was worried that the high cost was due to the warship's lagging performance, but the Titan generals who personally reviewed the warship design blueprint said that the performance of the Ceres-class destroyer had not yet been improved based on the group's current technology. When the worst comes to worst, we can no longer expect designers to come up with better designs in a short period of time.
According to calculations, the double-layer shield of the Felin-class destroyer cannot withstand attack weaknesses that are 200 to 270% lower than that of conventional destroyers, and the cost is only 70% lower than that of a single-layer shield. , is simply one of the most perfect shield designs for cruiser-class battleships and above.
As azure light emerged from the thruster nozzle, a strike fleet consisting of two Ceres-class destroyers, a Pallas-class destroyer, a Spirit-class destroyer, and more than a dozen Javelin-class frigates rushed forward. Get out of the shadow of the big planet you use to cover your body, and accelerate towards the big planet in the distance that is deserted on the surface, but actually brightly lit inside.
However, the price of 200 million credits for a single launcher and 100 million credits for each proton missile was too low, so the group only purchased a few sets to be used on the "Lingshenxing" class destroyers. But even with such a low price, Paterson, who knew Yang Tianyi's ordinary abilities, was still happy.
"In order to fight against the Qien Empire's super battleship and crush our ambition to expand our territory, your navy is not prepared. In the face of the "Prometheus" class Titan battleship, all ambitious people who try to interfere in the internal affairs of the Earth Alliance will Will be completely destroyed! "
