Most of the equipment provided by Duan Xuyan is very advanced, and many of them are on the control list. He cannot supply unlimited supplies, he can only guarantee the quantity for one starship. But this is enough. When Chu Jungui completes the new design and wins new orders from the military, most of the control equipment will be open to Chu Jungui, and then supply will not be a problem.
Most of these shipboard equipment are small and fragmentary, but they do support an important part of the entire starship's combat power. They are like adhesives that connect the various parts of the starship into a whole.
Finally, there is Dr. Xiao. As an expert named by Dr. Zero himself, it goes without saying that everyone has high hopes for him. Dr. Xiao still had the same style of keeping away from strangers, with a stinking face that said everyone owed him money, and said: "Your hull structure and part of the design are missing, which happens to be my strength. , I’ll make it up for you.”
Dr. Xiao reached out and clicked a few times, and the red hull areas were completed, but the structure still had mold lakes. Dr. Xiao said: "That's roughly what it means. It will take some time for the detailed design drawings to be released. The time depends on how many people in my team will be used on your project..."
"All!" Chu Jungui said without hesitation.
Dr. Xiao's poker face finally changed a little, and he said: "My team is an entire research institute, with a total of 1,200 people."
"No problem." Chu Jun returned.
The doctor finally forced a smile on his face and said: "These are mature designs. My team can deliver detailed design drawings within a week, and this is after giving them 20 hours of adequate sleep."
After the structure is completed, the estimated combat power of the new starship has exceeded 150,000. Of course, this is only if Dr. Xiao can complete the design.
"Is there anything else that can be improved?" Chu Jungui looked expectant. The person Dr. Zero sent from a hundred light years away should have more than this ability.
Dr. Xiao glanced at the starship organization diagram with a look of strong disgust and said: "This kind of rubbish is what you treat as a treasure. Even War Frenzy has countless areas for improvement, and I also gave them suggestions for modifications at the time. , It’s a pity that those guys above saw money in their eyes and refused.”
He clicked dozens of times on the starship map, and the areas he clicked turned yellow, and then said: "The design of these areas can be improved, and it is very easy. The related design should only take an extra week. If you want If we improve further, there will be more places to move.”
Having said this, Dr. Xiao looked at Chu Jungui and said, "It's fine if we don't change it. Compared to the improvement in performance, the cost seems to be rising faster."
Li Ruobai breathed a sigh of relief. This technical madman finally had some concept of cost. It seemed that Chu Jungui had paid off by hiring his entire research institute.
Finally, the doctor said: "I also have several latest alloy formulas here that can effectively enhance the strength of the ship structure. If they are used to replace existing materials, the performance will be further improved."
"I bought them all." Chu Jun returned.
Dr. Xiao reminded: "The manufacturing process of these three alloys will consume a lot of energy, so the cost will increase significantly. Although the combat power is increased even more, the advantages are not so obvious after comparison."
The most important thing Chu Jungui lacked was energy, so he naturally agreed.
The doctor made several big deals one after another, and his attitude towards Chu Jungui had already turned 180 degrees. He personally fine-tuned the starship diagram and was busy for almost two hours before it was completed. The completed starship's combat power was already Close to 200,000.
Dr. Xiao completed his task and went directly back to work on the design drawings without waiting for a moment. Duan Xuyan also left to prepare the starship equipment, leaving Li Ruobai and Li Xinyi alone. Since they were all his own, Chu Jungui stopped hiding and said, "We now have two plans. One is to use the conventional power and propulsion system settings in the past, but replace the armor belts and protective materials with ours." of survival-grade armor.”
Following Chu Jungui's words, the starship design changed. The outer edge of the ship was a little thicker and the key areas were a little bloated. However, it was equivalent to a 3,000-meter-long ship, which Yongzhong could hardly see. After the modification was completed, the starship's combat power fluctuated slightly, slightly increasing by about 1,000.
However, armor and protective materials account for the bulk of the cost of starship materials. In terms of performance, the survival-grade series materials are not better than the current materials, but the cost is the real advantage. The cost of the survival-grade materials is only one-tenth of the current materials. one.
After the entire ship was replaced with survival-grade materials, the cost of the new starship was directly reduced by 10 billion, from 150 billion to 140 billion.
Chu Jungui adjusted the materials of some areas and replaced them with Dr. Xiao's new alloy formula. As a result of the replacement, the cost of the starship increased by another 5 billion. Considering that the material cost of the entire starship is 40 billion, this increase is already quite astonishing. However, Chu Jungui changed the cost accounting parameters. 85% of the cost in alloy smelting is energy, which is basically zero in Chu Jungui's eyes. After updating the alloy cost, the cost has changed from an increase of 4 billion to a decrease of 1.5 billion.
In this way, Chu Jungui, Li Xinyi and the wise men worked together to make piecemeal improvements to the design drawings. In the end, more than a thousand improvements were made, and the overall cost was reduced by more than 8 billion. The final completed design has a total cost of 129 billion and an estimated combat strength of 203,000.
The current war frenzy of the dynasty has a cost of 550 billion and a combat strength of 520,000. The Federation's Sword of Dawn costs 530 billion and has a combat strength of nearly 510,000. The two major battleships basically cost around 10 billion per 10,000 estimated combat power. The Wave-class of Comet de Frey costs 160 billion and has a combat power of less than 90,000. Both total combat power and unit combat power cost are far behind the times. It is inevitable to be eliminated.
However, Chu Jungui's updated design basically has nothing to do with the Langtao class, and can be regarded as a new generation of starships. Its improvement is huge. Although the combat power is very mediocre, the cost advantage is too great. The cost of evaluating combat power per 10,000 is only more than 6 billion. This advantage alone makes it invincible.
The task assigned by Li Ruobai was to redesign the appearance of the new starship, which he was good at.
However, it is only a design sketch now, and there is still a long way to go before it can be implemented into detailed drawings that can start construction. Turning each regional sketch into a usable detailed drawing requires a huge amount of computing power, and ultimately the adjustment of the overall adaptability consumes astronomical amounts of computing power.
This requires the construction of a super master brain center. This is very difficult for Lightyear, which is still under blockade. Both the dynasty and the federation have very strict control over high-performance masterminds. It is possible to smuggle a few or dozens of small masterminds in small quantities, but starship design requires super The main brain, converted into a small main brain, is calculated in tens of thousands.
However, Chu Jungui already had a countermeasure for this. As soon as the sketch was completed, he approached the largest special feed company in the federation and the dynasty.
