616: Chapter 616 Small Space Battleship

“Commander, would you like to increase the number of light crystal plate production bays to 150?” Xiao Lin asked.

This number is slightly higher than theoretically needed because building the production bays also takes time. This will result in less actual production time, so naturally, more production bays are required.

“Yes,” Oriental Chen confirmed.

“Commander, will all these 150 production bays be built in the underground base in Batuo City?”

“Build them in Wulan Gumu!” Oriental Chen pondered for a moment and still felt that Wulan Gumu was more suitable.

Wulan Gumu is an underground military base established by Oriental Chen on the westernmost border of the Ulan Neutral Zone after he completed the recruitment.

Its purpose is to provide training grounds for the 100,000 new recruits.

This sparsely populated area is perfect for this top-secret mission.

Moreover, the production bays for the ground-to-space spacecraft are also built here. Once the spacecraft are manufactured, the produced light crystal plates can be directly sent to the Space Station, which is more efficient.

“Understood, Commander.”

“If we are to build a charging station in near-solar orbit, what conditions are still missing?” Oriental Chen asked.

“We still need to build a central control station,” Xiao Lin replied.

The Space Station’s data has been merged with the Mars database, so Xiao Lin can naturally complete this assessment.

In fact, as long as the data is complete, Oriental Chen prefers to use Xiao Lin.

Because Monga is too subjective and prone to mistakes.

“What is the function of the central control station?” Oriental Chen asked.

These questions are in the technical proposal, but he prefers not to look if he doesn't have to; it's bothersome.

“It collects fully charged zhen crystals, maintains the charging station, and automatically replaces damaged light crystal plates if any,” Xiao Lin explained.

“Do you think it’s more suitable to manufacture the central control station on the ground or in the Space Station?”

“The central control station is not large in scale, so I suggest manufacturing it in the Space Station,” Xiao Lin replied.

“Alright then, isn’t the Level 1 Annular Module idle now? Manufacture the central control station as soon as possible!” Oriental Chen said.

The primary function of the Level 1 Annular Module is material collection and production.

“Understood, Commander.”

It is now foreseeable that within a month, fully charged zhen crystals will be available.

“Xiao Lin, after the Level 2 Annular Module is built, don’t stop; continue building the Level 3 Annular Module.”

“Understood, Commander. What is the purpose of the Level 3 Annular Module?”

“One human living area, two material production areas, one gene repair area, one production bay for manufacturing small space warships. The remaining one will be used as a material storage area, for storing materials and docking warships,” Oriental Chen said.

“Understood, Commander. Please set the technical route for the small space warships,” Xiao Lin repeated.

The Level 2 Annular Module produces miniature space transport vessels powered by nuclear engines, but these are only for temporary use.

zhen crystals will be available soon, so small space warships must be manufactured using zhen crystals as their power source.

“The power core will use zhen crystals,” Oriental Chen answered without hesitation.

“Understood. And the thrusters?”

“The thrusters will use warp thrusters,” Oriental Chen added.

“Understood.”

“Anything else?” Oriental Chen asked.

“Passenger capacity and functional configuration,” Xiao Lin said.

Small spacecraft can carry people. The number of people directly determines the size of the spacecraft and the various functions equipped.

“Two people. Design it to be compatible with mechs and support mounting two mechs,” Oriental Chen said.

“In that case, the volume of the warship will increase significantly,” Xiao Lin reminded him.

“How about this: remove the mech mounting function, but change the piloting method to mech piloting,” Oriental Chen said after thinking it over.

“Are you suggesting removing the cockpit and directly using the mech as the cockpit?” Xiao Lin asked.

“Exactly,” Oriental Chen nodded.

This means the warship is directly composed of two parts: the spacecraft base and the mech. When combined, it is a small space spacecraft; when separated, it is a base and a mech.

“Does the base need an autopilot function?” Xiao Lin asked.

Since the mech has an autopilot function, the base might not need one.

However, if both have autopilot functions, they can be controlled separately after separation. If not, the base would just be stuck there after separation.

“Of course!” Oriental Chen was not conflicted at all.

He had no habit of producing semi-finished products.

He was eager for battle; why would he waste time looking for his spacecraft base?

Wasn't that just creating trouble for himself?

“Understood. If there is only one pilot, is the spacecraft allowed to start?” Xiao Lin asked a peculiar question.

Since this miniature space spacecraft is designed to carry two people, the question is a bit complex.

One scenario is no one in the main pilot seat, and another is no one in the co-pilot seat. In these two situations, whether the spacecraft has permission to operate is subjective.

Once it becomes subjective, it must be decided by Oriental Chen.