Chapter 478 Planet Landing Fortress?
"Planetary landing ship? Do you Jerram people still have this thing?" Amber asked curiously, "I thought that when you 'cleaned up' other intelligent creatures, your feet never touched the ground. ."
"Occasionally, we still need to fight on the ground, especially when we encounter cave-dwelling civilizations on planets, or civilizations that hide in underground refuge cities, and if we don't want to directly destroy the planet, the ground and even Underground combat is inevitable."
"Oh, it seems that you Jerram people have seen a lot of intelligent creatures of various forms~"
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There was something strange in Saleh's expression. She always felt that this conversation was a bit awkward - a member of the race on the Jerram people's "cleaning list" was seriously discussing with herself whether he needed to land during the "cleaning" process.
At the same time, Amber stopped joking and asked seriously: "Can you tell me more about this planetary landing ship?"
Salih nodded. , and then described this Jerram vehicle to Amber.
According to her, the function of this kind of planetary landing ship is to drop a large number of ground troops on the surface of the planet at one time. For this reason, the Jerram people have also made different model designs based on the scale and needs of the combat missions. .
The smallest and most common one is a planetary landing ship called the 'Purple Star' by the Jerram people. It can carry 6,000 fully armed Jerram soldiers at one time, as well as the required combat equipment and supplies.
Of course, depending on the actual situation, the number of soldiers carried can also be reduced to load some combat biological weapons or large combat vehicles.
Since the technical level of the Forerunners is, in most cases, a level higher than that of the civilizations they destroyed, even the most basic Jerram soldiers, who are the least important in the battle sequence, are Individual combat effectiveness is also extremely strong.
According to Amber's speculation, it is almost an 'enhanced version' of the Immortal Legion, with higher defense, stronger firepower, more compact size, and more importantly, each has psychic powers
If we start from actual combat and include the Forerunners' technical weapons, combat biological weapons, and combat support units, based on the current level of human civilization, the defense force of an entire planet can be handled by just putting down a boatload of people.
This also leads to the fact that the Forerunners often do not need to deploy a large number of troops, and can complete the 'cleaning' of an entire planet with only a fleet and a small number of ground units.
In addition to the most common 'Purple Star', the Jerram people's planetary landing ships also include the 'Big Cup' and the 'Super Big Cup'. Both of these planetary landing ships can launch tens of thousands of missiles at a time. of troops.
Obviously, Amber is more interested in the latter two than the 'Purple Star' that carries 6,000 people.
After all, Atlas's combat troops are not yet able to 'one for a hundred' like the Forerunners, so the number of troops deployed is also in demand. At least 10-12 troops must be launched at one go. Only brigade-level units, that is, approximately the size of an army group, can stand firm and carry out subsequent combat missions.
“More than 80,000 troops were deployed at one go, including a large number of combat vehicles, equipment, and supplies.” Saleh frowned as he listened to Amber’s demands.
Amber: “In addition to these requirements, protection must also be in place, because there may be situations where we have to force a landing against ground anti-aircraft fire.”
"To be honest, it is basically difficult for us Jeram people to encounter situations where we need to deploy such a large-scale force. If such a large-scale force is needed to solve the problem, we will generally choose a more efficient method."
"What method?"
"Exploding stars." "."
Seeing the troubled expression on Amber's face, Saleh also smiled rarely , and then said: "If it is not required to take off again, as long as it can land smoothly, it is still possible."
As he spoke, Saleh opened the interface of the design software and shared it remotely with Amber. Since she has been helping in the design and construction of the 'Infinity' and subsequent battleships at the dock during this period, she has already Humans are extremely proficient in using design software.
“I do not recommend carrying 80,000 people on a ship. Whether it is design or actual combat, the risks in all aspects are too great. To use an old saying of you humans, ‘Don’t put the eggs in the water’. In a basket'.
So I suggest setting the standard carrying capacity at 10,000-20,000 people. Amber can use it when you need to deploy what you call an 'army' size at one time. 6-10 such vehicles will drop personnel and equipment.
And if multiple vehicles land simultaneously, by adjusting the landing position of each vehicle, you can also control the safety of a large area at the first time. Area', laying the foundation for subsequent operations or support troop delivery."
"Control a large 'safe area' at the first time?" Amber asked curiously, he did not expect this forerunner. The deacon of the think tank turned out to be 'quite experienced' in this regard.
Saleh nodded: "Yes, I actually planned to find an opportunity to talk to Amber before. Since we have talked about it today, I will just say it directly. Judging from Amber's current needs, I don’t think there’s any need to develop a ‘beggar’s version’ of planetary landing ship. It’s better to just make it into a planetary landing fortress.”
“What is this? A fortress?” Amber’s eyes widened.
“Yes, make the main propulsion array and jump engine disposable. After following the fleet to the orbit of the target planet, you can discard these additional components, and then rely on highly redundant defenses to forcibly Breaking through the atmosphere and landing smoothly with the help of gravity control technology
After landing, it will directly serve as a frontline base or frontline fortress for the troops it carries, using the fixed weapons carried on the fortress to provide long-range firepower to troops within a certain range. Support, and at the same time, the battleship-level fusion furnace previously used to power the main propulsion array is also sufficient to power all facilities in the fortress, including the deflection field generator."
Salih said his thoughts eloquently After saying it, the design in my hand was just finished.
Judging from her first draft of the design, this 'Planetary Landing Fortress', which does away with most of the equipment required for a ship, is like a huge 'door panel', and the main propulsion array is simply and crudely installed at the back during navigation. The jump engine is directly half-buried in the upper deck after being covered with a shell.
After these 'navigation components' are discarded, this 'planetary landing fortress' becomes a complete door panel.
Saleh designed the bottom deck to be very thick, because it is the largest 'confrontation surface' during the landing process. However, according to her, combined with the plasma layer surrounding the 'fortress' when breaking through the atmosphere, Conventional anti-aircraft firepower is actually difficult to pose a threat.
What’s more, before the official landing, the combat fleet will also conduct multiple rounds of orbital strikes around the landing site as ‘fire preparations’, so fighting against anti-aircraft firepower is the least of the worries.
After listening to Saleh's description, Amber stared at the first draft of the design that the other party had just made on the spot for a long time, and finally said.
"I, Amber, voted for this project."
(End of this chapter)