Chapter 522 Orbital Defense Platform
“Master plans to put the focus on the Rubin system first?”
While watching Amber put the three unmanned fleets in the command interface, Lilith asked after the preparation end date was advanced to now and each of them assigned their destination.
Amber nodded without hesitation: "Yes, we have laid a lot of foundations in the Lubion Galaxy, and the initial investment does not count. We haven't even started to get back the money yet. I don’t want anyone to interfere at this critical node.”
Lilith: “What about the A. Bawa Ku Fortress and Pyla 4? According to you, Master, it’s just your intention. Leave an unmanned fleet on the side of Pyla 4, but simply not deploy a fleet for defense on the fortress side?”
"The current situation in these two places is relatively stable, and there will be no threats in the short term." Amber opened a star map casually. This three-dimensional star map with the 'situation map' function has been relying on Lilith's information. Collection capabilities are being updated.
He pointed to the two areas mentioned by Lilith, one in the Sangui Zone and the other in the former empire, and then continued:
"The common characteristics of these two places They are all temporarily away from the flames of war. I think after showing off their muscles last time, no one will attack the asteroid fortress in a short period of time. Moreover, after Saleh moved here with the shipyard, he helped to deal with that set. The Forerunner's 'Mining Equipment' has been upgraded and can now fire three times in a row.
At the same time, the 'Satellite Missile Group' and new automatic defense equipment have also been deployed, as well as the Marines inside the fortress. To add, even if someone really can't think of a siege, they can still persist for a long time.
As for Para 4, the main project of 'fortressization' of several key nodes on the planet's surface has been completed, and fusion has been completed. The furnace group has also been put into use. Except for some heavy forts that are still waiting for the main guns, these places are actually capable of combat
There is also an 'orbital defense platform'."
While talking about his judgment, Amber clicked a few times on the star map, and finally zoomed in to the position of Para 4, and outside the three-dimensional model of the planet There is also an extra layer of densely packed 'small dots'
"The Outer Space Engineering Department reported that the completion progress of Para 4's 'Orbital Defense Platform' has reached 72%, and it is completed. Part of it has been put online and is in the trial operation stage. In addition, an unmanned fleet has been dispatched as a mobile force. Unless it is attacked by a massive fleet or directly attacked by a celestial fortress, I am not too worried about defense. "
"And the empire really doesn't have the time to deploy such a large force to attack this planet Master, which has little strategic value. I will do the math again, you will wait a moment~"
Lilith continued what Amber said, and at the same time made a new calculation based on Amber's current deployment and the actual situation of these two key locations
After a moment, Lilith looked at Amber again: "If the 'orbital defense platform' of Pyla 4 can be fully online within the next month and a half according to the schedule, then we can indeed reduce the threat of the empire in this direction and The probability that they may take military measures"
The 'orbital defense platform' mentioned by Amber and Lilith is composed of 2,400 large-scale autonomous defense platforms and is planned to be deployed in the high orbit of Pyla 4 A planetary terminal defense system.
Most of the defense platforms are equipped with firepower projection capabilities equivalent to heavy patrol levels, and a few defense platforms that serve as "regional cores" are equipped with battleship-level armaments.
Of course, as the current mainstream defense system of mankind, there are many deflection field generators.
So each defense platform has the ability to independently supply and store energy. At the same time, it can also supply energy to surrounding damaged defense platforms in an emergency through microwave transmission.
These defense platforms are normally supplied and maintained by the 'Hive Core-Orbital Type' that is also deployed on orbit. The 'Worker Bees' released by the Honeycomb Core during combat conditions can also perform emergency repairs on damaged defense platforms.
And after abandoning the crew cabin, living area and other loads, the ammunition and energy reserves have been greatly increased compared to manned units of the same size. In addition to the attitude control nozzles that usually need to change orbit or adjust their position, the remaining power units of these defense platforms are arrays of plasma thrusters arranged on the extension line behind the heavy particle cannon to offset the recoil.
When these components are integrated together, it is not difficult to see that the defense platform is a warship that has been greatly reduced in size.
It’s just that the cost and technical requirements to build this thing are much lower than those of a battleship.
After all, the defense platform does not need to consider long-distance navigation, jumps, or some tactical maneuvers in space, nor does it need to consider crew comfort, nor does it need as much structural strength as a battleship.
So the manufacturing period and cost are not at the same level as those of battleships, especially since the Atlas Group previously acquired a large number of physical industries sold off by the military-industrial complex at 'jump prices'. After migration, the construction speed of these defense platforms is almost as fast as dumplings.
Of course, low cost is only the most inconspicuous advantage of this system, and its technical level is not high. The Federation and the Empire It can also be manufactured and equipped - in fact, in the core galaxy circles of both sides, there are similar defense systems on the main colonial planets, military planets or industrial planet orbits.
Even the orbital defense systems deployed on the capital planets of both sides can be said to be completely sparing no expense. The firepower and defense are beyond specifications and are known as the 'Absolute Defense Circle'.
But the Federation and the Empire The biggest difference between a similar system and the system deployed by Atlas on Para 4 is that personnel need to stay behind.
Even if the defense platform as the smallest node does not require personnel to stay, the large-scale defense platform as the "regional core" and the logistics platform responsible for daily maintenance and supplies all require personnel to stay.
Furthermore, the specialized decision-making organization 'Orbital Defense Command' is responsible for commanding the platform to conduct operations. In terms of decision-making speed and instruction issuance efficiency, it is definitely unable to match the 'Lilith Clone' as the system control core. 'Orbital Defense Platform' to compare
Amber asked Lilith to cooperate with Dr. Mephisto, who has joined the Atlas Group Technology R&D Center, and the following team to develop this defense system. In addition to using it as a 'pilot' for unmanned combat units, it is more importantly to solve the current manpower problem of Atlas.
Unlike countries in the traditional sense such as the Federation and the Star Dragon Empire, Atlas Group is obviously much more difficult to expand and more expensive in terms of manpower.
Especially in the absence of a military service system, the human cost of a combat force formed by something like a 'labor contract', as well as the additional expenses that the group needs to pay after members of the combat force are injured or killed in action, have always been there. It accounts for a large portion of the group's 'operating costs'.
It may be said that it was not felt when the combat troops were only a few hundred or thousands of people in the past, but with the rapid expansion of ground combat troops and fleets during this period, this human cost has reached an astronomical figure.
The issues that Amber has been worried about, the ‘slow expansion of combat troops’ and the ‘combat troops cannot afford to die’, have also begun to surface recently.
Although under the current rapid expansion of Atlas Group, Amber has already begun to discuss with a large number of social scholars recruited on how to develop stably in the future of 'universal giants', and plans to design a A new system of 'employee relations, hierarchy, power and obligations'.
The original intention of this new system is to scientifically 'reduce costs and increase efficiency', but obviously this is not something that can be accomplished in a short time.
This made Amber finally make up his mind and agree to the construction of the Immortal Legion and the unmanned combat force. The 'Orbital Defense Platform' of Para 4 was the second one sent by Lilith besides the Immortal Legion. Answer sheet.
And this system came in handy before it was fully completed.
(End of this chapter)