Chapter 739 Let’s just use it
For Alan Star Chain, having pirates come to plunder is basically like celebrating a holiday. They definitely won’t come every day, but it’s not surprising at all to come seven or eight times a year.
At most, the number of pirates who came this time was a bit too large, but the pirates completely retreated after an hour of fighting.
The specific losses of both sides have not yet been calculated. Judging from the number of wreckage in the combat airspace, it is estimated that it is not a small number.
Cleaning up the wreckage, capturing prisoners, rescuing friendly forces in the escape capsules, etc. These aftermath tasks were all done by the Planetary Defense Force and civilian shuttles. The Manta was also required to help. Li Chengqi personally removed several capsule-type escape capsules. There were several people from the Planetary Defense Force.
So Li Chengqi, who was overly excited, stayed up late as expected.
When Li Chengqi opened his eyes again, it was already the afternoon of the next day. He was woken up by the hungry Adas. After all, if Li Chengqi didn't come forward, Adas wouldn't be able to order takeout alone...
The Manta Ray has returned to the open space outside the farm, and Fang Lanyin is busy repairing it at this time.
I don’t know if she took a break, but she was still very energetic.
The Manta should have been overhauled a long time ago, but it ended up participating in a high-intensity battle during the overhaul, which caused many parts of the Manta to reach the limit of their lifespan.
Replacing these parts, plus replenishing ammo and energy, is a lot of money.
Alyssa probably wasn’t in a very beautiful mood when she saw the bill.
But the good news is that perhaps the Manta's performance was too outstanding. The Planetary Defense Force specially sent someone to tell them that all the maintenance costs of the Manta would be reported to the Planetary Defense Force's account, and gave them a certificate of commendation and a hefty salary. A bonus was given as a reward, and it was even implicitly said that even if Fang Lanyin needed some military parts, it would not be incomprehensible.
Alan Starlink encourages residents to take up arms to protect themselves, which can greatly reduce the pressure on the Planetary Defense Force, so they are willing to give the green light.
After all, not only did we not lose any money in this battle, we even made a small profit, which is not bad. The most important thing is that the maintenance problem of the Manta Ray was solved.
Military parts are definitely better than civilian parts, but Fang Lanyin didn't ask for them, mainly because the Manta couldn't be used.
This shuttle is too old. Except for some common parts, many parts cannot be used as military products and can only be repaired by hand.
Of course, the Manta can also be modified and most parts replaced.
But this cannot be done in a day or two.
For example, replace the Manta Ray's engine with a military space fighter engine.
When the engine is changed, your energy supply pipeline must also be replaced, otherwise the current pipeline cannot withstand the high output of the military engine.
When the pipeline is replaced, the flight control must also be replaced, otherwise it will not be able to control the new engine.
The flight control has been replaced. Should the transmission and variable wing components be replaced? If you don't replace it, you won't be able to carry the engine.
The same is true for the airframe. A sudden increase in speed will exceed the design strength of the airframe, and the airframe must be strengthened.
In other words, even if it is just to change the engine, it is better to just replace the entire Manta, which is at least less troublesome.
It's like if you put a Ferrari engine into an Alto, it will run really fast, but if you step on the accelerator, the car's body will probably fall apart.
After all, the Manta is just a shuttle, and its performance is not high even when pushed to the limit. This kind of modification is meaningless.
Fang Lanyin was very sensible and did not ask the military for parts. Her maintenance goal was just to restore the Manta to its peak condition.
Of course, this is not an easy task.
Probably because she wanted to show off to her future boss, Fang Lanyin did not ask anyone else to help, but carried out the maintenance work on the Manta by herself. This is also thanks to the fact that she is a half-orc and has much higher physical strength than ordinary people. Otherwise, even with the help of tools and construction machinery, repairing the Manta Ray alone would not be an easy task.
Speaking of Alyssa, the expression on her face in the past two days was basically 'sick'.
The original plan was to stay in Alan Starlink for only two days, but due to the maintenance of the Manta Ray, I had to stay longer. No wonder I felt so bad.
While the Manta was being repaired, Li Chengqi was not idle either. He focused on testing the use of creativity.
First of all, simply stuffing things in is useless. Unlike Viola and Yang Yiyi, when Li Chengqi stuffs things into a science fiction script, it will be blocked by the screen.
So if Alyssa and Fang Lanyin don't have anything to eat, Li Chengqi can't even stuff them with convenience food.
The prerequisite for stuffing things in is materials.
For example, if you put the model of the beam rifle in, it actually only serves as a blueprint. There must be materials around the Manta that can form the beam rifle, and only in this way can it be effective.
For example, when he first discovered this, Li Chengqi stuffed a nut into the screen. In fact, he decomposed the wreckage next to the Manta and reassembled it into a nut.
So this is not a simple creation, but more like a special kind of manufacturing.
In the same way, if Li Chengqi wants to stuff the Gundam model inside, he needs all the materials that can make up the Gundam around the Manta.
Secondly, it needs to consume the energy of the Manta itself.
On Viola's side, the faith value is divine power, but it can only be used on Viola's side.
The same is true for Yang Yiyi. The energy value is the energy that Li Chengqi can interfere with the mortal world. After it is exhausted, he will naturally be unable to interfere.
In a science fiction script, every intervention consumes energy and cannot appear completely out of thin air. The only difference is that it consumes the compressed magic power in the Manta's fuel tank.
According to Li Chengqi's tests, a beam rifle consumes about 40% of the energy of the Manta. As for directly taking out the Gundam, not to mention whether there are enough materials, the energy of the Manta is completely insufficient, and it can only generate some parts. something.
If the Manta can be replaced with a larger battleship in the future, maybe it will be possible to build a Gundam, but it is definitely not possible now.
Besides, as far as the current situation is concerned, getting a Gundam or something like that is really not as useful as the Manta Ray.
The advantage of a universal shuttle is that it is versatile. It can carry fuel tanks and ammunition supplies on its own, and it can also make jumps. It can also accommodate a few people in the residential area. Isn't this better than a Gundam?
But having said that, Li Chengqi still asked for something from the Planetary Defense Force through Fang Lanyin.
For example, I asked for two void torpedoes.
This kind of weapon that can threaten ships is an absolute military product and cannot be purchased by civilians.
Just like you can buy a rifle from a gun store, but you can't buy a rocket launcher unless you go to the black market, but the price is not cheap.
The Planetary Defense Force listened to Fang Lanyin's request and wrote two more torpedoes on the damage report form without saying anything. The public paid for it anyway.
——80% of the torpedoes on the black market come from this way.
(End of chapter)