Chapter 878: Chapter 478, The Long-Awaited Technology Lottery_2
Chapter 878: Chapter 478, The Long-Awaited Technology Lottery_2
Gu Hang had about fifteen hundred thousand Grace Points remaining for military construction.
He reserved five hundred thousand for emergencies, to ensure that when necessary, he could instantly bring all the Phoenix to the level of champions.
With the remaining one million Grace Points, Gu Hang focused on Commissar training.
Ten thousand Commissars were recruited for active duty. They would be distributed among units at the battalion level and above, and a smaller number at the company level as well. There simply weren’t enough Grace Points to provide the same support at the platoon level.
Within the organizational structure of the Star Realm Army, the role of Commissars could not be neglected. Discipline, morale, and ideology were core factors determining the combat effectiveness of troops. Sometimes, these were even more important than the level of training and the hardware quality of equipment.
In reality, the Commissar system of the Alliance began with instructors at the platoon level and education officers at the battalion level. However, the Commissars trained by Gu Hang couldn’t possibly be deployed to that extent; the numbers needed were just too great.
A single Commissar cost ten Grace Points. Gu Hang simply couldn’t afford that.
The Alliance Army was expected to grow to a scale of one billion personnel; he could only take care of units at the battalion level and above. Not to mention the Pact Army, which was several times the size of the Alliance Army and possibly had already reached over four billion in total. To ensure these Pact forces stood with the Alliance and fulfilled its unified objectives, a substantial number of Commissars were needed, at least down to the divisional and corps levels, where they had to be paired up with Alliance Commissars.
Honestly, calculating it this way, even one hundred thousand Commissars might not be enough.
When Gu Hang first obtained fifteen million Grace Points, he felt unsure of how to spend such a large sum, but once he started spending, he realized that no matter how many points he had, given the scale of hundreds of millions, it was still not enough.
But Gu Hang could no longer afford to toss more Grace Points into these “bottomless pits.”
The remaining four million had to be allocated entirely to the lottery.
He had lost interest in the ten thousand tier rewards, having almost drained that prize pool; but the one hundred thousand tier had only recently been unlocked, and the rewards there were still rich.
And he could go for a whopping forty consecutive draws!
He decided to draw thirty first, and with the remaining million Grace Points, he would decide whether or not to go for the million tier based on the situation.
The probability of getting Epic Technology on the hundred-thousand tier was 50%. Previously, Gu Hang had seven draws at this tier and acquired three Epic Technologies; now the probability had dropped to 35%.
Every successful draw decreased the odds by 5%.
Nevertheless, a 35% chance was still fairly high.
He got five Epic Technologies from thirty consecutive draws, in addition to eighteen Normal, Advanced, and Elite Level technologies, with seven blanks.
Overall, it was in line with expectations.
Though they weren’t Epic, some of the other technologies were a pleasant surprise. While mostly upgrades or variants of existing Alliance technologies and nothing new, some of them could still be effective.
For example, there was more efficient Servo Skull manufacturing technology, and two types of Interstellar Warrior Powered Armors, one of which was a Feedback-Type Powered Armor.
The first two were MK.5 and MK.8, of which Gu Hang didn’t plan to put MK.5 into production at all. This type of Powered Armor wasn’t fashionable among current Interstellar Warriors, and there wasn’t anything particularly outstanding in its performance; it was, in fact, the most numerous among the Chaos Starfield Warriors, due to historical factors;
The latter could indeed be manufactured. Although its performance is not as good as the most commonly used MK.4 Majestic Powered Armor by Phoenix, its production is relatively simple and costs half as much. If Gu Hang decides to substantially increase the number of Interstellar Warriors in the future, but the production of the MK.4 Majestic type is quite low, the saved-up MK.8 Sky Eagle Powered Armors could be put to use. If all else fails, they could also be used for foreign trade.
As for the Feedback-Type Power Armor, named “Commander,” it differs significantly from the “Servant God” model, which the Alliance currently has. The latter was actually developed for the Battle Nuns, and some theological steps are involved in its manufacturing process. In the hands of the Battle Nuns, these steps can produce some metaphysical effects, making the nuns luckier and even allowing them to perform miracles as if they were favored by The Emperor in special circumstances. However, when worn by ordinary mortals, these effects are not present, and due to these special manufacturing steps, the production cost is higher.
In contrast, the “Commander” type is different, being a battle armor developed for the Star Realm Army. Although it has a significant gap in individual performance compared to “Servant God,” its production cost is dramatically reduced, and it integrates many command communication systems. Commanders donning it wouldn’t need command vehicles; also, a whole team of soldiers in “Commander” armors could better coordinate in battle.
Gu Hang plans to significantly increase the production of this kind of power armor.
During the training of the new Phoenix bloodlines, those who were weeded out in the selection process were only slightly inadequate for Interstellar Warriors. But looking at the entire human population, they have considerable talent and, with the training bonuses from the “Soldier Token” system, are rare elite soldiers.
In the recent training of 500 Phoenix Newbloods, more than nine thousand T2 level soldiers and nearly thirty thousand T3 level soldiers were also produced. T4 levels weren’t worth mentioning since there were relatively few.
Some of these T2 and T3 soldiers would be sent to the special warfare brigades and Skeleton Divisions established within various frontline units of the Alliance Land Forces. Others would be gathered to form an elite force named “Glory Guard Legion.”
Their predecessor was the 10th Special Combat Brigade of the Alliance Army.
Gu Hang’s vision for the “Glory Guard” aligned them with the elite forces among the famous Star Realm armies of the Empire, similar to the “Kashergin,” “Katchang,” and the like.
The Alliance didn’t have the environment to create such Supermen, but the Alliance had money to invest in training and equipment.
In Gu Hang’s plan, the “Glory Guard Legion” would be able to face Interstellar Warriors in direct combat when necessary. Even if it meant high casualty rates, they would still be capable of resisting rather than being quickly annihilated.
This also served as a supplement to the issue of insufficient numbers of Interstellar Warriors.
The “Glory Guard” would at least be equipped with Exoskeleton Plus Carapace Armor, and the aim was to outfit them with Feedback-Type Power Armor as much as possible.
Their numbers are many times greater than the Interstellar Warriors, hence the need for a much larger quantity of powered armor. The “Servant God” was too expensive to produce and in too small quantities, so the cheaper “Commander Type” would be a good supplement.
Other technological draws were somewhat similar, such as the “Walrus-Class” Transport Ship, which is a bit smaller but faster than the Whale-Class, and also has the potential to be converted into an Armed Merchant Ship. However, its cost is even higher…
Having these technologies is definitely better than not having them. But for the Alliance, they are more like icing on the cake; they don’t solve the problem of creating something from nothing and don’t lead to a qualitative change.
For a qualitative change, one must look at the five pieces of Epic Technology that have been acquired:
[“Doom” L-type Missile Weapon, Scorching East Wind], [L-type Howitzer, Wrath of Loyalty], [Predator-Class Titan], [Dreadnought Mech], [Strike Cruiser].
The first two technologies directly fulfilled the Alliance’s need for various L-type weapons. Before this, the Alliance only had the capability to produce “Doom” Light Spear Arrays, which led to the Alliance’s newly built four Moon-Class cruisers having only light spears as their main gun.
This was a passive situation. Before this, the cruisers built on Flying Wing Star with Musician-class main guns had their heavy cannons imported from Jindi Star and then assembled onto the ships, because Flying Wing Star itself didn’t have the capability to produce these L-class heavy cannons.
Now, these problems no longer exist.
The [Predator-Class Titan] is a proper medium-class Titan, much larger than the Warhound-class Tela known as ‘Dog Titan,’ and in the ranks of the famous Titan Legions, the Predator is considered a pillar of strength.
Following this addition, the “Alliance National Knights” transitioning towards a Titan Legion could finally be considered to have properly arrived.
As for the last two, [Dreadnought Mech] and [Strike Cruiser], they fall under Interstellar Warrior technology.