Chapter 883: Chapter 480, Battleship Cruiser Technology_2
Chapter 883: Chapter 480, Battleship Cruiser Technology_2
On the contrary, the city construction technology and design level of “Nest Capital,” handed down from ancient times, have concealed quite a number of issues. If it weren’t for the advanced urban construction capabilities, those poorly constructed Nest Capital Worlds could not support the population of tens or even hundreds of billions—they would have descended into chaos long ago.
The Alliance wouldn’t make such a mistake; they’ve already gained corresponding experience in Korolya, a proper Nest Capital World.
Subsequently, if there’s a need to construct a Nest Capital, the first consideration should be its purpose. It’s certainly not for thoughtlessly increasing the population; instead, the causality should be reversed. If a planet truly needs a large population due to environmental capacity and industrial scale requirements and necessitates high-density conglomerations, then constructing a Nest Capital is warranted; otherwise, maintaining an excessively large population on the planet isn’t justified, and surplus population should be directed toward interstellar colonization.
And when the condition of accommodating an ultra-high-density population is indeed met, and Nest Capitals are to be built, the corresponding level of city management must also keep pace.
Nest Capitals should be developed, super-structured urban complexes with high standards in production, living, and commerce, not super-high-density, giant slums.
Nest Capitals established on various worlds, and areas resembling Nest Capital districts, are the result of historical legacies that can’t be helped. But even so, the Alliance hasn’t abandoned governance. In the subsequent development plans, transforming these high-density residential areas is a priority, not to mention the construction of new Nest Capitals.
And the technology that Gu Hang has drawn now is not only useful for future Nest Capital construction but also provides significant technical support for the renovation of current high-density residential areas and Nest Capitals throughout Alliance territories.
With the Alliance’s level of governance catching up, better technology can fix the original, irrational aspects of Nest Capital design and construction and maintain the infrastructure of Nest Capitals that have aged and deteriorated over long periods of use.
Moreover, even if it’s not a Nest Capital, but at least a city or urban agglomeration, Nest Capital technology has many aspects that can be referenced and applied.
This is obviously beneficial for the development of the Alliance.
The use of [Planetary Climate Modification Technology] is even more straightforward.
It’s like getting a pillow when you’re sleepy.
The Alliance has already deployed quite a few Skyburn Torpedoes. This Extinction Order burns away the entire planet’s atmosphere and oceans in a great conflagration, which solves the problem once and for all, but also completely devastates the planet’s climate. Without an atmosphere, the soil turns into a lifeless, pure desert, and in some areas, even “glassified,” with the oceans no longer existing.
A planet cannot be reused or recolonized.
However, Planetary Climate Modification Technology can offer salvation.
Of course, it’s not a total change. Sometimes Skyburn Torpedoes don’t burn thoroughly enough; in that case, modifying the climate might suffice. But if a planet has truly been turned into a “glass ball,” then merely modifying the climate won’t be effective—it might also require Terrareform Technology.
But that might be a bit higher-end. If Terrareform and Climate Modification technologies are both available, they can almost transform a completely dead planet into one suitable for habitation.
Even if not used on worlds dealt with by the Extinction Order, among the many Star Systems currently under Alliance control, there are some with subpar climate and environmental conditions.
If it can save one, it saves one.
However, the costs of climate modification technology are quite substantial, and too drastic climate changes can also cause adverse effects. Hence, the specific application of this technology must still be tailored to different worlds and specific conditions. Especially for planets that already have certain development, we must be cautious and slow, even if the effects are less than ideal.
Nevertheless, it has an immediate application: Rage Owl Star.
The place where Gu Hang started has now become a jewel of the Alliance. Its development mainly relied on the various production capacities Gu Hang began with, as well as numerous new industries subsequently introduced there.
The planet’s inherent conditions, before the devastating war a hundred years ago, were top-notch; but now, they’re deficient.
Modifying the climate and adding Gu Hang’s ability to harness the Storm God Kingdom to handle the subspace energy leak, could effectively mitigate Low Energy Storm issues, and even reignite the Spiritualized Gas Fields.
This could elevate Rage Owl Star’s natural environment and planetary resources by several grades.
This matter, Gu Hang no longer intended to delay. He was ready to immediately go to Rage Owl Star and start handling it, estimating that it would take about three months to complete the preliminary work.
Of course, all of this still depended on the Black Box of “Planetary Climate Modification Technology” to produce the relevant equipment, which would also require a massive amount of energy supply.
But now, the Alliance actually wasn’t short on energy. Stellar Energy Technology had been in use for a while, and around many star systems controlled by the Alliance, these energy factories were distributed.
Certainly nowhere near the extent of a “Dyson Sphere,” but building a small section had little impact on the balance of a star system. However, the energy collected was already quite powerful. These accumulated energies should be enough to support the application of the climate modification technology.
The third technology, “Advanced Biochemical Research Facilities,” was a Black Box for creating a variety of high-end biochemical research equipment, used to assemble corresponding laboratories and research offices.
In Gu Hang’s view, its greatest significance was not about inventing new creations—creating new technologies in this universe was a very difficult and dangerous affair.
Its main significance lay in helping the Alliance fully digest and master those technologies Gu Hang had already obtained through the lottery.
Relying purely on the lottery was unreliable; it only gave one finished product Black Box and a mother machine Black Box. The latter could indeed pull out production lines, but it could only do so one by one, and the Alliance itself did not have the ability to build corresponding production lines. But if the technology could be thoroughly understood, it would be different; the speed of production capacity would become much faster.
However, the biochemical research facility was a bit unreliable. Among the technologies Gu Hang currently obtained, especially the high-grade technologies, not so many were related to biochemistry.
But it was a good signal; if a facility for engineering research or vessel research was drawn later, the benefit would be even greater.
Besides the three civilian technologies, an Epic Technology also emerged—”Dragon Elephant War Machine.”
It was a continuation of the Wind Falcon and Qilin lineage but of a higher grade and larger size.
This machine was not cheap to build, costing about 1.4 million apiece. This price was almost two hundred times that of the Wind Falcon, and twelve times that of the Qilin.
But similarly, its value was extraordinary.
Its huge size made it look more like an airship; unlike the Wind Falcon which could only carry individual soldiers, or the Qilin which could only carry light vehicles, the Dragon Elephant could carry Knight Mecha, Warhound Titan, and Lion Tanks, which were heavy armor and vehicles.
This would provide troops with a stronger deployment capacity during rapid maneuvers and strikes behind enemy lines.
Moreover, if not used to transport troops but purely as an aerial combat platform, the Dragon Elephant’s role was also very significant. It could directly carry a starship-grade M-class cannon onboard. Although it was a castrated version, it was still a cannon, offering incredibly powerful air-to-ground support.
Even more, it could carry two L-class grade “Scorching East Wind” air-launched missiles, or fourteen M-class grade Sky Cleave Axe Missiles.
Having several Dragon Elephants in support was akin to having a destroyer floating in the sky.
Of course, it could be shot down by anti-air firepower, and that loss could be quite substantial. A single Dragon Elephant was worth millions, and if it carried two Scorching East Wind missiles, the cost of the missiles alone could surpass the machine itself.
But regardless, with the “Dragon Elephant,” the Alliance Army Air Corps now had a powerful weapon; likewise, the Alliance Navy could also equip some space versions of the Dragon Elephant War Machines for space battles.
Aside from these four Epic Technologies, the last Apocalypse-level Technology that Gu Hang drew had finally lived up to his two years of waiting.
“Battleship Cruiser Technology”!
It had finally arrived!