novelraw Chapter 804 - 799: New Battleship (Part 2)_1
Chapter 804 - 799: New Battleship (Part 2)_1
Chapter 804: Chapter 799: New Battleship (Part 2)_1
Setting the thought aside for now, Finn Lewis pondered a bit and finally selected an engine with exceptional comprehensive data. Its exchange price was 900,000 credits.
The exchange price was about three times higher than the engines currently used by the Galactic Federation, but the performance didn’t reach three times as much. It was a bit more than double, yet even so, the gap in overall performance resulted in a huge disparity in strength between the two sides.
He might as well go ahead and use this type of engine. Once the engine issue was resolved, the rest was much simpler. This was the main engine, the primary power source for the entire spaceship. As for the other warp engines and faster-than-light engines, they could all draw energy directly from this main engine.
“I will exchange for 500 such engines,” Finn Lewis thought for a moment and then bluntly said. Five hundred engines amounted to 4.5 billion credits, which almost spent a quarter of his credits in hand.
Finn Lewis still had other items to exchange, “As for raw materials, like the warship body manufacturing technology and so on,” he paused and continued to inquire.
“We are not too worried about raw materials, but Your Highness, my opinion is that we should exchange for another technology, a powerful protective force field generation technology. Although the Federation also has similar technology, it is not as strong as this one,” Luna Starfield said straightforwardly.@@@@
Following Luna Starfield’s words, a holographic projection immediately appeared in front of Finn Lewis. He knew about force field generation technology, and once the projection of Luna Starfield’s mentioned technology appeared, Finn Lewis understood that the exchange credits for this force field technology were not high—100,000 credits, which meant it perfectly rounded up the engine’s price to a million.
“No, that won’t do. I’m afraid of dying,” Finn Lewis responded, somewhat speechless. The concept was very trendy, but he was very much afraid of death. Just thinking about it was enough to understand—if the force field failed, one could find themselves drifting off into space in a matter of minutes.
“Moreover, I would rather exchange for more advanced engines that provide more power and have a layer of protective armor. However, I am aware of the uses and advantages of this force field, such as ease in deploying and retrieving fighters from the warship,” Finn Lewis pondered and then spoke.
“Your wisdom is commendable, Your Highness,” Luna Starfield offered a rare bit of flattery. Finn Lewis was somewhat familiar with this concept—the force field was somewhat like a magical barrier from mythological stories, where the inside and outside were two different worlds. Inside there was gravity, air, and temperature just like on Earth, but outside was the expanse of space. Most importantly, this was a layer visible to the naked eye, transparent, but not solid; one could simply pass through it to get inside.
Therefore, whether it be space fighters or small destroyers and reconnaissance ships carried by a first-class warship, or other small warships, all could take off directly from the hangar, or fly into space and then land in the hangar, and people could exit from within. Unlike the traditional method, which required passing through a sealed door.
The deployment speed of fighters or other craft was naturally much more advanced than the traditional model.
“Let’s do it this way. We should still have the necessary armor, but it can be designed to be largely retractable normally, using this kind of force field. However, when needed, the armor should still be able to be deployed,” Finn Lewis thought for a moment and suggested a compromise.
“Your Highness, the strength of this energy protection force field can be adjusted. It can become as solid as a physical wall. No, it can be even more solid than ordinary armor,” Luna Starfield explained, a bit helplessly.
“Ugh, no matter how solid it is, it almost seems transparent and doesn’t look sturdy at all. Just go with what I said, can we produce it?” Finn Lewis immediately asked.
“We can produce it. If that’s the case, then Your Highness, we will need to spend an additional 50 million credits.”