Alien Relic Hunter

Four days later.

Mukakh Fortress, above.

A giant battleship with a length of more than 700 meters slowly sailed into the airspace directly above the fortress. The huge shadow almost enveloped most of the fortress, attracting many officers and soldiers who were training and preparing on the ground to stop and look up.

This heavy cruiser still has the original color of the alloy material all over its body. It has not been painted or decorated. It looks like it has just been rushed out of the dock. But from another perspective, these unmodified welds and traces and exposed rivets give this battleship a rough temperament, coupled with the condescending muzzle of the triple-mounted heavy plasma main gun pointing diagonally. On the ground, as long as it was parked in the air, an indescribable pressure spread.

The main guns of ordinary heavy cruisers are single-barreled large-caliber plasma cannons, but this battleship is equipped with a high-efficiency energy converter discovered from the ruins of the Alpha civilization and a stronger magnetic field generator, which increases the number of main guns. It was able to be tripled and its firepower was greatly enhanced.

Although there were only four days, during these four days, relying on the guidance of the hive master, Ke Lan and others "ransacked" eight S-level and A-level ruins that had not exceeded 20% of the previous exploration progress, earning Plenty of water - the technologies left over from the Alpha civilization may not be digested for a while, but the ready-made equipment and equipment can be used directly.

A lot of equipment that Yagunaktor couldn't use was sent directly to the Griffin Fortress shipyard, and all of it was installed on this freshly baked Orca-class heavy cruiser.

For example, the power furnace that can support triple plasma cannons, heavy cruise-class engines and super-large energy shields is the core power supply device of an A-class ruins. In the language of Alpha Civilization, this thing is called "city." "Heart" - this is a level III city heart, which is enough to maintain the operation of all public facilities in a city of 500,000 people. If converted into the output power of a power plant, it is about 150 Between one megawatt and two hundred megawatts.

The power furnace alone is the "heart" of the battleship. This Orca-class heavy cruiser is enough to crush all the aircraft carrier battleships in the original Ark Air Force Fleet.

"If we are given enough materials and time, we can build many more warships like this, and it will not be a problem to even form a fleet!" These are the original words of the chief engineer of the Fourth Shipyard of Griffin Fortress - in Ke When Lan filled the shipyard's yard with those once extremely rare "relics" of Alpha civilization, the chief engineer's self-confidence was simply inflated to the extreme.

As a person who has designed and built warships all his life, who doesn’t desire to personally build an “Invincible Fleet”?

Unfortunately, the materials were sufficient, but time did not allow him to build the entire fleet.

The situation outside the Ark is deteriorating day by day. Every day, the area of ​​the fleshy carpet covering the surface of the Ark will expand a lot, and the monsters bred in the sarcoids will become stronger and more incredible.

Assuming that these monsters will become the main force to stop Ke Lan and his side in the next battle, then the current Ark is like the ultimate "explosion" operation in an RTS game, with all resources invested in the expansion of the army. , in a very short period of time, a staggering army was drawn out.

Of course, Ke Lan and the others did not know whether Ark had really invested all its resources, but according to drone observations, in the past four days, the number of sarcomas that gave birth to monsters had increased several times faster than before. The total number was more than ten times that of four days ago.

This is only the surface condition of the Ark that can be observed by them.

What Ke Lan is most worried about are the changes within Ark.

Now they don't have any real-time intelligence from inside the Ark. All the reconnaissance and infiltration troops sent to the Ark have disappeared without any news... No one knows what the inside of the Ark looks like now, and whether there are any survivors is completely unknown.

Except for General Maginot, who still had a glimmer of hope for those reconnaissance teams, everyone else agreed that even if they waited for another four or forty days, there would be no results.

The loss of contact with the reconnaissance troops has caused them to lose the initiative. The only way to regain this initiative is to use a large army to suppress the situation and use the simplest and crudest but most effective reconnaissance method "fire reconnaissance" - " The cannons are going up and blasting his mother!”

No matter how much the area of ​​the fleshy carpet has increased, no matter what level the monsters have been transformed into... in short, the triple-mounted plasma main cannon will be blasted directly in the face, and it depends on whether the opponent will take the attack or not.

However, Ke Lan and the others are not completely helpless. The master of the hive city gave Ke Lan a batch of battleship design drawings. These design drawings are not from the Alpha civilization, but the legacy left by the hive city civilization - the hive city civilization. Unlike the Alpha civilization, the text is logical. After Ke Lan's translation, it can be converted into the language used by the Ark civilization. Therefore, these design drawings can be read by the technicians of the shipyard.

Ke Lan chose two models of warships - both models are small warships. The classification within the hive civilization is the "armor-breaking cone class" and the "one-handed mallet class". The former is a high-mobility surprise landing. The ship does not have many weapons and equipment, but it is equipped with a high-strength shield generator, thick bow armor and powerful thrusters. It can penetrate directly into the core of the enemy's formation like a real armor-piercing cone. Then, the marine troops carried on the ship will carry out a decapitation strike on the enemy's command center.

The latter ship, as its name suggests, is a "one-handed mallet" that completely abandons defense and pursues a one-hit-detached, one-hit-killing style of play. It equips a lightly armored light high-mobility warship with an oversized weapon that only heavy-duty warships can equip. caliber main gun... It is better to say that it is a gun installed on the battleship. It is better to say that this gun is used as the main body, and a propeller and a bridge are installed on it... The combat idea of ​​the "One-Handed Hammer Class" battleship is also very simple. , relying on high mobility to enter the range of the main gun, aim at the target, fire and bombard, and then quickly distance yourself from the enemy, waiting for the next attack opportunity.

In fact, there are many more powerful warships in the design drawings provided by the hive master, but Ke Lan only chose these two for a reason - these two warships require less materials and have many technical difficulties to overcome. With the conditions of Griffin Fortress Fourth Shipyard, large-scale mass production will soon be possible. If the comfort of the cabin inside the ship is not taken into consideration and practicality is the only priority, the construction period of a single warship can even be reduced to less than two months.

Of course, the main reason is that these two warships require very few operators - not counting the shipboard landing force, the "Armor-breaking Cone" assault landing ship only requires four people to operate: a captain It is enough to be a helmsman, a fire controller, a mechanic in charge of the engine room, and a dispatcher in charge of controlling the landing module.

As for the "One-Handed Mallet" class high-mobility fire support ship, the crew has been reduced to three people.

Under the current situation, Ke Lan and the others do not have time to train new recruits. The operators of all battleships can only be selected from the survivors of Fleet Zero... Once the battle between them and Ark enters a stalemate, Griffin The base's shipyard became the key.

Someone must pilot the battleships produced by the Fourth Shipyard. Only ships without people cannot form combat capabilities. For this reason, most of the survivors of the Zero Fleet were divided into two groups. One group remained. On Yagunaktor, a group stayed at Mukah Fortress and Griffin Fortress... They were very valuable troops, and Ke Lan had no intention of putting them into the first round of battle.

If all these people are fired, then no one will really open the newly built warships.

…

"Captain Alexander," standing on the bridge of the Orca-class cruiser, looking straight at the distant horizon, Maginot suddenly felt a surge of pride in his heart for no reason - in the first half of his life, all he could think about was How to climb to a higher position and command an army to fight have never been within his scope of consideration.

Maginot once even felt that he would not be able to experience any major battles until he retired.

He just needs to act like a civilian officer... no, or rather like a business executive, sitting in the office counts as working. As for the fighting and killing, there will always be someone who will do it - but no matter who it is, it is impossible for them to get their turn.

But life seemed to play a little joke on him - on the plain below, an army of 200,000 people was gathered. This was the only remaining army of the entire human civilization. They were about to place all their bets and make a desperate effort to fight. The outcome and winning rate of this war are completely unknown.

Adrenaline diluted the fear and uneasiness in his heart. Magino even felt that even if the rudder of the battleship was given to him, he would dare to drive the battleship directly into the Ark - what the guy from the hound said was right. : "Since there is nothing to lose, there is nothing to worry about. The worst is to risk your life."

Death is a frightening thing, but it is also something that everyone has to experience... After understanding this, Maginot seemed not to be so afraid of death.

He took a deep breath and continued, "Have you ever thought about what to name your new flagship?"

"Name?" Major General Alexander was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at Maginot.

"The internal number of this Orca-class heavy cruiser in the Air Force fleet is NF159, but the name of the battleship itself has not been decided yet. I have read relevant documents and there are three pre-selected names. To be honest, they are not suitable for the current atmosphere. ."

This "Orca-class" heavy cruiser was originally scheduled to be delivered to the First Cruise Fleet. Since the "Orca-class" is a warship that focuses on defense, most of its names are based on "guard" and "strong shield". They are made up of similar words... But what they need now is not a "shield" that is solid enough, but a "spear" that can pierce everything without hesitation.

"Uh... to be honest, I'm not very good at naming." Major General Alexander shrugged helplessly and asked the question to Ke Lan, "Ke Lan, how about you do it?"

"Shall I choose a name?" Ke Lan thought for a moment and said, "Since she is a 'killer whale', let's call her 'Scadi'!"

"Scadi?" Maginot and Alexander were both slightly startled. The latter recited the name silently several times and wondered, "It sounds like it's a girl's name."

"Isn't a girl's name nice?" Ke Lan laughed, "Besides, the goddess of victory is female. No one has ever heard of the male god of victory, right? Just call her 'Scadi', Si Katie is our goddess of victory!”

"If you want to explain it like this, then I understand." Magino nodded vigorously and gave Ke Lan a thumbs up, "Good name, it is indeed a good name."

While Maginot was busy flattering Ke Lan, the hound on the other side tugged on Leighton's sleeve and asked: "Scati...do you know anyone with this name? Could it be Ke Lan?" Lan's old best friend, or his first love or something? Damn it, this guy couldn't have a woman outside behind Miss Soma's back, right?"

"I've never heard of anyone with this name around Ke Lan... If he is really a lover, then he has done a very good job of keeping it secret... No, when Ke Lan was on the Ark, he basically stayed with us. Together, how can we have time to pick up girls?" Leighton scratched his head and said.

"Maybe it's a netizen..." Hound nodded and glanced at Zofia Soma standing not far away from the corner of his eye.

"You two, stop guessing." At some point, Ze Luo had already walked behind Hound and Layton, "The Skadi that Ke Lan mentioned is actually a character in a game."

"What? Game character?" The hound turned his head and found that Sanwu Girl had changed her appearance at this time - she was wearing a dark blue combat uniform, her long white hair had been dragged to the ground, and she had a pair of clear and transparent red eyes. , although his face is still expressionless, but compared with his previous appearance, there is a hint of inexplicable coquettishness.

Behind her, she was carrying a huge sword that was almost as tall as her. The blade of the giant sword was still stained with traces of what seemed to be mucus.

"Is this...Skaty?" Hound was stunned, "Why did Ke Lan give the battleship this name?"

"Because the prototype of this game character is a killer whale!" Ze Luo replied immediately.

"Anthropomorphic killer whales? What kind of weird XP is this... I didn't expect that guy Ke Lan to be so good at it?" Hound said with a smile.

"In that game, Skadi's enemies were octopus-like Cthulhu creatures lurking in the deep sea. From a certain perspective, the enemies she faced were very similar to us... and Skadi's This heavy sword once severely damaged the most powerful of those monsters. I think Ke Lan chose this name because he hoped that this battleship could severely damage the monsters that occupied the Ark." Ze Luo said.

"I almost forgot that you are also a senior Internet addict player..." Hound subconsciously stretched out his hand to pat Zeluo's head, but stopped halfway, coughed twice, and said seriously, "How about just a heavy injury? Enough, when facing the enemy, we must crush it completely!"

[P.S. Give your heart to Skadi! 】