Except for the four additional structures and the circular links, the main body of the battleship seemed to adhere to the usual smooth style of today's ZAFT battleships. Compared to the angular structure of the joint conventional battleships, this battleship looked more like a work of art.
More importantly, Xiao Ran also saw a total of eight meteor equipment fixed on both sides of the four additional structures, which looked quite interesting.
When Patrick saw Xiao Ran observing the battleship, he nodded to a middle-aged man in a white coat beside him. The latter walked up to them and said, "Mr. Xiao Ran, let me introduce this battleship to you. The battleship is 753 meters long, which is the largest conventional battleship we have built so far. It uses many new technologies and concepts. According to your request, Mr. Xiao Ran, we focused on increasing the capacity of Gnacou and increasing the speed of the battleship."
"As you can see now, the four rotating additional structures are the four Gnacou attached to the battleship. These four additional structures are 350 meters long, which is equivalent to the size of a battleship. In fact, these four additional structures themselves are attached battleships that can move independently from the main battleship. They have all the functions of a conventional battleship."
"So this battleship is actually not just a single ship, but a new battleship made up of five ships."
Hearing this, Xiao Ran's eyebrows twitched involuntarily. He looked at the middle-aged man who was introducing the battleship to him in surprise. Judging from the name tag hanging on the man's chest, this man seemed to be the person in charge of this project.
"A combined battleship made up of five battleships?" Xiao Ran was a little surprised. He was deeply surprised by this strange and novel structure.
"Yes." The middle-aged man nodded in a manner that was neither servile nor overbearing. He explained, "Because we have taken into consideration the usage of this ship, the number of airframes and the number of teams it can carry, our entire department feels that the new warship must meet the needs of the special forces in more aspects. Furthermore, because the Gnacou's capacity is large, and it has to accommodate a special airframe over 50 meters long, the normal warship structure simply cannot meet this requirement."
"So when we first designed the ship, we planned to have one Gnacou as the main ship and many Gnacou as support. But since we had the support Gnacou, we thought we might as well make use of these Gnacou as well. In any case, because the Gnacou had to be big, the battleship had to be big enough as well. Gradually, after many designs, it became what it is now."
"And because of the new technology, especially the VPS armor, the new energy engine, the new propulsion system, and a series of other technologies, we were able to successfully build such a warship."
Xiao Ran raised his hand and motioned for the middle-aged man to continue. Although the expression under Xiao Ran's mask could not be seen, his posture was clearly telling the middle-aged man to continue with his performance.
As if he had received Xiao Ran's approval, the middle-aged man became more and more enthusiastic. "In terms of Gnacou, this warship can completely meet your needs, Mr. Xiao Ran. In terms of speed, we have also improved the original Radiant Transmitter system used by the MS to be used on the warship. In terms of technology, we only need to enlarge the Radiant Transmitter system used by the MS. In addition to the four auxiliary warships, the combined thrust of the four auxiliary warships will definitely satisfy Mr. Xiao Ran."
"More importantly, this warship is fully equipped with the Mirage system, which is enough to allow such a huge warship to travel in stealth."
"As for the auxiliary warships, because the main body of the warship itself does not have the ability to travel in the atmosphere in terms of shape and function, after all, this fish-like structure cannot be parked on the ground. However, the design of the four auxiliary warships can allow these auxiliary warships to enter the atmosphere independently. It's just that to return from the atmosphere, additional auxiliary devices must be added."
"The Gnacou of the main body of the warship is a large circular space. The normal MS can accommodate more than 40 units, and the auxiliary warships can accommodate up to six units of the regular MS."
"However, in terms of weaponry, compared to the size of the warship, it is much inferior. The main body of the warship is equipped with two positron cannons, eight beam cannons of various sizes, missile launch pods, automatic defense turrets, and so on."
"The small auxiliary warships are not equipped with positron cannons. The large warship is equipped with two beam cannons, four small auxiliary beam cannons, missile launch pods, and automatic defense turrets. At the same time, the front of the warship can also be used as weaponry. Unfortunately, the cost of production, manpower, and resource consumption of this warship is too high, and it is almost impossible to use conventional weaponry."
Xiao Ran could not help but be impressed by the brainpower of the warship construction department. They actually put the Radiant Bearer on the warship. It was not an innovation, but it was definitely an idea. It should be noted that none of the warships in the Burning Legion had done so, purely because there was no need for it. It was almost impossible to use it.
The pursuit of speed was useless. If the distance was too far, the warships of the Burning Legion could easily jump. Moreover, the warships of the Burning Legion were intergalactic warships, so their speed was already very fast. Perhaps with the addition of the Radiant Bearer system, it would be even faster. After all, there was still a threshold for conventional propulsion and movement. It was impossible to cross the threshold with the Radiant Bearer system, and forcefully crossing the threshold would cause the energy consumption to multiply. In conclusion, the loss outweighed the gain. However, for the warships of this world, the Radiant Bearer seemed to be quite good.
As for the weaponry, the middle-aged man probably felt that the 700-meter-long warship was equivalent to a small aircraft carrier of this world, but it could only carry so much firepower and most of the space was used for carrying the body, so he felt a little disappointed. However, from the words of this guy, Xiao Ran could tell that this person in charge was actually a fan of heavy warship cannons.
The middle-aged man said that there was not much weaponry, but from Xiao Ran's point of view, there was already a lot of weaponry. The main body of the warship was already a lot of weaponry, okay? What more than twenty or thirty beam cannons and positron cannons? However, if they really wanted to use all these weaponry, the energy consumption would be unbearable.
Xiao Ran nodded and smiled slightly. "Very good, very good. This warship you have designed and built is very novel and very creative. I am very satisfied. By the way, what's the name of this warship?"
The middle-aged man shook his head. "The warship only has a codename and has not been given an official name. The name of the warship is waiting for Mr. Xiao Ran to name it."
Xiao Ran was silent for a moment, then he chuckled, "I think that you should be the one to name this warship. After all, this is a warship that you have invested a lot of effort into. Why don't you name it?"
The middle-aged man's eyes lit up when he heard Xiao Ran's words, but he did not forget to look at Patrick for his opinion. After Patrick nodded, the middle-aged man immediately said, "The Apocalypse! It represents a revelation and reminder to mankind. It allows us to unite. These four warships are the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, bringing destruction to those evil people who are spying on us! "
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