"Why!" asked old Morgan. Carrier ships are not what he wants, what he wants are star destroyers, battleships, these starships that sound very domineering!

"yes, and why is it a smaller version?" John was curious.

"Because the resources are insufficient! The construction of these starships requires a large amount of various rare metals, such as a large number of special titanium alloys, magnesium alloys, and bismuth magnesium-zinc alloys in terms of structure! Otherwise, ordinary materials will not be able to withstand warp speed flight at all, and warp speed alone is not enough.

If we want to go to the small binary supercluster, it will take more than 1,000 years to reach it even if we have been traveling all the way with a warp speed of nine degrees, so we must cooperate with more than 100 space jumps to reach the small binary supercluster in three months. With more than a hundred space jumps and warp flights, if the hull structure is not strong, we will all have to float in space by then," Xia Li explained.

"Even if we need a lot of rare metals, we can get them!" said Morgan Sr. confidently. As long as you throw money at what you can get, it's not a problem, the Morgan family has money, and the United States has money.

"Zeng Zeng...... Great-grandfather, do you know how big these starships are, and how many rare metals are needed?"

Xia Li felt that the two ancestors should popularize the specifications of the starship.

"A carrier ship is 27,885 meters long, 10,652 meters wide and 221 meters high, and it can be loaded all at once with the warships you are currently at sea.

Your favorite Star Destroyer, 19,883 meters long, 8,355 meters wide, and 142 meters high, carries 18 engines on it, and is equipped with 2 super laser guns, 650 heavy laser guns, 650 supercharged laser turrets, 175 ion cannons, 100 towing beams, and 480 turbo laser cannons.

This Star Destroyer is a high-speed moving turret!

The rare materials required for the construction of these weapons alone are massive, not to mention the huge hulls.

Even the smallest cruiser is 6,422 meters long, 1,131 meters wide, and 107 meters high, and carries more than 100 weapons of all kinds. Such a cruiser is equivalent to at least 100 nuclear-powered aircraft carriers of the USS Nimitz!

A few Star Destroyers and battleships can exhaust the earth's rare metals and some rare earths.

Moreover, the cost of building these heavy starships on the earth is too high, the Milky Way is originally a planet with not rich resources, and the metal content required by the starship is too small here, we are now building a smaller version of the carrier ship, as long as we go to the small double super galaxy cluster, which is rich in resources over there, these rare metals are so abundant over there that they are so much that they are not rare metals at all, they are about the same as iron and aluminum here, and even the large double super galaxy cluster will be ours at that time, and these heavy starships will be built casually! I'll build 30 fleets for your old man!"

"No, we have no protection capability at all with carrier ships, and once we encounter an accident in space, we don't even have to protect ourselves, at least we have to build a cruiser!"

Old Morgan will not put his safety on luck, for him at least he has to protect himself!

"Okay! Then build a cruiser, a miniature version of the carrier ship!" Xia Li knew what old Morgan was worried about, and she didn't persuade her, the problem of building a cruiser was not very big, but these metals on the earth were too expensive, which might lead to a very expensive cost, but the United States gritted its teeth and could afford it.

"How much will it cost you to build these two starships, and how long will it take?" asked Morgan Sr.

"If it's on the side of the small twin superclusters, a cruiser costs $165 billion and can be completed in eight months. The carrier ship costs $255 billion and can be completed in a year and a half.

The price of all kinds of metal resources required on this side of the earth is several times that of the small double supercluster, so the cost of a cruise ship is at least about 300 billion US dollars, and the cost of a carrier ship is at least about 700 billion US dollars. A smaller version of the carrier ship would also cost at least $300 billion, so two starships would need at least $600 billion.

And that's just the cost of the starship, I didn't count the R&D costs, and the investment in upgrading various industrial technologies, plus these require trillions of dollars.

If you want to build these two starships, it will take at least 40-50 years, and I need to upgrade the current industrial technology by a few levels, and reach the industrial level in 150 years, especially the cruiser, the technology required is too high, if you simply build a carrier ship for 30 years, it can be solved, but plus the cruiser can't be completed without 50 years!"

There is an essential difference between knowing how to build and building real things, and the problem Xia Li is facing now is like a modern engineer who ran to ancient times three hundred years ago, although he knows how to build an F-22, but he can't build it unless he improves the level of various industries in ancient times.

Therefore, if Xia Li wants to build cruisers and carrier ships, she must raise the modern industrial level to at least 150 years later, otherwise she will not be able to build them at all.

"Don't rush and take your time! Make a detailed build report and plan for me. Old Morgan is very satisfied with the time given by Xia Li, the F-22 has been developed for 10 years and has not yet been built, and the researchers said that it will take at least 10 years, and it will take 20 years to build a fighter, let alone a starship.

"Okay, Zeng...... Great-grandfather. Xia Li nodded.

"In addition, all kinds of fighters in space and all kinds of equipment for the army must also be built. At least one brigade is needed for fighters, and at least one division is needed for army equipment. John added a point.

"Okay, that's fine, but it may need to be increased if you add these fees. Xia Li said.

"Don't worry about money, as long as you can make what the family needs, you need more money, the family gives it, there is no upper limit, even if you empty the Morgan family!"

As long as the starship is built, the Morgan family can have two superclusters, countless planets, and exchange all the wealth of the Morgan family for two superclusters, there is no more worthwhile business in this world!

And Xia Li's description just now has made old Morgan see a huge rate of return.

A light cruiser costs $165 billion, a carrier ship costs $255 billion, according to the configuration that Xia Li just said, a fleet of 21 cruisers, 6 carrier ships, 27 starships alone will cost $5 trillion, plus those star destroyers, frigates, and station ships...... , a fleet is worth at least 20 trillion dollars.

18 fleets at least $360 trillion.

And that's just the starship itself, but also those armed equipment, the equipment of other branches of the military, at least about 500 trillion dollars!

500 trillion dollars, it's not worth so much if you sell the earth!

So it can be seen how rich it should be to get a small double supercluster!

If Morgan can manage it well and monopolize energy, communications, banks, and arms, the future is promising, and the family's assets may be able to multiply dozens of times at once!

With such an ROI, the elder Morgan hopes to come back a few more times!