Chapter 512: Supply Ship Transformation Plan
The Kuiper Belt, which is a huge ring that surrounds the entire solar system. In this ring, there are a large number of meteorites of all kinds, as well as a large number of condensed into solid permafrost ice.
And from here there is the Oort cloud, which is a huge sphere of dust that envelops the entire solar system, and if you look at it from a very distant distance, the structure of the solar system at this time is very much like a giant atom.
Those Oort clouds are the tiny electrons that beat inside the atoms, and the nine planets and the sun are the neutrons and protons inside the atoms. A long time ago, Yun Qi had heard that the structure of this galaxy was very similar to that of atoms, but now that it is really in the outermost part of the solar system, this similarity theory really makes some sense.
As for why this is the case, no one can explain it, not even Iona's database. It's like there are so many worlds I have traversed, but all I encounter are humanoid creatures, which is like the mainstream existence in the entire universe, and non-human nature is heretical.
There must be some secrets in this that he doesn't know yet, but these things are not yet known at his level.
But the most pressing issue now is to find supplies.
This was the first time that Yun Qi had discovered that his fleet was actually experiencing a shortage of supplies.
The entire fleet is in this desolate starry world, and the nearest planet needs to sail for three months. If we don't get some supplies during this time, the whole fleet will starve.
This problem is not a problem at all when there is infinite space. After all, if you want any supplies, you can buy them directly for unlimited points, although the price is a bit tricky, but it is more convenient.
And at that time, the world they went to was a planet with human habitation, so the resources needed to survive were never a problem. But now, in this ghost location where there is no village in front of the village and no store in the back, there is not even a single atom in the area of one square kilometer.
It's so empty that it's desperately empty.
Fortunately, there are still some drifting meteorites that can provide some solid water, otherwise before Yunqi's fleet sails to the nearest planet, it is estimated that all the ships will turn into ghost ships.
Another thing that comforted Yun Qi was that the power cores on these warships were all semi-perpetual motion, and basically they didn't need to replenish additional energy, so the entire fleet could accelerate with all its strength and quickly sail in this empty void.
With the current plasma propulsion and gravity control system of the Yunqi fleet, the maximum speed of the fleet can reach 300 kilometers per second, and as it continues to rise, the energy consumed by acceleration is getting bigger and bigger, and even begins to affect the weapon energy supply of the warship. So in order to be consistent, Yun Qi ordered the entire fleet to maintain a speed of three hundred kilometers per second and begin to advance towards the inner side of the Kuiper Belt.
At the same time, the science players were all busy. Since the entire fleet cannot be connected to infinite space, in order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the fleet, that is, the food of everyone, they must give priority to supply. Otherwise the whole fleet is hungry, how to fight!
But now there is not even a single supply ship in the fleet, and the supplies carried by each warship are extremely limited, which makes the supply problem of the fleet extremely serious.
Fortunately, there is no shortage of relevant technology, but because of the particularity of infinite space, there is no special design of special supply ships.
After discussions among Yun Qi, Ye Chen and other guild leaders, they decided to select ten large warships for modification, remove the redundant weapon systems on them, and make enough space to install large warehouses and artificial farms to meet the needs of fleet replenishment.
As soon as the order was given, the gang of sub-guild players gathered around for a friendly and heated discussion.
Like Roy Sr. and Abt, the two old enemies, this time they are on the bar again.
Old Roy emphasized that all redundant systems must be removed as much as possible in the transformation of warships, even including external reinforced armor. After all, this is a transport supply ship, not a combat ship, and the space inside should be used to the maximum.
Abt, on the other hand, has a different view, the situation in the world is uncertain now, and the devil knows what will come across. Therefore, it is necessary for the supply ship to have a certain self-defense capability. If there is not the slightest self-defense ability, in the event of an attack, it is very likely that these supply ships will be taken away by the other side in waves. That's a big loss!
The rest of the players were divided into two groups, and there was a heated discussion around the views of Roy Sr. and Abt.
As a result, for the sake of a supply ship modification plan, the two sides almost came to a real full martial arts trip!
Yun Qi, who knew the situation, couldn't cry or laugh. These tech nerds are too serious in what they are good at, and it is also necessary to compete for the transformation of a supply ship.
Seeing that none of them could convince anyone, Yun Qi simply waved his pen and let the two of them be responsible for the transformation of the five supply ships.
In this way, the entire fleet marched towards the interior of the solar system at high speed, and at the same time urgently began the transformation of the supply ship.
If you look from the inner side of the solar system at this time, you can see a group of shining stars moving rapidly towards the inner side of the solar system.
In order to ensure the smooth progress of the transformation work, Yunqi arranged the entire fleet into a spherical array.
All of the combat ships were on the periphery, and on the inside of the spherical array were the Infinity and ten supply ships awaiting renovations. The advantage of this formation is that it can keep all uninvited guests out and ensure that the modification site inside is not affected!
Since there was no engineering dockyard, the renovation could only be carried out by the Infinity.
When the Infinity was originally designed, the ship was built as a multi-purpose mothership, which means that the Infinity was used for multiple tasks such as combat supply and construction. After all, as the capital of his own life, Yunqi still hopes that the more functions of the infinite number, the better, otherwise once there is an accident, it will be called every day and not the earth!
And now, the integrated mothership is finally functioning as it should.
These ten large supply ships were all battleships in the original fleet, with powerful firepower and heavy armor. Of course, the negative effect is that the mobility is too poor and not suitable for guerrilla warfare!
But when converted into supply ships, these battleships were the best choice. After all, each of these battleships was nearly eight hundred meters long and weighed more than half a million tons. Enough to fit three new Ford-class supercarriers of Daddy Mi.
However, a battleship of such a huge length naturally could not enter the small engineering dockyard of the Infinity. The total length of this dock is no more than 150 meters, and it can only be used for the construction of small frigates and assault landing ships. Because at the beginning of the design, the use of the Infinity to build a large battleship of the Battleship class was not considered.
After all, it is more convenient to use a dedicated dock for such a huge warship, such as a space station.