Star Destroyer?

In the "Star Wars" series of movies, the Star Destroyer is synonymous with the kind of battleship that is fully armed and powerful, and one is enough to destroy a planet, also known as an interstellar destroyer.

Seeing the thumbnails of the three-dimensional model displayed by Qin Tian, Liu Chen really felt that the interstellar mothership that Weile Aerospace Technology had started to build was a super powerful star destroyer.

Hearing Liu Chen use such a sci-fi term to describe his interstellar mothership, Qin Tian immediately laughed.

"Uncle Liu, I can't imagine that you still like to watch science fiction movies! However, you also think too highly of me, what a great battleship the Star Destroyer is, I don't have the strength to build it now!"

As Qin Tian spoke, he raised the figure and then enlarged it, showing it through a holographic virtual projection, a metallic gray interstellar mothership, showing a delicate model the size of a coffee table.

Three-dimensional stereoscopic images show the details of the entire starship very clearly.

"Uncle Liu, to be honest, I have a lot of feelings for the 'Earth' super spacecraft!"

"In addition to making me a windfall, because of the Earth, we Weile Aerospace Technology has accumulated experience in the design and manufacture of large interstellar ships, and the three series of spacecraft that we have come out of before are less than 200 meters in length, less than 80 meters in width, and no more than 50,000 tons in weight!"

"In the design and construction of the Earth supership, we not only renovated a large space-enclosed dock, but also innovated many technologies and mastered the modular construction and assembly technology of a 300,000-ton large interstellar ship...... In short, Earth has allowed us to not only make money, but also accumulate technical experience!"

Liu Chen laughed and said: "The key is to go back and forth to the planet Dastan, and use it more than 200 times in the atmosphere over there, so that you can learn valuable experience, and also realize some of the design shortcomings of the Earth, and now the design and manufacture of a new interstellar mothership is more handy, and the final product is more perfect!"

"That's right!"

Qin Tian stretched the battleship and rotated his hands at an angle, so that the model of the interstellar mothership was tilted towards Liu Chen.

"This starcarrier, we'll name it Starfield!"

"The ship adopts an isosceles triangular cone design, a rear-mounted island, with an overall design length of 1,107 meters, a stern width of 215 meters, a bow of 5 meters at its narrowest, a bow height of 8 meters, and a stern height of 100 meters.

"The hangar can accommodate 50 small spaceships, and the storage compartment can carry 50,000 tons of supplies, and if the hangar and crew compartment are used to carry supplies, the entire starship can carry 100,000 tons of supplies......"

Liu Chen listened to Qin Tian's introduction and looked carefully around the coffee table.

"Your starship design is quite advanced and powerful, but why don't I feel like it's a ship that can be used for intra-atmosphere operations?"

Qin Tian smiled dumbly and said: "If it is a star destroyer, it will definitely not be able to enter the atmosphere to fight, not only is the volume and weight too large, but the aerodynamic layout is not suitable for high-speed flight in the atmosphere, but my interstellar carrier is not a star destroyer, a 300,000-ton interstellar ship can still be relatively flexible in the atmosphere!"

"The kind of star destroyer in the movie, the ship is often several kilometers long or even more than ten kilometers, and the volume and weight reach beyond imagination, if that guy plunges into the atmosphere of a certain planet, although it covers the sky and the sun is magnificent, but the flight risk is too great, and the impact of noise disasters is also terrifying!"

Qin Tian said, shrinking the three-dimensional map of the Starry Sky Starship a lot, and slowly rotating it twice.

"Also, Uncle Liu, do you see that my mothership is equipped with shipboard weapons?"

Liu Chen pouted and said: "How can I see your super sci-fi high-power weapons? Just like the Earth at the beginning, I didn't expect that there were a lot of large-caliber ion cannons and laser cannons on it, and the Earth Super Spacecraft contributed the most to the air defense operations in Kota Kinabalu!"

Qin Tian smiled faintly, and double-clicked a certain place in the three-dimensional model diagram with his fingers, and immediately magnified it infinitely many times, and very clear design details appeared.

"At present, the most powerful force platform on the earth is undoubtedly a nuclear-powered large-tonnage aircraft carrier, carrying many carrier-based aircraft and escort ships, even if it is only equipped with a small number of air defense weapons, the combat effectiveness of the entire battle group is also very strong!"

"But my Starry Sky is different, it is a single ship operation, and the area of the future mission is not only Dastan, but also other galaxies and other planets, so in order to be in the first case, the starship must have strong offensive and defensive capabilities. ”

"So what you see now, there is an embedded heavy laser turret in the part, the combat state and the state of force alert, the turret will be exposed, and the twin large-caliber laser cannons, the high-energy lasers fired, can make a Kunpeng cargo spaceship punch a big hole and scrap it with one shot!"

"In addition to the heavy laser cannon, there are a lot of small automatic laser cannon turrets around the ship, which are used for air combat and close defense. Of course, in addition to the laser cannon that uses the high-heat characteristics of the laser beam to attack, the real offensive and defensive combat weapon is the twin-mounted large-caliber plasma cannon in the middle of the ship, and it is not a problem to destroy an aircraft carrier with one shot!"

"In addition, just like aircraft carriers, the most important long-range attack combat force of an interstellar carrier is carrier-based aircraft. The Star can carry 50 spaceships, or 150 space fighters, but at present, space fighters are only in the design stage, and the current status of Dastan Planet is also destined for the purpose of space fighters, such as space airships that can transport and fight!"

Liu Chen snorted, squatted down, and looked up at the bottom of the interstellar mothership.

"Don't say it, you kid, if your interstellar mothership is loaded with space fighters, what other country in this world would dare to provoke you? 150 space fighters are dispatched, and no one can carry them!"

Liu Chen's words were vague, as if he was joking.

But that's the way it is, there is nothing more powerful in the world today than the fifth-generation stealth fighter, supersonic cruise, radar stealth, built-in ammunition bay, etc., but after all, it is still a jet fighter.

Compared with Qin Tian's space fighters, stealth fighters are purely weak.

The so-called supersonic cruise of the fifth-generation stealth fighter is based on the massive consumption of aviation kerosene by jet engines, and one or two Mach or two is not bad.

Although the space fighter is still being designed, take the space airship, or directly compare the Kunpeng cargo spacecraft, the plasma engine consumes not expensive kerosene, but water and inert gas, and the thrust produced is also greater and more fierce, in order to fly into outer space, it is dozens of times the speed of sound.

Therefore, jet fighters, compared with spaceships and warplanes, cannot catch up at all in terms of speed alone.

In addition, the combat effectiveness of today's jet fighters mainly relies on phased array radar to detect and lock on to targets, launch air-to-air or air-to-ground missiles, and if the distance is close enough, they use aerial guns to dogfight.

And spaceships and fighters, that use energy weapons, responsive, extremely fast, powerful energy weapons, can be much faster than the speed of missiles, even if you want to fight each other's missiles, the spaceships and fighters, can also carry more powerful combat radars and more missiles, fighting a war of attrition will consume countless jet fighters.

Therefore, stealth fighters can't defend against it, and ground anti-aircraft missiles, anti-aircraft artillery, etc., are even more blind.

This kind of cross-generational gap is actually equivalent to a modern jet fighter, and the propeller aircraft of World War II are not a level of opponent at all.

It is precisely because of this that Liu Chen vaguely hinted at Qin Tian.

"Don't worry, Uncle Liu! If people don't offend me, I won't offend anyone, I'm not so mad! I can now assure you that I won't use it to threaten or even attack the Earth, whether it's the Starry Sky Starship that is being built now, or other starships that will be built in the future!"

Liu Chen stood up and looked at Qin Tian meaningfully.

"And what if the state needs it?"

"It is the duty of the husband to protect the family and defend the country!"

Qin Tian immediately replied loudly.

Liu Chen patted Qin Tian on the shoulder vigorously and praised it again and again: "Okay, good! Yes, I really read it right!"

Qin Tian smiled casually: "Actually, I think that this trip to the planet Dastan, especially the defense battle of Kota Kinabalu, the wonderful performance of the Huaxia dispatch team is enough to deter all countries, mecha warriors, combat robots, energy weapons, etc., are enough to deter Xiaoxiao and strengthen the prestige of our country!"

Liu Chen crossed his hands on his waist and looked at the three-dimensional thumbnail of the Starry Sky interstellar mothership.

The international situation is not as simple as you imagined, and from the series of quarrels and disputes caused by the earth-based superspacecraft, which have not stopped for several days, what does it prove? It proves that because of interests, it is still difficult for mankind to unite for the time being!

"So, if you want to speak hard, you have to have enough strength! Once your interstellar mothership is completed, our Huaxia will really be completely proud, the Earth supership has been sealed, and in the future, only the Star Sky can travel to and from the planet Dastan, and has great potential for military applications.

Qin Tian took a deep breath and said, "When you say that, I feel a great responsibility!"

"If you have any difficulties, just mention it!"

Liu Chen sat down, sipping tea and waiting for Qin Tian to raise difficulties.

Qin Tian put away his phone and turned off the holographic virtual projection, and after thinking about it, he shook his head.

"The construction period of the interstellar carrier is very short, only six months, in order to ensure the construction period and quality, next Weile Aerospace Technology will add 5 Kunpeng cargo spacecraft, and there are a large number of heavy launch tasks, so we have Weile Voyage 02 and 03, these two space launch ships. ”

That is, I hope to give me a large port, which can load, unload and transfer large materials, and can be used by large space launch ships to dock, and it is best to give a fixed sea area, so that large-scale and high-frequency launch missions will not need to carry out sea and air blockade in the future, which is too troublesome!"

Liu Chen nodded slightly, and said: "At present, whether it is Tianyu or Kunpeng, including the world's best-selling glory, the three series of spaceships have an inevitable trouble, that is, the take-off and landing noise is too loud!

Qin Tian shrugged his shoulders and said: "No way, high-thrust engines will inevitably have noise problems, and the plasma engine can control the noise to a level similar to that of a jet airliner engine, which is already a great progress!"

Liu Chen raised his hand to look at the time, got up and said with a smile: "That's okay, I will report these requests you made to my superiors as soon as possible, it's not excessive, it will definitely be approved soon, it's not too early, I have to see the spaceship tomorrow, your wife and children are waiting for you, let's do it for the time being tonight!"

Qin Tianzuo didn't smile and said, "That's okay, Uncle Liu, you rest early, I'll pick you up tomorrow!"

Nothing was said all night.

The next day.

The sun is shining, and the years are quiet.

Qin Tian asked the group's logistics company to arrange two electric sightseeing cars, which not only carried Liu Chen and his secretary and guards, but also his brothers and family members.

In particular, Qin Jianguo and his wife have never been to a smart factory, let alone seen how the spacecraft is manufactured that is the envy of countless international space agencies and enterprises.

And Huang Fuqi, Wang Cong and others have been clamoring to see and understand, so Qin Tian simply became a guide and let everyone see enough at one time.

From the smart factory to the aerospace assembly factory, from the aerospace technology test center to the hangar launch site, Qin Tian is meticulous and answers all questions, more serious and careful than entertaining any delegation.

Two days later.

The grand opening of the Huaxia Aerospace Technology and Equipment Exhibition.

Weile Aerospace Technology has undoubtedly become the absolute protagonist, and at the exhibition, the physical model of the interstellar carrier "Starry Sky" was officially exhibited.

The model is made with advanced 3D printing technology, which is very realistic and exquisite, and has attracted the attention of countless people as soon as it was unveiled, so that the spaceship model booths of the three series of Kunpeng, Tianyu and Guangrong are dwarfed.

The layman looks at the bustle, and the insider looks at the doorway.

Everyone knows that Weile Aerospace Technology is now the number one hegemon in the field of aerospace technology in the world, and its technical strength is the most powerful.

Now that the Earth supership has been mothballed in outer space and cannot be used, those who want to make a fortune on the planet Dastan are, of course, pinning their hopes on the starship 'Starry Sky'.

Therefore, at the exhibition, many people are concerned about how expensive the space ferry ticket to and from the planet Dastan can be.

Nowadays, a three-day space tour to Sky City costs 100,000 yuan, and if it is too expensive to go to the more distant planet Dastan, how can you risk panning for gold?

Therefore, caring is chaotic.

Many people were asking this and that at the booth, which made many representatives of international space agencies lose the opportunity to ask questions in close proximity, but it was just right for them to have time to go to other booths to have a look.

At this glance, they realized that the situation was not good!

Weile Aerospace Technology has actually begun to promote three series of spaceships!

What does that mean?

In the past, it was particularly difficult for space agencies or commercial companies of various countries to buy a spacecraft, and they could not buy it with money.

Now Weile Aerospace Technology has obtained special approval from the state and is allowed to export complete sets of spacecraft.

From the glorious multi-purpose spacecraft that cost $2.5 billion, to the Kunpeng cargo spacecraft that costs only $2 billion at a low price, and the $3 billion Tianyu manned spacecraft with advanced performance and large passenger capacity.

All three spaceships are now available for order, and for ordinary businesses or individuals, spaceships worth two or three billion dollars at every turn are too expensive.

But for space agencies of various countries, this is simply too cheap!

Taking NASA's spacecraft as an example, they cost as much as $3 billion each, and they are launched into outer space orbit of more than 300 kilometers with high-thrust rockets, which can transport 36 tons of cargo and eight astronauts at a time, and can be reused 100 times.

The cost of a spacecraft is so high that it costs $500 million for each use, and a spacecraft costs at least tens of billions of dollars over its entire life.

In contrast, the three series of spacecraft manufactured by Weile Aerospace Technology have very obvious advantages.

Taking the glorious multi-purpose spacecraft as an example, the price is 2.5 billion US dollars, which can transport 120 astronauts or 800 tons of cargo to a high orbit of 36,000 kilometers at a time, while the mixed crew mode can carry dozens of astronauts and hundreds of tons of cargo.

After the purchase of the spacecraft, Weile Aerospace Technology will provide spacecraft control and technical maintenance work, no matter what is transported, the charge only needs 5 million US dollars each time, and the design service life is 1,000 sorties, so the whole life cost is less than 10 billion US dollars.

Without contrast, there is no harm.

The space shuttle's carrying capacity, use cost, flight capability, etc., are completely incomparable with the spacecraft of Weile Aerospace Technology.

Therefore, people of insight in the aerospace field of various countries shouted that the situation was not good.

Why is the situation bad?

Think about it simply, if there is an affordable and easy-to-use Weile aerospace technology spacecraft to buy, then do the space agencies of various countries still need to spend huge sums of money to engage in scientific research and innovation?

Aerospace is a technology-intensive industry, with high R&D costs and long R&D cycles.

For example, in today's world, there are very few countries that can build jetliners, because many countries think that instead of spending hundreds of billions of dollars on hard research and development, it is better to buy them directly, anyway, Boeing and Airbus have a lot of passenger planes that can be purchased.

But spending money to buy, can you buy technology?

If you buy hundreds or thousands of jetliners, can you claim to be an aviation power? Of course not!

Therefore, now Weile Aerospace Technology has begun to open up the sale of three series of spacecraft, which is to completely form a technology monopoly.

Let other countries directly spend a small amount of money to buy the finished spacecraft directly, instead of investing a lot of money and spending a lot of manpower and material resources to do technology research and development.

Without R&D, there is no catch-up!

With the development of time, the global aerospace technology field will become dependent on Weile aerospace technology, and if you buy Qin Tian's spacecraft, don't you buy parts and technical services?

The end result of this strategy of boiling frogs in warm water is that Weile Aerospace Technology will be the world's dominant!

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There are many, many people who can see Qin Tian's strategy clearly.

But how many people can oppose it?

Even the old qualified space agencies such as NASA, Aeronautic, and European Space Agency have ordered 11 spacecraft from Weile Aerospace Technology, and even the three of them already have one each, which is very good to use, and has successfully traveled back and forth to the space home port many times to transport the members and materials of the dispatch team returning from the planet Dastan.

With living examples, it is equivalent to having a good reputation.

No, many space agencies that were previously weak and difficult to even launch geosynchronous earth satellites have begun to negotiate their purchases, and even some commercial companies are ready to purchase them.

An exhibition allowed Weile Aerospace Technology to win orders and initialed more than 30 spacecraft order intent agreements.

Major well-known media at home and abroad have reported that under the leadership of Qin Tian, mankind has officially entered the interstellar era with its head held high......