Mr. Arendale wanted to see Cherry Military's products and see for himself the results of his investment.

Fernando Donato, as chief designer, knew it was time to put his job to the test, and he took out his latest epee rifle, which he had improved.

"Compared to the previous prototype, the body of the gun is slightly smaller, and the weight is greatly reduced, and its weight is no longer a burden for soldiers. ”

Ethan looked at the row of rifles named epee in front of him, and he saw that the name was really accurate, the thing looked heavy.

However, for Ethan, this weight was nothing at all, and he casually picked up the large rifle in front of him and took a closer look.

At first glance, the epee looks like a long square box, but it is still embellished on this relatively simple frame: although it is a whole assembled gun, the various accessories are clear, and even those who are new to this weapon can see at a glance the distribution of the modules that make up this gun.

"The modular design makes it easy for soldiers to maintain, repair and even replace parts, and when necessary, directly disassemble a few damaged rifles, and then put together the parts that are still intact into a gun, which can still be used normally. ”

In the era in which Ethan once lived, or in the era in which the Marvel Universe is currently located, modularity was already a standard requirement for many weapon designs, but in the world of Starship Troopers, this is a very advanced weapon concept.

Of course, it was Annette and Serena who proposed this idea, and it was with these advanced ideas that they succeeded in grabbing the order of the Federation.

"With further improvements, the epee rifle can now fire metal particles with a diameter of five millimeters at a speed close to the speed of sound, easily piercing the shell of a bug and inflicting fatal damage on its internal tissues. ”

The principle of the epee rifle is to propel metal particles at high speed with energy, and the basic principle is actually the same as that of gunpowder weapons, but the energy used is different - including the basic principle of Gauss weapons in StarCraft, which uses electromagnetic propulsion.

The world of the galaxy warband has developed far in the application of energy, miniaturization is not a difficult task for them, and the technology that uses energy to propel is also ready-made, what they lack is actual combat experience and some inspiration - the long-term war will slowly stimulate this part of the inspiration, so the weapons and equipment of the human race in the later stage have been evolving and upgrading rapidly.

Ethan chose the period when he had just started the war with the bugs, and what the Federation lacked most at this time was all kinds of inspiration, and they took advantage of it.

At this time, Ethan and the others don't even need to collect more advanced technology from other worlds, using the existing technology in the Starship World and combining their own 'knowledge' to create a lot of equipment that is enough to satisfy the Federation.

Ethan observed that this rifle, except for modularity and energy propulsion, is actually all existing technology in this world, and what Annette and Serena did was just to combine some technologies and ensure that they could be used normally.

At this time, Fernando Donato was still introducing Ethan to the epee rifle in his hand.

"Because of the use of metal particles for ammunition, and because of its size, there is a lot of ammunition, which is good for dealing with a large number of bugs, and we have improved the cooling system to ensure that the rifle will not be unusable due to overheating of the barrel until the ammunition carried by the soldiers is exhausted. ”

Ethan thought that the cooling problem would be troublesome, but he didn't expect it to be solved so easily?

Come to think of it, the technology of the Galaxy Troopers is already very high, but it is just the development of war weapons...... It can't be said that it has gone astray, but it's just that because I don't adapt to this battle with bugs, most of the technology is wasted, and a new technology tree has to be reopened, so it's so embarrassing.

Listening to the data reported by Fernando, this rifle is already a very good mature work, considering that this is to be rationed to the hands of millions of infantry, with the current parameters of the epee rifle, even if there is no upgrade in the next ten years, I am afraid that the Federation will always use this rifle as the main weapon.

If the epee rifle can continue to be upgraded and increase the rate of bullet fire to the speed of sound, then it will be no different from the Gauss rifle in StarCraft.

In the face of this kind of weapon, even if Ethan and his team members were equipped with protective suits with energy protection layers, they did not dare to face the dense bullet rain in a straight line, because the energy layer of the protective clothing was blown up before they could kill the enemy.

As the explanation ended, Ethan and several targets appeared in front of them, all of them were alloy steel plates, Ethan raised the rifle in his hand, and then pulled the trigger.

Ethan deliberately practiced marksmanship back then, and he was not unfamiliar with firearms.

With the strength of his mental power and the improvement of his physical fitness, as well as the improvement of his own control, he quickly mastered this 'simple' weapon completely.

Almost after three shots, he figured out the trajectory of the epee rifle, and the subsequent bullets never left the head of the humanoid target, and soon smashed the head of the ten, thirty, and fifty-meter target into pieces.

"It's good!"

After a test firing, Ethan nodded to Fernando with a satisfied expression, and gave Anne a look - such a good weapon, first get dozens of them in stock.

People like Logan and Ada, who like to use thermal weapons to fight, really need to upgrade their equipment.

Moreover, in addition to the size of this rifle, the recoil is very small, and it will not float because of the relationship between recoil and trajectory when firing continuously, and it is quite simple to use.

If you combine it with the various auxiliary targeting systems on your protective suit, you can harvest the lives of the enemy just like playing a game.

Ethan expressed his satisfaction, which is good news for Fernando, which means that his ability has been recognized by the owner, and considering that the company is on the right track, it seems that he will not have to worry about his job for a long time.

Since the main idea of the first generation of epee rifles was proposed by Annette, the founder of the company, although he was the chief weapon designer, he did not have a 'personal copyright' on this weapon, so he now has no 'royalties' to enjoy.

As long as he can make significant and excellent improvements to this weapon, he will receive a share of the company's staple product - he will receive a share of every epee rifle sold.

The premise is that he can continue to sit in the position of chief weapons designer, and if the big boss is not satisfied with his ability, this long-term meal ticket may have to leave him.

"In addition to rifles, are there any new projects in the weapons laboratory?"

Ethan put down his weapon, while Nebula was still holding a rifle to shoot, in this relatively closed weapon testing field, the sound of the epee rifle was not unbearable - the sound of the rifle firing was not as deafening as the sound of the bullet hitting the target, which also meant that the firearm would not damage the soldier's hearing for a long time, which was another advantage.

It didn't even affect Ethan's conversation with Fernando, and the chief designer heard Ethan's inquiry and immediately listed several plans so far.

These include a draft design for a new all-terrain vehicle (still in its early stages of conception), a new exoskeleton armor with decent defense, individual heavy firepower equipment that complements the epee rifle, and a small firearm that can be used by officers or in confined spaces.

"At present, these directions have been set, but at the moment there are not many people, and most of the energy is focused on the modification of the epee rifle. ”

This is also normal, after all, the epee rifle has already received orders, and those projects will definitely have to be put back in the back row before they are completely finalized and put into production and start to exchange for a steady stream of funds.

"All-terrain vehicles can be abandoned, and after the epee priority is given to the design and manufacture of exoskeleton armor. ”

Fernando glanced at the supervisor Edward Miller and the company's owner, Annette, who was not in his hands, and he didn't know if he should listen to the master.

However, Annette quickly stated: "This is also the company's decision, our company has no advantage in all-terrain vehicles, and several other individual weapons ......"

Edward Miller was recruited as a manager, sensitive to these operational aspects and immediately understood why he was abandoning these projects.

Cherry Military Industry is not a top military industrial group, grabbing the order for rifles is already the limit, and the boss is taking the initiative to give up several other individual equipment markets, so as not to be beaten by large groups.

Then while other large groups are competing for another few pieces of cake, they will first focus on the research and development of exoskeleton armor that the Federation does not pay much attention to, so that when the Federation has a demand for this kind of equipment, Cherry Military Industry already has a stable foundation and a relatively mature product prototype.

That sounds like the right way to go. ”

As for whether the mysterious financier got any news, Edward and Fernando didn't care, anyway, their work was recognized, and the next thing was to work hard to make the company develop better and better, which was also to fight for better treatment for themselves.

It's good that the company has a clear idea of how to grow, and since the boss approves of it, they certainly have no reason to object.

What's more, with the current R&D strength of Cherry Military, it is not suitable to start multiple projects at the same time, and it is better to focus on one.

The specifics will definitely have to be discussed slowly after the fact, so there is no need to continue this topic now.

At this time, Nebula put down the rifle, and after this period of test firing, through the body's 'feedback' on this firearm that she was very familiar with, compared to the previous state of using this weapon, she had a better understanding of her current body.

The improvement in physical fitness is very obvious.