"T2 Technology?" Xia Fei was puzzled, he only knew that cruisers and frigates were all graded, for example, Xia Fei's Vampire was a fifth-level frigate, the highest level of all frigates, but he didn't know what the concept of this T2 level was.

Ling Feng said with a smile: "To put it simply, T2 is a second-generation warship, it is not the same generation product as ordinary warships at all, and its performance is far superior to that of the first generation in all aspects. ”

Xia Fei was completely shocked, before he knew it, the alliance had developed its own second-generation warships, but due to the limitations of the production process, this kind of second-generation warships were not popularized, and the vast majority of people were not even aware of their existence at all.

The group boarded the Gaia Ares-class interceptor, the internal structure of the cabin was no different from that of other frigates, and the crew cabin and command cabin were also designed in a regular manner, with no special protrusions.

After arranging everyone's rooms, Ling Feng led Xia Fei to the command room, where there was also a bearded captain who was busy working.

"Departure, destination capital star circle." Ling Feng commanded in a deep voice.

Xia Fei frowned slightly, "Didn't we go directly to the Endaro Star Domain?" ”

Ling Feng said: "Lord Thuram is going with you this time, so you have to go back to the capital to pick up your lord first." ”

Xia Fei nodded, it originally took more than a month to reach Hekxing from here, but now with this interceptor, it only takes twenty days to arrive, although three days were wasted in the border area, but the overall voyage is about eight days faster than Xia Fei's return alone, it turns out that all this Thuram has already been arranged.

Ling Feng took Xia Fei to visit the various advanced facilities on the spaceship, and then the two of them came to the lounge and quietly closed the door.

"Brother Xia Fei, how does this Ares-class interceptor feel?" Ling Feng asked.

Xia Fei nodded heavily, "Very good, especially the improvement of the electronic system and power system, its level is simply incredible, I don't know what kind of speed limit this ship can reach?" ”

"As the name suggests, the interceptor means to intercept the pursuit, if you want to catch up with the enemy, you must have a faster speed than it, more accurate positioning, and capture it in one fell swoop, which is the ultimate purpose of the interceptor ship is designed."

"If the Vampire's Black Snake 130 engine is used, the ship's maximum speed should exceed 30,000 meters per second." Ling Feng said.

Xia Fei said incredulously: "So fast? ”

Ling Feng smiled, "This is not its limit, it is said that there are several warships of the same type that have been modified to the limit, and the speed has broken fifty thousand, and this ship has not had time to be modified because it has just arrived." ”

Xia Fei lit a cigarette and thought for a while, "Is the engine system of this ship the same as that of an ordinary frigate?" ”

"Well, the same, the reason why it can have the current speed is because the jump operation unit is much more powerful than ordinary frigates, and the increase in cruising speed is due to the lightweight design of the hull, and the weight of the Ares-class interceptor is only one-tenth of that of ordinary frigates." Ling Feng explained.

Opening a temporary wormhole in the universe is not simple, you need to calculate the most vulnerable nodes in the nearby space, and then use the wormhole generation unit of the jump engine to forcibly tear the space apart and build a path to the distance.

Environmental variables, gravity variables, and connections between nodes all require supercomputers to calculate, and then perform precise energy allocation, which is an incredible amount of data.

The energy generated by the Jump Engine is fixed, and the T2 class ships have improved the Jump Computing Unit to build a temporary wormhole with a longer distance with the same energy unit.

As for the increase in cruising speed, the interceptor ship has abandoned the bulky hull, adopted a lightweight design and multiple thruster assistance, and sacrificed the defensive performance and firepower of the battleship to pursue the maximum speed.

Xia Fei figured all this and said: "I understand, the biggest use of this T2-class battleship is not to intercept opponents in the real sense, but to search and discover, because its fragile armor and poor firepower cannot bring any threat to the enemy at all."

"Brother, you really see it clearly, the interceptor ship is mainly to cooperate with the fleet pursuit, and it can be intercepted when the enemy is not strong, if it is the vampire that meets you, it is to borrow my courage and dare not approach. After all, the Vampire's firepower and energy plundering system are too perverted, and without energy, the Ares class can't play even if it's fast. ”

Xia Fei said with a smile: "At present, the mainstream of warship development is multi-ship cooperative operations, all warships have their own advantages and disadvantages, an excellent warship is never afraid of shortcomings, what is afraid is that there is no specialty, in that case it will be mediocre." ”

"Take this Ares-class, you can't deny it because of its poor armor and firepower, the fighter is fleeting, and when it needs to advance quickly, the advantages of this type of ship will be revealed."

When it comes to the battleship Xia Fei, he can't help but think of the mysterious Titan-class battleship, no battleship in the world is perfect, this law can be used everywhere except for the Titan battleship, after all, the Titan class has long been out of the concept of battleship and has become the terminator of the universe.

"What are you thinking?" Ling Feng stood up and took two bottles of energy drinks from the refrigerator, one of which was handed to Xia Fei.

"I'm thinking that if a person wants to roam in the universe, it is absolutely not enough to have only one warship, and several warships with different styles and distinctive characteristics should be configured to deal with different tactical needs." Xia Fei replied.

"That's right." Ling Feng said: "It's best to have a group of trustworthy teammates to form a composite full-featured fleet, each performing its own duties, so that you can maximize your combat effectiveness." ”

Xia Fei smiled slightly, "Third Brother Ling, where can I sell this kind of interceptor?" ”

Ling Feng patted Xia Fei on the shoulder, "Brother, it's not me who strikes you, T2-level warships can't be bought anywhere at the moment, the four warship companies have just completed the research and development of this kind of warship, let's take this ship as an example, our adjudicator union is their big customer, so they sent a few over for us to try, and some big companies also got some, no one can say the specific number." ”

Xia Fei nodded with some disappointment, a new type of warship requires a lot of data collection and experiments from research and development to official production, and it really takes more than ten years for T2-level warships to be put into large-scale production.

"You can talk to Lord Thuram, who is the first person in charge of the weapons and equipment department, and maybe there is some hope." Ling Feng saw Xia Fei's disappointment, so he said.

"But be prepared, I've heard that the cost of the interceptor is likely to exceed two billion stars."

Poof

Xia Fei was drinking an energy drink, and when he heard this sentence, he couldn't spit it out, "Two billion star coins can buy a brand-new cruiser-class battleship, but it's really expensive." ”

The last time Thuram sold Xia Fei's Gaia Company second-class cruiser to Fury, it only cost 500 million star coins, and the cost of this small interceptor ship exceeded 2 billion, and Xia Fei can't get so much money even if he smashes the pot and sells iron.

"There is no way, the cost of new warships is always very high at the beginning, and with mass production and process optimization, the price will gradually decrease." Ling Feng said.

Xia Fei shook his head, and put the idea of buying a T2-level warship down for the time being, at present, he only has a little more than 1.4 billion funds in his account, and Xia Fei plans to continue to invest this money in the Quantum Company.

As soon as the energy shield synergistic device is put into production, the profits will naturally roll in, and it is always difficult for any company to get through the beginning, and what needs to be done now is to survive this time.

……

On the periphery of the capital's star circle, a hidden asteroid belt.

It took only nine days to reach the capital circle from the border area of the alliance, a full week shorter than originally planned, which shows the speed of the interceptor's advance.

In the starry sky, a Gadari Company Caracal-class cruiser was quietly moored, the two ships opened their docking compartments at the same time, and Xia Fei and Ling Feng stood at the entrance of the passage waiting for Thuram's arrival.

Before anyone arrived, Thuram's hearty laughter could be heard in the distance.

"Uncle Thuram, you've always been nice." Xia Fei took two steps to meet him and said.

"It's not the same as before, staying in the office all day and doing nothing, I'm about to suffocate to death."

He was accompanied by two brothers, Ling Xiao and Ling Yun, the Ling brothers who had made great contributions in the campaign to exterminate the Feather Killers, and were now entrusted with important tasks by Thuram, and they often took them with them when they went out, and their identities were different from the past.

After greeting the Ling brothers, Uncle Potter happened to come out of the room at this time, and as soon as Thuram saw Potter's eyes flashing, the two of them nodded their heads, like old friends who hadn't seen each other for many years, but didn't say a word.

Xia Fei secretly felt weird, could it be that Thuram and Uncle Potter knew each other?

"Immediately set off for the Endaro Star Domain, Qin Mang's old thing doesn't know if it's dead." Thuram commanded with his hands behind his back.

"Yes," Ling Feng immediately conveyed his order to the command room.

"Xia Fei, you come with me." Thuram said mysteriously.

Calling Xia Fei to his room, Thuram took off his adjudicator union uniform and wore only a tight vest and a pair of shorts, leaned on the bed with a big grin, and said to Xia Fei: "It's not the first time we've met, what are you restrained, just find a place to sit." ”

Xia Fei nodded slightly, pulled over a chair and sat on the side of Thuram, and lit a red tower mountain for himself.

"You may not understand why someone would target you for no apparent reason." Thuram said in a deep voice: "Actually, I can't figure it out, Qin Mang, this old thing hasn't been in contact with you for a long time, why should he leave it to you?" ”

Xia Fei was stunned, "Your consciousness is that the old man plans to leave something for me?" That's why someone is secretly obstructing? ”V