Chapter 43 Ship Renovation
After passing the space jump point, the [Blue Rose] has entered the normal stage, and before reaching the next jump point, the fleet will travel at a fourth cosmic speed of 120 miles per second through the obstacle area with complex gravitational and radiation environments all over nebulae, motes, asteroids, and boulders.
Only by passing through the obstacle zone and reaching the safe transition channel marked in the navigator's database can the spacecraft initiate a gravity jump to make a jump. In obstacle areas or unidentified airspace passages, gravitational acceleration is used to make high-speed jumps, which usually end in the destruction of ships and deaths.
And even if you are sailing on a jump channel, sailing in a public star field, it is not the same as a regular interstellar channel that regularly cleans the channel, maps the interstellar route, and updates the navigation data.
Here, no one is monitoring the shipping lanes, no one is telling you which comet or something is in your way in the constantly moving universe. No one has cleaned up these threats and developed safer and more reasonable interstellar routes. You can only rely on yourself.
However, with modern interstellar navigation technology, as long as you don't encounter a newly formed black hole or encounter extreme threats such as planetary collisions and explosions at close range, most small obstacles can be completely avoided by relying on the ship's radar, interstellar jump channel map and unmanned pathfinder.
Thirty hours after entering the first jump, the fleet passed through three obstacle zones in a row, and after passing through two jump passages, finally reached the jump point of this numbered BO system. It took several more days of trekking for the fleet to reach the entrance to the third public galaxy ground hop.
Such a jumping point. The fleet had eleven more to go.
For many people, being stuck on a ship for a long time is an interstellar voyage. Undoubtedly boring. However, for Tian Xingjian, it seemed full of interest.
Especially in the first few days, the fat man found that he was the brightest star on this ship. The trainees who were sent to exchange at the same time, as well as the officers and men on the ship, made no secret of their excitement when they saw the idol.
The fat man was also excited. I'm an idol?! It's amazing! The fat man with infinite vanity and satisfaction diligently signs for everyone every day, and his hands are soft.
In addition to giving autographs, fat people like to do the most things every day. It's about dangling in front of people to accept compliments. Even at night, he would ask Carl, who lived in the same rest cabin, to sing praises several times.
After several days of enjoying himself, he himself began to get tired of the enthusiasm of the people, especially when the fat man forced the big head Carl to slap his ass continuously, causing Carl to vomit and foam at the mouth several times.
Boring sailing. It seemed to swallow everyone's spirits, and after a long time, most of the people on the ship seemed a little languishing and not interested in anything. But fat people are different, he is born to find something interesting for himself in such an environment. As soon as he turned his head, he became obsessed with the new destroyer he was on.
In the past, although the fat man had also been on a warship, they were just some old ships with no research value. Moreover, it is usually carried in the transport compartment. Airdrops come and go. The time is also short.
This time. During this long journey of nearly a month, I was able to get up close and personal with a new destroyer. For the fat guy who is working on Casper's work log. It's a great learning opportunity.
If anything, it represents the space age. Undoubtedly. These are the ships that sail in the vastness of the universe.
In the era of great exploration, human beings used all kinds of spaceships to jump out of the galaxy and extend the footprints of human civilization to the depths of the universe.
In that great history, explorers, piloting spaceships, rushed into one interstellar jump point after another. Youdi succeeded, piloted the scarred spaceship back, brought them back to find that they became rich overnight and became famous all over the world. And some, together with their ships, remained in the vast universe forever. Become a part of a cosmic celestial body.
Until now, in many remote public galaxies, you can still stumble upon shipwrecks. The wreckage, some of which floated silently, became a sign of being watched by ships passing through the shipping lanes, while others wandered around the universe. It became the legendary ghost ship. Every few years, or decades, people can see them disappear into the depths of the universe.
Becoming a captain of a warship that crosses the universe is the dream of many people in this era since childhood. For curious humans, the depths of the universe, the vastness of space, and the legends of famous explorers in history are always full of temptation.
As far as this war era is concerned, the beautiful uniforms of the Space Force, the colossal ships gliding in the silent universe, the brilliant salvos of main guns in battle, and the elite teams that are strictly selected and cultivated are symbols of identity and glory.
The fat man actually wanted to apply for the space fleet at the beginning. For that awesome uniform and treatment much higher than that of the army. To this end, he memorized almost all the structural drawings of military and civilian ships that he could see in the mechanical training camp. Familiar with the ship's structure, power, weapons, radar and other systems.
However, in the end he did not get on the ship either, but
The 5th Armored Division of the Aviation Marine Corps. The reason is the size of this guy, squeezed into a small escape pod in an emergency.
It's so hurtful to my self-esteem.
With the resentment of being wiped out by the fleet before, and the need to study Casper's work log, he hung two purple insignia of the Medal of Freedom and went in and around the destroyer.
Of course, even if you are a Federation hero, on a battleship, such behavior is not welcome.
"Huh! What is it? The fat man asked curiously, standing in the clean, almost spotless power compartment, looking at the huge quadruple gravity acceleration engine in the middle of the cabin.
"This is the new quadruple gravity acceleration engine. Captain. One of the ensigns on duty in the power compartment replied with a blank expression.
The power compartment is the core area of the cruiser, and there is no special approval, let alone the passengers on the battleship, even if it is an active officer and soldier on the ship. You can't just enter either. However, the fat man broke in with two purple medals of freedom pinned to his chest. Look east and west, look at the look of a curious baby.
No way. The second lieutenant could only send someone to inform the captain, and at the same time followed the fat man step by step, blocking his curious eyes and wandering steps without a trace.
"Hey, what is this?" The fat man took a few steps and asked.
The second lieutenant was stunned: "What? ”
"That's it, that's it." Fat people are more hands-on.
The ensign walked up to the fat man's angle and looked down his hand: "Colonel." This is the Quad Gravity Acceleration Engine! ”
"Oh!" The fat man scratched his head in confusion, looked at the engine from a different angle, and asked, "Look at it this way, or the quadruple gravity acceleration engine?" ”
The second lieutenant collapsed, what's wrong with this fat man, isn't it the same engine from another angle?
"Huh. It's not the same this time, right? Don't tell me it's still a quad gravity engine! ”
“………”
By the time the captain Chekov hurried after receiving the report, the fat man was already gone. In the power compartment, only a sluggish-looking ensign remained.
Although it succeeded in stopping the fat man from looking around, the cost was too great. It was a nightmare for the commander who was asked curiously a hundred and eighty times and had to answer the same thing from a different angle. The dazed lieutenant wondered if he would rush into the kitchen and pick up a kitchen knife and cry and slash if the fat man asked a few more times.
From this day on, the fat man began his research work. Every day, he either drills around in the walls of the line pipes or squats next to the energy system's return pipe network. Holding his chin in a daze. Not again. Just circling around the main engine, changing angles as they go. While taking his eyes to look at the second lieutenant on duty.
Fat man this toss. More than 500 officers and men of the entire battleship and more than 40 trainees who went to Chakna for exchange and study, the originally quiet and boring voyage was suddenly lively in the midst of chickens flying and dogs jumping. The trainees are watching the excitement. The officers and men on board were all worried.
I heard that this fat man has driven several people crazy!
…………
Just looking at it the other day, the fighters of the destroyer did not feel anything. Who knows, later, even more devastating things happened.
This fat man actually got his hands dirty. Put an automatic maintenance arm on the arm and start to catch what to dismantle, disassemble it to see it and install it again.
Radar, fire control, energy turret, main gun, torpedo bay, missile launcher, engine vent, control system, everything, none escaped the clutches of this fat man! I often look at a certain device for a long time, and then roll up my sleeves and open it!
It's not a toy, it's a new destroyer on the way! Is this something that can be played with casually?
It's just that this fat man is a federal hero, and he can't be beaten or scolded. Even the captain's ban didn't work for him. With his two Purple Emblem Medals of Freedom, not to mention the cabin of a small destroyer, even the classified archives, strategic conference rooms, and command rooms of the Command, he can go all the way.
If you insist on blocking him, then you must be mentally prepared to be molested by him. This fat man's tricks are endless, asking the same thing hundreds and eighty times is a trivial meaning, taking nude photos of you while you are not paying attention, playing cards and cheating to win your money and then coercing you, spreading rumors about your sexual orientation and even stealing female soldiers' underwear to play and planting blame, this hero can also do it!
Is this really a Federation hero?
Many people are still in the dark, at least, the first thing the person who is driven crazy is to tear off the fat man's signature!
The most troublesome thing is Colonel Chekov, the captain of the destroyer [Blue Rose].
As a destroyer captain who has been through a hundred battles, has been promoted step by step from the fire observer of the cruiser USS Silent Sea Shark of the Fourth Mixed Fleet of the Federation to gunner, gun commander, fire control officer, combat chief, and has dedicated half of his life to space and warships, how can Chekov endure receiving dozens of reports a day, all about the fat man entering the power room, entering the radar room, entering the energy shield generation cabin, entering the women's locker room and the like.
Just by looking at it, it's okay not to listen to your own ban, what makes Chekov crazy is that this fat man even dares to dismantle the equipment by kicking his nose and face! I talked to him myself, and he also called it a high-level transformation of the battleship.
If it weren't for every time this guy was finished, the management damage team would inspect the set
, no damage was found, and there was no word from the ship's central computer malfunction system, Chekov had already arrested this fat man as a saboteur!
For Chekov, the battleship was his life. To put it more figuratively. This new destroyer is the envy of many Space Fleet captains. It's his wife!
Every day, I hear people report that their wives have been manipulated by others dozens of times. After looking up and down all over his body and touching it, you can imagine what Chekov felt in his heart.
It doesn't matter what the this fat guy is a hero. Anyway, Chekov didn't like him! For several days in a row, Chekov waited for an opportunity to break some part of the fat man and lock him up for sabotage of military equipment. Put it back when you get to Chucna!
"Report to the captain, Colonel Tian Xingjian has entered the power compartment again." The chief engineer ran up to Chekov and reported: "He is disassembling the PTO lead inverter." ”
"What?" Chekov was taken aback, power take-off lead inverter. It is the key part of the battleship's power system to adjust the power of the main jet in the tail, control the speed and carry out emergency evasion in battle, how can this thing be touched casually?
"It's a backup system." Chief Engineer explained.
"Oh." Chekov involuntarily breathed a sigh of relief. Then he said with a pale face: "This idiot can't stop for a while?" …… Tell the maintenance department to send someone to watch and don't let him break the backup system. That's what we're trying to do! ”
"Called" the chief engineer drooped his head: "The people from the maintenance department were driven out by him." ”
"Kicked out?! In my battleship, he drove out my locals?! "Chekov couldn't control his emotions anymore. "What the hell is this fat man trying to do?!" ”
Colonel Tian said......" The chief engineer looked at Chekov cautiously and said, "He is playing high-tech work, and he can't let people steal technology." ”
"it!" Chekov felt like his head was going to explode: "He is going to dismantle our things everywhere and still won't let us see them, so that we don't steal his skills?!" …… The most nonsense is, you just let him blow it out?! ”
In front of the thunderous captain, the chief engineer didn't want to nod. But. But he could only nod.
"I don't believe it yet!" Chekov got up from the bridge command seat, pulled his legs and walked to the power compartment.
Watch as the iron-faced Chekov whistling through the ship's corridor towards the power compartment. Whether it's a restaurant along the way. Recreation room, reading room or training pod. The rest cabin, everyone was taken aback.
"What's wrong?" Everyone looked at each other: "What are you doing with that fat man?" ”
"Go check it out. Who places the power compartment ground bet? ”
"I'm down. Bet on driving two crazy! Let's make one! … If you go crazy, I'll take the money. ”
"I didn't get out of the power cabin, I bet on driving Captain Chekov crazy."
“……”
When a dozen people, including Helen, followed Chekov and rushed to the power compartment. The fat man just closed the cover of the semi-cylindrical lead inverter. Clapping your hands. It looks like it's done.
"Colonel Tian!" Chekov rushed to the fat man and said angrily: "What the hell do you want to do? If you don't understand. I can tell you that this is the latest new Crowe-class destroyer built by the Federation, costing 640 million Le, and it took a year to build, and all the weapons and components are condensed with the most cutting-edge technology of the Federation! Do you think that such a warship used to defend the country is a toy that you can disassemble in any way? ”
As soon as Chekov spoke, the students, who had come to see the excitement, suddenly felt that this fat man was a little too much. For these soldiers who are on the ship and the soldiers who are dead on the ship, the battleship is the guarantee of their survival and the weapon they fight!
And the fat man, who is tossing around in the battleship as an army commander, has he considered the feelings of the officers and men of the battleship, has he taken the already weak national force of the Federation to heart, what does he want to do?
Everyone's eyes are focused on the fat man.
The fat man said aggrievedly: "Colonel Chekov, I told you a long time ago, I am helping to transform the battleship and make it more combative." Although it is a new type of warship that integrates cutting-edge technology, there are many shortcomings in the design, or there is room for improving performance. ”
"Don't come with me!" Chekov said angrily: "You are the Army. Do you think you know more about battleships than we do? What kind of transformation, just rely on the data and drawings you give to the maintenance department that everyone can't understand? You are fooling around like this, you are treason! ”
Helen looked at the fat man with mixed feelings, she didn't know why this federal hero was such a lewd fat man who acted inexplicably. These days, she has been secretly observing the fat man's every move, and all the fat man's behaviors are watched by her.
Treason may not be discussed, but this fat man will never be a Federation hero!
"Treason? ......" The fat man was stunned by Chekov's big hat, and was about to speak, when suddenly, on the bulkhead, the red siren light spun around quickly, and then a sharp and piercing siren sounded throughout the destroyer. At the same time, the mournful screams of the intelligence officer on the bridge were heard on the radio.
"Enemy attack!"