Cheapness is indeed the feature of this starship, and Chu Jungui also knows that the cost of the starship he built is not high, but he didn't expect this to become the biggest feature in the eyes of Dr. Zero.

"This feature doesn't seem to be very useful. ”

Dr. Zero smiled and said, "It's not very useful for the moment, but it has a very far-reaching meaning in the long run. Although your starship, how to say it, the comprehensive combat power is only equivalent to a light cruiser, and the service life is only 15% of that of a normal starship. But its cost is less than 10% of that of a regular starship. Therefore, the price-performance ratio is excellent, especially in wartime, after all, no starship can guarantee the natural end of the life of the hull in service. ”

Chu Jungui finally understood, this means that although the things he made were rotten, they were fortunately cheaper, so they were still very desirable.

However, this is the time of war, and the lifespan of any starship during the war may only be a few months or even less, and the most useless attribute at this time is the hull life.

The Doctor continued to analyze the blueprints, and after a moment said, "Well, if you take into account the cost of energy and labor, this starship will be cheaper. If I had to give a suggestion, it would be that the power furnace could be replaced with a fusion energy package. Fusion energy is also cheap and doesn't diminish the design's core strengths, and its fuel is very readily available and can be easily replenished across all fields. And the energy supply that your power furnace must use special fuel, and from this point of view, it does not have the value of mass production. ”

Chu Jungui originally just wanted to maintain the war, just not to lose, and did not think about the problem of mass production. However, what the Doctor said also makes sense, the advantages of infinite energy can only be fully realized on Planet 4.

The Doctor put away the blueprint of the starship and said, "Originally, I came here to ask you to produce more deep-sea energy storage liquid, and this level of goods will always be in short supply. But now that I've seen your blueprints, I've got a new interest. I'm ready to order one, well, the delivery date is not very urgent, it will be in three months. I'll let you know where the delivery will be, and I'll arrange for a high-speed cargo ship to come over and bring some fusion energy packs over as a power source for the new starship. However, the power of the fusion pack is indeed a little smaller, so let's reduce one main gun and replace it with two. ”

Chu Jun wrote them down one by one, and then asked, "Why do you need a starship too?"

"Not me, but some of my ...... Friends, special friends. They need some clean starships that aren't in the database to do something special. Starships can't be too bad, and then the cheaper the better. ”

"You order a starship from me and sell it to them?"

"Yes. My research projects are a bit too much, and the research funding is sometimes not sufficient, so I occasionally need to open up some channels for supplementation. Starships are priced at 300 million units, how about it?"

"Yes. "Chu Jungui didn't know much about the pricing method of starships, and now there was no room for bargaining with the doctor, so he acquiesced to this price.

Dr. Zero was quite satisfied with the result, and smiled and said, "It seems that I will have to give you a few new drawings next time, maybe it will surprise me more." Now there's an unexpected news that I didn't want to tell you, but now it doesn't matter. ”

The Doctor paused and said, "I have a little bit of gossip about this war. The Battle of the Vertical Line was quite successful, mobilizing and pinning down more than 20% of the Federation's starship fleet and mobile forces in one fell swoop. Now the top of the federation is very uncomfortable and wants to tear down our stronghold deep in the country. However, with the support of natural wormholes, the dynasty's supplies and soldiers can be sent to the front line in a steady stream, and it is unlikely that the Federation wants to fight us back. ”

The doctor glanced at Chu Jungui and said meaningfully, "This is also the reason why there are almost no supplies for this war zone. The amount of materials needed over there is too great, and the results achieved by the use of materials are higher, and the pressure on the Federation is even greater. In addition, Xu Bingyan now has a very high prestige in the army, and the momentum of one person is about to overwhelm the entire Lin family, and in the case that Lin Xuanshang has not yet stepped down as the commander of the Ninth Fleet, the supply here can only be like this. ”

"Is this politics?"

"It's politics, it's military. ”

Chu Jungui nodded and didn't ask any more. Politics is the game of the upper echelons, and all he has to do now is survive.

"The message I would say is that the Federation is interested in ending this war, and they are close to relinquishing control of the galaxy at the end of the longitudinal line. And in order to negotiate something more, it is possible to launch a large-scale attack in this theater of operations to destroy or expel the Ninth Fleet. So all you have to do is withstand this round of offensive and delay as much time as possible. This round of federal offensive did not last long. ”

"I see. ”

"Remember, stall for time. It's also a good idea to hide back on the planet's surface if necessary. Your planet is in a pretty good environment, and no one will be able to find you if you hide for a while. The doctor was half-joking, half-serious.

When the doctor's image disappeared, Chu Jungui opened the hall door and asked people to come in to pick up the materials sent, and at the same time arrange a new round of energy storage liquid production.

This batch of energy storage liquid is not to be traded, but is intended to be used on its own starship.

Leaving Hall 2, Chu Jungui rushed headlong into the laboratory to revise the design of the starship. A full 20-hour later, the new Starship design was released.

The Nova is smaller, with only one Plan A main gun, and its structure is simpler, with almost no space jumping ability, and can only jump to a light year away. However, the new starship is cheaper and the construction period is shorter, basically one can be built in ten days, just enough to use up all the equipment accumulated in Chu Jungui's hands.

The new starship has firepower close to heavy cruise, but its performance is too poor in other aspects, and its comprehensive combat power is only equivalent to that of a destroyer, or the bottom of the destroyer. But when used well, its extraordinarily terrifying firepower can do something unexpected.

After receiving Dr. Zero's warning, Chu Jungui is now fully expanding his armaments and preparing for the upcoming attack of the Federation.

Time passed quietly, and the N7703 system, which had been quiet for a while, once again welcomed a visitor, an imposing Federation mobile fleet.

In the center of the fleet, two heavy cruisers of the same type as the Obsidian were walking side by side, surrounded by seven large and small starships, which together formed an extraordinary hunting and destroying fleet.

They had received information about the Swan's activities in the area, and they also knew that there were starships of unknown forces hidden in the system. So the Federation has formed this powerful hunting fleet to find and hunt down the Swan and her followers.

This battle will be overwhelming, the Federation thinks so.