Chapter 312: Tank Type 1
Rocky's idea can be said to have surprised Orton and the others.
First, they didn't expect Rocky to have such a different view of the design of the Warframe, and his opinion may not be very profound, but it is indeed completely different from what ordinary people think.
Second, it is also because everything Lodge said is very inspiring to Orton and others, for example, he thinks that in the design of special armor for land warfare, the current thinking is too conservative, and it is too rigid to say that it is too rigid, and if you think about it carefully, it seems to be the case.
After all, the special armor for land warfare is specially used for ground combat, since it is specially used for ground warfare, then it can be in terms of design ideas, and it should be different from the normal air demon armor, but now all models of special armor for land warfare have not done this.
Today's special armor for land warfare still follows the normal armor in terms of design ideas, the difference is only that more armor has been added and more weapons have been equipped, but the result has become a bloated four-like, which can neither be as free and flexible as normal armor in air and land, nor can it have real combat significance on land, so that it has not been popularized for so many years.
At this point, Rocky's words can be said to have made Orton and the others pause, and immediately opened up new ideas.
However, although a few people have opened up new ideas, they can also see that since Rocky has such a unique point of view, he should also have an idea of what the special armor for land warfare should look like.
So after that, Hammerfire and Aniye asked one after another.
When they asked, Rocky nodded as expected, he did have an idea of what kind of new armor he wanted!
It's just that Rocky is now facing all masters after all, and everyone is an authority in their own field, which makes him inevitably a little nervous and restrained, and he thought for a while before he spoke:
"I think that since it is a special armor for land warfare, it is better to remove the flight system. ”
"What?"
"You louder, I didn't hear clearly?"
As Rocky finished saying this, Orton and the others widened their eyes one after another, not surprised, but incredulous!
Indeed, Rocky's idea is at least a little too shocking and incredible for the people of this world, because a large part of the reason why the Air Demon Warframe is called the strongest individual weapon is that it has the ability to fly freely, and if there is no Air Demon Warframe with the ability to fly, can it still be called an Air Demon Warframe?!
In this case, after Rocky finished speaking, Orton and the others were stunned, and it was difficult to understand what he was thinking.
As for their reaction, Rocky had expected it, this is normal, after all, the Air Demon Warframe has had the ability to fly since its birth, and it can even be said that people have developed the Air Demon Warframe in order to be able to fly in the air and fight in the air, so the Air Demon Warframe must have the ability to fly, which has become a kind of inertial thinking, a traditional concept, and Rocky's idea is precisely to challenge this concept.
However, whether it is habitual thinking or traditional thinking, it is not necessarily right.
Therefore, in the face of the incomprehension of Orton and others, Rocky did not explain much, because there was no need at all, he only asked rhetorically:
"Is the flight system really essential for land armor?"
Orton's combined IQ was almost breaking through the sky, so there was no need to explain anything to them, just a rhetorical question was enough for them to figure out what Rocky meant.
In fact, if you think about it carefully, since it is a special armor for land warfare, is it really necessary for the flight system to exist?
This is like today's special armor for land warfare, the ability to fly is retained, but it can neither fly high, nor fly far, and not fly fast, but for any air magic armor, the flight system is the most consuming of magic energy, so today's special armor for land warfare is equivalent to consuming a lot of magic energy in vain, but it can't be used for practical purposes at all.
Besides, since it is a special armor for land warfare, it is specially used to deal with land targets, so what do you want to fly? If flying can increase the maneuverability of the warframe, then changing to other methods, such as taxiing and jumping, can also achieve the same effect by increasing the ability of the battleframe!
Therefore, Rocky thinks that if it is designed according to its own standards, the special armor for land combat must first remove the flight system, so that a lot of magic energy can be saved, which can be used to strengthen other aspects of the armor.
"You go on......"
And when his rhetorical question was over, Orton and the others fell into deep thought, and several people's heads were spinning rapidly at this time, considering countless possibilities, so they didn't speak, until a long time later, Anier frowned and waved his hand, signaling Lodge to continue.
Seeing that Orton and the others had come to their senses, Rocky continued to speak:
"While removing the flight system, I wanted to change the way the Marines move as well, keeping the upper body of the humanoid armor but changing the lower body to a chassis design. ”
"Chassis, the kind of chassis of a horse-drawn carriage, which moves on wheels?"
Hearing Rocky's words, Hammerfire frowned and asked on the side.
"This is understandable, but not entirely true, because the design does not move directly on wheels, but through tracks. ”
"Tracks?"
Hearing such an unfamiliar word from Rocky's mouth, not only Hammer Fire was stunned, but even Orton, Anier and Proya were also stunned, and the four of them looked at him in unison.
In this regard, Lodge did not explain too much, but walked directly to the small blackboard in the research room, erased all the formulas originally written on it, drew a track on the blackboard with chalk, and then pointed to the track and said:
"This is the track, but I had a simple idea, which is a kind of soft chain link that is driven by several wheels. ”
"This thing ......"
When Lodge had drawn the rough outline of the tracks, Hammerfire jumped off the table, walked to the blackboard, and climbed up his small ladder, on which he stood and looked at it carefully.
After looking at it for a while, he took the chalk from Rocky's hand and drew a structural drawing of the track on the blackboard!
"You mean, right?"
"Yes, yes! That's it!"
I didn't expect Hammer Fire to be so smart, he just briefly talked about the structure and purpose of the track, he immediately understood, and even figured out the structure, which made Rocky immediately nod his head, and immediately said: "If this kind of track is mounted on the chassis and driven by magic energy, it can replace the wheels, so that it can move quickly whether it is flat or mountainous, or even in sand." ”
"That's what I want to do......"
Afraid that Hammer Fire would not understand what he meant, Rocky hurriedly drew his thoughts on the blackboard while talking, his drawing ability is naturally very poor, so the things drawn are not very good-looking, not even much image, but the general appearance comes out.
The new road armor drawn by him has a tank-like territory, but the upper body is humanoid, no, it can't be said to be humanoid, it can only be said to be very humanoid, because Rocky changed the arm of the armor directly into a cannon barrel, just like the magic cannon in the left hand of the armor worn by Monte, and also carried two cannon barrels on his shoulder.
When he drew the picture, Orton and the others gathered around and listened to Rocky explain:
"I imagine a new generation of special armor for land warfare, this is what it looks like, there are several advantages of this design, the first is that it is more convenient to move, with magic energy as power, the speed of track movement can even be much faster than that of a carriage, and today's land armor cannot be compared with this at all, so it solves the problem of mobility. ”
"In addition, due to the removal of the flight system, a large part of the magic energy of the battle armor has been saved, and these magic energy can be used in the defense system to form a more powerful defense network, so that there is no need to equip too heavy armor. ”
"At the same time, I think this kind of armor is not allowed to be equipped with too many weapons, as long as the power of the weapon is enough, then only need to be equipped with three practical weapons in the distance, such as this shoulder-mounted magic cannon, which is used for long-distance bombing, and the hand burst magic energy launcher is used for white-edged combat. ”
"Using this armor to advance or defend with the soldiers is equivalent to having a turret that can really move quickly on the battlefield and can provide firepower output in time, which is much more practical than the current land armor. ”
In a few words, Rocky said all his thoughts, and then looked at Orton and the others.
It's just that when he looked at Orton and the others, he found that the four of them were all frowning, and no one paid attention to her, all of them were staring at the small blackboard.
After a long while, Hammer Fire spoke: "You designed it like this, how does the Sky Demon Warrior operate?"
"Just sit in it. ”
While speaking, Rocky drew a seated figure on the blackboard, indicating that the Sky Demon Warrior only needed to sit in the armor and operate.
"What about the ability to vent?"
At this time, Orton also asked.
"You can give up the air defense capability, because this is a special battle armor for land warfare, if there is an enemy in the air, you can hand it over to the normal air magic battle armor to deal with, if it really doesn't work, you can also equip air defense weapons, because the size of this battle armor can not be too small, otherwise the chassis is unstable, so there is still space to equip air defense weapons on the battle armor. ”
"What do you want from the magic power?"
"The requirements for magical energy will not be very high, because ......"
Obviously, Rocky's idea has aroused great interest from Orton and others, so after that, several people gathered around him and the small blackboard, and kept asking questions, some questions Rocky already had answers, and some questions he couldn't answer because he was too professional, but even if it was a question he couldn't answer, Orton and the others would unconsciously find the answer by themselves, and a discussion around Rocky's idea of a new road armor began.
Orton and the others discussed for a long time about the new type of armor he envisioned, and thought of almost all the problems from all aspects, because they were really very interested in this idea, and even extended to many other issues as the discussion deepened.
"I think this warframe can be used perfectly with normal warframes. ”
Glancing at the small blackboard, Proya said: "The idea that Rocky mentioned before is very good, since it is a special battle armor for land warfare, it can indeed abandon the ability to fly, so why don't we modify the normal battle armor into a special battle armor for land warfare? ”
"That's right, this armor is to be used as a mobile turret, providing continuous fire support in battle. ”
"Not only that, but we can also design a variety of models, which can focus on white-knuckle warfare, or focus on long-range strikes, and even those that are specifically designed for air defense. ”
"Yes, yes! You can't be too narrow-minded, you have to think boldly!"
Around the new armor conceived by Rocky, the four masters had a long and heated discussion, as mentioned before, Rocky's idea opened a door for them, so that their already solidified thinking was instantly relieved, in this case, the ideas of several people immediately became like wild horses, reliable, unreliable, achievable, impossible to achieve, in short, all kinds of ideas came out.
In the midst of this discussion, time quickly passed into the middle of the night, and it was only then that the conversation finally turned back to the new Warframe that Rocky had in mind.
"City Lord boy, your idea is very good! it's better than what I designed before!"
After a series of discussions, Hammer Fire stopped glaring at Rocky's beard, but praised him with satisfaction, and then said:
"The new armor will be designed according to your idea, you will come over tomorrow, and the two of us will draw the design drawings together!"
"Good!"
Hearing Hammer Fire say this, Rocky immediately nodded excitedly, and waited until a few people discussed it for a while before leaving the institute.
However, although he left the research institute, Orton and the others were discussing, but this time it was not a fanciful idea, and the focus of their discussion was on how to turn Rocky's idea into reality, so the next day, when Rocky came to the research institute again, Hammerfire and the others had already thought about all aspects of this new armor he envisioned.
"City Lord Boy, since this armor is your idea, then you are qualified to name it, have you thought of a name?"
The next day, when Lodge arrives at the institute and begins drafting the blueprints for the new armor with Hammerfire, Hammerfire asks.
"I've thought about it. To this question, Rocky smiled and nodded, and then blurted out: "It's called the Marine Tank Type 1 Armor." ”