Eric looked through the portholes around the ship and looked at the Dawn Furnace Star at hand. Rather Even in the many foundry worlds of the empire, Xiaoluxing is a relatively industrially developed world.

It is the most industrialized imperial world in the Livingston system, with a ring base that orbits the entire planet revolving with the planet itself above the equator of Dawn Furnace, and hundreds of orbital docks on it contribute to the Empire's interstellar transportation capabilities and naval power.

In a way, Dawn Furnace is even more important than the planetary capital of the Livingston system, Raven.

If you rank the importance of each world in the empire from beginning to end, then an ordinary person can almost see the name of Xiaolu Star in a day from the front and back.

And this is already an extremely high ranking among the countless empires of the planets in the territory······ Anyone who knows a little about warships knows that building large warships has always been a time-consuming and complex project.

The cost of building a frigate of the Imperial Navy alone is often worth the sum of all the weapons and equipment of an ordinary Astral Corps soldier.

Even those who don't know anything about warships, when they see those large warships that are tens or even hundreds of kilometers long, know that it is not easy to build such a behemoth.

A super-heavy tank is a massive steel fortress for an astral army, and the Emperor-class Titan, one of the Empire's largest ground vehicles to date, is an impassable hill of steel for an astral army.

But among the ships of the Imperial Navy, even the smallest frigate was several kilometers long. And it was nearly ten times longer than an Emperor-class Titan.

If a frigate is considered an Imperial Navy, then the Emperor-class Titan is only the size of the palm of the Imperial Navy.

The disparity in size between the two is staggering. One can imagine how much manpower, material resources would have been spent on the construction of such a frigate.

Rather, compared to the battleship, the real main battleship of the Imperial Navy, the frigate that far surpassed the size of the Emperor-class Titans was nothing more than it

"Palm" size. And if compared with the real behemoths in space, the Colossus, the Juggernaut and other weapons of war, the frigate is not to mention it

"Palm", even when it is

None of the qualifications for the "thumb". Building this planetary war weapon is as difficult and requires as much resources as building a steel planet from scratch with a structural design that is as sophisticated as a screw.

Even for the current empire, it is not a random casting world that is capable of building a space weapon of this scale.

One of them is the Dawn Star, which is a testament to its industrial production and construction capabilities.

But for some ordinary casting worlds, the preliminary work of building a large ship alone, including the earliest planning, design, and construction of facilities, as well as the training of personnel and the preparation of materials, took years.

Although it is said that sharpening knives is not wrong for woodcutters, the actual construction work is not expected to be faster. During the complex construction process, which lasted for several years, there were always various problems that arose.

It is better to build a large warship with a length of more than ten kilometers, and the consumption of both materials and costs is very huge.

Although the cost of building a battleship was nothing for the Empire, it was entirely due to the Empire's large size, not because the battleship was too cheap.

Behind the materials of a battleship that has not yet begun construction are the fruits of the work of tens of thousands of imperial citizens who have worked diligently for years and decades.

Being responsible for something so important, it's not hard to imagine that spaceship designers and engineers are under tremendous pressure.

Moreover, the feuds, political deals, and budget disputes between the imperial bureaucrats are incredibly complex.

Although the corrupt officials and incompetent wastes in the various imperial worlds have been cleaned up by the Inquisition, the Ministry of Justice, and the Assassin Court led by Sivir, most of the remaining people are loyal and patriotic, and they are all pillars of the country who do practical things.

But it is precisely because these people are capable that there will be disputes over the use of some resources. Whether Ning builds tanks, laser guns, or warships, it is for the empire.

But who uses resources to build what, it will require a heated discussion among these imperial elites. Only when the many planetary governors discuss the results, or if the Terra government gives a definite order, will these politically savvy imperial elites finalize the construction plan.

And once the construction plan is approved and the construction of the ship officially begins, an imperial world will be willing to spend decades to complete the project.

At this point, even a small design change can cost countless materials and tens of thousands of hours of labor.

Building large warships has always been a time-consuming and complex undertaking. But that's for the normal casting world.

For Xiaoluxing, who specializes in shipbuilding, building large warships is not easy, but it is not difficult.

Before the Livingston system was enveloped by a subspace storm, Dawn Furnace, which was proficient in building warships, was never short of orders.

In order for the Empire to have more warships in the face of the large number of Tyranids, the Empire has already placed countless warship orders with Xiaoluxing.

As long as the Terra government doesn't call for a halt, the factories and shipyards on the planet will not stop working for a moment. All for the Empire.

With each additional warship, the Empire has a little more hope of defeating the enemy, and this is a truth that everyone knows.

Although it may have taken years to change the screw of a battleship in the Empire's casting world in the past, Xiaolu Star is not the casting world controlled by the Mechanic Sect in the past.

They will not ruffle, procrastinate, slack off, engage in complicated and mysterious soul pacification rituals, and will try their best to complete the production requirements and tasks of the empire.

And this makes their efficiency fundamentally different from the previous empire's casting world.

Ning's countless Imperial transports crossed the vast sea of stars and docked in the Star Ring base of Dawn Furnace.

Hyarc has concentrated most of its mineral refining facilities on the Star Ring base, and relies on the low-gravity giant refiner to apply new mineral production enhancement technologies.

The numerous minerals are refined into alloys and then further processed on orbit with alloys produced on the surface, producing further usable materials from by-products that would otherwise be wasted.

A large amount of material is then pre-packed into pods and brought with the corresponding distribution drones, which are dropped from the planet's orbit wherever they are needed, on call.

The on-orbit filing system makes efficiency and progress at your fingertips, and all information is integrated and organized, so that the officials and workers on Xiaolu can almost instantly get all kinds of documents that are inseparable from their work.

The on-orbit logistics system transfers logistics operations to an automated system on the Star Ring base, allowing the planet's factories to continue to operate at peak efficiency.

In addition, Xiaolu currently uses modular construction technology to build warships, so after the design is completed, the factory on Xiaolu can build modules from different parts of the ship at the same time, providing a steady stream of assembly materials for the space dock on the Star Ring Base.

These battleship modules that have already been produced only need to be assembled in the Star Ring Dock in the space environment, thus greatly shortening the construction period.

The successful use of the modular open architecture also allows Hyoxing to produce a large number of generic parts in advance for storage and immediate use when needed.

Adopting the design idea of standardization, modularization and openness, the ships produced by modularization can also be easily replaced with different modules after they are built, which is conducive to the modification of these warships according to the situation in the future.

This not only allows them to meet the needs of Imperial captains and war missions, but also allows them to be deeply adjusted according to changing needs to meet the needs of convenient installation.

It also allows them to be removed from damaged ships on the battlefield and given a new lease of life by simply replacing them with different modules and weapon systems.

Based on this, these warships are not only versatile, but also cost-effective and safe. At present, Akalu has built tens of thousands of ships for the Empire, and this number is constantly increasing with the roar of the factories on Akatsura.

Ning ······ As the battleship got closer, Eric could see countless small ships, drones, transports, and other vehicles going back and forth between the Star Ring Base and Dawn Furnace.

At this time, Hyokosung had already begun the post-war reconstruction work, and the factories and facilities affected by the war were being actively repaired.

The factories that have not been affected are constantly working. Although he had just experienced a war, Xiaoluxing immediately returned to work.

Some factories did not stop working even when the Imperial army was fighting against the Chaos Cultists.

For Dawn Furnace and the ring base that surrounds it, not a second can be wasted. At their size, if a factory wastes a second, the amount of work that adds up to that is staggering.

That would be a great waste and would not be allowed by the loyal workers and officials. Unless forced to do so, the people on the planet will not stop their work.

Some people with ill intentions and ulterior motives may wonder if the inhabitants of Dawn Furnace are not

"Forced loyalty", as was the case in some of the previous imperial worlds. But this is complete nonsense.

The reason why these workers worked so hard was entirely out of their faith in the emperor and the Holy Son and their dedication to the empire.

No one persecuted them. They don't toil all day without rest. The factory never stops working due to the fact that it operates in three shifts, rotates repeatedly, and has a large number of automated equipment, so that workers have plenty of rest and leisure time.

Their living conditions are not bad. Although the surface of Ning Xiaoluxing's planet is almost entirely covered with steel, the planet itself is still very suitable for human habitation.

Not exposed to lethal radiation, or poisonous, as some of the foundry worlds once were.

The Climate Optimization Station on the Ring Base provides detailed monitoring of the meteorological conditions on Dawn Furnace, meaning that the Empire can influence the planet's climate at a regional level, making it easy for humans to survive.

The planet's food processing factories also provide plenty of food and water for the Empire's people, and some of the Rogue Trader's fleets come here to sell delicacies from other planets or all sorts of quirky things.

It can be said that the lives of the people of the Empire on the Dawn Furnace Star are very happy. And they also know that no one can provide them with such a living environment except the Empire.

Whether it's a sordid Chaos, a cruel Xenomorph, or a fallen traitor, anyone who wants to destroy the Empire, the people of Dawn will fight it to the end.

Because if you can't get along with the empire, you can't live with their happy life. From the bottom of their hearts, they hoped that the Empire would be able to defeat all enemies.

Rather for the emperor, for the empire, and for themselves. This is the state of affairs in most imperial worlds today.

It is extremely difficult for most Chaos cults to spread in such an imperial world, let alone vigorously develop Protestants, and they can hardly even hide their existence.

Savvy Empire subjects will report these heresies to the Empire as soon as they discover them. They could be factory workers, gangsters on the side of the road, or just ordinary passers-by in the morning.

All the subjects of the empire are the eyes of the empire. Based on the information provided, the Inquisitors of the Empire will uncover these pests that hide in the shadow of the Empire.

And once these heretics are exposed, what awaits them is a thunderous blow from the Empire. Although some people fell into the Chaos Sect, it was not only because of the temptation of words, but also because of the blind power of Chaos, which made some of the people of the empire join the cult out of their own will.

Rather, don't forget, when the Empire implemented psionic awakening, enhanced the psionic power of humans, and allowed humans to move towards the psionic race, most of them signed a soul contract with the emperor.

Just you Chaos Corrupt Man? Don't allow my emperor to purify people? There is no such reason. It only takes the emperor to show a little spirit, and a subject of the empire who has been blinded by chaos to wake up again, and then there is no need to say much about the rest of the matter.

Report, search, takedown, one-stop. Now is not the time when the Empire lets go of a cultist, and then a bunch of cultists pop up in a few days.

Now is the era when the Chaos Cult will be finished as long as it doesn't pull a development target into the sect, and then you see if I don't report you.

It would rather be a pile of cultists that will emerge in a few days, but the Silent Cultivator, the Inquisitor of the Demon Inquisition, or some ash cans that have fallen from the sky.

Times have changed, my lord. Of course, due to the appearance of the Great Rift in the Hazy Star Field, the power of the empire was somewhat stretched, and the support was not so timely.

Although the Emperor has also been strengthened by the appearance of the Great Rift, he has not yet recovered from the previous series of events of the Psionic Incarnation.

And now he is busy recovering his strength to save Sivir, and he has no time to worry about other things. However, this was not a problem for Xiao Luxing, as they had already received the emperor's help.