Chapter 130: The Hive
This middle-aged man named Hunter is about forty years old, but there are not a few hairs left on his head.
In fact, he is as important to the Eagle Sauce Country as Lu Chuan is to the Great Xia Kingdom, and he is also a leading scientific research elite.
The difference is that for many years, Deep Blue has been blocking the news of his existence in order to continue to get genius-like ideas and ideas from his head.
It was only recently that these things happened, and at the request of the Minister of Defense, that he was brought from Deep Blue to meet the president in person.
At this time, the president asked: "You said that the weapon system you newly developed this time is aimed at the Tianhuo system of the Great Xia Kingdom, so what are your advantages?" ”
Hunter was about to explain, but he didn't open his mouth yet.
At this time, Mr. President said to the Minister of Defense: "You have to think clearly about one thing in advance, I will allow you to make mistakes once, or even twice, but I will never allow the third failure, no, it is not that I will not allow it, it is our country that does not allow it, do you understand?" ”
The Secretary of Defense nodded nervously, then motioned for Hunt to explain to the President.
Hunter said: "Actually, in my opinion, the Skynet laser system of our Eagle Sauce Country is not bad, and the reason why it was destroyed in front of the Skyfire System in an instant is because it has a fatal weakness in front of the Skyfire System. ”
One sentence aroused everyone's interest, and even the Minister of Finance widened his eyes at this time, waiting for Hunt's explanation.
Hunter continued: "Our Skynet laser system is deployed in low-earth orbit, and it also has good power, but when the Great Xia Kingdom deployed the Skyfire system, they set the position in deep space farther away from the earth, and at the same time increased the power of their own laser beam, which is the main reason why our Skynet laser system has become a live target." ”
Hearing this, someone immediately asked: "So is the newly developed weapon of your Deep Blue Company deploying satellites farther into outer space?" ”
Hunter shook his head with a smile and said, "No, such an idea is too simple, and if we do this, then the Great Xia Kingdom can easily deploy satellites farther away than us, and there is no point in doing so." ”
As he spoke, Hunter opened the laptop he had brought with him on the table.
I saw a pyramid-shaped object displayed on the computer screen with a 360-degree rotation.
He put the computer in front of the president and continued: "This is our new plan, we named this weapon the Hive System. ”
Hearing the word beehive, everyone present frowned.
Because looking at this thing on the screen, it's just a pyramid-shaped thing, and it has nothing to do with the word hive.
Just then, Hunter pressed enter on his keyboard.
Immediately a demo screen will start playing on the screen.
I saw that this pyramid quickly shrank, and then hundreds more pyramids appeared on the screen.
Immediately afterward, the pyramid-shaped objects quickly gathered together, and indeed formed a beehive-like object.
Seeing the president staring at the screen with relish, the Minister of Defense immediately explained: "Each of these cone-shaped objects is a vehicle that can fight alone in space, and can even be deployed with various weapons, and when these cone-shaped objects are gathered together, they can not only become a weapon system with more powerful attack power than Night Owl-1, but also can be used as a super space station." ”
The president asked, "How many people can fit in each of these cones?" ”
Hunter smiled and explained: "The volume of this cone-shaped object can accommodate about four people, but we have developed a variety of functions, which can carry people, can also carry goods, and can even be equipped with various weapon systems, of course, after these cone-shaped objects are gathered together to form a hive, it can be used as a city in space, after all, it is modular." ”
"So, if I promised you to build this weapon system, have you ever thought about where to deploy it?"
The Minister of Defense and Hunter glanced at each other, and then said, "If we deploy in space one by one, then I'm worried that it will soon attract the attention of the Great Xia Kingdom, so... We want to build these modules, launch them one by one, and send them to the far side of the moon until they reach a scale that is intimidating enough for them to be seen by the world. ”
By the time he said this, the president's eyes already had the same longing in his eyes as he had just seen the hamburger.
But the Minister of Finance beside him kept frowning at this time, because he was really worried that if the Minister of Defense made another mistake, it might drag the economy of the Eagle Sauce Country into the abyss from which it could never be recovered.
"So how much is it going to cost if we're going to implement this plan?"
"The initial budget, which is deployed on the far side of the moon on a large scale in the early stage, may require a trillion," Hunt said. ”
The words frightened the Minister of Finance almost sat on the ground, and kept wiping the beads of sweat on his head with a tissue.
But at this time, the president suddenly asked, "As the Minister of Finance, what do you think about this matter?" ”
The Minister of Finance swallowed and said, "Mr. President... You should know that we have recently struggled to compensate for the loss of satellites in various countries, and if we plan to invest trillions in a new R&D project now, if it fails, then we may face a very dangerous situation. ”
The Minister of Defense immediately retorted: "You must know that our Eagle Sauce Country has always been the hegemon in this world, and when the Great Xia Country did not have a skyfire system and a mosquito trapping system, a small country like the Yellow Sand Country was vulnerable, and it was not always up to us to look at the face of our Eagle Sauce Country, and even the price of energy was up to us, so I think that what put us in danger was not the immediate economic situation, but our military strength, and only we continued to be the hegemon of this world, so that we will not fall into such a dangerous situation. ”
Before the president could say what he thought, the Minister of Defense's reasoning had already left the Minister of Finance speechless.
And in the face of such a major decision, everyone must look at the face of the president alone.
However, at this time, everyone paid attention to the president's expression staring at the computer screen, but he did not speak for a long time, and his heart seemed to be entangled in whether to take the risk.
Finally, a few minutes later, the president leaned back in his chair and put his feet on the table and crossed his legs.
He looked at Hunter and the Minister of Defense and said, "Then, let's wait and see if your hive can maintain our Eagle Sauce Country as supremacy!" ”