Pirates: From the Planet to the Starry Sky

Chapter 263 Drones and Power Armor

"Cons of Hive Drones."

said the professor.

"Because its various devices are simplified versions, and they are disposable, and because of their small size, the battery life is not strong.

It only has an endurance of ten kilometers, and because of its simple and intelligent operation, it can only guarantee group action. If you want to operate the drone to act alone, you must have a driver to control it remotely. "

"At the same time, in order to ensure battery life, I also sacrificed the armor capability of the drone. Ordinary rifle bullets can penetrate the drone, causing a single drone to be scrapped.

Therefore, during group operations, if encountering machine gun fire and other types of range attacks, large areas of drones will be damaged. "

"But Your Highness." Finally, the professor said.

"Such drones cost the price of a battleship shell, are ideal for mass production, and are designed to deal with swarms.

The attacks of the Zerg also act in groups, and such drones are perfectly suitable for use against the Zerg.And if it is in a gravity-free space, the battery life can be increased dozens of times. "

"Well, then, the hive drone factory has approved it." Rich nodded. "The first batch, let's make [-] million first. Can such honeycomb drones be equipped on our battleships?"

"can."

The professor nodded quickly.

"As long as there is space on the battleship, it can be installed. Moreover, the honeycomb drone launcher can be completely dismantled into a single-tube launcher. Even if it is reduced, it is not a problem for individual soldiers to carry it."

"very good."

Rich said.

"In this case, you can cooperate with Romolo to install the drone launcher on the battleship."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Rich's recognition of his own research is very useful to this professor.

In the Academy of Sciences, every researcher hopes to become an academician, but to determine whether a scientist can become an academician requires a lot of research results.

And this unmanned aerial vehicle research result that can be recognized by Rich can be regarded as a huge scientific research result.

If drones are more widely used, then the value will be greater, and the professor will have more capital when applying for academician evaluation.

"Your Highness, apart from this honeycomb drone, I have also designed two drones for the Zerg."

"Oh, are those two over there?"

Rich looked at the drone on the side and asked.

Beside the honeycomb drone launcher, there are a group of one-meter-sized drones, and a five-meter-sized fighter similar to a fighter jet.

"Yes, those two."

The professor nodded, led a group of people forward, and introduced Richie.

"Your Highness, please look at this drone, which is an enlarged version of the previous honeycomb drone. It is not used as a one-off, but as a cooperative operation of ground infantry.

This drone contains an anti-gravity core, a weak artificial intelligence system, two electromagnetic guns, which can carry a thousand rounds of bullets, and four miniature missiles.

At the same time, the external armor can withstand the impact of springtails, and can continue to fight even in a damaged state. In terms of battery life, it contains a high-power battery, which can last for a week even in fierce combat.

This kind of drone, used with infantry, can increase our individual firepower to a level.

Moreover, with such a configuration, a drone is the cost of a soldier's full set of weapons, and it can be installed on a large scale. "

This one is unmanned, similar to a disk, with a thickness of [-] centimeters, with two electromagnetic guns, and a miniature missile launcher.

The usual battle is suspended in the air, which is suitable for infantry attack, as well as street fighting and complex terrain combat.

"So, what about this one?"

Rich looked at the drone that resembled a fighter jet and asked.

"This drone is designed as a remote support."

The professor said.

"For this kind of drone, we generally need the operator to operate it from the rear. In addition to the electromagnetic gun for air combat, the fighter jet can also carry up to four small missiles.

Radar and cameras are installed in fighter jets, which can be used as reconnaissance support firepower. In the process of in-depth enemy reconnaissance, such drones can be dispatched. "

The professor introduced.

As the professor said, the emergence of drones has greatly supplemented the problem of firepower of scientific troops and the problem of attrition when dealing with Zerg swarm tactics.

In conjunction with Dr. Yuejian's robot troop, it is absolutely possible for the cannon fodder troops to fight against the cannon fodder troops, so that the soldiers of the science troop will not lose too much.

"Then, let's put this kind of weapon into production as well. Let's manufacture some for front-line troops first, and then deploy them on a large scale after testing on the battlefield."

Finally, Rich came to a conclusion, which surprised the professor.

Dr. Yuejian's research institute brought surprises to Richie. Electromagnetic series weapons, robots, and drones were developed for Zerg weapons, which greatly increased the strength of the troops and greatly reduced the number of combat troops. damage.

After leaving Dr. Yuejian's research institute, Rich visited Carolina's materials laboratory and looked at the many materials that Carolina had developed during this period.

Most of these materials are required by other research institutes. It is with these materials that various weapons can be mass-produced.

Leaving from Carolina's research institute, Rich came to Rice's research institute.

Rice's research institute is responsible for the research of individual armor, mechs, and armored weapons.

As soon as he entered the institute, Lace had already been waiting here with a group of scientists.

"Your Highness, welcome to my Mechanical Research Institute."

As soon as he entered the door, Reis greeted him with a smiling face.

"The individual equipment and armor equipment I was in charge of before have achieved great results, please see here."

Led by Reis, he came to the weapons testing site of the Reis Research Institute, where Rich saw fully armed soldiers in action.

And an armored vehicle that is obviously equipped with an electromagnetic gun.

"Your Highness, please look, that single-person equipment is the personal armor I developed based on space combat."

Reis pointed to a soldier's mech on the test site.

From Richie's point of view, this soldier is covered with a fully covered power armor. The entire power armor is [-] meters high, which is designed for the average reminder of people in Pirate World.

It can adapt to the wear of soldiers under [-] meters tall.

The entire power armor, from the appearance, looks like a human, but the whole body is covered with a layer of armor, which reminds Richie of the weapons on the spearmen in StarCraft.

Not exactly the same, but very similar.

While Rich was looking at this kind of individual power armor, Reis also introduced it to Rich.

(End of this chapter)