The Admiral of Hogwarts

“It always feels a bit strange.” Hermione said to Hugo while inspecting the magic circuits on several metal panels. “Such advanced things still require people to manually assemble the core here.”

“Actually, we’ve already started trying to research corresponding industrialized production.” Hugo explained to his sister while using alchemy to mix and cast several magical metals and magic crystals.

“But researching this kind of thing is not a simple matter. Although the symbiotic sprites are gradually getting involved in the work, it will still take some time to manufacture such machines.”

“That means we’ll have to continue doing this manual labor for a while.” Hermione said somewhat helplessly. In fact, they often took time out of their schedules at school to do this work, and then sent it to the ship girls through that sub-dimension.

However, although this work is tiring and very boring, both Hugo and Hermione are enthusiastic about it, because it is related to future interstellar travel.

“Don’t worry, these symbiotic sprites are very fast. If there are no accidents, they should be able to handle everything by the end of our Christmas vacation.” Hugo shrugged and said.

Due to the effect of magic, the entire base construction can be said to be changing rapidly. So, when Hugo and Hermione had been busy for nearly two weeks and were preparing to go to the Far East to visit their parents, a new industrialized engine production plant had already been built.

“What are those two ships for?” Just as she was preparing to return to Earth, Hermione on Mars One space station was attracted by two huge ships in the distant space dock.

The reason they were called huge was because, compared to the previous ships, the length of these two new ships was close to 500m, which exceeded all the ships on Earth. At the same time, the overall mass also exceeded 1 million tons.

“These are two new destroyers, considered to be the first batch of armed spaceships we’ve built.” Hugo said after looking at the two black ships outside the window.

These warships were built at the collective request of the ship girls. At least in their view, the entire system would be in danger without sufficient combat power.

For Hugo, he didn’t think there would be any danger inside the solar system, because if there really was any danger, it would have erupted long ago, instead of being as peaceful as it is now.

But for the ship girls, their inherent nature as warships made them maintain a skeptical attitude towards everything, so naturally, they would seize the opportunity to arm themselves as much as possible.

For example, this destroyer can be regarded as the culmination of the ship girls' current technology. In addition to being equipped with a heavy energy cannon that runs through the entire hull, it is also densely packed with a large number of secondary guns.

These secondary guns are a mix of electromagnetic guns and energy cannons. In addition, they are also equipped with a large number of missiles for intercepting any possible small targets.

“What you see is only a part of it. We also have a full 20 rounds of laser-ignited, residue-free radiation, new million-ton-class nuclear weapons inside.” Su Lian, who was also returning to Earth, said.

“Seriously, compared to those shells or missiles, these big guys are the real deal. If we had these things back then, we wouldn’t have been forced to retreat in Cuba.”

“Actually, I consider myself a pacifist.” Hearing Su Lian say this, a helpless smile appeared on Hugo’s face as he said to his sister. “It’s just that sometimes we have no way to be peaceful.”

“You’re right, I don’t think it’s a bad thing to take up arms to defend yourself.” Hermione nodded at this moment. After transforming into a ship girl, her various ways of thinking are gradually approaching those of the ship girls.

Although she is not as warlike as those real ship girls for the time being, she is now more inclined to choose offensive options in matters related to war.

“When can these spaceships be put into use?” Hugo asked after taking a serious look at the spaceship. “I mean, be able to be normally put into combat missions.”

“Christmas will be fine, but after that, we may need about a month to conduct a comprehensive test of these two spaceships. After all, this is our first batch of space warships, so it requires a longer test time.” Lion said in the admiral network.

“As a warship, this ship has a lot of new technologies added. For example, the biggest difference from civilian ships is that the ship is equipped with two warp engines.”

“One of these engines is used for long-distance jumps, so in order to increase the jump distance, we can only sacrifice jump accuracy and jump preparation time.”

“In other words, these large engines can jump very far at one time, but the charging preparation time is relatively long, and the jump accuracy is not very satisfactory.”

“The other small engine is the opposite. The charging speed of this thing can even achieve rapid jumps on the battlefield, and the accuracy can be controlled to the centimeter level, but the jump distance is limited.”

Obviously, the ship girls applied the set of dual-insurance power system arrangement methods on military舰艇 to these military spaceships, and now it seems that this equipment scheme is not only suitable for military舰艇 on the sea, but also suitable for military舰艇 in space.

Especially in the case of magic, it can also perfectly solve the contradiction between maneuverability and the internal space size of ordinary naval舰艇, achieving a perfect balance.

Just like on the way here, Hugo and his group successfully returned to the Sky One base and used the sub-dimension as a springboard to return to London, and then took an international flight to Baguio, a small city in the Philippines.

The reason for choosing this city is also very simple, that is, this city is a very good tourist city, and the consumption level is not very high.

The days with parents are very good, not to mention that as a famous tourist attraction, all kinds of delicious and fun things can be said to be available.

If you have to say that there is anything imperfect about this place, it is that the entire area is located in the tropical mountains, so although it is very cool, there is still no snow.

“It always feels a little weird to have a Christmas without snow.” After finishing breakfast this day, Hermione looked at the green trees and the vast mountains outside and sighed.

“But no matter what, this kind of vibrant scene looks very good, at least much better than the bare Mars.”

“Don’t worry, the future of Mars will also become so vibrant.” Hugo said standing next to her. “Because we have now begun to cultivate a series of magical microorganisms and magical plants that are adapted to the Martian environment.”

“Are you talking about the lichens planted near the base that look like a chessboard?” Hermione thought for a while and quickly remembered what Hugo was talking about. “It’s really amazing that it can be planted in the Martian environment.”

“Uh — that thing should be called an experimental field.” Hugo scratched his head and said. “We have been able to screen out seven kinds of algae, lichens and mosses that are suitable for my new environment.”

“But I think the total area of that experimental field is probably only five or six square meters. If it’s so slow, when will it be able to cover the entire Mars?” Hermione asked the next question.

“At least a few decades.” Hugo shrugged and said, “But we should be able to see it.”