Chapter 504, Zhuge-class Starship Carrier
In space battles, the most important ability of an aircraft carrier is to send space-based fighter jets of all types, from small Falcons to large Dragon Elephants, relatively safely through the ejection deck to the surrounding enemy ships, allowing the fighters to freely display their abilities. , to attack enemy ships.
Otherwise, the firefights in space will easily be carried out for hundreds of thousands or hundreds of thousands of kilometers, and the fighter planes will have to fly for as long as the year of the monkey.
If you pay more attention to it, it will also be equipped with a traction system, which can guide the fighter plane to be pulled back at a relatively long distance by the traction force locked before the war.
But this is a luxury item.
After all, according to the style of the empire, it is not magical to sometimes treat the fighter planes that are ejected to perform missions as disposable items or as cannonballs fired by other warships.
It's nothing more than a cannonball wrapped in iron.
Of course, Gu Hang didn't intend to do this. The towing and recovery function of the equipment must be installed meticulously. If the fighter aircraft can be recovered during combat, it must be recovered as much as possible. The fired fighter aircraft cannot be used as artillery shells, as the cost is too high.
Not only the equipment cost, an excellent pilot itself is also an expensive asset.
The 'command-level' is equipped with hundreds of space fighters and can send the fighters into position, and its role will be very great.
This complements the alliance's naval system very well.
Is it valuable?
['Garden of Eden' Ecological Park], in Gu Hang's view, is a fairly high-level ecological agriculture base.
Gu Hang has always been worried about the corruption of bureaucrats who hold power.
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There are two places to make money: a superior living experience, and the output of high-quality agricultural products.
Of course!
The alliance still needs this.
From the perspective of providing food and clothing and basic food supply, it is obviously not cost-effective to build the Garden of Eden. But if it provides high-quality enjoyment, then the Garden of Eden is invincible.
But no one can ignore the cost issue.
It is good to have such a cruiser-class ship. Even if the alliance does not regard the aircraft carrier system as its main development force, having such a black box is equivalent to acquiring a set of shipyards for nothing, and it can build one more cruiser-level ship every two or three years.
Not to mention how much it costs to modify the planetary climate, even on a planet with good basic conditions, the construction cost of building a 'Garden of Eden' is not low.
Reflected in two aspects: people and energy.
Looking at it this way, it's very beautiful!
It is both ecological, improves the environment and has high yield.
If combined with planetary climate modification technology, wouldn't it be possible to create garden worlds in batches?
But after a careful understanding, Gu Hang realized that it was not that good.
Looking purely at agricultural output, although the output is quite large, it is actually not cost-effective compared to the input.
Not only is the construction cost high, but more importantly, the maintenance cost after this thing is built is also high.
What's more, with the Moon class cooperating with the resistance line, a command class carrying hundreds of space fighters of various types may be able to exert unique strategic value.
Building a 'Garden of Eden' is equivalent to creating high-end residences, eco-tourism, and high-level and high-quality agricultural output at the same time.
Using this technology, an ecological park built will have very high agricultural output, and the internal environment will be pleasant and suitable for living, and manors and villas can be built.
In terms of energy, a large amount of energy crystals are needed to maintain the ecological status of the Garden of Eden.
In theory, it can indeed be done.
It requires a large number of laborers to do a lot of basic labor work; it requires a large number of biological experts to maintain the ecological state.
This worry has become more and more serious as the alliance develops.
Gu Hang has always had a clear understanding: relying solely on ideals cannot support the long-term existence of a political system. Real interests are the foundation of every Alliance member. Human desires are unlimited.
When you are poor, it is good enough to have enough food and clothing; after the problem of food and clothing is solved, people will naturally demand higher and better living conditions, especially the new generation who grew up in a subsistence environment. Many in the alliance In places that are developing well, these new generations of young people no longer know what it feels like to be hungry, and they will not always be grateful to the alliance just because it has solved the problem of food and clothing.
People will demand a higher standard of living, and this is natural.
Even though wars will always exist, the Alliance still strives to improve the people's living standards as much as possible under limited conditions.
This is directly reflected in the total industrial output value, and the figures belonging to residents' consumption are slowly increasing no matter in which world they are.
In the process of rapid economic growth, this problem has been well covered up. With the increase in total output value, even if the imperial tax increases and the alliance's fiscal revenue increases, there are still some development dividends that can be enjoyed by the people.
A more concrete manifestation is that in most peaceful and developing worlds, the average rank level of alliance citizens has been rising.
The upward path is clear and life is getting better and better. This is the core of the alliance's broad support.
The longer a world is controlled by the Alliance, the Alliance's rule will become more and more stable as living conditions continue to improve.
If the alliance wants to maintain this situation, it must ensure two things: first, economic development will always continue and cannot go backwards; second, the development dividends that the citizens of the alliance should enjoy should not be too little.
Both of these two items put forward strict requirements for the alliance's huge bureaucracy.
The former requires the ability of bureaucrats; the latter requires the integrity of bureaucrats.
The issue of economic development is still very strong at present. Through the education system that the alliance attaches great importance to, and Gu Hang spending gift points to enlighten and train key personnel, it can be ensured that the abilities of alliance officials are basically online, at least far beyond the average level of the empire.
However, Gu Hang always had doubts about integrity.
There are many organizations in the alliance to ensure this, but Gu Hang is still suspicious.
He could not deny that after the establishment of the alliance, a huge bureaucracy had actually been created.
In fact, this bureaucratic class plus the military class is the current ruling class of the alliance.
The government, state-owned capital, and public service units, all members of these systems are regarded as a unified class, which is a broad bureaucratic group. They hold the greatest power and interests of the alliance.
They clearly control most of the alliance's assets, but under the alliance's system, these assets are publicly owned and are national capital. This system prevents them from truly possessing this wealth.
The bureaucracy certainly has a much higher rank than the general public and enjoys abundant material conditions. But just as the people have growing needs, so will these bureaucrats.
Will they pursue more benefits? What the ranks provide can no longer satisfy their appetites. Are they starting to turn to state-owned capital? It would be better to embezzle and embezzle more than the extra three melons and two dates that Bala earned by working hard to upgrade his rank. Strong anti-corruption agencies will crack down hard, strengthen ideological education to eliminate corruption in the early stage, and establish a public supervision system... these conventional preventive measures must of course exist.
In addition to combating and preventing, we must also give some sweet dates.
'Eden' seems to be a better way.
Build high-end communities so that outstanding, loyal, and honest people can obtain good living conditions;
Even if it is difficult to live in, those who work at the grassroots level still have the right to take a vacation, and they will be motivated after experiencing it;
The high-quality and high-quality products beyond Eden, from exquisite food to some luxury leather goods, fine wines, etc., can be used as high-level shopping benefits. Let them have somewhere to spend their subsidies and truly bring about good changes in their quality of life.
There are also some high-end products that can be packaged as brands and put on commodity shelves across the alliance. Ordinary people who want to buy them occasionally can improve their living conditions.
It's unrealistic to expect it to make a lot of money. But it can maintain stability and increase satisfaction among residents, especially the ruling class.
Since Gu Hang can see and admit that there is a huge bureaucratic class in the alliance, and that it has actually become the ruling class, Gu Hang really needs this class to reflect his will. If this class rebels, it may lead to stagnant development and social corruption, or local rebellion or even the disintegration of the alliance.
The unbreakable alliance in Gu Hang's memory eventually disintegrated, and this factor probably accounted for a large proportion.
In terms of internal governance, Gu Hang cannot blindly be high-handed and must face up to the interest demands of this ruling class.
Eden is a new attempt.
Gu Hang will build a large number of these energy-consuming ecosystems on many planets. He defined the value of 'Eden' as satisfying the pursuit of a higher quality of life by alliance citizens, especially high-ranking citizens (the ruling class).
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The Valkyrie mecha is another thing.
This thing is essentially a Terminator-like power armor. The difference between these two types of feedback power armor, such as 'Samurai' and 'Commander', is the same as that of real Space Marine power armor. 'Valkyrie' is also not necessarily a A terminator that only a Space Marine can use.
However, the difference is that the Valkyrie has some... structures that Gu Hang is not quite able to understand.
Those complicated patterns need to be made of gold.
But why? Decorative effect?
If it is just for decoration, why is it marked as a necessity in the construction process?
Place the energy crystal block as the back position of the energy source, as well as the process of prayer.
From these aspects, Gu Hang could only think of spiritual energy at the first time.
And it is not a normal spiritual power, but a spiritual power that belongs to a certain religious attribute.
Just like Gallardo back then, after he was tricked into the subspace, that guy actually stood firm for a long time and didn't finish. He is not a high-level psychic, and he does not even possess the power of psychic energy at all. He is just the war apostle, the messenger of the Sun Lord. After the death of the Sun Lord, Gallardo's power declined rapidly. If Gu Hang had not fished it out, he would have been doomed.
Where does the Sun Lord's power come from?
No doubt from the Emperor.
With the Emperor's favor, the priests and nuns of the State Church, as well as the 'Chosen' figures like the Sun Lord, they are getting the Emperor's favor - no matter how this favor comes from, Anyway, as long as they have it, they can rely on grace to obtain power similar to spiritual energy.
The suit of armor 'Valkyrie' has a bit of this meaning.
He recalled that within the normal empire system, the 'Valkyrie' mecha seemed to be only used by the Sisters.
Logically speaking, Battle Sisters are also mortals.
Before, Gu Hang thought that the Sisters were relatively wealthy, and the ordinary Astral Army could not afford such high-end equipment. But later I discovered that this was not the case.
They can use it, but ordinary soldiers may not be able to use it.
The Valkyrie armor requires some kind of theological power to drive it.
Gu Hang was a little helpless, but also a little lucky.
Unfortunately, this technology has a relatively small area of use; fortunately, he has an organization under his command that can use it.
Sisters of the Lily of Divine Mercy.
In fact, strictly speaking, they are not members of the alliance.
But... at this point, it is already an objective reality that the Sisters are located in the core territory of the alliance and need to rely on the alliance for economic, political and self-development. In terms of practical matters, they no longer had to do some anti-heresy work like they did a few decades ago, but now they no longer have to do it.
At present, Shengci Lily's job is mainly to work as a thug for several agents and judicial institutions of the alliance, and has more contact with the legal center of the alliance. When encountering a problem and lacking high-end force, the demon hunter would often call on several nuns to help solve the problem.
Another thing is war.
During the Iron Teeth War, the Sisters of Holy Mercy successively sent more than a thousand battle sisters to cooperate with the alliance army, and many sacrifices were made.
The relationship between the two parties is now quite close. In this regard, especially when dealing with the Silver Tribunal, Holy Mercy Lily helped a lot and provided a lot of military support. Many spies of the Silver Tribunal were killed by the Sisters of the Holy Mercy Lily.
This was a very clear stance of taking sides. After this test, Gu Hang really felt that he could regard them as one of his own.
The Valkyrie Armor is always best used by these Battle Sisters, so they naturally equip it for others as a reward for their dedicated work for the Alliance.
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As for the last thing, the technology that Gu Hang cares about the most is the apocalypse-level technology.
[Zhuge class, heavy starship carrier]
This is a battleship-class ship, which is quite rare in the Imperial Navy.
On the one hand, the construction cost is relatively high, about twice as high as that of the Retribution-class battleship; on the other hand, the Imperial Navy does not like to use aircraft carriers.
In other words, the aircraft carrier faction is not the mainstream in the Imperial Navy.
The giant ships and heavy artillery are still the most mainstream; the battle patrol faction is second; the aircraft carrier faction is the least vocal.
(End of this chapter)