Everyone: Are mechanics weak? I wake up and rectify the natural disaster

As a field that is not easily noticed by ordinary people in daily life.

A port is actually a production facility that requires a high level of specialization.

In the interstellar era, different civilizations have different standards for classifying star ports.

After all, their technological routes are different, and their races, systems, and political systems are even more different.

Complete consistency is difficult to achieve.

But generally speaking, for 'large star ports',

'At the very least, it is capable of berthing a large fleet with a total tonnage of more than one million, that is, ten to twenty capital ships, and at the same time has the ability to provide complete supplies, maintenance, repairs, etc. '

This standard is vaguely common among the stars.

Twenty or so capital ships.

If we look at a civilization as a whole, it doesn't seem like there are many.

But if you consider the previous concept of 'one capital ship is enough to suppress the entire Blue Star Civilization', this is an exaggeration.

usually.

A fleet composed of three-digit capital ships is already a well-deserved main fleet in a civilization——

——Sounds like nonsense literature, but it is not.

The 'main force' here not only means 'the main body consists of large-tonnage battleships', but also refers to the 'main pillar of military existence'.

The former is the difference in battleship tonnage and ship type level, while the latter is the emphasis on the strategic deployment of the entire military territory of civilization.

It cannot be generalized.

It is difficult to see a fleet of this level, which is not a large-scale operation carried out by the will of the main body of civilization and the highest authority.

Just like, if you want to fight bandits or clean up a gang of underworld, it is impossible for the central government to directly send out field troops.

If we compare the three-digit main fleet to a field army.

Then these large fleets composed of twenty, thirty, thirty or forty capital ships are equivalent to lower-level establishments such as regiments, brigades, and divisions.

The overall combat effectiveness is naturally far inferior to that of the main fleet.

But the advantage lies in its flexible preparation and diverse functions.

Dispatching the main fleet on a large scale is like a huge gamble that mobilizes the strength of the whole country.

The fleet sent out consumes massive resources every moment of every day.

If the target it needs to deal with and the results it needs to achieve are not as high as the expenditure required to send it out...

...Then, it will turn into a murderous divine sword and eat its summoner by turning its head.

The large-scale main fleet supported by the entire country cannot be dispatched at will.

Generally speaking, the most common configuration in the star field is the configuration of a large fleet.

There may be times when the number is higher.

For example, add additional auxiliary ships and light ships to strengthen its strength.

But at most, it is impossible to reach the point where there are seventy, eighty, or hundreds of ships.

This order of magnitude is a process of qualitative change.

——Because there are rarely such large-scale star ports in the star field.

In other words, this is nesting dolls.

An inextricable Möbius strip:

Because the number of ships in a single fleet will not be too many, the number of berths in a large star port will not be too many;

In turn, the number of berths in large star ports also prevents many civilizations from adding too many capital ships to a single fleet...

...It’s hard to say who is influencing whom and who is deciding who.

But like many unwritten rules in society, it continues to spread and influence each other along with the circulation of star domain trade.

Gradually, it has become the consensus of most civilizations.

Generally speaking, even a large star port with fifty berths for 100,000-ton battleships would be overwhelming.

Any more and the overall structure of the space station will become quite bloated.

Just like what was said before, the relationship between the length of the battleship and the degree of shield coverage.

Further increasing the number of space station berths will lead to an unbalanced layout of the space station, and the required structural size will also increase geometrically.

...therefore.

Comprehensive needs and costs from all aspects.

From the beginning, the large starport planned to be deployed on Blue Star.

The Ministry of Industrial Production has set the target of "fifty 100,000-ton berths, and additional small and medium-sized berths of 10,000-ton capacity and 1,000-ton capacity."

It should be said that for this indicator.

With the current industrial capabilities of the empire, it is very simple to maintain the accelerated state and complete it quickly.

The berth is not a dock and is not that difficult to build.

...In fact, even the dock is not very difficult to build.

Of course, this is relative to building battleships.

Although it is not as simple as in the pre-interstellar civilization era, drawing a rectangle with paint on the ground is equivalent to 'getting a parking space'.

But just to make a sheltered space, plan the trestle, and connect various resource channels that need to be supplemented when the warship docks, to be honest, that's all.

The amount of work for fifty 100,000-ton ship berths may be less than half of that of a 10,000-ton heavy cruiser.

"...In addition, because Blue Star is a large star port, our current intended purpose is just to let it assume the responsibility of a logistics transfer hub.

The main mission is to provide logistical supplies to the fleet.

Therefore, its engineering difficulty is several orders of magnitude lower than our Reach homeport,"

When Azuma reported the current situation to Su Wen, her tone was very optimistic.

“There is no need to deploy any defense equipment or build any professional production facilities.

In addition to ship berths, most of what is planned in the first phase of the project are warehouses and logistics channels.

Such a star port is, to put it bluntly, an oversized express station.

The easier it is to build, the faster it can be built. "

"So, wouldn't it be possible to finish the project ahead of schedule?"

Su Wen has always been very encouraging of such good news.

Good news.

Who doesn’t like a good fight?

He only likes to increase his intensity when playing games.

In real life, it is natural that everything is smooth sailing and pushing forward all the way is what suits you best.

"You should say, it's 'completed ahead of schedule'."

Azuma responded to his question with a smile.

"this..."

Su Wen was a little surprised.

He glanced at the display on his desk.

"It takes less than two weeks to complete a large star port?"

Turtle, what kind of Zenith star speed is this?

...Could it be that because I was born in the Chinese civilization, I got a bit of a 'racial buff'?

"Mainly because of the reasons I just mentioned to you,"

Seeing that the shock on his face faded slightly, Azuma added: "For a professional space station like Starport, if one less functional section is planned, the construction speed will be greatly increased. "

"Well..."

"Of course, correspondingly, the functionality it can provide is much less. After all, we have no plan..."

Azuma, who is very aware of her commander's psychology, has no intention of reporting good news rather than bad news.

Very considerately, we started chatting along Su Wen’s train of thought,

“If we have to compare similar engineering products, Blue Star Port 1 is currently just a thin-skinned shell with nothing inside.

All it can provide are the most basic functions. "

"That's enough, we don't only have that much,"

She repeated the current situation, but Su Wen didn't feel any regrets, "We'll just make up for it later...

In theory, this can be considered a wartime project. "

"Firstly, we didn't cut corners, and secondly, we didn't make it shoddily. We just lost a few functions and turned it into a blank slate. I don't think it matters."

"By the way, when will it be put into use?"

Su Wen suddenly remembered this.

Apart from anything else, he is still thinking about sending some more fleets from the mainland to take over the patrol tasks within and outside the department.

As for the star base in the solar system, there can't be many ships at the moment.

"I'm afraid we'll have to wait a while."

"Why, did your crotch stretch somewhere else?"

Su Wen looked at her puzzled.

"I was thinking, we should have sent a lot of engineering ships there?"

"To be precise...it was true that my crotch was pulled, but it was not one of our people who pulled my crotch."

When my wife said this, she couldn't help but have a wandering look in her eyes.

...after spending time with Su Wen day by day and getting to know him more and more deeply.

She knew very well that her commander had special feelings for the 'pre-interstellar indigenous civilization' on a certain blue star.

therefore.

She knew it very well.

If this news comes out now, I'm afraid it won't make the commander very happy.

On the contrary, it will probably make his mood a little subtle:

“The location of Blue Star Port 1 is in outer space and is completely under our control due to the lunar outpost;

Therefore, the progress of the project is fully guaranteed.

But in the atmosphere... from the beginning, after all, the agreement on sovereignty had been completely assigned to human civilization.

But according to our observations during this period, China's progress on the surface... to be precise, in the task of conquering the area they call "Southeast Asia" is not going well.

Until now, they have not been able to complete complete control of Borneo, the waters surrounding Borneo, and the 'South China Sea-Borneo' route.

therefore...

As for the space elevator, the progress of the project is much slower. "

"..."

Su Wen looked at her.

My wife also looked at Su Wen.

The two looked at each other speechlessly.

No wonder.

That would indeed be much slower.

The base is not completely finished yet, why not wait too long?

"This...don't you know how to help them?"

He said dryly.

"When it comes to planetary sovereignty, it's hard to send additional military forces there..."

My wife said politely.

In fact, there was really nothing she could do about it.

If this had happened before, like when Guanghui took revenge for Su Wen, he would have been sent casually.

But now, both parties are focused on this, and have agreed on their respective division of labor in advance...

It's really hard to intervene rashly.

"Okay, I understand,"

Su Wen sighed helplessly,

"It seems... I still have to find time to talk to them again."