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Chapter 315 The same trend

Lena's weapon test was also very smooth. After everything was completed, Locke and Lena flew steadily and quickly over the Pacific Ocean in an ultra-luxury private jet.

"Now PPDC has a total of nine bases around the world, but they are basically in the hands of various countries. The only base that is completely under our control is the base that has just been completed in Kudat, Malaysia." Lena said.

PPDC's bases around the world are called Broken Top Bases, which are also where Mech Hunters are maintained and stationed. The first eight bases are the same as in the plot, and they are in Hong Kong, Lima, Anchorage, Tokyo, Vladivostok, Sydney, and Panama. ,Los Angeles.

The dominance of these bases is said to be in PPDC, but in fact the several big countries that funded the construction can largely influence the relevant bases and the corresponding mech hunters.

It seems that if there is a Kaiju Beast approaching Los Angeles, PPDC can immediately send two mech hunters to support it, which is much faster than the response to an attack in a place like the Philippines.

Naturally, there is a reason for this. The Mecha Hunters supported by these two mechas were nominally built by PPDC with funding, technology and manpower, but the United States paid the bulk of the money.

In the same way, if Huaxia Shanghai is attacked, Shaolin Ranger and Storm Crimson can attack immediately, because these two mechas were made by Huaxia and provided for PPDC to use.

Although all Mecha Hunters above the name are under the management of PPDC to make battle arrangements, but in fact, after thinking about it, it is known that the member states that contribute the most cannot really make selfless contributions.

The manufacturing cost of a mecha is comparable to that of an aircraft carrier fleet, and the maintenance cost is also high, especially for mecha hunters who have to constantly fight Kaiju beasts.

Every time the Mech Hunter dispatches, it is a big gamble. It can continuously increase its own record, or it may fall in the next battle with Kaiju Beast.

Even if it wins, it will suffer more or less losses. The funds needed for each repair are enough to build a large sea combat ship.

Regardless of the few mechas in the plot, they are used over and over again. In fact, excluding the mecha hunters under construction, PPDC now has 28 mechas that can be called at any time. As far as Locke knows, there are already eight mechas. It was completely scrapped, and there was no possibility of repairing it.

Of course, this loss is mainly due to the first and second generation mechas. Because of the ignorance of the Kaiju Beast and the immaturity of the technology, it is normal to scrap it every year or two in the battle with the Kaiju Beast.

As the strength of Kaiju Beast continues to increase, Mecha Hunters are forced to upgrade accordingly. Fortunately, with the improvement of technology and understanding of Kaiju Beast, the battle loss rate has also begun to decline.

According to Locke's calculations, the average lifespan of each mecha is about four to five years. For example, in the plot, Cherno Alpha is constantly repairing, updating and upgrading. It can be said to be a miracle.

This time, the Guda base that Locke was planning to go to started construction more than a year ago, and it was initially completed half a month ago. The Li Group independently funded the construction, and it was nominally owned by PPDC, but the dominant power was in Locke's hands.

Being able to independently lead the establishment of a base, naturally experienced a lot of open and secret struggles, but because of the general trend, the most important thing is to be willing to pay, and Locke still found an opportunity.

With the steady expansion of the wormhole, the frequency and intensity of Kaiju beast attacks have been continuously increasing.

At the beginning, everyone created the Mecha Hunter and successfully defeated the Kaiju Beast. Various major countries also began to research and manufacture their own Mecha Hunter. Now the fifth generation has completed the research and development, is being manufactured, and will be installed in the near future.

In just five short years, the hunter project's mechs have been updated for five generations. The speed of this update can be said to be unimaginable.

After all, the first generation of mecha hunters were the original experimental mechas. Even with the latest technology from the member states, Locke provided brand-new metal technology and reactor technology, which solved the most critical material and energy problems, but there were still various problems.

To put it simply, in terms of weight, the self-weight of the first-generation mecha hunters is generally more than 7800 tons, while the weight of the second-generation mecha hunters is reduced to about 5000 tons, but the combat power has not decreased but increased.

Even in the third and fourth generations, with the same size, the self-weight of a top Mecha Hunter has been reduced to about 2000 tons, but the combat effectiveness has been significantly improved!
This is actually all due to the continuous upgrading of the mecha design, as well as the materials used to make the mecha hunter.

Even in the latest division, [-] tons is used as the dividing line, and about [-] tons is more flexible, and the assassin-type mecha hunter is divided, and there are more than [-] tons, which are more focused on armoring against mecha hunters.

The first-generation mecha was released in 2014, the second-generation mecha was developed and released in 2015, the third-generation mecha, the famous dangerous wanderer, appeared in 2016, and the fourth-generation mecha, Storm Crimson, was released last year. The fifth-generation mech Eureka Raider was also completed in the second half of this year.

The speed of mech replacement is half a year earlier than the original plot, and in the original plot, the fifth-generation mech is also the pinnacle of mech hunters, and there will be no new mech hunters for a long time to come available.

Why is it that the previous technological upgrades can be said to be the same every year, but after the fifth generation of mechs, it suddenly became difficult to give birth?

Especially with the passage of time, the attack frequency of Kaiju Beast is getting higher and higher. Not only does the number of mechas not increase, but even many mecha hunters are damaged and mutilated in the high-frequency battles, and there is still no plan to build new mechas. .

Even according to the changes in the situation that Locke has seen, although the plot has been affected by him and all aspects have changed, all major countries are now reducing their investment in the Mech Hunter project.

Fundamentally speaking, there are two reasons, the first is technical barriers, and the second is economic issues.

Technology sharing was very common in the first few years of PPDC's establishment, as if the Li Group provided basic artificial intelligence technology, new metal material technology, and the original version of Titan reactor technology.

Therefore, when the first and second generation mech hunters were built, it was the joint efforts of scientists from all over the world and the sharing of technology, in order to build hunter mechs at the fastest speed and maintain the situation.

After the appearance of the third-generation mecha hunters, each member state began to choose its own research direction, choose different mecha technology development directions, and at the same time began to have technical barriers and secrecy.

The emergence of technical barriers has also made it difficult to further improve the scientific development like the big bang. As time goes by, the research of mechas in various countries has gradually encountered various problems. This is the sixth generation of mechas. A has been one of the important reasons for dystocia.

As for the economic issue, it was because everyone's economy was not good, or even poor. It was at this time that the Li Group saw an opportunity and obtained the right to establish a leading base.

(End of this chapter)