Voyage of the Stars.

Chapter 663 Industrial Manufacturing Upgrade
Because it is not as easy as simply piecing together, there are many things that need to be considered for such a large battleship.

The coordinated operation of the engine, the aiming and striking of the main guns, the close-range strike orders of the secondary guns, the search for the enemy, the detection and the fuel control of the warship, all these must be linked into one system, so that the behavior of the warship under various actions can be more effectively coordinated.

Planetary battleships are large enough, and the space inside them is certainly not comparable to that of ocean-class battleships. And because of the emergence of gravity potential well technology, battleships can be designed with compartments and layers of plywood structures. Battleships can be divided into many layers, and a large number of buildings can be built inside.

Of course, building a large number of buildings is the business of living spaceships. The interior space design of the new flagship of mankind is not designed for large-scale population living, but for combat effectiveness. Therefore, even though there is a lot of space inside, it is basically filled with some military equipment.

In addition to the necessary components such as warp drive, conventional thrusters, main guns and various secondary guns, there are various production factories serving the war, such as ammunition production workshops required for various naval guns, multiple nano-repair factories, various spare parts warehouses, and even antimatter production workshops.

This battleship is fully capable of importing various mineral resources and energy materials from the outside world, and then it can digest them internally and turn them into combat power.

As a flagship, its starting point is a comprehensive battleship.

In addition to these war-serving institutions and various production workshops, the new flagship will also have a comfortable area for human habitation. After all, most of the human leaders will live on this flagship, so comfort and luxury are definitely needed. However, the design of the daily living area is definitely different from that of the living spacecraft, because it needs to meet combat needs, so many living facilities will not be the type that can be moved around at will, but most of them will be designed to be retractable from the warship structure.

The same is true for tables, chairs, couches, sofas, and other objects, all of which are designed to minimize the number of unfixed objects. In fact, the previous warships were also designed in this way, which is a continuation of the same tradition.

In fact, judging from the design of the new flagship, the interior of this flagship, which has not yet appeared, is very large. If it were not for the functional requirements of a battleship, it would not be a problem to build roads and cities inside. This cannot be used on battleships, but it can be used on residential spacecraft of a level 4 civilization in the future.

Of course, even if it is a residential spaceship, you can't really build roads and high-rise buildings inside it. After all, it is a spaceship, and in addition to warp speed travel, it sometimes needs to perform regular acceleration and deceleration. However, spaceships have their own construction plans. Buildings and roads like those on Earth are difficult to build, but it is easy to build some residences that are firmly connected to the spaceship structure.

For example, in the design of the new residential spacecraft, there are many building modules embedded between the upper and lower layers, which serve as both supporting columns and living rooms.

The design drawings of the new residential spaceship have also been finalized. The entire residential spaceship is no longer designed to be drum-shaped, and it is also different from the melon seed-like streamlined shape of a battleship. The residential spaceship looks more like a fatter battleship, and it looks a little round. Its overall shape looks a bit cute when viewed from a distance.

This design is mainly based on the issue of living space. The chubby appearance can provide a larger internal space, and various living facilities can be arranged without space restrictions, allowing human residents to live more comfortably.

The length of the entire living spaceship is about 150 kilometers, and the width and height are about 90 kilometers. The interior of the spaceship is divided into many layers, and the height between each layer is about 50 meters. The ceiling is the floor of the upper layer, but it is not only a ceiling and floor function, but also many devices are stuffed into it by humans. The ceiling has the function of simulating blue sky and white clouds and sunshine, and on one side of the floor, there are many devices based on gravity potential well technology. The positions generated by these devices are intertwined to provide an earth-like gravity environment for the superstructure.

Because the gravity-like environment is achieved by gravity potential well technology, the fifty-meter open space cannot actually be completely and evenly covered by simulated gravity. The potential well force received by the upper part will be smaller than that of the floor, so generally there will be a blank area in each floor of the building, which is the height area where no one lives.

Also because of the gravitational potential well technology, various equipment needs to be placed in the ceiling of each floor, so the floor and ceiling are actually thicker than the space where humans live. After all, basically all functional equipment related to life is stuffed in there, so it is normal for it to be a little thicker.

Fortunately, the new residential spacecraft is large enough and has enough space for humans to use.

It is conceivable that building such a living spaceship is more complicated than building a modern city. None of its layers, supports, structures, and facilities are arranged randomly. Its internal structure can be said to be extremely complex, and no third-level civilization can build it.

A spacecraft of this size is also the largest spacecraft that humans can build, in addition to using strong interaction forces as the main structural support. If it is larger, it will face the problem of falling apart during conventional high-G acceleration and deceleration processes.

If it is only warp travel, it can be built bigger, but that is meaningless, because even if it reaches the fourth level of civilization, humans still need conventional thrusters. From the fact that warp travel will be affected by the gravity of the planet and the fourth level of civilization still needs to rely on the activities of the star system, it can be known that it is not only humans, but other civilizations should also be like this.

There are new battleships for battleships, new residential ships for residential ships, and other types of ships also need to be updated. All of them need to be replaced with level 4 civilization ships, and all need to be equipped with warp engines.

Humanity plans to upgrade its own ships first, and then upgrade the Chiyan Civilization, the Nair people, the Kuntai people, and the Gnoll people. These alien races have become human vassals, and humans must take them with them because they are still very useful. And such an upgrade will be a huge project.

Especially the most difficult flagship. Judging from the design drawings, its complexity may require humans to spend several centuries to complete it, even with strong artificial intelligence.

It has been confirmed that the heavy elements in this space are not enough to support humans to continue such a large-scale upgrade project, so at this stage humans plan to build several sample ships for testing and to hone their shipbuilding technology.

Once the prototype ship is completed and the warp speed travel experiments in various gravitational environments are successful, humans will leave this space.

(End of this chapter)