The evolution of insect swarms from XNUMX million years ago

Chapter 269 Star Hao
According to the other party, the classification of star battleships is completely different from that of the surface ship era. For example, there are only two major categories of destroyers, cruisers, and frigates in later generations, namely, capital ships and escorts. Of course, these two names are what Lin Yi temporarily refers to. Functional translation may not be accurate.

As for the division of some details, such as the divisions between light and heavy cruisers in the gunboat era in later generations, and the divisions between air defense destroyers and anti-submarine destroyers in the missile era, although the other party did not say it clearly, there must be some.

At least judging from the other party's description, there is not much difference in size between the capital ship and the escort ship. The escort ship is slightly smaller, but not much smaller. In terms of appearance, there are some differences due to different design concepts.

In the Ezki fleet, the huge spherical turret on the bow of the escort ship is the most striking feature. Secondly, its radiator structure is different in its pursuit of all-round defense. Then there are fewer direction-changing nozzles all over the body, and the main thruster nozzle is larger, which favors linear acceleration capabilities rather than direction-changing maneuverability.

As for the capital ship, since it does not exist in the exploration fleet, Lin Yi can only make a rough guess based on the other party's description. However, in general, it is nothing more than more direction-changing nozzles, and the main weapon is the same as the central axis of the current space creatures. The style, some changes in the heat sink, etc.

If he completely followed the design of the battleships in the exploration fleet, he would only get the design of an escort ship. Facing the mixed army of capital ships and escort ships that may come later, it is destined to be a disastrous outcome.

Fortunately, whether it is squeezing out residual value or cooperating, although the other party has reservations, it is still quite interesting with the current level of trust. These valuable technical information can help Lin Yi avoid countless detours.

The optimal biological space battleship design plan based on Lin Yi's current technical level began to be generated immediately. Fusion reactors, hyperspace engines, and reverse-engineered directed energy weapon technology are all integrated to form the design of a new generation of space battleships.

This time, it is no longer the transitional product of the original space creature, but will be the absolute main force of the nest in the future. Therefore, although the design has not yet been completely determined, Lin Yi has already thought of a name for it - Xinghao.

The overall internal structure of Xinghui partially refers to the design of the Ezki battleship, but adjustments have been made to account for the differences in biological structure and structural performance, and "swarming improvements" have been made, which means that a large number of unnecessary members can live together. All space and operating positions are removed, and other structures are installed.

The circulatory system is still the one from space creatures, with melanin as the core radiation compartment, a thermal energy synthesis system layer that absorbs light as much as possible while reducing infrared heat radiation, a compartment design circulatory system, an electric plate column organ energy conversion array, and Fusion reactor, fusion fuel and propellant storage bag structure.

Referring to the classification of Ezki battleships, Lin Yi divided Xinghui, a biological battleship, into two categories: main starfox and escort starfox, with slightly different armament differences.

Unlike the Ezki battleship, which has significant differences in appearance between the battleship and the escort ship, in Lin Yi's design, the shapes of the two starships are based on the fifty-oared battleship Horseshoe Crab that he is most familiar with.

Anyway, there is no need to consider aerodynamics in space. In theory, it is no problem to just get a brick and plug it into the engine and radiator, and the increase in processing costs caused by the more complex shape structure is completely fine for the pupation processing method of the nest group. Ignore it, it is better to continue to use the familiar structural design. Since there is no command problem, there is not much difference in the appearance of the two stars. The main purpose is to prevent possible enemies from being identified immediately by visual inspection, which will confuse and interfere to a certain extent.

Of course, the main star is slightly larger in size, but in terms of the theoretical engagement distance of the Ezki warships, it is difficult to see the difference - in the history of human naval warfare, there have been more than one case where heavy cruisers were regarded as battleships. In the interstellar era, at longer combat distances, this kind of visual error is difficult to avoid.

Talking about the specific structure of Xinghao, it is similar to the end of the body of the fifty-oared horseshoe crab. The original sword-shaped flat tail section was removed by Lin Yi, and replaced by a circle of six huge spouts diagonally backwards. The plasma helium and neutrons produced by the nuclear fusion reactor are accelerated backward and ejected, pushing the star forward.

These nozzles have a certain degree of angle adjustment capabilities, similar to the three-dimensional vector nozzles used on some later fighter jets, which can greatly improve maneuverability and flexibility. It is especially important for the main starfly that needs to carry out probability cloud maneuvers.

The maneuverability brought by the six main nozzles and a large number of small nozzles also means that a complex control system is required to maintain balance. Therefore, Xinghao has installed multiple computer structure brains, which can perfectly utilize the power brought about by the operation of these large numbers of nozzles. flexibility.

The main nozzle of the escort star does not have this complex vector propulsion system, but further increases the thrust - its fuel and working medium storage bag has a larger capacity. When engaging the enemy, part of the working medium will be directly heated by the reactor. Ejection does not participate in the fusion process. It is similar to the afterburning of a jet engine, consuming a large amount of working fluid to greatly increase the speed.

The pair of flat paddling structures on the template can be easily transformed into the star's heat sink. Since the utilization of heat energy is higher than that of the Ezki, a heat sink of this size is enough for the star to dissipate waste heat and avoid the reactor. Burned out due to overload.

At the same time, due to the higher absorption and utilization of heat energy, Lin Yi still retains the skill of concealment and sneak attack by space creatures - he has determined that the last words of the Ezki exploration fleet were a desperate coincidence and not discovered in advance. It proves that concealment is still very useful.

Many of the auxiliary nozzles of the two kinds of stars are still electric rocket engines that do not produce infrared heat radiation during operation. It is envisaged that when the fusion reactor is in low-power standby, the stars will be almost invisible in the Ezki people's infrared band observation system. Complete concealment - the distance at which it can be observed is already within the effective range of Xinghuo's main weapon.

These electric rocket engines, which emit almost no thermal radiation, are the main means for Xinghao to change his posture while in hiding. Although when hidden, Xinghao can only be used as a fixed turret, and once it fires, it means being exposed, but sometimes, on the ever-changing battlefield, this unexpected blow is needed.

What determines the effectiveness of this attack is the next structure - the large ship-borne directed energy weapon reversed from the Ezki battleship, which is the main attack method of Xinghao.

(End of this chapter)