Warhammer: Empire Reboot

There are Kisame Modified targets in the city.

A modified cold star in the sky serves as a command node.

On the main battlefront, a large number of XV8 modified cornerstone combat suits advanced in coordination with the Bear Guard, White Tiger, and Red Dragon.

Combined with the nesting matrix, supply points and air defense positions can be quickly established.

This is the true purpose of the Tau combat suit.

It's not for elite troops.

It allows the foundational sequence to acquire mid-level military power.

The dark side of the Empire is too vast; no matter how many battle orders there are, they cannot fill every hive, every starport, and every wilderness defense line.

The cornerstone sequence is acceptable.

Lawson turned to O'Showa.

"Ten complete prototypes of each model will be retained, along with supporting maintenance drones, training cabins, flight records, and fault logs. A group of pilots will also be retained to assist my team in completing the first round of adaptation."

"can."

Lawson continued: "All existing models will be modified. The cockpit will be adapted to human body size and the Cornerstone neural interface. The propulsion system will be retained, with some reduction in extreme maneuverability in exchange for stability and ease of maintenance. Weapon interfaces will be standardized to be compatible with pulse weapons, Imperial bombs, thermoelectric weapons, plasma weapons, and miniaturized missile components. The armor materials will be replaced with Fio-tak, ceramic steel, and some living metal composite structures."

The technical director of Tu's company had a change in expression when he heard about living metal.

That's not Titanium technology, nor should it be something that a normal human empire could mass-produce so easily.

But he didn't ask.

Lawson continued: "The XV8 will be modified into the Cornerstone Standard Combat Suit, the XV25 into the Reconnaissance Marker type, the XV88 into the Mobile Heavy Firepower type, the Cold Star into a small number of command nodes, the Kisame into the Special Hunting type, and the Torrent will retain the heavy armor platform. The first generation will not pursue perfection; we will first use existing prototypes and material packages to modify a small batch of test models."

O'Shovar said in a deep voice, "You'll turn them into something completely different."

“Of course,” Lawson said. “I don’t need a second Tau Fire.”

Cornerstone Combat Suit Legion.

Lawson looked toward the end of the testing ground.

"I'm kind of looking forward to it."

P.S.: 1 words updated today.

Chapter 236 We won't cry, and I hope you won't cry later either.

Several XV8 crisis combat suits were towed back to the maintenance rack by a maintenance drone.

The Fire Technicians surrounded the aircraft, first locking onto the thrusters, then removing the weapon attachments, and finally reading the pilot's action log and the aircraft's load curve.

An XV8 was divided into several standard parts by a robotic arm.

The back-mounted jets are a set.

The weapon attachment points are in one set.

The shield generator is a set.

The leg servos, sensor arrays, cockpit frame, and cooling pipelines each have their own numbering, interfaces, and maintenance sequence.

This is what Lawson truly values.

Combat suits of the same model have standardized interfaces, specifications, and maintenance procedures.

If one weapon attachment point is damaged, the entire combat suit does not need to be returned to the main factory.

The thruster is burnt out; replace it.

The sensor is damaged; remove it and reinstall it.

The pilots of the Fire can change the plasma, explosive cannon, missile compartment, and fusion gun depending on the mission, and can also change the auxiliary system, target lock, shield generator, and drone control module.

This is a tactical flexibility for the Titans, and a production capacity boost for the Lawsons.

If each of the sixty foundry worlds produces a portion of the standard components, and then coordinates them uniformly through folded logistics and the cornerstone sequence, the production volume of the XV8 variant would be pushed to a scale unimaginable for the titanium group.

Lawson decided on the priority allocation for compatibility: "XV8 first."

O. Vesa has been sent to Lawson's territory by the stasis field, and the one left behind at the test site to explain is a senior engineer named Fio Tar Irun.

He immediately took over the data.

"Your Excellency, the XV8 is our most mature crisis combat suit platform. Its production line, maintenance system, training system, and parts inventory are all more stable than those of Cold Star and Kisame. If you are going to make adaptation modifications, choosing the XV8 is indeed the most reasonable option."

Swarm intelligence has already provided the first round of solutions.

First, revise 800 sets.

Don't strive for perfection from the start.

The existing XV8 in the Vision Enclave will be dismantled, with the Vision Enclave providing some new parts, and Agrippina and sixty casting worlds will simultaneously manufacture replacement parts.

After the first batch of 800 sets were modified into standard combat suits suitable for the cornerstone sequence, they were directly deployed to the battlefield for practical application.

Release a batch of troops to the ruined hive cities, clear out the orc remnants, blockade the outer perimeter of the Chaos Contaminated Zone, defend the Starport, and conduct mobile patrols in the wilderness.

Let the problems surface on their own.

Titanium groups use iterative models over decades.

Lawson can use swarm nodes to recover errors all at once.

If the test passes, the first batch could be equipped with 30 million cornerstone personnel.

The swarm intelligence suggested 800 sets, but Lawson decided to ignore it, saying, "Send me 3,000 sets of XV8 first."

This time, O'Showa did not agree immediately.

Irun's finger hovered over the data panel, clearly recalculating the inventory.

"Three thousand sets?" O'Showa confirmed.

"Correct."

O'Shovar looked at Lawson, his anger expressed with restraint: "Your Excellency the Marker, the Vision Enclave is not part of the Tau Empire's homeland. We do not have the massive primary planetary industrial systems of Dalis, Tau, and Viola. Each XV8 suit here corresponds to a Fire Clan veteran, a maintenance line, a batch of spare parts, and a training pod. We have already lost a large number of combat suits since the war, and sending out another three thousand suits now will weaken the defense capabilities of the remaining nine planets."

Vision Enclave surrendered, but O'Showa still had to fight for space for the rest.

Three thousand sets of XV8 were just a starting sample for Lawson, but for the Vision Enclave, they were an important backbone of the Fire Clan's combat power.

If all of them are removed, the Vision Enclave will only be able to survive in the short term by relying on the orbital agreement and the deterrence of Lawson.

O'Shovar's willingness to accept defeat does not mean he would willingly strip the remaining nine planets down to just civilian guards.

Lawson looked at him.

How many XV8s do you have left?

O'Showa did not hide anything.

"There are more than 4,600 complete and combat-ready airframes, more than 2,000 damaged airframes awaiting repair, and about 1,200 airframes can be assembled from stockpiled parts. However, these are just figures on paper. Many airframes are missing pilots, many maintenance nests need to be readjusted, and postwar ammunition and reactor parts are also in short supply."

Irun added, "If we deploy three thousand complete units, our rapid reaction force will be pushed below the danger line. If the Tau Empire or the remnants of the Orcs launch an attack in the near future, the Vision Enclave will have to rely on fixed defenses and orbital evasion."

Lawson looked at O'Showa for a while, then suddenly laughed.

He patted O'Showa on the shoulder.

O'Showa's body tensed slightly.

He was very uncomfortable with being patted on the shoulder; even Ether of the Tau Empire had never patted him on the shoulder.

Lawson made a strong statement:

“Oshova, I already told you, if any enemies attack during this time, I'll help you beat them up.”

"If the orcs come, I'll beat them up. If Chaos comes, I'll beat up Chaos. If the Tau Empire feels they haven't completely taken your piece, send a fleet over, and I can help you beat them up too."

Having said all that, O'Showa had no choice but to agree.

Lawson added, "I will have the Xuanwu Fleet stay on the periphery for a while longer. You retain fixed defenses and the core Huo Clan forces, which is enough to maintain order. Three thousand XV8s will not allow you to perish."

The handover of the three thousand XV8 crisis combat suits did not take too long.

Lawson stood at the edge of the airport, watching as XV8s were pushed into the static force field.

The rear-end personnel responsible for escorting the foundation stone sequence synchronously record the number, the Tu engineers are responsible for checking the data cabinet, and the T series remotely takes over the transmission sequence.

O'Showa felt even heavier inside than when he signed the document.

He knew that these machines were nominally on loan.

But he also knew that once they entered Lawson's system, even if they still had the XV8 shell when they returned, they would no longer belong to the Fire Clan tradition.

Meanwhile, O. Visayas has arrived in Agrippina.

When he stepped out of the static force field, his first reaction was to check his body.

Half of the personal sensors are out of alignment, and the other half are triggering alarms.

The 327 Tu engineers behind him appeared one after another. Many of them stopped after taking just one step and looked down to check the locator and time record.

All the instruments gave the same absurd result.

According to the known travel methods of the Tau, this distance would require a long fleet voyage, warp planning, resupply relays, and avoidance of warp storms and hostile star systems.

But they had just walked through a screen of light.

O. Visage forced himself to suppress his shock.

He couldn't lose his composure in front of his engineers.

"Calibrate local time and establish a team channel. Everyone check the data box and drone maintenance module."

The engineers immediately did as instructed.

They were greeted by a three-meter-tall mechanical creation, which stood there like a complete mechanical life form.

“O. Vesa, the great scientist.”

"I am T-007. By order of the Seal Master, I am responsible for taking over the Tu Clan Engineering Team and coordinating the construction of the first phase of the Nest Building Project's production line."

O. Vesa looked at it curiously.