Chapter 275 Plan 17

The Death Guard are masters of biological warfare among the Space Marines. They fought many brilliant battles and defeated many powerful enemies during the Great Crusade.

Not only the Death Guard, but also the other eight traitor legions, including the most notorious World Eaters and Night Lords, all made great contributions to the human empire during the Great Crusade and won great military exploits. Their betrayal led to the empire in later generations erasing all the merits and achievements of the traitor legions. Fu Qinghai felt it was a great pity.

So...the journey of stamp collecting cannot stop.

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After injecting all the scorched corpse viruses strengthened by the Lich into the bottom nest area, Fu Qinghai led the fleet to leave the Schwerin hive world and head to the Phaeton forge world.

It takes time for the virus to spread, and it also takes time for the radiated corpse creatures to completely transform into extremely glazed sculptures. Fu Qinghai has no idea whether it will succeed or not. Anyway, the original plan was to suffocate them to death, and now it's just adding some ingredients.

After a short-distance subspace jump, the huge joint fleet finally arrived at the end of the journey.

Phaeton builds the world.

From a distance, the originally dry and hot desert ball has now changed its appearance. Neat and dense photovoltaic solar panels cover the surface. From space, it looks like geometric pixel spots on the surface of the planet.

The spaceport has taken shape.

A Tarasque-class transport ship and a Goliath-class forging ship were quietly anchored above the sky port.

Through star communication, Phaeton had already known about the arrival of the fleet in advance and quickly vacated the docking area, and the airport and the huge fleet were quickly docked.

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At the spaceport, Fu Qinghai met the long-lost Master Quinto, the short old man in a red robe, Satfaran standing in the shadows, the easily overlooked Raven Guard warriors, and a technical priest that Fu Qinghai did not recognize.

Unlike the short Master Quinto, this technical priest seemed like a small mountain made of machinery. His red robe was bulging, and his huge body was supported by densely packed centipede-like mechanical tentacles. Occasionally, a corner of his body revealed by lifting his robe was a collection of various metal devices.

The blacksmith, the master of the forge, Buck Husrett.

Former foundry director of Phaeton Foundry World.

When the Sons of Horus occupied and looted the Forge World of Phaeton, this Forge Director led some of the surviving Tech-Priests of the Forge World into hiding in the underground labyrinth. Now they have reappeared at the skyport. Perhaps they escaped on their own, or perhaps Satfaran found them.

"Hello, Master Buck."

Fu Qinghai looked up at him.

The other party nodded:

"Greetings, Qingshan Khan. Thank you for your company's efforts in expelling those corrupted traitors from the Forge World."

Fu Qinghai never met the Son of Horus. When he arrived at Phaeton, the other party had already run away.

But Buck Huslett still spoke very politely and gave the credit to Fu Qinghai.

Before leaving, Fu Qinghai once instructed Sartrefan: If anyone tries to hinder Master Quinto from controlling this Forge World, get rid of him... At present, it seems that the deterrent power of the Raven Guard is still good. At least Buck Heslett has accepted the change in his identity and status.

Master Quinto was obviously very happy that all his students and old friends and the aid materials from Mars had arrived at Phaeton. He said in that familiar hoarse voice,

"This is not the place to talk, little Locke. Let's go back underground and discuss in detail."

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Phaeton Forge World is a solid planet located in a binary star system called "Pheton Galaxy". In other words, there are two stars in the sky of Phaeton. Due to the high surface temperature, the main buildings and facilities here are built underground. It has abundant reserves of clean energy (solar energy and geothermal energy) and mineral resources. At present, the entire Forge World is still unknown in the circle of the Mechanicus.

Basic data:

Name: Phaeton

Starfield: Hazy Starfield

Star Region: Marcus King Star Region

Galaxy: Phaeton Galaxy

Type: Forge World

Affiliation: Human Empire

Population: 13.67 million

Product grade: Not yet determined

Tax level: Special tax exemption

For a forging world of this size, the population is too small, and even this was filled by a large number of forced immigrants from the Schwerin hive world that Fu Qinghai ordered.

However, with the arrival of the Bio-Sage, the cloning factory has been put on the agenda, and with the return of the Forge Master, the large-scale smelting and forging production lines are gradually resuming operation.

The large amount of equipment and personnel loaded on a Goliath-class factory ship and nine imperial transport ships also injected a shot of adrenaline into the development of the Forge World. At least it made Buck Heslett, a forger who had lived in the border for a long time, understand two things -

1. Mars has not given up here.

2. Quinto the Sage, or his student Qingshan Khan, is very powerful on Mars and Terra.

Mars is not a charity organization, and Great Sage Kane is not a philanthropist. These things were exchanged for the STC of giant mining excavators. Of course, Master Quinto's background as a Martian native also added a lot of chips to this aid.

In a conference room in the underground city, the two sages of the Forge World and many assistants sat down one by one. Fu Qinghai activated a servo skull in front of them, and a large screen formed by a blue holographic projection flickered and emerged:

"Praise the God of All Machines, praise Om Messiah!"

First there is a fixed opening statement.

"Let me introduce to you..."

"Phaeton Casting World's First Seven-Year Plan for Economic and Technological Development."

"Abbreviation: Plan 17!"

Fu Qinghai said loudly.

Master Quinto smiled. He was used to the strange terms that came out of his students' mouths from time to time.

Master Buck wondered: Is it too short to plan for a period of seven years?

"Masters, fellow citizens of Mecha, I divide the unique technology currently mastered by the Phaeton Foundry World into three categories: biochemistry, gravity, and electromagnetics."

Fu Qinghai said slowly:

"First, biochemical technology."

Fu Qinghai looked at his teacher.

The biochemical technology tree that Fu Qinghai now controls is luxuriant with leaves and branches and deep roots.

Perfect Humanity's multiple loot seizures from the Resident Evil game universe: a total of ten viruses, a mold, and a parasite. Samples and research materials are all available.

In addition, there are two viruses from the Fallout universe: the Scorched Virus and the FEV Virus. There is also the Kripin Virus from the movie I Am Legend and the Blue Blood Virus from the movie Army of the Dead. There are only samples, but no research data.

Biosynthesis technology from the Jurassic Park universe.

Above is biology, then chemistry.

Pharmaceutical and food science from the Fallout universe: formulas and production technology for a full set of radiation medicines, formulas and production technology for all types of Nuka-Cola.

The biochemical technology industry chain in the "First Five-Year Plan" covers everything from weapons to medicines to food.

"Master, this is how I planned it."

Fu Qinghai said to Master Quinto:

"Biochemical technology and its corresponding products will be the pillar industry of the future of Phaeton Foundry World, and even half of it. At least one-third of the underground space of the entire planet must be used for the research, development and production of biochemical technology."

"There are a total of fourteen viruses, a mold, and a parasite. These are all researched and developed for military purposes. They are very dangerous. When building research facilities for these things, we must prepare emergency response plans for biochemical crises."

At present, the Phaeton Casting World still has unique geographical conditions. The surface is too hot to survive. If a leak occurs, the zombies that run to the surface will be burned to death, and the same result will occur if they run deep into the core of the earth.

The virus research facility hidden underground...it's a bit like the Umbrella Corporation's Hive Base in Raccoon City.

At the same time, Fu Qinghai extracted the corresponding antibodies for each virus from Huxley, which is also a layer of safety guarantee.

These viruses, fungi and parasites all follow the path of "changing genes, stimulating potential and strengthening the human body". Because there are not many successful cases to refer to, Fu Qinghai does not have a specific research direction for the time being. He can only leave it to Master Quinto to play with, or as a technical reserve.

Some people may say that there is the evil god Nurgle in Warhammer 40K, and viruses cannot be studied in Warhammer 40K.

In fact, the virus bomb - one of the optional weapons for launching an extermination order, is one of the biological weapons in the human empire's arsenal. Horus dropped a virus bomb during the orbital bombardment of the planet Istvan III. A large amount of life-devouring virus will turn all living things into organic mucus.

The manufacturing technology of this weapon has been lost in later generations and is considered a "relic technology". It is said that there are only three of them preserved in a hive world called "Endin".

Just imagine, if the human empire cannot research biochemical weapons, then where do virus bombs come from?

The military industry of biochemical technology has come to an end, and what remains are civilian products - radiation drugs and nuclear cola.

Drinking too much Nuka-Cola can cause radiation poisoning, so the target group for this series of beverages is the ordinary residents of various forging worlds, who have long been accustomed to the radiation environment.

Many technical priests will remove useless organs such as the tongue and stomach because they feel that eating is unnecessary, just as many female technical priests will remove the uterus and breasts to make room for the installation of a second brain and data stack. It is not the duty of female technical priests to give birth to offspring.

But please note that although the Forge World advocates prosthetic modification, it is not cheap. Even in the Forge World, not everyone can afford it. Most ordinary residents still retain their original organs, including the Crusaders.

There are also some technical priests who are extremely obsessed with the appreciation of food and wine. Not only do they not remove the corresponding organs, but they also strengthen their tongues and noses, increasing the acuity of their taste and smell in order to taste the complex flavors that others cannot taste.

Anyone with a little business sense knows that the technology of food and light industry is not complicated, the real core issue is sales competition. Nuka-Cola may be well received in the foundry world once it is launched, but it is difficult to prevent others from imitating and copying it, so Fu Qinghai has to prepare for the rainy day and get the endorsement of Belisarius Cole in advance.

Celebrity endorsement is a marketing tool. As one of the Imperial Iron Triangle along with Inquisitor Greyfax and Living Saint Saint Celestine, Archmagos Cawl is not only famous within the Mechanicus, but also in the entire human empire. Ordinary people may not know his image, but they certainly know his name.

But this card is not useful now.

Then there are the radiation drugs.

When Boss Zhao handed over the formula and manufacturing technology of a full set of radiation drugs to Fu Qinghai, he actually had bad intentions, because the raw materials of many drugs involved creatures unique to the radiation universe: the two-headed cow, officially named "Brahmin", in addition to brain fungi, luminous fungi and the like.

As luck would have it, Camille had obtained the biosynthesis technology from InGen. Fu Qinghai could easily replicate these unique radiation-mutated creatures in the Phaeton Foundry World and set up some biochemical breeding farms. As for the radiation environment they needed to survive - wherever there was a Mechanic Cult, there would be strong radiation.

"Master, please get me some of the finished products of the Day Trip, Anti-Radiation Ning, Treatment Needle, and Super Strength X from the laboratory. I will discuss a deal with a wandering merchant from the Extreme Star Region later."

Fu Qinghai said to Master Quinto.

"Okay, little Locke."

Master Quinto agreed.

Buck Huslett sat nearby and listened for a long time, and finally figured out what was going on: So you, the captain of the White Scars, have already regarded Phaeton as your own forging world?

But Master Buck did not speak or express any opinions. Now, all the people underground and in space were theirs, so it would be better for him to wait and see how things would develop.

"The second item is gravity technology."

Fu Qinghai cleared his throat and said.

"As for the principles of gravity technology, you can study them slowly after I have sorted them out. Now I will talk about the products we can produce based on this gravity technology."

"The core components of the gravity gun and gravity gloves are kinetic modules, which allow our oil...oh no, technical priests, in production and scientific research, without the help of any mechanical prostheses or mechanical servants, to easily lift heavy and huge objects and move them in mid-air. It also has certain practical value in low-intensity battlefields."

"The planetary pyrolysis mining ship is a very efficient mining technology that eliminates the complicated process of drilling holes, setting up wells, and mining. It directly pyrolyzes a celestial body into fragments, and then further mines, crushes, and refines them in the space environment."

The gravity gun of the Half-Life universe and the kinetic module of the Dead Space universe are similar in their use of gravity technology, but the planetary fragmentation technology is unique to the Dead Space universe.

"There is such technology?"

The gravity gun and gravity gloves before did not surprise Sage Buck, but when he heard the detailed description of the planetary cracking technology, he became a little restless.

Fu Qinghai nodded:

"The prototype of the planetary cracking mining ship is docked at the airport. You can go and see it for yourself, Master Buck."

Buck was more and more surprised, but said nothing more.

Seeing that he didn't say anything else, Fu Qinghai continued:

"Electromagnetic technology is not yet very complete and mature. We only have one mass-produced product and one experimental product."

The mass-produced product is the feather gun.

"By the way, my research assistant, the space ape Shilan, has come up with a prototype gun called the 'Pulse Bolter'. Because electromagnetic coil acceleration technology cannot completely replace traditional propellant propulsion technology, this is a firearm that combines the two propulsion methods."

As Fu Qinghai spoke, he placed a peculiarly shaped grenade launcher on the table.

The eyes of all the technical priests present were focused on this gun.

The appearance is still the hard, straight and cold lines unique to the Human Empire, but compared with traditional grenade launchers, it has a longer barrel and a larger gun body. There are three obvious bulges around the thick barrel, surrounding the barrel in a "品" shape.

Fu Qinghai explained:

"In addition to the explosive magazine, it also needs a battery to power it. We adopted a compatible design so that it can be used with the laser gun's battery to facilitate logistics supply. It has a coil while retaining the rifling. The Picatinny rail on the back of the gun can be used to attach various accessories."

Fu Qinghai finally gave up the caseless bomb.

The advantages of caseless bullets are lower costs and lighter weight, and they can accommodate left- and right-handed people without being burned by the shell casings, etc. However, these advantages are very useless for Space Marines.

On the contrary, if caseless bombs are used, the pulse gun's bolt action will have to eliminate the shell ejection structure, and it can only fire special bombs, and cannot pick up enemy bombs on the battlefield and use them. This is a very serious flaw.

In the real world, many countries have not joined NATO, but special forces firearms still use NATO calibers so that they can pick up enemy bullets on the battlefield.

The Pulse Bolter can fire both pulse bullets with built-in coils and regular bullets. Based on the modular design, you only need to remove the longer electromagnetic coil barrel and replace it with a shorter regular barrel to immediately turn it into a bolt carbine, which is convenient for use on a narrow battlefield.

"The gun family design is very advanced and mature."

Before Master Quinto opened his mouth, Sage Buck praised him first.

Fu Qinghai keeps calling it an "experimental product", but it's actually just a self-deprecating term.

In fact, if it weren't for the cost of mass production, this gun would be very mature in design.

"In addition to these three technologies and ancillary products, I have some other products ready to be produced and equipped to the troops."

Fu Qinghai threw out baits one after another.

Even Master Buck's mechanical prosthetic eyes were dazzled.

"A technology that makes nuclear weapons cheap and small. The corresponding product is a heavy long-range weapon called the 'Fat Man Launcher' that can quickly fire small nuclear bombs in succession."

Fu Qinghai said.

Space Marines do not have nuclear grenades but do have radiation grenades, which are equivalent to dirty bombs that spread radioactive contamination.

Looking at science fiction IPs such as Alien, Dead Space, Elysium, etc., you will find that the development of firearms in them is also in line with the laws of reality. For example: the removal of grenades.

In the real world, hand grenades have gradually been replaced by rifle grenades. As the power of hand grenades increases, the throwing distance of human arms has remained the same, which means that the explosion range of hand grenades may be greater than the throwing range of soldiers, so they will be replaced by grenade launchers.

But in Warhammer 40K, Space Marines still use grenades. First, Space Marines are not humans, so their arm strength cannot be compared. Second, Space Marines wear power armor, so a close-range explosion will not necessarily kill them.

But Fu Qinghai also has no intention of developing grenades.

Because this is the correct development trend of weapons.

From now on, the Space Marines of the Brotherhood of God will only use rifle grenades, not hand grenades.

The Fat Man launcher is a type of grenade launcher.

Fires a small nuclear grenade.

"In summary."

Fu Qinghai concluded:

"The products included in Phaeton's 'First Five-Year Plan' are civilian products: Nuka Cola series, radiation medicine series, giant mining excavators, and planetary cracking mining ships."

"Military products: Feather guns for human soldiers, pulse bolters and Fat Man launchers for space marines. Pulse bolters can only be supplied to the Brotherhood of God Machine at present, and are not considered for sale to other military organizations in the empire for the time being."

In fact, if you calculate carefully, although Phaeton is an emerging forging world that cannot even support its own intelligent control army and Titan army, it has many unique products and is very competitive in the entire imperial market.

The two sages and the oil men present were so shocked by the grand blueprint described by Fu Qinghai that they were speechless.

Fu Qinghai didn't wait for them to react and continued:

"Additional explanation: Since the Phaeton is still in the development and construction stage, the giant mining excavator and planetary cracking mining ship cannot meet its own needs, so the export of these two products is suspended."

The giant mining excavator is more useful than any assault drilling vehicle, especially for an underground civilization like the Phaeton Forge World. It is not only a mining vehicle, but also an engineering vehicle. Building a house here is equivalent to digging a hole.

Fu Qinghai turned around and looked at the master of the forge, Sage Buck Heslet, with a smile, and asked:

"Well, Master Buck, what do you think of the 'First Five-Year Plan' I proposed?"

Buck came back to his senses from the shock, his mind was in turmoil for a while, and finally he sighed and said:

"Qingshan, no matter what you and Sage Quinto are planning, as long as you don't betray the Human Empire and don't oppose the God of All Machines, and stick to these two bottom lines, I, Buck Heslet, will always be tied to your chariot."

Seems like the answer is irrelevant.

In fact, he has already made his position clear.

Fu Qinghai laughed:

"Praise the God of All Things. Master Buck, you will not be disappointed with today's decision."

"However." Fu Qinghai changed the subject:

"Later, my intelligence officers will conduct random political inspections of key positions in the entire Forge World, including your technical priests. This is a routine procedure. I hope you don't mind."

No. 56's life or death is still unknown, and Fu Qinghai has already arranged his future work content for him.

"I understand and I will cooperate."

Master Buck said.

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　Thanks to Gong Yi Du He, book friend 160715074128055, and King Marquez for their rewards.

　　My book friends are really knowledgeable. When I mentioned the word "rifling" before, someone immediately mentioned the "tail wing".

　　Hot Knowledge: Most of the main battle tanks in the world are equipped with smoothbore guns without rifling. Why not use rifled guns with rifling? Because stabilized tail armor-piercing projectiles with discarding sabots can only be fired from smoothbore guns.

(End of this chapter)