Chapter 413 Test Ride and Test Drive

Shi Lan and Xiao Fei are busy creating a new version of "Pojun Golden Armor" to deal with the upcoming battle.

Fu Qinghai brought Master Quinto and Master Buck together to study the Pioneer's wormhole manufacturing technology.

To be honest, the Pioneers do have something going for them. As a civilization that focuses on biotechnology, their style should be similar to that of the Zerg in StarCraft, the Yuuzhan Vong in Star Wars, and the Tyranids in Warhammer 40K.

The wormhole in the first movie was drawn in this style, like layers of valve channels made up of some biological organ.

But in the second movie, this civilization, which is obviously more adept at bioengineering technology, used Shaw Industries' mechanical engineering technology to restore the wormhole manufacturing technology.

Perhaps after Dr. Newton was possessed, the mecha hunter manufacturing technology in his mind provided the pioneers with sufficient learning materials and reference samples. However, it must be said that these aliens really tried their best to colonize the earth, and they still replicated the wormhole technology in a field they were not very good at.

Fu Qinghai has obtained the design information of the drone mecha. As long as the monster drone mecha is restored exactly as it is, it will be possible to create a wormhole. However, this approach is "knowing the result but not the reason". If we want to understand how the pioneers locate space, open wormholes, and maintain existence, further research is needed to fully master this technology.

So, can the epoch-making invention of wormhole technology completely change the existing situation of the empire?

Of course not.

As mentioned before, the Necrons have wormhole technology - the Night Scythe can capture natural wormholes to deploy troops, but even so, the Necrons still need to use the Tombstone Gate to hijack the Webway in order to achieve faster-than-light travel.

Many people have not thought about one question.

What is the diameter of a wormhole channel?

The wormholes captured by the Night Scythe can only be used to deploy infantry and motorcycle units. Giant underworld structures such as pumice towers and majestic stone tablets cannot be deployed through the Night Scythe, and the duration of the wormhole is also limited.

The artificial wormhole created by the pioneers is slightly larger in diameter than the natural wormhole used by the Necrons, and can at least allow monsters hundreds of meters tall to pass through. If it relies on some long-lasting and abundant energy, this wormhole can also continue to exist.

But for the vast territory and huge size of the human empire, wormholes are just a drop in the bucket. Wormholes are different from webways. Large webway entrances can accommodate entire fleets, while wormholes can only pass through units of the size of monsters, and the quality and quantity that can pass through each time are limited.

There is absolutely no way to replace subspace jump technology.

Some people may ask:

Then can't the diameter of the wormhole be expanded?

Of course, it is not that simple. It is precisely because of the various limitations of artificial wormholes that the pioneers' plan to colonize the earth has been delayed and failed repeatedly - because those larger and more powerful monsters cannot reach the earth through wormholes. If the diameter of the wormhole could be easily expanded, the pioneers would have occupied the earth long ago.

For Master Quinto, Master Buck and Fu Qinghai, those things are too far away. The only thing they have to consider now is to master the wormhole creation technology first.

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After the transfer order from the Ministry of Military Affairs was issued, Fu Qinghai did not lead the regiment to the Iron Ring Belt immediately, but waited patiently for the completion of the 2.0 version of "Pojun Jinjia".

Four months passed.

The brand new four-armed Titan is finally out.

Fu Qinghai plans to take a test drive first.

"The volcano cannon and earthquake cannon have been temporarily removed from the weapon sequence. According to your request, the 'Pojun Jinjia' will focus on close combat. If it is equipped with too many long-range weapons, there will be no space in the Titan's body structure to store ammunition."

Xiao Fei talked as he climbed up the gangway.

"The sprint reactor and shin climber of the 'Heroic Protector', the hydraulic damper of the 'Saber Athena', and the horizontal gyroscope and gravity stabilizer of the Warlord-class Titan, this series of devices gives it unimaginable maneuverability and balance."

Volcano cannons and earthquake cannons are quite effective against creatures without shields, such as monsters and Titans. However, they are not effective against Titans with multiple void shield arrays on the outside and adamantium composite armor on the inside. A large amount of continuous firepower output is required to break through the defense.

There isn't a lot of room to store ammunition.

It also does not meet Fu Qinghai's requirement of killing with one strike.

So give up for now.

"The weapons currently equipped on the four arms are: the rocket elbow power claw on the lower right arm, the Mori-type melta cannon on the lower left arm, and the plasma double-edged swords on the upper arms..."

Xiao Fei introduced them one by one.

With four mechanical arms and three different weapons, the "Pojun Golden Armor" looks more like a mechanical Buddha.

The plasma double-edged sword was originally the weapon of "Saber Athena". Unlike the lightsaber in Star Wars which uses magnetically confined plasma to form the blade, the plasma double-edged sword can spray out a hot and condensed ion shock wave from one side of the blade.

Fu Qinghai entered the head cockpit.

Early models of Mecha Hunter used the Pinocchio cockpit, which is the same type used by the "White Scars" before. Its feet were fixed to the ground and its body was connected by many cables, just like a puppet, hence the name "Pinocchio Cockpit".

Starting from the fifth generation of Mecha Hunter, a magnetic levitation cockpit was used instead. The cables on the body were reduced and concentrated into a bundle. At the same time, the feet were no longer fixed to the ground, but suspended in the air. The magnetic levitation cockpit has a simpler and more sci-fi shape. This design allows drivers to perform more complex and flexible movements.

The probes were inserted into the neural interface one by one, and accompanied by a slight tingling pain, Fu Qinghai entered a state of synaesthesia.

When he opened his eyes again, the scene he saw was no longer the head cockpit, but the interior of the foundry temple.

Then start trying to mobilize the four arms.

"It's a little difficult."

Fu Qinghai felt it carefully and said:

"I can't quite tell which is my real body. Am I an Astartes with two hearts and three lungs, or a mechanical Titan with two legs and four arms? The two different states are constantly switching in my brain, interfering with my perception..."

"This won't be easy, Khan."

Xiao Fei stood in the control center and said:

"Take your time. Don't rush."

Fu Qinghai was a little overconfident - operating four robotic arms was much more difficult than he had imagined.

It's not just a matter of "Pojun Jinjia" having four arms and Fu Qinghai only having two.

For example, the waist of "Pojun Jinjia" can rotate 360 ​​degrees, while the human lumbar spine structure does not support this operation; the knee joint of "Pojun Jinjia" is segmented and recurved, which is also different from the human knee joint structure.

The Titans and the pilot crew have different physiological structures.

Does this make the driver feel very uncomfortable?

Here, we have to emphasize the difference between the Pons Bridge Device (Drift) in the Pacific Rim universe and the Mind Impulse Unit (MIU) in the Warhammer 40K universe.

The biggest selling point of the Pons Bridge is that it enables the pilot team to achieve synchronization, share the pressure of information processing, and control the Titan without the assistance of artificial intelligence. However, the Pons Bridge also has its limitations. It causes PPDC to only be able to manufacture mecha hunters with humanoid structures, and the pilot team cannot control other non-human-shaped mecha hunters.

The thought pulse unit, combined with the flow interface and the command throne, can allow the Titan captain's thoughts to directly transform into the Titan itself, and control the Titan with the help of the machine soul (beast artificial intelligence). In other words, when controlling the Titan, the captain thinks that he is the Titan itself, not a human being.

Although the latter control mode is good, it also has great side effects. Some captains who were driving Warhound-class Titans suddenly lost the connection after a long battle. For a short period of time, they were unable to walk on their toes like normal humans. They could only hunch over and crawl on the ground like wild dogs.

Because their brains can no longer distinguish whether they are a War Dog-class Titan or a human being.

This is why many pilot crews in the Titan Order feel very uncomfortable after being separated from the control of the Titan. They maintain a deep connection with the Titan for a long time and are in a high-intensity and high-severity battlefield environment. They will become more and more accustomed to existing as a Titan and can no longer adapt to their weak and tiny mortal bodies. As their service time gradually increases, their minds are completely unable to separate from the Titan and are eventually put into the amniotic fluid tank, becoming a biological wetware inserted into the Titan, a growth and a parasite.

If "Pojun Golden Armor" wants to achieve four-arm control, it has to introduce the thought pulse unit operating system.

Ordinary Titan units do not have such complicated maneuvers. The captain only needs to control the Titan to move, and the weapon system can be handed over to other crew members to operate. However, this is not the case with the "Pojun Jinjia". This is the Titan that is famous for its flexibility and agility.

Fu Qinghai is still slowly adjusting.

But a new cycle is about to begin.

So Xiao Fei proposed two solutions:

1. Forget about the Crimson Protocol. The Dark Angels openly sent Iron Men to participate in the battle. The Iron Hands used AI to control the Dreadnoughts. They all hate intelligence. Who dares to say anything? They play with artificial intelligence, but we White Scars can't?

- Plug in the Qingming chip to assist in control!

2. Khan, forget about that pink-haired woman. The brothers of the Chapter... oh, not brothers, are all waiting to drive a Titan with you. Isn't the comradeship more fragrant?

——Find a new Titan co-pilot.

Think about it.

Fu Qinghai chose the second option.

Fu Qinghai first took out the KWOON training manual written by Marshal Panticost - a training system specifically for the fighting techniques of mecha hunters, and distributed it to the senior officers of the regiment, asking them to seize the time to practice and master it, and then began to carry out synaesthesia pairing one by one.

The test results were really strange.

No one can be 100% in sync with Fu Qinghai.

The first captain, the Moon Wolf warrior Lao Qiao, the first Space Marine of the Brotherhood of the God Machine and Fu Qinghai's first subordinate, has followed him through all the battles, big and small, in the Warhammer 40K universe. In terms of coordination, tacit understanding, tactical thinking, and the understanding and execution of strategic concepts, no one can match him, but he still cannot achieve 100% synchronization with Fu Qinghai.

The aide-de-camp, Lin Yu, was also a Space Marine transformed with the White Scars gene-seed. He also served as Fu Qinghai's assistant and secretary. He was responsible for handling some of the daily affairs of the Chapter, as well as all matters of the Forge World and the Hive World. With his guidance, he was able to understand the leadership spirit very well. However, the aide-de-camp could not achieve 100% synchronization with the Chapter Master.

In addition, Tristan, Camille, No. 56, Kalamanda, Satfaran... after being tested one by one, none of them could achieve sufficient synchronization with Fu Qinghai.

"Is it because the training time is too short?"

"Or is it because of the incompatibility of personalities?"

Fu Qinghai fell into deep thought.

The hero and heroine in the movie Pacific Rim also fought in the training room of the Kongwukan for a long time before they developed amazing tacit understanding and synchronization efficiency. If they were given more time to adjust, maybe they could have achieved perfect synchronization.

"Khan."

At this time, navigator Tracy came to the training cage.

"The Marcus King Star Region is not that close to the Iron Ring. According to the route I planned, we must set off immediately, otherwise we will not be able to reach the Atar Median Forge World within the time specified by the Military Affairs Department."

"Okay, I understand."

Fu Qinghai put the training sword back aside.

"Anyway, let's go first."

Fu Qinghai said to Xiao Fei:

"We'll slowly adjust it along the way. If it still doesn't work, insert Qingming's chip."

"Yes, Khan."

The Tech Priest said.

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(End of this chapter)