Chapter 919 Archangel

The characters on Cupid's chest kept changing, but he couldn't figure out what it meant. Those word combinations were extremely incoherent, just like the aI system was in chaos. net

After such a moment, the crystal robot simply retracted the five silver threads under the cheeks, started the engine behind it, turned a circle in the air, and threw it into an 8-meter-long and wide wreck not far away.

Tang Fang thought for a while, kicked his feet on the wreckage behind him, followed Cupid, and floated towards the wreckage of the battleship.

After a few breaths, he entered the inner space of the wreck under the guidance of the crystal robot, and then saw a black polyhedral metal ball fixed on the beam in front of Cupid.

"This is……"

Seeing the appearance of the polyhedral metal ball and the black hole on it reminded him of the battle video he saw at the central star port, the Wuzhu-class armored ship was blasted through the energy field by the Nemesis-class tactical destroyer, revealing its internal structure scene.

The polyhedral metal ball in front of me is much smaller than the black ball at the core of the Wuzhu-class armored ship, presumably it is the heart of the Safari-class fast assault ship.

He didn't touch the polyhedral metal ball for the first time, so as not to cause any trouble, he just mobilized the detectors outside to release all the functions, and scanned the target at a fixed point to determine what was going on with the polyhedral metal ball. It does not react to energy, but why it can affect Cupid.

Soon, the detector that entered the precise scanning mode gave the scanning result. After comparing it in many ways, Emma reported an abnormality to him: "Commander, the space-time density near this black sphere is very slightly distorted. According to the detector We can detect faint traces of gravity fluctuations in the scan results."

Tang Fang said: "Traces of gravity fluctuations, what do you mean?"

Emma said: "It means that when this core device was alive, there was a violent gravitational wave release process, which had some impact on the surrounding space-time, creating many subspace faults and dimensional gaps. Cupid itself is Ipsy The special operation robot designed by the dragon people to repair the Ashtolando system has the ability to sense abnormalities in wormholes and subspaces. Perhaps it is because of this that they are affected by the black polyhedral metal balls and have such abnormal reactions. .”

Emma's speculation is very reasonable, but what he doesn't understand is that what Cupid passed to him just now can affect the Epsilon rune on his forehead and activate the expansion function of the interstellar system.

For this question, Emma couldn't give a suitable answer, only saying that it might be another form of expression of information, which is beyond the understanding of human beings and the level of existing measurement technology.

"Could it be that... the technological level of the Third Council has reached the height of the Ipsi dragons?"

He thought of his previous experiences in the Lost Lands,

The Epsilon have been able to initially utilize dark matter and dark energy, perhaps... the Third Council also has a similar technology.

Emma said: "Commander, I don't think they have the technology to manipulate dark matter or dark energy. The abnormal situation just now should be just a stress response from the Epsilon rune in your mind."

He nodded, simply not wasting energy on this incomprehensible matter, and turned his attention to the system space: "Emma, ​​help me check, which race space is the newly expanded element of the system located?"

"Please wait..." After a while, Emma's voice sounded again: "Commander, according to the changes in the memory pool data, the new expansion project is located in the Terran base and the Protoss base."

"Human base and Protoss base?" Tang Fang was startled. He has never encountered this kind of situation before. Usually, the expansion of new units works on a single race. It is really weird that one object unlocks two race items like this.

He first put his consciousness into the human base, selected a scV, pressed the hotkey, and found that there were no new units to be unlocked in the basic/advanced building menu, and then clicked around the military production building and scientific research building, but still did not find any new elements.

Until he calmed down, he carefully selected the arms and buildings again, and finally a page turning option appeared in the lower right corner of the Starry Sky Base.

Press the hotkey, and the menu bar screen will change. Icons such as Rockwell's Propaganda Ship, Three-Headed Dog Pirate Battleship, and Colonial Bomber disappear, replaced by Archangel, Seamaster-class battlecruiser, Behemoth-class battlecruiser, Hercules-class battlecruisers, and Gorgon-class battlecruisers.

Tang Fang was taken aback by the scene in front of him. He never thought that the starry sky base had such a function.

Of course, a Hunter-class fast assault ship cannot unlock a battlecruiser-class spaceship. The four types of warships, including the Seamaster-class battlecruiser and the Behemoth-class battlecruiser, are still locked, and the unlocking conditions show "unknown". , but the icon of the archangel is highlighted and has been activated.

The Archangel is a giant fighter and the prototype of the Viking fighter. It appeared in the Heart of the Swarm battle. The fighting method is very special, like a big toy, and was finally dismantled by Kerrigan.

Tang Fang is no stranger to it, but what makes him speechless is that the elite unit of the Viking fighter, the Sea Rain Angel, has not been unlocked yet, and the prototype has been unlocked first. This... is really surprising.

The system note shows that the Archangel has 5 major components.

1. Reinforced fuselage: As the prototype of a new generation of fighter jets developed by the Empire after the Brood War, the Archangel spent a lot of money in the research process, and the engineers spared no expense in equipping it with the best airborne equipment. The most advanced alloy, it is expected that it can replace the Valkyrie frigate and become an excellent air combat unit that can stand on its own. Because it was originally intended to replace the bulky Valkyrie frigate to cover battle patrols, high-altitude bombing, and support ground troops, the Archangel's fuselage is shorter than the Valkyrie frigate, but longer than the Wraith fighter, in terms of armor It is also much thicker, especially the important parts are made of next-generation steel and puncture-resistant and impact-resistant materials, which makes it a huge aerial warhawk.

2. Strengthening Armaments: In order to maximize the practicality and battlefield survivability of combat units, and to adapt to the racial characteristics and attack methods of Zerg, Archangels need to support ground troops in addition to air strike missions. Archangels are equipped with far more powerful ground weapons than Viking fighters. After the switch from the sky overlord to the 6th Titan, the Gatling machine cannon with more than half the caliber of the Viking fighter turned it into a killing machine, 3D imaging technology, fire satellite targeting system, and the existence of fixed-point bombing mode servers , making the Archangel have a daunting long-range bombing capability, and it also has a 3omm caliber laser cannon to defend against air targets. To put it bluntly, the combat power that Archangel can display in ground battles is not inferior to Thor's siege mecha at all.

3. Strategic module: Archangel not only guarantees air/ground combat effectiveness, but also carries a very accurate long-range positioning system, which can guide airborne pods, and can be used to accurately shoot ground targets from high altitudes, and even guide nuclear bombs, serving as a battlecruiser The orbital bombing provides early detection and clearance of threat facilities.

4. Engine: The Archangel is equipped with a set of nuclear power engines, consisting of a main engine in the middle and two auxiliary engines, to provide the torque and power required for the transformation of this giant fighter. During the deformation process, the auxiliary engine outputs vector thrust outwards through 4 high-power turbines to ensure the smooth completion of the deformation process.

Fifth, sword outfit: The equipment of the archangel is considered to be a bad taste of engineers, although they themselves don't think so, and some engineers would rather call it feelings for those who don't understand. Facts have proved that if this thing is used to fight the protoss, it is just to find happiness for oneself. It is heavy and inflexible, and there is no need for it to exist at all. It wasn't until a pilot manipulated an archangel to fall from the sky, piercing the skull of a bound Ultralisk, that people felt that this weapon was somewhat useful.

Judging from the performance of the Archangel in all aspects, it is definitely a perfect and impeccable substitute for the Valkyrie frigate, but its high cost has caused a headache for the financially tight empire. Due to the bad situation at home and abroad, the Archangel did not It can enter the assembly line and deploy troops on a large scale. It is used as the empire's secret weapon to defend some strategic scientific research facilities and important locations.

However, the efforts of the engineers were not in vain. As the castrated version of the Archangel, the designs of the Viking a1 hybrid armored combat machine and the Viking a2 hybrid armored combat machine were finally accepted by the imperial army. Among them, the Viking a2 Because of its high cost performance, the Type Hybrid Armored Combat Machine was installed in a wide range of troops, and eventually replaced the Wraith Fighter as the standard fighter of the Imperial Fleet.

The Archangel is larger than the Viking Fighter and Sea Rain Angel, and the unit cost is also a lot higher. It needs to consume 1000 crystals and 900 gas, and the unit consumption is 4. The cost is slightly lower than that of the Valkyrie frigate, but the population consumption is higher.

Because there is no official data for comparison, he can't imagine how mighty the Archangel's body is, but from the system notes, it can be seen that on the 6th battlefield, the Archangel in the form of a mecha has a powerful combat power comparable to that of the Thor Siege Mech. , not to mention that it can also switch to flight mode and turn into a strategic bomber.

Datian is definitely cooler to use than Griffin fighters, Valkyrie bombers, and Viking fighters, and has more visual impact.

It seems that with it, Thor's siege mech with a unit occupation of up to 6 will be much less popular on the battlefield, and will be replaced by the Archangel who can soar into the sky and rule the roost on the ground.

Emma is the best at hitting people, the best at talking badly when he is happy, before and now.

"Commander, the Archangel is a high-level elite unit, which is higher than the Viking Fighter and Sea Rain Angel in terms of unit level, just like the Devil Dog, Hammer Security, Spike's Angel and other elite infantry. The 1000 population limit can accommodate up to 200 population. , Archangels are also included. In other words, even if a human base with a population limit of 2000 does not produce other elite units, but only Archangels, the system can accommodate up to 100 units."

The smug expression on his face stagnated, but he didn't complain about it. First, he was used to it, and second, it was in line with Sister Logic's logic.

He casually put an Archangel into the production menu, and after a few breaths, with a familiar voice, the Archangel appeared in the empty seat next to the starry sky base.

Compared with the Viking fighter, its body is more streamlined, and the model is more refined and textured, which is highly ornamental.

Moreover, the Archangel in air form has both air-to-air and ground-to-ground attack capabilities, and the skill bar comes with a fire satellite targeting system and wave missiles.

The former is to increase the range of the Archangel's missiles and the Gatling mechanism cannon, and the latter is used to increase the attack range of the Archangel's anti-missile missiles.

To Tang Fang's surprise, as written in the notes, the Archangel in front of him was indeed equipped with a reinforced burst laser cannon, which was also connected to the Fire Satellite targeting system, which could precisely strike moving targets on the ground.

After Archangel switched to mecha mode, she has a new active skill --- fixed-point bombing, which can use shoulder-fired missile launchers to carry out saturated strikes on a certain range of areas. Somewhat similar to Thor's four 25omm Punisher artillery bombardment.

Because he is now in the storage unit of the containment station, it is not easy to test the combat ability of the archangel, so he gave up the idea of ​​summoning it to the real space. With a change of consciousness, he entered the protoss base, looking for another unlock item Emma said.

Still check the building menu first, and found that there are no new elements to unlock, and then the building that produces soldiers.

When the cursor moved to the mechanical platform, he found a new icon behind the detector. From the appearance, it was a drone, which consisted of two parts, one was suspended in the air, and the other had a mechanical chassis like a dragon knight.

According to the definition of the system, this is an automatic satellite. If a detector is a reconnaissance aircraft active in space, then an automatic satellite is a detection device installed in a planetary orbit or a space facility.

Unlike the detector, it cannot be invisible and is much larger in size, but its functions are very powerful and comprehensive, and it can complete topographical mapping, stratigraphic scanning, climate monitoring, elemental analysis, etc. of a planet in a short period of time .

In other words, the scientific and industrial uses of this autonomous satellite are far greater than its military use.

No wonder... No wonder Miss Logic provided him with such an automatic satellite on the basis of having a detector.

The system comment on it is very short, only 2 major component analysis reports.

1. Cutting-edge sensing system: The scanning end of the automatic satellite integrates a variety of sensing devices. Under the control of the quantum brain, these sub-sensors can implement satellite monitoring of the entire planet without dead ends. Hundreds of times per minute to scan a large range of internal and external spaces. In addition, automatic satellites can also cooperate with ground mobile base stations to conduct detailed and accurate surveys of the geological environment of a planet, and then locate minerals and underground suspicious targets. It can also be used to predict most geological disasters and Space-time anomalies.

2. Mobile base station: In addition to the scanning end of the integrated multi-purpose sensor system, the automatic satellite also has a mobile base station. The all-terrain suspension system gives it an excellent ability to cross terrain, and it can operate in the harshest environment and weather conditions. At the same time, the pulse detonation engine driven by psionic energy endows it with short-distance flight capabilities. It is also the containment and repair platform of the satellite, and the built-in repair robot is responsible for the maintenance of the satellite. (To be continued.) 8