Chapter 532 Communication Ship

The military god did not react to my excitement and replied calmly: "Shan Wuwu has now appeared in a small city in Russia. According to his report, the other party made arrangements immediately after arriving at the port. All the NPCs boarded the ship and left the port, but none of the players boarded the ship. Instead, they committed suicide and returned to a nearby island city. Because they were resurrected by themselves, Shan Wuwu could not determine the specific location of the city. , they just knew that the city was called Arkhorn and belonged to a certain Russian guild. They stopped in the city and then arrived in Russia. As for those NPCs, they should have obtained the specific route coordinates, and then they might travel from the sea return."

"That means we have no chance of discovering them, right?"

"At least we can't get any information from Shan Wuwu."

"I'm afraid so."

I helplessly said to Jun Shen: "Okay, I understand. I don't care about the information about the escaping fleet for now. It is estimated that even if we track it, there is no possibility of catching up. But first, record our current position. This This place can serve as a midway supply base for our guild in the future."

"Does a permanent base need to be built or is it temporary?"

The permanent and temporary questions asked by the God of War were to ask me if I wanted to confirm the city recognized by the system. The former is more difficult to establish, requires a lot of investment, takes a long time to construct, and has high maintenance costs in the future, but it is more powerful and has complete functions, especially the ability to build large teleportation arrays and special buildings. This advantage is not available to temporary cities similar to wild strongholds. Comparable. certainly. On the other hand, temporary strongholds also have their own advantages. At least the construction cost is much lower, and there is no need for maintenance later. Even if it is pushed away by enemies or monsters, not much will be lost in rebuilding. Anyway, it is flexible and requires little investment. It's not very useful, it just depends on how you want to use it.

The location of this island is really good and the natural environment is good. So I simply asked the God of War to record the construction of a permanent base here. The scale is this entire island and the submarine base below. As for whether to build two connected cities or one city, I haven't said anything about this, and let the military god and the later construction personnel discuss it.

After the arrangements were made, I asked again: "By the way, how did you contact me just now? I remember that this place is not within the communication coverage of our guild."

"It's not true. But a fleet from our guild is approaching you. You have now entered the signal coverage of this fleet's communication ship."

The so-called communication ship is a special ship equipped with a large communication crystal. Just like real-life radio transmissions. The communicators used by our guild also have range limitations. The crystal communicator used by our guild relies on the resonance relationship between Atlantis crystals for communication, and this resonance response range depends entirely on the volume of the Atlantis crystal. To put it simply, the volume determines the transmission distance. If there was an Atlantean crystal the size of the Himalayas, our signal could cover the entire solar system. But if there is only a crystal as big as a skyscraper, the communication distance can only guarantee covering the entire earth. Note that there is a feature here that is different from that of radio, that is, the resonance relationship of the Atlantis crystal is very little affected by the terrain. That is, as long as the Atlantis crystal is large enough, it can communicate with each other across the earth. Satellites need to be set up in space to relay like radio.

However, an Atlantis crystal as big as a skyscraper is obviously impossible to exist, so among the Atlantis crystals we can use, the largest one is only equivalent to a four-story, one-unit residential building. big. The communication coverage distance of an Atlantis crystal of this size is actually very large. As long as the location is suitable, one such crystal can cover the communication needs of the whole of China. Moreover, the Atlantis crystal has an advantage, that is, as long as there is a large crystal, within its coverage, crystals no matter how small they are can communicate with each other. In other words, the communication distance of the Atlantis crystal depends on It is based on the signal range that can cover the largest signal source at the location, not the coverage of the Atlantis crystal body. In other words, as long as one of the largest Atlantis crystals is placed in China, everyone in China can use a communicator of any size to communicate, even if two people are at the east and west ends of China, and both use It is the smallest Atlantis crystal, and the communication between them can be unimpeded.

In addition, Atlantis crystal also has an excellent feature, that is, signal relay is not affected by volume. Even an Atlantis crystal as big as a fingernail can be used as an intermediate transmission medium between two countries for signal transmission without causing information congestion. This feature determines that the cost of the transfer station is very low, almost so small that it can be ignored.

However, there is no problem with small Atlantis crystals relaying signals, but the volume determines the signal range. The overlap of the signal ranges of two large crystals does not allow the two to communicate directly. It must be ensured that at least one of the two large crystals has signal coverage. The coverage area can include the other party's body, or at least one Atlantis crystal is within the coverage area of ​​both at the same time as a relay signal station.

This characteristic of Atlantis crystal determines that the communication networks of our guild are all in a star structure. That is, there is a large Atlantis crystal in one area for signal coverage, and between regions there is a large Atlantis crystal. Dedicated signal relay crystal for connection. Among them, large-scale Atlantis crystals are usually set up in fortress cities, and must be heavily protected, or they must be hidden very secretly to ensure that no one can discover them. The communication transfer node uses the widespread method. Anyway, repeaters are very cheap. Just make a few hundred of them and throw them around within a suitable range. Even if they are destroyed or moved, it is impossible to reimburse hundreds of them at the same time. If the number is insufficient, just replace them. It will not affect the communication at all. .

However, this kind of information chain has become a big problem at sea, especially the two super oceans of the Pacific and Atlantic. Not only are they large in area, but they are also not areas completely controlled by our guild. Naturally, it is inconvenient to place large-scale Atlantis. Crystal, after all, this thing is quite difficult. The Atlantis crystal that looks like a four-story building is the largest piece we have so far, and no other piece of this size has been found so far. Among other Atlantis crystals, the common Atlantis crystals we use as large coverage sources are only as big as two shipping containers. This volume is only less than one-eighth of the largest Atlantis crystal.

The coverage range of this slightly more common large Atlantis crystal signal is not bad, but the number required to cover the Pacific Ocean is still quite scary. Therefore, we have set up transfer stations near commonly used major waterways. This maritime signal relay station is just like a sea buoy, with a built-in Atlantis crystal about the size of two adults. Crystals of this size are easy to obtain, so they can be set up in large numbers and placed in a checkerboard pattern near the channel to ensure that each signal buoy can cover at least eight nearby buoys. This ensures that the signal will not be accidentally interrupted.

but. Transport ships can sail along the waterway, and warships can also sail along the waterway when they are not fighting. There is no problem with this. However, it is impossible for a battleship not to fight, and there is no way to guarantee the channel problem during the battle. Sometimes, in order to transport special supplies, it is necessary to leave the waterway and sail secretly. The signal will be lost during this process, because it is too far away from the channel and cannot be covered by the signal station.

The method we use to deal with this situation is to install larger Atlantis crystals on all large battleships in the fleet. For example, the Biling-class battleships are equipped with Atlantis crystals that are as big as a minivan. Landis Crystal. The coverage on this thing is decent, but it’s not enough.

After all, a battleship is a battleship, and the internal space is used to install combat facilities, so there is not much space to place crystals. More importantly, the Atlantis crystal is a relatively fragile thing after all. The probability of damage during battle is too high, and large pieces of Atlantis crystal are relatively precious and cannot be replaced frequently. Therefore, the communication ship came into being.

Just like the lead ship, the communication ship is also a special-purpose ship. This kind of communication ship has very little self-defense firepower and its combat effectiveness is basically negligible. However, the size of this guy is actually not small. It is generally comparable to the size of a light cruiser, and most of these ships are trimaran or catamaran ships with a communication boat parking garage inside. When a large fleet deviates from the main channel, this kind of communication ship will accompany it for support. The large Atlantis crystal carried on it has regional signal coverage capabilities and can ensure ultra-long-distance communication. Although this large Atlantis crystal is easily broken, the communication ship is specially designed for communication, so it can stay away from the battlefield during combat. With its special balance setting, it has very good stability and speed. Hurry, the enemy can't catch up. What's more important is that there are many small boats with small Atlantis crystals inside this thing. When the waterway is particularly far away, the small boats can be released to act as a transfer station to establish a temporary signal channel.

The reason why I can hear the words of the God of War now is because a large fleet of ships is approaching in this direction, and the signal of the communication ship attached to it can just cover our location. Of course, because this signal source is large enough and covers a very wide range, the fleet is actually still very far away from us now.

"This place is not the main channel. Why did the fleet come here?" I asked the God of War doubtfully, but the God of War's answer shocked me. (To be continued...)