Doomsday: I Build a Space Fleet

Chapter 103 Searching for Resources

Upon hearing this, Lorraine asked the two men, as he had not yet seen the ship's landing entrance.

Huang Zhihui explained after hearing Lorraine's question.

"To facilitate the loading of various light vehicles, the ship's landing entrance is located on the right rear of the aft deck, directly connecting to the mission compartment below the aft deck."

"The Blade-class littoral combat ship and the Vanguard-class high-speed transport ship belong to the vanguard combat system. Through special connection equipment, the combat forces carried by the Blade-class can be quickly deployed to the Vanguard-class high-speed transport ship."

"Huh? Wait a minute, a forward-oriented combat system?"

Lorraine carefully considered the word, discerning some unusual meaning.

Finally, he recalled those unstable factors whose skin colors were slightly different.

"This isn't home territory, is it? Otherwise, why would they put the vanguard combat force here?"

Upon hearing Lorraine's question, Huang Zhihui and Chen Zhigang exchanged bewildered glances.

At this point, Platinum, who was standing to the side, added.

"The land we are on now is indeed an exclave, and due to the misdeeds of its leaders, the original inhabitants have now dwindled to less than one-tenth."

Lorraine's lips twitched slightly, and she stopped discussing the topic, instead asking Chen Zhigang to continue introducing the ship's weapons and equipment.

"This littoral combat ship is expected to be equipped with a 75mm stealth rapid-fire naval gun and a 16-cell vertical launch system on the foredeck; a 30mm close-in weapon system and two laser interceptor weapons will be mounted on the neck of the ship."

"The ship's reserve aircraft carriers are a modified anti-submarine Seahawk shipborne helicopter and two reconnaissance drones."

"This type of ship can complete different combat missions by changing different modules. The existing integrated combat modules include anti-submarine warfare, amphibious landing, and mine warfare. Due to the ship's large size, it can often carry two combat modules at the same time."

"It's a pity that this ship hasn't had time to be equipped with any type of kinetic energy weapon yet, only two laser interceptor weapons on the top of the island superstructure."

"It's alright, that's enough."

Lorraine then asked Huang Zhihui where the blueprints for the two types of ships were currently stored.

"The blueprints for these two types of ships should have already been uploaded to the main control server, and you should be able to see them with your permissions."

"Understood. But when will the maintenance work on the Blade-class littoral combat ships be completed?"

Huang Zhihui glanced down at the new duty roster and then told Lorraine that the maintenance work on the Blade-class littoral combat ship would be completed in three days.

"What if we incorporated artificial intelligence into the factory's operations?"

Hearing Lorraine's question, Huang Zhihui smiled wryly and waved his hand, explaining.

"The factory's backup oil depot can only support our use for another six months. If we activate artificial intelligence, the remaining oil in the depot will be burned up very quickly."

After understanding the situation, Lorraine left the dock area with Bai Jin and Ouyang Nian.

As they walked back, Lorraine instructed Cleveland to search for the blueprints for the two types of ships on the main server in the factory area.

After they returned to their flagship, Cleveland had already begun sending back the blueprints for the Blade-class littoral combat ships.

While waiting for the blueprints to be returned, Lorraine went to the maintenance room to observe the mechanical dogs that had been refitted, and at the same time took out his Gauss rifle.

[Commander, blueprints have been sent back; the 3D model is now complete.]

"The relevant data of the 3D model are displayed according to the current project progress."

[Received, retrieving relevant records.]

Then, the holographic projection in the cockpit was activated, and the projected 3D model was exactly the same as the one in the dock.

Lorraine carefully inspected the ship's condition.

"Cleveland, if we merge the flagship with this ship, could the merged ship reach the level of a Tier 2 ship?"

[Calculating...]

[Calculations complete. Considering the ship's integrated electric power system, the flagship's overall evaluation meets the requirements for ship upgrades, and the integrated hull will become a Class II ship.]

The integration process is expected to take 72 hours.

At this point, with three days remaining before the maintenance work was completed, Lorraine planned to take this opportunity to search for the giant oil tanker 200 nautical miles away.

To find a suitable reason for this operation, Lorraine first drove the flagship back to the dock. This time, they all went out, taking Lin Shu with them, and headed to the customs building.

Di Ting and Tian Gou led the way, entering the customs building first. Bai Jin followed closely behind with Qie Xue and Luo Yi. Luo Lin protected Ouyang Nian and Lin Shu, Xuan Tie brought up the rear of the group, and Maomao kept watch outside.

Soon, the group arrived at the database in the customs building. Lorraine connected his portable terminal to the server with a data cable and began searching for the information he needed.

Ouyang Nian used Lin Shu's information to open the germplasm bank's door, leaving Qiexue and Xuan Tie to protect Luo Lin's safety, while the rest of the people entered the germplasm bank.

The good news is that Lorraine found a large number of cargo ship navigation records in the customs database, with a wide variety of goods loaded on them and varying distances from the location.

"Fine, if I can't find the cruise ship, I can't find it. I'm just here to provide cover anyway."

Afterwards, Lorraine stored the pre-designed tanker route map in the database, and then went to the germplasm bank to find Lin Shu and others.

After entering the seed bank, the team's communication system returned to normal, and Lorraine quickly found Lin Shu and the others who were selecting seeds.

After Lin Shu finished selecting the seeds, Lorraine led the team back to the flagship and informed them of the discovery of the oil tanker.

"I found the approximate location of a fully loaded mega-tanker in the customs database, which is about a 7-hour sailing distance from here."

"Go ahead, but just a friendly reminder: that behemoth can't be driven away by us and artificial intelligence alone."

Ouyang Nian then glanced at the time and said that even if they set off now, they probably wouldn't arrive until the early hours of the morning.

"Cleveland, launch a communications relay drone and contact Guo Zhiwei."

[Received. The communication relay drone is being launched and is expected to establish communication within 10 minutes.]

On the aft deck, two communication relay drones took off one after another, preparing to establish an information channel between the flagship and the factory area.

The flagship then sped back to the factory at a speed of 35 knots.

"Commander, what are the arrangements?"

"I've located the approximate location of a giant oil tanker. I need enough workers to maintain it and then sail it back. It should take about three days."

"The engine room of the Blade-class has been maintained. I will arrange for the workers to assemble at the dock."

"I expect to arrive at the dock in 30 minutes. Rest assured, the workers are safe."