The Plane War Begins from Wandering Earth

Chapter 180 179. Transformation Mecha
With the strong promotion of the coalition government, the mecha R&D and manufacturing department was quickly established.

However, unlike the "Hunter Project" carried out by PPDC, the coalition government plans to give priority to the development of "unmanned armor" controlled by artificial intelligence.

Compared with "manned mecha", the advantages of "unmanned mecha" are quite obvious.

Using an onboard intelligent quantum computer for real-time control can achieve results that far exceed the speed of human brain neural reactions.

Artificial intelligence can analyze both sides of the battlefield based on the battlefield environment, perform real-time data calculations, and find the optimal solution for its own combat behavior.

When facing the Kaiju, when connected to the Internet, these alien monsters are not facing a single giant mecha and a fight between one or two pilots.

Instead, they are fighting against MOSS, the powerful artificial intelligence that the United Government is proud of.

Even if there is no networked combat, the huge space inside the giant mecha can easily accommodate the intelligent quantum combat control system specially developed for the giant mecha.

This "portable combat control system", judging from its computing power alone, can easily handle all the computing needs of a giant city with a population of tens of millions.

It is more than enough to serve a giant mecha.

The more obvious advantage of "unmanned mechas" is that they can break through the "humanoid appearance" design of giant mechas.

Without the "burden" of human drivers, there is no need to stick to specific external designs, and everything can be focused on improving combat effectiveness.

From the perspective of mecha combat effectiveness, the mecha engineering designers within ppdc generally agree that bionic insect and animal-like appearance designs are more suitable for combat than humanoid mechas.

It’s not that ppdc’s engineers haven’t designed bionic mechas before, but the operation of these mechas is too difficult for human pilots.

Moreover, with the technological level that PPDC possesses, it is simply impossible to develop a control system with a "high level of computing power".

So they can only put their hopes on humanoid mechas controlled by human pilots.

The thorny problems faced by PPDC and even the entire Pacific Rim are nothing to the United Government.

It took a month for the United Government's Mecha Department to thoroughly understand the experience and lessons that PPDC had learned from the design, research and development, and manufacturing of the "Hunter Project" over the years.

The first version of the coalition government's unmanned mecha was soon designed.

After the supporting production drawings of the "verification prototype" were sent to the second-dimensional industrial base.

The second-dimensional industrial base, which has the human and material resources supplied by four dimensions, immediately burst out with powerful production capacity.

In just 12 days, more than one million mecha parts were produced from scratch.

From large mecha shell parts to small electrical components the size of a thumb, all were produced in different categories.

The industrial base that undertakes the production task even thoughtfully produces "spare" parts for each component so that they can be replaced and repaired at any time.

The industrial base in the second dimension is responsible for the production of most of the basic components of the "Unmanned Aerial Vehicle" project.

The most technologically advanced power and firepower systems are assisted by the third-dimensional space battleship production and manufacturing department.

Taking into account combat safety and issues related to the size of the equipment, the verification model of the "unmanned mecha" does not use heavy nuclear fusion energy supply.

The "Cybertron energy crystal energy supply" used in space battleships was not considered either.

In the end, the "helium-3 energy power facility", which is relatively backward in technology but also more stable and safer, became the ultimate power core of the "unmanned mecha".

The firepower system mainly adopts a combination of "cold weapons" and "hot weapons".

Cybertron alloy material, which is superior to tungsten steel alloy and titanium alloy, has become the manufacturing material for cold weapons in experimental prototypes.

The mecha department designed as many as ten cold weapon options for the prototype, including chainsaw sword, power stabbing spear, serrated threaded knife, rotating flywheel and so on.

The prototype's cold weapon interface adopts a modular design.

Various cold weapon options can be independently selected and matched through later replacement and installation.

In terms of thermal weapons, the airborne electromagnetic pulse cannon can only be regarded as the most ordinary weapon that is not worth mentioning.

Plasma beam weapons, melta cannons, and various energy weapons from Cybertron civilization emerge in an endless stream.

Most of them have the effects of "high temperature burns" and "low temperature freezing", which can effectively prevent blood from flowing out of the wounds of the chrysanthemum beast and polluting the environment.

The parts produced early on in the second plane were quickly transported to the third plane for assembly.

There, the Union Government Machining Department will carry out the final commissioning work.

After the power system module, firepower system module, and battlefield operating system main control core were installed, this unmanned mecha prototype, which looked like an "octopus spider", was finally successfully assembled.

It took only 33 days from design to final assembly.

But that doesn't mean the job is done.

The mecha department also has to carry out various complex and tedious debugging tasks on this prototype.

The "unmanned mecha" project has come to an end, and the "manned mecha" prepared by the joint government is also being carried out simultaneously.

The advantages of the "drone armor" are obvious to all, but there is a huge disadvantage that cannot be ignored. That is, the "drone armor" has a very poor ability to protect against strong electromagnetic pulse weapons.

Kaiju, or the mastermind behind its creation, has a strong self-learning ability.

The Kaiju that landed on Earth became increasingly powerful, and even had energy attacks in addition to physical attacks.

The United Government's Mecha Department has to consider whether these Kaiju will evolve attack methods against "unmanned mechas" in the future.

Therefore, the research, development and manufacturing of "manned mecha" are also carried out simultaneously.

The "manned mecha" developed by the United Government's mecha department is almost the same as the core design of ppdc.

They all have a humanoid appearance, but the outer shell protection materials and weapon production materials are stronger, and the internal energy supply lines and fuel lines are more reasonably designed.

And in order to deal with possible strong electromagnetic pulse attacks, all "manned mechas" use "pure nuclear energy" drive.

Even if it encounters a large-scale electromagnetic pulse attack head-on, it can quickly recover its combat capability.

As for the selection of the pilot for the "manned mecha", that is even less of a problem.

The United Government Army has over 100 million soldiers who have been blessed with the [Blessing of Popular Election]. Each of them has the physical and mental qualities to completely crush the indigenous mecha pilots of the Pacific Rim.

The natives had to use two or even three pilots to operate the giant mecha at the same time.

It is because of their physical fitness that they are unable to resist the burden of "synesthesia technology" on their bodies on their own.

But this problem does not exist for the fighters of the coalition government forces.

Even an ordinary United Government Army soldier who has been blessed can easily control a giant mecha on his own.

In addition to the two projects of "unmanned mecha" and "manned mecha", the United Government Mecha Department is also considering designing a "transforming mecha".

"Transforming Mecha", as the name suggests, will be composed of multiple giant mechas. When facing a strong enemy, it will be able to "combine and transform" and adopt a stronger form to attack the enemy.

In order to avoid the threat of strong electromagnetic pulses, the use of human control of the "transforming mecha" is also being considered.

The larger and more powerful "transforming mecha" has greatly increased the requirements for the pilot.

For this purpose, the United Government's Mecha Department is preparing to use Transformers to act as pilots.

They have stronger "anti-forging capabilities" than the soldiers of the United Government Army, especially the Decepticons, the elite fighters among the Autobots, not to mention the existence of Megatron and Optimus Prime.

Relying on the strong industrial design, R&D and manufacturing capabilities of the joint government, the "unmanned armor" prototype project was quickly implemented.

"Manned Mecha" is also progressing rapidly based on the experience of PPDC's "Hunter Program" in artificial intelligence retrieval.

Only the "transforming mecha" is relatively complicated, and without "previous experience", we can only figure it out on our own.

But the United Government is not in a hurry. It has a huge military force consisting of "unmanned mechas" and "manned mechas", plus hundreds of space battleships.

The coalition government has been able to deliver on its promise of "security guarantees" for the indigenous peoples within the Pacific Rim's controlled areas.

As for the indigenous people outside the area controlled by the coalition government, the area where they are located is the defense zone of the PPDC.

The coalition government has no responsibility or obligation to protect those indigenous groups who still have expectations and trust in the PPDC.

The United Government is busy designing and manufacturing its own mechas.

On the other hand, Marshal Stek was also worried about the damage caused by the "electric blade" to the three giant mechas.

The three mechas jointly encircled the "Electric Blade" and successfully strangled it, but at the same time, the "Electric Blade" also caused various damages to them.

As a "support auxiliary", the Eureka Raider takes the least damage.

The Cherno Alpha, the "meat shield" responsible for frontal resistance and attracting the enemy's hatred, looks much more miserable.

The thick outer shield was covered with scratches from various Kaiju beasts.

Some came from the "Electric Blade", but more came from traces of previous battles with other Kaiju.

The dark green paint surface was also corroded by the blood of the "Electric Blade", and the tungsten steel alloy shell appeared mottled.

However, for Cherno Alpha, which has a "thick health bar", these are just insignificant "skin injuries" and do not affect its continued fighting.

The one who was most seriously injured was the "main output" among the "Mecha trio" - Storm Crimson.

There are many traces of being pierced by the sharp claws of the "electric blade" on the titanium alloy shell.

Due to the high-intensity combat, the alloy flywheel must also be inspected and the wearing parts replaced.

The internal electrical components have also been damaged to varying degrees and require repair and maintenance.

But when Marshal Stek applied to PPDC for financial resources to maintain the mecha, he was told that the funding would take up to three months to approve, so he had to endure it first.

(End of this chapter)