Warhammer: Don't Call Me the God of All Machines

Chapter 159: Differences in Space Naval Warfare (Please subscribe and vote)

This meeting with White Scar could not be a coincidence.

Roche was very busy. Even though his main body was still in Sosa, working on cracking the Faros with the warsmith Dantioch, he still used the power of this alien technology to keep an eye on the affairs of the Macragge galaxy.

The production base on Mustafar is carrying out large-scale production every minute and every second. Although his participation in the specific links is not required, Luo Xi needs to adjust the production plan based on the feedback received.

When productivity reaches a certain level, production plans also need to be adjusted and changed at any time.

During these two years, in addition to spending a lot of time on the improvement of power armor, anti-psychic research and other fields, this planetary dock located in the orbit of Mustafar occupied a lot of his energy.

Guilliman was in great need of space forces. The Space Navy, which was originally ranked among the top of the eighteen legions, lost more than half of its forces on Calth. Despite the emergency production of the Adeptus Mechanicus and the overall redeployment within the Five Hundred Worlds, the Ultramarines still needed more warships.

Faced with Nobi Guilliman, no, Roboute Guilliman's frequent urging, Roche was also overwhelmed.

This Lord of the Five Hundred Worlds is the type who will fleece a sheep and will not stop until it is bald.

Thus, the Hera planet dock came into being. In fact, this giant dock, the size of the moon, was itself derived from an STC template for manufacturing large ships.

In order to provide this STC with sufficient energy and materials, Roche built hundreds of thousands of space mining ships and almost emptied the scattered metal materials in the asteroid belt.

Those mining ships, like space locusts, would tear apart the meteorites with fragmentation rays, and then the magnetic devices inside would continue to collect precious metal minerals.

Today, two Terran years later, this STC has finally built a planet-class dock capable of producing space battleships that meet Roche's expectations.

It took two years to lay the foundation, and it would take even longer to produce warships using these docks.

In fact, it does not take so long to produce the battleships and cruisers that are now in service in the Five Hundred Worlds. Those ships can be produced like dumplings by simply building a small dock at Roche, and the production speed will be determined by the industrial speed of the raw materials.

But producing those backward and barbaric sampans was just a waste of resources for him, and he could produce better starships.

Quality is more important than quantity. Just like the Amaterra battle planet he created, although it only took a few months due to the tight schedule, it still achieved gratifying results.

And Roche took the time to meet these White Scars warriors because they were all veteran officers with extensive experience in naval warfare.

Their experience, knowledge, tactics and strategies all play a very important role in the subsequent production of warships.

Luo Xi prefers that equipment adapt to people rather than people adapt to equipment.

Although he was able to produce powerful enough warships, he didn't know which one was most suitable for the empire.

"Nice to meet you, son of Chagatai Khan, Eagle of Chogoris. You are both experts in space naval warfare. I need your valuable advice."

Roche started his speech with some polite greetings. Although he had just dealt with these White Scars warriors, he had already noticed the difference between their personalities and those of the Extreme Warriors.

The sons of Chagatai, just as they are known for having little presence in the empire.

When they are in an unfamiliar situation and with strangers, they behave extremely quiet and solemnly, just like an uninhabited wilderness on a grassland.

Although the leading Captain Gantula behaved in a friendly manner and did not seem to be arrogant, there was always a hint of arrogance in their eyes.

They are by no means as barbaric and vulgar as rumored, and they have a strange tradition of leaving scars on their bodies.

But these White Scars warriors did not refute at all, simply ignoring the nonsense and prejudice of those ignorant people. This was not because they were open-minded and did not care about these prejudices at all, but because they believed from the bottom of their hearts that the sources of these prejudices were not qualified to judge them.

How could the eagle care about the opinions of the ants? They flap their wings and soar above the sky, treating everything with equal indifference and arrogance.

"Our opinions? Can you be more specific? Questions that are too broad probably won't give a sufficiently objective answer."

Gantula did not directly throw out those clichés and words of experience, but patiently let Luo Xi elaborate on his speech.

The huge planetary dock they saw whetted their appetite, and now that Luo Xi was right in front of them, they took the opportunity to try to find out some information.

"The Empire's warship series is extremely complex, with a vast range of distinctions in both size and type."

"But if we look at it as a whole, it can be roughly divided into three categories: the first category is the largest number and the largest battleship type, including small frigates, light cruisers, and some larger battle barges, strike cruisers, Moon-class cruisers, Retribution-class battleships, and the largest Glorious Queen-class battleships."

"The second category can be divided according to their functionality. Unlike battleships that rely on macro cannons and light spears to kill enemies, the main attack method of starships represented by Emperor-class battleships is the attack aircraft carried by the ship, such as Fury interceptors and Starhawk bombers."

"The third category is the void fortresses characterized by saturation firepower. These are often extremely large and can be classified as warships. They are far superior to other types of naval forces in terms of both attack and defense, but their worrying mobility is far behind."

"Just like the Phalanx in the hands of the Seventh Legion, it is more like a void fortress than a battleship."

What Luo Xi said almost covers the vast majority of imperial warship categories.

And although these three types exist side by side in classification, in reality it is the first type that accounts for the vast majority of naval ships.

What the human empire admires most are giant warships and cannons. In Roche's opinion, in the dark universe of the 31st millennium, humans are still using the ancient tactics of the Age of Exploration.

The two sides exchanged firepower and damage, but the black powder shells were transformed into macro cannons and light spears with even more terrifying lethality.

The most important means of defense for a battleship is the void shield. This defense system, which can transfer super-speed weapons directly into the subspace, makes each battleship tough and durable. Only after overloading the void shield can the enemy's attack truly affect the battleship itself.

Gantula listened carefully, and Iron Hand beside him was also immersed in it. They were thinking about how to answer Luo Xi's question.

They had already sensed the importance of the conversation from the atmosphere. This was not just a casual chat, but a conversation about the future focus of naval power.

"The mainstream of the empire at present is definitely the battleship faction. Large-scale void naval battles require battleships to have sufficient defense capabilities and sufficient firepower to fight against them."

"But battleships don't necessarily have to be heavy armor and big guns. The Glorious Queen-class battleship Bladestorm of our White Scars Legion is an exception."

When the Fifth Legion's proudest flagship was mentioned, Luo Xi clearly noticed that Guntura's aura became excited.

It was like a violent storm blowing across the silent grassland, and all living things were trembling in fear under the grassland storm.

"Speed, speed is the soul of a warship. The power system of the Bladestorm is twenty times larger than that of its sister ship. Its acceleration is much faster than many light warships of the Empire. It was precisely because of this maneuverability that we were able to successfully break through the encirclement of the Alpha Legion in the Battle of Sondax."

"Based on the strategic style of our legion, we prefer highly maneuverable battleships. If you want advice from me, this is our suggestion."

Gantula's answer was not much different from what Roxi had expected. Speed, speed. The White Scars were a legion that pursued speed, and everything had to give way to speed.

"In that case, please follow me to Dock No. 3 to take a look at the warships that are under construction." Luo Xi showed a mysterious smile and led everyone to the space elevator in Dock No. 3.

(End of this chapter)