Starships of All Realms Online

Chapter 102 Weapon Upgrade, Discovering a New World

Now, with the help of many talented people, Fang Heng has also established a currency and contribution system.

The currency remains the same as before, using a credit point system and linked to energy.

The contribution system, on the other hand, is a vast system that extends to the entire society.

The reason for setting up this system is to maintain a positive social atmosphere.

Credit points are easy to obtain; you can earn them by joining a job. However, contribution points require making contributions to society.

Among them, soldiers, scientists, and doctors are three rather special groups.

Soldiers defend their country, researchers conduct scientific research, and doctors save lives—all make significant contributions to society.

As for teachers, robots and clones are now used to teach.

The emergence of these groups can ensure that students receive a good education with all their might, and educational resources will not be unevenly distributed.

Meanwhile, in the field of scientific research, the contribution points obtained after completing research projects of different difficulties are also different, in order to allow scientists with great abilities to take on highly difficult tasks.

After dealing with the antimatter reactor issue, Fang Heng found himself getting busy in the days to come.

"Ethan, is the weapons research institute about to start testing?"

"Yes, Commander. According to the schedule, we will be heading to the weapons research institute the day after tomorrow to observe the testing of the new weapon."

"It feels like technology has been developing much faster lately."

"Commander, you're not mistaken. After the war ended, our technology made breakthroughs in various areas. But these breakthroughs were foreshadowed, not sudden. They were the result of years of accumulated efforts."

"The most important of these is the technology encryption package obtained in the Terminator world from explorers of the Garan Empire."

"These encrypted packets have all been decrypted. They contain a lot of technology, and according to the assessment, they can at least meet the warship manufacturing technology required by a level 3 civilization."

"So tall?"

"Yes, Commander. Based on our assessment of this data, we can confirm that the Garan civilization is at least a Level 4 civilization, and possibly even higher."

"When their envoys first came to the solar system, that kind of space jump technology was already standard for a Type 4 civilization. We can say that we were lucky."

Although these encrypted packets only contained warship manufacturing technology at around level 3 civilization, this technology is a seed; by drawing parallels, breakthroughs will be achieved in other fields as well.

According to the information obtained from the Garan civilization, civilizations are divided into seven levels. Level one civilizations are planetary civilizations, which have the initial ability to leave their home planet and operate around it.

The hallmarks of a Type 2 civilization are breakthroughs in controlled nuclear fusion technology and the birth of warp drive technology.

A Type 3 civilization represents a breakthrough in antimatter energy technology and the birth of stargate technology.

A Level 4 civilization, with the advent of dark matter reactor technology and space jump technology.

A Level 5 civilization, with the advent of vacuum zero-point energy technology and hyperspace jump technology.

Level 6 civilization, the birth of spatial energy utilization and dimensional technology.

A Level 7 civilization represents the birth of technologies for utilizing dimensional energy and creating microcosms.

As for civilizations at level 7 and above, they are already god-level civilizations, which only exist in legends in the Terminator universe.

Within the Starsea Community, the highest level is the peak of Level 5 civilization, and they are currently researching dimensional technology in an attempt to break through to Level 6 civilization.

"Ethan, since you're a Type 3 civilization, does that mean we can build stargates?"

"Commander, we are not yet able to build a stargate. Our research on space technology is still in its early stages, and we have a long way to go in researching stargate construction technology."

"Well, that's true. It's not that simple to develop into a Level 3 civilization. If it were that easy to study, there wouldn't be so few Level 3 civilizations."

Through his previous conversation with the envoy of the Garan civilization, Fang Heng also learned that most of the civilizations in the Star Sea Community are Level 2 civilizations, accounting for 90%. There are not many Level 3 or higher civilizations, less than 20. There are even fewer Level 4 civilizations, only 7, and only 5 Level 5 civilizations, including two peak Level 5 civilizations and three mid-stage Level 5 civilizations.

However, these are still too far away for Fang Heng. At present, the human civilization in the Terminator world can only be considered a pseudo-level 2 civilization because many technologies have not yet been developed.

Moreover, this applies to all the forces under Fang Heng's command: they lack scientific research foundation and their research is unbalanced. They have the backbone of a Level 2 civilization, but it's just a bare trunk, far from being lush and verdant.

"Ethan, we still need time."

"Yes, Commander, with the current technology, it will take us at least several decades to fully assimilate it, and that's assuming we have enough researchers."

"It's a long and arduous task, Ethan. Treat training more researchers as a long-term mission."

"Yes, Commander."

Two days later, Fang Heng arrived at the weapons research institute, which was fully prepared and ready to begin testing at any time.

Soon, led by Director Fang Hao, the two began to tour the latest weapons research.

"Mr. Fang, look, this is the testing area for individual weapons. After our research, the most stable individual primary weapon we have found is this one, named Azure Dragon Type-I. It is an energy weapon that uses positrons as ammunition and has powerful destructive force."

As he spoke, a robot guard stepped forward, carrying the Azure Dragon Type 1, and walked into the testing area.

"Whoosh whoosh!"

As the guards opened fire, the target in front was instantly shattered, leaving behind a pile of metal fragments.

"President Fang, this test target is made of basalt. The strength of this test target is comparable to 100 mm of homogeneous armor."

"good."

Upon hearing this data, Fang Heng nodded in satisfaction.

Although individual combat has become less important in the interstellar age, a powerful and reliable weapon is still essential for soldiers to survive on the battlefield.

After testing the main weapon, the next weapon to be tested is the electromagnetic rifle. This is the second main weapon, an electromagnetic kinetic energy weapon with a physical projectile, and its power is the same as the previous positron rifle.

The reason for equipping it with two main weapons is to deal with different situations.

Positron rifles are extremely powerful; as long as they are equipped with a positron generator, they can have nearly 10,000 rounds of ammunition.

However, the drawback is also obvious: it consumes a lot of energy. To use up all the ammunition, at least three battery packs are needed.

This battery pack uses a fusion core, which is a small-scale application of nuclear fusion technology. One battery pack can power the interstellar exoskeleton armor for a week of high-intensity combat.

A soldier's standard combat configuration is to be equipped with two battery packs, one main and one backup.

The kinetic electromagnetic rifle is also powerful and consumes little energy, but it cannot carry too much ammunition, with a maximum of one thousand bullets.

"Mr. Fang, the projectiles of our kinetic electromagnetic rifle are made of explosive metal. When they collide with an object at high speed, they can produce a secondary explosion, causing even greater damage."

Fang Heng was very satisfied with the design.

Firepower is always better the stronger it is.

After introducing the two primary weapons, the remaining topics are secondary weapons and throwables.

A small pulse pistol is a suitable self-defense weapon, with moderate power and easy-to-carry ammunition.

The projectiles consist of four smart target-finding grenades and two stun grenades.

These are the standard individual weapons. Of course, there are other individual accessories in actual combat, but these are less common, and Fang Heng didn't take a closer look.

After individual weapons, the next step is individual armor.

This is much simpler. There is only one general-purpose individual armor, and the external attachments adopt a modular design, which can be changed into three types: speed type, strength type, and defense type according to combat needs.

These three main types can be further subdivided into many categories, such as speed and strength, and defensive strength. These are generally used in special operations and are rarely used by regular marines.

At present, these armors are sufficient for ground combat, so there are no major upgrades. At most, the materials of the armor have been upgraded to make them more protective.

After passing through the individual soldier area, the next area is the shipborne weapons area.

Similar to the individual soldier zone, current research mainly focuses on energy weapons and kinetic energy weapons.

Electromagnetic cyclotron cannons, infrared cutting rays, positron cannons, antimatter cannons, laser cannons, and so on are all under research.

The electromagnetic cyclone acceleration cannon has been completed, and the metal projectiles it fires can easily tear apart the armor defenses of cruisers.

The antimatter cannon is also nearing completion, thanks to the successful development of the controllable antimatter reactor, which provided them with the research ideas and is now ready for successful development.

For the next few days, Fang Heng stayed here, reviewed all the weapons research, and then left satisfied.

Back at his residence, Fang Heng sat on the sofa, also deep in thought.

At present, there has been progress in warship technology, energy core, and weapon technology. Next, after breakthroughs in power systems and detection systems, it will be time to innovate warship technology.

At this point, we need to consider whether to keep or discard the punitive character.

For Fang Heng, the existence of the Punishment Number was the beginning of everything, and he could not simply give it up.

However, with the development of technology, the technology of the Punishment Account will also become outdated, and it is inevitable to upgrade and transform the technology. However, how to upgrade also needs to be carefully studied.

With this in mind, he made a decision.

Just then, Ethan also sent a new message: the teleportation device's detection system had captured a new set of world coordinates, and indicated that these coordinates would be much more difficult to analyze, with an initial estimate of a year's time.

Upon hearing this news, Fang Heng was both surprised and delighted. He immediately got up and headed to the Punishment Ship.