Unknowingly, Huogu, the speeding vehicles they were in, broke away from the mothership and went to the outer side of the mothership.

Not paying attention to Huogu's sight, Amanda signaled Huogu to be safe, this is also a part of the battle zone's itinerary. Driven by Amanda, the speeding car approached the outer armor of the mothership.

Here you can see that every distance, you can see a ‘small cannon’ with a caliber of about 6.5m.

"These are X-OMG pulse beams with a caliber of 100C, which are near-anti-cannons. The original design was to defend against physical weapons. Combined with vibratory armor, physical weapons would not be able to exert sufficient lethality as long as the initial speed is not fast enough. ""But now this pulse beam is gradually withdrawing from the design layout of the mothership."

While introducing, Amanda showed regret, looking at these "small cannons" as if looking at a late hero.

"Why?" Any weapon has its own role. Since it is retired, it means that there is no role for this weapon on the battlefield, or there is a better weapon that can replace this old weapon.

The first shows that the Celine's war mode has changed, and the second shows that the Celine has prepared more dangerous weapons. No matter which type, it is not good news.

Therefore, Huo Gu became alert.

Amandabi didn't notice Huogu's mind, she explained the reason.

"Because the ship designers of the empire discovered that today's live ammunition weapons are basically sub-light speeds, and in large-scale environments such as the cosmic battlefield, laser weapons are basically used to attack opponents." "This leads to this. The near defense guns can only defend against physical weapons that are slower than sub-light speeds such as pops, or clean up space junk close to the mothership. Therefore, in some people’s eyes, the energy supplied to near defense guns is actually a waste. It’s better to install a few more large-caliber guns if you install near-pulse defense."

"This kind of pulse cannon is small in size, and its energy consumption should be very low. There should be no need to be reduced to such an evaluation."

Huo Gu pretended to be puzzled, and deliberately guided the topic.

"That's because you have neglected the number of near defense pulses. The mothership has a very large body, so the number of near defense pulses must also be large enough to ensure all-round interception. In this way, the overall energy consumption is actually not low."

"Moreover, after seeing some of the technical applications of Amoeba, the Empire also began to have some designs to emulate, which accelerated the pace of retiring the near-anti-aircraft."

"Imitate?"

Huo Gu was obviously stunned, this kind of strangeness was even big enough to be noticed by a careless person like Amanda.

But Amanda didn't think too much, she just thought that Huo Gu was very interested in this aspect, so she took it seriously.

"Please follow me, I know you must be very interested in it."

"This is not the anchoring area?" Huogu asked.

Amanda led Huogu to a fairly open place. At a glance, she saw a large number of aircraft. These aircraft are about the same size as the autonomous ship, and the appearance is similar, or they are more on the basis of the original autonomous ship. There are some other appearance structures.

Amanda explained Hogu's question and introduced this place by the way.

"No, although there are many flying units anchored here, it belongs to the combat zone in terms of division, because these units cannot achieve deep-space voyages."

"After seeing those mothership creatures using the spiral array realized by small units, the empire's designers also fully learned and learned to design this close-defense drone."

"Its function is similar to the small creatures around the mothership creatures. They are defending high-speed objects close to their mothership. They have built-in heat ray weapons. Although a single ship is not high in power, multiple ships can gather fire together, which is enough to make a considerable body. A large amount of entities are vaporized immediately, and the design idea of ​​autonomous ships has also been added. If the distance is sufficient, these drones can also be used as a short-range autonomous ship to initiate a charge against an enemy ship."

"Wait, with such a small volume, after installing the laser cannon, there is still enough energy to support the vibrating armor?"

Huogu remembered that maintaining the vibrating armor requires a high amount of energy. It is quite reluctant to maintain the vibrating armor while the autonomous ship maintains a high speed. There is no excess energy to supply the laser cannon.

Could it be progress in energy technology? ——Huo Gu secretly guessed in his heart.

But soon, Huogu's guess was dismissed by Amanda.

"No, this is just a strategic choice. It is limited by energy. When the drone is used as a gunboat, the vibrating armor cannot be used. When used as an autonomous ship, the heat ray laser cannot be used, and this conversion is not completed instantly. , It will take a while. After all, gunboats and autonomous ships are completely different types of ships."

This is Huogu’s intuitive feeling. If it is an epoch-making advancement in energy technology, then Huogu will be able to accept it, because it will lead to a series of chain-like advances.

"Even so, it's very powerful... So the key reason for the gradual decline of the near-defense guns is that there are mothership drone groups that can replace them and can play more roles on the battlefield. ,Right?"

Amanda nodded.

"That's it."

"The mothership is now also equipped with a special unmanned salvage ship. Because it is a non-combat unit, it belongs to the mooring area. The wreckage of the drone is salvaged in the space around the mothership and brought back to the mothership for reconstruction. New drones will soon be put on the battlefield again. Thanks to these two new units, the defense performance of the spiral array against lasers has been further improved."

"Oh, yes, there are many more techniques to learn from Amoeba, please follow me."

Introducing the technological creations derived from Amoeba's plagiarism to technical ideas, Amanda still has no idea, she continues to lead Huo Gu to see others.

"This is the inner armor structure layer, a design structure that did not exist in the mothership class before. After seeing the amoeba's technology that allows combat units to regenerate quickly, the empire designers are considering whether they can use the existing technology. To achieve the same effect, they then designed this inner armor structure layer."

"...What does this thing do?"

Huo Gu had already guessed what the effect was, but on the surface he still had to pretend to be unclear.

"Its function is regeneration. After the deformation is caused by the external force, it will spontaneously restore the original structure, thereby simulating the biological regeneration technology of the amoeba."

"Its principle is also very simple, that is, the nanomachine can always get a layout command, so after the inner armor is deformed ~lightnovelpub.net~ the nanomachine that composes the inner armor will automatically move to its original position."

"In terms of performance, the effect of inner nail is better than cell regeneration, because nanomachines are more patient in resisting high-energy rays, but cells need to worry about high-energy rays destroying the expression of the gene chain, which will lead to the loss of self-replication ability."

"So..."

Feelings, you don’t have your own brains, are you all plagiarizing my design ideas? ! Then I should go plagiarizing someone! ——Huo Gu panicked.

"And this... I tell you... The Empire has learned a lot from Amoeba..."

...

"Head of State, allowing Amoeba's envoys to visit the mothership, even if it is to cater to the current situation, is this really appropriate?"

In the empire, some senior empires asked the head of state.

"Are there any questions? It's too late to change things that have been agreed and are in progress."

"Do you want the empire to lose its credibility?"

The head of state asked calmly.

"You once said that trust does not exist between countries, and only benefits are eternal. This is still true at the level of civilization, at least for now."

"Let this Amoeba envoy visit the mothership, which means that many new technologies of the Empire will be exposed to Amoeba."

"If one of you is unarmed and knows you, who of you will take the initiative to attack a fierce beast?" the head of state asked back.

"will not."

The head of state continued.

"If you don't know, that creature is a fierce beast? Its appearance looks very docile and cute, and you happen to be a little hungry at this moment." "..."

"Don't think too much, the mothership will be watched after seeing it. Anyway, it is the product to be eliminated."