Chapter 104 - Chapter 104: Rebuilding the Carriers (1)
Chapter 104: Rebuilding the Carriers (1)
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
“Let’s go, let’s go!”
As soon as he left the command room, Miro hurriedly wanted to board the shuttle.
Seth quickly stopped him.” Miro, we need to prepare…”
“Prepare for what?”
“Naturally, we need to prepare the data we’ll need for the exchange…”
Miro smirked, arrogantly saying, “I don’t need to prepare, all the knowledge is in my head…”
“Indeed, young master Miro, you’re a genius…”
Seth obviously had dealt with Miro quite often and knew his nature. He flattered him a bit and then said, “But, this mission has a third-class merit attached to it. If we prepare thoroughly and probe their secrets, we might be able to secure victory. Then, both of us will surely make history…”
Upon hearing this, a smile appeared on Miro’s face, but he still acted aloof, “I don’t need to prepare, but your knowledge is lacking. You should go prepare!”
“Alright…”
Seth didn’t argue and quickly headed to the information center to search for various types of data for backup.
“You’re taking the theory of particle black holes? You have everything here?” Miro looked incredulous, his face filled with disdain.
Seth just smiled, admitting he didn’t know much, and continued organizing the data.
He wasn’t afraid of Miro stealing the credit. Everyone knew Mi Luo’s capability, including Moro.
The data Seth prepared fell into two categories. One was theoretical and practical information about current advanced technology.
The other was scientific conjecture; unapplied in reality but potentially achievable in the future.
In addition to probing the enemy’s capabilities, he also needed to find ways to conceal their own.
They spent a full hour in the information center and, after copying a massive amount of data, they finally boarded the shuttle and departed.
Moon Base.
“They want to meet us on Ganymede?!”
Zhao Yu was shocked. He didn’t expect the other side to make such a request.
“Yes, it’s precisely midway, 3.5 billion kilometers from both of us…”
Uncle Da asked, “Commander, should we reject it?”
Zhao Yu didn’t respond immediately, meticulously considering how to react.
Every choice he made now was linked to whether the two sides would go to war.
“They want to meet, and the purpose is not to exchange, but definitely to probe our strength…”
“If we refuse, they will surely find other ways to probe us, even potentially resorting to direct fire…”
As Zhao Yu thought, it was better to delay any conflict through diplomatic means as every moment gained was advantageous for them.
“If we agree, how will they try to probe us?”
Uncle Da thought for a moment, then said, “After the meeting, both sides will likely display their warships and weapon systems…”
“That won’t work…”
Zhao Yu stroked his chin, then said, “We must mix truth and falsehood to keep them guessing…”
“Our first two probes may have given them the impression we are also a Level 2 civilization, but on the surface, we can still pretend not to be a Level 2 civilization…”
After a moment of deliberation, Zhao Yu spoke up, “How long would it take our spaceship to reach Titan if we travel at a speed of 135 Mach?”
“882 days…” came the response.
Zhao Yu nodded, smiling, “Let them know that our spaceship can only move so fast, and it will take some time to get there. Let’s see if they can wait that long.” Meeting after more than two years, the other party would certainly not agree. He was curious to see how they would react.
Considering the current distance between the two parties, a round-trip message would take 13 hours.
Zhao Yu took the opportunity to visit the base control room. He spent a thousand tech points and unlocked the production line for the flagship.
Back in the command center, he asked, “Uncle Da, how much resources have we accumulated so far?”
“We have about 30 billion Blue Moon credits’ worth of resources on the Moon…”
“On Earth, we have 140 billion Blue Moon credits’ worth of resources. Because our spaceship speed was reduced to 10 Mach, it has been inconvenient to retrieve them…”
“Now, let’s get them back, moving at a speed of 135 Mach…”
“Alright, I’ll arrange it now…”
“Good, get on it,” Zhao Yu nodded.
Then he continued, “You’ve got the data on their battleships. How docs it look in the simulation?”
“Not good…”
Uncle Da shook his head. “I’ve been running simulated battles since we received the data on the Miro fleet. I’ve run billions of simulations, and we haven’t won once…”
“Did we learn anything?” Zhao Yu asked.
“Yes!”
Uncle Da affirmed, “Most of the weapons on our battleships can hardly threaten them…”
“The only things that can truly harm them, aside from our fixed laser defense system, arc the escort ships with laser weapons and the destroyers equipped with railguns…”
“Apart from that, the destroyers armed with railguns and coilguns can inflict some damage on their ships if we have enough of them…”
Zhao Yu frowned, “And the other battleships equipped with large weapons are useless?”
“Pretty much!”
Uncle Da shook his head. “Those large weapons are good against stationary targets, but it’s much harder to hit their agile fleet…”
“On the contrary, in the simulation, their large weapons often caused us huge casualties…”
“In the simulation, how long can we hold out at most?”
“80 days!”
“How is that possible?”
“By mass producing bases for the laser defense system and deploying them to the twelve bases at the first defense line…”
“Then, producing large numbers of escort ships and destroyers for replacement…”
This conversation allowed Zhao Yu to breathe a sigh of relief.
He was worried they would be completely defenseless. Thankfully, they still had some defensive capabilities.
He nodded, “Proceed as you did in this simulation. Use all our resources to produce bases, destroyers, and escort ships…”
“Once they’re ready, send them directly to those twelve military bases…”
Suddenly, an idea came to Zhao Yu, “Can we modify our flagship to look like their flagship?”
“Modify?!”
Uncle Da squinted, calculating for a moment before saying, “We can modify it, but after modification, the propulsion system will be significantly reduced, many weapons systems can’t be installed, and a lot of areas will be just empty shells…”
“That’s what we want – empty shells!” Zhao Yu said, “Create a flagship according to their model, at a 1:10 scale. Once it’s ready, keep it at the base and don’t leave the moon. I have a plan for it…”
With gravitational wave detection, large celestial bodies can often hide small bodies attached to them. As long as it doesn’t leave the moon, the other party won’t detect it.
Zhao Yu handled a few more things, and the 13 hours passed quickly. The Moro fleet’s message was again received by Blue Star Skydome.
After translating, Uncle Da reported, “Commander, they have changed the meeting location!”
“Where to?”
“They suggest a location near the reconnaissance ship they sent earlier, about 55 million kilometers outside our first defense line. At our spaceship’s speed of 135 Mach, both parties could meet there on the 25th day….”