Chapter 903

Lunar orbit.

The suihuo space industrial base, which was built less than a month ago, is now in full operation. This space city with a diameter of more than 30 kilometers can accommodate at most three million people and 20 times the number of intelligent robots.

Its purpose is to build the Empire's new generation of star fleet, from the core carrier to standard battleship, cruiser, assault ship, and so on, and all of them are new models with the ability of warp speed transition.

Since other intelligent races outside the solar system have been discovered, human civilization must prepare for the future and have the power to protect itself. Therefore, building a strong military force has become the highest priority strategic plan of the Empire.

Inside the base, a 10 meter disc-shaped floating sightseeing platform drifts to the base. Qin Feng and the new Emperor Qin shuangyun stand on the fence and patrol the huge dock workshop below.

Ten Star carriers with the same shape and more than 1500 meters in length have been formed. The slender ships are thick and solid, the compact modular bridge structure, long-range radar, intelligent combat command center, nuclear fusion energy unit and so on have been installed.

Due to the technological progress in the field of artificial intelligence, most of the heavy and dangerous tasks are completed by intelligent robots. Human engineers and technicians are basically only responsible for command and coordination control, which makes the engineering efficiency leap forward, while significantly reducing the risk and manufacturing cost.

After the completion of the construction of the Empire based warship and the completion of the latest technology test, it can be upgraded from the ground-based manufacturing base to the latest capability test.

It is unthinkable to complete such a grand project at present with the level of science and technology of the main world. It is impossible to expect such a grand project without a hundred years' time.

"Sire, the outfitting of the internal equipment of these motherships has reached 73%, and it is expected that they will leave the base for testing in another half a year."

Lin Xihan, who was close to him, said: "besides these ten motherships, there are hundreds of warships of different types and specifications under construction in the base. Their construction period is much shorter. In addition to the engineering orders under implementation in other industrial bases, it is expected that more than 500 new warships will be received by the imperial headquarters in half a year."

This is the expansion plan drawn up before Qin Feng abdicated. At present, the number of warships owned by the empire is only over 10000, among which there are only 3000 new warships with the ability of curve speed transition. Therefore, in the next three years, the size of the Empire's space fleet will be expanded to 50000, all upgraded warships, and will continue to expand to 200000 in the next ten years.

The size of the Imperial Guard will remain about one fifth of that of the imperial fleet, and the performance of its warships and supporting weapons and equipment will be more advanced, which is the foundation of defending the throne.

The organization of the fleet will also be reformed. In the future, the size of an integrated fleet will be 1000 ships. With an army of 60000 evolutors, the power level of ordinary soldiers will be above level 12.

For the evolution corps, which belongs to the royal family, the ability level of ordinary soldiers should not be lower than level 14. The officers above the level of deputy regiment should start at level 16. The commander of the army should be at least strong at level 20 and equipped with various weapons and equipment suitable for high-level evolution.

Evolutors above level 24 (at present, the Xingmeng world is equivalent to a demigod) can be allowed to join the Presbyterian order which is only obeyed by the royal family, and the Jixing Samurai order directly under the military headquarters. They exist as the strategic power of the Empire, and usually enjoy the highest resource treatment of the Empire. In the face of war with other intelligent civilization, they will also be guardians The last drop of blood was shed by the fire of quasi civilization.

Such a level of military power is the right configuration for the second level interstellar civilization at the peak level. If the empire is promoted to the third level civilization in the future, the quality and scale of the required military power need to be further improved.

In addition to the fleet, the number of large space military fortresses around the major planets in the solar system, and even the natural wormholes inside the Oort cloud cluster, will be doubled in number, and the scale of single base will also be expanded. There will be regular fleet patrols and changes of defense, and all military units will be connected through the quantum communication command network.

At the other end of the wormhole, there is no condition for large-scale development, so we can only set up an early-warning base. A small number of planets producing rare mineral resources can send fleets to stay in the past.

Fortunately, the Empire was not short of money. With the strategic advantage of two trades, the Empire's Treasury was always abundant. Not only did it have no pressure to expand its army on a large scale, it could invest huge resources in many fields, such as industrial manufacturing, genetic medicine, precision instruments, development and transformation of exoplanets, which promoted the technological level of the Empire.

Lin Xihan thought for a moment and said, "it's easy to improve the military strength, but the population is not so easy to increase. According to the standards given by his majesty, the mature class II interstellar civilization group size must reach at least 100 billion level before it is qualified. If it is a third level civilization, the number of ethnic groups needed must not be trillions. This is really a headache."

Qin Feng sighed: "this is not urgent for the time being, can only wait patiently."If a site is large enough, there must be a corresponding number of people to occupy and develop. Otherwise, it can only be idle there and cannot be converted into corresponding strength.

In addition to a series of hard indicators such as military strength, economy, science and technology, and international influence, the necessary population size is also an indispensable condition.

If the situation of more land and fewer people can not be improved for a long time, it will inevitably threaten the international status of this big country, which will trigger a series of negative chain reactions.

Qin shuangyun frowned: "I am more worried about the internal environment of the solar system. There are not many planets suitable for transforming into human settlements. If the population scale reaches a certain level in the future, the focus of development will have to be shifted to other star regions."

Qin Feng gently nodded: "this problem does exist, and can not be avoided, but for the future of human civilization, this is an essential price."

With the resources and environment of the earth, the ultimate carrying capacity will not exceed 10 billion people, and the moon will be capped if it can accommodate one billion people. The total number of habitable people on the remaining Mars, Venus, Europa, Titan and other planets suitable for transformation may not exceed 20 billion. The total population that can be accommodated in giant space bases and space ports will not be the same Over a billion.

This is the limit of the resources and environment in the solar system and the population it can hold. If the empire can consistently build enough giant space cities near the orbits of the major planets, it should be able to accommodate another 120 billion people. If we want to develop further, we have to go to other star regions and select ecological planets with suitable environment for large-scale migration.

In other words, when the Empire has a population of 100 billion, it is possible that all countries have already moved to other star regions, and the industrial and technological centers of gravity will have to move out. The position of the solar system will inevitably be marginalized, and even become an indispensable role in the territory of the Empire.

Lin Xihan said: "this day is still far away. Even if the population of the Empire doubles in 20 years, it will be 50 years before we need to consider this issue. As for the solar system, it will be good to have the solar system as a strategic backup base for human civilization."

Qin Feng also had no objection to this. There was another reason he didn't say. With the advantage of trade between the two worlds, the solar system could not be marginalized in the future. Even if the empire grew to the point of occupying the whole galaxy, it was also very necessary for some resources from other regions. Therefore, such worries did not have much significance.

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