The dock of the Redbeard Pirate Base, right next to the space station's converted port.The entire dock is actually based on two large barges, plus two huge horseshoe-shaped automatic maintenance racks, connected to the space station's spiral arms by three automatic levitation elevators and a large landing gear.Pirates adrift in the universe are, in some ways, amazingly adaptable and creative.Their living environment determines that they cannot have anything too formal.All of this can only be decided on ready-made equipment.This dockyard also upholds the traditions and skills of pirates.It may seem rudimentary, but its function is not much worse than that of the maintenance dock in Leray's domestic spaceport.The dockyard can not only repair and refurbish four warships at the same time.Moreover, since it is made of moving parts, there are no restrictions on the size of the ship.Even if an aircraft carrier comes, as long as there are corresponding parts and technology, the barge can be disassembled and rebuilt, and it can also be repaired and assembled.Simple, but also functional.Helen stood on the highest inspection platform in the dockyard, filming intently.The first sub-lens is facing a trapezoidal maintenance rack high up, which is crawling with dense maintenance personnel and maintenance mechs.They are working intensely and hecticly.The sound of banging and roaring was incessant.Cargo mechs and miniature trucks shuttle back and forth, sending huge parts or miniature containers to the freight platform of the maintenance rack.The second sub-camera shot shows that the innermost part of the dockyard is the processing area, which is also very lively.Metal component forming machines, high-energy furnaces, precision lathes, cutting machines, welders and other large and small machines are lined up, one after another with a roaring sound and dazzling light.The main shot has been fixed on the four positions of the shipyard.In the horseshoe-shaped position, four shapeless ships stand in pairs and twos, standing silently, huge reciprocating rotators moving back and forth next to them, constantly adjusting the angle of the automatic assembly robotic arm under the hull under the command of the computer.In the middle of the dock is a square four-sided electronic screen.The blue screen displays the ship's data and transformation maps, and next to each ship's position, there are also dozens of small touch screens, and countless engineers in white clothes are crowded in front of the screen, nervously checking information and data.This is the lifeless and dilapidated pirate base a few days ago?
Helen's gaze never left the No. 3 sub-shot.In the footage, the fat man is driving a maintenance mecha without a cockpit canopy.As he moved through the clouds, the rudimentary maintenance mechs were rapidly installing array radars on the ships of a warship.The radar was removed from the [Berlan Rose], and the battleship was not the [Berlan Rose].Helen raised her head, glanced at Chekov beside her, and then bit her lip tightly.Every time she saw Chekov's iron-blue face, Helen couldn't help but want to laugh.The captain of the Federation destroyer is now in vain - that fat man has dismantled the entire [Blue Rose]!
In the current dock, there are four ships parked, one of which is the [Blue Rose].But if she hadn't been watching the ship, no one would have recognized her.Chekov's most cherished rose is now left with a solitary skeleton.There were also people inside, who were dismantling the bilge partition little by little, under Chekov's fire-breathing gaze......
No wonder Chekov is distressed, this is a new federal destroyer worth nearly 700 million Le, which has been in service for less than a year!
Whoever is the captain of the ship, no one can stand it.However, it should be demolished and must be demolished.In the words of the fat man, since he wants to be a pirate, the [Berlan Rose] cannot be exposed - driving Lelei's new destroyer to rob is looking for death!
People are worried about not being able to find anyone!
So......
Chekov, you'd better mourn.At that time, when the fat man said this, he almost got into a fight.Not only the thunderous Chekov did not understand, but everyone, including a gang of pirates, did not understand.It's a warship!
In this pirate base, there are the most powerful ships in combat.Dismantle this ship, and use those armed merchant ships or plundering ships to rob warships?
That's not called looking for death, that's called sending death.Chekov banged the table and shouted to the fat man: "Who the dares to move Lao Tzu's boat, Lao Tzu is desperate with him!"
”The fat man twisted his head, drooped his eyelids, and slanted a pair of dead fish eyes like Garfield in the cartoon.Helen thought, biting her lips and not holding back her laughter.The words are still in my ears, and the [Bolan Rose] has become a skeleton.I didn't see how Chekov fought with the fat man."
What are you laughing at......"
Chekov glanced at Helen hatefully: "Didn't that fat man swear to change me a class battleship that I have never seen in my life, and I will let him move my ship?"
”"Class ships?"
Helen watched with tears and laughter as the fat man drove the battleship that jumped up and down the ground in the maintenance mecha - that thing can also be called a battleship, a class-class battleship?
Calling that thing a ship was hard enough for Helen to think was enough.That's a bunch of rubbish!
She wondered if it would be able to move after it was built!
But this pile of rags, when the fat man took out a construction drawing, had already caused everyone to go crazy.The mechanics, engineers, mechanics, mechanics, mechanical experts, ship experts, and students among the cadets selected from the country, and even the pirates who had just been released and lowered their eyebrows, also made a fuss.Next, the project begins.
[Blue Rose] was pulled into the dock and dismantled in three or two clicks.Along with them, there were two armed merchant ships, and a shell of a [mad]-class cruiser eliminated by the Tatanian military that the Redbeard Pirates had auctioned in Freeport.Helen couldn't understand why this fat man had a soft spot for rags.I didn't mention driving a broken mecha before, but now as a pirate, I even made such a broken battleship.Not to mention the [Blue Rose], the two [Queen Taylor]-class armed merchant ships, and the [Maded]-class cruiser with only a shell and some basic equipment, at least at first, also looked neat and bright.Why did it become a miserable pile of rags when it came to the fat man's hands?"
Wait!"
Chekov gritted his teeth beside Helen: "If this guy dismantles my ship and can't make a trick, I'll dismantle him too!"
”Chekov was ruthless, turned and left.Helen blinked as he left, knowing in her heart that the Fleet Captain couldn't stand it.No matter how fanciful the mechanics, ship experts, and fat men say, the facts are in front of them - it's a pile of!
The battleship, known as the [Rubik's Cube], was quietly parked on the third ship.Barbarossa commanded his men to place the newly modified parts in the machining area on the repair racks by number.While commanding, Barbarossa looked back at the new warship that had not yet taken shape.No one could have known the shock in his heart.If before that, he was still ridiculous about the idea of the fat man becoming a pirate, and that he was only forced to join the Lerays, then at this moment, Barbarossa was completely shocked by what he saw.In addition to shock and fear, Barbarossa's heart also had a trace of irrepressible excitement.He never thought that there was someone in this world who was more suitable to be a pirate than himself!
That fat man is simply a natural bandit.From this ship, he has gathered the essence of piracy - a pirate ship, this is the real pirate ship!
Come and go like the wind, gathering and scattering impermanence!
Looking at the tattered battleship in front of him, Barbarossa had to admit that the fat man was a madman and a genius!
As a pirate leader who has lived in space almost all his life, dealt with all kinds of ships all his life, traveled to and from the most dangerous shipping lanes every day, and swam between life and death, Barbarossa could see at a glance the power of this battleship that had never been seen before.Speaking of which, Barbarossa is half a naval engineer.The high-marauding ships of the Redbeard Pirate Regiment were all modified by him with the blueprints he bought, and little by little he assembled the pirate's combat style.However, he never imagined that the battleship could be transformed in this way.In front of you, a multihull cruiser!
Speaking of which, I'm afraid those ship experts at Freeport will laugh.They will ridicule, they will laugh: "If the combat ship is made into many bodies, the designer's brain must have been smoked by fart!"
”Multihulls, which are not uncommon in this era, both merchant ships and exploration ships, have multihulls.The most common of these are tugboats and barges.Most of these vessels are catamarans, trimarans.Boats with more than four hulls are rare.The reason why such a multihull was made is that there is really no need to waste money on structure, and secondly, to obtain enough space or platforms for the ship.The weaknesses of the multihull are that the degree is slow, the target is large, and the steering is not flexible.Therefore, this type of ship usually sails on the main channel, as a heavy-duty merchant ship, or as a base camp for exploration teams.And tugboats and barges, not to mention.Such a ship, naturally, cannot be used as a combat ship.However, the multihull in front of me is really a hexamaran.Its structure is not a parallel hexabody, but an overlapping hexagram.That is to say, on the surface, this is a battleship of the size of a cruiser, with a ship, a hull, and a stern.Its six main bodies are grouped together.In Barbarossa's opinion, this can no longer be called creation, this is simply a complete subversion of the shipbuilding industry and the world of piracy!
Have you ever seen a Rubik's Cube?
This ship is a huge alien Rubik's Cube!
At the time of the engagement, it was a cruiser, its shape, its size, its armor, its energy shield, its main thrusters, its steering thrusters.All indicate its status as a cruiser.However, in the event of escape, or in case of necessity, this so-called cruiser ceased to be a cruiser.Rather, a main ship a little smaller than a destroyer and five auxiliary ships, larger or smaller!
It is capable of catapulting splitting in under a second!
Others don't understand the benefits of this division, but Barbarossa, who has been a pirate all her life, understands it all the time.When pirates encounter more powerful enemies, they scatter in a hurry, which is the most practical escape method in the universe.And in nebulae, asteroid belts, and various obstacle areas that need to be avoided by maneuvering, a cruiser will never be as agile as these six battleships.What's more, the fat man has completely utilized all the functions of this ship.He not only dressed the ship in a tattered coat, but also set up a large number of lighting effects and props in the interface.Barbarossa still remembers the stunned faces of the group when they saw the computer simulation.On the virtual screen, the cruiser fell apart, with flames and explosions.The tattered hull of the ship was torn apart by the explosion and tumbled in all directions.During this period, he also constantly threw limbs, parts, and even computers, tables, beds, pillows, and quilts on the ship......
Fuck, how did this fat guy come up with it?
In the eyes of the enemy, the ship has already been destroyed.Next, nothing more than two scenarios.One is that the enemy continues on the road, and then, six jackal-like warships suddenly attack the enemy's most critical main thruster......
The other is that under the strong threat of the enemy, everyone slips away from the ground and turns.It was always some large ships that were able to defeat the cruiser head-on.When the [Rubik's Cube] splits, the few minutes that the enemy stays are enough to flee with full power.These large warships can't catch up with the split high ships no matter what, and if they are in the obstacle zone, then they can't even think about it.In a large-scale battle, the expensive [Rubik's Cube] may not be useful.But there's nothing better to be a pirate!
This is the real coming and going, like the wind, gathering and scattering, impermanence, hugging up and scattering!
As long as he didn't provoke a large military fleet, Barbarossa couldn't think of anything that the ship lacked in front of this gang of pirates, smugglers, and some small warships in the free world.That fat man, who used to be a pirate?
(To be continued)