Chapter 582: Chapter 339, Fine Gold, Knight and Titan_2
Of course, due to Gu Hang’s selection process for cultivating Interstellar Warriors, there will inevitably be about a hundred times more rejects, among which are not a few T2-grade soldiers; these are the byproducts that are bound to appear.
By utilizing Feedback-Type Power Armor and equipping these ‘rejects’ to turn them into an impoverished version of Interstellar Warriors, their main role is to serve as a supplement to the elite cutting-edge forces; this is certainly one of the uses for Feedback-Type Power Armor.
It’s just… not very cost-effective.
Another usage is to issue it to frontline officers to enhance their survivability.
A brigade commander or battalion commander commanding at the front line is actually quite vulnerable.
But this enhancement effect… is also relatively average.
In conclusion, although Feedback-Type Power Armor technology is indeed elite-level, for the current Alliance, it is relatively feeble—the places where it can be effective exist, but it’s not critical.
Gu Hang is unlikely to promote the mass production of this technology, tying up a lot of the Alliance’s production capacity.
However, for technologies extracted from the Black Box, two units can be produced in a month.
If it’s free, then of course, you take it.
Afterward, Gu Hang shifted his focus to two other technologies: Ranger-class Knight Mecha and Warhound-class Titan.
The former, we are well acquainted with; the Alliance currently has six—after Heijian Star surrendered, other than a few that were destroyed in wars, only six remain. Although theoretically, ownership is still in the hands of those noble families who surrendered, they have no say if the Alliance wants to mobilize them.
People always refer to Knight Mecha as ‘Knight Titan,’ but that’s not accurate; the proper name is simply ‘Mecha.’ Ranger-class is eight meters tall, and Neili’s technology setup allows for various components to be mounted, creating several derivative types. For example, there are lance-type models that emphasize heavier firepower and watch-type models that emphasize mobility, among others.
However, they all fall under the category of Ranger-class.
As for the Warhound-class Titan, it’s a bona fide Titan—though it’s the smallest kind of Titan.
The biggest difference between a Titan and Knight Mecha is that the latter has a dedicated cockpit, where the knight pilots the mecha in battle, grandiosely termed the ‘Mechanical Throne;’ whereas the Titan does not have a dedicated cockpit and cannot be operated by a single person. The fifteen-meter-tall Warhound Titan, resembling a five-story building, is manned by about a dozen people working together to operate this machine in battle.
Compared to the advanced Ranger Knight Mecha, the Warhound-class Titan is literally twice the size, reaching a height of fifteen meters.
With these two technologies, the strength of the Alliance Land Forces will climb another level.
No matter how fierce the Lion Tank is, it can only be considered a consumable. Costing four thousand each, on a high-intensity battlefield, they are essentially just large armored cannon fodder.
But Knight Mecha and Warhound Titan would be considered elite main forces, no matter what.
On Heijian Star, a bunch of feudal forces equipped with shoddy gear, coupled with some Sentry Mecha, simply couldn’t bring out the fierce power of Knight Mecha. Even so, in that major battle fought by the Alliance, on average, to take down a single Ranger-class Knight, it cost over forty tanks, hundreds of armored vehicles, five Wind Falcons, one Interstellar Warrior, and several infantry.
But if Knight Titan is deployed by the Alliance, with more elite armored troops in front, elite infantry establishing defensive positions on the sides, and sharp artillery coordinating to exploit firepower advantage, the power that Knight and Titan can leverage will be greatly magnified.
It would be difficult for an Interstellar Warrior to even get close. When the Phoenix broke through the kingdom army’s defenses, it pierced them like paper, but the formations of the Alliance are not so easily breached. Even a slight delay would allow the firepower of the Knight and Titan to annihilate any Interstellar Warrior.
Moreover, these two pieces of equipment, especially Knight Mecha, aside from providing considerable military aid, carry significant political symbolism for the Alliance ruling Heijian Star, since they will be self-produced by the Alliance.
Heijian Star is a place with strong knight traditions.
Now, since the Alliance has the capability to produce Sentry Mecha on its own (already extracted earlier), and with the addition of self-produced Knight Mecha, isn’t this a miracle reborn?
In an instant, Gu Hang thought of many ways to handle this.
To establish a Knight Academy, on one hand, it would serve as a military academy, on the other, it would train Knight pilots, and additionally, it would strengthen the Alliance’s legitimate status.
In the future, to become a Knight, you won’t need to bankrupt your family’s generations of savings; simply apply to the Knight Academy, enlist, and you could become a glorious Knight, piloting a Sentry Mecha; the most outstanding individuals can pilot Ranger Knights; with specialized courses, those unable to pilot single-person Ranger Knight Mechas could also have a chance to become part of the larger and fiercer true Titan’s driving team, operating Warhound-class Titans in groups of a dozen or so.
There are many benefits to doing this.
The noble families of Heijian Star still have their merits. Generation after generation, they take pride in being Knights, and the Alliance’s new developments are consistent with their tradition, which helps to strengthen governance; and due to these traditions, they have been trained from a young age in how to pilot Knights, making them the most suitable source of pilots.
On this basis, Gu Hang even planned to establish a new organizational structure under the Alliance Land Forces.