Chapter 145: Dawn Guardian

Inside the tunnel.

The train is speeding toward the interior of the mountain.

Middle car.

Sui Bian, seated by the window on the right side, holding a tablet, continues to review files and data.

Meanwhile, Robert, John, Kelakesi and the other brothers, due to their size, still each occupy at least three seats.

This caused the other employees in the same car to focus their gazes and attention on these ten giants.

The employees all knew about the company's Super Soldier Program and had heard of the ten Original Bodies, but seeing them in person was their first time.

The much‑watched‑over Original Bodies also shed their childishness, maintaining a steady, mature demeanor.

After all, outsiders were present.

Soon.

The train emerged from the tunnel, bringing everyone into the interior of the manufacturing plant.

Wow!

Upon seeing the scene outside through the side windows, the Original Bodies could hardly keep from exclaiming in astonishment.

The first impression upon exiting the tunnel was "suddenly opening up".

The whole mountain seemed to have been hollowed out, and the massive lighting fixtures installed throughout made its interior as bright as daytime.

On either side of the train were the production workshops for the Yuyou and other next‑generation models.

Nearly fully automated assembly lines.

Robotic arms of various sizes, with different roles, performed welding, assembly and other tasks in orderly fashion.

Employees wearing safety helmets and black safety uniforms moved through the workshops, ensuring everything was operating normally.

Even this was not enough to astonish the Original Bodies.

What truly caught the Original Bodies' attention was the "dock" located on the inner right side of the mountain.

The dock is about a kilometer long and roughly five hundred meters high, built along the mountain's axis to make maximal use of the interior space.

The Original Bodies left their seats and moved to the right, looking ahead along the track, where they could faintly see two more docks.

Moreover, inside the dock there were many SCVs of the Engineering Department busy with construction work.

And the Original Bodies instinctively thought the dock existed because a huge "ship" was located inside it.

The slender mechanical arms on either side of the dock were inspecting that ship.

Compared to that ship, the employees bustling inside the dock were like humans beside ants—vastly different.

Even if Sui Bian didn't say it outright, Robert and the brothers knew that ship was Umbrella's next‑generation space‑air carrier.

Robert estimated by eye that the space‑air carrier was at least eight hundred meters long and about two hundred fifty meters high.

Because of the angle, Robert could not judge the width precisely, but he guessed it was no less than three hundred meters.

A near‑kilometer‑sized steel behemoth!

Even if you piled together all seven of the U. S. Navy's current Nimitz‑class carriers…

No, it's not just "not necessarily"; it's far inferior to the space‑air carrier before our eyes.

To be frank, the two are incomparable; they exist on entirely different levels.

Robert knew the company had been secretly building the next‑generation carrier for two years.

He had thought the new carrier would at most be a bit bigger than the Wraith and fly a bit higher, but he never imagined it would dwarf even a traditional carrier.

In his astonishment,

The orbital train stopped at each station, unloading the arriving employees, and finally carried them to the platform beneath the first dock.

The train came to a halt.

After unloading them and the other arriving employees, the train continued onward toward the far end.

The Original Bodies followed Sui Bian off the platform, then proceeded to the outdoor sky‑walk and walked toward the nearby dock building.

Seeing that there was no one else around, the Original Bodies finally dropped their pretended maturity and could not help but want to ask questions.

"Have a look yourselves."

But before the Original Bodies could speak, Sui Bian handed the tablet to Robert.

"Yes…" Robert took the tablet.

Immediately, the brothers gathered around Robert, heads almost touching, eager to stare at the tablet screen and satisfy their intense curiosity.

Sui Bian also didn't rush; he stood at the edge of the sky‑walk with arms crossed, looking down at the production workshops and waiting patiently.

"Whoa… an electromagnetic cannon?"

"Looks like there's also artificial gravity?"

"Four fusion reactors…"

"Man… this is just a frigate?"

Seeing the data and figures on the tablet screen, the Original Bodies exclaimed in awe.

——

Goshawk‑class Heavy Frigate (GoshawkclassHeavyFrigater)

Basic data are as follows:

Length: 876 meters.

Width: 352 meters.

Height: 257 meters.

The Goshawk‑class hull armor is α‑type titanium alloy armor.

α‑type titanium alloy armor is titanium strengthened at the molecular level and then alloyed with other elements.

And the Eastern Europe Manufacturing Plant also embedded a thermally superconducting heat sink in the interlayer of the armor.

And with four nuclear fusion engines, the Azure Hawk-class is capable of flying both within and outside the atmosphere.

The ship's armament is as follows:

1. Missile launch bays x30.

2. Pulse short-range defense system.

3. Eight 300mm caliber plasma cannons.

4. Magnetic acceleration cannon (main gun).

The launch bays can fire conventional missiles, as well as ultra-long-range missiles equipped with plasma warheads.

The short-range defense system consists of multiple six-barrel 30mm rotary pulse cannons.

The rotary pulse cannon fires 30mm caseless explosive shells at a rate of 12,000 rounds per minute, with an effective range (within atmosphere) of 6,000 meters, and the system reaction time is about 1.2 seconds.

With the support of nuclear fusion engines, the 300mm plasma cannon becomes possible, requiring two minutes of charging per shot.

Finally, the main gun of the Azure Hawk-class.

The 240-meter-long barrel is located at the ship's center, capable of firing a 10-ton tungsten-iron alloy projectile, with an estimated range (within atmosphere) of about 6,000 kilometers.

This magnetic acceleration cannon was developed by Dr. Wang Zhaofeng based on the company's existing magnetic acceleration cannon technology, requiring seven minutes of charging per shot.

The crew composition is as follows:

Bridge personnel: 40.

Engineering and maintenance personnel: 120.

In addition to the aforementioned essential personnel, it can accommodate up to four thousand five hundred people.

The hangar of the Azure Hawk-class can accommodate 12 Yuyou transport aircraft, 36 Era Fighter Jets, and various air and ground transport vehicles.

As an aerospace carrier, the most important component of the Azure Hawk-class is these 36 fighter jets.

Peregrine Fighter Jet.

It adopts a swept-back wing design, single-person cockpit, and can perform interception, expulsion, or bombing missions.

It possesses advantages such as high speed, small size, and high maneuverability.

The Eastern Europe Manufacturing Plant has produced a total of 40 of these, of which 36 have been deployed on Umbrella's first Azure Hawk-class escort vessel, the DawnGuardian.

——

"DawnGuardian…"

After reading the materials, Robert raised his head through the panoramic window and looked toward the shipyard at the end of the aerial corridor:

"Father, the company spent two years to actually create a colossus capable of changing the world order."

"Change the world order?" Sui Bian approached Robert, took back and put away the tablet, then revealed a very kind smile and said:

"As your father, I currently have no intention of changing the world order, for now."

(End of chapter)