Chapter 716: Urgency

To think of it and then do it—this has always been Sun Cheng's style of operation in the Transformers Great Universe.

After the idea popped up to build a small spaceship by utilizing some Cybertronian technology on the foundation of the Hunter Civilization spaceship he had previously acquired, he immediately used the powerful computing power of the Frenzy Body to begin designing the spaceship directly within his own Core.

Because many technologies could be used directly, and Sun Cheng did not have high requirements for this experimental spaceship in terms of technology or tonnage.

Therefore, even with his current understanding of aerospace and propulsion, it was not too difficult to design a draft of a spaceship.

Whether it was the Hunter Civilization or the Cybertronian civilization, they both adopted flat, streamlined shapes for spaceships used for interstellar travel, which shows that this design is relatively mature and has been recognized by the relevant scientists of both civilizations.

So, for the small spaceship he was designing, Sun Cheng also adopted a flat, streamlined shape.

He designed the spaceship to look like an isosceles right triangle, at least when viewed from above.

Spaceship length: 24.55 meters, wingspan 29.82 meters, height: 12.90 meters; the design empty weight of the spaceship is between 60 and 80 tons, with a maximum takeoff weight of about 120 tons.

It is not a cargo spaceship, because Sun Cheng has better options.

The main material of the hull is Tai Lu Meng Hejin and over a dozen other metal materials, welded personally by Decepticon engineers; it can not only greatly reduce weight, but the high-temperature resistance is also significantly improved.

Regarding the propulsion system, Sun Cheng prepared to use an improved version of the engine that his subordinate Decepticon engineers had comprehensively upgraded based on the engine the Hunter Civilization applied to that small spaceship.

After all, from production processes to design, the Hunter Civilization, which is more suited to cultivating savage Warriors, has a significant gap compared to Cybertron.

Therefore, the improved engine is very powerful and can provide ample power for a small spaceship of about a hundred tons.

Considering that the test model of this spaceship needs to fly repeatedly from Earth to Mars for testing, the number of engines will be increased from one to four.

For a propulsion system coming from the hands of Decepticon engineers, the fuel is not traditional chemical combustion or even nuclear energy, but the more pure and space-saving High-purity Energy Liquid.

Theoretically, these designs could allow the small spaceship Sun Cheng is currently designing to reach a speed of 240 kilometers per second, meaning it would only take about nineteen days to fly from Earth to Mars.

This spaceship, which does not yet have a name, took less than three days to have all its blueprints designed from the inside out while his Frenzy Body Core was running at full speed.

After that came nearly a week of repeated revisions; when it was finally finalized, the entire spaceship possessed over a million parts.

It seems numerous, but with the manufacturing capabilities of Base No. 2, it could be built in at most half a month.

This is the first time since Sun Cheng discovered he could travel to the Transformers Great Universe that he has devoted himself wholeheartedly to a single task.

Although he had spent quite a bit of time in the Laboratory in the past, it never exceeded three days at most, and it was mostly forced, carrying a very strong utilitarian purpose.

It was nowhere near this time, where the motivation was purely generated by a sudden thought.

Perhaps because of this, Sun Cheng enjoyed the joy of the technological research and development process for the first time and forever recorded the beauty of that pleasure.

The spaceship design being finalized does not mean it can be used immediately.

Sun Cheng does not have much experience in the aerospace field; Jetfire has gone further than his teacher, Shockwave, in the fields of space, molecular/atomic, and remote transmission.

Of course, in many other fields, he is not as comprehensive as Shockwave.

After packing up all the data for the designed spaceship, Sun Cheng specifically made a trip back to Base No. 2 and copied three sets to give to Atlas, Mirage, and Explorer 203, respectively, for them to modify and perfect.

From the very beginning, he did not think he had designed this spaceship perfectly enough, nor did he have such a strong ego to believe that because it was his design, others absolutely could not modify it.

However, for this experimental spaceship, Sun Cheng did indeed pour too much into it.

For this period of time, he has been researching this spaceship at the Sub-base on Trindade Island.

In the process of constant design and improvement, Sun Cheng, who originally intended more to verify some technologies, suddenly came up with more ways to use this spaceship.

Because most Cybertronian bodies can withstand high temperatures and extreme cold, although cross-planetary travel consumes a lot of energy for them.

But if they do not care about the consumption, they can perform cross-planetary travel relying solely on their own bodies.

Sun Cheng's current body can rush out of Earth; shortly after he finished changing into this New Body, he had tested flying straight out of the atmosphere and briefly entering outer space while transformed into his Su-27 form.

According to his assessment at the time, he could completely use his current body to travel back and forth between Earth and the Moon, though at his current speed, it would take about four days of full-speed flight to reach the Moon.

As for from Earth to Mars, the time and energy consumed would drain Sun Cheng's body dry.

At first, he intended to wait until Base No. 2 had built at least one Explorer-class spaceship before officially starting to develop Mars.

Even half a month ago, when Sun Cheng was suddenly moved by a whim to design and develop a small spaceship himself, he did not think in a further direction at the beginning.

But in these past half a month, while constantly modifying and perfecting the design data for this spaceship, he realized a possibility again.

"... Sometimes I am really an idiot. Why must my eyes be fixed on the Explorer-class? That kind of medium-sized transport spaceship is indeed important and must be produced... but I can completely use the small spaceship I designed to first transport myself and a few Workers to Mars, and establish a bridgehead there first..."

A few months ago, after The Fallen led the Decepticons to expose themselves to various countries on Earth, the main forces of the Second and Fifth Fleets of the United States—the strongest human nation—were successively destroyed by the Decepticons, which had already made the vast majority of countries and organizations on Earth realize the terror of these aliens.

Because of this, countries around the world have been searching for aliens everywhere since then.

In the more than three months since the battle between the Decepticons and the Autobots in Jordan and Egypt ended, the number of satellites launched by countries on Earth has exceeded fifty.

One must know that satellite launching carries extremely high risks; except for a few countries like China, the United States, and Russia, most countries might not even launch one satellite in several years.

With such a high launch frequency, especially seeing how two East Asian countries and a certain South Asian country continued to launch persistently after exploding several satellites in succession, one knows just how impatient they are to use satellites to find the aliens that might exist on Earth.

In the past few months, the South American countries under the control of Base No. 2 have also frequently discovered spies and agents from foreign national forces, and the scale of their numbers is increasing day by day.

Sun Cheng already had a bad thought; perhaps because the actions of Base No. 2 have been too big over the past year or so, under the background of aliens being widely exposed, this place has now been targeted by quite a few national forces.

Therefore, exploring Mars and establishing a safer rear base on Mars has become his top priority.

PS:

You might not believe it if I tell you, but I slept for over fourteen hours today.

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