Chapter 411 - 402 OGAS2.0_1

"In the next 18 months, the manufacturing mode of the base will undergo another round of updates and upgrades, achieving a higher degree of automation and an increased yield rate."

On June 13th, Xie Liaofu announced on the base’s intranet a major overhaul of the OGAS system, upgrading it to the OGAS 2.0 system.

In the OGAS 1.0 system, the base had achieved a top-down computer management model, allowing computers to formulate production plans based on optimal algorithms, which not only reduced man-hours but also saved costs, achieving up to a 50% efficiency improvement on individual products.

OGAS 2.0 involved incorporating artificial intelligence models and industrial software developed by the base into the command system to automate areas such as storage, logistics, and processing where human intervention was still relatively high.

The base’s largest aerospace power department had endeavored to integrate AI development with industrial design software and processing equipment, achieving intelligent manufacturing which ultimately resulted in computers managing the entire industrial chain from planning allocation to product manufacturing and warehouse logistics without the need for human supervision.

This was very similar to the "unmanned factories" that would soon become popular, but the complexity of the base’s product lines far exceeded what was outside and the frequency of plan adjustments made the difficulty a hundred times greater.

If OGAS 2.0 fully achieved its ideal targets, then as soon as materials entered the base, they could almost completely detach from any human intervention, being transferred to various processes by intelligent devices controlled by various central computers until the finished products were stored.

At that time, it would be possible to reduce the number of personnel involved in the production process to less than a quarter of the original number, yet efficiency would have to be increased by another 50%, and the cost of man-hours would decrease significantly once again.

In ordinary enterprises, after such an upgrade, it would either mean a massive expansion of production or a large-scale layoff. The base’s existing production capacity was sufficient and did not need to be expanded, but there would also be no layoffs.

In ordinary enterprises, layoffs happen because the increased degree of automation obviates the need for so many production and technical workers. As for New Yuan well...

"Zheng Yongliang, Cui Zixuan, Cheng Huijin, Zhu Hui, Office Two of the Aerospace Power Department, Workshop Four, Grade D..."

Meng Kefei, the director of Office Two, entered the data of these four individuals into the computer and after selecting and refreshing, a string of characters popped up:

"Z2Y4W14CCE"

The first five characters were the code for their department at the base. The last four denoted the evening of the 14th (E), with CC being C+ level.

Meng Kefei said, "You all saw it, right? Memorize it well. There are quite a few outsiders around the base now, so be mindful when using mobile phones. When the time comes, find a hidden place. Got it?"

"Yes!"

"Understood"

"Thank you, Director"

Employees at the base all held a comprehensive ability rating issued by the Academy, which matched the system’s judgments, and in any case, the outside world could not discern it.

The D-grade workers in the production workshop were already talents with both research and development skills. After the unseen "layoffs," they would be transferred to other departments and upgraded based on individual abilities.

The number of technical positions would be downscaled, the surplus personnel upgraded and transferred to research and development positions to enhance the base’s research capabilities.

About 2400 people at the base would be progressively upgraded in the coming months; Lin Ju only had to spare some time in the evenings to swipe the list with a card, and he could increase the system’s comprehensive research capabilities by several levels—after all, C and D-level cards were not expensive, totaling a cost of 4 billion in funds.

The affiliated C-level bases and Qingshan Base were also included in the plan, although the latter had been burdened by heavy production tasks recently and its automation level wasn’t as high as the main base’s, so it required more time. Some of the personnel saved from the main base were also sent there to strengthen research and manufacturing capabilities.

The implementation of OGAS 2.0 was, of course, not merely Xie Liaofu’s desire to upgrade OGAS 1.0 but preparation for the future.

The personnel upgrade consumed 4 billion, but since it was system funds, that was acceptable. However, real-world expenses were also substantial.

Just preparing for full automation required shifting the current "Stellar No. 2" and "Stellar One" supercomputers to backup status and building a new "Stellar III" supercomputer, as well as several distributed data processing centers. This required four months’ production capacity of the base’s semiconductor production line and purchasing more lower-level electronic components from the outside world.

OGAS 2.0’s improvement wasn’t limited to production efficiency—it also truly ensured the base’s computers covered every nook and cranny, extending real-time control over the surrounding area within a ten-kilometer radius, significantly enhancing security.

In addition, there were certain adjustments made within the base’s internal organizational structure. The most significant was turning the laser laboratory into a shell and establishing the Optical Precision Machinery Department. The second change was transforming the Spacecraft Department into the Space Technology Department, beginning to encompass tasks related to extraterrestrial construction.

A Light Nuclear Research Group was also secretly established, poised to begin recruiting talent for preliminary research on fusion technology.

Clearly, these adjustments were in anticipation of the Moon development plan and forward-looking fusion technology research.

...

hours earlier.

After several days of nonstop analysis of the two new technologies in the system, the base had gained a general understanding of the various subsystems included in the two rewards. A straightforward report was written for Lin Ju.

The first was the attention-grabbing laser smelting satellite. After Ye Changsi’s analysis, the so-called gaseous plasma mirror reflection technology was theoretically feasible, but without system technology, it would take at least fifteen years or more for the current world to achieve a breakthrough.

This technology had an outrageously high ceiling. As control precision and understanding of the structure and optics improved, so too did its strength, exponentially increasing the laser’s operating power not by providing additional energy but by stacking pulses to reduce intervals by hundreds of times, resulting in stronger directionality and energy density than ordinary lasers.

If utilized to its utmost, a laser beam could maintain its power over unimaginable distances without decay.

Looking ahead, it could remain in use all the way through the space age, and not just for lasers.

The plasma control technology it contained, while different from the weak force control found in "Introduction to Radiation Propulsion Technology" and incomparable in terms of advancement, was the epitome of current electromagnetic control technology and held potential for use in fusion devices.

Its laser source, although "only" 10MW in power, utilized free-electron exciter technology that the base had yet to master, which was why its sustainability was so robust, saving a great deal of time and effort.

As for the 1500 kilovolt electromagnetic accelerator rail, it was somewhat mundane, merely on par with world-class standards. The superconducting material showed a slight improvement, but the rail material was quite innovative, comprising a new type of material doped with a large amount of non-metallic elements and still relatively unfamiliar within mainstream materials science.

The main advantage of this material was its ability to withstand extremely low temperatures and its very high rigidity. After all, with an acceleration rail 5 kilometers long, the objects being accelerated faced high forces; material deformation would pose a huge problem.