It was slightly smaller than the Moon-Class cruiser, but in terms of firepower, defense, speed... its performance exceeded that of a conventional cruiser in every aspect.
The construction cost of a Moon-Class cruiser was 8.5 billion tax currency, while the cost of the Strike Cruiser reached 12 billion, almost 1.5 tis that of the Moon-Class.
However, constructing it should not conflict with the Moon-Class. Its dockyard would also need to be custom made.
At the shipyards of Flying Wing Star and Rage Owl Star, there were currently two Musician-class dockyards, two Moon-Class dockyards, and the third Moon-Class dockyard was under construction. Now, one more Strike Cruiser dockyard could be comnced.
In the future, over a four-year cycle, the Alliance could burst out six cruiser-grade main warships!
Moreover, the Alliance's dockyard construction was ongoing; the output of starships was set to continuously rise.
According to the productivity of Flying Wing Star and Rage Owl Star, it was estimated that producing ten cruisers every four years was about reaching the limit.
This limit was determined by the size of the starports, labor costs, and production capacity. Anymore, and it would require expanding the starports, increasing the scale of various production lines supporting the starship manufacturing on the ground, and the addition of more labor. But if this was done, the production of other resources and products would be significantly impacted.
It was quite the squeeze.
But the Alliance had other tricks up its sleeve.
On the one hand, Rage Owl Star was continually absorbing population. When the population of Rage Owl reached about five to six billion—the approximate carrying capacity of this planet—it would be possible to further expand the dockyards.
Additionally, Gu Hang planned to construct large dockyards on Fatches No. 1, Korolya, and on Baishuo Star in the Purple Horse Sector.
The starports on Fatches No. 1 and Korolya Starport were quite large and suitable for expanding dockyards; Baishuo Star, the capital planet in the Purple Horse Sector, inherently possessed shipbuilding capabilities, albeit only small warships, but having a foundation was better than starting from scratch. This planet had signed the Economic Community Act in the second batch and was now even incorporated into the Alliance; the conditions were already ripe for massive investnt and construction.
Once the large dockyards were established on these three planets, Gu Hang's planned naval construction program could reach about twenty warships every four years.
Just these twenty cruisers in shipbuilding industry represented an annual ga-industry worth 500 billion.
For comparison, the total annual output of the more than eighty worlds across the six star sectors excluding the Tianma Star Sector in the Seven Horse Territory amounted to about 1.2 trillion.
The shipbuilding industry would not only provide a large number of powerful warships for the Alliance in the future but would also beco a massive economic developnt engine. It would catalyze the developnt of a series of supporting industries in multiple planets and star sectors, and all kinds of heavy industries related to shipbuilding would burst with vigorous vitality.
Of course, such a large-scale expansion plan for the shipbuilding industry definitely couldn't be achieved overnight. It would occupy a significant chapter in one after another of the Alliance's four-year plans, being pushed forward as a core focus.
Given a bit more ti to develop, the future of the Alliance's fleet was promising!
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After drawing the thirty shots of technology at the hundred-thousand grade, Gu Hang still had one million grace points left.
The epic-grade draw rate of the hundred-thousand tier had been pushed down to a re 5%.
This was already a less than ideal number.
Although the prize pool was not considered drained, the cost-performance ratio was not particularly high.
Gu Hang turned his gaze to the million tier.
This was virgin territory he had never touched before, with maxed-out odds.
Not to ntion the 50% epic-grade draw rate, more importantly, there was an even higher tier of Apocalypse-level technology.
Previously, looking at what was obtained from the epic tier, Gu Hang faintly felt that the technology of battleships, the top-tier, was probably not as simple as just being epic-grade.
He thought so because the items from the epic tier clearly did not reach the level of battleships.
Later, this was indeed proven to be the case.
This ti, Gu Hang's one million lottery was quite fortunate. Despite the 20% odds, he managed to draw an Apocalypse-level technology.
[Grade-X Giant Macro Cannon: Destruction Verdict].
This was the main cannon of the Retribution-class battleship.
It was a bit regrettable that it was not the battleship technology that the Alliance most urgently needed, but it was basically confird that battleship technology definitely resided within the Apocalypse-class.
The significance of 'Destruction Verdict' was certainly there; in fact, without the production capability for the Grade-X cannon, drawing a battleship without a cannon was of no use. It was a necessary technological reserve.
Additionally, in terms of current practical significance, the produced 'Destruction Verdict' could also be installed on star fortresses.
When outfitted on so vital core positions, a starport equipped with 'Destruction Verdict' would be akin to an immovable battleship. Moreover, since the defense system of a star fortress was not limited by a ship's structure, its combat capability as a fixed fire platform might even be stronger than a battleship.
The sa principle applied when deployed on the ground.
In short, with 'Destruction Verdict', the Alliance, when fortifying a planet, would truly make that planet difficult to conquer.
Right now, Gu Hang had several worlds that needed such fortification.
Light Blessing Star and Capital Star were prominently on the list.
The Alliance was currently engaged in a battle of wits with the Fury Fla Battle Group on the front lines. Who knew if it would eventually escalate into a civil war?
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