Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station

Chapter 42 The transformation is completed and the dark cemetery
Modifications to armor.

Chen Ming planned to change the [multi-layered buffer armor] that he had seen when he was renovating the spacecraft armor.

Forget about the other three [Explosive Reactive Armor], [Armor Material Replacement] and [Heavy Armor].

Explosive reactive armor Chen Ming currently lacks materials.

If you want to change the armor material, you can only use dolomite steel, but dolomite steel can still be used after aging, so it is the same problem as explosive counterattack.

And heavy armor has a great impact on the maneuverability of the spacecraft.

Even if I don't lack materials, if I really modify all three armors, how thick will the spacecraft armor be?Where can I make up for this lost mobility?
Therefore, armor modification must be selective.

So much so that Chen Ming now even has to find a way to solve the problem that the bottom armor has been transformed into [heavy armor].

Fortunately, a solution was quickly put in front of Chen Ming.

Because when Chen Ming opened the modification panel of the armor on the bottom of the spacecraft, the position that should have been [heavy armor] had been replaced by [standard armor].

Chen Ming directly chose to modify [Standard Armor].

Then all the materials previously used to transform the [heavy armor] were returned to the storage compartment.

There is no need for Chen Ming to take off the armor himself, then the rest will be much simpler.

You only need to modify the armor of the spacecraft step by step according to the techniques you have learned.

In addition to the armor, Chen Ming plans to also modify the hatch of the spacecraft.

After all, the strength of the armor has increased, but the strength of the door has not. It's just a joke.

There were not many options for hatch doors, so Chen Ming finally decided to use the modification of [explosion-proof airtight door].

Transforming a double-layer protective door can greatly improve the hatch's protective capabilities.

The doors have been remodeled, so Chen Ming will naturally not miss the load-bearing points on the left and right sides of the ship.

[Fort Armor] was finally selected by Chen Ming.

It can modify the load-bearing points and protect the load-bearing points and weapons installed on the load-bearing points within the armor.

Slightly sacrificing the speed of weapon turning in exchange for safer protection measures.

In fact, Chen Ming had already had a similar idea when the cyst worms relied on acid to fight back.

Although the bugs did not cause damage to the spacecraft, other enemies with long-range attack capabilities in the future may not be as weak as the bugs.

If Chen Ming accidentally damaged the weapon, then Chen Ming would be a lamb to the slaughter, at least while the weapon was repaired.

And if the load-bearing point is destroyed, then Chen Ming really doubts whether the lost weapon can be restored using "repair".

Therefore, when renovating the fort armor, Chen Ming chose to use dolomite steel as the material.

Just the materials needed to modify the turret armor are still affordable.

The modification of the armor was more difficult than other previous modifications. After all, Chen Ming had to climb outside the spacecraft himself.

Although the spacecraft is in a stable flight stage, and the high-precision sensors will not cause the spacecraft to hit anything.

But no matter what, the work outside the spaceship is much more difficult than the work inside the spacecraft.

If Chen Ming had modified the armor before departure, it might not be so hard now, but it would mean that the departure time might have to be delayed for several months, unless he directly relied on the panels for modification.

But if you do this, it means that your technology will not make any progress, and there will be basically nothing to do in the past six months, and a lot of free time will be wasted.

Therefore, Chen Ming would rather choose to modify the spacecraft after departure to make full use of his time.

The modification of the armor continued until the beginning of the fifth month after departure.

The Iron Mine has undergone very obvious changes in appearance.

The Iron Ore at the beginning was a spaceship with a pure metallic color.

But now, the entire Iron Ore has turned white.

This is because Chen Ming discovered something when he was halfway through the armor transformation. [Armor material replacement] This transformation option allows you to freely adjust the proportions of different materials in the spacecraft armor material.

Then Chen Ming discovered that ordinary steel materials only need to be mixed with a little dolomite steel, and the strength can be greatly improved.

At least it is definitely much stronger than the aluminum-steel composite material of the current spacecraft.

So after discovering this, Chen Ming directly tried to use [Armor Material Modification] on the frontal armor that had completed the [Multi-layered Buffer Armor] modification.

The choice of material is an aluminum-steel composite material mixed with 1% dolomite steel.

Then, including the multi-layer buffer armor modified by Chen Ming himself, all the frontal armor of the spacecraft was replaced with a very high-strength aluminum steel dolomite composite material.

The strength of the armor has been qualitatively improved, and the color of the armor has also changed to white.

Although it is not as good as pure dolomite steel, modifying the spacecraft in this way is much more cost-effective than directly using dolomite steel as a material.

Using some fractions of the dolomite steel reserve in exchange for armor with at least three times the strength was very worthwhile for Chen Ming.

After the spacecraft's armor is completely renovated.

Chen Ming finally took the time to study all the professional books in the terminal carefully during this period.
Because most of the books have been studied in Chen Ming's memory, the efficiency of learning and mastering by himself is very high.

Combined with the practice he carries out almost every day, so far, Chen Ming has completely mastered the techniques that a maintenance engineer should master.

It may not be as good as the maintenance engineer Chen Ming in my memory, but this is a matter of years of experience.

As long as Chen Ming is still alive, Chen Ming will be able to surpass his past self sooner or later.

And with the armor transformation completed, the fifth month has arrived.

The spacecraft has almost only one third of the remaining journey left, and it will reach its destination in more than two months.

But having said that, Chen Ming chose to slow down the spacecraft now.
Because Chen Ming learned from the galaxy map that there was a place some distance in front of the spacecraft.

An asteroid belt, or asteroid field, known as the "Dark Graveyard."

This is the record that Chen Ming found on the terminal, including the galaxy where Rui Jupiter is located and several other nearby galaxies.

It is said that this asteroid area was a place where the human empire had been discovered before it expanded here.

Because there are no stars here, all asteroids here are trapped in darkness.

At that time, there was a very special mineral in this asteroid belt that could emit a specific electromagnetic frequency band and interfere with the work of detection equipment.

This has led to many explorers and pioneers not detecting asteroids in the dark space of the universe when they passed here, causing accidents and causing shipwrecks.

If someone falls in front, there are always some people behind who like to pick up other people's relics.

Then they died here like the people before them.

So the news continued to spread, and more and more people came here and died on the asteroid in the dark.

So here comes the nickname Dark Cemetery.

But it's different now.

With the expansion of the human empire's territory, the Dark Cemetery has been completely developed, and the special ores have been collected.

Chen Ming can go in with confidence.

You might be able to find some missed shipwrecks from a bygone era inside.

Even if there isn't, Chen Ming can also find some asteroids containing ores to collect and replenish some metal materials consumed on the way.

Although there are basically no mining unions in this asteroid area, the efficiency and profitability of mining are definitely not high.

But since he was on his way, Chen Ming didn't mind taking a look.

To relieve myself from the boredom of the past five months, apart from work, I could only see the starry sky like streams of light.

(End of this chapter)