My Battleship Can Receive Infinite Upgrades Chapter 13
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List of standard modules:
Standard main cannon (Green) (LV2). Maximum attack power: 25. Charging time: 10 seconds. Recharging buffer time: 50 seconds. Attack attributes: kinetic energy.
Upgrade requirements: 200 source points. 5 tons of silver ore.
Standard armor (Green) (LV1). Defense: 1.2. Material: alloy. Defense attributes: resistance to different attack attributes. Kinetic energy: 12%. Particle: 11%. Mystery: 0%.
Upgrade requirements: 200 source point.15 tons of nether ore.
Standard energy shield (LV2). Shield durability: 140. Regeneration rate: 1.2. Energy consumption: 1 point per second. Activation speed: 20 seconds. Overload buffer time: 70 minutes. Shield type: magnetic field.
Upgrade requirements: 150 source points. 10 tons of copper ore.
Standard detection radar (LV1). Exploration range: 10. Accuracy: 10.
Upgrade requirements: 100 source points. 5 tons of iron ore.
Standard engine (LV2). Maximum power: 22. Maximum energy consumption: 1 unit per hour.
Upgrade requirements: 100 source points. 2 tons of starlight iron ore.
Standard ship structure (Green) (LV0). Structure strength: 20. Additional module slot(s): 3. Spark compatibility: 45%.
Upgrade requirements: 200 source points. 2 units of mid-grade mineral crystal.
List of additional modules:
Space jump device (Purple) (LV0). Energy consumption: 100 units. Jump acceleration: 100 times the speed of light. Charging time: 1 hour. Buffer time: 24 hours.
Additional attributes: Space jump (regardless of the environment, randomly jump to 1 light-year random location, instant arrival.)
Upgrade requirements: 500 source points. 3 units of gilt.
Exterior simulation (Gold) (LV0). Energy consumption: 100 units. Charging time: 1 hour. Duration: 24 hours. Buffer time: 24 hours.
Additional attributes: Simulation. Battleship fuses with surrounding environment. Strong concealment (70).
Upgrade requirements: 700 source points. 5 units of gilt.
Material list:
Main cannon ammunition: 125 rounds. Secondary cannon ammunition: 2,300 rounds. Energy: 2,340. Daily necessities: 400 units.
The attributes were the same as before.
5 standard modules. Main cannon, armor, engine, detection radar, and energy shield.
As for the structure of the ship, it was a relatively special module, the other 5 standard modules attached to it.
It was equivalent to the main body of the battleship.
After the spark fused with the battleship, the battleship itself would also change and become the carrier of all the modules. It also had its own characteristics.
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The 5 standard modules were the standard equipment of all the Spark battleship. A Spark battleship without all 5 standard modules was equivalent to a blind man, which had a great impact on its combat power.
The 4 secondary cannons on the Thunder Flash were not part of the modules covered by the spark. They were linked to the ship structure. When the ship structure was strengthened, the 4 secondary cannons would also increase their power.
There were also gravitational beams and gravity equipment, which were all linked to the ship structure.
It was precisely because of this that the energy consumption for the ship structure upgrade and strengthening of the ship structure was much higher than that of the other standard modules.
Strengthening the ship structure was equivalent to strengthening other equipment as well.
For normal green quality modules, the source points required for upgrading would vary according to the grade, but it would not exceed by much. On the other hand, the structure of the ship had increased by nearly 10 times.
The materials used had also changed from normal minerals to mid-grade mineral crystals.
After that, there were additional modules.
There were 3 additional module slots on the Thunder Flash, but only 2 were used, leaving 1 empty.
The space jump device and the exterior simulation belonged to the Lorne family. These things were accumulated over a long period of time, so they were great.
These were recorded in the commander's log that Lorne wrote down.
Every module on Thunder Flash, including the secondary cannons, engine, and detection radar, were specially marked out.
The quality of these 3 modules was considered normal. It could be replaced by better modules.
As for the main cannon, armor, and ship structure, these 3 were marked with green words.
Green represented good quality, and was a level higher than normal grade.
They could perform better. When using the source points to strengthen and upgrade, the improvement was a level higher than that of normal grade modules.
However, in Lin Dong's eyes, these 6 modules were not anything special. He considered those things as ordinary things.
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The only thing that he valued were the 2 additional modules.
The first was the space jump device. With the activation of the jump acceleration, one could easily escape from pursuit at 100 times the speed of light. Even an ordinary battleship would not be able to catch up.
If one was surrounded by enemies, or if one were to fall into a dangerous environment, one would activate the additional attributes. The space jump would jump to a random location within a light-year and arrive in an instant. This was a specialized escape weapon and was extremely valuable. If that device could determine the jump location, its grade would definitely rise from purple to gold.
With the space jump device, Lin Dong's ability to survive and escape was extremely exaggerated. If he was not chased by large forces, a small team would not be able to catch up with him.
Next was the exterior simulation.
It was the only gold additional module!
Above the normal grade was the good grade. Good grade modules were green in color.
Above the good grade was fine grade. Fine grade modules were blue in color.
Above the fine grade was rare grade. Rare grade modules were purple in color. Legendary grade was the best. The legendary grade modules were gold in color.
The legendary grade module was the cornerstone of becoming a legend.
To be able to fight with the Sylvester family for decades and still be alive, Lorne was a legend. With his reputation, it was enough for people to remember him for the rest of their lives.
Every gold module was an existence that could raise the overall evaluation of a Spark battleship.
In Lin Dong's opinion, this exterior simulation could also be considered as a top-notch legendary grade module.
Its operating method was unknown. It was a mysterious civilization creation.
After being activated, one could simulate the surrounding environment of the battleship and create some special celestial bodies that possessed the power of the celestial bodies themselves.
For example, after the Thunder Flash appeared at the mining area, the black hole that was suppressed was one of the abilities of the exterior simulation.
Secondly, the exterior simulation could be used on the battleship itself, allowing it to naturally blend into the surrounding environment and not be easily detected. The detection radar of a normal battleship would not be able to detect it at all.
More importantly, when the additional attribute was activated, whether it was the environment or the battleship itself, the simulation would be more realistic.
The number mentioned in the back referred to the fact that the detection radar with a detection accuracy below 70 would not be able to detect this kind of simulation.
Even if the battleship moved and the environment changed, the simulation would still be able to interfere with the detection radar.
The value of 70 was already far higher than most of the detection radar in the battleship.
For example, the detection radar on the Thunder Flash only had a detection accuracy of 10. If one wanted to detect it, only if 2 battleships collided. Another way to detect it was to fire a artillery using a high-energy weapon.
Normal navigation would not affect the simulation. The battleship would be invisible if the additional attributes was activated.
With that, the exterior simulation was undoubtedly the most valuable module on Thunder Flash. Even if the other modules of the entire battleship were added together, it could be compared to the exterior simulation.
If the exterior simulation and the space jump device did not require time to buffer, Lin Dong would be untouchable.
Although the 2 modules had buffer time, if the 2 modules were used correctly, Lin Dong would be hard to track down.
If Lorne had not been betrayed, he would probably have been able to live for decades.
This was also the reason why the Sylvester family had been chasing Lorne.
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