2248 – Solutions
“…?”
When the Fifth Generation Note Family was mentioned, all those present turned toward Zara with surprise and a hunger to hear more.
News regarding the fifth-generation experiments is highly confidential, and anyone not part of the Sky Opener cities or the numbered Shadow Swords often knows nothing about it.
“The Fifth Generation Note Family is close to a release?” Even Peon opened his arms in astonishment. “This is incredible—if it’s released quickly, all problems will be solved!”
By everyone’s testimony, the three Note vehicles are the most powerful on the cosmic stage in their respective specialties, and their mere names instill terror and stir greed in hearts.
It is said that the Fleets of the Tyrant Antiras are stronger and better, but no one has ever seen them fight, whereas the Note of the Flood, the Note of Destruction, and the Note of Supremacy have all been witnessed crushing their enemies one after another!
“Do you even know what the modifications to the fifth generation are?” Caesar looked beside him with surprise and even a hint of mockery.
“I don’t need to scrutinize the details too much.” Peon waved his hand. “We’ve seen how massive the leap from the third to the fourth generation was, and any additional modification will add more power. No matter how small, it will be impactful.”
"Sorry to ruin your joy, but we still have a long way to go." Zara showed an embarrassed expression.
"Why?!" Robin asked sharply. "This took much longer than I expected!"
"Father, you're being unfair!" Zara felt distressed and turned to Caesar and the others. "Are you satisfied with this? He wants to convert the Note vehicles into reactors fully powered by Space Beast crystals instead of pearls and soldier energy, and he wants it done within a few months, or even a few years!"
"This..." Caesar's eyes widened as he turned to his father. "Space Beast Cores as fuel?"
In truth, no one was composed except for Theo. A faint smile graced his face as he quietly observed the situation. These family gatherings didn't happen every day, and who knew when the four siblings would all be together in one place again?
"What's wrong with that?" Robin raised his voice slightly as well. "When I looked at the Sovereignty Note designs, they were trivial and unworthy of the name. At that time, I was researching a way to convert Space Beast crystals into Stabilizers for World Calamity Breach, and I had already achieved some success. So I gave Zara the method and told her to follow that path. I thought she would have finished by now!"
"You've already given me the array to convert the crystal into a stabilizer, but that process is complex for a specific purpose. As for using the crystal as a permanent energy source, you never guided me on that. Second, we need to take that massive energy and transfer it across the entire ship to power the defenses and arrays. How do I do that? The technology we have hasn't reached that level yet, and we don't even have that type of conductor in the first place!"
"Zara." Robin stared into his daughter's eyes. "How far have you progressed? Don't tell me you're still at square one!"
"...." In the face of this intriguing conversation, Caesar, Peon, and the rest of his children and grandchildren could only watch with their mouths hanging open.
They were still stuck on the reality of Robin's research regarding using Space Beasts' crystals as stabilizers!
"We've made significant progress, of course." Zara replied quickly. "We've developed a special alloy that can act as a conductor for that immense energy, and we've made modifications to the cannons and arrays so they can withstand the new energy surge. We've also increased the safety and cooling systems to reduce the risks of the expected catastrophe."
“…We are currently stuck on two things. First, finding a way to modify the main Array so that it allows us to draw energy from the Crystal and charge it quickly and repeatedly, without lengthy advance preparation and without keeping it running all the time. Without this modification, we will never be able to use the vehicles in combat, but we have already made progress on it.”
Then she continued with slightly furrowed brows: “…And we are working on finding a better alloy to build the vehicles' bodies instead of the metals used in the Note-4. The Note-4 alloy is very valuable and can be used to make Epic Equipment in the Middle Sector, but that makes it difficult to mass-produce. Even if we had the money, there are no stable sources for those components that would allow for the production of the required quantity.”
Then she added: “Furthermore, the old alloy cannot keep up with the new Arrays and cannons, nor with the new speed that the Note-5 vehicles will reach. It will crumble and fall apart on its own after just a few years of combat, which is completely impractical.”
“…” Robin rubbed between his eyes for a few moments, thinking. “As for the first problem, increase the number of auxiliary crystals from four to six. This will make energy absorption and circulation easier. Place a miniature array under each one, so that each of the seven—the central crystal and the six auxiliaries—can draw from and supply energy to the others simultaneously. This will double the amount of extracted energy and make it more stable.”
“….?” Zara’s eyes widened, and a massive flow of numbers and variables had already begun streaming through her mind.
“As for the second problem…” Robin chuckled. “What can withstand the power of the crystals better than the scales and bones of the beasts themselves?” He waved his hand lightly. “Use alloys made from beast skins and scales to construct the vehicles, and use the bones as primary pillars. This will make the vehicle several times stronger compared to Note-4 alloys. And I think we have plenty of these things lately.”
“….” Zara nodded slowly several times, staring at her father in astonishment. “Understood. I’ll start the experiments and implementation as soon as I return. Soon, you’ll find the Note of Supremacy-5 running on crystals from nascent space beasts.”
These words made everyone tremble.
The Note of Supremacy already possesses such prestige that its name alone instills either terror or reassurance, depending on which side you stand with... And that same Note will be powered by the cores of Nascent Space Beasts? Seven of them?
That would undoubtedly be a terrifying sight!
"What are you talking about?" Robin said with displeasure. "The Note of Supremacy will be powered by mere Nascent Crystals?!"