T2 Bee Queen-class Heavy Carrier Starship!
Zachary's eyes lit up.
In his previous life, an aircraft carrier was definitely the dream of every person from his homeland. In the interstellar era, aircraft carriers also existed!
If one were to say that in this era, among a certain class, what could be called a giant starship, then it would most likely be two types of starships: Interstellar Battleships and Aircraft Carrier Starships!
Zachary immediately chose to redeem it.
[Do you want to consume 250 system points and one opportunity to redeem an item without requiring mission points, to redeem the item 'T2 Bee Queen-class Heavy Carrier Starship'?]
"Confirm."
[Congratulations! You have obtained the 'T2 Bee Queen-class Heavy Carrier Starship' technical blueprint.
Your remaining system points: 0 points.]
Just as planned, Zachary's system points were enough to redeem this T2 carrier starship.
At this moment, data about this T2 Bee Queen flooded Zachary's mind.
Normally, if an interstellar fleet had an aircraft carrier starship, it would definitely need a large number of escort starships—unlike an Interstellar Battleship, which could completely stand on its own. Therefore, the number of aircraft carrier starships in active service was actually far less than Interstellar Battleships, as building an interstellar fleet centered around an aircraft carrier starship required an enormous cost. Otherwise, conventionally, a single aircraft carrier starship would be unable to form combat effectiveness.
But this T2 Bee Queen was completely different. It possessed the ability to fight independently, which was why Zachary wanted to redeem it.
The combat methods of an aircraft carrier starship were mainly divided into three types: Interstellar Fighters, Interstellar Drones, and small to medium-sized starships. The third situation was rare—aircraft carrier starships capable of carrying starships were at least T3 level; otherwise, their size simply wouldn't allow it.
Getting back to the main topic, let's first talk about the T2 Bee Queen. This starship adopted 'Interstellar Drones' as its combat method.
Zachary checked the detailed introduction materials.
Bee Queen-class Heavy Carrier Starship
Ship Type: Aircraft Carrier Starship
Technology Level: T2
Hull Armor Strength: 300 units - 350 units
Cruising Speed: 40 knots
Warp Engine: Level 4 Warp Engine
Length: 460 meters
Mass: 400,000 tons
Crew Complement: 100 people
Starship Weapons: T2 Young Bee-class Light Interstellar Drone (Interstellar Interceptor), T2 Killer Bee-class Medium Interstellar Drone (Interstellar Fighter), T2 Bumblebee-class Heavy Interstellar Drone (Interstellar Bomber)
Hangar Standard Configuration: Can store 300 T2 Young Bee-class Light Interstellar Drones, 100 T2 Killer Bee-class Medium Interstellar Drones, and 20 T2 Bumblebee-class Heavy Interstellar Drones.
Just by looking at its volume and mass, one knew this would be a behemoth. At 460 meters long, it was nearly twice the length of the Blizzard Zero. At 400,000 tons, its mass was nearly five times that of the Blizzard Zero. It could carry three types of interstellar drones, totaling four hundred and twenty.
Under normal circumstances, an aircraft carrier starship would only carry one type of Interstellar Fighter or Interstellar Drone, because different models would require different maintenance teams and systems. However, this T2 Bee Queen was directly equipped with three types of interstellar drones.
This was not a foolish act, but because this T2 Bee Queen was equipped with an intelligent system almost at the T3 starship level, and under reasonable and efficient management, it could perfectly ensure that these three types of interstellar drones would not have any gaps.
These three types of interstellar drones, categorized by type, were Interstellar Drone Interceptors, Interstellar Drone Fighters, and Interstellar Drone Bombers.
Interstellar Drone Interceptors could be called the close-quarters bodyguards of the aircraft carrier starship, primarily responsible for protecting the carrier's safety and intercepting all enemy attacks.
Interstellar Drone Fighters were the central force for seizing air superiority in interstellar aerial combat and could also strike enemy starships.
Interstellar Drone Bombers, as the name suggests, possessed bombing capabilities and could carry interstellar missiles, interstellar bombs, or even interstellar torpedoes as needed. Their strike capability against starships was the strongest. But at the same time, their own interstellar aerial combat capability was very weak.
Therefore, these three types of interstellar drones could cooperate with each other, perfectly forming complementary functions. Under normal conventional circumstances, multiple aircraft carrier starships would complement each other; the T2 Bee Queen took on all three of these tasks itself.
And the most, most important point—which was also the reason it didn't need an escort fleet—was that it actually possessed the Star Shield function!
The Star Shield function was an energy defense shield, a standard feature of T3 starships, capable of forming an energy shield within an area to intercept enemy weapon attacks from that direction. It was a groundbreaking technology for T3 starships, greatly increasing the starship's self-defense capabilities. This was also why people often said that T3 starships were the true starships!
Getting back to the main topic. As a T2 starship, the Bee Queen also possessed a Star Shield, which greatly increased its defensive capabilities. Coupled with the T2 Young Bee-class Light Interstellar Drones, it was an integration of offense and defense!
Facing a T3 starship interstellar fleet might be risky, but against T2 starships, it was definitely a terrifying existence. It was not impossible for it to fight many at once!
Therefore, Zachary chose this T2 Bee Queen.
"The cost is… 1.3 million star coins!" Zachary calculated the cost required to build this starship, and he gasped.
One had to know that the total savings of the Chase family, from top to bottom, did not exceed 100,000 star coins. As for his interstellar territory, due to the barren galaxy and mismanagement, its annual tax revenue plus other income was only 1 million star coins. This was also why Victor Hargrove called him a 'fallen Baron'.
Zachary couldn't even afford a T2 Hyena-class Medium Interstellar Destroyer, which cost 4 million star coins.
However, if Zachary were to sell this T2 Bee Queen, it could be worth at least twenty to thirty million star coins. Selling starships was a path to wealth, as the arms business was always highly profitable, no matter the era. But currently, Zachary didn't have that capability, nor the time to consider it.
"1.3 million star coins… with the funds from selling the T1 Wolf Louse-class Medium Interstellar Destroyer, it should be enough to complete the construction of one T2 Bee Queen," Zachary muttered.
Now he just had to wait for news from Levi.
Northern Goose Interstellar Trade Group · Headquarters
A board meeting was currently being held here.
Besides the Warren family members, there were also several other shareholder directors present.
"For the past five years, our Northern Goose has been in the red in the starship arms trade, relying entirely on other industries to cover the losses. It even led to our Northern Goose's overall profit being in the red last year!"
"Therefore, I believe we should abandon the starship arms trade segment. The starship arms trade is not something that can be easily started; the R&D investment is too large, and the risks are too high. It's better to continue honestly with our interstellar trade transport and interstellar industry," a director said, banging on the table.
The other directors also agreed, demanding a halt to the starship arms trade business segment.
"No! Our Northern Goose's development has reached a bottleneck. Competition in our original business segments is getting fiercer. If we don't find a breakthrough, Northern Goose will decline sooner or later! To take Northern Goose to the next level, we must seize the starship arms trade!" A charming woman with a graceful figure and voluptuous curves stood up and said.
However, the other directors strongly opposed her.
"Miss Leah Warren, this is not for you to decide. Although Northern Goose was founded by your Warren family, you and your father only own 45% of the shares now. Everyone else opposes it! This is a resolution of the board of directors!" The director with the most shares, besides the Warren family, coldly snorted.
Leah bit her red lips lightly, saying nothing.
The starship arms trade was her dream and her painstaking effort. Others saw it as five years of investment, but in reality, Leah had started planning it ten years ago, and for this, she had dedicated all her time and energy to it. At over thirty years old, she was still unmarried.
How could she abandon her painstaking effort?