459 Mutant Farm Projec (1/2)
Chapter 459: Mutant Farm Project
Translator: _Min_Editor: Caron_
A blue light flashed and the elevator quickly descended to the bottom.
A moment later, the red indicator light turned green and the elevator stopped at 1000 meters below the surface. Jiang Chen walked toward the entrance of the fallout shelter, typed in a few passwords, pulled out the cable from inside, and connected his EP.
Jiang Chen disconnected the cable and backed up two steps. Following a deep noise, the circular entrance in front of him began to shift to the side. At the back of the door, the director of Camp 27, Xu Lu, was already waiting there.
When she saw Jiang Chen, she bowed down with a smile and led Jiang Chen into the fallout shelter.
”The mutant flood is already over; you can arrange for personnel to return to the surface.”
”Already?” Xu Lu was slightly shocked, but it didn't take long before she returned to her smiling self. ”I'll go prepare now.”
After saying goodbye to Xu Lu, Jiang Chen headed straight to the Robotic Research Facility in Fallout Shelter 027 along with the two soldiers behind him. He managed to find Fang Weixian, who was working on a blueprint.
”General? How come you're here?” Fang Weixian pushed aside the tablet used to draw blueprints and greeted Jiang Chen with a smile.
”Mhmm, I want to show you something and consult your opinion.” Jiang Chen signaled behind him.
The soldier nodded and put the two boxes in his hands on the table before returning to stand behind Jiang Chen.
”This is...?” Fang Weixian raised his eyebrows, walked up to the box, and opened it.
When he saw the contents, he took a moment to process before he was shocked.
”Kinetic skeleton… Gauss Rifle?!”
”It's a kinetic skeleton with optical illusions,” Jiang Chen added.
With interest flashing in his eyes, Fang Weixian first searched among the broken pieces of the kinetic skeleton before glancing at the broken Gauss Rifle.
”I want you to recreate the technology - can you do it?”
”I can give it a shot; it shouldn't be hard.” Fang Weixian first moved the two boxes beside a scanner. ”Scan the part composition and replicate the lost parts then use a quantum computer to simulate the design plan to finally establish the production process.”
”Is it possible to produce these on a large scale?” Jiang Chen asked.
”It's going to be difficult.” Fang Weixian shook his head. ”A lot of things must be recycled. For example, for the Type-50 Electromagnetic Pulse Cannon at the base, a lot of parts can't be produced. Without recycling the parts, we can only print the parts using a 3D printer.”
The 22nd century 3D printing technology was extremely mature without the durability, precision, and limitations in materials faced in the early 21st century. But even then, 3D printing technology was still an expensive technology. For example, a Reaper Assault Rifle manufactured from a military production line would have a price of less than ten thousand USD, but if 3D technology was used to the print the rifle, the cost would be at least six figures, and producing it on a mass scale would not lower the cost.
On the wasteland, with the collapse of the industrial process, the survivors printed parts unable to be produced with 3D printing technology. Just like with the T-3 power armor, out of the ten thousand parts, at least six thousand were printed by 3D printing then assembled by hand. It was a large factor leading to the high cost of the power armor.
”What would the cost be to equip one Gauss Rifle per power armor?” Jiang Chen asked casually.