Chapter 1345 - 437: Tactical Jump Assistance

Chapter 1345: Chapter 437: Tactical Jump Assistance

As soon as the frontline messages were relayed back to the dungeon’s technical department, Steamed Bun immediately contacted the technical headquarters stationed in Night City.

With the rise of Horizon Corporation’s reputation, more and more employees who had been swept out by other companies became aware of Horizon Corporation’s unique management model.

These workers, who lost their jobs due to either work mistakes or scapegoating and became homeless street dwellers with a mountain of loans, found what was possibly the only place in Night City willing to take them in.

For these employees, upon entering Horizon Corporation, they are required to sign a contract first.

Lin Miao’s negotiation team would purchase all their loans from the original enterprises or banks in the form of bonds, making Lin Miao the new creditor, and all information and external communication would be monitored and screened.

Horizon Corporation would guarantee their basic living standards and some pocket money, with salaries being repaid interest-free to Lin Miao in installments. If they resign, the loan interest rate would spike to market levels.

Hoping to live like in the past, wearing suits, living in a big house, and using a PC daily is absolutely impossible, but at least they wouldn’t be homeless and dead on the street, nor have to worry about living issues. Even if you move your whole family over, so what? Lin Miao can certainly support a few mouths.

Because of this, the technical department of Horizon Corporation expanded rapidly, almost gathering all the laid-off employees from various enterprises in Night City.

Insiders... of course, are inevitable, but comprehensive monitoring would aim to minimize losses.

Such a gathering of renegades naturally brought about intense ideological collisions, with exchanges about the project development routes, technical differences, and design principles from their original enterprises...

The entire technical department of the company burst with vitality far exceeding other enterprises, with spirited discussions about development issues happening everywhere, without concern for each other’s identity or background, and vast technical databases and AI aids freely open for verification.

"Ship-mounted force field barrier?"

Arthur Clarke felt troubled hearing Steamed Bun’s question. He specialized in prosthetic design and didn’t really understand this aspect.

But he quickly used a search engine to find staff experienced in related technology development and called them for a video conference with Steamed Bun.

The other party was straightforward and said

"A force field shield is essentially a repulsion field. Besides defense, it can also accelerate ammunition. To penetrate it, you can either counter it with a reverse force field or forcibly penetrate it with a high-power electromagnetic cannon."

"In the video, Huang Ban used a one-time gravity warhead, but its power is far inferior to ones mounted on warships, so it only affected a small area and was soon corrected."

Arthur Clarke immediately asked,

"Can we produce such warheads now?"

"It’s difficult. Although we have advanced technologies like anti-gravity engines, miniaturizing them is not easy, and the craft isn’t sufficient. At most, it can reach the size of a vehicle engine."

"That big..."

Although Arthur believed that players wouldn’t mind creating a rocket to shoot at an airship, it was ultimately useless.

"But about this matter you mentioned, it reminds me of something Hell Diver asked me to help design some time ago, which might be useful to you."

The technician pulled out a design blueprint

[Infantry Rapid Deployment Device]

"Super Earth wanted to use this with an electromagnetic accelerator to have infantry forcibly attack heights by bypassing ground defenses. I’ve never taken on such a crazy project before, it’s practically playing with lives."

Clark’s eyelid twitched at this; even for extreme sports, this was a bit too intense, right?

"This thing at most speeds up to subsonic, right? Beyond that, costs may skyrocket."

The technician nodded

"Yes, and the human body can’t withstand supersonic impacts, even with anti-gravity devices."

"Are there other solutions?"

Steamed Bun wasn’t a frontline player and had no interest in sitting inside such a contraption and launching herself out.

Clark replied helplessly,

"I might need to hold a meeting to discuss this before I can get back to you."

"Sigh..."

Steamed Bun had no choice but to give up and present the idea to the command center to see what they have to say.

When Wildman and others saw this insane deployment device, their eyes lit up

"Launch people out? This thing is fun!"

Fun my ass... whatever, Steamed Bun decided not to dwell on this topic.

"So do you guys think this thing is usable?"

"Judging by this equipment alone, no way."

Family Joy, accustomed to players’ reckless minds, even started contemplating how to utilize such a crazy device.

"If compared to Military Technology’s USS Wisconsin, not only close-in weapon systems but also anti-air missiles could easily destroy such a large, slow, short-range weapon."

"But if we can use some other equipment and cooperate with air force systems in battle, breaking through the defense layers might not be impossible."

This is their best shot.

They didn’t have enough weapon resources to break through the force field defense in the short term. Huang Ban had fired 128 missiles to barely manage a breakthrough.

Instead of risking it all to fire a couple of missiles in, they might get more destruction by sending a few players to sabotage, and relying on Huang Ban and Military Science NPCs for help was even less realistic.

Anyone who has played a few shooter games knows that ally NPCs are just a battlefield cheerleading team, adding to the atmosphere, and even if he agreed, other players wouldn’t.