Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 182

182. Chapter 182, Gene Seed Implantation Surgery

Powered exoskeleton is different from powered armor.

Although welding armor plates on the exoskeleton will make the two look similar, and even making the steel plates look like Space Marine power armor is not impossible for cosplay, but in fact they are far from it.

In essence, powered exoskeletons only provide soldiers with additional load-bearing capacity, making it easier for them to carry heavier loads, and at most welding a few steel plates for bulletproofing.

For example, the life support system, electronic muscle bundle, tactical system, auxiliary shooting system contained in Space Marine power armor… none of them are available, let alone having the same protection.

But with such a set of equipment, it will allow trained elite mortal soldiers to use bolt guns that originally had difficulty withstanding the recoil.

Or continue to use laser guns or electromagnetic rifles.

Carry some individual heavy firepower, such as rocket nests.

Equipped with a chainsaw sword, and then trained to T2 or T1 level…

Such an elite squad, with hard work, can barely be used as a super-beggar version of Space Marines.

The key is that it is much cheaper.

A set of power armor costs 40,000 tax coins, while a set of exoskeleton costs only 1,000 tax coins, a 40-fold price difference.

Can a Space Marine kill 40 elite soldiers armed with chainswords, bolters and exoskeletons?

Maybe, but there is also a high probability of failure.

Genuine Space Marines can probably easily kill these super-beggar versions with one shot; but on the other hand, elite soldiers armed with bolters, chainswords and wearing exoskeletons can also threaten Space Marines. Ordinary tactical power armor is not very stressful to block bullets and laser guns, but loyal bolters and roaring chainswords will not show any mercy.

When facing ordinary soldiers, the elite special warfare with full equipment can also experience the effect of crushing damage.

The 10th Special Operations Brigade established by Gu Hang plans to set up a few teams to try it out.

It is far from replacing Space Marines, but at least it is enough to perform some secondary special missions.

The production capacity of this production line is just average. It is estimated that the monthly output is about 50 sets, which can only be used by special elites. If it is used on a large scale, the production capacity cannot keep up and the cost is too high.

When Wu Jiarong is able to successfully reverse this technology and then expand production, and then wait for the overall productivity of Angry Owl Star to improve, maybe Gu Hang can equip an elite division with all members equipped with exoskeletons?

I hope that day will come soon.

…

After completing the specific transaction, Wang Jiarong asked a question curiously:

“If there is no compensation from Blackbird Heavy Industry, what did you plan to use to pay for the genetic engineering equipment you want to buy?”

Gu Hang grinned: “We are not really poor on Angry Owl Star. Even if it was before, it is not now. With our productivity, can’t we get 500,000 tax coins for you?”

Wang Jiarong was still a little suspicious, but she didn’t ask any more questions.

But in fact, Gu Hang has never worried about this problem.

Without the money from Blackbird Heavy Industry, the worst that can happen is that I can buy less things. As for the set of genetic engineering equipment worth 500,000, if we work hard, we can always get it together. If we sell 1,000 armored vehicles, 1 million sets of individual equipment, or dismantle two production lines and send them to the sky, the money will come.

Of course, that will affect the development of the planet.

Now that we have a windfall, it will be better, and we can buy a lot of extra things.

…

After the corresponding things were transported down, part of them were handed over to the research institute, and part of them were handed over to the Phoenix Regiment.

The Phoenix Regiment was of course very happy about this.

Although, in the almost half a year since they came to the Angry Owl Star, three of them died, and the Phoenix, which was already on the verge of extinction, is now in a worse situation.

But at least, this bite can be regarded as a great supplement to their vitality.

The replenishment and replacement of weapons and equipment are not that important, but the set of gene seed implantation surgery equipment saved lives.

Martins and Rizzo plan to carry out three operations in the near future, hoping to bring three new blood to the regiment.

Gu Hang is a little skeptical about this.

“Is it necessary to be so anxious?” He expressed his opinion. “Among the young men you recruited, there are three most suitable candidates? They have only been training for less than half a year.”

“Alas…” The commander of the war, Martins, who should have an extremely strong character, showed a sad face at this moment. “The governor’s worries are right. To be honest, their qualifications are the best we have found, but in fact they are far from enough, and their training is not up to standard. But we… have no choice. Before this, we did not have the technology and ability to properly preserve the gene seeds. Simple preservation methods cannot maintain the activity of seeds for a long time. If we delay any further, the probability will only be lower. We can’t wait to find more suitable people and give those young men more complete training.”

This is indeed a realistic factor.

Gu Hang asked: “Then… what do you estimate the probability?”

Reverend Rizzo, who had been silent before, spoke up now: “The probability is very low, I am not sure.”

“Can the success rate reach 50%?”

Martins smiled bitterly and shook his head: “Maybe not even 10%. But… at least one will succeed. As long as one succeeds, the war group will have its first new blood, at least there is hope, everyone can breathe a sigh of relief and no longer be so desperate.”

Gu Hang could only sigh.

He patted Martins on the shoulder and said, “I hope everything goes well.”

Gu Hang said this sincerely. He really hoped that the three seeds of the Phoenix Legion would be successful.

Gu Hang couldn’t afford to build a legion for the time being, so he let the Space Marines do it themselves. Three more Space Marines, three more… If there were only a dozen or dozens of them, it wouldn’t be enough to shake Gu Hang’s authority.

Looking at the Phoenix’s current state, it’s too early to think about that level.

Even if Gu Hang didn’t provide external help, he might never achieve it in his lifetime.

However, things are often not as expected.

Just a week later, Gu Hang received news from Martins.

The first operation failed; in the next few days, two more bad news came in a row.

When Gu Hang came to the Phoenix Monastery, which was already in its infancy, he was unable to see Martins, the head of the legion.

According to Pastor Rizzo, Martins Salas locked himself in the prayer room and hadn’t come out for a long time, and he didn’t allow anyone to disturb him.

To be honest, seeing Martins like this, Gu Hang also understood compassion.

After the Phoenix landed, as long as Gu Hang called, they would definitely respond, and every time they would meet Gu Hang’s needs, and every time they would fight very hard – half of them died.

They were very worthy of themselves, and Gu Hang had to admit this.

It was also because of this that the surgical equipment was repaired and bought new; the power sword was bought; the Terminator armor was bought…

However, he still felt a little guilty about the one hundred points of grace for one seed.

But now is not the time to take it out.

As for when the time is… to be honest, Gu Hang didn’t know. No matter how

compassionate and guilty he was, Gu Hang couldn’t take the risk of taking out the gene seed and then being reported to the Inquisition.

Reporting the Inquisition depends on the status of the reporter. If any cat or dog reports a governor, it will be investigated, and the Inquisition will not be able to handle it even if it is expanded a hundred times.

But if a war band leader does this, it is completely different, the weight is different.

He must be sure that he is absolutely safe after taking out the seed, otherwise he will not do it.

Doing it in private is another matter.

However, Gu Hang also noticed another thing.

Reverend Rizzo’s state seems to be not quite right.

Gu Hang turned his head and stared at Rizzo for a while.

Rizzo also looked over and asked, “What’s wrong?”

Gu Hang said, “I’m a little surprised, Your Excellency the Chief Reverend, you seem very calm, not sad?”

He did find it strange.

Martins was in great pain and didn’t want to see anyone. He locked himself in the prayer room. The other two people in the regiment were grief-stricken, confused, at a loss, and desperate… These expressions can be seen from their numb expressions that can no longer be concealed.

But Pastor Rizzo seemed very calm. When talking to Gu Hang, there was no change compared to before.

At this moment, when he heard Gu Hang’s question, he even smiled: “Whether the operation is successful or not, it is the will of the Emperor of God. We should learn to accept it.”

“Yes, that’s right.” Gu Hang responded first, but then asked: “But don’t you worry about the future fate of the Phoenix?”

The smile on Pastor Rizzo’s face became clearer. He looked at Gu Hang and said seriously: “The fate of the regiment does not depend on the success or failure of these three operations, but on you, Your Excellency the Governor.”

Gu Hang frowned deeply.

The appearance of this charlatan made him very uncomfortable.

He spoke cautiously: “Sir, I don’t understand what you mean.”

Rizzo did not answer Gu Hang’s question directly at this time, but just said: “The Emperor will decide everything.”

…

When Gu Hang left the Phoenix Monastery, he was full of doubts.

The old priest’s attitude really made him a little entangled.

He looked as if he knew something.

But it is not advisable to think too much about this matter, and it is useless to think about it. He does not even have enough manpower to monitor these superhuman warriors. He can only ask some staff who enter the Phoenix Monastery to pay more attention and report more.

The Phoenix Monastery is next to Weixing City. Since he came here, Gu Hang also went to Weixing City for an inspection. The last stop was the secret research institute headed by Wu Jiarong.

The things bought from the Beautiful Girl were for the Phoenix War Corps and the research institute.

Gu Hang originally wanted to come and see how the research institute studied these purchased technologies, but as soon as they met, Wu Jiarong complained to him fiercely.

This girl from the Mechanicus was quite dissatisfied with the oppression of Governor Gu.

In the past, she didn’t dare to express such an attitude, for fear that after she knew the governor’s big secret, her life, which was already mysterious, would be lost.

But after getting to know him for a long time, she found that the governor was quite easy to get along with. As long as she did her job well, the governor would generally not be very strict.

Then she gradually dared to say what she thought in her heart.

Gu Hang was very happy about this.

It’s not wrong if his subordinates are afraid of him, but Gu Hang doesn’t want to go too far. Loyalty should come from awe, not from fear. It’s not that fear can’t bring loyalty, but while fear brings loyalty, it also brings hatred, which can easily turn into betrayal.

Awe, love, trust… these are much better.

Gu Hang hopes that his subordinates can dare to express their needs to him clearly, which may be better.

However, what Wu Jiarong said this time still made Gu Hang a little embarrassed.

“You can’t keep putting one research project after another on me. I don’t even have time to study the black box and improve my level.”

Wu Jiarong said this, not just complaining, but actually pointing out a very practical problem.

“Various research projects are squeezed here, and many projects have no connection with each other. It’s not that I’m lazy or complaining about the heavy workload, but it’s impossible to finish these tasks with so many projects here and there and not enough researchers. I know these technologies are in your plan, and each one is actually very important, not something that can be ignored, so you will definitely not be able to accept that many of them will be scheduled forever and indefinitely, and I don’t know how far in the future they will be scheduled…”

“Well…” Gu Hang nodded.

He admitted that Wu Jiarong was right.

“But what is your suggestion?”

“My suggestion is that you must have more talents with scientific research capabilities under your command. I know that it is difficult to find many such people in the environment of Angry Owl Star. But the more this is the case, the more you need to prepare in advance, just like you built Xifeng Zhongsi College, you also need a technical college.”

“Of course you can.” Gu Hang said, “This is already in my plan, but… Wu Jiarong, are you interested and have time to serve as a professor in this college?”

Wu Jiarong sighed helplessly and said, “If this is your order, Governor, of course I have no problem. But you also need to bear a consequence: If I take half of my time to teach students, then the time required to complete all scientific research projects will be doubled.”

This is the price.

Do you want to advance those scientific research projects as soon as possible, or throw people into school to teach?

Although the former is not fast, it is the most effective one at present. The technology of synthesizing starch still needs to be optimized. The effect of the new production line cannot be compared with the one removed from the starship. The word “high energy” in front of the high-energy battery is not worthy of its name. It can’t even support the firing of the laser gun, let alone use it for the speed attack boat, resulting in the laser gun’s effect not being fully exerted. Feng Falcon has to use the much more valuable energy crystals as fuel, which is a huge waste.

Not to mention, there are still a lot of technologies that need to be reversed, hydroponic farms, water purification equipment, spiritual gas collection equipment, exoskeleton production lines…

Without Wu Jiarong, a researcher who has actually reached the level of a mechanical priest, all these works will have to stop.

(End of this chapter)