Warhammer 40K in a box

Chapter 192 Shipbuilding Type Selection
"Because it's a small shipyard, it can only produce three types of void ships: light cruisers, frigates, and destroyers." Dongya explained simply, her fingers tapping lightly on the data board, as if thinking about how to make Chen Xi better understand the current limitations: "Mariupol Forge World is just a relatively ordinary small forge world, lacking production licenses for those rare ship types.

So I only obtained production licenses for the Dreadnought, Endurance, Sword, Firestorm, and Cobra classes, all of which are relatively common ship types in the Imperial Navy, just like the standard bayonets issued by the Ministry of Munitions - although not flashy, they are enough to pierce the throats of the enemies of the Empire.

She paused, and projected holographic projections of various ship types through a mechanical tentacle, while looking at Chen Xi, as if waiting for his reaction.

Chen Xi nodded slightly to indicate that he understood, and motioned for her to continue.

"Among them, the Dreadnought and Endurance classes are light cruisers, the Sword and Firestorm classes are frigates, and the Cobra class is a destroyer. These are all relatively common ship types in the Imperial Navy." Tonya continued, looking at Chen Xi with curiosity, inquiry, and even a hint of testing in her eyes: "So, have you decided what the first ship you're going to build after the shipyard is built?"

The first ship after the completion of the shipyard is of great significance to the entire shipyard.

This not only symbolizes that the shipyard can be put into operation, but also has important religious symbolic significance in the beliefs of the Mechanicus.

The birth of each ship is a tribute to the God of Machines and a practice of the Mechanicus's teachings.

Chen Xi had heard of this, so when Dong Niya asked him this, he pondered for a moment and slowly said, "Do you have any recommendations? I think we should be more cautious with our first ship, focusing on gaining experience and familiarizing ourselves with the process."

Tonya nodded, a hint of approval in her eyes.

"You're right. We can't risk the first ship." She paused, as if gathering her thoughts, then continued, "I personally recommend the Cobra-class destroyer. As the Imperial Navy's versatile basic destroyer, the Cobra-class is equipped with light macrocannons and torpedo launchers, combining reconnaissance and close-range strike capabilities. It's also inexpensive and suitable for rapidly generating combat effectiveness through the Imperial Navy's traditional 'wolf pack tactics.'"

Her tone gradually became eager, as if she was describing a grand blueprint: "Its variant, the Widowmaker-class, has further enhanced its reconnaissance capabilities and is equipped with dual torpedo launchers. It can effectively detect enemy movements and assist the fleet in controlling the battlefield situation.

Overall, the Cobra-class destroyer is an excellent destroyer with high maneuverability, multi-mission adaptability, and cost-effectiveness, suitable for tactical scenarios such as rapid strikes, reconnaissance and harassment."

Chen Xi noticed that when Tonya mentioned the "wolf pack tactics", the projection turned into several Cobra-class ships and began to demonstrate to him what the "wolf pack tactics" were.

Having said this, Dong Niya paused and looked at Chen Xi with affirmation: "This is indeed a very suitable choice for the shipyard's first ship. Moreover, its technology is very mature, and there are no insurmountable technical difficulties in its production."

"I haven't really thought about it that much. I just think choosing it can effectively remedy the problems the Rostov Fleet is facing right now." Chen Xi shrugged, then said helplessly, "The Rostov Fleet has too many cruisers and lacks vessels capable of daily patrols and small-scale combat. I need to add a batch of frigates and destroyers to expand the fleet so that it can handle more missions."

Although cruisers are positioned as medium-sized high-speed ships that can perform a variety of tasks and are the backbone of the Imperial Navy fleet, even within the Imperial Navy, cruisers are generally not used for tasks such as daily patrols.

Because that would be such a waste.

Normally, a cruiser can be used as the flagship or main battleship of a star zone fleet. General patrol missions, or tasks such as supporting a certain planet and clearing pirates on the waterway are all carried out by frigates and destroyers.

It's not uncommon to use cruisers for routine patrols, but that's only done in relatively high-intensity combat or in sectors of significant importance. Generally speaking, a fleet of two or three Sword-class frigates is sufficient to handle most daily missions encountered by the Imperial Navy.

Given the current composition of the Rostov fleet and the areas they are responsible for, Chen Xi can completely form a formation with one cruiser and three or four frigates or destroyers, and then have multiple formations carry out patrol missions.

Under this configuration, the security of the entire Rostov sub-sector will be adequately guaranteed.

Of course, the premise is that a certain Undead Dynasty is not directly awakened and mobilizes its army to confront him head-on.
In that case... Chen Xi could only use his trump card to block the opponent's attack while calling for reinforcements.

After all, it is an entire Undead Dynasty. No matter how embarrassing it is, they still have things like tomb ships.

This is not something that Chen Xi can withstand with what he has now. If the other party launches a full-scale attack, Rostov can only rely on fortress-type buildings such as star ports to resist.

In order to resist their attack, Chen Xi had to pull out all the hidden original cast cans.

But in that case, although he could certainly stop the attack of the Necrons, the Empire would probably come to deal with him after repelling the attack of the Necrons.

If this were to happen, Rostov would probably have to abandon all of its great foundation.

After all, if problems of this or that kind were discovered, he would not be able to cover it up even if he was the planetary governor or lord inquisitor appointed by the Emperor himself.

Thinking of this, Chen Xi suddenly asked Dong Niya: "What do you think about the Necron warship that escaped last time?"

"Ideas? Do you think the other party will make a comeback?" When mentioning this, Tonya's eyes changed and her attitude became much more serious.

Although the last tomb raiding was a big deal, the overall gains were very good. Although the Mariupol Forge World did not undergo major changes as a result, that was simply because many of the gains still needed time to digest.

However, even if there was still a lot of "meat" in its mouth that had not been swallowed, the Mariupol Forge World did not mind taking another big bite of the fat piece.

Especially for Tonya, she now needs something to make up for the loss of half of her "own forge" being taken away by her good sisters. You know, this loss is not only her personal loss, but also related to the entire school she is in.

She needed something to make up for these lost profits.

(End of this chapter)