thefictionvixens Chapter 130 Reconnaissance Mission
Chapter 130 Reconnaissance Mission
As the sun rose and set, Lorraine was woken up by Cleveland. He quickly tidied himself up and went to the driver's seat.
"Cleveland, report back."
Lorraine was operating something on the control panel while listening to Cleveland's report.
Everything was normal last night; no dangerous individuals were found in the surrounding area.
"Okay, I understand."
Lorraine's hands didn't stop as she sent an edited file to the processing center.
The production project has been accepted and is expected to be completed in fifteen minutes.
Lorraine turned and left the cockpit, donned the exoskeleton armor, and boarded the landing craft.
Once the landing ship docked at the pier and the transport ramp was in place, Lorraine and his two companions drove down in two transport vehicles, heading straight for the warehouse storing the cormorant-type rotorcraft.
Upon arriving at the warehouse, Ouyang Nian poured fuel from the vehicle into the emergency generator inside the warehouse and opened the warehouse door.
"Crunch crunch"
With a screeching sound of mechanical friction, the warehouse door slowly rose.
Under Ouyang Nian's command, Luo Lin drove the transport truck back into the warehouse and stopped precisely in front of a cormorant.
"Okay, stop."
Lorraine shifted the car into neutral, pulled the handbrake, opened the door, jumped out, and headed straight for the back of the car.
Lorraine jumped onto the carriage, took out a rigid connecting frame that resembled a triangle, and then attached the pointed end of the connecting frame to the cormorant's front landing gear.
"Click"
With a crisp click, the connecting frame was firmly secured to the front landing gear.
Lorraine then removed all the blocks that were preventing the drone from moving and put them in the truck bed. He then dragged the drone forward a short distance and secured the other end of the connecting frame to the transport vehicle.
After inspecting and confirming that there was no looseness at either end of the connecting frame, Lorraine carefully drove the transport vehicle and towed the cormorant-shaped drone into the cargo hold of the Pioneer.
Lorraine parked the transport vehicle near the charging port, turned off the engine, pulled the handbrake, and then placed the stop block back under the drone's tires.
After confirming that the drone was unable to move, Lorraine pulled a thick charging cable from the charging port and connected it to the Cormorant drone.
After waiting for the drone to power on, Lorraine opened a cover on the side of the drone and connected it to the main control panel of the Cormorant drone using a data cable.
Lorraine then used a portable terminal to modify the code of the cormorant drone, enabling it to establish contact with Cleveland.
[Cleveland is now online and taking over the drones.]
[Drone takeover complete, self-check in progress]
[Self-check complete, all systems functioning normally, currently integrating into the combat system.]
[Already connected to the command system.]
With the final message popping up, the Cormorant drone was completely under Cleveland's control.
Lorraine glanced at the remaining battery power of the machine, then gave instructions to Cleveland.
"Adjust the position of the two loitering munition launchers on the aft deck to allow space for the cormorant drone to take off and land."
【receive. 】
The two robotic arms on the flagship then began to move, placing the two loitering munition launchers close to the drone take-off and landing platform.
With the help of the high-power charger, the cormorant drone quickly completed its charging process. Only then did Bai Jin and Ouyang Nian tow another cormorant drone back to the dock.
Seeing this, Lorraine placed the blocks into the cormorant drone's cargo hold, started the transport vehicle, and towed the cormorant drone to a relatively spacious area on the dock.
After confirming that the cormorant drone was capable of vertical takeoff and landing on complex terrain, Lorraine simply swept away the debris on the ground and then untied the connecting frame fixed to the front landing gear of the cormorant drone.
Lorraine then threw the connecting frame into the truck bed and drove the transport vehicle away from the drone that was about to take off.
"Buzz~"
The ducted fan rotated from slow to fast, blowing the sand and dust on the ground in all directions.
As the rotation speed increased, the cormorant drone slowly lifted off the ground.
Once the cormorant drone reached a height of 50 meters, the four ducted fans slowly rotated at a certain angle, propelling the drone toward the flagship.
The cormorant drone is in place and undergoing modification work, which is expected to be completed in fifteen minutes.
At this moment, Bai Jin and Ouyang Nian had already secured the drone in the cargo hold and pulled out the charging cable to start charging it.
"Platinum, how's it going over there?"
"Commander, we're done here and will be right there."
"See you at Warehouse Number Three."
After saying that, Lorraine drove the transport truck straight to Warehouse No. 3.
Upon arriving at Warehouse No. 3, Lorraine saw a road as wide as the main road in front of the warehouse, and a gate similar to that of the aircraft factory.
After Lorraine opened the pedestrian passage to Warehouse No. 3, Bai Jin and Ouyang Nian also arrived at Warehouse No. 3.
As soon as they entered the warehouse, Lorraine and her two companions saw a huge airplane parked in the middle of the warehouse.
After their eyes adjusted to the dim environment inside the warehouse, the three men went forward and pulled down the tarpaulin covering the plane.
Wow!
What came into view of the three was a large, twin-engine drone painted in gray and white.
Subsequently, the data of this type of drone appeared in the eyepieces of the three people.
Scorpion-1 Twin-Engine Large Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
[Length of the aircraft: 10 meters]
[Width of the aircraft: three meters]
[Height of the aircraft: 2.7 meters]
Wingspan: 18.5 meters
Maximum takeoff weight: 2000 kg
Maximum load: 800 kg
Maximum range: 4000 kilometers
Maximum flight time: 42 hours
Service ceiling: 8,000 meters
This aircraft features a modular, multi-purpose design with extensive use of composite materials in its airframe. It can carry various mission modules and perform tasks such as airlift, communications relay, and wide-area patrol, while also possessing enhanced short takeoff and landing capabilities.
[Note: This type of drone has two improved versions and one military version.]
"Tsk"
Lorraine crossed his arms, looking at the large drone in front of him with some displeasure. It looked very appealing, but he couldn't use it at all.
Seeing the displeasure emanating from Lorraine, Ouyang Nian covered her mouth, trying hard to suppress her laughter. Before she could hold it in any longer, she decisively turned and left the warehouse.
By this time, the modification of the cormorant drone had been completed, and Cleveland sent the modified data to Lorraine.
Cormorant-type tiltrotor aircraft – reconnaissance improved version.
[Length of the aircraft: 20 meters]
Takeoff weight: 10.8 tons
Cruising speed: 175 km/h
Maximum flight speed: 410 kilometers per hour
Maximum range: 1,600 kilometers
[Airborne equipment: directional antenna, composite optoelectronic turret]
[Communication frequency bands: High Frequency (HF) band, Very High Frequency (VHF) band, Ultra High Frequency (UHF) band.]
【通讯距离：1000-15000公里、200-280公里、90-150公里】
[Note: Its avionics system still has redundancy. After adding a small server and two smart terminals, the UAV can be used as an airborne command node.]
After reading the message from Cleveland, Lorraine had a new idea.
"Cleveland, could I install a phased-array radar under its fuselage skin, then add a synthetic aperture radar to the bottom of the fuselage, and finally add a radio data link to convert it into an early warning aircraft?"
Cleveland provided the answer after a simple calculation.
[Commander, the avionics system's load-bearing capacity is insufficient, and the aircraft's load-bearing capacity is slightly inadequate, making it impossible to complete the aforementioned modifications.]
Lorraine wasn't too disappointed, after all, it was just a casual question asked on a whim.
He then raised his arm, brought up a map on his portable terminal, and selected a flight path for the drone.
[Reconnaissance route confirmed, power sufficient, ready for takeoff.]
At this time, two robotic arms are checking the deck for any debris that might affect the takeoff of the drone.
After confirming that the deck was clean, the securing device was unlocked, and the drone was moved to the center of the deck.
After confirming that the aircraft's orientation is adjusted to be parallel to the ship's hull, the wings unfold and fix to both sides under the drive of the motors.
Then, the four ducted fans began to rotate, preparing to propel the machine into the sky.
"Buzz—"
The cormorant-type reconnaissance drone took to the sky. After reaching an altitude of 200 meters, the four ducted fans tilted slightly, and the propellers at both ends of the wings started to provide forward power for the aircraft.
Once the drone reaches cruising speed, the four ducted fans are positioned vertically to the ground and enter a low-power mode to save energy.
The reconnaissance drone has taken off and is expected to reach its designated position in three hours to begin reconnaissance.
Upon receiving the information, Lorraine continued exploring the surrounding warehouses.
Then, something happened that puzzled the three of them: the four warehouses on the east side of warehouse number three were similar in style to warehouse number three, but their sizes were quite different.
These three warehouses still feature a combination of double-pitched roofs and multiple sliding doors, and their length and width are twice that of Warehouse No. 3. A large open space is left in front of the warehouse doors.
Ouyang Nian roughly estimated that at least two Scorpion-1 drones could be placed side by side in these three warehouses.
The three drove to Warehouse No. 4 and parked their vehicle in front of the pedestrian walkway.
Before even getting out of the car, Bai Jin noticed the flashing lights at the entrance to the pedestrian crossing, as well as a data panel below the lights.