Doomsday: I Build a Space Fleet

Chapter 44 Rainbow No. 1

"We need to find a way to get these lizards out of the water."

Modern gunboats are ineffective at destroying underwater targets. The problem is how to lure them out.

"Try to find the zombie sheep that are besieging the guidance team. Some of them should still be alive, since we haven't received the reward for killing the zombie leader yet."

The problem of attracting lizards has been solved, but a new problem has arisen: how to find the remaining zombie sheep?

After all, their current reconnaissance drones have limited endurance and are completely incapable of conducting detailed reconnaissance more than ten kilometers into the land.

Lorraine looked up at the sky.

"It's getting late. Let's head north a bit further and work overtime tonight to build a drone using the materials we have."

"Make a list of the materials you need, and I'll go to the warehouse to check them. If there's a shortage, we'll have to get some from the cargo ship."

Ouyang Nian looked at the list of materials in his hand and returned to the warehouse.

Lorraine then moored the ship at the spot where he had previously met up with the Pivot Squad.

The two boats stopped and anchored, ending up at an angle in the middle of the river.

"All the materials are ready. When do we start?"

As soon as the boat came to a stop, Ouyang Nian came over, wanting to know what new ideas Luo Lin had up his sleeve.

"Don't rush, don't rush, eat first. How will you have the energy to work if you don't eat?"

Lorraine, both amused and exasperated, handed the dry rations she had just taken out to Ouyang Nian.

"oh."

While munching on his dry rations, Ouyang Nian kept his eyes fixed on Luo Lin, trying to glean something from his face.

Lorraine felt uneasy under Ouyang Nian's gaze. He quickly finished his dry rations and led Ouyang Nian to the processing center.

"A reconnaissance drone, a high-power motor, a large battery, some wires, and a sufficient amount of engineering plastics and carbon fiber cloth."

Ouyang Nian pointed to the pile of materials that Lorraine needed and said.

"Now, please begin your performance."

Lorraine gave Ouyang Nian a set of blueprints and asked her to process all of these things according to the blueprints.

Lorraine, meanwhile, sat to the side and began dismantling a reconnaissance drone.

"Motor, motherboard, optical probe..."

As Lorraine muttered to herself, she sorted and put away the disassembled items.

"I've disassembled it. Have you finished the main body of the drone?"

"Soon, what kind of thing did you design? You said it was a fixed-wing drone, so why did you take out a reconnaissance drone as well? And why did you even cut four holes in the round rod of the tail fin?"

Ouyang Nian simply couldn't understand his design for this fixed-wing drone.

"We don't have enough space or materials on our ship, so we have to change the takeoff and landing method."

Lorin found it somewhat amusing to watch Ouyang Nian scratching his head while looking at the blueprints, but he still didn't intend to reveal the truth prematurely.

Lorin carefully placed the motherboard into the large body of the fixed-wing drone, and then connected the optical observation equipment fixed to the bottom of the nose and the high-power motor at the tail of the body to the circuit board.

Lorraine then installed the four original motors of the reconnaissance drone into the four openings of the two long poles and completed the wiring.

Lorraine pointed to the two wings and an inverted V-shaped tail of the fixed-wing drone.

"Take this to the foredeck; once it's approved here, it can't be taken out."

After saying that, Lorraine carried the main body of the drone and walked onto the deck first.

Ouyang Nian followed closely behind, carrying three wings.

Upon reaching the foredeck, Lorraine connected the data board to the drone's motherboard and began debugging the flight control program.

After a long while, as the sun was about to set, Lorraine took the two wings and an inverted V-shaped tail from Ouyang Nian and attached them to the drone.

"Here you go. Hold on to the landing gear and be careful not to get scratched."

Ouyang Nian took the drone with a bewildered look on his face and held it up.

"What are they trying to do?"

Ouyang Nian saw Luo Lin take two steps back and immediately sensed something was wrong.

"Let's test the flight control. You're strong, so you can hold it firmly."

Lorraine gave an awkward laugh.

"Don't worry, there won't be any danger. At most, it will just fly crookedly."

"Tell me earlier next time."

Ouyang Nian glared at Luo Lin and said fiercely.

"Absolutely, absolutely, hold on tight, it's about to begin."

Lorraine was on the data board. After adjusting the output of each motor, he began the experiment.

The experiment ended quickly with a brief exchange between Lorraine and Ouyang Nian.

"He's really skilled."

Ouyang Nian put down the drone and gave Lorraine a thumbs up.

"That's right, I would never let my girlfriend down."

Lorraine looked proud.

"snort!"

Ouyang Nian rolled his eyes at Luo Lin.

"Okay, okay, I was wrong this afternoon, I was wrong, I was wrong."

Lorraine understood that Ouyang Nian was still a little annoyed by her staring at Bai Jin, so she quickly stepped forward to comfort him.

"Just so you know. It's almost dark. Are we still having test flights today?"

"Go to sleep, go to sleep. We'll talk about it tomorrow morning. I've been busy all day."

Lorraine waved his hand, meaning that the flight control of this type of fixed-wing drone is relatively simple.

If you were to replace the flight control system for a rotorcraft, it might take more than a day to figure it out.

The two said goodnight to each other, but with Bai Zhi by their side tonight, the Tengu and the others probably won't be too lonely.

The next morning, just as the sun rose, Lorraine and Ouyang Nian were already standing on the deck, preparing for the first test flight of the drone.

"Start self-check."

Lorraine issued the order and began preparations for the test flight.

[Self-check complete, everything is normal.]

"Flight control is normal, connection is stable, and image transmission is normal."

Everything was ready. Lorraine and Ouyang Nian took two steps back, making room for takeoff.

"Take off, ascend to 20 meters."

Lorraine began the test flight mission via a data board.

Acceleration, deceleration, turning, diving, climbing... all kinds of maneuvers were tried.

"I hereby declare the test flight mission a complete success."

Once the reconnaissance drone had landed vertically on the foredeck, Lorraine and Ouyang Nian gave each other a high five.

"Once it's fully charged, it can begin its mission."

"Let's give this drone a code name and simplify the commands."

Lorraine stopped walking back to the driver's seat and stood there thinking.

"Let's call it Rainbow 1."

Lorraine recalled a series of drones that were widely used in her previous life.

"Nice name."

Ouyang Nian patted Lorraine on the shoulder.

"Let's go, first launch the reconnaissance drone at the stern."

Lorraine launched the drone, which flew westward.

After investigation, no abnormalities were found within an 8-kilometer radius of the west bank.

"Rainbow 1 launches."

Lorraine piloted the drone further west.

"We've found something; it should be in this area."

Lorraine saw the trampling marks on the grass and controlled the drone to continue deeper into the direction where the marks were clustered.

"Found them, quite a few left, so the team that surrounded the stronghold was driven out?"

Lorraine temporarily abandoned thinking about this matter and began to plan how to lure the flock of sheep to the riverbank.