"These exoskeleton armors look a bit different from the one you gave us two days ago. Could this be the Power Armor your company developed?"
Old Lin's gaze was fixed on the armors, unable to look away.
Two days prior, when Su Yi transferred a portion of the Metal Hydrogen Battery shares to the Kyushu Official, he had expressed an interest in selling them exoskeleton armor.
At that time, he showed them a sample and even let them take it back with them.
Of course, the most crucial technologies in this type of exoskeleton were in the materials and energy, so it was impossible for them to reverse-engineer it.
The generational gap was too vast; this item was practically magic on Blue Star.
As a result, no news had come from the Kyushu Military experts since they took the item back a few days ago.
"No, our company doesn't have many Power Armors, and they all have assigned missions. This is a different model of exoskeleton armor," Su Yi waved his hand. "Let's go, seats have already been arranged for you in the venue."
"No, no, no, there's no rush!" Old Lin quickly said.
"It's not time yet, so why don't we continue discussing this exoskeleton armor? I believe we have a lot of room for cooperation in this area."
He had probed before and knew very well that Su Yi wouldn't sell those overpowered Power Armors, but there was definitely room for negotiation regarding these exoskeletons.
"Haven't I already given you a set? Have you finished studying it? Do you want to purchase it?" Su Yi asked with a half-smile.
"Of course we want to purchase it! The military's intention is for us to procure 100,000 units of the exoskeleton armor you provided us in the initial phase. We are already in talks with your company's personnel," Old Lin said with some emotion. "I don't know how you managed to create something like this."
"A light exoskeleton, with that thin layer of frontal armor, can actually withstand 30mm autocannon fire. Our military industrial experts disassembled it and were greatly astonished by the internal structure; it's simply a genius design."
The sample Su Yi provided to the Kyushu Military was actually just the most basic model among the batch of exoskeletons he acquired.
Its provisional name was the Sentinel-1 Exoskeleton.
It was also the lightest of the several different exoskeletons he possessed.
The chest armor was only 5mm thick.
Although it also used x-7674 special alloy for its armor, based on the direct data of x-7674 special alloy, it shouldn't be able to withstand a barrage of 30mm autocannon armor-piercing rounds head-on.
This effect was mainly due to its extremely clever internal design, which could, to a certain extent, reduce the kinetic energy of bullets, allowing the armor to absorb less impact.
This is similar to how, given the same material and thickness, a tank using sloped armor has much stronger defense than one using vertical armor.
Having excellent materials combined with excellent design is necessary to maximize the material's effectiveness.
With so many outlaws in Bai Lu's world, the frequency of war is much higher than on Blue Star, so there are naturally merits in weapon design.
"Oh, and that Metal Hydrogen Battery you use as a power source in the exoskeleton, isn't that a bit too much? It's so small, probably only one or two kilograms, yet it can support the exoskeleton for a week of high-intensity combat? How on earth did you manage to create this? The old academics at the Academy of Sciences barely have any hair left, and now they're really going to go bald," Old Lin complained as he walked. "To be honest with you, I came here with a bunch of tasks this time, and the first priority is to help them ask you how you made all these things. If it weren't for the law, I think they'd want to grab the Tianyu Group's researchers and open their heads to see what's inside."
He considered himself well-traveled, having served in the military for over a decade, and after retiring, much of his work was related to the military.
He prided himself on being very familiar with the military's development process and had a good understanding of how various new weapons and equipment were invented and used.
However, the Sentinel-1 Exoskeleton provided by Su Yi still brought him a huge shock.
Mainly because this thing was simply too unbelievable.
After a period of training, soldiers wearing it could easily achieve marching speeds of over 100km/h, with a normal carrying capacity exceeding 1 ton. In extreme situations, they could temporarily carry up to 1.8 tons of weight, and if armor damage wasn't a concern, even 2 tons wasn't impossible to lift.
Its endurance was even more incredible. With a small battery inserted, if it was only used for forced marches without doing anything else, it could ideally travel nearly 15,000 kilometers.
Even if energy loss due to different terrains and the driver's own fatigue were disregarded, it could still run for at least 10,000 kilometers without losing power.
And even if it ran out of power, simply replacing the battery would allow it to continue running.
Compared to this item's carrying capacity of over a ton, a mere battery weighing less than two kilograms was like a drop in the ocean.
It was only because the current period was relatively peaceful. If war truly broke out and Kyushu could equip a large number of these armors, it would be a dimensionality reduction strike against the armies of various countries on Blue Star.
There would be no need for air drops or landings; they could simply depart from their homeland on foot and traverse the Eurasian continent within a week.
Although Su Yi hadn't thoroughly understood the various parameters of these exoskeleton armors before, he wasn't surprised at all to hear Old Lin praising them so highly now.
These were basic equipment used by the ground forces of an Interstellar Civilization for planetary landings.
Leaving aside other things, the endurance was definitely maximized.
In Bai Lu's words: "Wars that involve an entire planet, even if the enemy's space defenses are completely eliminated, it's often difficult to invade the ground and establish a long-term base in less than a year or a year and a half."
Because everyone has all sorts of amazing weapons, facing a planet with no foundation, even if you have air superiority, it's very difficult to gain a foothold on the surface.
An Orbital Drop Brigade like hers, when it comes to being air-dropped onto a strange planet for ground combat, is cannon fodder. Their only purpose is to disrupt enemy ground deployments and clear a safe zone for subsequent troops to establish a base.
As cannon fodder, elites with Power Armor can still escape the planet's surface using the Power Armor's powerful performance if they find the situation is not right.
Those wearing exoskeletons, however, can only try to survive in the midst of an army.
In this situation, it is essential to ensure the exoskeleton has long endurance.
Throwing people down as cannon fodder is already inhumane enough; if their armor runs out of power after only a couple of days, who would want to play with you then?
Old Lin praised the armor Su Yi gave him, and when he felt it was enough, he finally revealed his true intentions.
"Little Su, I see that the exoskeletons here are also different from the ones you sold us."
"Do you think you could get me a few more sets?"