Chapter 6 The First Business

The newly restored Flying Monkey can now be called a one-man spaceship - the installed artificial intelligence can do this, and in general, the ship's central master computer is actually a very good space robot - presumably the product of Quarter Industries' stockpiled technology, which can be regarded as waste utilization. Clint happily handed over the calculation of the flight path to the Flying Monkey himself, "It's just that the planet is in close orbit, and I don't want to fly by myself, so it's nice to leave it to the robot." ”

R4D9 is now checking the ship's systems back and forth in the only passage on the entire ship to make sure it is functioning properly, and every now and then the chunky drum-like robot will stop its wheels, reach out to the data port in the tool's hand and insert the ship's data port, exchanging data with the Flying Monkey's machine head to make sure everything is in order. The W12 is honestly sitting in a corner of the spacecraft's rest module, turning off most of the external sensors for self-testing, which can be regarded as the robot's sleep by the way.

Twenty meters in front of the restored Flying Monkey is a cargo hold, although there is a corridor that can just allow a person to straighten up and pass through, but on both sides and below are sealed or unsealed cargo holds-in the case of a spaceship, it has a cargo capacity of more than a thousand-year-old falcon, but it is a smuggling ship, as long as it is fast. The thirty-meter main spacecraft section in the back circle, next to the transparent bridge that protrudes slightly above the hull and can be covered by armor plates, is the lounge and the captain's bedroom and lavatory. In the bedroom, near the stern, there is a utility compartment for the captain's personal belongings, and a staircase leads to the upper room, which can be used as a crew or crew room, as well as a workshop. Further up is a corridor leading to the main thruster and reactor chambers at the back.

The cabin behind this is also the room for adjusting the equipment in the whole ship, which is small but very important. A pair of shield generators are mounted behind the bridge and between the three zigzag thrusters, while the turbolaser's combined main gun is mounted halfway above the cargo hallway, with a transparent armor cover that rotates 360 degrees. The two combined defensive laser cannons are mounted one on top and one on the other side behind the shield generator behind the bridge and directly opposite the belly of the ship. There is also a missile launcher in the bow of the ship, but once it is launched, it will probably have to be reloaded from the outside.

The firepower of the Flying Monkey is above that of a normal cargo ship, and its defense is probably stronger than that of a warship of the same level, but at this speed, it is only slightly faster than an ordinary civilian ship. But that's enough, isn't it, "Okay, Sergeant Major." According to your will. "Sergeant Major Litbar sent a newsletter to Clint almost as soon as he was trying to fly in orbit, introducing him to his first transportation business. He will send some goods to a certain planet to deliver to a local force, Clint looked at the series of "unknown" and "metal equipment" on the list of goods sent by Littbar, and then looked at the delivery code provided in the encrypted communication, and after a few clicks, he understood that he was now on the ship.

Clint pulled the boat over to the dock where the former sergeant major was already waiting for him, and behind him, a column of hovering trucks, on which some young fellows were up and down checking the packaging of the cargo. The man in the uniform of the Republic, who was supposed to be a customs officer, was chatting and laughing with Lytbar, and when Clint disembarked from the ship, the customs officer said goodbye and left. Litbar motioned for the men to send the contents of the truck into the Flying Monkey, which had opened the side cargo door, while he himself began to talk to Clint, "Toki, don't ask what's in there, and don't bother. I think you can understand that, you're a capable man, right? "Oh, sir, I don't know anything. All I know is a shipment of legal metal materials sent to Karak. ”

Clint's words made Litbar very satisfied, in fact, he had always been reassuring of his subordinate, "Here's half of the cost, and when you deliver the goods, the other half will be paid." Maybe you can still do a business, I know Karak's fruit is good......" Clint thought a little weird, "fruit? The guy thought so in his head, but he didn't show any expression on his face, and when the cargo was all set, Clint closed the hatch, saluted Litbar, and returned to the Flying Monkey, starting the ship and leaving the Republic's capital star.

The course had been set, and Clint had plenty of time to complete his little hobby - tidying up his weapons in the utility room, he had long wanted to turn the utility room into his own storage room, at least to be able to hide his weapons, and if possible, it would be nice to find some small machines or something to make a workshop. During that battle on the planet, Clint naturally also gained some weapons, and out of some respect for the laws of the Republic, most of the prohibited weapons have been disposed of. In the case Clint was carrying, there were only a few small, non-powerful weapons - basically ridiculous single-shot blasters or bullet guns, and only one was a repeating submachine gun.

However, Clint had some power-activated cores that had been removed and a small military hoverengine, which was enough for him to try out a few more powerful ones and rebuild a hoverbike - better than scrap scrap in this almost brand new Planetary Guard official purchase, and unassailable in terms of performance. Clint certainly doesn't want to see what he's shipping—to live well in this place, it's better not to be too curious, and the less you know, the safer you are. Similarly, Clint has no curiosity about who will receive the shipment - as long as the other party gives the correct password, whoever it is, he will be able to successfully take the goods from Clint.

After about three standard cycle days, the damned planet Karak was already in front of us - and there was no need to squeeze its hyperspace engine to a high level. And the longer the distance, the more energy is consumed, isn't it, so Clint made three faster-than-light voyages, and only two-thirds of the energy consumed by one long-distance faster-than-light voyage. Karak is a brown planet, and from the cosmic point of view, there are exaggerated cyclones rolling around this terrestrial planet, yes - it is a rather harsh planet, most of the inhabitants live under the surface, and make a living by mining some of the high-priced minerals that are unique.

"Activate the shield, it's time for us to land!"