Indeed, infrastructure work is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and it is a big challenge for an expat like him to gain a foothold in Star Alliance.

As the saying goes, "Rome wasn't built in a day." However, this sentence does not apply to him, how big is the Ipsilon relay station in the "Lost Lands"? The diameter is 700 kilometers, although the length of the damaged rudder rod that Tang ordered the SCV to repair is less than one-tenth of the diameter of the relay station, and the maximum is 40 kilometers, but if it is put into human society, what is the concept of a 40-kilometer space station, and the Sigma shipyard of Duke Yadan is just like this.

Of course, the SCV is only a repair operation, which cannot be compared with the construction of the space station, but when the relay station was repaired, there were only a dozen SCVs performing this task, what if it was doubled, or even tenfold? Not to mention the assistance of two "Cupids", the king worm of the Zerg, the corruptor, the wyvern, and the iron crow of the human race can all come in handy.

With this flexible and versatile combination, how difficult is it for him to build a large shipyard as long as there are enough materials? You must know that when he was in the Meijiaer star system, he almost moved the number of "Sigma", from docks, spaceports, to satellites, space-based platforms, to warships, speedboats, to shuttles, small aircraft, from large to small, from people's livelihood to military, what type of aerospace technology is not there?

As for the relationship with the high-level of the Star Alliance...... After the "Battle of Lokia", it must be a wake-up call to the top of the government, his idea is not that anyone who wants to fight can fight, if you want to move him, some people must be prepared to lose their wives and lose their soldiers.

"Turf...... Turf ......" muttered softly, and his gaze fell on the star map projection of the combat command platform.

"Captain?" Officer Yuffie looked back and asked.

"Start the warp engine."

"Yes." The girl turned her head and ordered the driving group on the first floor: "Start the warp engine." ”

"The maximum output of the zero-element reactor is started, and the warp speed engine is started. Tier 6.5, Jump Countdown 10, 9, 8......"

Ten seconds later, the space around it distorted, and the Morningstar slowly lengthened, eventually turning into an afterimage and disappearing at one point.

……

3 days later. While the Morning Star was still in warp speed, somewhere in the Celestial Nest region, the red giant, which had expanded dozens of times larger than the main-sequence stage, slowly rotated in the dim universe, and the dark red star churned and twisted on its surface, forming a series of blazing waves that looked unusually enchanting, but also made people feel awe-inspiring.

A quarter of an astronomical unit from the edge of the red giant, a fan-shaped space station stands silently in a gloomy void filled with solar particles.

In a viewing capsule facing the red giant star on the space station, there is nothing else in the nearly 1,000-square-meter room. The only chair, one person.

No cigarettes, no alcohol, and no women. The man looked to be in his 40s, with a slender and well-proportioned figure, a well-defined face, especially those eyes, which were very human. Under the dim glow of the red giant, there was a glowing green glow.

He held an unusual playing card between his right index finger and thumb. The front is a colorful JOKER, and the back is a purple flame, and with the rotation of the playing cards, it gives people a sense of steaming in a trance, as if it was a burning living flame.

In front of the seat is a glass picture screen with a battleship spinning back and forth. If the crew of the Morningstar were here, they would have been surprised.

Yes, the battleship on the monitor is the Morning Star, which just left the "Jakarta Pur" three days ago.

"Wei Hongguang still failed......" the man sighed, his hoarse voice like a bellows spinning next to the stove.

"Well, that's fine. I don't have to do any more work. Muttering to himself, the man slowly raised his right hand and flicked the cards behind him.

"Smack!" The playing card stopped in mid-air with a muffled sound, and as a dark blue flashed, a human figure slowly outlined in the otherwise empty place.

"Black 7 hears your call." The sound was cold and brittle, like a piece of ice falling to the ground and shattering.

The visitor was wrapped in a kind of black armor, which was made up of a fibrous substance similar to a cow's horn, and the surface was densely covered with stripes of different colors, which looked like human muscles that had been stripped of their skin from a distance under the dark red glow of the red giant.

His face was tightly covered by a mask, which was different from the armor coating, which was metallic silver, with only the eyes and nose slightly protruding, as if it were natural, and there was no trace of artificial polishing.

"Go, go to the Covenant......"

"Yes." It's still a clear and cold sentence. He didn't ask about the goal of the action, nor did he ask when he would leave, and he didn't have the slightest question.

The dark blue rippled slowly like water waves, and Black 7's body became lighter and lighter until it disappeared. But the playing card seemed to lose its original quality and slowly fell to the ground.

The "JOKER" on the board is laughing, laughing wildly.

The man in the seat was very calm, his facial expression was unwavering, his fingers were crossed in front of his chest, and his green eyes fell straight on the restless red giant outside the window.

……

The Covenant Frontier, 20 light-years from the border of the Sulu Empire, is the Dillard star system.

In the center of the star system is a young red giant star that has just completed the main-sequence stage and is about to enter its old age, throwing its gaseous shell outwards little by little, and on its periphery, there are six planets of different sizes orbiting.

The fourth planet of the Dillard star system, "Laxis", has three moons, and the second-ranked "Christel" is similar to the moon of the earth, the birthplace of human civilization, in terms of size, mass, size, and element distribution.

"Laxis" is a desert planet, very far away from "Dillard", the temperature difference between day and night is very large, and the gravitational pull is too strong, which is not suitable for transforming into a habitable planet. In addition to this, there is another constraint, because of its proximity to the border of the Sulu Empire, and the relationship with Harrington, one of the stronghold forces? General Harris's territory is not far away, and if a settlement is built here, there is a big security risk.

Dillard star system vs. Harrington? In the middle of the Mubarak star system controlled by Harris is the Ayaros-Koplin-Slandar uninhabited area (composed of three unmanned star systems: Ayaros, Coplin and Slandal). The separation zone between the stronghold forces and the area actually controlled by the Star Alliance), there are many manned and unmanned reconnaissance posts in the starry sky near the Star Alliance, and large pirate groups such as "Apollo", "Black Pearl" and "Cobra" controlled by the Star Alliance are frequently infested.

In such a situation. In terms of mineral resources, there is no zero element, only some ordinary manganese, titanium, rare earth, platinum, etc., if you build a mine here, you will inevitably have to invest a lot of manpower and material resources, and you will have to divide troops to protect it, wasting the precious forces that the Star Alliance is already stretched thin.

Therefore. After weighing the pros and cons, the top government decided to pass a commercial bill to lease the right to use the Dillard star system to major and medium-sized enterprises and consortia in the territory of Star Alliance in the form of a competitive bid. The successful bidder is allowed to exercise the right to garrison, develop, use, and construct facilities for the Dillard star system during the lease period. Of course, if the winning bidder is engaged in the trading of mineral mining, production and metallurgy, it must also submit a qualification application to the relevant authorities, and obtain the mining rights from the government through a one-time buyout, sales share, equity split, etc.

In the end, after fierce bidding, the Dillard star system was auctioned by the "Daystar" pharmaceutical group. It is used to conduct various pharmaceutical research, biological reality. manufacturing and other corporate activities.

"Daystar" Pharmaceutical Group is located in the territory of Star Alliance, and according to its market share in the same pharmaceutical industry, it is between medium-sized enterprises and large enterprises.

There is an old saying that horses have no night grass and no fertilizer, and people are not rich without windfalls. There is also a saying that says it better, the gold belt of murder and arson. There are no corpses in the repair of bridges and roads. In this era of rapid development of civilization and the explosion of science and technology, if you want to gain technological advantages in similar industries, you should dig into the wall, send spies, and put down the cover...... Such negative behaviors have become a very common social phenomenon.

Especially in an economic country like Star Alliance, shopping malls are like battlefields. "Natural selection, the law of the jungle" is an eternal truth. If companies like "Daystar" engaged in drug R&D and manufacturing really abide by the laws of Star Alliance, behave in their duty, and do things in a down-to-earth manner, then they don't want to be bigger, stronger, make tricks, or even die in their lives!

More than 200 years ago, some large pharmaceutical companies in Europe and the United States knew that they would go to developing countries to conduct live drug testing, and even artificially spread a certain virus for the purpose of research and profit, let alone now.

Which of the top pharmaceutical companies of Star Alliance does not have an exclusive stellar system? Which one doesn't have a private army? Similar to this kind of behavior, externally, it is called fast and convenient, easy to manage, and the integration of research and production, and it also adds jobs, taxes, and indirectly expands the country's military power for the Star Alliance (the Star Alliance constitution stipulates that in an emergency, the government has the right to requisition the private armed forces of local enterprises), but in fact? It is nothing but an excuse they use to cover up their sinful deeds.

In an environment where the entire stellar system is controlled by enterprises, it is very difficult for the media, the government, and the judiciary to obtain effective evidence for some appalling research (such as human realism and genetic modulation). In all fairness, this kind of thing is cruel, but it really promotes the development of human medical level and brings certain scientific and technological advantages to enterprises.

The top management of "Daystar" knows very well that if they have been engaged in production research under the nose of the Star Alliance government, they will inevitably be tied up, and if some scandal breaks out, the company may collapse and disappear into the long river of history.

Therefore, in order to grow the company, even if the lease price of the Dillard star system is very expensive, the board of directors spared no expense to obtain the right to use the Dillard star system from many competitors. However, the executives of "Daystar" guessed the beginning, but could not guess the end. Soon after taking the right to use the Dillard star system, due to the malicious sabotage of competitors, the company suffered heavy losses and the capital chain was broken.

In order to take care of the big picture and stabilize the foundation for decades, the board of directors had to make the decision to suspend the "Dillard Development" plan and prioritize the investment of funds in the research and development of a drug that could fill a gap in the market.

Of course, the full development of the Dillard star system has been temporarily suspended, but it is a pity that such a "piece of land" cannot be left empty. After the company's senior management researches, demonstrats, and submits to the board of directors for approval. "Daystar" will relocate some of the less important artificial organ production lines and related R&D departments to the second satellite "Christel" of "Laxis", which can not only lay the ground for the full development of the Dillard star system in the future, but also secretly engage in some controversial research.

After nearly a year of intense construction, a large-scale pharmaceutical industrial park was finally built on "Christil", of course, because of the geographical environment. Most of the buildings and equipment in the industrial park are located underground.

Only a small supply port and space-based research station have been built in space. The former is a small space station that provides resource supply, maintenance, berthing and other services for a small mercenary organization with 88 large and small warships hired by the "Daystar", while the latter is a space-based facility that provides relevant scientific research units with a special real environment such as space weightlessness and strong radiation.

The reason why it does not build a large-scale comprehensive space station integrating supply, maintenance, production and service like "Lokia" is related to the geographical location of "Kristiel". Second, a large space station is not a ground building, and there are many aspects to be taken into account, and it is not possible to build it in a short period of time, besides. Compared with underground structures, there are fewer natural bunkers, and space-based facilities are more dangerous and vulnerable.

The industrial park of "Kristelle" is a facility for production, research and development, etc., and is not a service-oriented starport like "Lokia". Therefore, except for some shipbuilding industry, special metallurgical industry, and plantations, few enterprises build production lines in space.

In fact, there is another advantage of establishing the industrial park on the planet, such as "Kristel", which has no atmosphere and can rely on land. Create a solid defensive front that is much less difficult to defend than a large space station.

Because the functions of the industrial park of "Christil" are relatively simple. The production equipment is not cutting-edge technology, so there are not many armed units guarding the star system, except for the mercenary fleet of 88 large and small warships, there are only a few space-based defense platforms and a fire defense network around the industrial park.

The top brass of "Daystar" did not think of Harrington? Harris's stronghold will come to fight the idea of the "Christel" industrial complex. After all. The resources that can be obtained here are of much lower value than the wear and tear of the battle, and are definitely a thankless deal, like Harrington? Harris is a shrewd master. How can it be possible to do a loss-making business.

This is a very realistic consideration, indeed, Harrington? Harris won't play "Christier" with the idea, but that doesn't mean that others will sit back and watch "Daystar" do some nasty little things.

On this day, the normally calm Dillard star system became particularly lively, and the light and fire and explosions almost illuminated the shady side of "Laxis", and an invading fleet composed of more than 400 warships was divided into nearly 40 combat units, large and small, and launched a tidal wave of fierce attacks on the supply depots, space-based weapon platforms, and ground defense modules in the void outside "Cristiel".

The flags flown by this fleet are not known stronghold powers, nor are they Star Alliance Navy, and the decks and two strings of the battleship do not have any identifiers that can distinguish the faction they belong to, only craters, remnants of livery, patches of different colors, and metal pendants that have been modified without permission...... Its ship composition is also varied, including the Covenant's Longsword-class frigates and Tomahawk-class cruisers, the Sulu Empire's Seahorse-class destroyers, Walrus-class battleships, Charles Federation's Pit Viper assault ships, Sea Dragon-class cruisers, Sauron Empire's Daredevil-class destroyers, Chaos Domination-class battleships, and Cursed-class interceptors......

With such a warship characteristic and such a combination of ships, there are only two kinds of such weapons in the Tianchao Star Zone, one is the mercenary organization, and the other is the pirate force.

Under the rule of the Star Alliance, the mercenary organizations are generally quite peaceful, rarely doing things that lack virtue in the open, and even if they need to do business, most of them are blackhands, knocking on sticks, and sneaking around. But the pirate forces are different, although a pirate group of this size usually has a strong backstage within the Star Alliance government, and is controlled remotely by high-ranking officials and even the council. However, in daily actions, it is inevitable that there will be a situation where "the king's life will not be affected by the outside".

This so-called "will not be subject to the fate of the monarch outside", in fact, to put it bluntly, is just an excuse used by those different factions and different organizations in the parliament to "play Taijiquan", the pirate group itself is a hidden tool that cannot be seen and cannot be put on the table, in addition to killing people with knives to snipe the increasingly crazy stronghold forces, there is another role, that is, the various political factions of the Star Alliance are used to check and balance each other and weaken the economic strength of the opponent's dependent enterprises.

Just like the current "Christel", as long as people who know the background of Star Alliance politics take a look at it from afar, they can come to the conclusion that "dog eats dog, a mouthful of hair".

At this moment, "Daystar" is at an absolute disadvantage, only scattered space-based defense platforms in the outer void of "Christel" are stubbornly resisting the frantic attack of the pirates, the resource supply station is already crumbling, and the fire gushes out from some weak cabins from time to time, and then spews out large strands of debris, metal utensils, high-pressure gas, and even human stumps and broken arms. (To be continued......)