"This Navy Kitty Hawk was once hit by an electromagnetic storm in space, which eventually led to the complete destruction of all electronic equipment, 30 percent of the mechanical parts, and the death of all four crew members, including my best friend." Potter drank a large glass of spirits and recalled bitterly.

Xia Fei nodded and put down the tablet in his hand, no wonder this maintenance list is so long, it turned out to be the fault of the electromagnetic storm.

Then I thought about it, after a terrible storm, the hull of this ship was still intact, and the mechanical parts were only 30% damaged, which shows how good the quality of this ship is.

"I want to start repairing the ship tomorrow." Xia Fei looked at Potter and said firmly.

"You've decided? Can this cost a lot of money? ”

Xia Fei smiled slightly, "This is the top-level frigate, and its value is by no means measurable by money." ”

Old Potter rubbed his dry eyes with his hand and slapped the table hard, "Good! As long as I can make it gallop through the sea of stars again, I will fight again! ”

Porter stood up and came to the window and said to the employees who were still working in the factory: "Proton, stop the maintenance of this Incasas-class, everyone go to rest, and we will start an important job tomorrow!" ”

Proton put down the tools in his hand and said with some doubts: "Master, this ship can be repaired by ten percent, which is three days at most, why don't you repair it before starting the next job?" ”

Potter laughed, "Why are you asking so much, now give me a rest!" Start on time tomorrow! ”

Proton shook his head, put down his tools and returned to the dormitory with a few other employees, Potter sat back in his seat and said to Xia Fei, "What are your thoughts on repairing this ship?" ”

Xia Fei and the ghost quietly exchanged for a moment, and then said: "I plan to sacrifice the comfort of this ship, make every effort to improve its performance, equip this ship with a top-of-the-line jump engine, and replace the large-capacity reactor, radar, and fire control system with the best." ”

"In this case, the ship's carrying capacity will be greatly reduced, and at most it will be able to keep two crew cabins for four crew members, and there will be no way to pull too much cargo." Potter said.

The Navy Kitty Hawk class originally had five crew cabins, each of which could accommodate two crew members to rest, plus the captain's room, with an approved crew of eleven people.

If the performance is fully improved according to Xia Fei's idea, the ship will only be able to accommodate five people to work and live, and the cargo space will be reduced by at least half.

Xia Fei smiled, "I don't plan to use this ship for smuggling, what do I want so many members and cargo space for." ”

To modify a ship, first of all, you need to determine an overall direction, the ship can be equipped with a wide variety of equipment, and the functions are also different, but the space of a ship is limited, it is impossible to install all the equipment that can be used, and it is necessary to choose the most reasonable equipment according to the purpose of the warship.

After several hours of discussion, Xia Fei and Porter finally settled on the final plan for the modification of this ship, the most balanced and efficient one.

At this time, it was getting late, and Xia Fei decided to stay here today and start work with Old Potter and them early tomorrow morning.

Sending Sonny to the shuttle, Xia Fei said, "Sonny, what is your bank account?" ”

Sunny told Xia Fei his bank account, Xia Fei nodded and said: "Tonight I will transfer one million star coins to your account, you buy this shuttle, this time you need to run around, it is not very cost-effective to rent it, and tomorrow morning you buy some delicious food, good wine to bring over, buy the best, don't be afraid to spend money, according to the rules of my hometown, the workers start work to invite them to drink the wine." ”

Sonny was stunned and said incredulously: "One million star coins!" Oh my God, that's just too much! ”

Xia Fei patted Sonny's shoulder, "Many?" Actually, it's not much at all, if it weren't for you and me, how could I buy such a great battleship, you can take it first, and then tell me if it's not enough. ”

Sunny nodded emphatically and left in the shuttle, Xia Fei was arranged by Old Potter to live in an Atron-class frigate, which was also requested by Xia Fei, he wanted to get in touch with the real warship life in advance.

The interior area of the escort-level battleship was not large, and Xia Fei returned to the lounge after a few turns around the battleship.

There was a porthole in the lounge, through which Xia Fei could see that the lights of the factory were still shining, and a huge and sturdy figure was walking around, holding an old-fashioned phone in his hand.

You don't have to guess to know that this must be Old Porter, although the direction of the ship's modification has been determined, all the accessories still need to be procured, and this night is enough for him to be busy.

Xia Fei lit a cigarette and lay down on the somewhat stiff single bed, took out virtual glasses from the space ring, and logged in to the Star Network.

After transferring one million Star Coins to Sonny's account, Xia Fei was about to turn off his computer when a video request window suddenly popped up.

In the window, a big-eared pink rabbit is nibbling on a carrot and burping.

Xia Fei smiled, he knew that this must be the eccentric Avril, and his finger flicked a button to connect with Avril's video connection.

In the picture, Avril looks sleepy-eyed, wearing pink pajamas, and her long hair is scattered on her shoulders.

Covering her mouth with her white little hand and yawning, Avril cheered up and said, "Why did you log in to the Star Network so late, it's almost dawn." ”

"That's the day of your planet, it's almost dawn, and it's not long since it's dark here, how come you know as soon as I land on the Star Network?" Xia Fei asked with a smile.

Since the last time she impulsively made Avril cry, Xia Fei has some apologies for this little girl in her heart, so she no longer avoids her everywhere like in the past, as long as she wants to talk to herself Xia Fei generally will not refuse, and the login account has also changed back to the original one, and the anonymous account is always unsafe in the end.

"Humph! Of course, you don't look at who Miss Ben is, I made you a separate setting, as soon as you go online, I will be able to know immediately. Avril said with a pout.

Xia Fei thought for a moment, "Even so, you don't have to get up from the bed to talk to me, right?" Could it be that you have something going on? ”

Avril walked over to the table and got herself a glass of water, and said with some resentment, "You haven't spoken to me in a few days, I want to ask if you have bought a spaceship, I heard that there are a lot of bad people in places like the battleship graveyard, you should be careful." ”

"In fact, there will be good people everywhere and there will be bad people, I met a few very good people here, and I also bought a naval version of the Kitty Hawk-class frigate." Xia Fei said excitedly.

Avril is a girl after all, and she is far less enthusiastic about things like battleships and spaceships, she walked to the computer and lightly pointed a few times with her right hand, as if she was looking up some information.

After looking at it for a while, Avril said to Xia Fei: "This ship is not bad, but it's a pity that it can only carry eleven people, it's too small, since you have already bought the boat, when do you plan to go to the Heavenly Decision Training Camp to report?" ”

Xia Fei smiled, "This ship is already broken, I am preparing to repair it now, and it will probably take three months to leave." ”

Avril made a cute grimace at Xia Fei, "What kind of maintenance worker are you looking for, it takes three months to repair a frigate?" ”

Xia Fei Zhengse said: "The maintenance worker is definitely the top, but this ship is the naval version, many accessories are not easy to get, you need to do it yourself, and I plan to modify this ship well, after all, this is my first warship." ”

Avril asked disapprovingly, "What parts are missing?" ”

"There are a lot of things missing, basically all the parts of this ship except for the hull have to be replaced."

"Hey." Avril shook her head and sighed, "If it's so troublesome, it's better to buy a new one." ”

"This is the naval version of the Kitty Hawk class, and you can't buy it on the market."

"It's simple, I—" Avril suddenly changed her mind in the middle of her sentence, "I... I think I should be able to buy it. ”

Xia Fei shook his head slightly, "I can't buy it, besides, I can take this opportunity to learn battleship maintenance, this is also a kind of exercise, which will be of great help to my future life." ”

Xia Fei said very seriously, Avril Lavril held her chin with her hands and looked at Xia Fei with a smile, "Hehe, when you get serious, it's like a different person, I think you're more handsome when you're serious, a bit like my dad." ”

Xia Fei stretched out his arms and said with a smile: "Come, Dad hug me." ”

Avril's head sank suddenly, with a helpless expression, "I hate it, you look like a pervert no matter how you look when you're not serious." ”

……

Early in the morning, before dawn, the workers began their intense work.

The Navy Kitty Hawk class was sent into the factory, and Proton was leading seven or eight workers to begin to inspect every part of the ship, disassembling all the damaged parts, which was the first step in the modification of the battleship, inspection and cleaning.

Xia Fei asked Proton for a universal modification pliers, rolled up his sleeves and worked with them, with an extremely serious attitude.

With a length of 0.5 meters and a weight of more than 10 kilograms, the universal modification pliers resemble a large pipe wrench and a dense mechanical structure in the upper part, which is a very advanced tool that can be used to disassemble almost all mechanical structures without the need to change tools frequently.

Xia Fei started with the most basic disassembly screws, and he lay flat under the fuselage and disassembled the ship's pneumatic steering device somewhat awkwardly.

After a while, Xia Fei finally removed the pneumatic valve, inserted the universal modification pliers into his waist with one hand, walked up to Proton and wiped his sweat with his sleeve and asked, "What will you disassemble next?" ”

At this time, a deep voice behind him said, "Next, take your bank card and follow me." ”

Xia Fei turned his head and saw Old Potter clasping his hands in front of his chest, looking at him happily.

"Hehe, Uncle Potter, are you up?" Xia Fei walked over to say hello to Potter, his eyes were bloodshot, it was obvious that he hadn't slept well last night to plan the ship's repairs and modifications.

Potter patted Xia Fei on the shoulder with a pair of calloused black hands, "You really look like a maintenance worker, if you want to learn, I'll hand over all my housekeeping skills to you, but now you have to go to the black market with me first." ”

"Black market?"

"Yes, the place where black goods are sold, I contacted a few old friends last night, and guess what, the control and anti-control equipment is already in place, and I'll take you to see it now." Potter laughed and said, "Get your bank card ready, these goodies aren't cheap." ”

Xia Fei's heart tightened, how did this sound like a ghost often said?