Chapter 123: Purchasing Starships
At Nathan's suggestion, the Aurelia Pirates opened up the battlefield of Black Rock and Marginal Star L-point, these two L-points are the new trade routes opened up by the old Pegasus Community Alliance, and the open and secret battle between the community enterprises is the most intense. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ info
Fuwei took this suggestion and attacked several times without stopping!
The Cunis Dolphin and Jeffs' Chick frequently haunt Black Rock and Marginal Star L, and as soon as they spot a fleet of marauders with their fangs exposed, as long as the number of small starships on the other side does not exceed "three", Stardew will immediately attack and carry out a "yellow finch behind" style of plunder.
Of all the Marauder Crime fleets, the vast majority were hired by Quake Industries to suppress competitors, and of course there were also counterattack forces hired by the Alliance of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, and Fowy repeatedly instructed Stardew, Zorro, and Jeffs not to loot the Marauder fleet of Quaker Industries' merchant fleet.
The combination of Stardew's combat efficiency and Jeffs's looting efficiency makes the two ships go around committing crimes with a high frequency, and when they plunder non-infrastructure materials and supplies that are not urgently needed by the base members, such as daily necessities, minerals, organic raw materials, inorganic raw materials, metal semi-finished products, luxury goods and other loot, Jeffs will drive a utility-class cargo ship to Black Rock Star to sell the stolen goods directly.
The wealth looted by the Aurelia Pirates in less than a week has exceeded 2 million Star Coins just by calculating the value of the goods sold by Jeffs.
Jeffs clamored for a larger ship, but Fowe advised him to wait.
The price of a city-level cargo ship is about 2 million star coins, although Fuwei has money, but he is still worried that it is too ostentatious, just one week, he has accumulated the capital to replace the city-level cargo ship, thinking about it, it is actually quite terrifying, and it will arouse the attention and suspicion of many people, especially the garrison.
Although Fowy had money in his account, he repeatedly warned Jeffs not to rush to change the ship.
The pirates observed whether the target of the robbery was fat, and the first thing they saw was his cargo ship.
If it is a utility-class cargo ship with a capacity of 12 cargo compartments, large and medium-sized pirate groups will not pay attention to it, they will feel that it is not enough to bother to grab such a small fleet without oil and water.
The small pirate group was interested in the fully loaded utility-class cargo ship, but they couldn't beat the Chainnis's Dolphin.
If you want to change to a large cargo ship, you must at least have enough escort force first.
Jeffs didn't understand at first, but after listening to Foway's analysis, he stopped insisting on changing ships.
"Then please ask the regiment commander to put the matter of improving the escort force on the agenda as soon as possible!" Jeffs said.
In fact, Fu Wei has long been eyeing the mighty and majestic Hound class patrol aircraft, this kind of naval and garrison units standard model medium frigates, under the serious corruption of the garrison, a large number of them flow to the market, not only can be bought on the black market, even the bounty hunters of Black Rock Star are also openly sold, it can be said that the supply is sufficient.
"Secretly, I'm planning to buy a hound-class patrol plane!" Fowe whispered to Jeffs.
Jeffs's eyes widened, and he gave a thumbs up to Fuwei, a brand-new hound-level patrol plane, worth more than millions of star coins, the head of the regiment is really generous!
Although Fowei and Jeffs secretly discussed the purchase of a starship, which was secretive enough, they were discovered by Nathan.
"Can't buy it!"
Nathan's hoarse voice rang out from the megaphone next to the wall, and Fowei and Jeffs instantly became depressed.
"Buy two small starships, the current situation is that there are more people than ships, and there are seven people in the pirate group, but Yuna and Arlene are strictly non-combatants, and you bought a patrol plane, which is a waste of resources and too ostentatious." Nathan explained, "You have to learn to hide your clumsiness, Fuwei, and don't expose your strength until you have to. β
"Got itβ" Fu Wei said in a long voice.
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On this day, the utility-class cargo ship went out alone, in the cockpit, in the front and co-pilot's seats, sitting Jeffs and Foway, behind the seats, standing Zorro, the three of them were on their way to the Black Rock Star L point, and the task of this trip was to purchase small starships.
Jeffs's Chick arrived at the Black Rock Star L-point LDS sailing mode exit zone, and above the Black Planet orbit, the Trident-like Star Dock in Provence entered the porthole view.
"Let's go to the ship trading market in the Star Dock in Provence to pick up a ship, after all, there is no garrison here, only bounty hunters, and it is relatively safe." Jeffs said while controlling the ship: "But the ship purchased in the regular market cannot be bargained, and the amount of money is how much it is. β
Jeffs's Utility Class Cargo Ship gradually approached the Provence Star Dock in the orbit of Black Rock, and completed the docking action under the guidance of the dock monitoring station.
The trio entered the inner portion of the Star Base, led by Jeffs, all the way to the Ralph Guild Ship Market, a huge built-in ship assembly display port.
Fuwei's mouth opened into an O-shape, and this huge trading market alone was no bigger than the internal space of the Aurelia Pirate Base! The three of them came to an unmanned operating platform, in front of which was an enclosed circular porthole, through which they could see the circular booth below, on which brand-new starships were displayed.
Jeffs stood in front of the operating platform, clicked a few touch screen buttons, and a sweet female electronic voice spoke: "Welcome to the Ralph Guild Ship Market!" I'm your smart shopping guide, where you can fully understand the performance and price of your chosen starship, and you can complete the assembly here, of course, provided you have a financial array chip issued by the Pegasus galaxy! β
Jeffs pulled the bearer chip out of his bosom and shook it on the scanner.
"Distinguished guests, you will get comprehensive and thoughtful service, I wish you a happy purchase!"
"Alright!" Jeffs took the chip back into his arms and said to Fowei and Zorro: "Take the pick!" β
It really feels good to be rich!
Standing in front of the operating platform, Fuwei felt like a big money! Although Nathan advises himself not to buy frigates, but look at the head office, right? There are six options on the operation screen, which are shuttles, fighters, frigates, destroyers, cruisers and battleships, shuttles are orbital aircraft smaller than small starships, mainly including maintenance machines, yachts, small minecarts, SNRVs and other private aircraft.
The fighter option is the category that Fuwei wants to choose to buy, but the first thing Fuwei clicks on to see is the battleship category, mothership, giant cargo ship, giant auxiliary ship, assault ship, fortress ship, battleship, the length of each ship is more than 1km, it is a well-deserved starry sky giant, this category of super giant starships, the price ranges from 10 million to 50 million star coins, and you need to make an appointment in advance.
But in the battleship category, there is still no largest starship in the starry sky, the dreadnought-class giant, and there is not a single one in the entire Pegasus galaxy, let alone in the starship market.
The hull length of the cruiser category is between 0.5km and 1km, and the types include light cruisers, heavy cruisers, light aircraft carriers, cargo ships, auxiliary ships and supply ships, etc., which are giant starships, and the price ranges from 3 million to 10 million stars.
The hull length of the destroyer category is between 0.3km and 0.5km, and the types include destroyers, armed cargo ships, light aircraft carriers, army transport ships, auxiliary ships, maintenance ships, fuel supply ships, etc., which are large starships, with prices ranging from 1.3 million to 3 million stars.
The hull length of the frigate category is between 100m and 300m, and the types include tugboats, gunboats, frigates, patrol aircraft, armed merchant ships, fuel transport ships, etc., which belong to medium-sized starships, and the price ranges from 500,000 to 1.3 million stars.
Fuwei browsed it in turn, and was dazzled, so many starships of different types and different functions really aroused Fuwei's greed, and he wanted to buy each one!
But this time I came to buy small starship fighters, Fuwei reluctantly closed the frigate category, clicked on the fighter category, fighters usually appear in formation, a standard small starship formation, usually has five small starships, fighter categories, divided into interceptors, fighters, star mines, missile ships, heavy fighters, UAVs and small merchant ships, they are thin and small, the length of the hull is less than 100m, can be docked or landed on the mothership, for supply and maintenance, more suitable for entering and exiting the planet, Star Base and Star Dock.
Pick and choose, choose and choose, Fuwei locked the "broadsword-class heavy fighter", the shape is really like a broad-edged sword with a narrow front and a wide back, the hull length is 40m, the empty load mass is 3625t, the approved number of people is 1+2, and it has two gunner positions, but it can also be piloted by a single person.
The propulsion system of this small starship is a standard assault array, excellent maneuverability, equipped with Class 1 LDS drives and light hull armor, and the reason why Fowei likes it is not only because it is expensive, but also because of the ship's shipboard weapon system.
"Referring to the firepower configuration, the quadrant light particle light cannon x2, the Grimm gun x1..."
"You have a crush on this?" Zorro leaned over, glanced at the operation screen, and said: "The Broadsword-class heavy fighter is very effective against light fighters, and continuous artillery fire is a very big threat to medium-sized ships such as frigates. Generally speaking, the standard formation of a small starship formation is a team of five, but a formation of Broadsword-class heavy fighters? Three ships are enough. β
After listening to Zorro's introduction, Fu Wei was even more sure that his exclusive ship was a Broadsword-class heavy fighter! The price is 400,000 Star Coins! Without hesitation, he pressed the buy button on the operation screen.