Chapter 123 Ship No. 883
A behemoth spaceship hovers in the harbor, making Hao Ren feel like he doesn't have to watch Hollywood again in his life.
It is difficult to directly judge with the naked eye how big the volume of this spaceship is, its long axis is like a mountain suspended in the harbor in Hao Ren's opinion, this ship has a light blue paint, and you can see a light gray, silver and white background color under the paint, I don't know if it has been modified from the beginning or in some way, the spaceship as a whole is a wedge-shaped with a large end and a small end, but the size is very gentle, and the two vertically crossed dividing lines divide the spacecraft into four perfectly symmetrical parts from beginning to end, Thinking of the catamaran built by the earthlings, Hao Ren felt that this should be called a "quadamaran". The wider end of the spacecraft faces the interior of the fourth port, and the thinner end faces the opening of the starport, facing the distant bright stars, and the complex light signals travel around the ship's hull, giving the impression of a firefly.
Underneath the spaceship, there are four giant steel beams (the material is certainly not steel) of the fourth connecting port, and the four giant steel beams are filled with transparent crystals, and people standing on them may have the illusion of stumbling into space, these four girders emit a constant glimmer of light, the light is not strong, but it seems to have some kind of resonance with the light on the spaceship shell suspended above it.
"That's a force field restraint device," the guide girl had already seen that Hao Ren was in contact with this scene for the first time, and had been introducing Hao Ren to this place with a perfect professional attitude, "The four main beams are used to keep the position of the spacecraft in the harbor to prevent drifting, and can provide departure acceleration or port guidance for some old types of spaceships - after all, there are still many less advanced civilizations in this universe." β
Hao Ren nodded. Looking at the opening of the port to the universe, he had just noticed that other huge objects were occasionally floating slowly in the distance. The pilot noticed his gaze and explained, "That's some other ship entering or departing. It's a massive relay station, with all ports controlled by efficient artificial intelligence and triple-digit ship throughput per day. β
Hao Ren smacked his tongue, and his eyes were still on the giant spaceship in front of him: "How big is this thing?" I'll you...... Battlestar right? β
"It's not too big, actually," the guide girl smiled, "it's a passenger and cargo ship from a private company, and it's a medium-sized ship in this sequence, with a long axis of 3.2 kilometers, and a primary space expansion container bay. Considered a big man for some rudimentary civilizations, but in your eyes...... This is also a big ship? β
Hao Ren was stunned for a moment, and didn't react to what "in your eyes" meant, and only after a few seconds did he suddenly remember his identity: an employee of the Xiling Empire's Time and Space Administration, although he is currently a temporary worker and an apprentice, but this apprentice level is also a classification that only exists within the empire, in the eyes of outsiders, there is no difference between a probationary examiner and a formal examiner, and the guide girl in front of her is to see Hao Ren as a "big man in the system". As soon as he thought of this, Hao Ren suddenly felt that the responsibility of maintaining the dignity of the empire was heavy. Like a big-tailed wolf, he nodded: "Well, of course I didn't compare it to an Imperial ship......"
The number jΓΉ terminal muttered in Hao Ren's head: "You pretend, so far in addition to this machine, have you seen other flying objects made by the Empire?" β
"I've seen it, Raven 12345's house. Not only can it fly, but it can fly backwards. β
Number jΓΉ terminal: "......"
At this time, the guide girl took out a small device and pressed it a few times, as if she was signaling to other staff at the port. Then he led Hao Ren and his party forward: "Bring you to the captain, my mission is over, please follow me." β
Hao Ren followed and walked forward. Just now he saw a small group of people standing on an alloy platform beneath the ship, who seemed to be the staff. This group of people satisfies Hao Ren's delusion of "little green men": half of them are humans who are not much different from earthlings. But the other half of the people were strangely shaped and everything, there were short and fat creatures with hairy faces, and there were also aquatic species wearing weird spherical glass helmets filled with liquid, and there were also two thin and small dwarfs with dark green skin, Hao Ren sighed when he saw these people: he felt that he had finally seen aliens in the true sense, and the guide girl beside him was so kind, he really couldn't find the feeling of entering the sea of stars......
No matter how strange the appearance of this group of people is, they are all wearing a uniform or at least close to the gray-white uniform, and the clothes have a light yellow triangular logo on the clothes, which matches the logo somewhere on the outer shell of the spaceship, at first glance it is the staff of this flight, the guide girl led Hao Ren to greet them, and finally stood in front of an unusually burly man with a mischievous smile on his face: "Mr. Captain, the VIP has been brought, and the rest is yours." β
"Oh," the man known as the captain was a burly man, with a boxy face that looked quite imposing, and a muscular body that almost burst the gray-white uniform, and he seemed to be familiar with the guide here, and waved his hand to the other party with a smile, "Go back and tell that old immortal Laval that next time I come, I'll bring some good wine, and let him get his wallet ready!" β
The guide girl smiled and nodded, and then disappeared in front of everyone's eyes with a distorted curtain of light.
"The three of you are VIPs, huh?" The "captain" turned his head to look at Hao Ren and his party, "Uh...... Who is the Examiner? β
Hao Ren was called Your Excellency for the first time in his life, and he was immediately flattered, and quickly nodded: "I, I am." So what...... Is there any boarding procedure or something? β
"You are on official duty, and after verifying your identity, you are exempted from a qiΔ formality and security check," the "captain" waved to the crew next to him to let them board the ship, and took out a rectangular device that shone with blue light, "You need to swipe your identity to verify your ......"
Before the words fell, the number of terminals jumped out of Hao Ren's pocket: "This machine is here, come and scan it." β
Hao Ren watched in astonishment as the terminal floated over and rubbed on the "captain's" scanning device, and then heard a "drop", and the device said that the verification had passed......
For the first time in his life, he saw a ticket that would check himself in!
"Then Your Excellency the Inquisitor and the two assistants, please come aboard," the captain grinned, pointing to a metal platform suspended in mid-air next to it, "Star Rapid Transit Ship 883 wishes you a pleasant journey. β
Nangong May was the first to jump up: "Get on the boat, get on the boat!" β
Hao Ren completed the boarding process almost in a state of confusion, standing on the floating platform and drifting into a small hatch under the belly of the huge spaceship, and then floating around in a large mess of corridors and warehouses, and finally came to a neat and spacious place. The sturdy captain yelled at the communications equipment on the floating platform: "Alright, signal to the control tower, ready to set sail!" β
"How long will it take us to get there?" Hao Ren suddenly remembered that he hadn't asked this itinerary question at all, because he had no idea what the concept of "eight hundred light years" was before, and at this time, he was stunned for a long time in a bunch of super-future scenes, and then he suddenly realized that he had to be faster than the speed of light once, "I'm not afraid of your jokes, this is the first time I've taken a spaceship......
"It's easy to say, it's easy to say, it's all told me above," the captain stretched out his hand and shook Hao Ren vigorously, and the knuckles of Hao Ren were rattling, "It will be there in one day, you stay in the cabin and sleep and we will arrive at the station, this ship is the star spaceship on this route, and it has been rated as the first for seven consecutive years." By the way, you can just call me 883......"
Hao Ren was stunned: "...... 883οΌ Isn't that the name of your ship? β
"I named her after my own!" The captain who called himself 883 laughed, "This is the rule on our side, a man should have a ship with his surname, we make a living from the boat, and the boat is the man's second wife!" β
Hao Ren: "......"
He felt that the captain in front of him had subtly misunderstood something, but it seemed that there were indeed cultural differences between different races, so it was better not to delve into this issue.
Hao Ren was led by another crew member to the cabin arranged for himself, he was surprised to find that this was still a luxury suite with four bedrooms, and although the interior furnishings were strange, he could see what it was for, he subconsciously asked: "Could this room be specially modified for us?" β
"No, it's a standard first-class cabin," the crew leading the way, a short, dark-skinned young man, smiled a little reservedly, "This ship is used for both passengers and freight, with sections D6 to D17 on the flanks dedicated to passenger transportation, and we have luxurious and attentive passenger service, and most of the rooms are specially designed for Class 1 carbon-based passengers...... Although we have not yet hadged a guest due to the captain's brain and the wrong license plate and there is no housekeeping department on board, at least the equipment in the room is professional. β
Hao Ren: "......"
He inexplicably felt as if he had been cheated by someone again! (To be continued......)