Gold stayed on the far side of Hymer, and Pan Wen took Ensign 1 to the D21 satellite again.

Arriving with the ship, there were several sets of small space manufacturing equipment ordered by Kareda, except for one for the orbital port, the others were bought by Scardragon, who had already decided to build a factory here. In addition, the gifts brought by Pan Wen at his own expense were hundreds of miniature defense aircraft.

The miniature defense aircraft is not a fighter, and its weapon energy intensity is only at the vehicle level, that is, at the level of 5e7 to 1e8 per second, and according to space tactics, the best is only barely enough for a level 1 gun. With such bad firepower, even if the volume of the miniature defense aircraft is only about five cubic meters, it is completely inadequate in space combat.

In fact, the main task of the micro defense aircraft is not combat, it is equipped with an active/passive dual-mode detector that occupies nearly half of its own volume, which is comparable in size to a powerful fighter (200 to 300 tons of fighters), and is a UAV dedicated to the task of perimeter vigilance.

"Master Pan, you have really helped a lot, I really can't take care of these things with the funds in my hand." Kareda thanked him movingly, and came up to give Pan Wen a hug.

I don't know how true or false this woman's expression is, but Pan Wen is only thinking about his own industry, based on his recent income, the miniature defense aircraft is very cheap, and a few hundred units add up to the price of two second-hand medium-sized patrol ships.

"It's good to be able to use it, but if you get by bugs in outer space, it will be embarrassing."

The meaningless war between humans and bugs has lasted for a long time in historical records, and it is also quite well studied to know their opponents.

In the face of a swarm that has reached a certain level of evolution, in order to achieve complete victory in the ground battle, apart from destroying the planet, humanity has not found any battle launched from the ground to do it. However, when the battlefield moves to space, even if the insects are more difficult to detect from a distance, humans still have a large weapon advantage, which makes the failure rate of human duels with insects in space in history very low, and only a few times are crushed by numerical superiority.

"It should ...... It won't be so unlucky. ”

She wasn't even sure when she spoke, which surprised Pan Wen a little.

"Serious?"

Kareda shook her head: "I don't know if it's serious, a few days ago, Adele returned to Segeis, only two biologists were found, there is not a sufficient number of professionals, the research on the mechanism of evolution is carried out very slowly, and it may not be until next month to have specific results." ”

Compared with some men, Pan Wen still has some impressions of Adele, the name that appears several times in Kareda's mouth, is the secretary standing behind her at this moment. Most of the supplies for the orbital fleet back to Segois were led by Adele, and occasionally by Ann, her housekeeper.

Pan Wen raised his eyebrows when he listened: "Oh? So those bugs are different from D21's? How come it is the same in my memory? ”

In the first ten days of the development of D21, Pan Wen was also there, and when he conducted a comprehensive survey of the surroundings of Haimer Star, he also collected a few other moons with bugs, and their evolutionary stages were slightly different, but they obviously belonged to the same kind of alien insect development, and the obvious evidence is that they all have crystal worms, which are war insects with exoskeletons specialized for human light weapons.

"We're also puzzled by this, but D21 has recently evolved more than a dozen bugs that are not on the record, and some people think they are already in a highly random evolutionary stage."

The two chatted a few more words, and Kareda asked the secretary to direct the launch of the miniature defense aircraft on the spot, which seemed a little urgent.

When she made arrangements, Kareda asked to go to the second lieutenant No. 1 to have a look, and Pan Wen naturally did not refuse, leading her back to the ship with the housekeeper.

"Hey, I don't know how long it's been since I've seen such a new ship." Accompanied by him, Kareda observed Ensign No. 1 and seemed to be quite emotional.

There is little difference between the old and the new of the battleship in terms of appearance, and the polymer materials laid inside are also the same as new, mainly because the metal structure is more or less scratched after a long time, especially the wall near the hangar is not protected by polymer materials, and there are many mechanical equipment and large structures in and out, and the wear and tear of the metal wall will be the same as the war after a few years.

Most of the pirates use second-hand goods, or knockoffs made by the black factories of Segeis, and a small number of new ships from regular manufacturers that have been purchased by various means want to sell them for a good price, and Kareda said that it is normal not to see a new ship for a long time.

"You should know that my fleet only has four models, and I don't know where to get a ship without buying a new one."

Kareda turned her head to look at him, pretended to look at the surroundings again, and asked, "Is only four models enough?" ”

"It's not enough, but I don't have a stable income, and I'm still waiting for D21's profits."

Karuida is still very good as a partner, and he will not have no money when he buys supplementary supplies because he only has a few more profits, not to mention that the two have a skin-to-skin relationship, and Pan Wen is not deliberately perfunctory.

"Giggle." Kareda laughed, "Lord Pan Wen is too modest, you now have 'that kind of ship', and if you want to get a higher dividend than hunting in D21, I'm afraid it will take a lot of time to develop." ”

"Sometimes there is a lot of time and there is no bottom in my heart, recently the mercenaries of the empire and the federation have been fighting in 241, and I have no prey to fight."

"Aren't mercenaries limited to small ships?" Karuida was puzzled, but she knew that Pan Wen had been able to take out the squadron of the regular army of the Federation with a worse fleet earlier, and although she had not asked for details, even luck was part of the strength.

Pan Wen shrugged: "Small is small, but now they are fighting with two or three hundred ships at every turn, and I don't dare to get too close." ”

"Ahh She let out a surprised voice, "How can there be so many?" Even if the regular army were to use this scale, it would not be considered a small battle. ”

"Don't mention it, it will be more of a headache in the future, maybe Segeis will start to be threatened after a while, it's better for you to step up the development of D21, if you are too short of money, the money for the scalpel between us can be suspended for a few months."

"That's great!"

Pan Wen spit out the last few syllables, and Carreda didn't give Pan Wen a chance to repent, shouted in surprise, hugged him and kissed him the mouth.

…… The speed of his reaction made him feel a little fooled.

But to be honest, the role that 6,000 Star Coins can play in the current situation of MR241 is really limited, and it is a consumable when counted as a ship alone, and the benefits of using it for Karuida to purchase equipment that cannot be made at this time for development can be even greater.

"You seem to be worse off than I thought."

Before answering, Kareda changed from holding his posture to holding his hand: "Who said it wasn't, until now, only a shipload of processed semi-finished products has been put together and sold back to Segeis, and the equipment is gone after purchasing, and the shortage of personnel is becoming more and more obvious." ”

The easiest way to solve the personnel gap is to open the port to welcome customers, and there will be various job opportunities when there is passenger flow, which will naturally attract countless low-level personnel. But this approach is no different from giving away wealth when the D21 development team itself is not strong enough.

"You wouldn't want a loan, would you?" Pan Wen asked a little worriedly.

Because of the existence of players who can "make money", the credit mechanism of the second world is very strict. For example, when you take out a loan with assets worth 100,000 star coins as collateral, you can only borrow half of the appraised value of the assets, and the loan of Interstellar Union Bank does not need to pay interest, but you have to obtain about 10% of the ownership that is, equity, when you lend.

"I'm not as eager to strengthen my strength as Lord Pan Wen, D21 is now a little more productive, at most slower, not to the point of finding those vampires."

Slow down, that's true along the general lines.

The galaxies behind MR Cluster 251 are either not suitable for modification, or the path between two adjacent star systems is too far, which makes it difficult for ordinary ships, especially large-tonnage cargo ships, to pass through, and it is very difficult to develop. 251 is located in the fringe area of human power, there are almost no conflicts of interest for the time being, and a little slower development is nothing more than more time under normal circumstances, and the risk of subsequent expansion is very small.

However, at this moment, MR241 is chaotic enough, and I don't know how long the mobile star base can hold the jump circle. Because Segeis is an artificially modified mechanical bewildered star, it does not rely on a gas star, and many resources rely on external transportation, although there is a particle storm area known as the Sea of Death as a cover, but the conventional cargo ship and its escort fleet will definitely not be able to withstand the crazy hunting of the player group. Once considered a target, the rapid depletion of the war potential is predictable.

"No, it can't be delayed any longer, D21 needs to reach the strength to open the port as soon as possible, we need to increase investment, and every shipowner has to pay another money. After the public information sharing is completed, you let everyone read the news of the MR241 war, and I will stay for a few more days and cooperate with you to have a meeting with everyone to discuss the amount of capital increase. ”

Pan Wen is still very decisive, the money he has in hand was intended to be used for other purposes, but when he realized that the development progress of D21 had reached the point where it was delayed by funds, he immediately decided to increase his capital.

Even if the other shareholders don't know the general situation, he has a way to give the money to Kareda for another reason, of course, if he really goes that far, he will undoubtedly ask for more equity, and I hope his teammates will not be too embarrassed.