Chapter 36: A Chance Encounter

Candace, female, elite driver.

License: Elite Advanced Starship Mastery (25% Strength), Subsidiary License Beginner × 3 (Upper and Lower Attack Limit, Equipment Durability 10%). Pilot Knowledge (General Class), Subsidiary License: Advanced Capital Ship Mastery (Patrol Ships, Frigates, and all variants of both ships gain an additional 20 Shield Charge per second). Elite Advanced Fire Control (+15% Sustained Fire Accuracy); Subsidiary License Beginner × 3 (Reduces particle flow duration for particle weapons by 5%, increases beam weapon focus by 5%, and increases the rate of live weapons by 5%)

Candace is a ...... with short curly hair in light brown A neutral girl with curly hair, the number of her licenses is a lot more than the current Pan Wenzhen.

Pan Wen was very puzzled by this for a while, and recently when he was idle in a chat with Doris, he learned that the need for spiritual power is different for different superpower resonances at different stages!

According to his own understanding, it can be divided into five stages: ordinary, elite, rare, boss, and flagship, and the primary master license only needs the mental power of its stage to open the superpower resonance, for example, the rare level primary master license needs at least 3 points of mental power to maintain, and the advanced level is twice as much. The expert level should be three times, otherwise if the expert level is increased to four times, his flagship level will simply be a show, and he won't even be able to open a master license ability at that time.

So don't look at the Candace super class license so much, but in comparison, her mental power is definitely inferior to Pan Wen's when she uses all the elite-level licenses. This is in line with the principle that most NPCs only maintain a certain level advantage over the player.

Before hiring Candace, Pan Wen also deliberately opened the license information purchased earlier and confirmed one thing by comparing the license information on many people's registrations.

It is true that there is only one specialization in the general-purpose license driving knowledge license, which seems to be out of the ranks of the so-called subsidiary of the general license, and not only that, but the effect of the three specializations under this license is also very different. Individual Pilot Mastery, which improves the overall firepower and evasion performance of fighters, mechs and other personal pilots; The Capital Ship Specialization provides additional shield charges for patrol ships, frigates, and both variants; The Mega Ship Mastery only increases the Giant Flying Body's beam and particle firepower and accuracy points. It is also in line with the type advantages of various ships and aircraft.

Although Candace is only an elite rank, his special rank makes Pan Wen still pay a signing fee of 300 Star Coins and an annual salary of 200 Star Coins, which is comparable to Matthew, who has a Starship Mastery Expert Suit license.

After the hired staff spent a total of 650 Star Coins signing money, Pan Wen had one more thing to do.

"What are your requirements for housing?"

"Boss, your financial representative and security guard have a total of eight people, it is better to rent a larger house, and it will be more convenient for you to return to Hong Kong in the future to deal with affairs and live."

Pan Wen turned his face slightly and twitched his eyelids, and finally nodded.

Segeis is a mobile star in the Sea of Death, and there is no other place for humans to live in MR242 except for Segeis and several affiliated space stations, and the housing prices here are not cheap.

Although he was distressed that the money was spent outside of war preparation, he also knew that this was a step to be taken after all, even if he had a small meeting with the captain in the future, it was better to have his own suite than to go to the restaurant outside to talk.

Finding a house is not a hassle, Segeis is not a natural city in the atmosphere, it is all planned. There are three types of living areas, the largest part is the hotel and entertainment area, which is the main industry; Then there are the administrative and public areas; The smallest sub-blocks are the residential and parliamentary districts. Legend has it that there is also a moat with its own mansions, which is closer to the interior of Segeis.

Residential and council districts occupy less than 20 per cent of the total area of living quarters, but 80 per cent of the population lives. There are only two residential and council areas in the whole Segeis, one is the affordable area, and the rooms there are very similar to the house where Pan Wen lives in the hotel, just one room and one bathroom, all the living functions rely on folding, collection, etc., and the low-income strata of Segeis live here, and they often need three or four people to afford the rent of a room of 25 to 30 square meters. The other is the real residential and council area, which is surrounded by a whole high-rise residential building, and when the Confederate, Grand League and Brotherhood tripartite council, a giant projection in several directions allows the entire residential and council area to follow the council in real time.

After registering at the relevant counter of the Security Administration and paying the first installment, in less than an hour, Phan Van had a duplex house with a total area of 420 square meters. For this reason, he has to pay a residential lease fee of 100 Star Dollars per year, which is almost as much as the annual usage fee of the two docking ports combined!

The large duplex house was designed with the maid's accommodation in mind, so it comes with a maid's room with a private toilet of about 30 square meters and four beds. Unfortunately, there is only one bed in the other two guest rooms and two master bedrooms, which is still a bit difficult for Pan Wen's team. The trouble is that because the automation is too high, the replacement of beds and other equipment is more painful than when furniture was used in ancient times.

"It still doesn't seem to be enough."

The person in charge of the financial representative, named Hu Ke, also nodded: "I propose that you take out a little money to make a slight renovation of the house, in addition to the beds, several girls in the security team may also have their own ideas to make some changes to the house." ”

Pan Wen glanced at the three girls wearing light exoskeleton armor next to him, saw the nod of the black hair in the middle, thought about it for a while, and allocated 100 star coins to Hu Ke. It's not that he slammed the door, 100 star coins is by no means a small amount of money in ground crew, and a set of full-cover power armor is only 10 star coins.

"I'm going to give you two tasks next, and you can use them as your main tasks. First, pay as much attention as possible to the interaction center of our friendly alliance, if there are bosses and flagship rank captains and technicians, contact them, if there is a good employment record and the annual salary is not higher than 1500 Star Coins, I authorize you to sign directly. Second, through your own channels, investigate Scarlong, the leader of the engineering group in the Fourth Port District, and on the premise that he does not attract his attention, it is okay to have a rough information. ”

After getting rid of the sundries, Pan Wencai made arrangements for the financial representatives. The financial representative signed an agreement that allowed them to sign some contracts on behalf of Pan Wen, and the required funds would be billed to his accounts, which would not be effective until Pan Wen had completed the payment, and would not be lost due to the financial team's malfeasance.

Pan Wen wants to investigate Scardragon to pave the way for in-depth cooperation in the future, maybe it won't be needed, maybe it will be useful one day in the future.

As for the security girls, there is no need to arrange it, and the occupation allows them to only ensure their safety during Pan Wen's arrival in Hong Kong.

With everything in order, it was almost time for the crew to assemble, and Pan Wen moved towards the port area for the first time under security protection.

I didn't expect to go downstairs just a few steps before I met an acquaintance.

"Ahh Mr. Pan! More than twenty meters away, a man waved and shouted.

I took a look...... It's Curly, well, the guy who drove the Stardestroyer and shouted to avenge his friend.

Before Pan Wen could return the gift, Curly Hair dragged the woman next to him and walked over a few steps quickly, introducing: "Bonnie, this is Mr. Pan who helped us a lot last time." Mr. Pan, this is Bonnie, my partner, and the last ship was hers. ”

Partner, thinking back to the condition of the road before he said hello...... It seems that there is also a part-time lover.

It turned out that the unlucky guy was a female captain, who also had distinctly Latino characteristics according to the old racial taxonomy, and her long black hair was tied in a high ponytail.

With the introduction of curly hair, Pan Wen shook Bonnie's outstretched fingers slightly, and it was not polite to shake hands with the woman's whole hand.

"Mr. Pan, if it weren't for your generosity last time, I might have been able to spend the whole year on someone else's boat."

At that time, he handed over all the wreckage of her frigate to Curly Fur to dispose of, and it seems that he has gained a lot of friendship.

"That's what every Segois should do." Pan Wen said as if he was upright, and suddenly changed the subject and asked, "Why, you also live here?" ”

Curly nodded: "Yes, the environment here is closer to the atmosphere, and the security is more secure." Mr. Ban, if I may, I would like to invite you to my home for a meal to express our gratitude a little. ”

Pan Wen shook his head and made a gesture of pity: "I'm really sorry, I'm going to leave the port now, and the crew is already waiting." ”

Curly and Bonnie looked at each other and said, "In that case, may I ask if you are free next month, we may have a business that needs Mr. Pan's help." ”

Pan Wen's slender eyes widened slightly, Curly Hair couldn't say the same thing as Kareda! May 18 is also the middle of the month, and it is even more coincidental that Kareda's family, the Jijemets, are also members of the Segeis Grand League, just like Curly.

Whether it was the same thing or not, he was going back to Hong Kong anyway, and he spent a little willpower to hold back his curiosity, and naturally agreed: "If the 'business' goes well, I will return to Hong Kong between the 15th and the 18th." ”

The time was booked, and the two parties officially exchanged personal information cards for contact after returning to Hong Kong.

When he finally arrived at the port, he was just about to board the ship when a shock from his wrist interrupted his steps.

It's a video notification.

"Lord Pan Wen, it's really sad that you didn't contact me when you returned to Hong Kong."

The only one who could speak to Pan Wen in this tone was Kareda. She seemed to have forgotten the embarrassment that day when Pan Wen learned her surname.

"Didn't the incident you mentioned say that two frigates are not enough, and I am also working hard to do some business at the last time, hoping to have one more ship."

"Giggles, I've heard that you already have three frigates and an armed merchant ship, and you really want to buy another ship for that?" Kareda smiled with a slender index finger on her lips, quite seductive.

"Of course, there is a saying in the ancient East called a hundred days for a husband and wife in one night, and I am sure that you will not spend so long making a trap for me. Besides, who doesn't like money in Segeis, I don't want to be killed before I see the profits. ”

Pan Wen's restraint was good, and he complimented Kareda not too significantly when he spoke.

"Ahh Your love story is so beautiful! Kareda happily pressed her hand near the clavicle fossa, "Lord Panwen, I really miss you a little, maybe we can talk about some personal matters before next month's meeting?" ”

"That's my pleasure." Pan Wen nodded with a smile on his face.

"Great, and I wish you a smooth trip."

Turning off the communication, the smiles on the faces of the guys on both sides who seemed to be intimate lovers just now immediately disappeared.

Pan Wen tapped the scar on his eyebrows with his finger and decided to leave her alone for now, but before getting on the boat, he still gave one more order to the three security girls.

"Elsa, help me tell the treasurers to keep an eye out for missile patrol ships and minelayers that they are planning to take. It was troublesome for them to contact the personnel to inspect the ship, and if there were any, they dragged the seller first and waited for me to come back. ”

Patrol ships and frigates are both capital warships, and of course, most of the patrol ships are considered cannon fodder in battle. The call just now made Pan Wen feel that he still had to continue to get conventional frigates to ensure the initiative in the MR251 incident, and the tactical expansion was temporarily dealt with with by patrol ship-level ships, after all, the consumption level of support ships was higher, and it was really difficult to make up money with frigate-level ones.

"Hmm." Elsa, the head of the security guard, with her brown flat head, spoke briefly.