Unaware of the fact that the Demon Kings were close to their allies, Pan Wen had almost slowly transformed himself into a normal merchant in the three months since the Empire and the Federation stopped mercenary activities—except for the fleet, which was still out of the average level of the masses. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The temporary peace created by the mercenaries being confined is very important, not only because he did not have any friction with the patrol fleets on both sides when he stole the mines, but also occasionally helped them drive away other people who came to steal the mines. Eating alone was not what he was trying to do, but the important thing was that MR241's brief steadiness could not tolerate too many participants stealing together.

The biggest enemy in the eyes of the Empire and the Federation is always the other side, and MR241 is only a small part of the border area in the eyes of the Empire or the Federation, and neither side will invest too much official force here, so when the situation of MR241 enters the level that the patrol fleet cannot control, the two sides are likely to activate the mercenary system again, at most under a different name.

The income from stealing ore is not very high, and due to the need to avoid all the fleets, even if you use the method of "devouring" large stones, the monthly income in the first month can only be maintained to more than 20,000 Star Coins. In order to improve efficiency, Pan Vin finally procured a custom accessory for a Caesar-class heavy cruiser, the asteroid disintegration pod.

The asteroid disintegration pod is actually one of the Caesar-class optional accessories, a simplified version of the trailer dock, which eliminates the layered structure of the dock, but it is a box. With this box, the Gold can do the same actions as the Harbor, and with a slight increase in the criteria for selecting targets, the overall mining efficiency of the fleet is still strengthened by more than sixty percent.

Since the Caesar-class optional accessories are not responsible for local energy supply, and there is no power and shield, even if there is a stealth appearance that fits the main body, it is still very cheap, and the cost of the pod has already been paid back in the second month through additional income.

But then again, the purchased accessories look good, but when used, the combat adaptability of the Caesar-level body will plummet.

Reduced acceleration, increased inertia due to increased mass of the body when attitude changes, non-combat surface interception and occlusion angles, etc., in short, can only be used in non-combat missions.

From another point of view, the almost non-combat activities also gave the crew enough time to release the psychological pressure, from 25 cases of psychological counseling a day three months ago to one case every three days now, Pan Wen believes that his fleet is ready to face a super-scale war at any time to fish in troubled waters.

By the time the three months had passed, the overall income from mining had reached a considerable level, but due to the annual salary of the current year, the excess salary cap reduced the income to 40,000 Star Coins. Coupled with the income from the frigate and the K7 gold mining team that came back from K30 earlier, Pan Wen had enough money in hand to buy a third Caesar-class battleship at this time.

However, Pan Wen still gave up the purchase of the third Caesar-class when the follow-up heavy cruiser had been unlocked, and was ready to hoard more funds to buy the main battle heavy cruiser, and at the same time, the negotiation work of borrowing his own D21 development company team had started in advance, and the final offer given by the black house would be further reduced according to the note. The basic principle is to complete the negotiation and enter the project preparation stage, so that the black house does not need to expedite some parts/equipment in the later stage, so as to reduce unnecessary expenses.

Cruisers are classified less than medium and light ships, and the larger the tonnage, the fewer classifications there are, because they can already integrate enough functions on their own, and when it comes to the heavy cruiser class, they are mainly classified by focusing on classification and no longer functional.

The focus of the Caesar-class is to be divided into tactical information integrated ships, and compared with direct combat capabilities, the Caesar-class is not ranked in the top ten among many heavy cruisers.

Pan Wen is looking at the brand-new warship unveiled by Factory 404 at the press conference of the first annual meeting of this year, the H1 Mischler class.

The Hx Mishale class is a heavy cruiser model jointly manufactured by Factory 404 and Titan Heavy Industries, and the H0 Mishale class has occupied the top three in the sales list of heavy cruisers for several years at the moment. Compared to its predecessor, the H1 Mischler class has a better shield system and a new module introduction system without the slightest increase in tonnage.

The new module introduction system must be highlighted.

Titan Heavy Industries' original module system is a simple internal module, such as training/remote control, residence/canteen, energy storage module, additional sub-engine module, etc., in addition to the remote control function, other module replacement can not give direct help in actual combat, because the engine of this gang of goods will leave redundant loads, enough to carry full effectiveness combat and shield recovery for more than 100 seconds.

The H1 Mishaler class uses a new external module, 2 columns on the left and right sides of each column 3, when using the empty module, the space occupied by the twelve modules can be used by the hangar, when the weapon module is used, in addition to carrying additional interception systems, additional key shields, missile arrays and other single modules, etc., you can also use the main gun module that occupies the double module position, the hyperspace information module of the 2+x module and the X+X energy module.

Among them, 2+x occupies one module on the left and right, and runs through the entire hull hangar in the middle, of course, this structure also matches the original floor passage in the ship to extend to enter and exit the hangar. If the volume of the included channels is calculated, 2+x is almost five modules. Unfortunately, this is a deceptive gimmick, the width of the module is 242 meters, plus the width of the HX Mischler class itself is also more than 240 meters, except for a loading by the factory when the order is placed, there is no suitable dock for operation, unless a new dock is designed and manufactured for loading and unloading the module, or open loading while opening the interior to receive cosmic ray baptism.

The energy module of x+x is designed for safety, and the energy module itself does not occupy the module bits on both sides, but at the same time, the complexity of the energy module also leads to the difficulty of replacing the module on its own, so it is officially recommended that the user chooses the function to be equipped with a 2+x overall module.

After the full module filling of the H1 Mischaler, the capacity of the hangar will be greatly reduced, and the usable capacity will be reduced by 40% compared with the H0 Mischaler. However, Pan Wen doesn't care too much about the size of the hangar now, he is self-employed, and he has a small volume and heavy firepower such as an oversized mecha at hand, and there is no need to buy full combat strength for the hangar of these big guys, and the hangar is generally just used as a trophy storage warehouse.

After the H1 Mishale is equipped with four dual-module positive electronic main guns, the number of main guns will reach an astonishing ten, of which two are double-mounted, that is, there are a total of 12 main guns! If the automatic modification of the intelligent host is also carried out, Pan Wen can greatly strengthen the firepower of the fleet without paying too much maintenance costs, and the fleet in the protracted war stage is equivalent to two more golden ships.

Of course, just like the Shotgun, which was converted into more than 40,000 Star Coins when it was purchased with points, the heavy firepower main battle type like the H1 Mishale will be more expensive, this ship is 20% larger than the Gold, and after including four sets of main gun modules and a set of key shield x2 + additional energy modules, the negotiation team quoted 198,000 Star Coins when they consulted, and it is said that the price has been discounted. The two vacated modules Pan Wen did not waste anything, and these two modules will be used as a matching transformation for fighters/mecha hangars in the form of gifts.

Pan Wen's entire fleet does not have a special fighter/mecha hangar, after all, the large hangar can be compatible with small functions, and in turn, the hangar is made into a layer of ten or twenty meters, and the big one cannot be accommodated. However, the special hangar for fighter mechs is not useless, this thing can save some links when launching mechs/fighters in large hangars, shorten the reaction time of delivery, and at the same time it is more convenient to maintain, and do not require too much large equipment to cooperate.

According to the latest schedule received, if the final offer of the black house can be reduced to about 160,000, his fundraising efficiency can also be stabilized, and it will be three months before he gets the h1 Mishaler, so it is useless to be in a hurry.

Money and the fleet itself aside, during the three months of calm, Panvin's main thing to do was to push for the perfection of the MCOSX thrusters.

He and the shareholders of D21 Development Company have fed back comprehensive data on thrusters, but with D21 Development Company's own R&D strength, there is still a long way to go to make MCOSX fully meet the requirements of modern warfare, and for the time being, it can only develop a civilian market for it. Pan Wen knew where the MCOSX came from, and even guessed that it was a broken product, so he also knew that this thing was thrown into the second world and had to be completely improved before it could finally reach the practical standard in the real world.

To this end, after contacting the communication ship between MR243 and MR251 several times, Pan Wen obtained the authorization of the shareholders' meeting to take out MCOSX as a bargaining chip in the negotiation with Factory 404 and Titan Heavy Industries, but the purpose was not to buy the ship himself as collateral, but to use the research and development strength of the two factories and share the patent rights of subsequent models.

This was an easy thing to do, and in fact the negotiations on MCOSX were almost complete.

As a new type of thruster model in the second world, MCOSX has also shown enough advantages, and Factory 404 and Titan Heavy Industries have obtained a very profitable thruster that has already met civilian needs without paying any preliminary research, manufacturing, and testing. As long as they invest a negligible amount of R&D efforts and make any small improvements to make it a new model, Pan Wenfang's initial request to be able to share patents has been achieved.

As for the other shareholders of D21 Development Company, they are willing to give away the patent sharing rights to the two major manufacturers, because the two companies are not only military products, but also produce civilian ships, and once MCOSX is used in the civilian ships of the two companies, D21 Development Company will immediately become a low-cost supporting manufacturer without patent fees. As for the potential customers will switch to the two large factories, it is not a big problem, D21 Development Company's main business is energy fuel, even if the production capacity is expanded several times, it can only provide the manufacture of civilian ships for two or three nearby galaxies, and the products of the two large factories are spread over dozens of galaxies, if MCOSX is popularized, the demand for overhaul and refitting alone has exceeded the number of orders that D21 Development Company itself can access.

At this time, the focus of MCOSX negotiations is all focused on two points - the R&D reinvestment of the two major manufacturers after it is put into production, and the scope of "subsequent models".

Speaking of which, this negotiation gave the D21 company, which had registered the MCOSX patent early, an advantage for the McoSx concept, which was a new concept thruster, and there were no other similar products at the time of patent registration, so the scope of the description became very wide, according to the patent book, "a new concept magnetodynamic thruster with no fuel consumption and no weaker thrust than plasma thrusters of the same volume." ”

In order to avoid the concept of subsequent models, either increase the fuel and change to a composite propulsion mode, or deliberately make it lower than the plasma thruster. The former will increase the requirements for the characteristics of the material, such as heat resistance, and at the same time increase the cost, and increase the volume of the product due to the increase of complexity; Not to mention the latter, both ways of avoiding subsequent models lead to a decrease in market competitiveness, which is by no means something a businessman should do. Oh! There is another way, wait for the D21 development company to go bankrupt and the patent will automatically become invalid!

The shopping mall is like a battlefield, and the follow-up technology has to be given to others for free, which will naturally make the negotiation go unwell, but in some aspects, D21 Development Company has made concessions, if the follow-up development progress of MCOSX can maintain the industry advantage, D21 Company will not authorize other companies to participate in the development of the MCOSX series, and the shipyard managed by D21 Development Company will definitely have a higher price for external shipments than the two factories.

It may not be a big deal in the eyes of those who have not studied business methods, but D21 Development is the only legal company that owns the patent rights of MCOSX at this time, so its license will be protected by the Interstellar Tribunal, and even if other companies obtain similar patents through any subsequent channels, those who start a lawsuit to own the patent first will also be favored. If other companies are no longer authorized to participate in the subsequent development, it is equivalent to the two factories sharing profits and gaining a legal advantage. Compared with monopoly, the co-ownership of two factories can not only circumvent the anti-monopoly laws of some regions, but also D21 does not participate in price competition, so that the two factories with a long-term history of cooperation can easily achieve actual monopoly profits on a single product.

Compared with the profits generated by the monopoly industry, the subsequent possible counterfeits and counterfeits are not considered in the negotiations, and the trend of imitation of products with real advantages is inevitable, and the scale of the two factories also gives them enough confidence to maintain the product generation gap with their opponents when they occupy the first place.