Chapter Ninety-Eight: Free Supplies

It's not that Pan Wenduo is arrogant and pretentious, and he doesn't pay attention to other NPCs other than the Awakened, but because he knows the Awakened and the player too well, and in front of these two, everything else is just a small fight.

The most powerful advantage of being an Awakened is not how much more money you have to start at the beginning of the epoch, nor is it the one-on-one advantage that comes with high-level NPC skills. NPCs must first know what kind of environment they are in, and recognize that the enemy is definitely not a creature that can be inferred from "common sense" and "history" in order to be considered an awakened person. Only those who maintain a clear understanding can avoid being seized by the enemy as much as possible to take advantage of their weaknesses.

Not to mention the player group, the second world is the world they see as they want, and the outnumbered people, the unafraid tactics, the disregard for the cost of action, and the domineering ability to retain all the memories after death make them a group that is impossible to defeat completely, and in front of them, the word survival may be more appropriate for NPCs.

Sending away the Kharida fleet that came back for renovation and the Scarred Dragon who accompanied the expedition, Pan Wen should also plan his own affairs.

Pan Wen's fleet scalpel and Kuroshio are gone, and after the new two cannon fodder ships passed, Doris had four Fat Dun, Heavy Hammer, and cannon fodder ships (Soldier 1, 2, 3, and 4). Cannon fodder ships belong to the new system, don't care; The Fat Dun is a light cruiser, and it is impossible for him to configure a large number of them in the near future, so it is good for a ship to carry its own accessories; The Heavy Hammer is a very good heavy frigate, and some of the Titan Heavy Industries accessories can be used with the Gold, and there is no need to think about dealing with them.

In terms of fleet structure, it can be said that the ships of the frigate class and above have reached a balance point for the time being, and perhaps one or two more heavy frigates of the Cam X-VI type will need to be added.

However, a new type of warship like the Cam X-VI does not go through the channel of the dark house, and it really takes some luck to run into it in Segeis, and the Heavy Hammer can clearly remember that it is the 12th ship of the Cam X-VI before the change of shipboard, and there are only more than ten ships in the surrounding galaxies combined, and there will not be more than twenty new orders in the past few months. There is no "conscience price" for the purchase of a new Cam X-VI alone, and the purchase cost of a new Cam X-VI will reach about 25,000 star coins, and the price will be higher if it is intelligently modified, even if the personnel is reduced by half and the Marine Corps is not equipped, Pan Wen has no money to replenish.

In addition, with the combat power of the Gold to go hunting in MR241, it is not useful to have one more frigate on the side, and it will have to run away like a large-scale player sweep team, rather than thinking about using the funds that have just reached 30,000 Star Coins on hand to buy a frigate that has no money to replenish, it is better to find a way to continue to improve the configuration of the Gold itself.

The 198-metre-high Golden Hangar is located on the lower side of the front half and is divided into three floors in five sections, which can accommodate three corvettes or two smaller heavy frigates side by side when the structure is fully dismantled.

Frigates, which are already equipped with full-size main guns and have many interceptor weapons, are used on any battlefield, and it takes a lot of time to assemble when they are installed in hangars, which is not at all in line with the principles of warfare, so the Gold, which is based on Caesar I.-III. heavy cruisers, retains all the structures and continues to use layered hangars.

The entire lowest level of the hangar belongs to the first hangar, and the height of this level is the smallest, and it is already the limit to accommodate a guy like Zero, who is twenty meters.

There are three parts on the second floor, the second and third areas on the left and right sides are large maintenance hangars, and the fourth area as a partition is the maintenance center for mecha and fighter aircraft.

The third level is the patrol ship hangar, which is very different from the fat pier that can accommodate six patrol ships in layers and sections, and the fifth area of the gold hangar is straight-through, allowing six heavy patrol ships to be parked horizontally, or a total of sixteen light patrol ships to be parked horizontally on both sides.

The unrestricted mecha series still needs to be tested in actual combat, and if the Gold continues to be fully armed, it has to start with patrol ships or ordinary fighters.

Even after months of fighting, Pan Wen's fleet had countless patrol ships, but he never neglected the role of patrol ships. These small ships may explode in two or three hits of full-size artillery attacks, but if they are not taken into range, an average of two medium patrol ships can exert the attack power of a medium frigate, and the attack of heavy patrol ships is 30% higher, which is a very good target for dispersing enemy fire.

Panvin's difficulty was that he didn't want to use tactics that were too costly to fight during fleet expansion, and the loss of two patrol ships could be equivalent to the income of a small wave of his fleet, and it just so happened that patrol ships were easy to be a priority target in the face of frigates, and he was distressed when the split ship of the Scalpel was destroyed the previous time.

In order to ensure the reconnaissance capability and the possible need for boarding operations, it is necessary to continue to replenish the little guys.

Both are products of Titan Heavy Industries, and by using the remote command room of the Golden Number, both can be converted to remote control type, which is also conducive to reducing maintenance costs.

One is the accustomed powerful fighter Alai III, twenty units; The other is the multi-purpose gunboat Veess IV, six units.

Alai III does not need to be introduced too much, it has strong firepower in the same class of fighters, the geometric stick shape and the body shape of less than 30 meters also provide good concealment capabilities, through the secret technology of Titan Heavy Industries, it can be used as an epitaxial antenna of the radar to expand the effect of passive induction.

Vis IV is a guy smaller than the "Guard" class gunboat of the Islamic Empire, with a length of nearly fifty meters and a standard 600 tons. The firepower of the Vesss series is weaker than that of a gunboat, and the shield is above average, with the full shield value of the IV being 400 points, which is half that of a new light patrol ship. As a multi-purpose gunboat, the Vis Series can work part-time as a broadboarder, transporting up to 20 marines equipped with power armor at a time; In addition, it is equipped with two robotic arms under movable armor, which can assist engineering ships in some outer space work. In short, the Viss series gunboats ceased to be combat gunboats for strike fighters.

Twenty-six warplanes, gunboats, engineering ships, maintenance parts reserves and other odd expenses added up, and cost another 5,000 star coins, fortunately this time Doris was very good enough to let the remaining crew of the former Kuroshio bring back two mining machines, otherwise it would cost more money.

After completing the preparations, the crew was also resting a little rusty, so naturally they had to submit an application directly to sail.

…… Yes, the Heavy Patrol is a very important high-level weapon of war in Segois, and it is much stricter in terms of management.

However, the management of the heavy patrol is not based on restricting the freedom of the ship's owners and ships, on the contrary, the top management still encourages the heavy patrol to go out when Segeis has nothing to do.

For example, this time Pan Wen reported that he was going to take the gold to MR241 to "hunt", but a few hours later, a small leader of the Security Bureau brought a committee member of the Friendship Alliance to send money!

"In order to support Lord Pan's contribution to the reputation of Saigois, the Security Bureau has decided to provide you with free fuel rods worth 500 Star Coins and high-end canned food for this trip." The small leader of the Security Bureau sent 500 star coins of supplies as soon as he opened his mouth, including high-grade canned food produced by Resident Star, which was very popular but not costly.

As for what he said about contributing to the reputation of Segeis...... That's pure pirate logic, and it's not wrong to put it on a guy like Pan Wen who is both a federal and imperial wanted criminal.

"Mr. Pan, if the Gold can take more care of the star-base under construction during MR241's stay, the committee will give you a certain amount of membership points based on your help." The committee members who came after said that it was only the purpose of the Security Service to send supplies.

Pan Wen asked in confusion: "I don't know what I can do for Xingji?" I'm afraid that there is only a limit to what a golden ship can do, and it is not in line with my original purpose of going 'hunting'. ”

His question was answered by the head of the Security Bureau: "Master Pan is like this, now that the construction of the star base has entered an important stage, a large amount of materials are needed. Due to the tense situation in the surrounding area, transportation from Segeis used to require a convoy escort, and the cost was a bit high, and only transporting water and food accounted for a lot of traffic; In MR241, it is difficult to get enough raw materials for asteroids, and the cycle is too slow. Therefore, we are encouraging everyone to sell the proceeds of hunting in MR241 directly to the ports where the star base has not yet been completed, especially hoping to get the help of powerful members like you. ”

"Oh? That's great, and it saves me having to go back to Segeis to deal with those things, but what about the price? If it's too far from what I expected, I'm afraid I won't be able to pay the crew. ”

"It is in line with the recycling prices of our shipyards and factories under the Segeys Security Bureau. You can rest assured that the bank will also send a data ship to record the transaction contract there. ”

"Oh! I'm satisfied. ”

It is the same as the factory recycling price, that is, it is about 10% less than the money that Pan Wen got through Scardragon's way, but it takes at least two days to go back to Saigeis every time, which is more than one-tenth of the stay in MR241, so this price is very attractive to Pan Wen.

After expressing his satisfaction, without waiting for the two to be happy, he suddenly approached half a step and whispered, "Is the bank also involved?" ”

The little leader didn't know if the bank had any shares in Xinxingji, and looked at the committee members next to him.

The committee members shook their heads directly: "Nothing! It's hiring, we Segeis paid them to go there to ensure smooth transactions, and they don't want us to withdraw a large amount of physical Star Coins. ”

This reason is very good in the past, the sphere of influence of the Interstellar Union Bank is all over the entire human domination area, and it is certain to have money, but to meet the construction of a permanent star base, the movement of transporting physical star coins will not be small. Needless to say, the cost of transportation and security may prompt them to choose to send a ship directly to ensure that the contract is properly recorded in the bank's files. In fact, this method is also a common form of bulk trading in many places where there are no intergalactic communication facilities.

Pan Wen nodded in convincing: "I see, I understand." ”

Waiting for the high-end canned food provided by the Security Bureau to be on the ship, Pan Wen directly broadcast and notified all the crew, so that the girls were not afraid of being fat and seized the opportunity to eat, and it would be gone if it was not too late.

Although his fleet had always maintained a food supply above the standard, the food from the ground was still a bit expensive in the food world, and he wouldn't want to prepare it for the senior personnel with the exact same material composition.

After leaving Hong Kong, while driving in the Sea of Death, he also ran to the energy quarantine zone to take a look.

Since the arrival of the Gold, the main cannon has only fired a few shots, the fuel sent by the ship bought by Titan Heavy Industries has barely moved, and the Saigeis side has sent a few hundred star coins, which are piled up several stories high in the energy isolation area! It is indeed a bit enjoyable to look at the luminous sticks that cover an area of hundreds of square meters and are piled up into cubes, but unfortunately this thing is not safe for the human body, so you can only look at it through the transparent observation wall.