After a few hours of strolling around the second-hand market, the group gathered at a cafeteria in the spaceport to count the various achievements of the trip.

Sitting on the comfortable sofa, taking a sip with a cup of black tea, Robin, who was carefully browsing Christine's purchase list, couldn't help but ask, "Christine, what are you buying so many waste computer accessories for?" These are scrapped items. ”

"These are all scrap pieces removed from various space shuttles and space stations, I have checked them, and they are indeed scraps when viewed individually, but many of the accessories in them can actually be used, so I bought them at one time, and they can be used anyway." Christine said vaguely with a mouthful of jelly in her mouth.

"Oh, that's it......"

Robin knew that Christine was a computer expert, and since he said he could use it, he would definitely be able to use it.

After looking at it for a while, Robin rubbed his brow and tossed the list back to Christine. The things on this acquisition list are too professional, either information equipment or electronic equipment, so Robin is a little dizzy when he sees the various numbers, so he can only let Christine, an expert, deal with it himself.

"Robin, how much money do we have now? I mean Federated Coin. Li asked with a bitter face as he looked at the list of weapons he had on display.

During these few hours of wandering around the arms market, he and Angus were eye-opening. In the list of weapons issued by several arms dealers, the types are even more complete than the republican [***] arsenal, and even all kinds of ship-based missiles are of great variety, and each weapon has a clear introduction to its use and a surname can be reported, and it is even divided into four grades according to its comprehensive surname: A, B, C, and D.

"There is not much money, and the budget that can be spent on weapons should not exceed six million." Robin replied after a moment's thought.

"Six million?"

Hearing this number, Lee and Angus looked at each other in disappointment, and could only swallow back what they wanted to say.

The six million sounds like a lot, and it is the largest expense of the fleet in the budget. However, for extremely money-burning weapons and equipment, the idea of six million people wanting to buy a large number of advanced weapons can only be a fantasy.

For example, the F-6 space shuttle that Angus is currently piloting, the price of the bare metal is 5 million federal coins, and if you include weapons and other equipment, Robin's budget of 6 million is only enough to buy another F-6 space shuttle.

Twisting his fingers and calculating carefully, Angus could only grit his teeth and remove a large number of equipment from the list that made him blush, and complained unhappily: "Robin, isn't the contract we signed with Martina 100 million?" Why can you only spend six million on weapons? You're too stingy, aren't you? ”

"100 million is a total amount, understand?" Robin rubbed his eyebrows in distress and patiently explained: "Martina and Alex signed a long-term order, which is divided into three batches. She's delivering the first shipment now, so she's only buying the raw materials we need to produce the first shipment. This part of the raw materials is worth 20 million, and the 20 million is not much left after paying for the lease of the space station and other handling fees, so we can only spend 6 million on weapons and equipment at this stage. ”

"And what about the rest of the money?" Cecilia, who didn't know much about business, asked curiously.

"After the second batch of orders is produced and the second advance payment from Alex Machinery is made, she will buy it from us, and then we will have more money on hand."

Barely understanding what Robin said, Angus sighed and said, "But take six million to buy ten rotating turrets, fifty surface-to-air missiles, and four space shuttles?" ”

Opening the electronic list under his copy, Angus spread his hands: "I have already investigated, and among the special combat space shuttles, the cheapest is the FC-1 space shuttle. The price of bare metal on the second-hand market is 160,000 federal dollars, and there is a common problem of broken parts. If it is equipped with a full set of weapons and equipment, the total price is about 350,000 federal coins. ”

"But......" Angus pouted disdainfully, "If I were to fly the F-5 space shuttle, I would be confident that I could shoot them all down in a pair of four." ”

The F-5 shuttle is standard for the Federal Air Force, although the F-5 shuttle is one level lower than the F-6 shuttle currently flown by Angus. However, the F-5 space shuttle is a dedicated combat space shuttle, and the F-5 space shuttle is far superior to the F-6 comprehensive in terms of aerial combat capabilities alone. Therefore, in the evaluation of the surname given by the spaceport arms dealer, the F-5 space shuttle is evaluated as A, and the F-6 is only B.

The FC-1 space shuttle is a transitional product of the same arms enterprise in the development of the F-type main space shuttle, which is a low-end product in the civilian armed aircraft. Compared with the F-shaped space shuttle with a diamond-shaped structure, the main body of the FC space shuttle is like a bullet, and the two sides of the main body are connected to two external thrusters with inverted V-shaped wings, which makes the FC-shaped space shuttle have fatal defects in dexterity. However, due to its low price and the fact that the firepower output also meets the needs of the operation, some mercenaries who lack financial support will choose the FC-3 type, and as for the FC-1 type, only the poor and crazy people will drive it to fight.

"And how about this model? The price also seems to be ok. Robin asked, pointing to a space shuttle in the shape of a sword, with a narrow fuselage and short wings.

"This is the J-9, which is the product of a small arms enterprise in the Federation. Its engine is good, using a light 'Star Vortex' engine, but its weapon system is fatally flawed. Speaking of this, Angus couldn't help laughing: "This company was originally a manufacturer of competitive aircraft, but it inexplicably wanted to enter the arms market, and launched nine different models in a row with 'J' as the name of the aircraft. However, due to the lack of relevant technology for weapon systems, this 'J' series is actually still a competitive aircraft. If you compete with the bare metal surname alone, even the F-5 model is a big step behind, but it is only suitable for performance, not for war. ”

"This company has gone out of business...... "Hearing Robin's conversation, Nishizawa said vaguely as he was desperately stuffing the meat chops into his mouth, "This company is a victim of the struggle between the Morgan family and the Osvid family." ”

"Oh? What do you know? Nishizawa's words intrigued Robin, and he asked casually.

"The Osveld family, which rules Othello, monopolizes the entire arms market of the Federation, and almost 60% of the military's annual military spending goes into the pockets of the Osveld family, so this leads to the Osvid family having an extremely strong influence in the military. The Morgan family has always wanted to carve up the big cake of arms, so a few years ago, the surname acquired a large number of space shuttle manufacturers that produced competitive aircraft, hoping to transform the competitive aircraft into a better fighting space shuttle than the F series......"

Gulling gulp, Nishizawa took a breath and continued, "But they failed, and the companies were abandoned. Therefore, this J-9 is a discontinued model, and what is currently sold on the market is the inventory used by that company to pay off debts. ”

"No wonder it's so cheap." Robin nodded suddenly, after all, in terms of surname, the J-9 is much better than the FC-1, but the price is almost the same. If there is no reason for this, even if the J-9's weapon system is flawed, it will never be sold so cheaply.

"Hey...... Even if it were sold so cheaply, no one would buy it at the Hermes spaceport. ”

"Why?" Hearing Nishizawa say this, even Angus began to be curious, after all, no matter what, it will never be worse than the FC-1 type, and the FC-1 type is bought, why no one buys the J-9.

"Because it doesn't have a cargo hold." Nishizawa pretended to be unfathomable and said, "At the Hermes spaceport, no one is going to buy a space shuttle without a cargo bay. There is no way to load without a cargo hold, so what good is it? It can't be loaded, it can't fight, and it can be said to be useless except to run faster than others when running for its life. In the Alpha Capital Area, there may be some young masters from wealthy families who will buy competitive space shuttles, but they will not buy this kind of space shuttle that has been discontinued, is too militarized, and is not fancy enough. ”

Seeing that everyone could hear his words, Nishizawa rubbed his nose proudly: "Hehe...... Boss, if you want to buy it, I can help you lower the price, and I can guarantee that I can buy it for you at 2/3 of the price. ”

"Can you get a diagram of its construction? The most detailed. Old Jack, who had been staring at the J-9 space shuttle equipment list, suddenly asked coldly.

"Schematics?" Nishizawa tilted his head and thought for a while: "It should be no problem, this thing has been discontinued, and the construction diagram is not within the scope of secrecy." ”

"Buy it." Old Jack confidently turned his head to look at Robin: "I have a way to solve its surname defect." ”

"Hey! ~Don't be kidding, old fellow. If you buy it and can't use it, someone will die! ~"Because the pilot's life was at stake, Angus immediately yelled at Old Jack.

"What are you yelling about! ~" Old Jack glared, turned his head to Nishizawa and said, "Go ahead and do it, remember to help me get the most detailed construction drawing." ”

"Oh, no problem...... knowing that Robin wanted to break up with him, Nishizawa ran out of the way.

As soon as Nishizawa left, Old Jack said in a suppressed voice: "Do you know who designed the weapon system of the Republic's multifunctional fighter?" ”

Angus, who knew the fighter extremely well, rolled his eyes when he heard this: "It's not you anyway." ”

"Yes, it wasn't me, but I was involved in the whole design process! ~" Old Jack's face turned red when he was stimulated by Angus, and he roared angrily: "The Raymond Federation is indeed better than us in the manufacture of professional fighters, but we are better at transforming non-professional aircraft into military fighters." ”

“……”

Robin and Angus were stunned when they heard this, and when they fully reacted, they suddenly looked at each other in surprise, and they began to understand Old Jack's thoughts.

(To be continued)