The Queen Nana was carrying 10 regular employees of the Special Service Unit of the Combat Department.

10 non-regular employees, came to Ceres.

Ceres' airport covers an area of more than 15 square kilometers, which is larger than the urban area of some cities, because it is the center of the asteroid belt, and a large number of spacecraft take off and land every day, and it is necessary to build a large enough airport to accommodate frequent entry and exit.

In the vicinity of the airport, due to the large number of sailors from various countries, a vast area has been formed, far larger than the commercial area of the moon city, whether it is the common bars, casinos, special service stores in the old era, or the virtual entertainment club, underground fighting arena, shooting club, and even several identical shops next to each other on the same street, it is still full of business and customers.

In a bar, Cao Chuan took the combat department to meet with Colonel Joaquin, who was in charge of security inside Port 024.

"Cao... Advisor..." The colonel began to try to converse through rusty Chinese, and the staccato words inevitably made people think that he was not cursing, and after he discovered that Cao Chuan could easily use Russian, the conversation quickly got to the point.

"Advisor Cao, let me first introduce you to the situation of the asteroid belt."

"At least for now, the asteroid belt is developing well, with a population of 30,000, and large and small forces scattered over more than 30 asteroids. More than 10,000 tons of materials enter and leave the 024 port alone every day. ”

"It is precisely because the environment here is too extreme, on the one hand, we are extremely dependent on the earth, on the other hand, any materials exported from the asteroid belt are too precious, many of them will destroy the current market balance on the earth, relying on strict management, we strive to control prices, all the materials that transit to the 024 port, at most 20% will actually be transported to the earth, and the rest will be hoarded in the warehouses of the port to control the price to ensure the healthy development of the market."

Joaquin's words are quite easy to understand, but I didn't expect that the Polar Bear Country also planned to use their port advantages to limit the rapid outflow of resources and ensure their interests.

"Is it like the International Energy Agency? By allocating the oil production of various countries, the healthy development of the industry has always been achieved, and at the same time the purpose of grabbing more profits. ”

There is nothing wrong with this idea in itself, if... If it is properly controlled and not used by others, it can almost be said that it is the foundation of a country's strength, even if it is a big country like the polar bear country, it can easily get all kinds of benefits in terms of planet development.

"Dreams are beautiful, reality is cruel, and this kind of thinking is not quite in line with the current situation. While exploiting resources on a large scale, many forces are not satisfied with immediate profits, and they do not care that disorderly mining will only destroy the industry, on the one hand, they are doing material transit with 024 port, and on the other hand, they are also engaged in smuggling business. ”

Colonel Joaquin demonstrated a video for him, "This is a solution that some forces have come up with. They will bypass the port of 024, simply pack the materials into dozens of tons of containers, load an engine on the tail, and propulsion through cheap organic chemical fuels, which can reach 30 km / s at the earliest, and after a half-year journey, they can be sent to the earth orbit for space recovery, with almost no transportation costs. ”

"Because the asteroids are scattered in a vast space and cannot be monitored, Port 024 has no way of knowing when and where they will smuggle."

"And the profit brought by bypassing the 024 port will be dozens of times that of the original, and it can also seize the market because of the dumping of more materials, which is attractive to every force."

"Another problem comes from the terrorist groups active in the asteroid belt. Due to the chaotic situation in the asteroid belt, spaceships from the Lighthouse Country, the Polar Bear Country, the East Galaxy Company, and the 13-nation alliance of Europa have arrived, bringing a large number of immigrants, but the list of members will not be notified between the forces, and the backwardness and isolation of information have led to the activity of terrorist organizations. ”

"Through hijacking, sabotage, leaking secrets, etc., they plundered some small transport ships active near the asteroid belt, and then turned into them, disposed of the materials to other forces, and laundered them, so as to earn millions or tens of millions of resources for nothing."

"Including the fleet of the East Galaxy Company, which has also been harassed by terrorists, but the looting of large spaceships is more difficult, and they have not succeeded."

"In order to regulate the trade order of the asteroid belt, we invited the East Galaxy Company to come over and maintain order."

That's what Colonel Joaquin said, and Cao Chuan was also thinking about why the Polar Bear Country didn't get it himself? Various countries have made corresponding breakthroughs in space warfare technology, and it is not impossible to do this kind of thing.

After he asked, Colonel Joaquin told him the truth of the matter, the current national strength of the Polar Bear Country is temporarily unable to send a combat spaceship to the asteroid belt, according to the domestic plan, at least next year, the asteroid belt will have a 500-person army stationed to protect the safety of the 024 port.

And before that, in fact, the mayor of 024 Port felt that he could no longer bear the deteriorating situation, and felt that he would let it go, and wait until next year, they would have to have at least 5,000 people to control it, and they had to turn to foreign aid to suppress it first, and they thought of the East Galaxy Company.

After listening to the explanation, Cao Chuan was convinced, but he was not a fool, it was obviously the Polar Bear Country's own business, and the relationship between the two sides was not so close, and he did not directly provoke terrorists, so why should he take action.

He weighed in his heart, several reasons were actually not very reasonable, too far-fetched, such as maintaining world peace, ensuring the interests of the planetary trading fleet of the East Galaxy Company in the asteroid belt, and adding more actual combat experience to the combat department...

"Colonel Jorkin, regarding the combat costs mentioned last time."

Colonel Joaquin seemed to have been waiting for a long time, and when he saw him ask, he slowly replied: "After our discussion, we believe that the combat department of the Eastern Galaxy Company should be paid accordingly. Therefore, including anti-smuggling operations, seizures after the annihilation of terrorists, etc., will belong to the East Galaxy Company. ”

"Please rest assured...", the colonel added again, showing a document, which was a document that was known to abide by the order of port management in 024, and more than dozens of forces signed their own daimyo as a ticket to the development of the asteroid. This means that the actions of the East Galaxy Company are absolutely justifiable in terms of justice alone, there are documents to follow, and even if other forces are beaten, they are absolutely unreasonable.

With so many guarantees and benefits, Cao Chuan was able to send his mouth away, and felt that bringing the combat department over to maintain order was not a loss-making business.

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