Chapter 366: Black Market Arms Dealers
Where there are people, there will be war.
When there is war, it is natural that all kinds of weapons and equipment will be used.
If there is demand, there will naturally be a market.
This is where the arms business comes into being.
But not everyone has the means or willingness to buy the weapons and equipment they want through formal channels, and not all weapons and equipment can be purchased through formal channels, so as early as the earth era before human beings set foot in the universe, the arms black market has existed, and in the universe era, war has begun to spread to all corners of the universe with the footprints of human beings, and the arms black market has become more and more prosperous.
Especially after the end of the First Star War, with the complete destruction of the old order, with the rise of various private armed forces and space pirates, the arms black market ushered in a golden age of rapid development.
Countless large and small arms dealers cheered.
Even the major arms companies of the major powers could not ignore this huge cake, and they used their own means to quietly participate in it, of course, they targeted markets outside their respective forces, and this kind of behavior was often tacitly approved by the forces to which they belonged -- by selling some arms that did not have secret technology to the lawless elements and illegal armed forces in the hostile forces, helping them to grow, and also indirectly attacking the hostile forces.
That's a good thing to count in one fell swoop.
Therefore, it is very normal that the resistance forces of the Holy Galactic Empire often use combat robots from the Earth Federation, and that most of the space pirates of the Freedom Alliance have power armor produced by the Commercial Consortium.
Of course, only the major regular arms companies will follow such unspoken rules. More independent black market arms dealers are unscrupulous and mercenary. Outside of the major powers, all they care about is how much money they can make from their business. But they don't care where the goods come from, let alone who they sell to, and what kind of trouble they cause to whom.
Shah Rukh is one such independent black market arms dealer.
Although he is a citizen of the commercial complex, Shah Rukh does not have any sense of belonging to the commercial association, on the contrary, he was born in the slums and has a deep dislike for the commercial association, and by chance he has become an independent black market arms dealer and has his own small power. He has long since abandoned his citizenship as a business consortium.
His current status to the outside world is the owner of a security company of the Freedom League, and this security company is a cover for his arms business -- after all, he often needs to run around in the arms business, and there is no legal business to cover it, and some things are inconvenient to operate.
Shah Rukh, who has no sense of belonging and is only loyal to himself, has no taboos in starting an arms business, as long as he can afford the price, he will not refuse to come, his business is doing quite well, and he belongs to the kind of middle-level arms dealers who are more than enough than the top. He has a regular customer base in the Freedom League, and the main market is also that area. However, he also does business with private forces and space pirates in demand in the commercial complex, and it is worth mentioning that the large space pirate groups active in several major shipping lanes near the New Frankenian system are his loyal customers, and they have bought many space fighters from him.
The reason for this is that Shah Rukh can always find sources of goods that others can't find, and then get some good things that are priceless even on the black market, such as military-standard space fighters, small and medium-sized warships, etc., which are sought-after goods on the black market.
In recent times, Shah Rukh has been in a good mood as he has found a new source of goods.
Or more precisely, it was not that he found a new source of goods, but that the source found him, because the other party took the initiative to find him.
The other party is a guy with a pure accent of the Earth Federation, and he contacted Shah Rukh through some channels, claiming that he has a lot of standard weapons and equipment from the former Earth Federation that he wants to sell, including the main fighters such as the [Hurricane] fighter.
Shah Rukh didn't care what the other party's identity was and where it came from, anyway, since the Earth Federation was destroyed, there have been a lot of Earth Federation weapons and equipment flowing into the black market, and he even heard that the so-called Earth Federation government-in-exile is selling arms in exchange for much-needed resources from the outside world, so it is not surprising that someone has come to him to sell Earth Federation weapons and equipment.
What he cares about is what the other party has in his hand, how many goods, and how much profit he can bring to himself.
For this reason, Shah Rukh took his small fleet with the name of a security company of the Freedom Alliance to another small galaxy near the New Farland system, and he made an appointment with the other party to make the first transaction between the two sides in a certain space of this small galaxy.
The deal was for fifty Hurricane fighters.
If nothing else, this deal will bring Shah Rukh huge benefits, but Shah Rukh is very suspicious that even if the other party is sincere, whether he has the ability to send fifty [Hurricane] fighters to the ground safely, there is no means, and it is not easy to pass through those jump points with such sensitive cargo - even he will have to work a lot of hands and feet to do.
Shahrukh's fleet of five medium and small warships and one large cargo ship, which had been heavily modified and had the same capabilities as an aircraft carrier, approached the target domain.
"Boss, they've been found!"
On the flagship converted cargo ship [Sunny Day], the observer reported his discovery to Shahuk: "Two medium-sized warships, one large cargo ship!" Boss, it seems that the other party is very sincere! ”
In recent years, everyone has become more and more free of lower limits and discipline in doing things for the sake of interests, and black market arms dealers have also happened from time to time, in order to prevent this from being a trap for competitors, Shah Rukh has not only designated the place of trading, but also limited the other party's guard force, but now it seems that Shah Rukh is a little too careful.
But even so, Shah Rukh did not take it lightly.
"Keep a safe distance, don't rush over, keep on guard!" Shah Rukh ordered, and at the same time asked the correspondent to contact the other party: "You can send out a light signal to confirm the identity of the other party!" ”
Although there is still a certain distance between the two sides, it is not difficult to capture the light signal with the current means of observation - simple means easy to use, although the light signal is primitive, it is indeed very convenient to use it as a joint code, and it is very safe, and it will not be as silly as saying the joint code to the communication screen.
The other party quickly responded.
Observer: "Boss, it's confirmed, the light signal from the other party is not wrong!" ”
Shahluck: "Very good, let's lean over slowly, cheer me up, and the fighter units are ready for me to go to battle at any time!" Correspondents, you can communicate with our suppliers......"
"Ahh
"Dada-da-"
Before he could finish his sentence, there was a sudden exclamation and gunfire in the communication channel inside the cargo ship!
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