Chapter 4: The Hydra
Compared to the last time he summoned the ship's mother, he was in a hurry, this time he was able to see the whole process clearly.
"Confirm the fusion."
The Star Atlas console erupted with a burst of dazzling white light as he silently thought, and Yang Yi subconsciously stretched out his hand to block his eyes. In a trance, he seemed to see a figure slowly forming in the white light.
Soon, he felt the blinding white light gradually dissipate, and he slowly lowered the arm that blocked the white light. At this point, he found that there was an extra girl in front of him.
Compared with Black Rose's bohemian mature woman temperament, the girl in front of her has a more serious nature. It's just that the petite figure makes that serious temperament a little reduced.
The person in front of him, who was only about one and a half meters tall, was wearing a black navy uniform and looked at him with a serious face. After seeing him react, a slightly immature voice came out of the girl's mouth: "Commander, the United Earth Council Valkyrie-class frigate, numbered 'VE-108B', reports to you!" â
Yang Yi looked at the Black Rose beside him, who shrugged at him and turned to leave the bridge. Seeing Black Rose turn around and leave, Yang Yi glared at her hatefully, turned his head and said with a headache: "Welcome to join...... VE-108Bă Your new name is 'Hydra'. â
"Yes!"
"Well, relax, Hydra." Yang Yi nodded and said, "You should have a general understanding of the situation in front of you, and then I will let Hydra coordinate and synchronize with you." After that, your mission is to assist and protect Black Rose on its mission. â
"Understood! Mission completion guaranteed! â
The corners of Yang Yi's mouth twitched slightly: "...... Hmm, what's your current weaponry? â
"Report! At present, the main shipborne armament is the H.A.L.O cluster rocket, which is mainly used to deal with dense hostile air units. â
ââŚâŚ Gone? â
"Yes!"
"No close-quarters combat weapons?"
"Nope!"
"No ground weapons?"
"Nope!"
She is the only one who is so justified in saying this...... Yang Yi looked at the slightly narrow bridge with some headache: "Okay, you can familiarize yourself with the environment for the time being." After that, I will have a temporary run-in with Black Rose. We're going to have a new mission right away. â
"Yes!"
After finishing speaking, Yang Yi left the bridge with a frown. As soon as he opened the door to the bridge, he saw the Black Rose leaning against the wall of the hallway, seemingly waiting for him.
"Head, how's it going?"
ââŚâŚ You don't say help me, and you don't know that I'm the worst at dealing with people. Yang Yi shook his head, first complained, and then said, "It seems that the mercenary didn't have any good intentions, except for the basic H.A.L.O missile system, the rest was all dismantled, and it was estimated that it was a tabula rasa hull." â
"I can probably guess what we are going to do over there?"
"It's impossible for us to say anything if they tear it down. There is always a response. And Valkyrie works well against large hostile air units, and we should need her for our next mission. â
"Speaking of which, head, which vote are we going to do next?"
Yang Yi smiled slightly when he heard this: "Let's stick a gold master next." â
Half an hour later, the Port of the Dead, the Bullet Bar.
"Mr. Hill, I've kept you waiting." Yang Yi sat opposite Hill with Black Rose and Hydra. At this time, Hydra had already changed into an ordinary mercenary combat uniform. After all, the regular army uniform is more eye-catching and easy to get into trouble in the port of the dead, so Yang Yi changed the clothes of Hydra.
And this time, the object of his business is none other than the famous or notorious mercenary leader in the Star Sector - Glavin Hill. A notorious wall-rider in the Battle of Kailian and the Rebellion of the Sons of Keha, Hill has a fairly powerful mercenary organization under his command, and he himself runs a well-connected network of mercenaries.
It's 2504, and it's not long before James Renault brings the revolt to life. In other words, Hill and his mercenaries are about to have a big donor.
Yang Yi wanted to take this opportunity to get closer to Renault. After all, this is the famous "Sun God", the chosen son of the Koplu Star District. Being able to rely on the existence of "one ship and a few volunteers" to "make waves" in the star zone is also a key factor in overthrowing the imperial regime in the future, and it is not impossible to follow Renault and become the commander of the star sector fleet at that time.
"There's no rush. Captain Yang, Captain Natasha, who is this? â
"Ah, this is Adriana. Just now, Natasha won a hugging Valkyrie frigate, so I promoted a captain temporarily. After Yang Yi sat down, he hurriedly replied, "This is the captain of the Hydra." â
"Oh, hello, Captain Adriana." When Hill heard this, he immediately greeted him.
Adriana also nodded back: "Hello, Mr. Hill." â
"So, Mr. Hill, what is it for?" Yang Yi didn't have too many kind words, and went straight to the topic.
The two sides have also cooperated several times before, but there has not been much contact. Hill has his own mercenary resources, there is no need to always trouble a pirate group with only one pirate ship, and Yang Yi is not qualified to take the initiative to cooperate with Hill, or he has no money to take the initiative to propose cooperation to Hill.
"Well, that's right. I have a task on my hand, which is more difficult, but the mercenaries in my hand basically already have their own tasks, so I would like to ask you if you are willing to take on this task. Hill didn't say much nonsense when he heard this, and directly picked out the intention.
"What task?"
"The employer of this assignment is the owner of a mining site. He has found traces of insects in his mine, so he would like to ask us to investigate the source of these insects and eliminate any possible insect threats. â
Yang Yi fell silent when he heard this. Although the insects have disappeared for many years, no one will forget the heavy human casualties during the Battle of the Brood. If it's really an alien worm......
"Why are you looking for us? If it's really an alien insect, wouldn't it be better to find the regular army of the empire or other countries to clean it up? I'm sure the guys in the Imperial military will definitely not sit idly by...... Wait, what do you mean......" Yang Yi was halfway through his words when he suddenly reacted.
Hill didn't answer, just nodded.
"Ah...... What a troublesome errand. Yang Yi's brows furrowed, "Alien insects are not good guys, how much money is our employer going to pay?" â
When Hill heard this, his face suddenly brightened, and he said with a smile: "Fifty thousand credits...... and 1,000 units of crystal ore and high-energy gas. â
When Yang Yi heard this, he didn't say anything on the surface, but he was secretly shocked in his heart.
50,000 credits?! He stole a glance at the indifferent Hydra next to him, which was basically the price of a Valkyrie. As for the 1,000 units of crystal ore and high-energy gas...... Not to mention that Hill, as an intermediary himself, will deduct some from the original offer, which means that the original offer will be higher?
Yang Yi became more and more worried, it seemed that the trouble of this insect was not small, otherwise the employer would not have offered such a large price to ask the mercenary to solve the trouble. Well, the higher the risk, the higher the reward. He was still worried about how to get a good equipment for Hydra, and now he was sleepy and sent pillows.
"Deal!"