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Chapter 79 "37"

Three boxes with numbers beginning with BS...

BS-5, BS-6, BS-7.

Alright, so the six boxes in Eiffel's hands are complete.

"Ugh."

After stuffing the list in the file bag, I can finally take a break.

Looking into the distance from a corner here, the rather large warehouse does not look gloomy due to the piled goods. The corridor in the distance leads to the deeper part of the ship, and the constantly sprayed disinfectant covers the lights, making this space look It looks more like a bath house, and it looks dense.

Strange, isn't this a separate air compartment?
The corridor in the distance leads to the interior of the ship, but it seems that it can only be isolated by a weak fire door.

Although there are obvious sealing strips on both sides, it is even more impossible for such a thing to resist the spread of damage, right?

You must know that the cargo warehouses of military ships are often designed as separate gas isolation compartments to improve the ship's anti-sinking ability, which seems unusual.

Isn't this the ship's cargo hold?
But it's not right, the antiseptic spray here is the equipment that should be in the cargo hold, right?
"What's the matter? Help me."

The last batch of goods was pushed up into the cargo hold by Eiffel with a trolley, and they had already been pushed uphill. It might seem that he was looking at me in a daze, so he asked.

"Ah good."

In response to someone else's paging, although there is no difficulty in pushing the car, I still give a hand.

"Brother, do you know what class ship this is?"

Instead of thinking about such a question by yourself, it is better to ask the "professionals" for the truth.

"Well, it should be a follow-up model of the 'Pioneer' class, right?"

"Pioneer" class?

It's also a name I've never heard of.

"Why are you asking this?"

"No, I just find it strange. Logically speaking, shouldn't such a ship's cargo hold be designed to be isolated separately?"

"Hahaha, are you thinking about this?"

Eiffel, who looked at me, suddenly burst out laughing, why, does my question sound childish?
"Drip!"

A muffled but penetrating sound came from above our heads. The source of the sound seemed to be at the highest point of the ship, right?
"Oh, let's go in first, now the prompt is about to start boarding."

This indescribable voice is actually... the alliance's boarding reminder?

"Let's go, let's report to Teacher Pruss first."

etc……

"Ok."

Following the indicator lines on the ground, we quickly arrived at the cabin.

The interior of the ship was surprisingly large, and the crew in uniforms came and went. They were not interested in us, and no one greeted us or even looked at us.

The belt and uniform embroidered in different colors represent his different occupations, such as the white embroidered for the sailing profession, and the green embroidered for the small-caliber automatic weapons group.

But what surprised me was that there were crew members of the subhuman race on board, which was unimaginable in the Imperial Navy.

Oh, silver and purple two-color embroidered border, this group of damage management is quite bad-tempered, stay away first...

There will be heavy airtight compartments at intervals in the passage, so it seems to be more normal
Different from traditional airtight isolation doors, each airtight compartment can become a rescue cabin for the crew. Although it is more scientific and reasonable, it will also greatly increase the cost of the ship.

This is not the layout a cruiser should have, and the same applies to her cargo hold.

Well, maybe I shouldn't use the Empire's ship design ideas to examine the alliance's ships, but I always feel that there is something different inside the ships from my previous memories.

It's been too long, and I don't remember the details clearly.

"...Really? Hahaha..."

"1411, here we are."

The number plate on the door of the cabin showed that this was the destination of our trip, and the unrestrained laughter kept coming from the cabin.

"Mr. Bruce."

After a little hesitation, Eiffel opened the door and went in, and I could only follow behind him "obediently".

There is a round table in the cabin, and everyone is sitting on the edge of the table at the moment, and they seem to be chatting happily at the moment.

They all seem to know each other. I don't know why the scene in front of me gave me such an impression.

Mr. Prouss, those six young people, and a middle-aged man in a navy coat, seem to be the captain of this ship, right?

To be honest, this is the first time I have seen such a scene. Although I have lived in battleships and naval facilities, why am I still so nervous...

"Is this the young man you speak of, Pruss?"

The captain's eyes wandered back and forth on my body, although it was very impolite, but at present, he has such qualifications.

"It seems that you don't have much energy, and you are sick. There will be no problem, right? Hehehe..."

Well, I retract what I just said. It's not that such an action is very rude, it's that this person himself is very rude.

With such exaggerated ridicule, those six new classmates of mine looked at me together, and they seemed to be able to read all kinds of emotions in their eyes, but I felt that none of them seemed to be good emotions.

Prussia remained silent. Although I expected it, I felt a little disappointed.

I don't know why he mocked me like this, is there something wrong with me?

What on earth is he gaining by doing this, if not for my own sake, then for Pruss's sake?

"Then teacher, sir, we have already boarded the ship, and the goods carried here still need to be counted, so we will return to the cargo hold first."

Sensing that my condition seemed to be not good, Eiffel, who had been silent all this time, suddenly broke the silence.

After seeing Mr. Prouss nodding his head, my brother also quickly took my hand and "escaped" out of this can-like cabin.

"Thanks, I'm fine."

"Really? I don't believe it!"

Gee!
It turns out that this guy Eiffel will also have such a time to fight?

"Hey, are you happier?"

Although it is very difficult to fight, but I have to say that this trick is indeed very effective...

"Promise me, don't use this trick indiscriminately, not everyone has a super good temper like me."

The cabin in front was firmly locked by the thick isolation door, it seemed that this passage ended here.

A pressure relief valve on the wall indicates that areas farther ahead are given far higher priority than here.

The pressure always breaks through to the weakest place, and the explosion is no exception. The installation of a pressure relief valve here means that if an explosion occurs, this is the area that should be abandoned.

"Are you implying that I have a bad temper?"

Looking back at Eiffel, the latter is obviously happy.

"Well, if you want to understand it this way, I have nothing to say."

"Hi~!"

This kind of incoherent and low-pitched roar means that the jump core of the ship is being awakened, the lights on the aisle start to flicker slightly, and we are about to set off.

I hope this time, there won't be any trouble...

"By the way, what kind of pioneer did you say this ship was?"

"Well, according to our generally accepted statement, the navy's conventional fleet is generally composed of destroyers, cruisers, and battleships, but that is the order of battle."

"Different from combat ships, the colonial fleet generally consists of sentry ships, auxiliary cruisers, and colonial ships."

Eiffel specifically emphasized the matter of the colonial fleet with me, is it implying that my ship should belong to the colonial fleet?

"So you want to say that this is actually an auxiliary cruiser?"

"Yes, you have to know that this cruiser does not carry conventional cruiser weapons, it only has some self-defense weapons, but it still has a body similar to that of a cruiser."

Self-defense weapons only need to be able to beat small ships like destroyers, right?

As you said, I am skeptical about the power of the joint 180 in the situation of fratricide.

"It means that it is equipped with other functional sub-modules. The colonial ship has enhanced various functions. Under certain circumstances, it can carry out a series of basic projects such as repair, scientific research, and construction."

This is the so-called price.

"So it's not so much a battleship as it is a mobile factory?"

"Well, it's okay if you understand it this way, but auxiliary cruisers are far from meeting the requirements of independent colonization, and only real colonial ships will have professional industrial facilities such as independent reaction tanks and facility command centers. .”

"By the way, we sank an empire's flagship colonial ship in the UP-ST galaxy before, you should have heard of it?"

Oh, UP-ST...then I've heard too much...

"Ah."

Well, I almost saw it with my own eyes...

"A flagship-level colonial ship can completely serve as a small city. Of course, it has reached the flagship level. If it matches the naval combat order, it is a super battleship, or a dreadnought ship."

"Perfect construction capabilities, perfect ground command capabilities, and perfect... cost."

"Oh, by the way, back to your previous question, it's not that the cargo compartment is not designed to be airtight, it's just that there is no armor on the airtight door."

"Because rather than fighting, they hope that this ship can bring back more resources from the dangerous unknown area."

"So only to isolate the possible dangers of these goods, an airtight isolation was established."

"Correct."

"Although it is another type of ship, the auxiliary cruiser is still a cruiser after all, and the captain's commander has reached the rank of second-class major."

"So...you know, Teacher Pruss is not good at helping you with anything..."

Eiffel spread his hands awkwardly, still trying to maintain the image of Prussia at this time.

Eiffel is a trustworthy and good person, and Prussia may also be a good person, otherwise his student or assistant?
Well, I feel more like an assistant, and I won't defend him like this.

When the coherent core vibrations begin to converge, the warm-up is complete.

going to lift off...

(End of this chapter)