Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station.

Chapter 163 Final preparations before departure

When Chen Ming talked about Cheng Xinghe, he subconsciously glanced at the space station dock.

The Buffalo filled with cryogenic escape capsules is still parked near the Brilliant Class.

"Cheng Xinghe and the other members of the Fourteenth Legion that I took away before are now here at the Pirate Space Station, and I haven't released them yet."

"Are you going to pick them up yourself, or should I release them and let them go back on their own?"

Bai Quan said quickly: "Let me pick it up. Just let them freeze."

"Cheng Xinghe made a mistake before because of his brain twitch. He will receive the punishment he deserves when he returns."

"Okay, so do you still remember what you promised when we discussed Cheng Xinghe's matter before?"

"of course."

Bai Quan responded quickly.

"Your previous request was to learn fleet command techniques from us, and then receive the award for an outstanding student of the highest standard from our officer academy under normal circumstances."

"That's four escort ships and one destroyer, as well as access to specialized facilities that simulate space combat."

"To be honest, I'm a little hesitant to let you touch the equipment now, but since I've agreed before, I still have no problem here."

"As for the ship, I still owe you a cruiser, right? Let's talk about it later."

"Now let's confirm first. How do you plan to learn? Or online as mentioned before?"

Chen Ming replied without much thought: "Online, that's the best."

"Okay, but it's a little troublesome to use the equipment again."

"But I can apply for a separate server group, connected to the simulation device in our hometown, and set it up here in our station in the Galo Star Territory."

"Where does the internal calculations depend? We are only responsible for scene rendering."

"It just so happens that this will have to be done sooner or later. You can be the first user."

"Then it should be no problem to maintain normal learning and training with your special terminal."

"I always have the manpower here and can start at any time."

"If you have any objections to the instructor, you can come to me directly,"

"Or, when I'm free later, I can come and teach you in person."

Chen Ming couldn't help but ask after hearing this: "You are a major general after all, and you will still be a lieutenant general in the future. Are you so free?"

"How is it possible? That's why I said I would take the time to come. Whether the fleet commander can learn it or not depends on his talent."

"After the basic knowledge is taught, it doesn't mean that you have to watch the teaching every day. At most, I will practice with you in the simulation equipment."

Chen Ming understood and said, "That's it, okay, then this matter is settled."

"Well, then there's the boat thing. What do you think?"

Chen Ming did not reply immediately, but asked instead: "Do you give some strange ships to your students?"

"What is a strange ship?"

"It's not produced by the military itself, but by another company, or simply Yuhui's ship."

Bai Quan thought for a while and said: "Generally, what we provide to outstanding students are our own ships. After all, they are learning the command skills in our army."

"However, there are indeed some special students who do not learn the methods commonly used by the military."

"If they want a boat, they can come according to their own needs. As long as there is a good reason, you can do it."

"We may not even have Yu Hui's ship here. You also know the conditions here. Unless you are willing to wait a month or two more, I will transfer it to you."

"That's fine."

Chen Ming immediately rejected Bai Quan's kindness. He couldn't afford to wait for a month or two.

So Chen Ming simply expressed his thoughts: "I want the heavy rain of Tachyon Technology."

Bai Quan said a little subconsciously: "Grab the money, a heavy rain is almost [-] million."

"I remember you said before that money is not important."

"It depends on the time. When I talked to you before, I thought you were a psyker, and I thought I was an ordinary major general."

"But now I have to think about my entire station, and it's definitely different."

"But if you really want a heavy rain, I will definitely give it to you. Are all four escorts going to be a heavy rain?"

"Yes, this ship is very good."

"The Terminator drone...well, it looks good with your abilities. What about the destroyer?"

Chen Ming had already thought about it before and blurted out: "Your special law enforcer, this should be the most capable destroyer I know."

"Resistance line...you have some knowledge about fleet battles."

"It's just the experience I gained from watching a few large-scale battles and the battle with Cheng Xinghe."

"Actually, I think a ship like the Cowherd would be fine. It's also the largest destroyer after all."

Bai Quan suddenly persuaded: "I don't really recommend you to get the cattle driver, because the cattle driver must have a special boat position."

"Unless you have a mobile maintenance team specifically for cattle drivers in the future, you will have to deal with the problem of stopping the boat wherever you go."

"So which one do you want?"

Chen Ming said calmly: "Then let's be the law enforcer."

"Ah."

Bai Quan wrote down Chen Ming's request, and then asked: "What about the cruiser?"

Cruisers are very important to Chen Ming now.

Therefore, Chen Ming must think carefully before making a decision.

He currently has a total of six cruisers.

Brilliant, Brilliant, Refractive, Supreme and Colossus.

There was also a Blink-class ship that was sent away by Chen Ming after repairs because the pirate space station could not stop.

Among them, the Colossus class is a cargo ship, and the Apex class is an exploration ship.

The remaining four ships are all combat-type ships, each with its own focus.

Brilliant has powerful firepower output capabilities.

The plasma reserve system provides it with extremely terrifying mobility and an energy weapon amplification effect.

The flexible Glory-class is more suitable for leading the fleet around, just like it did before with the Afterglow.

As for the Refraction class, this is a heavy cruiser like the Army's Dominator class.

The main mission is generally to resist lines in large-scale battles and output frontal firepower. Under normal circumstances, it is a protective spacecraft at certain important locations.

The Starlight UAV carried by the last Blink-class cruiser carrier has point defense weapons that are rare in other Afterglow ships. It is a cruiser that is biased toward auxiliary and defensive types.

So Chen Ming is the cruiser that is most lacking now.

In fact, it can still maximize Chen Ming's own abilities, and it is also the most resource-consuming ship type, the cruise mothership.

The auxiliary defense-type Blink class is not suitable for Chen Ming's psychic abilities. Only the Heavy Rain class equipped with a Terminator drone is suitable for full offensive capabilities.

It's just that Chen Ming doesn't know many models of cruise carriers, except for the twinkling class.

A Mora-class cruiser carrier that served as one of the cruisers in the fleet that protected the military outpost during Afterglow's raids.

The other type is called the Heron-class high-speed cruiser, which is a type of cruiser sold by Sindar Company to the military.

With its high maneuverability and special powerful sensors, it can provide all Heron fighter jets with extremely accurate data on enemy ships and improve their combat efficiency.

So Chen Ming’s choice.

It was after he just asked Huihuang if there were any useful cruise carriers.

Brilliance told him about a type of cruiser he had never heard of, the Stardust-class cruiser.

According to Huihuang, ships like the Stardust class are ships produced by Tachyon Technology that have only appeared on the front line of the main battle between the Empire and Afterglow on the other side.

Chen Ming had only one reason to choose it.

Because Stardust and Heavy Rain have something in common, they are both equipped with offensive drones.

Heavy Rain is equipped with a Terminator drone.

The Stardust carries the same special Meteor drone as the Terminator.

Although Yuhui did not obtain much data on this kind of ship, it can be analyzed based on the battle situation that the meteorite is as outrageous as the Terminator.

This is definitely the best choice for Chen Ming.

Bai Quan didn't care how Chen Ming knew about this kind of ship, and immediately agreed: "Okay."

Although the Stardust class is also a ship of Tachyon Technology Company, it is still expensive even for the Fourteenth Legion to purchase it.

However, Bai Quan had already been mentally prepared for bleeding when he promised to compensate Chen Ming for the cruiser. The cruiser would not be much cheaper no matter what.

After agreeing to Chen Ming's choice of cruiser, Bai Quan continued: "Then this will be the latest one."

"I said before that you can make any request as long as it's reasonable, but what do you think?"

Chen Ming didn't say anything because he couldn't figure out what he wanted.

After all, Baiquan had previously obtained some data on the Nova Star and destroyed two Afterglow battleships including the Nova Star.

Such a merit that can promote a major general to a lieutenant general really makes Chen Ming a little confused about how much it is worth.

Moreover, for Chen Ming, more psychic weapons seemed unnecessary. Another cruiser seemed a bit too little, and no matter how many cruisers there were, Chen Ming would not be able to control them.

There is no need for more Afterglow individuals, because Chen Ming is having a hard time arranging the work of the four Afterglow cores at hand.

Spiritual stones with specified characteristics seem to be fine, but Chen Ming's demand for spiritual stones is not that great.

The Mad Words Spiritual Stone alone is enough for daily exercise and self-defense.

Are there any good options?

The boss said before that you can choose something related to spiritual energy, but spiritual stones are not very good.

So Chen Ming asked tentatively after thinking for a while: "Qiling Nerve?"

"hiss……"

Chen Ming heard Bai Quan gasping for air and asked, "Can't we do it?"

Chen Ming's request just hit the line in Bai Quan's heart.

So after thinking about it for a while, Bai Quan said: "Yes, but I can only give you artificial ones, and it may take a few days."

That's fine.

Chen Ming didn't expect that he just mentioned it casually, and Bai Quan really agreed.

And for him, artificial ones are better. Natural spiritual enlightenment nerves may not be ripped off from other people, and they may have some strange psychic powers.

So Chen Ming immediately said: "That's enough."

"Okay, but why do you want this?"

"It should be for eating."

"..."

Bai Quan took the initiative to make up Chen Ming's words and absorb them.

Although Bai Quan heard from the psychics he knew that actively absorbing spiritual nerves was a way to quickly increase mental power.

Moreover, it will cause one's own mental power to be mixed with other chaotic mental powers, which requires a long period of sorting and digestion, otherwise it will cause problems in the use of psychic energy.

And absorbing spiritual enlightenment nerves is a dangerous thing in itself.

But since it was Chen Ming, Bai Quan felt that there was no need for him to say more.

"By the way, don't forget the Refraction-class ship you parked here."

"Of course I haven't."

"It's just that this ship may have to stay at your place for a few days. The pirate space station I have here can only accommodate two cruisers at most. There is no room for it." One ship, the Brilliant, and the other, the Supreme Point, filled up the two cruisers in the entire dock. Be strict.

Chen Ming had to wait for him to leave the space station and then call Fang Guang to set off together.

"also."

A Yuhui cruiser does not require much maintenance, it just occupies one ship slot, and is nothing to the Fourteenth Legion.

After Bai Quan agreed to help Chen Ming stay for a few more days, he asked, "So what are your plans in the future? If you are worried about any problems in the war zone, you can come to me. I welcome you here at any time."

"Not necessary for now."

Bai Quan's solicitation was casually rejected by Chen Ming: "If everything goes well for me in the future, there should be no safer place."

"Oh? What are your plans? If it's hard to say, there's no need to say it."

"Then don't tell me. You will definitely know it later."

Chen Ming will most likely evaporate directly within the empire in two days. Bai Quan will definitely know where he went after just thinking about it.

"Okay, that's almost it. This is basically what I want to tell you this time. I wish you will become a general as soon as possible."

"That's too difficult."

Bai Quan smiled and hung up the phone.

Chen Ming, who was at the highest point, stretched and took a breath.

The matters that caused trouble to other people have basically been dealt with, and the historical issues that have been left until now have also been resolved.

So now, it's time for him to deal with the rest of his own affairs.

The first and most important thing is what Chen Ming needs to do when he leaves the space station to find a galaxy to build a colony and the process of building a colony.

Although the development of the colony requires someone to keep an eye on it, it does not mean keeping an eye on it [-] hours a day.

All Chen Ming has to do is to guide the colony and make it develop in the direction he thinks is better.

In fact, the entire colony will definitely be managed by Brilliance and them by then.

So Chen Ming should have a lot of free time.

Then Chen Ming must do something, such as developing himself.

Learn more techniques and research more things.

Chen Ming had brought out a lot of research equipment from Yu Hui's research institute before, and he had installed it at the highest point, but this was definitely not enough.

What Yuhui mainly asked Chen Ming to research before were things that their own research progress was not very satisfactory, and the research equipment there was focused.

Chen Ming didn't want to follow Yu Hui's ideas. He wanted to study what he wanted to study.

It's just that he hasn't thought about the specifics yet.

The research equipment he wants to purchase is best purchased along his own research direction.

And when conducting research, Chen Ming also had to consider the Alpha-level afterglow he brought out from the giant shipyard.

Because Chen Ming couldn't help but look at the panels of several Alpha Afterglow cores he had before.

And the Alpha-level afterglow obtained from the giant shipyard is very special.

[Afterglow Alpha Level AI Core (2UAA1-MAZAX)]

[Manufacturer: Yuhui BP-55 Colonial Far North Industrial Production Center]

[Alpha level core bonus: scientific research hub]

[Self-awareness: Existence]

[Computing power: galaxy level]

[Executable operations: None]

When he saw the name of the core bonus, Chen Ming knew that this Alpha Afterglow was not a combat type, but a scientific research type that was more focused on logistics.

The effect is also very simple. Any type of research computing power is increased by 15%.

This number doesn’t sound like much, but think about it.

All arbitrary research, as long as it is a research, has a 15% research speed bonus. This effect is not necessarily worse than the brilliant [Star System Planning].

There are a total of five core bonuses that can be added later by Chen Ming.

【Ship Specialization】

【Industrial Specialization】

【Weapon Specialization】

【Cutting-edge technology】

【Galaxy Main Force】

The first three are all design type bonus options.

It can be given 30% more computing power in different specialized fields to increase its research speed again.

This is also a very scary bonus.

Then the effect of this [cutting-edge technology] is slightly different from the research type.

It strengthens the core's industrial computing power and improves the final quality of industrial products, including spaceships.

The [Galaxy Main Force] can improve the computing power when doing work related to the battleship. This is also the basis for it to be a designer of new stars.

This Alpha afterglow itself is the afterglow left in the giant shipyard when the previous new star was launched.

There seems to be no problem in being responsible for ship design and subsequent manufacturing.

Its existence must be carefully considered by Chen Ming.

The purchase of research equipment must also take its presence into consideration.

Chen Ming's current idea is to let it continue to conduct research on Yuhui's spacecraft technology, while he himself conducts research on human spacecraft technology.

So, this requires quite a bit of research equipment.

Originally, Chen Ming thought that he did not need to trouble others for help with the scientific research equipment he used, as he could buy it himself.

But considering this Alpha-level afterglow, the equipment that Chen Ming originally planned to use for his own use was not enough. It seemed that he would have to look for Lao Wu again.

Chen Ming started making a list on the terminal.

Since this was going to be purchased in bulk, he didn't have to worry about choosing.

Just buy all the research equipment that he can consider now and use in the future.

The overall number was quite a bit larger, at least more than he had thought before.

And the value should only be more expensive than industrial equipment.

But fortunately, Chen Ming does not need to provide a bunch of the same equipment as he does to provide industrial equipment to the colonies.

He only needs to purchase one copy of these research equipment.

The money required is definitely not at the same level as buying industrial equipment.

Except for research equipment.

There is one more thing that Chen Ming needs to prepare.

star map.

Although the empire has not continued to expand in the direction of the Gallo Star Territory, various large-scale detectors have been recording galaxies outside the territory.

Chen Ming had better master the information of these galaxies in advance and conduct a survey of colonizable colonies based on the density and types of galaxies within the star field.

Chen Ming wants to find a good galaxy to build a colony.

Similar to the star capital, there are several high-value planets and all kinds of resources can basically be gathered together. As long as they develop, they can be self-sufficient without the need to continue to contact the human empire.

It will be very difficult and take a lot of time to explore.

Therefore, the star map is very necessary, which can save a lot of time in exploration and discard some galaxies where there is no possibility of suitable planets.

Star maps are generally easy to work with.

But if Chen Ming wanted some more detailed star maps farther away from the empire, he would have to find a way to get it through connections.

Chen Ming still has a day or two to spare, which should be enough to get it done before the president contacts him for the second time.

Although a lot of things have been dealt with, it is obvious that Chen Ming still has to continue to be busy.

a few hours later.

That night after Chen Ming talked to someone he knew again.

At Space Arm No. 1 of the Pirate Space Station, an ordinary Destroyer-class cargo ship arrived.

Although the management of the pirate space station is very relaxed, the transportation of goods at this level of deportation still has to be inspected by the administration.

Otherwise, if we just transport some dangerous things up there, will the space station still be able to handle it?
So when the ship enters the ship's position.

Immediately, people from the administration came out of their office near the maintenance plant.

A small group of people planned to go over and confirm.

But when they were halfway there, the leader's walkie-talkie suddenly rang.

He immediately connected and said: "Director."

The director said to him calmly: "There is no need to take care of the ship that just entered the port, and there is no need to inspect it."

"Huh? But that's not the rule..."

"Rules are dead, but people are alive. You can't change the rules there, but people can move around them and get around them."

The captain and the team members around him looked at each other and said, "Yes."

He gave up and continued to inspect the ship.

There was really no need for him to lose his job for a ship or some strange competition on it.

However, after the captain returned to the office, he still left a file on his computer and transferred it to the database of ships that needed to be inspected after entering the port.

But what he didn't know was that the archived file had also been deleted silently and unknowingly.

The next day came quickly.

Chen Ming’s own fleet has been dispatched to look for traces of pirates in other parts of the star field.

Some of the research equipment he needs has also been purchased here at the space station.

Of course, it is a black product, the price is quite good, and it has been installed to the highest point.

The warehouse at the highest point was almost filled to the brim with a batch of supplies that the boss had specially sent to the pirate space station.

All preparations before departure have been completed.

However, Chen Ming was still running around today.

The main reason is that the [-] billion given by the company was transferred directly to the account very efficiently.

Lao Wu has basically determined the price of the industrial facilities that Chen Ming wants to order.

Then help Chen Ming determine the price of the research equipment.

All I can say is that money is really useless.

After all these things are done, there will probably be four to five billion left.

However, it is not easy for Chen Ming to use this money to replenish his own fleet.

After all, there may be a shortage of supplies in the colony later, and this money must be used as emergency money.

Time flies, and another day passes quickly in the blink of an eye.

At noon on this day.

The boss took the initiative to contact me.