Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station.

Chapter 168 Departure
  The director announced his resignation at the meeting.

The other directors at the conference table looked at each other, and several more directors also submitted their resignation reports.

Big problems have arisen with the company's previous resolutions, especially the resolution against Chen Ming.

Chen Ming can now be said to be a psyker with combat prowess close to that of Wu An.

Even if there are various factors affecting this, even if the upper limit of Chen Ming's combat power is Wu An's lower limit, there is no possibility of winning in a head-on battle.

But since Chen Ming killed Yan Xiong, it means that he already has the ability to reach this level.

With such a relatively close relationship with a psyker, plus the original line involving company employees.

In exchange for the right to re-mining Sky Steel, there was also some priority for the military in purchasing spacecraft.

It seemed to be profitable before.

But now it seems that it can be said that it is a loss.

If it weren't for the factory director and Lao Wu, the company might even arouse Chen Ming's hatred.

What material thing could compare to a psyker close to Wu An's level?
  The board did make a wrong decision.

The few people who had clearly opposed it before were basically those who were close to the chairman.

So in this current situation, the directors who first proposed this proposal must resign.

The director who arrived last, as the first person to make the proposal and take the lead, must be the first to make the decision to resign.

At least they could retreat safely this way.

Otherwise, it won’t look good if others pull it down.

after one day.

Pirate space station.

Since Zuojing and War Zone had already attacked, Chen Ming was not in a hurry to leave as before.

Anyway, he didn't feel any danger, and it shouldn't be possible for him to do it again in the war zone in a short time.

If they could get two more psykers, he would admit it.

So Chen Ming simply postponed his departure for a day.

Some supplies lost in previous battles were replenished on the space station.

The boss was very considerate and helped Chen Ming replenish the supplies used to kill Yan Xiong.

Although these materials needed to be sent to the boss's colony because of the large quantity and the need for transportation, Chen Ming transported them himself.

But at least the boss saved Chen Ming a lot of money by doing this.

Then in addition to replenishing supplies, Chen Ming also went to pack up the spoils after winning the battle.

A total of four cruise ships came to the war zone and Zuojing this time, with more than fifty expulsions and more than two hundred guards.
  In the end, one ship did not escape.

However, there are only three cruisers and about [-]% of the small boats left on the pirate space station.

And among the three cruisers left behind.

The ruler was killed by Chen Ming's five cruisers with concentrated fire, and then absorbed by Yan Xiong to form the Iron Giant.

Finally, it exploded, and all the materials merged into lumps.

Chen Ming chose to take away the relatively large pieces of materials, leaving the rest that were scattered and difficult to collect.

He can directly dismantle these large pieces of material and obtain some materials whose properties have not changed under high temperature and pressure, or alloy materials made from the fusion of various materials.

The two defenders did not have such a situation.

Although they were also sunk by the fleet behind Chen Ming, at least the basic appearance was still maintained.

Since the sinking of the two Defenders was mainly due to Chen Ming's efforts, without Chen Ming, the space station would have had no chance of keeping them.

So, they are clear.

Although the damage was slightly serious, Chen Ming was not without repair materials.

So we directly asked the three Afterglow cruisers that came to support to carry the two Defenders and jump back to the temporary station. They could repair them later and use them again.

Of course, Chen Ming still checked the defender before sending him away.

Although large ships are certainly equipped with a considerable number of escape hatches, there are always some people who are left in the sunken ship and are still alive.

Chen Ming will not pursue their identities anymore. After getting them out, they will be handed over directly to the space station for processing.

What matters is the defenders themselves.

Although it is a company's spaceship, it basically has a design that cuts off some of its excellent functions for mass production.

But at least the basics are not lacking, and it still has the standard combat effectiveness of a cruiser.

It’s not a loss if you hold it.

Then came the boats.

Because Chen Ming had seen that there was a huge disparity in paper strength between him and the Zuojing Fleet, he directly used large weapons to clean up these small ships without any shame.

The damage to the boat was very serious, and it was a loss that could not be recovered.

So now only about ten destroyers and more than thirty escorts are still intact.

Some of them were lucky, and some of them voted directly when they saw that the situation was not good.

The people above were all controlled by the Administration, and were quickly transported away together with the people Chen Ming found on the cruiser. It was unknown where they were transported.

Chen Ming doesn't care about people.

But the spaceship is what he wants.

The fleet he planned to use to hunt pirates lost three ships before it officially set off.

Although it was wasted on Yan Xiong, it was not considered a loss.

But Chen Ming's fleet strength also dropped a lot in an instant.

At least that's what Chen Ming said when he discussed the distribution of spoils with the deputy director.

Therefore, he must have new ships to reorganize a suitable fleet.

But after all, the space station had done its part before, helping Chen Ming share part of the damage from the opponent's cruiser's concentrated fire.

They must also have a share in the distribution of spoils.

In the end, the deputy director took the initiative to give in and let Chen Ming choose what he needed first, and they took the rest.

Then Chen Ming is welcome.

These small spaceships as trophies include some military models and some miscellaneous models.

Chen Ming must have started with military models and filled the fleet as proportionally as possible.

So in the end, Chen Ming chose a total of three destroyers.

A military law enforcer, which is the basic model of the special law enforcer designed by the [-]th Army Corps that Chen Ming asked Bai Quan for.

There are also two Manticore-class ships, which are also the military's own spacecraft models.

This type of ship has a special device, a net ballistic rangefinder.

It can connect to friendly spacecraft signals, obtain detailed big data on the battlefield, and provide accurate shooting route simulation for live ammunition weapons to achieve precise point-kill effects.

Although the destroyer Chen Ming didn't expect anything.

But Chen Ming is still more interested in the new model of spaceship.

Even if the actual results were not ideal in the end, he still collected illustrations... No, he got a new spaceship design that he could use for research.

Moreover, this net-type ballistic rangefinder is not only used by the Manticore itself. Such a special device can also be used to provide ballistic simulation for more advanced spacecraft.

So in terms of substantive effects, this is actually an auxiliary type of ship, but its own combat capabilities are quite good because of the ballistic rangefinder.

Then there are the frigates.

Chen Ming selected five Pioneer-class heavy frigates.

It has a compact but simple and solid structure.

If the Centurion relies on its own damping stance, a special device, to obtain the powerful line-resistance ability of the frigate class.

Then the Pioneer class relies purely on its own carefully designed armor and structure to resist.

Although the design is simple but easy to use, it is enough to ensure the survival possibility of the personnel inside, and it is very easy to repair even if it is lost after the war.

It can be said to be a low-cost, medium-to-high-efficiency spaceship.

What Chen Ming is not afraid of most now is losses. These Pioneer-class ships can indeed be used as vanguards in the future.

There are also three Centurions, which is nothing to say.

The Centurion is a very good frigate in its own right and can supplement Chen Ming's previous losses.

Finally, there are seven military Sentinel-class ships to make up for Chen Ming's fleet's shortcomings in missile weapons.

These frigates add up to a total of fourteen ships. Counting the three destroyers, there are seventeen ships in total.

In general, Chen Ming didn't go too far. After all, he left some military ships for the space station.

Of course, the main reason is that there are only so many boats with minor damage, so they can be repaired quickly and easily.

Chen Ming doesn't have that much energy to salvage the fragmented spacecraft, so he should leave it to the space station to slowly salvage it.

It can also let Lao Wu do more work.

When choosing the spaceship, Chen Ming also contacted Baiquan.

The efficiency on Baiquan's side is relatively low. Only the escort and expulsion in the promised spaceship are in place.

Four Storm-class ships that can best utilize Chen Ming's strength, and a special model of the Fourteenth Legion's Law Enforcer that has the most powerful line-resistance capability among destroyers.

It can definitely exert a considerable degree of combat effectiveness in small-scale combat.

Together with the trophy spaceships that Chen Ming took away, he organized them into the fleet that he would later stay in the empire.

Chen Ming cannot control this fleet all the time.

Therefore, Gamma B, who ran away from Yuhui, was chosen as the commander of this fleet, and everything was left to him to handle.

And this spaceship, which Chen Ming already had and Bai Quan gave him, has already begun to take shape.

One Sunder, five Hammerheads, one Fourteenth Legion Enforcer, five Heavy Rains, and one Fighter.

A total of seven destroyers and six escorts.

If we include the fleet that Chen Ming added this time, then there are ten destroyers and twenty escorts, which adds up to a small and medium-sized fleet of just thirty ships.

Then you can add two more ships.

After all, the number of ships in the fleet has increased, so it is best to prepare two logistics ships like other normal fleets.

A cargo ship transports fleet supplies and a fuel ship transports fuel.

Of course, it doesn't mean that Chen Ming can't use psychic energy to replenish supplies.

It's just that if one day he runs out of mental energy, or something happens and he can't get out of it, then at least he can't leave the fleet without supplies.

However, the cargo ship is actually unnecessary. After all, there is no one on Chen Ming's ship, and the internal space is basically empty. Each ship can be used as a partial cargo ship.

But since Chen Ming had a Mule-class ship parked on the space station before, it must be used. It would be too wasteful to keep it there.

Previously, Chen Ming needed the mule as an anchor to send what he needed back to the space station.

But now that he has controlled the space arm No. [-] of the space station, a space arm filled with power generation facilities that can do many things here, there is no need for him to keep the mule in the dock.

However, fuel is best carried by specialized fuel ships. After all, it is very dangerous if this thing is left lying around without special safety reserves.

So in the end, what Chen Ming left in the empire was a fleet with thirty-two ships, as well as extremely powerful spaceships such as Armor Breaker, Fourteenth Legion Enforcer, and Heavy Rain Class.

It is almost possible to walk sideways in the edge star field without provoking the military and officials.

Unfortunately.

At present, the cruiser Baiquan, which is more important to Chen Ming, has not been delivered yet, and neither has the Qiling nerve.

It can only be said that it is normal for the cruiser to be slow to deliver after all.

Chen Ming will definitely not be able to deliver it before departure.

However, now that his mental strength can support the control of the cruiser.

That is to say, as long as a gamma-level afterglow he controls comes into contact with Baiquan's cruiser, he can control the cruiser while protecting the gamma-level individual from being burned by overloaded data.

So Chen Ming also left two gamma individuals with his boss, one of which can be sent to Baiquan later.

When the time comes, Chen Ming can just take control and drive the boat away by himself.

Chen Ming is very much looking forward to its performance as a Stardust-class cruiser.

Of course, what Chen Ming got from Bai Quan was not just the bad news that the cruiser and Qiling Nerve had not yet arrived.

After Chen Ming finished chatting with the deputy bureau and left the administration building, Bai Quan also told Chen Ming some good news.

"I have someone I know in the war zone. He told me that the senior leaders of the war zone who had conflicts with you were taken away."

"And it was not an internal review in the war zone, but people coming directly from above to take them away."

Chen Ming was quite curious about this, and said with some urging: "Tell me more about it."

"The main reason is that their cooperation with Zuojiao involves too much, especially those cruisers."

"There is a problem with the origin of these ships."

"That Dominator is a ship that was originally planned to be retired because it was too old in the war zone plan."

"Generally speaking, retired ships have two destinations. One of them is dismantling and recycling, and the materials are used to build new ships. This ruler was originally meant to be dismantled."

"But I don't know at which step something went wrong. The ship disappeared. The war zone has been tracing it."

"Then as you saw, it fell into Zuo Jing's hands."

"Those two Defenders are spacecrafts normally sold by Sindar Company, and they have an order form provided by the war zone."

"But there is no such list in the war zone. Of course, it is not the problem of Xinda Company. It was purchased privately by insiders in the war zone in the name of the military with the help of connections."

"Normally, this is not a big deal, but when it is linked to the disappearance of the previous ruler, it becomes a big problem."

"The last Eagle has the biggest problem."

"It is also a ship that needs to be retired, but it uses another method of handling retired ships. Generally, this is done by spaceships that have made great achievements."

"Just dismantle the fire control system of the spacecraft and throw it into the museum. Oh no, the ship should be used directly as a museum."

"To record the past of this Eagle and the achievements of the soldiers on it."

"Used to promote the army and then recruit some soldiers."

"Then, the ship also disappeared and appeared here."

"So it was mainly because of these circumstances that the people in the war zone left substantial evidence, which led to their arrest."

"There will definitely be more involved than those who have a grudge against you. There will definitely be a large number of people involved."

Bai Quan finished a long paragraph in one breath, and said with some sigh: "I didn't expect that even if they mobilized four cruisers to fight against two cruisers, they couldn't gain an advantage, and in the end they ended up running around."

"Your ability is really great."

Chen Ming did not lose his mind because of Bai Quan's compliment, but asked calmly: "Anyway, it means that everyone who has a grudge against me has gone in, right?"

"Correct."

"That's good, but there's still one thing I don't understand."

"Since Zuo Jing is hired by the war zone, why does the war zone build a space station? And use the defenders sold by the company to build it?"

"You're full and full, and you're going to mess with another Xinda Company? The company is still developing, but it's considered a giant in other places."

Bai Quan said as if he knew the matter very well: "Then I have to mention the situation in the war zone and Zuojiao."

"First of all, you have to know one thing. Contact with Zuo Jing is like seeking the skin of a tiger, and it is a tiger that has just crawled out of the sewer. If you are not careful, not only will you get backlash, but you will also get into trouble."

"Your company, the space station has recently arranged for a director to come here, and he still has conflicts with you, right?"

Chen Ming responded: "Yes, he was captured by me and is being interrogated."

"Okay, then I will tell you briefly."

"The war zone took the initiative to contact your director, and they immediately hit it off and wanted to kill you."

"But what the director didn't expect was that instead of taking action himself, the war zone pushed someone out who took the scapegoat, and then asked the scapegoat to find a way out."

"Zuo Jing also agreed and sneaked into the space station with the help of War Zone."

"I have indeed fulfilled the requirements of the war zone. I will try to kill you first. If I can't kill you, I will force you out and let the fleet handle it."

"You know everything about the outside of the space station."

"But inside the space station..."

"Zuojing has completed what they promised, and it can be said that they are very reputable."

"But later on, they started to play freely."

"'Freedom to play'? Very vivid."

Chen Ming's casual remarks made Bai Quan shrug and continued: "Carry out terrorist attacks on the space station, blow up important facilities of the space station, and publicize their existence."

"Using funding from war zones to achieve their own goals, they also drag people in war zones into the sewers."

"In the end, I was even reported."

"The specific whistleblower has not been investigated yet, and it probably won't be investigated either."

"You can also see that if this matter continues to ferment, the face of the war zone will be swollen."

"The whistleblower reported it in time, so the superiors handled it quickly. The department that received the report will definitely keep this person safe."

"Don't say anything else, just my side."

"My fleet just stopped the Eagle that escaped, and there was a call from above."

"It's better to call directly through my hometown. Let me cooperate."

"What else can I do? Just cooperate honestly."

"That's about it."

Chen Ming digested what Bai Quan said and couldn't help but said: "Do you know this in detail?"

"My side caught the director involved, why didn't the news come out faster than your side?"

"It's a matter of course that even if the people in the company are of good quality in the fringe star field and can be said to be militiamen, they will definitely not be as professional as us."

"Too."

Chen Ming nodded, thinking about the meaning of Bai Quan's words.

In fact, after he learned the news, the whole thing came together.

Once he knew the truth, he would no longer pay too much attention to it.

Anyway, it's over.

But Chen Ming finally told Bai Quan: "If there is a trial one day, remember to tell me the result."

Bai Quan hesitated for a moment, and finally said according to the most likely scenario: "You may be a little disappointed, the death penalty should not be the case."

In fact, Chen Ming does not necessarily want people to die: "As long as you pay the due price, if you can't pay, I will find a way myself."

"Is it really okay for you to say this to a major general like me?"

"It's okay, as I said before, you can't stop me."

"In this era, everything can be lacking, except spaceships."

“This is what planetary specialization for the sake of productivity will inevitably lead to.”

"To be honest, even if I kill a criminal, will anything happen to me?"

"And even if I don't tell you, if you let me know that the people who conflicted with me have not paid enough, what do you think I will do?"

"Although we haven't met yet, you should know me quite well."

Chen Ming knew very well that since Bai Quan could correctly guess the effects of his psychic powers so many times, he must have a considerable understanding of him.

Bai Quan did not respond to Chen Ming's question.

Obviously, he would not ruin his relationship with Chen Ming for the sake of a few prisoners who also had considerable conflicts with him.

He chose to skip the topic just now and brought up what he had agreed to do before: "Speaking of which, are you pressed for time recently? Can you arrange time to prepare to start formal fleet command teaching?"

Chen Ming did not force Bai Quan to answer the question just now, and moved to the topic Bai Quan raised and said: "I should have a lot of free time in the next period of time, but you have to wait for me for two or three days."

"No problem. Then you should be busy first. Contact me when you are free, and I will give you a schedule."

"Then if you are free, remember to do some physical exercise every day. Physical strength is also a very important aspect of command and cannot be neglected."

"If you are really short of time, you can also choose to reduce part of it, but a psyker I know said that a psyker's physical fitness will also affect the use of his psychic powers."

"Well, I remember."

After making an agreement with Bai Quan, Chen Ming didn't say any more.

Hang up communication.

During his last stay on the space station, Chen Ming confirmed with Lao Wu the follow-up delivery of industrial equipment and research equipment, as well as the matter of pirates.

Old Wu has already decided on the candidate who will take over the pirate prisoners, pirate corpses, or only a video of fighting the pirates.

After Chen Ming kills a group of pirates, he can hand it over to that person.

Chen Ming will soon have more money.

The main thing is to rely on fighting to support fighting.

As long as Chen Ming didn't blow up the spaceship or defeat the enemy, there would definitely be no loss.

Everything is taken care of.

Chen Ming couldn't hold it any longer and immediately reached the highest point.

The spacecraft's control system was activated and the destination was determined.

His first destination was clear, which was where his Afterglow Fleet was temporarily stationed.

In addition, Chen Ming also asked Bai Quan to help cover up the traces of his upcoming jump to prevent anyone from tracking his location.

When Chen Ming's several afterglow cruisers were exposed before, Bai Quan must have understood what he was going to do next.

So now Bai Quan happily agreed.

Chen Ming took the initiative to control the Supreme Point and the Brilliant Class to leave the Pirate Space Station and arrive outside the galaxy.

After waiting here for a while, he met a cruiser from the [-]th Legion and immediately started the jump engine.

Gradually disappeared into the starry sky.

(End of this chapter)