From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 140 Hermes

It was Isabel who finally failed to get out of bed the next day.

The result of Amber's fun night was that the paperwork that should have been handled was left until the next day.

Picking up the ship from a second-hand ship dealer is currently Atlas Private Military Company's top priority.

Therefore, Amber missed the regular training for the next two days. With the help of professionals arranged by Ellenita, she prepared all the documents required for ship transactions, registration and other processes.

Then at the planned time, set off for the agreed trading port.

Among the people accompanying this time, Isabel, Randall, and Tom, three people with experience in ship operation, are indispensable.

In addition to the three of them, there are also several temporary crew members who have been trained urgently, and their level is almost at the level of "can start the ship".

At the same time, just to be on the safe side, Ellenita gave everyone new identities - honorary human citizens of the Thousand Stars Empire.

But in Amber's view, identity is actually not necessary for them.

Because neither the Federation nor the Star Dragon Empire can achieve perfection in the management of personnel mobility.

First of all, in the universe, the concept of national borders has been blurred.

As long as you don't sail into sensitive areas or military restricted areas, basically no one will intercept you.

Because the cost of search and interception is too high, and the efficiency is extremely low.

Therefore, identity verification is usually done at the planet orbit airport before entering the planet.

In general space stations and airports, especially areas where various transactions are conducted, basically no one will come to verify your identity.

Plus there's Lilith.

After Amber's training, Lilith is now able to skillfully hack into surrounding electronic devices to block information.

Even if Amber and the others leave video data or access information somewhere, they will be modified by Lilith into their disguised identities.

In this regard, Amber commented: It is very easy to use, just like turning on anonymity.

Burton Spaceport, located in the Leipzig system on the border of the Star Dragon Empire, is the largest port among several nearby systems and is qualified to trade military-grade second-hand ships.

A large number of second-hand ship dealers have arranged temporary offices here, or directly docked a small official ship as a temporary station.

Amber and his party who arrived at the port wasted no time. After disembarking, they went straight to the berth where the destroyer was parked.

The Dragoon-class destroyer was sold by the Auriga Ship Trading Company.

As a ship trading company run by imperial nobles, its scale is among the largest in the empire, and it can often obtain recently retired military ships through connections.

Generally speaking, unless the ship is too old or cannot continue to be used, it will be towed back to the shipyard for dismantling.

Military ships of light cruise and below levels will be sold to the civilian market after removing key equipment, such as data link modules and military-grade shipboard control personality modules.

The Royal Navy also needs to make a living and replenish its blood by selling decommissioned ships.

Of course, it is impossible for ordinary people to buy such decommissioned warships directly from the Royal Navy at first-hand prices.

As soon as these warships complete the decommissioning process, they will be quickly divided up by middlemen who specialize in second-hand ship transactions.

Therefore, the price Amber and the others bought was more expensive than the depreciation price of the ship.

As for the price increase, it depends on the conscience of the company responsible for handling the ship and whether the ship is a popular model.

"Mr. Rebir, the ship inspection process has been completed. How about starting the transaction process next?"

Kirk, the person in charge of this transaction, couldn't help but rub his hands. The end of this transaction also meant that he would receive a large commission.

"You also see that this ship is definitely in the best condition among ships of its class. Except for the removal of the data link module and the control personality core, the other parts are completely in service condition." Kirk introduced the ship attentively, but Amber, who went by the pseudonym 'Ray Bill' next to him, didn't listen to his words at all.

In Amber's eyes, the only thing left in the dock was the slender and graceful destroyer.

The iconic silver-white gorgeous paint of the Star Dragon Empire, in a good state of maintenance, makes this recently retired destroyer as exquisite as a work of art.

2 HIPW60 heavy particle cannons arranged on the central axis of the battleship, common to Royal Navy destroyers;

There are four charged particle cannons, four electromagnetic reconnection cannons, and four high-energy laser beam launchers arranged alternately around the hull;

Multifunctional missile silos in the rear half of the hull;

These reliable weapons have allowed the Dragoon class to occupy the top spot in the destroyer's firepower strike capability until now.

"My first ship," he muttered.

"To correct you, this is the first ship that belongs to Atlas, and technically 12.3% of this destroyer belongs to me."

Isabel saw Amber looking at the boat so engrossed, she couldn't help but joked in his ear.

"Isn't it mine?" Amber said angrily as the atmosphere was ruined.

"Then 25% belongs to Ellenita; 8.2% belongs to other people in the company~"

"You wait tonight"

"Hmph, who is afraid of whom~"

The transaction process did not take too much time, and all the documents required for the transaction were fully prepared with the help of professionals.

The funds that were exchanged for Imperial Golden Dragon in advance and deposited into the transaction supervision account were also successfully transferred to the account of Auriga Company.

However, when I saw the Amber registration information, I found that the company registered to the ship was 'Atlas Mining Development Co., Ltd.'

Kirk, who had been following him to help with business, his eyelids twitched, and he couldn't help but remind him:

"Mr. Rebel, are you sure you filled in the company correctly?"

"That's right. I bought this ship to escort the mining team and help cut up asteroids."

Amber replied with a smile before pressing the confirm button to submit the information.

"Information is being processed, please wait"

"Ship registration completed, ship identification code: SE933979162"

"Please enter the ship name."

Naming the ship is the final step in the transaction.

But Amber had already thought of a name for this first ship.

In essence, PMC means 'the customer places an order and then kills the person himself', which is a business behavior.

So at this time, the ancient Greek god in charge of business must be sacrificed.

"Ship name - Hermes."

"Congratulations, you have completed the entire registration process!"

At the same time as the registration is completed, the Dragoon-class destroyer's information is in the Imperial Ship Information Database.

It was also converted from a Royal Navy military ship (retired) into a civilian ship.

(End of this chapter)