The Bizarre Adventure of Tartaros Fleet

Chapter 755 Chapter 683: The sight of privateers

The third planet in the Tau galaxy of Cetus - Sea Star is an ancient development star.

In the era when the speed of light could not be surpassed and human beings could not travel between galaxies, a one-way expedition team who did not expect to return to the parent star miraculously discovered a star in the life-probable belt of G-type spectral stars. A planet covered by a vast sea.

Survival on this planet requires neither planetary transformation nor adaptation, and it is a perfect habitable planet.This planet, which humans can colonize for a long time, was later called the Sea Star.Starfish, as one of the initial planetary pioneers, has invested a lot of capital.As the initial development base, Xinobama City is a coastal city built directly below the equator where the only continent in the sea star is located.

At that time, the colonial ships towering over the coast as a temporary base had disappeared, and the dismantled hulls had been properly used as building materials for the original city. The Pioneer Monument standing in the center of the city still commemorated the man who lived before mankind fell into civil war. That positive and pioneering era.

The Warehouse Street along the canal, which was established in the era when shipping was the main means of transporting goods, miraculously remained intact after the war and the post-war economic depression.Following the retro style that has continued since the last century, the canal with classical brick warehouses as houses along the banks has also been revived as a sightseeing street.

The roads between the canal and the warehouses have been paved with intelligent roads with the latest control system (although the surface is made of stone roads to maintain a classical atmosphere), the architectural pattern and street scenes on both sides of the canal also maintain the scene of the heyday of shipping , but those old warehouses have been converted into restaurants, fashion stores, grocery stores and various food stores, offices and so on.

The classic four-wheeled vehicle rolled over the stone road, and the stones rattled between the tires, and stopped in front of a brick warehouse with a garden terrace.

Opening the door with a bell made of natural wood, a girl with long black hair, brown eyes, snow-white skin, and an ancient Asiatic face walked into the store. This is Barbarossa. The ship's next captain, Chiaki Kurihara--from the looks of it, she's a perfect match for the oversized revolver, cat ears, and goth girly outfit.

But now she is only wearing a black one-piece student uniform, a small section of smooth thigh is exposed between the short skirt and stockings, and the pupils behind the pink half-rimmed eyes reveal the color of Ling Ran.Those are the eyes of those who have sailed in the universe all year round, the eyes of sailors and navigators.

Just like what Nyarlathotep said, women in the universe are very powerful - and not only in the universe, the sea star is located at the border of this country... both in the universe and on the border Women are double shrews. (Comment on persecution wind)

From the roof supported by thick beams, several classical desk lamps sprinkled soft light. Girls dressed in black maid outfits and white lace headbands saluted from all over the store to the door.This is a rare sight in most parts of the galaxy. Most of the catering industry uses cheap machinery and artificial intelligence to replace expensive labor. Places served by living people are incredibly high-end restaurants.

However, there is an exception here - in the countryside located in the border area, the labor cost of starfish is quite cheap, and some people are working in the name of social practice.

Among them, a young girl with long peach-red hair and wearing a girly outfit, who looked energetic and healthy, held the tray in her arms and called affectionately to the black-eyed lady who had just entered the door:

"Qianqiu sauce!"

If Oregana was here, it would probably be embarrassing - as long as she saw a girl with long red hair in a girl's outfit and a headdress on her head, her attention would slowly focus on the girl's hands.Although she knew that what she was thinking of must be the fascinating hands of a certain star-fighting weapon that usually works as a girl in a bar, but this guy's gaze always reminds people of Kira Yoshikage... There is always a feline standing behind him Guys, it feels like a crime...

And at this moment, the red-haired girl working in the coffee shop is not a decisive weapon in the stars, but she is not an ordinary person either—she is Kato Jasmine, the captain of the most popular privateer Bentenmaru near the constellation of Cetus recently.

This is the most obvious example of being held back by the no-time-limited privateering license, because the former captain picked up things on the ground and ate them, and died of food poisoning. Come find this direct heir to succeed the captain.Although she agreed to become a captain and enjoyed it, she still wanted to finish her studies, so she usually lived an ordinary life when she was not working.

Also as a new generation of pirates (privateers), Kurihara Chiaki and Kato Jasmine are very good friends, but Kurihara Chiaki thinks that she should teach Kato Jasmine some experience on the road as a senior, so she bends her mouth downward Formed into a ^ shape, said coldly:

"Don't call me so kind."

"Okay, okay," this was already a routine conversation between the two of them every time they met, Jasmine smiled and waved her hands, showing a somewhat apologetic expression to the girl beside her.

"It's okay, let's go~ After all, there is also work over there."

In the coffee shop where the pirate leader works, the girls are naturally well-informed, they all know who is entering the door now-think about it carefully, this girl coffee shop, although it is said that girls are selling tea and coffee , but actually... closer to the tavern in the port, right?

It's just a few pirates coming in and shouting 'Give me a glass of rum! ', then sat down and conspired with the familiar captain where he was going to do something. The tavern owner stood in front of the bar, holding a rag in his hand and gently wiping the glass that seemed to last forever, while someone beside him played light music with an accordion. The kind of tavern that smells of barbecue and alcohol in the air. (convinced)

The two found a place to sit down, because there are actually professionals in charge of security issues in this store, so there is no need to worry about bugs and the like.After the sisters brought two large glasses of strawberry parfait that were used instead of rum, the pirate chiefs began to communicate in business—once entering this state, Jasmine changed from a somewhat natural girl to an instant Transformed into a seasoned captain, even though he is wearing a girly outfit, the light in his eyes is exceptionally sharp:

"What happened to that?"

What she said was the recent pirate robbery incident in the surrounding star field.As a privateer operating on the sea star, there are pirates plundering around here, which is essentially a provocation against Bentenmaru and Kato Jasmine, and it stands to reason that he should be the one to attack those daring pirates.

However, not only Jasmine was not in time, but the Barbarossa that happened to be nearby did not catch up.When the Barbarossa arrived, only the half-wrecked cargo ship and the two pirate ships that had been turned into wrecks remained.

The captain of the cargo ship thanked the Barbarossa for its assistance, and claimed that a third-party pirate entered the scene, and the two groups of pirates fought each other to become like this.

This is a very dangerous signal for Kato Jasmine, which means that there is still at least one pirate ship wandering within his sphere of influence.As a privateer, I have the responsibility to crusade against these pirates—however, the fact that the ship can win one against two in a short period of time means that she has a strong enough combat power, which means that it is not an easy task to handle.

Bentenmaru is currently searching the universe, while the Barbarossa is tasked with analyzing the wreckage.

"This is why I came." In the past few days of searching and analysis, Kurihara Chiaki got a lot of useful information, she said with certainty, "What the captain of the merchant ship said should be true, but he hid Some details..."

Privateers do not have the rights of the police and the military, and they cannot arrest and interrogate an innocent sea captain on mere suspicion - that is against the law.Therefore, Qian Qiu could only drag his severely damaged ship to the port, and then immediately turned around to recover the wreckage.

The wreckage felt strange.

Generally speaking, there are two types of ships that are bombed and sunk in a short period of time during battles—one is when the vital points are drawn, such as the power furnace, such as the ammunition depot, and the whole ship goes to the sky with one shot. It will scatter and fly farther and farther, because the whole ship exploded like a firecracker; the second is to be bombarded with deadly coverage in a short period of time, and the whole ship was sieved, although it did not explode , but the crew members inside will also be burned to death in the high temperature caused by the particle beam in the hull.

But these two wreckages don't look quite right...

First of all, the wreckage didn't explode directly, that's because the power furnace was turned off before being bombarded; secondly, there was a rather large hole in the wreckage, it wasn't a particle beam or a missile blast hole, the hole here was bigger , the burn mark on the armor looks like a super big fire elf has gnawed several mouthfuls on it with its fire teeth.

Moreover, there was not even a single body on board, and the escape pod was intact, but the hatch door had been destroyed before—the control panel was punched with several holes by small particle beam weapons, which made it impossible for anyone to enter the escape pod. None of the high-speed shuttles were touched.

It doesn't look like someone was hammered to death in a bombardment battle, but it feels like the enemy successfully boarded the ship and took away all the corpses and prisoners...

"Did you investigate anything?"

"Well," Chiaki Kurihara nodded, "We searched for a long time in those wreckages, and finally found a few storage devices that were lucky enough not to be destroyed, and deciphered some video files from them, which were captured by the monitor inside the ship. to the screen."

"let me see."

Qianqiu took out a small box, pulled out the screen and pressed the play button:

"Look, it's a battle scene." The image on the screen was not very clear, only some fighters in power armor could be seen nimbly passing through the corridor, tearing apart the formation of another group of people like a shattering one.The attackers wore yellow power armor, and all of them carried powerful melee weapons reminiscent of chainsaws. "The troops that broke in are the ones wearing yellow power armor."

Jasmine Xiang had never seen soldiers with this configuration—in this day and age, very few people would think about who to fight with.Especially in pirate circles, everyone has a gun and can solve things. Before you can pull out your melee weapon, it's over.

But the ones here are different. Their movements are as fast as the wind, their reactions are quick, and their armor is quite exaggerated. Even if they are hit by a large laser gun, they will not be penetrated.

"Well...they are all very elite soldiers. The equipment is also quite powerful."

"The key point is not here." Qianqiu shook his head and reminded, "Don't you think... a bit like that person's army?"

Captain Harlock, the pirate who suddenly appeared after the Great War, his soldiers and ships are very powerful, and he has been in business for 100 years.Ordinary people hear this name, at most, it is just a gossip news, and they are not even sure whether Harlock really exists.

But privateers are different.They knew Harlock was a real pirate, not a figment of imagination or crowd hallucination or something like that.Everyone’s grandparents have seen Harlock at least once, and in recent years, because the management of the Gaia Sanctions Committee has become more and more strict, everyone has not gone to the solar system to avoid trouble, so in recent years Sighting records have become less and less.

However, Jasmine scratched the back of her head and asked:

"Who?"

"Harlock, Captain Harlock of Arcadia."

In terms of flying, Jasmine is a good hand, but she is not very sensitive to some things that everyone is familiar with.When other people see those yellow power armor, they can immediately think of Harlock, but Jasmine, who has just entered the industry not long ago, needs to be reminded before thinking about it:

"..." She was silent for a moment, "Why did he come here?"

That is a terrible plague god. If it is the Arcadia that is making trouble here, Jasmine thinks it is better not to touch it casually to compare prices—every data shows that the Arcadia will not be sunk. , God knows how strong her armor is and what an excellent self-healing ability she has on the battlefield.They are all ships of the same era, but the performance of the Arcadia is far higher than that of the Bentenmaru, and it is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg to attack it at will.

"It's not sure yet," Qianqiu turned off the player, "but it's not a good sign, so you should pay attention."

"Do you want to contact the Gaia Sanctions Committee?"

"I think...it's better not to. That group of people are simply lunatics... There is no definite news at all, but if the group of psychopaths hear the news about Harlock, they will definitely rush over with the fleet regardless."

Apart from using the fleet to protect the earth, the Gaia Sanctions Committee seems to have a deep hatred for Harlock. As long as they hear about Harlock, the fleet will immediately drive over regardless—in most cases, that is It's just a non-existent rumor, but the fleet of the Gaia Sanctions Committee always makes the local area jumpy, and the follow-up wipes can't be done in a day or two.

"Well... that's true."

"Anyway, let's all pay attention during this time, something is coming on the waves of the subspace..."

"I see."

The privateers began to meet about the matter, exhorting each other to be safe.And the instigator who caused this incident has also arrived in the stronghold that the pirates confessed to, one and a half light years away.

"It's very nice here." When Oregana walked into this crude base hidden in the asteroid belt, she was amazed. "There is a small-scale hydroponic farm, water purifiers, and a power furnace that supplies energy to the base. , and two civilian ships registered according to formal channels, they really have everything."

A stronghold with a certain self-sustaining ability looks like an asteroid base that miners like.Those two civilian ships were obviously used to sell stolen goods or contact agents on the white road.There are also some precious metal hard currencies in the warehouse that do not pass through the data network. These things are things that do not want funds to flow to criminals who are discovered by the authorities.

But now, these are all their own.

"We should also forge an identity for ourselves, so that we can move around here." She walked around in the narrow main control room, looking here and there, and said to the adjutant, "Let Veneto do this. After the job is done, let her send someone to deal with the channel for pirates to sell stolen goods. This intelligence line must be seized, and she knows what to do."

"learn."

"And we." As she spoke, Oregana reopened the electronic business card. "After solving the operational problems of these two ships, it's time to meet him."

"You guess he made a wise choice?"

"We think he chose us." Oregana recalled the shrewd expression on the other captain's face during the previous communication. "That's a businessman, a businessman who dares to take risks."

Chapter 756 Chapter 684: Meeting and Tracking

Starfish transfer station.

It has been about half a month since the last incident, and the captain Kasla received a contact from Shimada Ruriko, which made him very happy.

On the one hand, the reason is that it is not free for me to wait for the communication here - the rent of the berth of the ship, the cost of the crew's room, the cost of food and other miscellaneous payments are placed in front of me in the form of a form every day. pain.The best situation is that before the ship is repaired, the young new privateer (suspicious) contacts himself, and everyone talks things over, so that the ship can start working as soon as the ship is repaired.

However, this time the money is still relatively ample. Casla sold the goods in his hand through his own channels and replaced them with funds. Even if he waited for the opportunity to extend the material aspect, it was acceptable.

On the other hand, that is, the other party did not break his promise - his choice was correct.After successfully grasping this opportunity, what will happen next?Everything is unknown, just thinking about it makes people feel emotional.Most of those who choose to sail in the universe in this era are people with the adventurous spirit of navigators. (nod)

It was agreed to entertain Captain Shimada and her staff for a drink, so Casla found a good restaurant in the transit space station above the sea star orbit, and booked a large private room.This is not a particularly luxurious restaurant. In other words, Haixingxing is a rural place on the border. You can’t find the kind of ultra-luxury restaurant that big shots always like to go to here. Although the food is delicious and the environment is not bad, but in terms of style But worse.

In order to make up for it, Casla deliberately took out the red wine that he had treasured for a long time, so that there would be no problem.

Oregana and her party arrived at the starfish transit satellite port earlier in the day, and the reason for their stay was stated as sightseeing.

The 120-meter-class small spaceship 'Saint Gabriel' docked at the port and presented a full set of relevant documents. It seemed to be just an ordinary passenger spaceship, and no one noticed—this kind of small spaceship is everywhere , whether it is used to transport passengers or short-distance logistics, they are all capable. Because of the fast speed and the lack of "meat", pirates will choose to let it go when they see it. The safety is actually quite high, so it has become a tourist destination. The team's first choice.

And Haixing is a planet that develops tourism.

This small boat is naturally a loot found in a pirate base, and the identity information is also forged. If you investigate carefully, you will definitely find Ni Duan, but the airport is not free enough to dig through the ground to check everyone's identity information. Degree——In this era, even if not all identity information is a normal phenomenon, after all, the efficiency of separate management of countries is not as good as imagined.If you are just an ordinary person, no one will notice you... It is for this reason that pirates can rely on false identities to move freely in the fringe world where management is not strict when they are not working.

"This space station is quite big." Oregana stepped off the ship and stretched herself on the platform—in order to disguise herself as a tourist, she even put on a Hawaiian shirt and sunglasses, It seems to be an alien angler. "The distribution of the gravity zone is also in place. The designer has put a lot of effort into it."

Following behind is the scythe of war with Abigail and Tina - but now it seems that he is more like a bodyguard next to the ladies, if Abigail signs another big white dog ...

But Abigail doesn't like dogs. (far eye)

"After all, it is a civilian facility." War Scythe looked around at this peaceful scene, always feeling that he seemed out of place here. "In terms of comfort, civilian use is not a bit better than military use."

The long axis of this space station is more than [-] kilometers, and there are a large number of closed berths for ships inside - it seems that it should also be used as a military port when necessary.The residential area and the commercial area occupied more than a quarter of the space station. Following the navigation signposts, the group headed for the place they had previously agreed with Captain Casla.

"Basically, there are unmanned shops here." On the way, the Tin Woodman noticed that there are almost no live shop assistants in the shops along the road, and most of them are bionic robots and non-bionic robots serving people. "The level of automation is quite high."

"The level of AI doesn't seem to be low. I don't know if the research on perceptual AI has been completed." War Scythe also touched his chin and said, "Is there any similar news on the Internet?"

"Three sentences are inseparable from the line..."

"Sorry, unconsciously..."

The atmosphere seems to be a bit more inclined to travel, but at least everyone still remembers that I came here to discuss things and develop offline, to look around, and at the same time to collect intelligence and be vigilant about the surroundings—but in the eyes of ordinary people Come on, these people are just ordinary tourists.

It didn’t take too long to reach the agreed place through the transportation system in the space station. In a shop that also only had Android waiters, the Tartarus team found Captain Kasla who had been waiting in the private room.

The outfits of him and his subordinates are quite different from Oregana's...

Everyone in Tartarus specially dressed as a tourist to make themselves less conspicuous.But Captain Casla thinks from the perspective of a businessman, thinking that the other party is here to discuss important business with him, so he wears a formal suit.