Chapter 396： JOKER

Indeed, infrastructure work is time-consuming and labor-intensive. For foreigners like him, it is a big problem if they want to gain a foothold in the Star Alliance. &vertex&

As the saying goes: "Rome was not built in a day." However, this sentence does not apply to him. How big is the Ypsilon relay station in "Lost Land"? The diameter is 700 kilometers. Although the length of the damaged rudder stock ordered by Tang Fang to repair is less than one-tenth of the diameter of the relay station, it is 40 kilometers at most, but if it is placed in human society, what concept is a 40-kilometer space station? Duke Dan’s Sigma Shipyard is no different.

Of course, what s is performing is just repair work, which is completely incomparable with the construction of a space station. However, when the relay station was repaired, only a dozen s performed this task. What if it doubled, or even ten times,? Not to mention there are two "Cupids" to assist, the king insects of the Zerg, the Corruptor, the flying dragon, and the raven of the human race can all come in handy.

With such a flexible and changeable combination, as long as the materials are sufficient, how difficult is it for him to build a large dock? You must know that when he was in the Megall star system, he almost completely moved the "Sigma" database, from docks and spaceports to satellites and space-based platforms, to battleships and speedboats, to shuttles and small aircraft, from large to large. Small, from people’s livelihood to military use, what type of aerospace technology does not have?

As for the relationship between the senior leaders of the Star Alliance... After the "Battle of Rockia", it must be a wake-up call to the senior government. His idea is not that anyone can fight if he wants to. If he wants to move him, some These people must be mentally prepared to lose their wives and lose their troops.

"The site... the site..." muttered softly, his eyes fell on the star map projection on the combat command platform.

"Captain?" Warship Officer Yuffi asked back.

"Start the speed engine."

"Yes." The girl turned her head and rushed to the driving crew on the first floor to send an order: "Start the speed engine."

"The maximum output of the zero element reactor, the speed engine starts. Level 6.5, the jump countdown is 10, 9, 8..."

After 10 seconds, the surrounding space was distorted, and the Morningstar slowly elongated, finally turning into an afterimage, disappearing at one point.

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3 days later. When the Morningstar is still in warp speed, somewhere in the Tianchao area, a red giant star that has expanded dozens of times more than the main sequence star phase rotates slowly in the dim universe, and the dark red Er churns and twists on its surface. , Forming a wave of hot waves that look very enchanting, but awe-inspiring.

A quarter of an astronomical unit from the edge of the red giant star, a fan-shaped space station stood quietly in a dim void filled with large amounts of solar particles.

In a viewing cabin of the space station facing the red giant star, there is nothing else in a room of nearly 1,000 square meters. Only chair, one person.

No cigarettes, no alcohol, and no women. The man appeared to be in his 40s, with a slender and well-proportioned figure and clear lines on his face, especially his eyes. Under the dim light of the red giant, there was a green glow.

He held an unusual playing card between his right index finger and thumb. The front is colored or, and the back is a group of purple flames. With the turning of the playing cards, it gives people a sense of transpiration in a trance, as if it were a burning living flame.

A glass display screen is fixed in front of the seat, on which a battleship is constantly rotating back and forth. If the crew on the Morningstar were here, they would be surprised.

Yes, the battleship in the display is the Morningstar that left the "Jakartapur" just three days ago.

"Wei Hongguang still failed..." The man sighed, his hoarse voice was like a "hululu" spinning bellows next to the stove.

"Well, that's fine. It saves me any more effort." After talking to himself, the man slowly raised his right hand and flicked the playing cards between his fingers behind him.

"Pop!" The playing cards stopped in the air and made a muffled sound. As a faint blue flashed past, a human figure was slowly outlined in the empty place.

"After hearing the black 7 your call." The voice was cold and crisp, like a piece of ice falling on the ground and shattered to pieces.

The coming person is wrapped in a black armor, which is different from the harsh environment protective clothing of os. The black armor is made of a fiber material similar to horns, and the surface is densely covered with stripes of different colors, in the dark red light of the red giant star Rendered, from a distance, it looks like a human muscle with its skin off.

His face was covered tightly by a mask. Unlike the armor coating, the mask was made of metallic silver. Only the eyes and nose were slightly raised. It was completely natural, and there was no trace of artificial thinking.

"Go, go to the Star Alliance..."

"Yes." It was still a cold sentence. He did not ask the target of the action, nor did he ask when to leave, let alone the slightest doubt.

Faint blue rippled slowly like water waves, and the body of Hei 7 became lighter and lighter until it disappeared. But that playing card seemed to lose its original quality, slowly falling to the ground.

The "or" on the card is smiling, laughing wantonly.

The man in the seat was very calm, his facial expression was Gujing Wubo, his fingers crossed his chest, and his green pupils fell straight on the restless red giant star outside the window.

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The border of the Star Alliance, 20 light-years from the border of the Sulu Empire, the Delar star system.

At the center of the star system is a young red giant star that has just finished the main sequence phase and is about to enter its old age, and is throwing a gaseous shell out little by little. On its periphery, there are 6 planets of different sizes orbiting.

The fourth planet of the Dillard star system "Laxsis" has three satellites, and the second "Christier" is the birthplace of human civilization in terms of size, mass, body shape, and element distribution. The satellite of the solar system earth is similar to the moon.

"Laxsis" is a desert planet, very far away from "Diral", with great temperature difference between day and night, and the gravity is too strong to be transformed into a habitable planet. In addition, there is another restrictive factor. It is close to the border of the Sulu Empire and not far from the site of General Harrington Harris, one of the stronghold forces. If settlements are built here, there will be security A great hidden danger.

There is also an Ayalos-Koplin-Srandar uninhabited area between the Dillard star system and the Mubarak star system controlled by Harrington Harris (by Ayalos, Koplin, and Slander). It is composed of an unmanned star system. The separation zone separating the stronghold forces and the actual control area of ​​the Star Covenant), and there are many manned and unmanned reconnaissance posts in the starry sky on the side of the Star Covenant and are controlled by the Star Covenant. Large pirate groups such as "Black Pearl", "Black Pearl", and "Cobra" frequently appear. Generally speaking, the safety factor is lower or lower, but it has not yet reached the "Sokanada Line of Defense" of the Star Alliance, Phoenix Empire, and Silver Eagle. "That kind of tension.

In this situation. As a semi-military buffer zone, the Dilar star system is definitely not suitable for settlement. In terms of mineral resources, there are no zero elements, only some ordinary manganese, titanium, rare earths, platinum, etc. If a mine is built here, A large amount of manpower and material resources will inevitably be invested, and the troops must be divided for guarding, wasting the precious troops that the Star Alliance is already stretched out.

therefore. After weighing the pros and cons, the high-level government decided to pass a commercial bill to lease the right to use the Dilar Star System to major and Chinese companies and consortia in the Star Alliance in a bidding situation. The successful bidder is allowed to exercise the rights to garrison, develop, use, and construct various facilities for the Dilar Star System within the lease term. Of course, if the successful bidder is engaged in the trading of mineral mining, manufacturing, and smelting, it must also submit a qualification application to the relevant agency and obtain mining rights from the government through methods such as one-time buyout, sales share, and equity division.

In the end, after fierce bidding, the Dilar Star System was auctioned by the "Venus" Pharmaceutical Group. Used for various drug research and biological experiments. Corporate activities such as manufacturing.

"Venus Star" Pharmaceutical Group in Star Alliance, according to its market share in the similar pharmaceutical industry, lies between medium-sized enterprises and large enterprises.

There is an old saying that there is no night, no grass, no fat, no wealth, no wealth. There is another saying that is better, murder and set fire to the gold belt. No corpses were found during bridge repairs. In this era of rapid development of civilization and the explosion of science and technology, if you want to gain technological advantages in similar industries, digging walls, sending spies, and undercovering... and other insidious behaviors have become a very common social phenomenon.

Especially in an economical country like the Star Alliance, shopping malls are like battlefields. "Natural selection by nature, the strong by the weak" is the eternal truth. Companies engaged in drug R&D and manufacturing such as "Venus", if they really comply with the laws of the Star Alliance, behave in their responsibilities and do things steadily, then they shouldn’t want to grow bigger, stronger, and make tricks for the rest of their lives. seek death!

More than 200 years ago, some large pharmaceutical companies in European and American countries knew that they would go to developing countries to conduct experiments, test drugs, and even spread a certain virus artificially in order to achieve research and profitability, let alone now.

Which one of the top pharmaceutical companies in the Star Alliance does not have an exclusive star system? Which one has no private army? Similar to this kind of behavior, externally, it is known as fast and convenient, easy to manage, and research-production integration. It also adds jobs, taxes, and indirectly expands the national military power for the Star Alliance. (The Star Alliance Constitution stipulates that in an emergency, the government Have the right to requisition the private arms of local enterprises), actually? It was just an excuse they used to cover up their sinful behavior.

In an environment where the entire star system is under the control of companies, it is difficult for the media, government and judicial departments to obtain effective evidence for some appalling research (for example, human experiments, genetic modulation). To be fair, this kind of thing is cruel, but it really promotes the development of human medical standards and brings certain technological advantages to enterprises.

"Venus Star" executives know very well that if they have been engaged in production research under the eyes of the Star Alliance government, they will inevitably be tied up. Moreover, if some scandal breaks out, the company may collapse and disappear in the long river of history. .

Therefore, in order to grow and develop the company, even if the rental price of the Dilar Stellar system is very expensive, the board of directors will not hesitate to spend a lot of money to win the right to use the Dilar Stellar system from many competitors. However, the "Venus Star" executives guessed the beginning but could not guess the end. Soon after taking the right to use the Dillard star system, the company suffered heavy losses due to malicious sabotage by competitors, which broke the capital chain.

In order to take care of the overall situation and stabilize the foundation for decades, the board of directors had to make a decision to postpone the "Dillard Development" plan and prioritize the investment of funds in the research and development of a drug that can fill the gap in the market.

Of course, the comprehensive development of the Dilar star system was temporarily suspended, but such a "land" can't be left unused, what a pity. After the company's senior research and demonstration, and submit to the board of directors for approval. "Venus" relocated part of the less important artificial organ production line and related research and development departments to the second satellite of "Laxsis", "Christier", which can be a precedent for the comprehensive development of the Dillard star system in the future. You can also sneak in some controversial research.

After nearly a year of intense construction, a large-scale pharmaceutical industrial park was finally built on "Christier", of course, because of the geographical environment. Most of the buildings and equipment in the industrial park are located underground.

Only a small supply port and space-based scientific research station were built in space. The former is a small space station that provides resource supply, maintenance, berthing and other services for a small mercenary organization with 88 warships hired by "Venus", while the latter is to provide related scientific research units with space weightlessness and strong radiation. Space-based facilities for special experimental environments.

The reason why it is not built as a large-scale comprehensive space station that integrates supply, maintenance, production and service like "Rockia" is related to the geographical location of "Christier". Secondly, a large space station is not a ground-based construction. There are many aspects to be considered, and it cannot be built in a short time at all, besides. Compared with underground buildings, natural shelters are missing, and space-based facilities are more dangerous and fragile.

The "Christier" industrial park is a facility for production, research and development, and not a service-oriented starport like "Rockia". Therefore, with the exception of some shipbuilding industries, special metallurgical industries, and plantations, few companies have built production lines in space.

In fact, there is another advantage of establishing an industrial park on the planet. A universe without an atmosphere like "Christier" can rely on land. To build a solid defensive line, the difficulty of defense is much lower than that of a large space station.

Because the industrial park functions of "Christier" are relatively single. The production equipment is not cutting-edge technology. Therefore, there are not many armed units guarding the star system. Except for the mercenary fleet consisting of 88 warships, there are only a few space-based defense platforms and surrounding industrial parks. Fire defense net around.

The "Venus Star" executives did not think that Harrington Harris' stronghold forces would come to the "Christier" industrial park. after all. The various resources that can be obtained here are of much lower value than the combat losses. They are definitely a thankless business, a shrewd master like Harrington Harris. How is it possible to do business at a loss.

This consideration is very realistic. It is true that Harrington Harris will not play the idea of ​​"Christier", but this does not mean that other people will sit back and watch the "Daystar" make some nasty little moves.

On this day, the Dilar star system, which has always been calm, became particularly lively. Lights and explosions almost illuminate the dark side of "Laxsis". An aggression fleet composed of more than 400 warships is divided into nearly 40 large and small. Each combat unit, following a certain combination, launched a fierce offensive against the empty supply station, space-based weapon platform, and ground defense module outside "Christier".

The flag that the fleet hoists is not a known stronghold force, nor is it a Star Alliance navy. The battleship deck and Liangxian do not have any identifiers that can distinguish their forces. There are only craters, remaining paintings, and patches of different colors, which were modified privately. Metal pendant...The composition of its ships is also diverse, including the Longsword-class frigates and Tomahawk-class cruisers of the Star Alliance, the Seahorse-class destroyers of the Sulu Empire, the Walrus-class battleships, the Viper-class assault ships of the Charles Federation, the Sea Dragon-class cruisers, and the Sulu Empire. Long Empire’s Daredevil-class destroyer, Chaos Master-class battleship, Curse-class interceptor...

With such characteristics of warships and such a combination of ships, there are only two types of weapons in the Tianchao area, one is the mercenary organization, and the other is the pirate force.

Under the rule of the Star League , mercenary organizations are generally considered to be on the safe side. They rarely do ethical affairs openly. Even if they need business, they are mostly black hands, sap and sneak. But the pirate forces are different. Although a large group of pirates of this size generally has a strong backstage within the Star Alliance government, it is controlled by senior officials and even the Parliament. However, in daily operations, it is inevitable that there will be situations in which "you will not be affected by your foreign ruler's fate".

This so-called "will not be affected by the fate of the foreign monarch" is actually just an excuse for the different factions and organizations in the parliament to "play Tai Chi". The Pirate Group itself is a shameless and can not be put on the stage. In addition to borrowing a knife to kill people and sniping against increasingly crazy stronghold forces, the hidden tool of the Star League also has another role, that is, the Star Alliance's various political factions are used to check and balance each other and weaken the opponent's dependence on the economic power of the enterprise.

Just like the current "Christier", anyone who knows the political background of the Star Alliance can draw the conclusion that "a dog bites a dog, a hairy mouth" can be drawn from a long distance.

At this moment, "Venus" is at an absolute disadvantage. There are only sporadic space-based defense platforms in the outer void of "Christier" that are tenaciously resisting the crazy attacks of the Pirates. The resource supply station has been shaky, and the flames are weakened from time to time. The cabin gushed out, and then sprayed out large stocks of debris, metal utensils, high-pressure gas, and even human residual limbs. (To be continued...)