waves among the stars

There are a large number of celestial bodies in the boundless universe, from asteroids to cosmic junk, from dwarf planets to stars, from interstellar space ports built by humans to interstellar advertising platforms developed by various consortium families...

Generally speaking, the universe is huge, and there are also many man-made celestial bodies floating around in the universe.

For example, there are many satellites and probes surrounding Lan Cangxing, as well as interstellar spacecraft built by Lan Cangxing entering and leaving the space port, plus various space detection instruments.

If the planet is a continent, then the surrounding probes and various celestial bodies are scattered islands, and the universe is a deep sea.

However, compared with sailing, if you want to sail freely in the interstellar space, you have very high requirements for the captain of the spaceship.

A qualified captain must first be able to judge the space position, roughly calculate the speed of the spacecraft, asteroids and surrounding celestial bodies to avoid collisions, and also be able to read various data about rays in space, and be able to avoid the solar wind in advance And the electromagnetic force storm and gravity around each celestial body and so on.

This is just an understanding of the universe. As a captain, you must be familiar with the various structures of the spacecraft, be able to quickly find out where the spacecraft is malfunctioning, and even repair the spacecraft by yourself at critical moments. This maintenance is not only about the hardware, but also the system of the spacecraft. Various program maintenance...

Finally, if you really want to take the ship freely in the universe, the captain also needs to understand the various forces in each star field, have basic interpersonal relationships with most of the important star ports, and know how many powers in the star field. The place where the spaceship is repaired or parts are replaced.

In short, it is very difficult to find a qualified captain of an interstellar spaceship. Such talents are either in the Federation Army, or in major consortiums and families with deep roots, or in the powerful star robbers and smuggling gangs.

Uncle Hank, as a rookie just entering the industry, naturally couldn't recruit a qualified captain.

Anze said that he could fly a spaceship, but Uncle Hanke didn't believe it at first.

However, Anze is very confident, and his performance after boarding the ship is also very sophisticated. Uncle Hank put on the spacesuit himself, and after the spaceship collapsed, he was sure that he could still float in the universe and wait for rescue, so he let Anze do it himself.

At the beginning, Anze was not familiar with the spaceship in his hand, or it was the smallest spaceship he had ever driven. The spaceship was like a bird, with wings on both sides, and the speed was quite fast, but the system was so backward that Anze didn't even bother to use automatic control.

He modified the autopilot program inside, and after setting the one-button switch, he simply turned off the autopilot. He did it himself, pulling the joystick and accelerator and driving directly.

Anze adjusted various systems and supporting equipment in the spaceship in the same way. Uncle Hanke watched for a while and found that the spaceship seemed to be flying well. Anze also became familiar from the strangeness at the beginning, and finally Anze even dared to stand up. Erlang's legs tapped casually on the operating table while eating.

Hank: "...No problem?"

Anze said lazily, "Of course."

Hank was overjoyed, looking at Anze as if looking at a treasure house.

He was gearing up and decided to make a big splash.

Hank's interstellar purchasing agent is mainly carried out between the Lan Cang star and several ordinary asteroids around it.

Lan Cangxing is rich in a kind of high-grade nectar, and the export tax of nectar is very expensive, and the price in the black market remains high. Of course, this so-called high price is only for ordinary people.

As a well-known sightseeing star, Lan Cangxing has some asteroids revolving around this planet. There are many residents on the asteroids, and these asteroids are also the distribution center for spaceships coming and going.

Most of Hank's relationships are on the Lancang star, and he is responsible for getting the nectar out of the Lancang star, and then handing it over to other asteroids to get on the cargo ship.

In order to combat this kind of nectar purchasing agent, Lan Cangxing has at least three special police teams patrolling around the planet every day to make surprise inspections on every sailing spaceship.

An Ze's job is to drive the spaceship and chase the spaceship around the Lan Cang star when Hank pays for the failure of the inspection.

Anze didn't want to do it after a few times.

This small fight is not only meaningless, but also has no future.

Anze began to think about job-hopping again, but just when he was planning to change jobs, Hanke met a new business through the introduction of an acquaintance.

This time, the destination of the spaceship is no longer the asteroid near Lan Cangxing. Anze calculated according to the star map. Their broken spaceship will have to sail for at least one month to reach the destination.

Hanke didn't really want to accept this business, but Anze looked at the star map thoughtfully.

Because according to the route, they may pass by the most prosperous base camp of star robbers in the next hundred years, the dark rainbow cloud belt known as the port that never sleeps.

But now that area is not so chaotic, it is a route with frequent spaceships, so you can go and have a look.

So when Hanke took the doubled deposit and asked Anze in an uncertain tone if he could run this business, Anze readily said no problem.

Although Hank was a little worried and hesitant to sail in an unfamiliar star field, but because of the charm of money, Hank finally agreed to the deal.

There are three clients, one is like a housekeeper, and two are like bodyguards. The goods delivered are a lot of nectar and various internal health products of Lan Cangxing.

Anze went to the warehouse to have a look, and always felt that something was wrong, this purchasing agent is too fake, right?

But it was the uncle who paid the money, and Anze also wanted to go to that star field to have a look. One day, after everything was ready, he set off by boat.

Anze mainly lives and eats in the control room.

Since the spaceship is not big, most of the space has been freed up for cargo, so there is no fresh food stored in the spaceship. Hank, a stingy guy, has prepared two large boxes of nutrients. The door is too lazy, so Hank can only communicate with the client in person.

It sailed like this for more than 20 days, the journey was safe and sound, and nothing happened.

One day, when Anze was sitting in front of the console with a cheap nutrient in his mouth and quickly adjusting the various buttons and numbers on the console with both hands, a cursing voice came from behind: "Damn! Don't let me catch you!" Chance to kill them!"

After hearing this, Anze said vaguely, "What's the matter?"

He squeezed out the remaining nutritional supplements with one free hand, and looked up at the people who came in.

"Their nostrils are going to grow to their foreheads!" Hank said bitterly, and sat down on the spaceship's gunner's position diagonally opposite Anze.

Anze threw the empty nutrient bottle into the slot next to the seat, and raised his hand to call out the current flight route.

His tone was casual: "We're going to be on the road in half an hour, maybe some star robbers will kill them?"

The so-called upper road is naturally an unsafe route sneaked by illegal smuggling spaceships. This kind of route is very dangerous. Not only will there be star thieves coming and eating black at any time, but there will also be some natural dangers from time to time.

For example, suddenly encountered a wormhole or something.

Anyway, the universe is full of wonders, there is nothing unexpected, only unseen.

Anze just casually said that if the probability of encountering star robbers on this route in the future is [-]%, then the probability of being robbed on this route is as low as [-]%.

He felt that instead of worrying about star robbers, it would be better to worry about accidentally crashing into a black hole.

Hanke widened his eyes and scolded after hearing this: "What nonsense are you talking about? If there are star robbers, we will be finished!"

An Ze burst out laughing: "Your little spaceship can't do anything else, it's still fine to run."

There is nothing else about this spaceship, except that it is fast.

Anze drove this broken spaceship as if he was playing the star network game Bubble Truck D. For him, there was no technical content at all, just waves.

Hanke scolded Anze: "That would waste a lot of fuel, how expensive the fuel is!"

Anze smiled and didn't say anything, he shrugged: "Then I didn't say it, but I think you should go to the client to ask for money first, you really arrived at the destination, but it's their territory."

At that time, people may run out of orders?

Hank's complexion changed, and he got up cursing and left: "You are right, I will talk to them again!"

As the automatic door opened and closed, Anze was the only one left in the operating room.

An Ze stretched his waist, looked at his watch, and set an alarm clock for himself. He planned to take a nap.

But maybe Anze turned on the icon of the crow's mouth again. An hour later, the harsh buzz of the radar sounded, and Anze woke up immediately. Before seeing the effect on the optical screen, he took a picture of the alarm button.

The creaking and piercing alarm sounded, and after the people on the small spaceship flocked to the control room, everyone knew what was going on without Anze explaining the situation.

On the optical image, a spaceship transformed into a fish shape is quietly blocking the eyes, and at the same time, that spaceship has released six or seven mechas.

The shells of these mechs were all painted with colorful paints, which looked colorful, but both Hank and the client were ashen-colored.

"This is the Federal Mecha!"

The standard mecha sounds very ordinary, but you have to know that this ordinary is also a comparison. Compared with other models in the federal army, the standard mecha is really nothing special, and it is one of the commonly used equipment for recruits.

However, mediocre performance is also a synonym for good in all aspects and no shortcomings, especially star thieves and mercenaries. They like to use standard mechas the most. They are easy to blame and easy to maintain. Every illegal maintenance den is full of Parts of standard armor.

Anze looked at the current standard mechs with novel eyes. Today's mechas are really old. The various designs are unreasonable and the energy utilization rate is insufficient. With his rich experience and vision, he instantly discovered many weaknesses and actions. flaw.

Give Anze an ordinary second-tier warship, and he is confident that he will destroy all of them in one minute.

However, let alone a second-class warship, he doesn't even have the same standard mech in his hand, only an antique kart boat.

So Anze turned around and asked Hank very well.

"Boss, run or not?"