I Woke Up Piloting the Strongest Starship, so I Became a Space Mercenary

"Two o'clock, three hostiles!

"Let's do it."

Eye Iser, Weapon System Standby.

Shots fired on the ship at the head of three space bandits trying to escape without noticing us. Four light spears fired from four heavy laser cannons failed to penetrate the brittle Starfleet tunnel with a single blow. A single burst of heavy laser guns was blocked by the Space Bandit's shields.

Well equipped.

At least the shields are somewhat decent.

Gee!? "Enemy..."

One more shot. This time the heavy laser shelling pierced the ship's shields, not only through the armor and hull of the ship itself, but also exploded.

"Because I killed him?

Ah.

Answer Wamdo briefly with a scary voice and shoot another one of the two ships trying to evade maneuvers. I can still be prevented. But I'm in a hurry, and my movements are monotonous. No matter how hard you accelerate, don't fly straight.

No, stop it!

Another dirty firework blooms in space.

"No, stop it! Surrender, surrender!

That's what the last ship said and bailed out the cockpit block. If so, we can't reconnect without putting the ship in a dock with maintenance capabilities, so at least we lost combat capability in this battle.

Mimi, tag me.

"Ok!

Mimi manipulates the console to tag the cockpit block and the near-safe Starship electronically. It's a feature I don't normally use, but claiming ownership is important in these large-scale fights.

"Next."

"Yes! There are a lot of people responding downwards in the nine o'clock direction, and our allies are in the middle of a fight."

Follow Mimi's navigation to steer, and a little forward to reveal how the battle is happening.

You're being pushed.

"I know there are a lot of bandits, but I think they're better equipped. For a moment, I saw a flare bomb that looked like an ion blaster."

Trouble.

Ion Blaster is an auxiliary weapon that has a high saturation capacity of the shield but a very low attack power on armor and hull. The cost of the equipment itself is higher than the widespread laser cannon and multicannon, and the bullet speed is slightly slower than that of the multicannon. But the effect is enormous. If the population is mixed with ion blasters, the shields can be saturated and damaged without notice. Very lewd armed.

"This is Krishna. I'm going to jump into the party."

"It was very welcome! They're strangely well equipped! Watch out!

Copy that.

I jumped into turmoil while responding with a wide-area communication. The first thing I want is to have an ion blaster. I'm used to using Ion Blasters jumping into chaotic turmoil and shooting multicannons at close range with Ion Blasters, but those who aren't used to it tend to shoot at each other from close range. Yeah, that's him.

Wow!? This way... "

"One"

Shoot two large shotguns at each other and shatter the Aeon Blaster's Starship with each shield. A shotgun is a highly habitual weapon, but it has the ability to damage armor and the hull with little disregard for shields only when hit at very short distances. A good weapon for such turmoil.

"Wow... yeah"

I feel like I hear a scared voice from behind, but I don't care. Oops, this is an orbit where enemy planes are heading straight for the side. And take the shotgun bullets, don't hesitate.

The four-armed one is in trouble! Aim!

I'll crush you!

"Ha ha ha, nice joke."

It would be convenient if you stopped by from over there. Focusing on the fire ahead, he breaks the incomplete siege, flips the plane and hits the Starfleet pursuing it backwards at high speed. No matter how well equipped they may be, space bandits are space bandits. The more you pay attention to Aeon Blasters and Explorer missiles, the less you're afraid of them.

"Here, this guy! Why didn't you hit the bullet!?

It's not like I didn't hit it! Push in!

Sure, it's not like it didn't hit me. Laser cannon attacks are difficult to evade, and the shells fired from the multi-cannon can also be used as a barrage to avoid them. However, if only the ion blaster and the Seeker missile that sharpen the shield were careful, the three-layer shield of Krishna would not shake slightly when slightly hit.

And if I attract so many enemies...

Whoa! My tummy's gone!

There's plenty of room ahead of me!

The mercenaries I've been forced into regain their momentum, eating and breaking the sidelines of the Space Bandits who are concentrating on me. Needless to say, they're after Ion Blaster and Explorer missiles. Mercenaries crush high-threat enemies accurately.

"Damn it! Why?!

"Ah, hey!? Don't run away!

The space bandits, who saw the situation as unfavourable, became frightened and began to disrupt their calculations. Of course, there are no mercenaries to watch it gently. The Space Bandit crushes. Crush the escaping Space Bandits. That's what mercenaries are for.

"Haha! Happy chase! Fast wins!

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh!

Hahaha! Shake your ass and ask me out!? Ola, don't run! Put your money and your life away!

Nothing but a delicious prey for us mercenaries, such as a Space Bandit who runs his ass towards us.

"... I don't know which is the Space Bandit."

"Ahahah...."

Mimi returned a bitter smile to Wamud's murmur. Excuse me, but we're no longer exemplary mercenaries.

Even though the quality of the Space Bandit's equipment was higher than expected, some damage and spillover occurred to the mercenaries, but the Space Bandit's base offensive strategy itself ended successfully. At least, there's no intergalactic fighting.

Now, the Imperial Space Force, system forces, and a private infantry unit of the Earl Darrenwald family are entering the Space Bandit's stronghold and clearing the interior.

We are picking up debris on the battlefield. The point is, I'm working on fishing loot from the wreckage of the destroyed Starfleet. Base Strategies Starfleets often carry useful loot inside.

"Why?

"That's right. I'm taking as much supplies and materials as I can from the base. No matter how much secrets you keep, secrets don't come out. They're ready to escape."

Answering Wamdo's question, he was fishing for loot. Human beings in food cartridges, drinking water, alcohol, medical supplies, drugs, rare metals and other convertible materials and high-tech products, as well as frozen sleep pods - perhaps illegal slaves.

"This is a lot of stuff... for Christ's sake"

Many Space Bandits were hunting in the Cormat system to acquire illegal slaves. As expected, but troublesome. Well, I'm sure the Empire and Earl Darrenwald will take care of the victims of the illegal slavery and abduction we recovered this time.

Incidentally, the surrendered vail-out space bandits handed over each cockpit block to the Imperial Space Force. I don't know what they're going to end up with, but the next life will come as a human being.

"The mercenary's main source of income is the prize money held by the Space Bandits, but it's no surprise that they can't make money with these loot - or that they've earned the same amount of loot or more since they acquired the mother ship."

"By the way, what was the outcome of this fight?

"Ah, Mimi?

"Forty-two small ships, eight medium-sized ships, exactly fifty."

"This time, it didn't stretch much longer than I thought because the space bandits were better equipped."

"I can earn that much with the loot."

"Fifty ships... that's amazing"

Wamud roared at the end of Krishna's battle. Incidentally, the Starfleet Destruction reward is 5,000 Enel for a small ship and 2,000 Enel for a medium ship. 370,000 Enel for destruction rewards alone. There's another bounty hanging on individual Starfleets. We will refurbish and sell off more loot and captured and recovered Starfleet ships. I still don't know how much it's gonna cost, but that's awesome! You can't stop laughing at all.

"Hiro-sama seems to be having fun, and above all..."

"I'm not a money keeper, but Hiro really likes money."

"Isn't it nice to have your sweat back as a number?

"Is mercenarism a rewarding job?"

"A rewarding job. I'm sure it is."

"I see. Whatever Hiro is, we're hired, so the prize money doesn't come in."

"By the way...?

"I made 1% of the total, and Elma made 3%."

"Isn't that... not much?

Wamdo leans his neck. Sure, 1% or 3% of the total amount you earn feels cheap, right? There's no big difference in the risk of life itself.

"I can't say for sure because the final profit is not clear yet, but maybe my share will be lighter than 100,000 energies this time."

"I think I have more than 30,000 energies. Today is the day, right?

"I know very well that this is a world beyond the reach of my ordinary people... by the way, what's the use?

"Do you want to buy a delicious drink?

"Like buying good food?

"Is that normal clothing or accessories...?

"Hmm, if Hiro likes that kind of thing, I don't have to think about it...."

"Instead, Hiro-sama will buy me everything...."

If I had any clothes I wanted Elma or Mimi to wear, I would buy them, right? I also bought accessories if necessary, yes. Well, considering the time of battle, I can't even wear much chatter and accessories. If you miss some kind of applause and fly around the cockpit, it's chaotic and dangerous.

"... it's just enough to surround two women in a boulder, so it's worth it."

Yes, it is.

Because I'm Hiro.

Elma smiled calmly and Mimi somehow looked at her. Yeah, I don't get illuminated when I say it straight. So, you guys, the loot renovation is stopped. Come on, let's get to work, Hora.