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

"Oh yesterday today ..."

Looking at Mimi who glanced at her face from behind me, the expression of the receptionist unified.

"I'm going to put this kid on my ship for various reasons. I'm thinking of making it an operator, and I'd like you to provide any educational materials, materials, apps, etc. that can be used for education." Thank you very much ... "

Uncle's hand stretched at tremendous speed, grabbing my chest. Face, face scary!

"What do you mean ...?" "Okay, let's talk about the situation and let go of my hand. I'm scared of my face." "I'm scared of my face!" "I'm actually scared! Mimi will be scared!" "Ku ...!"

Uncle releases his hands with a terrible grudge expression, sits down in his seat, closes his eyes and repeats a deep breath. I also stroke my chest down. I was so scared that I couldn't help.

"Speaking from 1 to 10 takes longer," "Speak from 1 to 10" "Yes"

I was horrified with a scary face, so I decided to tell from 1 to 10 how Mimi decided to get on my ship.

"While there was such an encounter on the first day as a mercenary, why did I not have such an encounter for 15 years as a mercenary !? It is unfair!"

Is this the difference in fate? ? The old man barked in the heavens, fell down on the desk and began to cry. It is crying. For this I and Mimi are don't pull. The merchant guild's staff came out from behind this fuss and it was a fuss. As soon as he knew the situation, he took him back. Goodbye uncle.

"Um, our staff was rude."

A female employee who cleans her uncle's teary desk smiles with a very troubled face. I would have the same look if she was in her position. Everyone will be.

"Um, should I talk about the situation again?" "I'm very sorry but thank you."

Your sister bowed deeply. Yes, I will talk.

"I see. That's why you want to register for the crew and teach materials for training operators." "Is that so?" "Thank you very much."

The newly hired mercenary guild staff went through the process swiftly and provided me with the necessary educational materials. The teaching materials should be installed immediately so that they can be used on tablet terminals. It seems to be a very high-performance AI trainer that can provide operator know-how from scratch. In addition, it seems that it also includes an application that summarizes the state of the ship and the status of assets in an easy-to-understand manner.

"I also bundle the information collection application, so please do your best to use it well." "Hah, yes." "I will be saved if Mimi comes to see procedures and such. "I understand."

Mimi gets a huns and sniffs with a tablet with the app installed. Yeah, I'll do my best. And make me comfortable. This world is because there are likely to be various detailed procedures omitted in the game.

"Yeah. And I think it would be better to have this child learn self-defense, or even have a self-defense weapon." "Well, it's difficult. It's not like that, and the way we handle weapons is the same. "" Is that kind of thing? " The number of people who come out just a little will be reduced accordingly, so "I see." "Are you ready?"

Do mercenary guilds handle weapons? Speaking of which, yesterday I didn't go to a gun shop. Is that something managed by the mercenary guild or governing body? After that, we got a laser gun for Mimi, and we tested at the shooting range of the mercenary guild before leaving the mercenary guild. Mimi's gun arm? Hahaha, you have to stop closing your eyes when shooting for the time being!

After firing training, we returned to the boat and decided to spend a few days slowly. Mimi had to take a break because she wasn't exhausted from the street life, and fortunately she wasn't in a financial state to work immediately.

I was also interested in the large-scale defeat of Elma's pirates. We could predict that if we were to attack the pirates' hideout, it would be a fairly large battle, and in such events it is classic that if you drop an enemy aircraft in a volume system, the reward jumps as you drop it . By the way, I didn't want to miss a delicious event on a less delicious mission. That's why I get up in the morning, move in the training room, take a shower, try Mimi's operator learning together in the daytime (some items like common sense as a mercenary were useful), gather information from the net A few days while chatting, chatting with the space elf, and occasionally flirting with Mimi. Eventually, the star and mercenary guilds have announced that the long-awaited pirate defeat mission has begun.

"It would be nice to be able to brief on a boat without having to gather somewhere."

I sit in the cockpit cockpit and Mimi sits behind the operator seat waiting for the briefing to begin. I think it would be convenient to be able to brief without having to go to the guild or the garrison of the star system. Even sourcing food can be ordered from a boat, so if you try to do so, you can live without having to step out of the boat. It may be said that the inside of the ship is the strongest retreat environment. Just before the briefing start time, multiple windows with human faces appeared on the cockpit screen. At the top of the window you can see the affiliation and the name of the ship on board, among which there was a sorry cosmic elf Elma and a soldier named Serena who met when arriving at this prime prime colony. .

"What?"

The moment my eyes met Selena, my back shook for some reason. What is this? It sounds like a bad feeling, and it doesn't. Maybe she should be a little careful. With that in mind, Selena's window grew larger and moved to the center of the screen.

"Now, let's start briefing. I am Captain Serena-Halls. I am the commander of this operation. Let's call it Captain Serena '"Okay, Captain Serena"

Participants also give their consent.

"I'll give you an overview of the strategy. That said, it's not that complicated. The pirates are rooted in the gamma sector of the asteroid belt. ''

Captain Serena says so and displays a star map on the screen, spotting a corner of the asteroid belt in red.

"The strategy is simple. A Star-based fleet will be deployed to destroy the base with naval fire. After all, the pirate's base is a pirate. It will quickly become space debris with resistance

Mercenaries nodded at Serena's words. Starship warships, even heavy cruisers and battleships, can't compete with ships that carry pirates in the first place. Firepower, shield power and armor are incomparable. Mercenary ships will probably not be able to conditionally fight against Star Warships, but they are usually not something that can be managed by a single aircraft. In addition, the Star Army has a number of such powerful ships and is highly skilled. Anyway, if you are attacked by star-based troops from the front, you will not talk about it with pirates.

"But, as you know, the attacks of our troops are thorough but rough. If it comes to you, you can chew everything from the front, but if you spread it to a small medium-sized ship and escape, you will definitely get out. So it's your role. "

While it is true that destroying large ships and bases can cause great damage to pirates, the main ship of pirates is a high-speed medium or small ship. If they miss them, they will reconvene and reinvigorate, so they want mercenaries to hit them. In other words, remnant hunting-or rather, the main ship is a small medium-sized ship we hunt, so are we the main force instead? Well, which one is fine?

"What about the rewards? "Yes, there is no advance payment. 50,000 energy at the end of the operation. "

Hmm, cheap. Fixed pay is cheap. That's why I want to expect results.

"The reward is 50 energies per small ship, 20 energies per medium-sized ship, and 10 energies per large ship. In addition to that, let's give the prize originally hanging on the ship as it is and of course the right to plunder the cargo. '

However, we are going to clean up all the large ships, but Selene smiles. The response of mercenaries receiving a reward was variable but generally seemed to be favorably received.

"The strategy is simple. In advance, mercenaries will hide and deploy around the gamma sector. And our Starfleet Mobile Fleet launched a frontal attack, killing large pirates and space bases. You will launch a melee battle on a fleeing small and medium-sized ship, and we will shoot down a pirate ship trying to escape the war. "

Simple, but effective. In short, the first strike destroys high-risk targets and captures enemies trying to escape with mercenaries' nets. While the enemies are confused, the Starfleet maneuver fleet now forms a "cage". After that, gradually reduce the size of the "cage" and eventually destroy all pirates. When I was thinking about that, the hem of my clothes was pulled out. Looking at something, Mimi was moving from the operator seat. Apparently he came to see the briefing.

"Hiro, don't the pirates forcibly launch the superluminal drive and run away?" "It's OK. Let's activate the superluminal drive when there is a ship nearby that does not synchronize the superluminal drive. Even so, the safety device works so that it can not be started. "" But if you remove the safety device, you can force it to start, is not it? " If you remove that safety device, you will not be able to avoid space debris and asteroids with a level of mass that can not be shielded during superluminal driving. I don't know any more. "

I've seen in a game setting that the safety device and the avoidance system work together, but I didn't explain the theory in detail. Or rather, the setting of such a future technology was ambiguous. Well, these things can be used even if you do not understand how it works. You don't have to know one to ten principles of how microwaves and mobile phones work. A spaceship would be similar. While talking with me and Mimi, the mercenaries asked Serena a question, but it was basically a reward-related story that did not interest me. For example, what would happen if one mercenary attacked and shot down a single pirate ship? If there is a complaint, the star system will judge which one has the right by calculating backward from the battle log, but in that case, to ensure transparency and fairness, the results will be published and the mercenary guild will be notified Become. Mercenaries that have been identified as side bastards can be stared by the mercenary guild, and in some cases can be demoted or exiled. If you want to continue your career as a mercenary, you should not intentionally strike sideways. I don't want to do that, and that's a good thing. But no one hears the information I want to know. Is it because it's common sense or because I don't even think about that ... I guess I should listen if nobody listens.

"Are you asking yourself a question?"

Attention is drawn through the monitor. Of course there was Elma among them. I guess, "Isn't he listening to this ridiculous thing? ]. Let's answer expectations.

"here you are. Mercenary "" This is the first time such a large-scale defeat has been made, but the loss of the shield due to a malfunction or damage to the ship, the depletion of the shield cell for emergency recovery of the attenuated shield, and such factors make it impossible to continue further combat. I think there are times when we can judge it is possible. In that case, is it ok to withdraw arbitrarily? "

In response to my question, the mercenaries looked sober, Elma covered her face with one hand, and Serena smiled.

"Of course, that's fine. As a mercenary, it's a kind of life. However, I don't want to be able to run around with my tail before fighting. "Our goal is to destroy the pirates." "That's true, but the rookie thought he had to secure his way out. He went to the field and fought until he died. It's irresistible to say that is a shooting, "he said. "Whether you do it or not, is it a 'can' formation? My crew has a crew, so that's important."

After all, this operation is a two-stage formation in which mercenaries are responsible for short-range battles that large ships of the Star System are not good at, and the ships of the Star System take care of pirates trying to escape from that battle from a long distance It is. In other words, mercenaries are hunting dogs that devour their prey, and star-based troops are hunters who watch the battle through the scope and aim at the prey trying to escape from the melee. Shooting prey trying to escape from the hound is essentially the role of a hunter, but of course the muzzle can also be aimed at a hound that is injured and wants to escape the war. After actually arriving at the scene and starting the battle, "withdrawal from the battlefield is not allowed. If you run away, you will shoot down like a pirates, so don't be bad. "

"Hey, that's right. It is a formation that can be done. But please don't worry, I won't do that. "" I was relieved to say that. That's all from me. "

The response of the mercenaries varied. Thirty percent of the respondents turn their faces ridiculously open, 20% turn their expressions and impressed faces and 50% don't care.

"Do you have any other questions? Let's start the operation one hour later. As soon as you are ready, please start from each ship Hanger Bay and wait. "" "" OK "" ""

The briefing has ended. Now it ’s finally the battle phase.