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

"Uh, Mica Corporation ... here." "Here ..." "Wow ..."

Maybe I have the same face as Elma. Because this mica corporation's hydroponic farm is the same as the Sierra Corporation's culture meat factory that we just saw, and it looks like two ... the same food factory, so we use the same building units Or is it like that? It can only be seen in the same building with a slightly different sign and color.

"Let's get in anyway" "Yes ..." "Yes ..."

We walked in from the front entrance of the factory with the comfort of giving up in the middle.

"The interior is different."

It is the same as the culture meat factory just before, except that we can not see anything, but the hydroponics farm here was brighter overall. Is it the difference in lighting? This is brighter and somehow a clean image comes out.

"Welcome. Is the party of Hiro of reservations?" "Yes."

Waiting for us at the reception was a calm-looking woman who seemed to be a corporate receptionist. He is dressed in a uniform like Stewardess and has a sense of cleanliness. This is a very impressive impression compared to the slightly scared receptionist at the cultured meat factory.

"Thank you for applying for the tour service of this factory. I'm really a visitor after a long absence. All the staff are upset-uh, what?"

My face pulls on the phrase that feels dejavu. Perhaps Mimi and Elma's faces were also similar. The receptionist tilted her head with a mysterious face.

"No, in fact, just right after visiting the cultured meat factory of Sierra Corporation ..." "Oh ... a tour that doesn't know who has that bad taste ..." It may be a violation of manners, but it's a bit terrible, because it uses the same units as our factory, it looks similar to our factory. "

The receptionist smiled with a bitter smile. I know for a moment about tours from other companies.

"Please be assured, our factory tour is legitimate, at least we will never make you look blue."

The receptionist smiles with a smile. I felt that the anxiety in my heart was gradually melted by the smile.

"I'm really asking ..." "Yes, don't worry, you'll need to sterilize your whole body before starting the tour. Please go to that door."

Proceed to the door according to the guidance of the receptionist and undergo sterilization as in the case of Sierra Corporation. Will this smoke coming out of Pushu do the sterilization? Is it okay, this smoke. Is there no effect on the human body? Well, it's a world of advanced technology, so don't worry ...? Follow the instructions to the next room, where it was not a gondola room but a corridor with glass walls. Apparently, this factory is designed to look around the factory on its own feet.

"Wow, it's bright." "That's right. It's like the light of a real day." "I have individual explanations. That light is like a special light that emits light of a wavelength suitable for growing. "...... like a sun light"

Recall that there was a similar facility in a certain game that allowed you to get crops regardless of the season. I guess I've eaten power quite a bit, but in terms of power, it will be anything in this world. Even Krishna has a generator that boasts tremendous output, whose mechanism is unknown.

"What are you raising?" "Well? What? Watercress?"

Watercress placed on a steak or other side dish. It seems that a lot of watercress-like things are grown.

"It's a nutritious vegetable. It tastes a bit spicy when eaten as it is. It is processed into a food cartridge."

Elma will read and tell you the instructions on the wall made of glass-like material. Hmm, I see. I heard that creatures such as algae and krill are the main ingredients, but do they contain such vegetables? Vegetables such as watercress seem to be taken care of by robots such as drones that fly around vast spaces, and robotic arms that move on rails stretched on hydroponics farms. It's highly automated. As we proceeded while observing such a sight, we arrived at an area with a number of huge circular pools.

"Green pool ... algae?" "I see. It looks like a facility that grows algae, the raw material for food cartridges."

Here too, the work seems to be largely automated. You can see the robotic arm resembling a net, harvesting blue algae or spraying some brown powder.

"What's that brown powder? Fertilizer?" "Um ... ugly" "What's wrong?" "Well, it seems like domestic waste collected from various boats." … ”“ Oh …… ”

In other words, is it a thing that people routinely discharge or a block that solidifies the sole. Not only feces but also garbage, waste products obtained by filtering water from baths and showers, and all that. Naturally, our ship will come out, so a collection company regularly commissioned by the port management office will come to collect it.

"Well, it's recycling. This is the raw material in the first place." "That's true ..." "It's a subtle mood." "Sure, but on the earth where I lived, feces as fertilizer for agricultural products. I think using human dung was less common than it used to be, but it still means livestock dung, or debris from plant seeds after squeezing oil, etc. I used to use human droppings in the past. "

You may still be using it, but you haven't actually seen a fertilizer reservoir. It may have been used on an individual basis, but I don't know because I'm not very familiar with agricultural circumstances.

"Hmm, it's a knowledge of an unspoilt planet." "If you say an unspoiled planet, it's a subtle mood. Stop it. I can't imagine how advanced the technology in this world is."

As we talked about it, we saw another pool.

"Is this a krill cultivation pool?" "It looks like a zooplankton cultivation pool. It seems that raw materials from domestic waste are used as feed here." I feel like I was saying that. "" I couldn't afford to hear the commentary over there ... "

A flesh-colored pool that goes beyond my mind. A factory worker who shines his eyes and cuts meat from a tentacle creature that is about the size of a train. Perhaps the reason I didn't get into the explanations was because the SAN check failed. After talking about such things, I came out completely into a factory-like section.

"Oh, it's processed into a food cartridge here." "It looks pretty rough." "I throw all the materials together into a processing machine."

The material conveyed by the belt conveyor is put into the processing machine, and paste-like material comes out from the outlet of the machine.

"That's that!" "That's it!" "What's that?" "A specialty dish of the Ale Intertius colony ..."

Elma looks at our faces and looks sorry. Hehe, don't forget that figure. Mimi's eyes looking at the pale green paste were empty. Surely my eyes are empty. The expression that there is nothing is new. Hahaha.

"That paste is further processed into a food cartridge." "It looks like, and it goes into everyone's stomach through an automatic cooker." "It doesn't seem to make a luxury cartridge here."

Certainly, as Mimi says, it seems that only popular food cartridges are made here. High-end cartridges are about five times as expensive as popular cartridges. The taste is not five times as good, but it is twice as delicious as popular cartridges.

"I'd like to take a look at the manufacturing process for high-end cartridges, but I guess there's a lot of material."

When we went further, we came out to a place like a canteen.

"You can enjoy meals with freshly prepared food cartridges!" Automatic cookers from automatic cooker manufacturers that have partnered with us are on the way! Please try it! We also accept purchase consultation! 』

There was such a sign, and when I looked at it, it seemed that automatic cookers from various manufacturers were installed. Although there was no Tetsujin series.

"I see, it's a pretty good system." "Is it possible to make a profit even though there are few customers?" "Is it a basic wealth to come on a tour like this? Isn't it profitable if it sells? "" I see. "

When you press the button on the wall that reads "Click here for food cartridges" while nodding, a live image of a freshly manufactured food cartridge being transported from the production line is displayed on the holographic display along with a realistic BGM, and Jajan! It jumps out of the wall with a flashy sound effect. It's a bit interesting. I tried Mimi and Elma, but apparently there are some patterns of camera work that relays BGM and live video. When they tried, they felt different from me.

"It's fun, this is it."

We move to the automatic cooker corner while describing each impression.

"Which automatic cooker would you like to use?" "Isn't that different for each manufacturer?" "Why don't you order the same menu for all three and compare them?"

So, all three asked for omelet from different manufacturers. At the same time, the completed omelet is divided by three people and each one starts to eat.

"Isn't it quite different?" "Well, the seasoning and texture are quite different." "This seems to have different tastes ... I like Kilke." "I like Murakmo." "I'm also good at Kilke."

By the way, Cima's, which wasn't chosen by anyone, was not bad. It is enough to eat.

"I guess the specialty is different depending on the manufacturer." "It's possible." "It's impossible to try everything."

Maybe curry and rice have a good maker or Japanese food has a good maker. Everything is delicious, though. There are only high. By the way, when I tried it, the dessert pudding after the meal was from Cima's and it was delicious. After all, it seems that there are good and bad points depending on the manufacturer.

"If you're a rich house, do you have multiple cookers for this dish and dessert like this one?" "If you can secure a place, put multiple automatic cookers. "It might be an ant as a luxury." "But if you have more than one, it may be more economical to buy one high-performance automatic cooker like Tetsujin."

If you put more than one, the space to put the automatic cooker must be large. A space that can safely survive in outer space is precious. You have to pay a high cost for a large space. Then, as Mimi says, putting one high-performance one seems to lower the total cost. After a relaxing break with a cup of tea, we left the hydroponic plant.

"Sake ♪ Sake ♪"

Elma walks lightly to her next destination. That is supposed to be the case, and the next tour is a liquor manufacturing factory. Elma's tension rises and he never knows where to stay.

"I hope the next is also a decent place." "Yes, maybe it's okay."

Mimi and I smiled while following Elma, who was skipping.