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

The subsequent hunting down of the pirate did not go without delay.

"I can't catch it."

In about a week, the pirates could no longer catch. Well, pirates are not stupid. The caught pirates have been destroyed without missing, but it is difficult to prevent them from communicating at all before dropping. Probably the trick was broken in some way.

"Well, what do you want to do? Do you have an example?"

The example measure is a palliative means of changing the ship ID and ship name. Originally, IDs that are unique to ships are not so easily changed, but Major Serena is a noble from the regime. The process around that is a matter of your own. After that, if the exterior and paint were changed appropriately, it would be able to function as a false bait against the pirates again.The results of the battle listed by Major Selena have already begun to be evaluated by the upper ranks of the Imperial Space Force, It seems that the purchase cost of the decoy vessel is likely to be recognized as an expense. In some cases, it may be possible to prepare a decoy boat separately from the one you are currently using. When it comes to transports, when they aren't being used as decoys, they can't be used as supply ships or troop transports, so in that sense it won't be wasted.

"It's good, but isn't it time to refuse it?"

Major Serena leans at my proposal.

"Sure, given the number of defeats so far, will they soon stop their handpieces?"

The number of pirate ships destroyed in the pirate hunting operation using decoys has already exceeded 20 ships. In a game, such Zako enemies sprout indefinitely, but this is a reality. Lost ships are not automatically created according to the script, and lost pirates are not revived. The number of pirates in a star system is finite. But their numbers are inexhaustible across the galaxy. Even if you reduce the number of times, if there is a base, it will gather little by little from the surrounding star system, increase the number and breathe back. It is difficult to completely eradicate a base if it is crushed, but losing a supply and maintenance base will not leave you satisfactorily active. Certainly the number will be small and organized raids will be difficult.

"Let's crush it."

The location of their bases has received high-level information from the data caches of the pirates they have destroyed so far. Major Serena seems to have chosen to destroy the Pirate's base.

"What do you do? Would you like to make a basket again?" "It's basically siege annihilation. Ask the mercenary guild to cooperate in subjugation."

I don't think I'll do it alone here, I think Major Serena is an excellent soldier. In that you can take certainty regardless of your own credit.

"What will I do?" "Of course, I will have you participate. The conditions will be the same as other mercenaries."

It shrugs without giving an immediate answer.

"I'm solid."

Serena smiles with a bitter smile. If you work outside the contract, it's natural to get paid separately, yes. Because we are not charities.

"If we were to destroy the pirates' base alone, how much power would we need?"欲 し い I want a ship. ''

This fleet alone is enough to simply destroy a pirates base. Even if it is a base, it is a small supply base and outpost, so even this independent fleet, which has five cruisers per battleship, will have enough firepower. He could hit the base unilaterally from outside of the enemy base's defenses. But when annihilated, the story changes. The pirates attacked the base load all the supplies into the ship and scatter in all directions to escape. To prevent this, a large number of vanguards must be rushed to stop them. With Serena's independent anti-pirate fleet alone, led by Major Serena, it's not enough. You'll need as many avant-garde corvettes as I have said. Thirty to fifty Corvette is a bit of strength. The Corvette, a very fast-footed, yet decent hitting force, is unmatched by other ships in terms of reconnaissance, responsiveness, and close-range combat capabilities. Even the upper layers of the army, large ship artillerists who promote increased production of battleships and cruisers with long range, heavy armor, and high firepower, and early deployment that promotes mobility, responsiveness, high control of Corvette and destroyers Somehow the politicians are honing.

"It's very difficult to deploy that many corvettes to my squad." "Well, you can outsource the missing parts. As before, because there is a mercenary guild. ""I agree"

With that said, Serena seemed to be thinking about something with her hand on her thin chin. Perhaps it is somehow thinking about whether it would be possible to increase the independent anti-pirate fleet. That's her military role. I can't advise you.

"We have the data. Let's give the military command permission to execute the operation."

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Two days after Major Serena's performance, the strategy was put into practice. No star troops will participate in this operation. The independent anti-pirate fleet, led by Major Selena, was repaired yesterday and is hiding in the Allein system, pretending to have moved to another star system. This theme is a surprise attack. Before the information leaks to the pirates, quickly deploy their strength, and suddenly destroy the pirates. The briefing will be performed via pre-recorded holo-videos, and the mercenaries of the Arenottius Colony will rush to the raid immediately after the briefing. At the exact time of the operation, each ship will release its superluminal drive state and will start attacking all at once.

"Hiro, it's about time." "Yes, Mimi, are you ready?" "It's always okay!"

We were in the Krishna cockpit in preparation for the time to complete the operation. There are many ships of the same industry around. We plan to synchronize them with the superluminal drive and move to the operational area. Switch the generator output from standby mode to cruise mode and put the superluminal drive in standby mode.

"It's been a long time since we've been fighting. Isn't your arm dull?" "Maybe that's okay?" "I'm just good at adjusting power and controlling subsystems.

Elma smiles provocatively. This seems okay. I'm a simulator, but I didn't think there was a problem because I was moving Krishna. It may be a bit dull, but he will return while fighting.

"Super light speed drive, charging started. Until start, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 ... super light speed drive start"

Krishna runs over the light in an instant with a sound like the explosion sound of Zudong. Why does such a sound sound in outer space which is basically said to be close to vacuum? I looked it up and didn't understand it. No, it does not mean that the information did not come out even after the investigation. Information came out, but he could not understand at all. It was written that anything would interfere with the shield and the ship's structural materials and their mass during superluminal drive, but to me it's Chimpunkampun. I looked at the mechanism of the superluminal drive, but I still couldn't understand. Well, that's good, that's yeah. I didn't know the mechanism or structure, so I could use smartphones, personal computers, microwave ovens and televisions. If you don't know how it works, you can move it just like a boat.

"How much can I earn this time?" "Well, fixed pay is 50,000 energy at the end of the operation, and payouts are 5,000 energy for each small ship, 20,000 energy for each medium-sized ship, and 100,000 large ships. "Man energy," "It's the same as before," "Oh, the market price. In addition, the prize money and the cargo of the destroyed ship. Mercenaries will be joining us all because we can earn more than usual, and the pirate ship that rushes out of the nest and jumps out has a lot of supplies. "

Even if left alone, the base will be blown off by the military ship, so the pirate ship will fly out of the base with enough load of loot. Considering the mobility in battle, it is better to have less luggage, but the pirates have no chance of winning. Then, betting on a single hope, it comes full of supplies. If you run away, you can sell the cargo and get the immediate funding.

"Well, are you going to rampage ... Is Major Serena going well?" "It's going to be good. He's excellent as a soldier," "Ah ..."

Mimi laughs at Elma's speech. Yeah, the things I did the other day are still fresh in my memory.

"It is time to reach the target point. Until the end of the ultra-high-speed drive, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, ..."

The sound of the explosion sounded again, and the stars that were flowing backward like a meteor stopped. I returned to normal space. Shortly after, an independent anti-pirate fleet began firing artillery. The relentless bombardment of large-caliber laser cannons, plasma cannons, and magnetic projection weapons from battleships and cruisers stabs asteroids, like the pirates' roots, destroying the surface and internal structures.

"Don't be flashy." "Few pirate warships are deployed. There is a complete surprise attack." "Is our prey coming out?"

Perhaps the pirates may be cleared by bombardment before deployment. That's bad. Even though it is a profitable point. Bring Krishna's generator output to combat mode and begin accelerating towards the Squadron's base. Other mercenaries seem to be rushing to the Pirate Base.

"A lot of pirate ships have begun to respond to radars!"

At the same time as Elma's declaration, the front part of Krishna is deformed and four weapon arms with heavy laser cannons are deployed. At the same time, thicker barrels extended forward from both sides of the cockpit. A large shotgun that boasts tremendous power.

"Let's go!"

With a shout, I and Krishna jumped to the battlefield.