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

Sorry to keep you waiting.

"No, more than that, thank you for piloting Black Lotus."Enjoy my fabulous flight next time. "

“Yes, I'm looking forward to it.”

While saying that, May arrives at the sub-operator seat.Leafil IV - We landed in Theta, and we're going to take off from Black Lotus.Flight plans have also been submitted at the time of application for descent.

Mimi, you need to submit a takeoff request to Control.

Eyes!

Mimi applies for take-off to the air traffic control room of the comprehensive port facility.Basically, it is the same as the application for entering and exiting a port such as a colony, but the timing of takeoff and landing is quite strictly instructed.Well, in the atmosphere, compared to the universe, the space available for flight is overwhelmingly narrow, and there is also the effect of gravity.It's very dangerous if you don't fly according to proper air traffic control.Accidents are particularly likely to occur during takeoff and landing.

However, it appears that the planes built with current technology are equipped with low-power shields, and accidents caused by external factors such as bird strikes and ice strikes have been significantly reduced.

Huh? Airbus? I don't know because it's not a science-technology aircraft, it's a science-technology aircraft.I'd like you to take advantage of the crash to improve your safety.

This is air traffic control. Krishna, go ahead.Follow the guide beacon

Roger that. Krishna, let's go.

Launch slowly from the rear hatch of the Black Lotus in accordance with air traffic regulations.All you have to do is move the ship along the guide beacon shown on the main screen. It's a simple one.

"Mimi, Black Lotus lock and shield activated."

"Eye Iser, hatchlock, shield activated."

"The management of the future is left to May."If anything happens, tell me as soon as possible. "

“Yes, I'll take care of it.”

I don't think Theta has anything against Black Lotus, but there is.Security should be maintained beyond leaving the ship for a long period of time.

"Oh, the view on the surface looks fresh unlike in space after all."

I guess it's because the view is up and down after all.

Listen to the mechanic sisters sitting side by side on the subseat having a pleasant conversation and follow the guide beacon to leave the air traffic control zone of the general port facility.If you come here, you will be able to fly freely to some extent.Well, there are some speed restrictions and altitude restrictions.Krishna's cruising speed is twice as fast as the speed of sound.If you fly at such a speed, the shock waves will cause the surface to be completely overwhelming.

How long will it take to get there?

"At cruising speed, it's been weakened for two hours."I wonder if it's a journey of about 5,000 kilometers in the air. "

Five thousand kilometers... again, the planet is big after all.

That's not comparable to colonies, is it?

The size of colonies is variable, but even large colonies called mega colonies are said to have about a million artificial people.It seems that if one colony is too large, it will be inefficient in terms of both materials and maintenance. It seems that colonies with less than 500,000 inhabitants are standard in the Graccan Empire.

Our stopovers in various systems are basically trading colonies, but there are many other stations in one system, including resource-mining colonies, R&D colonies, food production colonies, and defense stations for the System Faction and the Imperial Air Force.I don't have anything to do, so I won't be stopping by.

Well, actually, colonies are not meant to accommodate too many people in space.That's why each Galactic Empire competes with other nations to secure colonizable planets, or explores the outer universe - the so-called Edge World - to expand its sphere of dominance.

Chris: The Graccan Empire paid a lot of attention to the terraforming business conducted by the Earls of Dalainwald, and the Imperial Aerospace Force was sent to help because the securing of a new residential planet was a major project that would enhance the national power of the Graccan Empire itself.

Then why are you creating colonies with poor population containment efficiency in outer space? Because it is very inefficient to collect resources from asteroids, gas planets, and so on that exist in outer space, to transport them to the surface of the planet, to process them, and to bring them into outer space.

Collect resources in outer space, use high-efficiency solar power to secure the energy needed for processing, and process them into products.Especially when building a giant spacecraft or something like that, a small gravity space or a gravity-free space would be more efficient.

It was only then that I understood that depending on the development of technology, the development of hyperdrive technology, the development of the gateway network, there were many things, and it seems that in the future, there is a project to build a mega structure (mega-structure) of a system class that exceeds the mega colony, and to let a large number of people live there.

However, before that, it is necessary to cover the current inhabited planet with the same structure as the Imperial Capital and make it into an Ecumenopolis, or to advance the concept of a super-massive structure using an entire system, or above all, to expand the layout in order to secure the inhabited planet, or to terraform the planet within the faction area, or even the upper level of the Graccan Empire is divided.

When I looked into the Black Lotus break space without a break before, May, who appeared in a flutter, kindly and politely told me so.For some reason, when I was investigating this kind of thing, Mae appeared flutteringly and told me a lot.

Yeah, I just don't pursue it because I can imagine why.I'm sorry to poke a snake, so I'm determined not to think too hard about this.I'm sure this isn't surveillance, it's keeping an eye on me.Interpreting it that way will keep my mind at peace.

Flying while chatting for less than two hours.Our Krishna has arrived safely at the Rosé Clan's central airport.

Somehow, the atmosphere is completely different from that of the Minfa and Grad clans, right?

"That's right, skyscrapers are all over the place."It's not like there's no greenery, but it feels like it's well-managed and secure, including that. "

Move the ship according to the control of the Central Airport and land Krishna at the designated anchorage.Even at this time, the auto-docking function is very effective.If you enter the control zone after requesting the landing of the ship and start it, it will automatically land at the same time as the permission is given.

"When you get to the airport, what will you do now?"

"I've been in touch with Will Rose's main house."I'm going to pick you up. "

"Huh. I feel like I'm getting a VIP."

It's definitely a VIP, isn't it?

For Theta's elves, we're in a bit of a special position.I managed to save the important figures of the Grades and Minfa clans from the cosmic bandits, and then I was found by the seeds of the god tree, which is the object of their faith, to satisfy the requirements of the legendary elf's hero.In fact, I still have the sacred tree seeds in my hands.

"Nevertheless, let's humbly go without rudeness."I don't even know if they're watching me, but I'm sorry for any more trouble. "

"That's right, I don't think you're going to get into trouble."This neighborhood is completely Rosé. "

"When I say shima, I remember the old days."

It's a gangster expression, isn't it?

Shut up.

The auto-docking feature completed the perfect landing while we were talking.All you have to do is get ready and get off the ship.I plan to stay for a few nights, so I have to take a lot of things with me.