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

Instead of Mr. Autumn, who was looking at Doya, we saw his face and silently exchanged gazes before turning to Mr. Autumn.

"Such a convenient thing at such a convenient time"

I refuse to sell you anything suspicious.

"Do you propose any extraordinary exchange terms?"

Or is it a flaw?

"But it explodes?"

"No, it's not like that." I'm a real Idal Starway sales person, and I'm not trying to trick you. I'm just proposing a perfectly honest sales deal. ”

Mr. Autumn, suspected by all of us together, waved his hand in a panic to deny the suspicion.

Are you sure? Even though I was expecting some sales from a shipmaker who was confident in the merchandise, it would be too convenient to bring a new prototype ship equipped with classified equipment that was not in general circulation on the Rock?

"The merchant who brings what he wants when he wants it, he has to be suspicious."

The platinum runner is very careful.

Mae opened her mouth when Mr. Autumn smiled bitterly.

"I've confirmed it." Philip Autumn is undoubtedly part of Idal Starway. ”

I see. Well, you can trust me.

I was supposed to be fine at the time of my sales activities here, though.

Mr. Autumn laughs even harder when he sees us interacting.

"I'm sorry, we're in trouble..."

"Even if you shut up, trouble will come, so I became very alert. I'm sorry."

"No, no, I don't care."

I don't know if he is suspicious, but Mr. Autumn pulled in a bitter smile and dealt with it with a really good sales smile. Hmm, this change of speed is a stone's throw.

"So, it was Gravity Jammer." It is a miniature version of the FTL trap, but it has been well miniaturized. He said that the energy consumption was too large for a large ship, or at least it wouldn't work properly without a destroyer-class generator. "

When Whisker asked the question, Mr. Autumn nodded to the question before opening his mouth.

"It's a small version, but the functionality is very limited. The FTL trap was originally developed as a gravity wave converging gun called the Gravity Blast. Simply put, by emitting a large output gravity wave, the FTL trap forcibly stopped the hyper-optical speed drive and also inhibited restarting. Originally built as the main gun of a battleship, it also had a large required energy output, which was difficult to miniaturize as it was.”

"I see. So, what are the restrictions?"

“Gravity Jammer has already activated the hyperdrive and is unable to stop a ship sailing at hyperdrive speed. Simply put, the FTL trap interferes with the mass of the target ship by radiating a powerful gravitational wave and inhibits the FTL by the principle of forcibly stopping the hyper-optical drive. However, Gravity Jammer deceives the ship's sensors into malfunctioning the safety of the hyper-optical drive with the wind that there is a large mass in the near future."

"Oh, I see. Instead of actually changing the mass, the ship's sensors are misleading me into thinking that there are big asteroids, colonies, and big ships nearby, preventing me from activating the ultra-light speed drive itself." Then maybe it doesn't consume that much energy. "

Whiskers and Tina are asking Mr. Autumn technical questions, but I can understand only about half of them. Maybe he's talking to us so we can understand.

“To sum up, we can't stop a ship that comes in on a hyperlight drive, but we can stop a ship that tries to escape by activating the hyperlight drive during a battle.”

"That's right." The effective range is about 50 kilometers. "

"Fifty kilometers radius... it's not very wide, is it?"

That's right.

Normally, a radius of 50 km would sound ridiculously wide, but it is not a range that can be said to be so wide in interstellar battles, such as jetting thrusters at maximum power at a speed of 1000 m/s at the latest, or 5000 m/s for fast ships. Well, it's by no means small.

Well, the more the ship moves, the more it moves, and the more it can be used.

That's right. The problem is the ship's specs.

Elma is right, even if Gravity Jammer is a useful piece of gear, the ship's maneuverability, firepower, and defense are all poor. It would be better to put Gravity Jammer on the Black Lotus.

"Of course, we have not compromised the performance of the ship." It's equipped with a large new generator and an energy capacitor for Gravity Jammer, so its livability and carrying capacity are sacrificed. ”

As far as tablet devices are concerned, it's true that living spaces are small and cargo spaces are minimal. However, because the generator is large and has room for output, and it is loaded with large capacitors, it is possible to operate an energy weapon with a large output in an instant. Well, the energy accumulated in the capacitor would have been used to drive Gravity Jammer, so using the capacitance of the capacitor in terms of firepower would have echoed in Gravity Jammer's usable time.

“Large generators, capacitors, and Gravity Jammer are all loaded in the rear block. Then can I replace the front block?"

“Yes, it is possible”

I see.

The Ideal ship uses the Ideal Block system, which allows the ship to be freely combined into a front block and a rear block.

In the rear block, there are mainly generators, shield generators, thrusters, and cargo spaces. There are various types of blocks depending on the size of the generator, the number of main and subthrusters, the size of the cargo space, living space, and other storage spaces for equipment. In the front block, there are different slots for weapons, such as laser cannons, missile pods, torpedo launchers, and other installation slots, such as sensors.

The usefulness of this block system is that it can be replaced on a block-by-block basis in case of damage to the ship. If the anterior block is damaged, you can replace the anterior block with something else and quickly return to the front. It's a little less durable than the hull, but basically, the ship will catch the attack with its shields. The durability of the hull tends to be secondary.

The rear block is fixed, and the front block is...... In its current configuration, there are six Class II gun slots and two pod slots for a total of eight gates.

"Well, as a firepower." But isn't this block better? "

"Oh, right. Class III and II gates may be more user-friendly. There are two Explorer missile pods that can be followed."

Class I can be considered small, class II medium, and class III heavy.

Class I artillery is used by some small, high-speed scout ships, which is good enough to knock down civilian ships, but it should be considered almost useless in battles between combat ships. This was the class most used by Space Thieves.

Class II guns are more commonly used to arm spaceships. Therefore, there are many types of weapons, and you can choose various weapons according to the application.

Finally, the Class III cannon, which is the largest of its kind in almost all of the commercially available Starfleet artillery. Even if it is large, the firepower is high, but it also consumes a lot of energy. However, the high power means that it has the ability to saturate the shields of a ship in a short time, so the Class III cannon is still powerful if the energy output allows it.

The discussion about whether to accumulate a large number of Class II weapons, or whether to accumulate Class III weapons even if the number of procedures is small, was popular in the Sol, but I am a class III weapon with excellent range and power. Instantaneous firepower rather than continuous firepower.

In aerospace battles, we can continue to use firepower, but we can't keep attacking for a long time. I think it would be advantageous to have a high continuous firepower against stationary targets, but I think it would be advantageous to be able to exert firepower at a moment's notice when hitting a moving target.

"As far as the data goes, mobility isn't bad either." There seems to be enough room for two shields. "

"Well, as a medium-sized ship, it's about time." Combined with mobility and Gravity Jammer, the overall performance is quite high, which means - ”

It's an ideal aircraft, isn't it?

The voice of Elma and I was dumbfounded. Anyway, Gravity Jammer's other performance is not really possible or impossible. There is no outstanding performance, but overall it is well balanced and cohesive, and it has the advantage of being an ideal block system.

It depends on the price.

Whether it is within the budget. That's the problem.