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

"It's an honor to meet you in person. I'm Wamdo, Media Division 3, Space Dwelg."

"Hi, Captain Hiro."

I greeted Mr. Wamdo, who was strangely low, and shook his hand. Behind him, besides the staff who seem to be dwarfs as well, are humans, elves, veterinarians, reptiles, and unclear races - all of which are humanoid in nature - who are quite exotic.

"Are they doing joint interviews?

"Yes, you work for Mavius Ring, Formal Hout Entertainment and Nyatflix. Let me introduce you."

All three of their representatives greet each other.

"This is Allen from the Media Division 2, Mobile Ring."

"This is Zia from the Formal Hout Entertainment Documentary Department."

"It's Nia from Nyatflix."

Allen was an elf man, Zia was a flashy, beast-haired alien, and the woman named Nia was an amazing beauty with dark brown skin. A table talk RPG that handles certain cosmic fears expresses APP18 or more. Elma is beautiful too, but Nia's beauty is probably higher than Elma's. I swear to my heart that I will never come near you. I'm sorry, but I'll leave her to May.

The number of staff was five each, reaching a total of twenty. Well, there's plenty of room for Black Lotus.

"Er, there is something I want to tell you before embarking on the ship. First of all, I am the law in the ship. When I say black, white becomes black, and vice versa. If that's unacceptable, I want you to give up boarding the ship."

The media staff nodded without being particularly upset by my words. Unlike the first Space-Dwelg guys to attack, they're strangely quiet and well-behaved.

"Next, let me set a limit on your range of motion on the ship. Specifically, seafarers are not allowed to enter private spaces and important compartments such as bridges, hangers, cargo spaces, and other generator rooms. However, with my permission and the ship's crew, I will grant you access to those areas."

When I cut out the talk of movement restrictions, I felt a weak crown dissatisfied atmosphere, but the dissatisfaction seemed to have subsided when I heard the words "access is possible with permission and guidance."

"And Whiska and Tina aren't officially my ship's crew, but they're treated the same way as my ship's crew. That means they don't have access to bridges, hangers, or cargo spaces. But I won't let them help you media staff at all. [M] It is also forbidden to force them to cooperate directly or indirectly. If such acts are discovered, be prepared to throw everyone into space with the worst possible joint responsibility in the escape pod. I'll do it when I say I will, and I'm going to have that much power. Everyone was watching your game, right?

"" "Ok!

Everyone answers by stretching their spine. Yeah, that's a good answer. But it sounds pretty good.

"As a precaution in the meantime, is this about it? We are scheduled to leave the port after noon tomorrow. Each company has three cabins, a total of twelve rooms. Decide on the division of the room. If there's anything else I'd like to ask you, anything you'd like me to ask... for the time being, isn't there? If you can't think of it now, you can do it later. You can spend the day on a boat, or you can spend it outside. However, if you fail to depart in time, I will leave the port mercilessly, so I intend to."

Incidentally, during your stay in Black Lotus, you will be charged by May later. Well, from me, it's like a dime. Compared to the proceeds from the sale of crystalline organisms, it looks like an error.

Incidentally, the crystalline life form materials purchased from the Imperial Space Force outpost after the recent Crystal Battle, net of the purchase costs and fees, yielded a profit of about 2 million Enel. About 60,000 of them, or 3% of them, will be Mimi's bonus. You think this is a riot? I agree, but this is the standard share of the world. Having a ship on its own is a big deal.

Countries, aristocracy and large corporations operate these trading vessels in dozens, hundreds and thousands. That's why they have money to pay mercenaries like me. Mm-hmm.

After hearing my explanation, the staff of each company took their luggage and asked May to issue a security pass to each of the small information terminals to board the Black Lotus - no, only Mr. Wamdo would come here carrying a large luggage.

"What's wrong?

"No, I was just going to tell her. The staff dispatched to this interview is basically a staff member who can handle the Nobles' interviews."

"Huh? That's what happens when you think you're strangely polite."

"Yeah, well. I would like to apologize again for what one of our divisions has done before."

"Mr. Wamdo didn't do anything else, so you can apologize. But I will accept your apology."

"Thank you."

After he lowered his head, Mr. Wamud turned his heel and walked around carrying a luggage the size of his body. I can walk around thinking about them with my back off.

Much better manners than the ones who attacked first, but they may not be as careless as that. Mr Wamud said they were accustomed to dealing with nobles. Perhaps it's not just about Space Dwelg, it's about Mavius Ring, it's about formal how-to entertainment, it's about Nyatflix.

In other words, they are staff who have succeeded by crossing people who would cheat rudely on the spot if they were bad. It won't hurt us, but if we don't be careful, we'll be exposed to everything. We'll be sleeping with them for at least a month. You must be careful.

"I thought it would be an easy job... for goodness sake"

Life cannot be left alone at all.

Now, let's take a quick look at our destination, the Cormat system.

The Cormat system is a star system centered on the same G-type main series star as the Sun. It consists of multiple planets and gas planets, and there are mineral resources in the asteroid belt. The mineral resources of the asteroid belt are mostly common, and rare metal species have not been confirmed, but they are abundant in reserves and have many uses. As a result, the Earl of Darainwald had earlier set up a mining and refining colony and a trading colony in the Cormat system to mine resources.

In addition, since the third and fourth planets of the Cormat system were promising as habitable planets, it seems that they were proceeding with the tricks and terraforming with assistance from the Empire. And this time, the terraforming of the third planet, Cormatt III, was completed in a clear light.

"What's going on with the Fourth Planet?

"The environment seems cold. They say it will take about a decade to terraform into an environment suitable for living. Terraforming is tough."

"We're going to leave a single star to ourselves. It's a big business."

I have no technical knowledge of how to terraform. With my knowledge, I can only imagine a big deal like using a nanomachine to make it feel good. In fact, depending on the planet's environment, the terraforming technique will change a lot.

Still, years, decades, or hundreds of years, it's too big to imagine transforming a planet that people can't live on into an environment that people can live on.

"The movement of the Space Bandits has been accompanied by a wave of Space Bandits targeting refined metals. However, in the future, raids targeting immigrant ships and settlements in Cormat III, raids on trade colonies supplying settlements, and raids on trade ships destined for those facilities are expected to increase. So this time we were hired."

"Of course, we can't handle them all on our own. That's why the Earls of Darrenwald are sending in a large number of mercenaries besides us through the Mercenary Alliance, and the Earls are gaining strength to defend the Cormat system. They're sending forces from the Imperial Space Force."

"From the Imperial Space Forces....."

Chiratsumi turned to me. Yeah, I know what you're trying to say. Based on the experience so far, I think you will face him again. It's a countermeasure against space bandits anyway. It also matches the purpose of the activities of the Anti-Space Bandit Independent Unit.

"Because I'm wearing a shima... I'm not sure that's the case, but I also think it will be. Let's give up."

That's right.

Yes, it is.

Mr. Wamdo and I are leaning toward our mysterious exchange, but we are not very willing to actively explain it. I don't want to be disturbed by the funny rumors that you've never spoken badly.

"We are the only mercenaries employed directly by Count Darrenwald's family. I think they treat me like a horse, but if I work, I get paid for my work. Let's put some energy into it."

Yes!

"Yes, let me earn it."

Well then, I'm leaving now. The target is a trade colony in the Cormat system. After departing port, join the convoy of Earl Darrenwald's convoy and use the gateway to travel to the Kneepack system. From there, we enter the Cormat system through the Merkit, Siegle, and Wellick systems. "

"Eisa."

In response to my orders, Mimi and Elma, as well as May behind them, Black Lotus, loaded with Krishna, left the Glakius Sakanda colony.

Four recording devices continued to record the state silently.