2022-06-13 08:06:58Aeyrie had to drop her visit to her Gramps and rush to Mindy’s aid. Since it was urgent, she had to ask her Gramps to help her get there faster.
[That area is the territory of the Flame Emperor. I shouldn’t enter uninvited.] the Roc King hesitated.
[Gramps! My friend is in danger! She needs me!] Aeyrie was half-frantic.
[Fine. I will take you there… but I will not linger.] the great Roc decided.
So it was that Aeyrie was rushed over, in mere minutes covering th
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529. Enetar Kingdom
A week ago, Darian’s fleet reached the site of a Distress Call identifying its sender as the Enetar Kingdom. Their home star was surprisingly near to Sorrel, being just one day’s journey by their fleet’s warp speeds.At the time, they didn’t know what to expect. Upon arrival, what greeted them was a sensor scope full of white blips, and life-sign readings of over two billion humans. At a glance, they could easily see four colonized planets and a heavily exploited gas giant.Far ahead, directly in front of them was a huge fleet, hundreds of Size 5 Galleons and Size 4 Frigates. Moments after their arrival, that huge fleet started scrambling with activity.“We better talk to them before they start shooting.” Darian grimaced.Sandy, the comms officer, tapped her console rapidly. “Enetari military, this is the Sorrelian Third Fleet, responding to a distress call. What seems to be the problem?”There was a tense silence as the fleet in front of them kept buzzing madly. At length, however, t
528. Moon Colony Advantages
The Moon Farms had huge advantages over Farm Ships.Using the Star Hearth for comparison, Sorrelia’s current tech allowed for 25 acre farm ships. This was with 5 decks of farmland, each deck hosting 5 acres (each acre around 40 meters by 101.2 meters each). These farms used vertical farming with near 20 times the yield per area as flat farms, plus they planted Elven crops with quarterly yields roughly four times the yield of regular Sorrelian crops. A quick estimate would be a quarterly yield of 240 tons per farm ship.A Moon Farm, on the other hand, nestled in some crater or the other, could easily be 1000-2000 acres. For safety’s sake, they’d be separate and nestled in different, smaller craters, but either way 1000 acres of vertical farmland using Elven crops was more than enough for the entire Migration’s theoretical food needs (240,000 tons of produce, while the million-strong Migration would need some 189,000 tons quarterly).Of course, their actual needs and yield would vary, p
527. One Month Later
But of course, that was impossible. A month after that conversation, Starbright Shipyards hadn’t even completed the new space structures yet, much less a hundred Long Haul DE’s.They did manage twenty, though. This was with 32 Lunar Lynxmice Clans working with dizzying swarms of drones, fully active space scaffolding and the Long Haul Galleon Yard fully functional over the last few days.That was basically all they managed. In prioritizing Long Haul production, rushing the Galleon Yard and the scaffolding before anything else, even the Drone Hub and the Lynxmice Habitat had been only half-completed. Thousands of Lynxmice had to rough it out for what amounted to 2% of their average lifespans, one entire month of the precious 50 their Lunar kind were expected to live.Those ships were sorely needed, though. By this time, the Black Fang and the White Castle, Remian’s new Quarin Galleon-equivalent, had been running non-stop flights to and from various Star Systems to haul passengers, good
526. Purchasing
Interestingly enough, as Remian concluded the seventh round of mana-hunting, the Quarin did in fact, offer to sell him a bigger ship.This was a Quarin Castle, Galleon-sized with 6 towers and more capacity than George’s, Tim’s or Darian’s flagships. It would come fully equipped, and with a handful of old staff who absolutely refused to leave regardless of who owned or commanded it. That proved particularly problematic when the Wilkins wanted to scrap the old vessel entirely, thus the offer to sell it to Remian instead.The price? 100 million mana. Given that he’d just reaped nearly 20 million today, he should be able to afford it within a week if he saved up.“We’ll even let you delay payment up to a month.” This generous offer was made over the comms by Eric Wilkins, sales rep for the Wilkins family.Remian considered for a bit. “How about a test run?”“A test run?”“Yeah. Let’s bring out this ship of yours on a little trip. Nothing dangerous, just a salvage run, maybe pick up some r
525. Third Aid Mission
In another star system, comms transmissions were being exchanged.The bandit lord was clear. “You have three days to surrender! Otherwise, you and all your people are dead! You understand? DEAD!”“Anything?” A older man asked the guy at the comms station.“No response to our calls for help. I don’t know. Is there really anyone out there?” he asked, despairing.“These bandits had to come from somewhere! If they’re out there, there could be others too. Someone, somewhere...” the older man’s face was all but gray.Then, there was beeping.“What’s that?” the older man asked.“It’s... a response!” the younger guy yelped, scrambling, pressing buttons, turning on speakers.George’s voice came in. “Hello? Star System Toah? We got your message. We’re coming. Hang tight, we’re almost there.”
524. Remian and mana
“You’re giving me what, now?!” Darian stared.“I’m giving you my fleet. I reserve only the Black Fang.” Remian said plainly. “Also, this is with the understanding that you, George and Tim are going out there to help those in need and bring back people, goods and resources.”“That last bit sounded oddly emphasized.”“It should be. We’re going to need all we can get.” Remian cleared his throat. “I also suggest you grow your fleet and engage in some interstellar trading. It seems Tim has plans involving the Uber States, but Kanonasia isn’t going anywhere.”“What about George?”“George has been trading with the Woofers this entire time and isn’t likely to change that.” Remian paused. “If you like, you can even take a shot at trading with the Draconians. You seem to get along well with dragons, particularly Har’es-dras.”“The Draconians? Not the Quarin?” Darian asked quizzically.Remian coughed. “I have plans with the Quarin.”“Oh? You’re getting directly involved, now? I thought you decid
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