2022-06-15 08:25:12Ten days after the expedition to the south began, three bedraggled figures emerged from the steam and smoke of the Flame Emperor’s domain.
One of them was limping along with the help of some makeshift crutches. One more had his arm in a sling. The third one was stumbling about in broken pieces of armor hastily cobbled together and on the verge of falling apart at any moment.
Father Petrov, Professor Alexei and Sir Ivan had finally made it through the mountainous region.
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556. A Tournament with the Meorin
Although they asked him, the Wind Emperor did not want to leave the Migration. Some of the Meorin even sent over a dozen of their cutest kittens to plead with him.[No, no, it’s too much trouble.] The Wind Emperor refused, yawning and stretching out lazily. Typically, he hung out on the beach together with Reef, but today he opted to visit Sky Haven’s food court and receive the tribute of adoring customers. It was unfortunate that the cute kittens from the Meorin were receiving more tribute than he, and thus presented unwelcome competition. Had they sought him at the beach, he might have been more willing to hear them out.As for why there were Meorin on Sky Haven in the first place, well, a whole lot of them were there for the Tournament. A dozen Meorin ships arrived yesterday, and fifteen more this morning with more on the way. Not only them – folks from the Uber States companies, and even some Kanonasians from Crimson Swamp had visited just to watch the fun.“They do know we’ll be
555. Potential Recruits
Unexpectedly, Jamie and Juni were approached as they were eating breakfast at Cringles Potatoes in Sky Haven that morning.“You want to know if we can build Triple PPCs?” Jamie looked at a disheveled Amber blankly. “We don’t even know how to build single Particle Projector Cannons.”“You mean, we skipped right past Third Generation Mechs and went straight to Fourth Generation Mechs, without even figuring out how to build the regular armaments of the Second Gen?” Amber blinked.“We were focused on developing Plasma weaponry.” Juni explained. “We had to deal with Undead, and later, Mitigok. Consistent burn damage at close quarters was our priority. PPCs are great for long-distance shots, especially against metal vehicles that retain heat and have a problem venting it like Second Generation Mechs. But when an Undead Lich is right in front of you, or a Mitigok Knight is chasing you around town, it’s a Sticky Gun you want, not a PPC.”“You said they’re great against mechs. Wouldn’t they al
554. Bigger Ships
Benny closed his eyes and leaned back on his chair with a sigh. He’d been busy studying scans, schematics and reports on various ships across Star System Crimson for six hours straight and sorely needed a break.Most of the ships in the refugee fleets of the other factions weren’t very interesting, but there were a few he felt he could learn from, including one of Cameron’s, two of the Woofer refugees, a dismantled Kanonasian vessel, and the Tuskan shipwreck bought from Six Sided Harmony.Of course, the most interesting by far was the shipwreck, but there were plenty to learn in the other ships as well. Power distribution and regulation systems, structural reinforcement, the use of nanolines and semi-compressed materials… Benny felt there was no end to it.“Still here?” Amber came up to him. “Everyone else has already left.”Benny glanced at the chrono. It was nine at night. Of course everyone else had already gone home. “What about you? You’re still here.”“I wanted to tweak a few th
553. Food Issues
Cringles, on the other hand, offered the Migration everything.“We want to join you! Can we join you? Can we? Can we??” the youngster on screen was an awkward, gangly teenage boy. He was the second son and sole surviving heir of the prestigious Cringles family. His father founded and ran the company for all of forty years, and his elder brother had been primed, trained and made CEO when he came of age twenty years ago.Unfortunately, neither were present. Nobody knew where they were or if they even survived. As far as anyone could tell, Cameron Cringles here was the last of his bloodline. By some internal company law, it fell to him to manage or mismanage all the surviving property and personnel of his father’s company.[Poor boy.] Ermine communicated with Remian psionically so that Cameron couldn’t hear her. [He’s rather looked down on by the other Uber States company bosses. Even their staff laugh at him for his youth. I guess it means something to him that a lot of our top leaders
552. Tech Needs
It turned out, 10 million for a Gyrfalcon was actually a massive discount. Starbright’s retail price tag for the new Strike Frigate was 15 million. Just the production costs (including labor) was over 9 million. They only sold them at near-cost because it was to Remian and co.“As for the Stealth Recon Frigate, its codename is ‘Hawk Owl’. We’ve got most of the design done, but we need a couple more things to complete it properly.” Amber reported.“What do you need?” Remian asked.“We need Kuriel and null-grav materials.” Amber answered.Remian almost fell on his face. “Are you kidding me? Where would we get those? Are we supposed to raid a military warehouse in the Draconian Dominion or the Quarin Coalition? Buy it off an auction from the Blue Star Conglomerate? Even if we had the money, I don’t think they make deliveries out here any more!”“Actually, we won’t have to leave Star System Crimson.” Amber cleared her throat. “It seems there’s a Tuskan shipwreck in the inner asteroid belt
551. Bai Hu
As it turned out, there was one more thing Woofers were great at, which they now offered as a service to the Migration.“What is that?” Remian asked, as he finally found Shadowflash next to what looked like… a giant metal dog.“That is a Lagotto Romagnolo Heavy Duty Mk VII.” Just A Dog suddenly popped out from the side and spoke out loud so everyone could hear. “The current top choice for mining mechs by every Woofer mining pack today! Those paws! That digging speed! The sheer stamina and mileage! Not to mention the durability! No other Woofer Digger Mech can compare!”As if hearing him praise it, the tail of the Woofer Digger wagged enthusiastically.“What does the tail do?” Remian had to ask.“Oh that? It’s part of the cooling system.” JAD waved dismissively. “Also a great optical communications signaller.”“Who owns this Digger?” Remian asked.“We do!” JAD said proudly. “It’s joining the Migration along with our newest Woofer recruit! Also, the Star Cruiser Cozy Den and its escorts
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