Star Ocean: Starting from the Abandoned Mining Space Station

Chapter 5 Choice
Just like this, Chen Ming didn't even want to go to the galaxy where the nearest military outpost was located.

If Chen Ming's spaceship is to sail into the space station by then, the military personnel will definitely find out his identity.

If they directly find out the record of the Iron Ore passing through the Star Gate decades ago, and the record of themselves passing through the Star Gate on the company's spaceship.

That would be no different from Chen Ming's current direct use of the space station's communication anchor to contact the military outpost.

So there aren't really many options left.

Chen Ming's eyes returned to the galaxy map he just opened.

In a small galaxy very close to the galaxy where the military outpost is located, there is also a space station belonging to humans that many people know.

But it doesn't belong to the military in name only, but to... pirates.

This is a space station for space pirates.

Of course, pirates are just a general term, and everyone knows how a group of scattered and unorganized criminals can possibly build a space station with complete infrastructure that can be maintained for a long time.

There must be someone behind this, and the person sponsoring it has great power.

Otherwise, how could the military, which is only a galaxy apart, turn a blind eye to this space station, which is known to anyone who makes a living near this edge galaxy.

If Chen Ming chooses to go there, there will naturally be danger.

Instead of going to the military outpost, how many good people would choose to go here?

But correspondingly, the possibility of revealing that he is a company employee and comes from this abandoned mining space station is close to zero.

Although it will take longer to return to the human world, and the pressure to solve the food problem before passing will be greater.

But Chen Ming had no more choices at this time. He didn't want to be involved in something between big shots because of his identity and origin, and he didn't want to know how he died in the end.

The pirate space station became his only choice.

Therefore, in order to solve the food problem, the spacecraft's cultivation cabin must be used in some way.

And the best place to get edible crop seeds…

Chen Ming looked at the blue, green and purple planet directly below the spacecraft.

But before thinking about it.

Chen Ming stood up from his seat, opened his hands, and placed them on the bridge in front of him.

Chen Ming partly manipulated the control panel manually and partly relied on the assistance of his consciousness to set the flight path for the Iron Mine after leaving the space station.

Let it stay in the orbit of the planet in front of it, keeping a certain distance from the abandoned mining space station.

Can be seen, but cannot be touched.

To prevent bugs from floating over from the space station.

At the same time, he also prevents himself from losing this extremely dilapidated place in space, but it contains many precious resources.

Chen Ming had already thought about it before leaving the space station.

Compared to those asteroids in space that contain rare minerals, this space station is more valuable to itself.

He is just a civilian spaceship used for mining and lacks everything.

Collecting minerals from asteroids can only replenish the most basic supplies needed by the spacecraft, and the products of industrialization cannot make up for it.

Such as daily necessities, and some tools and materials for spacecraft equipment.

It is impossible for Mr. Chen Ming to just use the repair kit on his hand to rub a chip out in space.

But it's different in the space station. This is a place that needs to maintain long-term operation and provide a living environment for many people.

All kinds of sophisticated and professional electronic equipment, all kinds of rare metal materials, and all kinds of necessities for human life are everywhere in the space station.

Even though the bugs above were very dangerous, Chen Ming couldn't just give up and leave.

Even if it is just to remove some iron sheets from the side, it will be more efficient than Chen Ming's own search for asteroids with iron resources in space, and then smelting them into iron.

So even if he wants to leave, he must at least wait until Chen Ming obtains enough resources from above.

After completing the setting of the spacecraft's orbit, Chen Ming's urgent matter at hand was finally completed.

A fatal crisis will not appear in front of Chen Ming for the time being, and death will come at least three months later.

And then the key to stating the idea is food.This problem can only be solved after Chen Ming repairs the landing module of the spacecraft and the spacecraft can land on the planet.

To repair the landing module, Chen Ming had to use the repair techniques in his mind and the fact that he could directly open the spacecraft panel.

So now, Chen Ming finally has time and the need to study the abilities he gained after traveling through time.

Chen Ming's consciousness focused on the spacecraft and he opened the panel again.

[Spaceship Panel]

[Ship name: Iron Ore]

[Type: Small civilian mining cargo ship]

[Fuel Reserve: 99.8%]

[Port side weapon: 22mm machine gun (damaged)]

[Starboard weapon: 22mm machine gun (in operation)]

[Armor: Aluminum steel composite external armor]

[Engine: Civilian Guard Grade Engine]

[Built-in cabins: captain's cabin, engine cabin, work cabin, planting cabin, living cabin, storage cabin]

[Important equipment: bridge control system module (in operation), stance traction module (in operation), life support system module (in operation), simulated gravity module (in operation), landing module (damaged), hyperspace channel system module (missing)]

There are no changes on the panel except for the fuel column.

But Chen Ming suddenly discovered something that he had not noticed before.

Chen Ming can click on these columns of content displayed on the panel to view more detailed data.

For example, after clicking on the [Type: Small Civilian Mining Cargo Ship] column, a more subdivided panel appeared in front of me.

[Small civilian mining cargo ship]

[Manufacturer: Cinda Rockwell Shipbuilding Company]

[Captain: 33 meters]

[Ship width: 15 meters]

[Ship height: 7 meters]

[Ton level: 2000 tons]

[Power source: Civilian grade fusion reactor]

[Maximum speed: standard speed]

[Spaceship bearing point: standard civilian grade (small bearing point*2)]

[Hyperspace Channel System: Carrying capacity]

Looking at this newly emerged panel, Chen Ming quickly retrieved several new concepts on this new panel in his memory.

Combining his own memory with the content introduced on a small panel that pops up after clicking on these items on the panel again, Chen Ming gave a rough summary.

That load-bearing point is a basic component or facility used by the spacecraft to place marine weapons. It protects the spacecraft so that the recoil of the weapons will not affect the normal operation of the spacecraft. All marine weapons must be placed on it.

If placed elsewhere on the spacecraft, it can easily cause unnecessary damage during the operation of the spacecraft.

Civilian guard-class spacecraft like the Iron Ore were designed with only two small load-bearing points for installing some small weapons for self-defense.

Military spaceships, or larger spaceships with higher levels, such as destroyer-level and cruise-level spacecrafts, can install more, and the installed load-bearing points can also be larger.

The standard speed of this maximum speed refers to the ultimate speed of a spacecraft sailing in a normal cosmic environment, which is 99% of the speed of light.

This is the standard speed for interstellar navigation that all spaceships in this world, including civilian ships, can achieve.

Of course, for civilian ships to reach ultimate speed requires lengthy acceleration.

That's why when Chen Ming was planning the route between the space station and the military outpost, he said that the distance between the two was not large on a cosmic scale, but it was very large for him.

His own spaceship now lacks a hyperspace channel system, and the half-light-year journey is not easy.

(End of this chapter)