Chapter 1421 Tyrant-class frigate
The Alliance Exchange is a super-large commercial website with hundreds of partitions, mainly open to the alliance's official system. Not only does it have personal transactions, but the military will also place retired old models of warships on the website for auction. These transactions are mainly conducted with the alliance's contribution points.
Among these many partitions, the most lively one is the ship area. After all, the sea of stars is almost everyone’s dream. Even if you can’t afford a spaceship for the time being, it’s good to take a look.
Xia Fan briefly checked the rules. His current identity is a junior investigator of the Secret Service and can own private spacecraft below the expulsion level. As for cruise-level and battleships such as battleships with larger sizes and stronger combat capabilities, Xia Fan is not currently eligible to register.
So, Xia Fan turned his attention to the frigate-level trading area. Usually, the price of a frigate is between 50 and 1 million points, which Xia Fan can afford.
Of course, the most expensive thing about warships is not the purchase cost, but the series of expenses such as maintenance, repair, modification, fuel, etc. for later use, which is no cheaper than buying a ship.
When he was in Brinia, Xia Fan worked as a bounty hunter for a while. The account of Nebula Development Bank still contained 6.32 million alliance dollars, which was a small asset and could fully afford the cost of maintaining a frigate.
The reason why Xia Fan wanted a frigate was two reasons. One is that Xia Fan was a mechanic grandfather and had a very good mechanical engineering foundation. These skills will greatly reduce the cost of maintaining a warship. Xia Fan can do most of the work by himself.
The second is the need for exploration. After getting the investigator badge, Xia Fan was equivalent to having a pass to enter and exit the entire alliance. In any case, Xia Fan still hoped to find the Tianyi Order left by Tianyi and find his family.
The investigation of finding the Tianyi Order must not be known by the bureau. Xia Fanshao must have to operate secretly alone. Having a warship of his own is undoubtedly of great help in finding the Tianyi Order.
Xia Fan has already gained a deeper understanding of the current large frigates of the Alliance through the teaching and extensive reading of mechanics, and knows the performance, advantages and disadvantages of each model. Therefore, he first blocked out the hundreds of most common types of road cargoes, hoping to find a special spacecraft.
Suddenly, Xia Fan couldn't help but say to himself: "Tyrant level!"
Enlarge the photo and check it carefully. Yes, it is indeed a tyrant-class, an elite frigate produced from the Royal Shipyard of the Holy Alliance.
Although wars break out between the three major alliances from time to time, they have very close commercial ties. It is not very strange that they can buy warships produced by the Holy Alliance in the Nebula Alliance.
Royal Shipyard is a company that has always been famous for its high-end quality. With the reputation of the royal family, how can we avoid the need for advanced alloys and peak technology in shipbuilding?
The tyrant-level is created under this idea. The most exaggerated thing about this frigate is that it requires a mechanical core to start.
You should know that the core of the machinery is a treasure that has been passed down from a long time. Ordinary people cannot buy it at all, and the current technology cannot be copied. Therefore, the number of Tyrant-class frigates is very small. The only few remaining ships on the market are not only old, but also long ago cannot be used.
After all, putting expensive mechanical cores inside a frigate is suspected of being wasted, so the Tyrant class is known as one of the most failed products in the history of the Royal Shipyard.
Failure in sales does not mean that quality also fails. Tyrant level uses a large number of S-class titanium alloys, and even the rare Clow alloys, radars, fire controls, and weapons are all the top-notch ones in the Royal Shipyard.
Simply put, the Tyrant-level is a very rare, high-end and expensive frigate.
An old ship without mechanical core actually sold for 850,000 points, which is enough to buy a brand new top frigate.
Through the holographic three-dimensional picture, Xia Fan carefully checked the ship and found that although the ship looked vicissitudes, in fact, various structures and cabins still maintained good performance.
After all, when it was manufactured, the Tyrant level used a large amount of expensive and high-quality metals, and even if it was stored for a long time, it would not break. However, after buying it, Xia Fan had to clean it up by himself.
Through Cangyue's famous instant messaging software Yunxin, Xia Fan talked with the seller. It turned out that the other party was a seized product handling company under the Alliance Anti-Smuggling Bureau. The ship was smuggled into the Alliance. Before it had time to sell it, it was seized by the Anti-Smuggling Bureau.
No wonder the structure remains intact after so long. The ship has never sailed much. The most precious mechanical core was confiscated by the Anti-Smuggling Bureau, leaving only the empty ship, which is still in the warehouse and has not been sold.
The price of the government department's business was not negotiated, but after learning that Xia Fan was an investigator of the Secret Service, he agreed to check the ship for free.
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Two days later at noon, the freight company sent a message that the tyrant-level ordered by Xia Fan had arrived and asked how to deal with it.
"You don't need to send it to the camp, just put it in the public airport."
"Yes, I'll pick up the goods right away."
"Please."
Putting down the communication terminal, Xia Fan excitedly pulled the Buddha's tour, drove a hover truck in the camp to the public airport.
Although Fo You looked like he had not woken up, he heard that Xia Fan had bought a frigate and followed him with interest.
"If you want to buy a larger one, you can buy a frigate. What's the fun of? If you had said something to me earlier, I would just get an old ship from home to give it to you." Fo You said carelessly.
"Come on, it's like you dare to go home." Xia Fan teased the Buddha's travel.
Because this guy always stayed at the blue boiling point, he was completely unprofitable. He let go of harsh words and broke Foyou's leg if he dared to go home.
Fo You shook his head repeatedly, "Oh, it's not like you thought. I've graduated now. I can go home if I want to go home, and no one can care about me."
Xia Fan didn't pay attention to him anymore. Foyou's talent was obviously able to graduate in a few months, but he was born at the blue boiling point and delayed seven years. Even if his father no longer pursued it, it would be a problem to explain it home. Judging from Foyou's tone, he seemed to be quite afraid of his father and grandfather.
After completing the handover procedures at the freight company, the tyrant level had already been sent to a maintenance warehouse according to Xia Fan's request.
When Xia Fan and Foyou arrived at the warehouse, they saw a fat mechanic crossing their legs waiting for him. The mechanic was wearing a blue work clothes full of oil and dirty hands.
"Hello, I'm from the ship maintenance company." After seeing Xia Fan, the man handed over a business card. "Your ship is not good, the engine nozzle needs to be re-coated. Although the shell is still useful, the internal mechanical structure and circuit are simply messy. It's very troublesome to pack it up. It takes at least 1,500 man-hours, and 80% of the parts have to be replaced."
Xia Fan was stunned. He had seen this ship using three-dimensional imaging, but it was not as unbearable as this guy said.
But Xia Fan soon realized that the maintenance company relied on repairing the ship for dinner. The more serious the problems on the ship, the more fees they would be.
Unfortunately, the maintenance company did not expect that Xia Fan did not intend to find them, but wanted to do it himself.
"Come on your own? Stop kidding, this is an imported frigate, can you do it?"
"You don't worry about this."
Humph ~
The mechanic raised his fat head with a shiny and said to Xia Fan in a tone of yin and yang: "Okay, don't blame me for not reminding you. When you can't handle it yourself, it's not the price today!"
The fat mechanic left, ready to watch Xia Fan's joke.
Buddha You circled around the tyrant level, reached out and knocked on the dark golden outer armor, tilted his head and said, "Look at what you bought, this is clearly an old ship that no one wants. It's like a stupid big triangle, how ugly."
Foyou didn't understand warships, but he accurately described the characteristics of the tyrant-level.
Yes, the first impression this frigate gives people is that it is a stupid and has a rare triangular structure with sharp lines and clear edges. If you describe those frigates with a flowing appearance like a delicate sword, the tyrant-level one is just a hammer that is stunned.
The royal shipyard likes gold that represents the royal family, so the tyrant-level is also in dark gold tones, and is more tyrant.
The rich man with a stupid appearance makes Foyou feel ugly no matter how you look at this ship.
As the saying goes, laymen watch the excitement and experts look at the tricks, but Xia Fan doesn't care about appearance and color. He pays more attention to the welds of the deck, the layout of cables, and the material of mechanical structures.
The quality of this ship is amazing!
S-class three-titanium alloy is only used by giant aviation motherships. The Clover alloy skeleton is not only expensive, but also very difficult to process. Only Cangyue’s top shipyards have the technical ability to apply the cruising alloy that is so hard that it makes people vomit blood.
"You can wait a few days before watching, see if I will make you a magic trick!" Xia Fan lobbyed to the Buddha with full confidence.
Although you don’t plan to hire a repair company, tools and equipment are essential.
Large equipment can be rented from the airport logistics department, and the rent is calculated on a daily basis. Xia Fan bought the small equipment directly. The price is not expensive anyway, so this set of tools will be shipped with the ship in the future.
Xia Fan has no other skills, just fast!
Once the renovation work began, he was like a phantom. He was just checking the interface at the bottom of the battleship, but in a blink of an eye he entered the power compartment and tried to start the fusion reactor.
Foyou found tables and chairs, and while making tea, he watched Xia Fan be busy.
I don't like this boat, but he likes to see Xia Fan's work.
After all, he is a speed superpower. When he works, he looks like a movie fast forward. The rhythm is really exciting. When he disassembles the fire control radar and checks, he found that the internal structure is good. Xia Fan cuts out the two in a few minutes and reinstalls the huge fire control radar again.
Foyou is used to being lazy, and those who can speak will never do it. After watching it for a while, I felt that it was actually meaningless. It was so annoying to dismantle it, and it made me dirty all over.
The next day, the Buddha Tour did not come. Xia Fan worked alone in the warehouse from early morning to late night before returning to the dormitory to rest.
When it comes to fatigue, Xia Fan is actually tired, but this is his own ship after all. After repairing it, he can swim in the sea of stars without any obstacles. When he thinks of this, Xia Fan is full of strength.
Since it is an imported warship, some parts cannot be found locally, so I had to customize them through the Internet and then mail them.
When customizing parts, Xia Fan had a little thought. He ordered a few more sets of consumable parts such as air filter plugs and power nozzles and placed them in the warehouse for later use.
It took Xia Fan a week to completely repair the tyrant level.
During this period, I wasted some time waiting for the parts to be mailed, otherwise it would be faster.
"Isn't it just a small broken boat? What's the best thing to look at? There are so many more people in our house." Foyou was dragged to the public airport by Xia Fan again, and he muttered impatiently in the car.
When he arrived outside the warehouse, Xia Fan opened the automatic door. The sound of the motor driving came from the automatic door, which slowly opened.
Seeing the tyrant level who had been reorganized by Xia Fan, Fo You suddenly widened his eyes.
Just a week ago, this was an old ship covered with dust and oil. The landing door was pried open when the Anti-Smuggling Bureau forced the boat on board, and it was still on the ground.
Now, the tyrant-level golden light shines, and the light can be seen. When you touch it with your hand, the surface of the spacecraft is like a mirror, and even the tiniest particle of dust does not exist.
"This is what you did by yourself!" A shocked voice came from outside the warehouse.
The person who spoke was the chubby mechanic. He waited for a week and felt that the time was almost over. He was about to watch Xia Fan's joke and take over the business by the way.
He had already thought about it before coming. Who made Xia Fan so stubborn? At least he had to charge him three times the price and make a fortune from this young man who was overestimating himself. Anyway, the people in the Secret Service have money, and it will be useless to make money if they don’t make money.
As a result, he saw an almost brand new frigate parked in the warehouse.
This efficiency is really terrible. Even if you bring twenty skilled mechanics with you and squat in the warehouse for a week, you will never be able to complete such a heavy repair work.
It's God!
How did this young man do it?
"Do you want to go in and take a look?" Xia Fan stretched out his hand and made a call.
"Yeah, then I'll just go up and inspect it for a while." Fo You nodded and said shamelessly.
The chubby mechanic also tiptoed onto the boat. When he arrived in the cabin, the mechanic admired him even more. It was just a surface phenomenon. When he opened the cable box, tens of thousands of thick and thin cables inside were all reorganized by Xia Fan. It was not messy at all, and it was so regular that it was pleasing to the eye.
If it were people from the repair company who did it, they would never do this. At most, they would randomly scatter the cables and stuff them into the box. These were done while Xia Fan was waiting for the parts.
The captain changed his seat to a cowhide jacket and a high elastic sponge support cushion. Foyou sat on it and nodded, "Well, it's okay, it looks so good, it's quite comfortable."
"By the way, what name are you going to give this ship?"
Xia Fan smiled and said, "I have already thought about this, you can come out and see."
There were stickers on both sides of the battleship. Xia Fan pulled them hard and tore them off.
Pooh ~
Foyou saw the name printed on the hull and almost sprayed it on the spot.
Chapter completed!