Reborn as a Space Mercenary: I Woke Up Piloting the Strongest Starship! Vol. 5 by Ryuto

Author:Ryuto [Ryuto]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: light novel
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Published: 2022-08-15T07:00:00+00:00

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The next day, we headed to a different prototype dock, where Tina and Wiska were among the engineers. When they saw us, they stopped their work and ran over.

“We’ve been waitin’ for ya, hon!”

“Hey…hon.”

“Oh, hey.”

I could feel hot jealousy emanating from the other dwarven engineers, who clearly hated seeing how close I was with the girls. Even more terrifying was that a few of them looked ready to cry out of frustration. Some of them pretended to be working, but I could tell.

“We’re here for work today,” I warned them. “You girls get back to work, too.”

“Okaaay.”

“We’ll see you later.”

I sighed as the two obediently returned to their tasks. The pressure from the engineers was off as well. I guess the two are popular here after all. They’re fine now, but will the team be fine after they join our crew? Not that it matters that much to me.

“The men aren’t gonna like you after that one,” Elma said with a wry grin.

“It ain’t my fault!” I protested.

“Ain’t, huh?”

It really wasn’t my fault. If I had to say, it was fate’s fault. I hate to get all mystical, but it really felt like fate had some hand in this. During our unproductive exchange, a female dwarf walked over with tablet terminal in hand. She wore a work jumpsuit like Tina and the others; it must have been the uniform.

“Hello there,” she greeted us. “We’ve almost finished setting up, so you won’t have to wait long.”

“Gotcha. This ship’s concept seems pretty similar to the Hammer Seven, huh? Though it looks like its form emphasizes speed.” The Hammer Seven from yesterday had visibly sturdy armor, making it look like a small, heavy battleship. Today’s prototype was sharp and streamlined in comparison. The thrusters were a shape I had never seen before, too. Maybe they were some new innovation?

“Yeah, pretty much!” she replied. “We’re trying for a small, high-speed battleship, so you’re right. Ours is the most speed-optimized out of all of them.”

“Interesting…but the weapons look a little pitiful.” As far as I could see, it only had one Class-II weapon and two Class-I weapons. “I think it would be more useful if you just had two Class-II weapons instead.”

“A mercenary would think so, huh? The problem is the generator isn’t quite up to the task. A Class-II laser cannon and two Class-I multi-cannons are already cutting it close.”

“That’s rough. I’d guess that it’s less useful for solo mercenaries and better for ones who act in teams.”

“Right,” Elma chimed in. “A scout-slash-support battleship, maybe. The ammo limit would give you even less cushion, but I’d like to see it with seeker missile pods instead of multi-cannons.”

“Same.” Instead of half-assing it with multi-cannons, giving it a high-speed missile carrier would be better. “If you changed the Class-II laser cannon to a Class-II seeker missile pod and used the leftover generator output for higher electronic warfare capabilities, I think it would make the ship’s role clearer.”

“I see… User opinions are certainly valued. I’ll bring up the possibility of using it as a high-speed missile ship.

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