Chapter 14 The Erchius Mining Facility Incident 1 (1/2)

John walked around and soon found the Shipyard Shop. It was difficult to not see from far away. There was all kind of ship wreckage around the shop, some old Hoverbikes and a lot of Penguins walking around, carrying stuff from here to there, dismantling some of that wreckage.

The Penguins of the space are just like the ones in Earth, but just in appearance, little birds with a mixture of black and white color. In the space, the penguins you find around all have high intelligence, but they are generally regarded as troublemakers of dubious moral standing, selling their services as mercenaries, mechanics, and merchants on the black market.

John looked around and saw a familiar face.

Lenny was taking with a middle-aged human man.

The man had an orange full beard and short hair. He was wearing an eye patch in his left eye, a black leather jacket, and jeans. He had an artificial metal right leg. His face had what could be said as a mean look, that of a person with almost no friends. He gives a dangerous vibe to those around him, his right eye was sharp and gleamed with a mysterious light from time to time.

”Watch yer doing? Gonna buy or not?” The bearded man impatiently asked Lenny. His voice was dry and somewhat loud.

”Can't you give me some discount ?” Lenny started to shamelessly plead.

”No!” The man decisively said.

”Ahhhhhh... Come on. 10 million pixels for that trashy spaceship, really?”

”Yes, buy it or get out of here!” The man shouted.

”Hey Lenny, having fun?” John approached from behind, ”You must be Penguin Pete, right?”

”Yer talkin' with him.” The bearded man responded.

”I want to hire your services. I need my ship to be fixed” John said.

John placed a Data Chip inside his PIPS and then he gave it to Pete, ”This is a resume of the situation of my ship, take a look.”

Pete retrieved the chip and placed it in his own PIPS, ”A Sparrow class corvette, heh...” With a single glance, Pete identified the model of the ship.

The spaceship can be divided into 5 classes or types, the most basic one the Sparrow, then there are the Kestrel, Falcon, Eagle, and the most advanced Condor.

The ships are divided by their sizes and the amount of their crew.

The Sparrow class is the most basic one. They have the basic 5 rooms and can accommodate at their maximum 5 members, including the captain, depending on which intention they were built for. John's ship was built for Exploration and to arrest criminals, that's why there is only one room for a crew member, the Captain's Quarters, but it has 3 prison cells. A normal Sparrow class doesn't have a Crafting Room and neither a Prison Bay. Those two rooms would have been built to accommodate 4 crew members, 2 in each room if it was a normal Sparrow Class.

The Kestrel class is slightly more advanced, they are bigger and can accommodate 9 people, including the captain. They have 8 rooms that vary depending on what the ship was built to do.

The Falcon class has 10 rooms and can accommodate up to 13 people.

The Eagle class has 12 rooms and can accommodate up to 17 people.