Chapter 48 The Floran Colony 3 (1/2)
”This is yer new ship.” Penguin Pete said after him, John and Lenny used the teleporter to beam to John's ship.
John looked around and was impressed by Penguin Pete's work. The whole ship look like it just came out of a shop. The metals were and the paint job was also very simplistic, just the way he like it.
The interior of the ship was completely painted in white with some black stripes.
”Wow!” Lenny exclaimed as his expression brightened. ”This ship is amazing, better than mine.”
”As yer may have noticed, I took the liberty to change a bit of the rooms, I exchanged the Prison Cells for a standart Crew's Quarters. It can accommodate 2 people.” Penguin Pete said.
”Why did you got rid of the Prison Cells?” John wasn't mad about it. Even though John barely knew him, Penguin Pete had already proven himself of being trustworthy.
”Simply because there are no more Terrene Protectorate Outposts and Prisons... These facilities had been overtaken by Letheia Corporation, Black Star Syndicate, Nova Rebellion and the Dreadwing Pirates. These are the organizations that had started to make bigger movements now that the Terrene Protectorate is gone. In other words, yer have no place to send prisoners.”
”Oh... It makes sense.”
”As for the outside hull, I made it usin' Titanium and Tungsten. Since Titanium is way to expensive to make the whole hull made of it, I decided that this metal would only be used at the few important places of the ship, like the FTL Warp Drive engine, Artificial Gravity Generator, and the Life Support System. As for the rest of the outside hull, it was made completely by Tungsten. With that bein' said, your ship is basically a giant Tier 2 Armor.” Penguin Pete proudly said.
”Damn.” Lenny looked surprised. ”That's good stuff... My ship is only made using Steel.”
”Of course, most ships would be built using only Steel for the hull. There was almost no reason to spend more in a expensive hull anyway. There was no space battles that would involve the main ships, most of the battles were done using the Mechs in the outside. But now that the Terrene Protectorate's law are gone you can imagine what is goin' to happen in the future. Warships and prohibited weaponry are going to start to appear more and more often as time passes. It's better to be prepared than to suffer later on.”
”Thanks... Really...” John was touched. To make such a giant ship made of Tungsten and Titanium would be very, very expensive, and Penguin Pete had done it for John without asking for anything. This, coupled with the fact that John only asked him to repair the ship, but he basically made a complete new ship. John couldn't even imagine how expensive it was to make this much.
”Well...” Penguin Pete embarrassedly scratched his nose. ”Just... Just try not to die around there kid, or Esther might get depressed.” He walked back to the teleporter. ”That's all I had to say to you, lad. Be careful out there...” He activated the teleporter and disappeared.
”Okay...” Said Lenny, ”I'm going to the Crew's Quarters take a nap. Wake me up if you need something.” He left as soon as he finished speaking.
John helplessly shook his head.
He decided to go to the cockpit. Once he entered there, the first thing he did was to check the Fuel Hatch.
Once he looked at the screen on the console he saw that the Fuel Hatch was half full.
[He even filled a little of the Fuel Hatch...] John was very thankful of Penguin Pete's kindness.
John took out the Data Chip that Itsuki gave to him and inserted into the Navigation Console.
”Loading Data Chip...” John heard the emotionless voice of S.A.I.L once again. It had been a while.