Chapter 140 Hermes
The one who finally couldn't get out of bed the next day was Isabel.
And the result of Amber's happy night was that the paperwork that should have been handled was left to the next day.
Since picking up the ship from the second-hand ship dealer is currently the top priority task of Atlas Private Military Company.
So Amber missed the regular training for the next two days. With the help of professionals arranged by Alanita, she prepared all the documents required for ship transactions, registration and other processes.
Then set off for the agreed trading port at the planned time.
Among the people accompanying this time, Isabel, Randall and Tom, three people with ship operation experience, are indispensable.
In addition to the three of them, there are several temporary crew members who have been trained urgently and whose level is almost at the level of "being able to drive the ship".
At the same time, for the sake of insurance, Alanita has prepared a new identity for everyone-honorary human citizens of the Thousand Star Empire.
However, in Amber's view, identity is actually unnecessary for them.
Because neither the Federation nor the Star Dragon Empire can do perfection in the management of personnel flow.
First of all, in the universe, the concept of national borders has become blurred.
As long as you don't sail into sensitive areas or military restricted areas, basically no one will intercept you.
Because the cost of searching and intercepting is too high, and the efficiency is extremely low.
Therefore, identity verification is generally done at the planetary orbital airport before entering the planet.
In general space stations and airports, especially in areas where various transactions are conducted, basically no one will verify your identity.
In addition, there is the existence of Lilith.
After Amber's training, Lilith can now skillfully hack into the surrounding electronic equipment to conceal information.
Even if Amber and others leave video data or entry and exit information somewhere, they will be modified by Lilith to a disguised identity.
In this regard, Amber's evaluation is: very useful, just like turning on anonymity.
The Burton Spaceport, located in the Leipzig galaxy on the border of the Star Dragon Empire, is the largest port in the nearby galaxies with military-grade second-hand ship trading qualifications.
A large number of second-hand ship dealers have arranged temporary offices here, or directly docked a small official ship as a temporary station.
Amber and his party arrived at the port without wasting time. After getting off the ship, they went straight to the berth where the destroyer was docked.
The company that sold this Dragoon-class destroyer was the Auriga Ship Trading Company.
As a ship trading company run by an imperial noble behind the scenes, its scale is also ranked among the best in the empire, and it can often get some recently retired military ships through connections.
Generally speaking, unless the ship is too old or difficult to continue to use, it will be towed back to the shipyard for dismantling.
Military ships of light cruiser level and below will be sold to the civilian market after removing key equipment, such as data link modules and military-grade shipborne control personality modules.
The Royal Navy also needs to make a living and needs to make up for it by selling retired ships.
Of course, it is impossible for ordinary people to buy such retired warships directly from the Royal Navy at the first-hand price.
As soon as these warships are decommissioned, they will be quickly divided up by middlemen who specialize in second-hand ship transactions.
So the price that Amber and his friends bought is more expensive than the depreciated price of the ship.
As for the price increase, it depends on the conscience of the company responsible for handling the ship and whether the ship is a popular model.
"Mr. Rebir, the ship inspection process is complete. Shall we start the transaction process next?"
Kirk, the person in charge of this transaction, rubbed his hands involuntarily. The completion of this transaction also means that he will receive a large commission.
"You can also see that this ship is definitely the best ship of its class. Except for the removal of the data link module and the control personality core, the other parts are completely in service."
Kirk introduced the ship attentively, but Amber, who was aliased as "Rebir" beside him, did not listen to him at all.
In Amber's eyes, there is only this slender and beautiful destroyer in the dock.
The Star Dragon Empire's iconic silver-white gorgeous paint is in a good state of maintenance, making this newly retired destroyer as exquisite as a work of art.
2 HIPW60 heavy particle cannons commonly used by Royal Navy destroyers are arranged on the central axis of the warship;
Four charged particle cannons, electromagnetic reconnection cannons, and high-energy laser beam launchers are arranged alternately around the hull;
Multi-function missile silos in the rear half of the hull;
These reliable weapons have made the Dragoon class occupy the top spot in destroyer firepower strike capability until now.
"My first ship," he couldn't help but mutter.
"Correct, this is the first ship belonging to Atlas, and strictly speaking, 12.3% of this destroyer belongs to me."
Isabelle saw Amber looking at the ship so absorbedly, and couldn't help but lean into his ear and joked.
"Yours is also mine." Amber, whose atmosphere was destroyed, said unhappily.
"That still leaves 25% to Alanita; 8.2% to other people in the company~"
"Wait for you tonight"
"Humph, who's afraid of who~"
The transaction process did not take too much time, and all the documents required for the transaction were prepared very well with the help of professionals.
The funds that were converted into Imperial Gold Dragons and deposited into the transaction supervision account in advance were also successfully transferred to the account of Auriga Company.
However, when Amber saw the registration information, the company registered with the ship was ‘Atlas Mining Development Co., Ltd.’.
Kirk, who had been following to help with the business, had his eyelids twitched and couldn’t help but remind him:
“Mr. Rebir, are you sure the company is correct?”
“Yes, I bought this ship to escort the mining team and help cut asteroids.”
Amber replied with a smile, and then pressed the confirmation button to submit the information.
“Information processing, please wait”
“Ship registration has been completed, ship identification code: SE933979162”
“Please enter the name of the ship.”
Naming the ship is the last step of the entire transaction.
But Amber had already thought of the name of this first ship.
PMC is essentially ‘customers place orders and cut people themselves’, which is a commercial behavior.
So at this time, it is necessary to sacrifice. The ancient Greek god in charge of business.
"Ship name - Hermes."
"Congratulations, you have completed all the registration procedures!"
At the same time as the registration was completed, the information of this Dragoon-class destroyer in the Imperial Ship Database.
It was also adjusted from a Royal Navy military ship (retired) to a civilian ship.