Daniel looked around in morbid curiosity at the destruction in his optical sensors.
Ships were broken apart, shattered hulls were floating in sparking groups.
Part of him was horrified at the war zone that had obviously developed in the Markes System, and another, smaller was a bit curios at how many component he could find.
He tasked the Sensor to map and quantify the Viable Component, while he stared in wonder at the destruction that a real battle fleet could dish out.
A small, unfamiliar part of his conscious was excited at the prospect of one day becoming that powerful.
To be able to destroy BattleCruisers and Dreadnoughts from extreme range, distracting their Point Defense with Drones while he hammered them with Missile Launcher and Rail Gun fire, simultaneously holding of enemy assault Drones with his Laser Turrets.
As he reveled in the strategy and tactics of his hypothetical battles, a notification pulled him out.
[Ding]
[Viable Components in-system]
- 1x Drone Carrie Reactor
- 3x Battle Cruiser Reactors
- 4x Heavy Cruiser Reactors
- 12x Sensor Components
- 6x Sauveterre Engine Components
- 2x Hovarth Drive Components
- 9x Weapon System Components
- 12x Shield Generator Components
- 14x Armor Components
- 11x Drone Components
**
Daniel was drooling at this point.
He hurriedly ordered the Freyr to collect all of the Components, starting with the Sensor Components and ending with the Drone Components, making sure it only dropped them just off the starboard side.
He was practically singing for joy in his processors, completely forgetting what he was doing here in the first place.
First, He ejected all of his stored resources, including the ores, into the growing group of Components floating in space.
Once enough Sensor Components were in place, he ordered the Freyr to collect them and put them in his [Storage].
That done, he immediately upgraded the Sensor to Level 3, which would take about an hour.
He repeated this order of operations until the Drone Command was beginning its upgrade process.
That done, all that was left was to wait until the various upgrade processes finished up.
In the meant time, he played back his predictions of how the System Defense Fleet had been so thoroughly stomped.
Two of the Heavy Cruiser husks and one of the Battle Cruiser wrecks were Imperial.
He couldn't discern a ship classification from the warped and shredded debris, but obviously the Federation System Defense Fleet was unable to hold back what ever force the Imperials had jumped into the System.
The Federation Battle Fleet and the Imperial Navy's Home Fleet were pretty evenly matched, and the two behemoth's hadn't been at war in over two centuries.
Obviously, something changed, and the Imperials had the upper hand at the moment.
[Ding]
[All Upgrades Complete](Select to Expand)
Daniel immediately forgot about the intergalactic political landscape and focused onto the notification.
**
[Star Ship Review]
[Name: Venator]
[Affiliation: NONE]
[Ship Classification: Njord-Class Corvette]
[Ship Modules] (Select Module To Expand)
- Reactor: Online (Level 1)
- Sensor: Online (Level 3)
- Sauveterre Engine: Online (Level 2)
- Hovarth Drive: Online (Level 2)
- Weapon System: Mk l Ullr Rail Gun
- Shield Generator: Online (Level 2)
- Armor: 1000/1000 (Level 3)
- Storage: (Level 2)
- Drone Command: Online (Level 2)
[Ship View]
**
Daniel was giddy with excitement, something his subconscious thought was weird.
He waved away his distracting thoughts and selected the [Sensor], since he still didn't have a Destroyer Reactor.
**
[Sensor: Online (Level 3)]
- Can Determine the Modules of a star ship, minerals in a system, and life-signs on either.
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Upgrade Condition: 0/50 Sensor Components
**
Daniel barely register its new capabilities before moving one, nervous energy preventing him from properly reading through the upgrades.
He quickly selected the next Module.
**
[Sauveterre Engine: Online (Level 2)]
- Propulsion Method of the Avatar in Normal Space
Upgrade Condition: 0/10 Sauveterre Engine Components
**
[Hovarth Drive: Online (Level 2)]
- Method of Faster Than Light Travel in the Dimensional Bands
- Activation Energy: 100 Energy Units
Upgrade Condition: 0/10 Hovarth Drive Components
**
[Weapon System: Online (Level 2)]
- Activation Energy: 10 Energy Units
- Weapon Hard-point A: Mk ll Ullr Rail Gun
- Weapon Hard-point B: Select one
- Point Defense Cannon: 2
Upgrade Condition: 0/30 Weapon System Components
**
[Shield Generator:1000/1000 (Level 2)]
- Dissipates 5% of all incoming damage; Matches Armor Hit-points
- Activation Energy: 20 Energy Units
Upgrade Condition: 0/20 Shield Generator Components
**
[Armor: 1000/1000 (Level 3)]
- Module Always Online
- Hit-Points: 100/100
Upgrade Condition: 0/20 Armor Components
**
[Drone Command: Online (Level 2)]
- Activation Energy: 10 Energy Units
- Drone Storage: 1/5
- Drones: Mk ll Freyr Harvest Drone
Upgrade Condition: 0/20 Drone Components
**
Daniel let a long breath, mentally chastising himself for not actually going though the specifics of each module.
He was about to go back and review each of the more in depth, when another notification popped into the top right corner.
[Ding]
[INS Lyre-Class Destroyer Tilan as just jumped into the system.]
Daniel's brain froze for a moment, completely blanking on where he'd heard that name before.
Then it hit him.
And a wolfish grin appeared on his 3D rendered face, as he hailed the incoming vessel.