Shining Moon Type, a battleship?!
And blueprints?!
Moonlight Group was a renowned Starcraft manufacturer even across the entire Star Sea Human Alliance.
Its Shining Moon Type Starcraft were high-end models even among T6 Starcraft!
Although the Shining Moon Type placed quite a burden on a commander's mental strength, Qingyang could currently datafy one ship.
Datafying a battleship required the commander to maintain it with mental strength at all times. This maintenance was not a consumption, but more like occupying a slot.
Qingyang's mental strength happened to be enough to sustain one high-end battleship, so keeping it datafied would not drain his mental strength.
However, if he wanted to datafy additional battleships, he would need to strengthen his mental strength.
Starcraft that had not been datafied could not receive the bonuses of a Commander Talent, nor would destroying targets earn Star Points.
Even if datafying a Shining Moon Type battleship meant Qingyang could not form a fleet for the time being, and Protocol 8 of Eternal Protocol had to be put aside—
He still felt it was completely worth it.
Let alone how many rookie fleets could even have a battleship, so what if they did?
A T8 Radiant Moon Battleship was undeniably a luxurious transitional vessel.
At the same tier, it could easily take on three ordinary battleships.
It did have its drawbacks. Its combat power was indeed formidable for its tier, but considering its price, only wealthy people from powerful nations would buy something with such poor value for money for their descendants.
According to the information Qingyang had learned, the price of a T8 Radiant Moon Battleship was already enough to buy a T7 Higher-End Cruiser.
Aside from its powerful combat strength, it was so expensive because Radiant Moon was a series.
If you owned a T8 Radiant Moon Battleship, Moonlight Group would upgrade it to a T7 Radiant Moon Battleship at a thirty percent discount.
Qingyang suppressed his excitement and looked at his father with a strange expression.
T8 Radiant Moon Battleships should have been snapped up by wealthy people the moment they went on sale in those powerful nations. Even major countries rarely managed to buy one.
If his father had managed to get one, did that mean their family had businesses in those powerful nations?
"Uh, this is Xiaokang?"
Qingyundao glanced at Qingyang. "Isn't it?"
"..."
Forget it. His father would only fully invest in him during the early stages. After that, he would have to rely on himself.
There was no need to care about such things.
A moment later, Qingyang appeared in the Star Network's Virtual Mall.
He looked around. The flow of people was quite heavy.
"There really are quite a lot of commanders in the entire Alliance."
Qingyang looked at the massive building before him: the Crew Recruitment Association.
Qingyang had come here to recruit crew members. Although Starcraft had highly advanced intelligent weapons control systems, crew members were still indispensable.
Shipboard combat, landing operations, repairs, logistics, and medical care all required some supernatural ability users to handle.
Besides, manual piloting and weapons control also had enormous advantages in many situations.
He was not short on recruitment funds either. His father had just transferred ten thousand Star Points to him.
Alliance Coins had extremely strong purchasing power within the Alliance. One Alliance Coin had roughly the same purchasing power as one hundred dollars in his previous life.
And one Star Point could be exchanged for two thousand Alliance Coins.
After entering the lobby, Qingyang examined the layout before heading to a private room on the second floor.
A Virtual Elf immediately appeared and floated around Qingyang.
"Hello, sir. Are you looking to recruit Starcraft crew members?"
Qingyang nodded. "Yes."
"Would you like ordinary crew members, elite crew members, or Supernatural Ancient Martial Arts crew members?"
"If I recruit Supernatural Ancient Martial Arts crew members, do you have any recommendations?" Qingyang asked.
"I recommend that you choose experienced ones, sir."
Qingyang suddenly froze, because Star of Truth had actually displayed a panel.
After confirming that the little elf beside him had no reaction, Qingyang looked at the panel.
[Recommendation (once per day): Team page, rookie teams, page ks8801, Team No. 101]
Hmm?
Without showing any reaction, he searched for the page and looked at that team.
[Team: 818 Combat Squad] [Type: Supernatural Abilities, Ancient Martial Arts] [Number: 15] [Recruitment Price: Captain 1,000 Alliance Coins/month, Vice Captain 800 Alliance Coins/month, members 500 Alliance Coins/month] [Requirement: Sign for two years] [Graduation School: Tianxing Empire, Belldelain Academy, Comprehensive Combat Department] [Evaluation: An outstanding squad of newly graduated supernatural ability academy students, with one internship experience in the Starfleet]
The description was ordinary, while the price was fairly high. Other than their excellent graduation school, there was nothing particularly outstanding.
"What's the reason?" Qingyang asked subconsciously. To his surprise, Star of Truth actually answered him.
[Strong background and high talent. They chose to conceal their specific information for training purposes and randomly selected a Starfleet to participate in combat.]
Qingyang was stunned. "High talent? How high?"
[Captain (male)—Dual Epic Ancient Martial Arts Talents Vice Captain (female)—Epic support supernatural ability Members (both male and female)—Red to violet-gold supernatural ability or Ancient Martial Arts Talents]
Qingyang opened his mouth, taking a long while before he calmed down.
High talent?
Very high!
But when he really thought about it, it was not that unbelievable when considering the entire Star Sea Human Alliance.
Perhaps even Epic Talents were merely considered excellent on the Alliance's scale, rather than precious treasures.
During the Star Sea Youth Commander League a few years ago, many rookie commanders with Epic Talents had not even qualified to appear in the rankings.
Yet a very small number of commanders with talents below Epic had earned rankings.
The Star Sea Human Alliance had long since moved past the era of valuing people solely based on talent.
Those who performed well would be cultivated. If someone performed poorly, even high talent was useless. There was a whole group of highly talented people every year; they were never in short supply.
It could not be said that Epic Talents were everywhere, but they were definitely not rare.
"Sir? Sir?"
Qingyang came back to his senses and looked at the little elf. "I'll choose this team."
"Understood."
"Also, how are Elite Mechanical Maintenance Crew members priced?"
The little elf explained, "Mechanical crew members range from 150 to 300 Alliance Coins per month depending on proficiency. Those with supernatural abilities are priced separately."
Qingyang waved his hand. "Get me twenty at 300 Alliance Coins per month."
Once Eternal Protocol was signed, a fleet with the Immortal Hull trait would no longer need maintenance or repairs.
The Starcraft said it could handle things itself.
"Also, get me one Research Team each for logistics, cooking, geology, history, languages, ruins, and so on. I'll provide the research facilities!"
Exploration Adventure definitely required these Research Teams. Otherwise, many things could not be carried out.
Adventure was not simply about flying a battleship toward wherever was dangerous.
"Certainly. Would you also like us to purchase the mining machinery, logistics machinery, and Multi-Functional Mechs required by exploration fleets?"
The little elf asked respectfully.
"Yes. Arrange them according to the quota for one T8 high-end battleship. Price is not an issue."
Qingyang walked out of the lobby feeling refreshed. Spending money really was enjoyable.
After purchasing all the supplies he needed, he exited the Star Network.
Qingyang let out a long breath.
"Your mother sent you a video call. Call her back," Qingyundao reminded him.
"Sure."
Qingyang's mother had left Cloud-Mountain Star ten years ago, saying that she had important matters to handle and would be gone for a long time.
If not for the virtual world, Qingyang would probably have felt miserable for a long time.
The screen unfolded, and a beautiful silver-haired woman with waist-length hair appeared. Her brows and eyes were filled with gentleness.
"Hmm? A Contract-type Talent?" Yuwen Xue smiled at first, then frowned.
"..."
How could everyone tell at a glance?
Tianxing Empire, Berlandi Academy Training Ground.
"Brother! Brother! Someone recruited us!"
At the center of the field, a steady-looking short-haired young man sitting cross-legged in the air opened his eyes.
A red-gold light flashed through his eyes, but his expression remained calm.
However, the young man soon looked helplessly at the girl running toward him. Even in the Great Cosmic Era, where appearances could be freely shaped, she still drew attention.
The girl was brimming with joy. "I thought we'd have to wait a long time."
The young man swiped out a virtual screen. "Mm. It's far away, a rookie commander, and meets the requirements."
"Let's go. Even passing through the Star Ring Channel will take several days to reach them."
"Okay~"
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