Han Xiao raised an eyebrow. "What's the problem? My credit score meets the requirements."
Mading said dismissively, "I need warrior bodyguards. Your resumes are all about routine tasks at the Juberly Hub. You're just a bunch of cleaners. Are you even mercenaries?"
Han Xiao frowned. "What do you mean by that?"
"That means you don't meet my hiring requirements." Mading waved his hand impatiently. Although he was stingy and unwilling to offer high salaries, it didn't affect his picky appetite. He wanted to pick the best among the worst, hiring the most cost-effective mercenaries for the least amount of money. The Nilan have always been like this—stingy yet fond of taking advantage. Although the Black Star Mercenary Group's strength assessment averaged Grade C, this resume made him doubt their actual combat capabilities. If he recruited unreliable mercenaries, they would be of no use at all if the expedition team encountered danger.
The surrounding mercenaries chimed in, mocking Mading and supporting their fellow mercenary.
"Only 400 Enas, and you're still picking and choosing between books?"
Haven't you heard the saying "you get what you pay for"?
"Ha, Nilan."
Han Xiao had a toothache. Ugh, why were these mercenaries getting involved? It felt like they weren't helping him at all, but rather adding insult to injury!
Mading's eyes darted around, and seizing the opportunity to negotiate a lower price, he feigned reluctance. "With your resumes, I can only offer 200 Enas per person."
Goodbye.
Han Xiao turned and left, too lazy to argue. Mading's attitude made him inwardly resentful. Being exploited was never Han Xiao's style. He didn't care about making extra money on the way. Anyway, there were so many opportunities. He didn't need to hang himself on a crooked tree.
Open the mercenary interface and find the Sunil Race's application list. There are several mercenary missions, all related to the same event.
The Sunil Race's home planet was destroyed by the DarkStar. With the help of Goddora, they migrated to another forest planet with abundant natural energy, which they renamed Planet Sunil.
Planet Sunil is home to a large number of native beasts, most of which are docile. However, the Planet Sunil's underground contains minerals that pollute the mind, causing the beasts across the planet to enter a period of inexplicable frenzy every few years, impacting the Sunil Race's new home. At these times, Sunil Race warriors who have been away on missions return to their homeland to defend it and recruit a large number of mercenaries to help.
This is a tragic race. Originally, they were just a planetary-level civilization, peaceful and striving to develop, but they were suddenly attacked by the DarkStar and suffered annihilation. They were almost powerless to fight back. The DarkStar's warships carried out a comprehensive attack on the ground. Countless cities were bombarded by lasers and missiles, turning into towering flames that swallowed up screams and cries. Even despair fell into nothingness. It was a completely one-sided massacre.
DarkStar and Goddora are mortal enemies. Dark Star is very active in the Garton Star System and has taken advantage of Goddora's weakness as an Order faction. Dark Star has repeatedly attacked planets in Goddora's territory, forcing Goddora to rescue and support low-level civilizations in distress, thus depleting Goddora Civilization's resources. If Goddora Civilization does not come to the rescue, the foundation of its jurisdiction over the Garton Star System will be unstable.
DarkStar is an evil faction, and its attacks on lower-level civilizations have long violated the Pan-Universal Civilization Contact Treaty. However, the Shattered Star Ring is a marginal area, and after each mission, DarkStar disappears for a long time, thus avoiding attacks from other civilizations. Like a terrifying shadow, it always looms over the Garton Star System.
When the Goddora fleet arrived via warp, the surface of the Sunil Race homeworld had become a scorched wasteland, littered with flowing lava and fractured with cracks. The ecosystem had collapsed, and less than 10% of the Sunil people survived and were protected by Goddora. The survivors suffered a technological lapse and have yet to recover all their technology. The refugees were settled on Planet Sunil, and even the initial city was built with Goddora's help. After settling there for several years, they discovered the beast uprising.
Migrating again at this point would be very troublesome. Last time Goddora was acting out of humanitarian aid. If they were to ask Goddora Civilization for help with interstellar migration again, many Sunil people would feel that it would mean their race had become completely dependent on Goddora, which they could not accept psychologically. So they held on to the status quo, resisted the beast scourge, and barely managed to survive.
It's currently the time of wild beast uprisings, and the goal of these missions is to recruit people to defend the homeland. However, the danger of the missions increases in stages, with the most dangerous ones receiving no applications at all, while the easiest mission requires 120 credit points.
Han Xiao could only choose the easiest task, so he submitted a team application and quickly received a reply, which was approved.
[Mercenary Mission - [Defend Forest City]]
[Mission Introduction: The Sunil Race is facing a new wave of "Calamity." You have accepted a job, and your duty is to protect Forest City.]
[Mission Requirements: Defend Forest City]
[Failure Condition: Forest City falls]
[Failure Penalty: Credit Score -60]
[Rewards: 500,000 experience points, 1,800 Enas, Credit Score +34, Regional Reputation +3]
[Task start time: 12 days later]
The Sunil Race calls the beast calamity "Calamity," Forest City is the current main city of the Sunil Race.
This was just a regular mercenary mission, not Han Xiao's ultimate goal. He accepted the job to first gain a legitimate identity to contact the Sunil Race, Sunil Race storyline quests needed to be triggered by himself.
As a member, the player also received a mercenary group hiring mission. Han Xiao then posted a faction mission that would reward faction contribution points upon completion of the hiring, seemingly a double reward that made the player feel like they had made a profit.
The Black Star Mercenary Group embarking on its first combat mercenary mission, and everyone is eager to try.
Han Xiao waved his hand dismissively.
"Set off."
Three days later, the group took a direct flight to Planet Sunil that, from a cosmic perspective, was a lush, forested planet shrouded in white clouds.
The shaking was sudden, the spaceship entered the atmosphere, and the surface of the earth gradually magnified in the field of vision. The spaceship swept across the map following the route instructions, and the forest receded in the line of sight. Han Xiao looked out of the porthole and saw a plain appear in the continuous forest. A city stood on the plain. This was the new home of the Sunil Race Forest City.
As the spaceship lowered its drop pod, Han Xiao and his group experienced a slight feeling of weightlessness, followed by a jolt beneath their feet and a smooth landing.
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The hatch slid open, revealing a sprawling military base. As Han Xiao stepped out, he saw squads of Sunil soldiers, clad in heavy individual armor, patrolling and standing guard.
[Sunil Defense-Type Soldier Armor], as the name suggests, is a single-soldier combat armor worn by Sunil soldiers of ordinary quality. It is silver-gray in color, with extremely thick armor plates that can withstand rapid-fire artillery fire. Wearing it makes the person feel as if they have expanded several times. The soldier armor weighs nearly one ton and has its own power unit. It is equipped with a large-caliber depleted uranium defensive machine gun, shoulder-mounted honeycomb rockets, a close-combat wrist saw, and other weapons.
The Sunil Race are a purely technological civilization. When a technological civilization develops to a certain point, it will inevitably develop a branch of individual armor. Different technological civilizations have their own armor styles. The Sunil Race's individual armor is divided into soldier level and non-commissioned officer level, and further divided into defensive, assault, Reconnaissance and other types.
In fact, Han Xiao knew that the Sunil Race had an even more powerful "General-level" individual armor, but their homeland was destroyed and the manufacturing technology was lost.
In addition to armored technology, there were also mechanical weapons, armored vehicles, and several small interstellar-class warships parked in the distance.
The dazzling array of machines was a great visual treat for Han Xiao, and he felt invigorated. A technologically advanced civilization was the perfect breeding ground for Mechanic Class, which was why he was trying so hard to make contact with the Sunil Race. The Sunil Race's level of mechanical engineering could provide him with a great deal of help and many benefits.
The secondary profession of the Sunil Race that Han Xiao had his eye on was related to mechanics, and it was a rare secondary profession that could synergize with his main profession! For Han Xiao, this was one of the best options to meet the requirements for job advancement.
The players were amazed by the scene. Han Xiao introduced the tragic history of the Sunil Race on the ship. They originally thought that a fallen civilization would be very desolate and backward, but they did not expect this steel-clad and imposing sight.
Clang clang--
Heavy metallic footsteps sounded, and an armored warrior approached. His armor was clearly superior to that of ordinary soldiers, and it was painted with war totems mixed in bright red and white. It was a set of Non-Commissioned Officer-Grade Armor. The approaching Sunil was obviously an officer, with a face as hard as stone and a pure military temperament.
"I am Nivelle, captain of the B12 Defense Squad. I have received your information, Black Star. You are the 1,432nd mercenary to arrive. On behalf of the Sunil Race, I welcome your Black Star Mercenary Group. The Calamity has not yet begun. Please follow me. I will take you to the mercenary rest area, where you will be assigned tasks."