Path to Becoming the Greatest Space Mercenary Chapter 233 233 A Big Deal

While Kasandra marveled at her new ship, Avery broached what could be the main reason he had co here today.

"We've already been in discussion about having a new craft built for another one of the mbers of my team. Kaiden recently lost his ship in battle, but he managed to make it through and is looking to buy a new one."

Avery then motioned for Kaiden to take over. This was going to be his new vessel and ho, so it was only right that he got his input in.

For a few monts, he glanced at the display of Kasandra's new ship. Before they had been flying the exact sa model when they were rely a rcenary duo and had earned the nickna of twin fangs.

If he ordered the sa vessel as her, then it would be just like old tis.

Yet, as he thought about it, that period in their lives was already over.

"I know that the prospect of a new dium sized ship is what we've already tossed around, but I want sothing bigger. Our team has a corvette already, but I think that I want one of my own."

This ca as a surprise to everyone else when they heard Kaiden's desire.

A dium-class vessel similar to what he had been flying before was about as large a ship as a single person could handle. Much larger and it beca necessary to have at least a few crew mbers no matter how good the vessel's automation was.

Kaiden was definitely more a of a loner type. Even after joining Avery's team, the only people he was really friendly with were his sister and Grito.

To have a corvette of his own though would an that he would have to be a captain in charge of so crew mbers though.

"Don't look at like you've just spotted so exotic animal you didn't think actually exists. I know I'm not a personable guy. But I'm not going to get anywhere unless I change. This is a necessary step forward for ." Kaiden asserted.

For the first ti in a while, Kasandra took her eyes off her own new vessel and grinned knowingly at her brother. Causing him to scowl and start growling lowly at her.

Fortunately, Kasandra refrained from teasing him any further and Kaiden got down to business with Ardesen.

With the Storren Corp. executives expertise, and so advice from Grtio and Vi'ivando as well, he started picking out the specifications for his knew craft.

Unlike Kasandra who wanted a completely custom vessel, he went with a mass produced fra that they already manufactured.

It was the sa type that the Alliance Police used for so of their own military corvettes, though the overall design and modules that Kaiden wanted were vastly different.

'He's looking to make a real bruiser. A bunch of heavy weapons and armor so that it can push through enemies and bully weaker ships easily. That's certainly sothing we don't have, so I think it's a good fit for our team.'

Honestly, Avery was impressed by how well thought-out Kaiden's ideas were for their group's synergy.

Frankly, it would have been easy for him to stick with what he already knew and just have another fast dium-class craft built for himself.

Once the broad specifications of Kaiden's knew ship were figured out, Ardesen started to talk about excepted pricing based on the market, but this was where Avery jumped in.

"Before we get to that, there's another purchase with your company. Considering how much this is going to cost, I think that a bundle deal might be in order. Also, it's about ti that we both made good on another contract we made. You wanted to work with a queen energy lifeform's core. Well, now is the ti."

Naturally, this caught Ardesen's attention.

He had been chomping at the bit to work with the queen energy lifeform's core in Avery's possession for a while now. It was a rare material that was almost impossible to get ahold of.

Normally to defeat a queen energy lifeform, it was necessary to assemble a fleet of hundreds of ships and destroy it with overwhelming firepower from a barrage of missiles and torpedoes.

Of course, this always ended up with the core being destroyed, as the only way to get it intact was to use EMP weaponry. Sothing difficult to use against creatures that could be the size of planets if given enough ti to grow. Avery had been lucky that the one he encounter was a juvenile.

However, realizing the direction the conversation was going, Ardesen had to force himself to stop. As important within Storren Corp. as he was, a deal this big was a bit beyond his authority to greenlight on his own. It was far from his usual job considering he was not a sales rep.

'I'd better bring Dorris into this. She'll never let live it down if I let the price on this job go too low just because of my own interests.'

Using the queen energy lifeform core in a ship was going to require sothing around the size of a heavy cruiser.

That ant that this was going to cost quite a bit. Probably at minimum around a hundred million Krenin.

Then there was also the corvette that Kaiden was looking to have commissioned. That was not going to be cheap either. Things had simply beco too complicated for Ardesen. He was the Chief Technology Officer, so designs were one thing, but it was best to leave pricing up to the experts.

Eventually, Dorris arrived and Ardesen let her into his office.

She wore a clearly displeased expression on her face. Not happy about suddenly being ambushed about a prospective deal of this magnitude while she had been in a eting with her team plotting out the expenses of promotion for their company during the upcoming competition.

This matter was not completely unrelated though, seeing as how Avery was going to be the one piloting their entry.

"I guess that it is good to see you again. It seems that you've picked up so more friends since we last t." Dorris said a bit prickly, glancing between Kaiden, Jasmine, Grito, and Vi'ivando.

For a mont, she looked warily at Kasandra. She rembered her uncanny ability to detect any lies during their first eting. Negotiations with soone like that were a massive pain.

Still, she had a job to do, so she sat down beside Ardesen and asked what this was all about.

"I see, so you're looking for a discount on one new ship because you're ordering another one as well. What exactly are you looking for?"

Obviously whatever sort of vessel Avery wanted was going to be large and expensive considering he brought up the queen energy lifeform's core. A deal like this was not common for even Storren Corp, so it certainly required the upmost attention.

"I've looked through your company's catalog and think I've found a fra that I like already. Though, I am planning to make quite a number of changes from the base model."

Upon request, Ardesen gave Avery control over the monitor on his desk and Avery pulled up the craft that he had in mind.

"I'm looking for a carrier and mobile command center for my rcenary team. And I've decided that this ship is the best option."