The T5 Star-Kun-class Super-Heavy Interstellar Transport and the T5 Cerberus-class Interstellar Battle Mecha.
Zhao Chen's purpose in exchanging for these two T5 technologies is plain enough.
To strengthen his present capacity of transport.
As the Owl Dragon Galactic Interstellar Group's compass of influence grows wider and wider, and reaches now to the Angel Race besides, his powers of carriage must naturally be raised further.
And this T5 Star-Kun-class Super-Heavy Interstellar Transport fills in exactly that short plank of the barrel.
And it is worth marking that her hull grade is not the common heavy, but super-heavy.
By the several figures Zhao Chen now understands.
This transport's bulk will be the greatest within the presently known universe!
Greater even than the largest at present, the T5 Hades-class Interstellar Dreadnought at a hundred and some kilometers of length.
She may be called a colossus indeed!
The other technology, the T5 Cerberus-class Interstellar Battle Mecha, is likewise, as the name tells, for the filling out of the T5 series' technological armament.
And from her full name — 'T5 Cerberus-class (heavy / medium / light) Multi-Function Interstellar Battle Mecha' — one may see that she is a rather particular thing.
For though she be but a single mecha technology, the actual articles built from her may come to above a dozen fighting types of Cerberus battle mecha.
Because one technology within her is that different tactical suits may be fitted, giving battle mecha of differing performance.
The frames too are divided into three kinds, heavy, medium and light, which may be built as need requires, and then have differing tactical suits assembled upon those three frames.
For instance the 'T5 heavy-armored-type Cerberus-class heavy battle mecha,' the 'T5 assassin-type Cerberus-class light battle mecha,' the 'T5 conventional-type Cerberus-class medium battle mecha,' the 'T5 fire-support-type Cerberus medium battle mecha,' and so on.
It may be said that they can be built to order as the need requires.
Which is Zhao Chen's reason for exchanging for this technology.
"My points of repute are near spent; I can exchange no more." Zhao Chen put away his mind for spending.
And looked over the many technologies he had come by this time.
【T5 Phantasm-class Light Interstellar Stealth Multi-Function Field Scout Ship】
【T5 Stellar-class Heavy Interstellar Industrial Ship】
【T5 Ark-class Heavy Interstellar Supply Ship】
【T5 Star-Kun-class Super-Heavy Interstellar Transport】
【T5 Cerberus-class Interstellar Battle Mecha】
【T5 Netherworld-Wolf-King-class Medium Interstellar Stealth Bomber】
And that come by from the annual mission, which cannot be built in the near term: the 【T6 starship Southern Heaven Gate】.
"Do not massage me with one hand and tickle the sole of my foot with your tail at the same time," Zhao Chen said of a sudden.
At this a pert voice came from behind him. "When did you find out I had come in?"
"From the moment you opened the door."
By Zhao Chen's senses as they now are, no one whatever can escape him.
Lilith thrust out her lip, put her tail away, and stood at his side as honest as you please.
"Our Commander truly knows how to enjoy himself; everyone is at the summing-up after the battle, and you are here already enjoying a massage?" Lilith mocked him with a word inside the word.
How is it there is something of a little wronged wife about it?
"Come now — what is set out for me is a robot; and are you jealous even of this?" Zhao Chen said, unable to keep from laughing.
"A robot? One meter seventy-five, fair of skin, her figure in the golden proportion, and dressed as a bunny girl — that sort of robot?" Lilith gave a cold snort, and her look said plainly that she had seen clean through him.
Zhao Chen cast an eye at the massage robot standing beside him; this does indeed seem a little hard to explain away.
"Ahem, ahem, ahem… nor did I think this massage robot would be like this; it is all Annie's fault.
"How could she turn out such a thing?
"One of these days I shall assuredly rebuke her in all seriousness, and dock her three days' wages!" Zhao Chen straightened his collar and sat up.
Lilith did not go on mocking Zhao Chen; she raised a hand, and several electronic screens floated up before her.
"The Demon Race fleets have at present halted outside the Angel Race's new line of defense, and have begun to build front-line bases.
"In high likelihood they will open no further war for a short time.
"That time may be two or three months, or it may be some years; no one knows," Lilith set out objectively.
By ordinary reckoning there would be no error in this analysis of Lilith's.
The disputes of the Angel Race and the Demon Race before this went just so.
For though the two races have a history of a thousand years of war, yet nine parts in ten of that time was in truth spent in standing off from each other, and the time truly spent fighting was one part in ten only.
Commonly they fight one battle, then rest and recover some years, and then for some quarrel upon the borders fight another.
Sometimes the Angel Race has the advantage, sometimes the Demon Race; each has its winnings and its losings.
But Zhao Chen knows that the next war will by no means be far off.
For the system mission stands there before him.
"We may not be careless; send out more interstellar stealth scouts, to watch within the Demon Race.
"Any stir of wind or grass whatever is to be reported at the first moment," Zhao Chen warned her gravely.
Thinking that the system mission says the Demon Race will open an invasion of the Machine Race, one cannot rule out the possibility that the Demon Race's military strength should rise within a short time.