25: Imperial Titan E-class armed transport

A week passed in the blink of an eye. While Blue Star was bustling with the massive assembly of Blue Star Troops, Captain Li Yang was racking his brain to find a solution for the transport starship.

"Zhang, how has life on Blue Star been for you?"

Zhang, who was intently studying the blueprints in his hand, heard someone call him and quickly turned to look.

"Oh, Captain Li Yang, why are you here? It's great here. To be honest, I've never seen such a large number of humans before."

As soon as Zhang saw that it was Li Yang, he immediately began to recount his experiences during this period.

When he was in the Empire, humans would look at him with an arrogant, superior expression, but on Blue Star, these humans treated him with utmost respect. Although some were curious about his tentacles, they all maintained due respect and politeness.

Watching Zhang continuously, endlessly recounting his feelings, Li Yang couldn't help but interrupt him.

"Zhang, I came to you today to ask if your company has any large transport starships?"

"Transport starship? Oh, I understand. You want to use it to carry the Blue Star Troops, right?"

During his time on Blue Star, Zhang had learned about the matter of deploying Blue Star Troops to another planet. He quickly guessed Li Yang's intention in asking about a transport starship.

"Yes, because the scale of my fleet is truly limited, it can't accommodate so many personnel, let alone all the various weapons and equipment."

To be honest, Li Yang had considered directly using the Star Controller to store Blue Star and then transport it.

Leaving aside the fact that Blue Star is currently undergoing transformation, just the potential losses from any unexpected situations during transport would be immeasurable. So, to be safe, using a transport starship is the most appropriate method.

"As for transport starships, let me check if there are any idle ones in the company."

Zhang naturally agreed to Li Yang's request without hesitation. He then began contacting his company to check if there were any available transport starships.

"Yes, the company currently has two Warp Type-1 transport starships docked, and one Imperial Titan E-class armed transport starship equipped with small-scale spatial compression technology."

Zhang extended a tentacle, and a light screen immediately appeared, clearly displaying the detailed information of the three transport starships.

"Warp Type-1 Transport starship: 2800 meters long, with 10 storage compartments, equipped with a hyperspace warp engine, 4 energy defense turrets, and a laser defense system."

"Imperial E-class Titan Armed Transport starship: 22000 meters long, with 100 spatial compression storage compartments, equipped with a hyperspace jump engine, 10 turbo laser turrets, 5 ion cannon turrets, several small defense turrets, and a blue light shield defense system."

Putting everything else aside for now, this Imperial Titan E-class armed transport starship immediately caught Li Yang's attention. Not only did it have a variety of firepower, but even its storage compartments were different.

"What exactly is this spatial compression technology?"

"This is a technology that is basically essential for large transport starships currently. Depending on the level of compression technology, several cubic meters of space can be compressed into one cubic meter. Simply put, from the outside, it looks like a small room, but when you open the door and go inside, it's a spacious large warehouse."

After hearing Zhang's explanation, Li Yang instantly understood. This was exactly like the principle of space rings and storage bags described in novels; the exterior remains unchanged, but the internal space is completely different.

"I'll tell you a secret, our boss spent a great deal of effort to purchase this transport starship from the Imperial Military Department. If you're interested in buying it, I'll give you a discount; 20 million star coins will seal the deal."

Indeed, just from the name of this transport starship, it was evident that it was manufactured by the Empire, not a private product. But this price... "I probably can't afford to buy it, but renting it should be fine, right?"

Li Yang pondered for a moment and then asked Zhang. He had originally planned to buy a transport starship, but seeing the current situation, he decided against it. After the transformation of Blue Star, where would he find so many star coins?

Furthermore, for a starship like this from the Imperial Military Department, with his status, perhaps he could purchase it through military merit or at an internal price... He should ask Martin when he has time.

"As for renting, how about this... I'll charge you 50,000 star coins a day. The time calculation will start after the transport starship arrives. What do you think?"

50,000 a day? Li Yang thought for a moment and finally decided to rent it for 20 days. He figured this amount of time should be enough to transport the Blue Star Troops.

"Okay, I'll call the company immediately and have them send the transport starship over as quickly as possible. Don't worry, you'll definitely find it worth the price."

Seeing that he had successfully made another deal with Li Yang, Zhang was particularly happy. Although the amount of this transaction was much smaller than the cost of transforming Blue Star, it was still a decent performance record.

After Li Yang had properly arranged all the issues related to the transport starship, he also received news from Blue Star at the same time, informing him that all combat Blue Star Troops had been assembled and were ready to depart at any moment.

Looking at the detailed information of the dense personnel and weapons equipment on the light screen before him, Li Yang couldn't help but frown tightly.

"According to the information presented here, that Imperial transport starship will probably need to make many round trips to transport all the personnel and equipment."

He carefully reviewed the information again, and after a moment of thought, he immediately sent an order to the Blue Star Management Department, requesting them to eliminate outdated and low-combat-power weapons and equipment, retaining only the most excellent parts.

After all, among these pieces of equipment, many were old items. Li Yang even saw weapons and equipment left over from the last world war among them.

They actually reported even these antiques; this was purely a waste of transport space.

On the other side, the Blue Star Management Department, upon receiving Li Yang's order, immediately convened an emergency meeting.

"Everyone, after Captain Li Yang reviewed the information we submitted, he asked us to remove some weapons and equipment. Especially those old and outdated items, why did you even report tanks and planes from the last century!"

At this point, even Xia Quan felt somewhat speechless. Going to fight on an alien planet while still using weapons and equipment from the last century—wasn't this just asking for trouble?

Hearing Xia Quan say this, the district chiefs from smaller regions could only offer awkward smiles, as these were indeed the items they had reported.

But they also had their difficulties; after all, before Blue Star was unified, the weapons and equipment they used were those old pieces from the last century.