cruiser?

After hearing the name, Li Xin looked at Matt.

Although Li Xin has the technology and blueprints to build cruisers, the current space dock still needs to be expanded before cruisers can be built.

According to the current process, it is estimated to take about two years.

Although cruisers are not as powerful as battleships, they are also a good thing for the current fleet.

So, Li Xin pretended to be casual and asked, "What cruiser? I see that your fleet only has one cruiser-class flagship, and nothing else."

"Are you going to sell your flagship to me?"

Matt laughed out loud when he heard this and said, "No, no, no, General, you misunderstood."

"The cruiser I'm talking about is, of course, not my current flagship, but another cruiser."

"That cruiser is not like the one I have now. Its performance is much stronger."

Li Xin nodded slightly and said, "We are not short of cruisers, but alien ships have a certain research value. So... where is this cruiser?"

Matt waved his tentacles and said, "We ordered this cruiser from the last civilization we passed by. We originally planned to sell it to other civilizations after it was built."

Upon hearing this, Li Xin asked curiously, "Who did you buy it from, and who did you originally plan to sell it to?"

Matt hesitated for a moment, but still said, "We bought a cruiser that is currently in service from the Yaru Alliance. The original buyer was the Tanni Empire."

Li Xin was even more curious now. He asked, "Since there was already a buyer, why did you sell this ship to me?"

Matt laughed and said, "Of course, that's because we want to develop you as a new customer!"

Li Xin burst into laughter.

Apparently, there wasn't much truth coming out of Matt's mouth.

Li Xin had never seen the names of the two forces, the Yaru Alliance and the Tanni Empire, in the information provided by the Seventh Wave.

Obviously, in the future, these two forces will be destroyed in the long river of time.

The cruiser that Matt bought from the Yaru Alliance is probably not a good product.

The cruiser is definitely real, but whether it is a ship in service remains to be considered. It is most likely a ship that has been retired or is waiting to be retired.

This means that the ship may be a second-generation ship. If it is a third-generation ship, it may have suffered heavy damage and its performance has seriously declined.

In any case, the cost-effectiveness of this ship is not too high.

However, Li Xin still asked, "Tell me, President Matt, what price are you planning to sell this ship for?"

Matt immediately laughed and said, "No money!"

"We won't take a single cent of energy from this ship!"

This time, Li Xin became very interested.

If an old cruiser required energy to buy, he would not be interested, but if it was free, he would be very interested.

Li Xin asked, "You don't want the energy, so are you going to give me this ship?"

Matt waved his tentacles to show his excitement and said, "That's right, General!"

"This is the first gift between our Parker Chamber of Commerce and your Galaxy Defense Company."

Li Xin already felt something was wrong, but he still wanted to see what Matt was up to.

So he said, "In that case, I will accept this gift. When will the ship be delivered?"

Matt smiled and said, "Dear General, we may not be able to deliver this ship to your galaxy. You will need to send someone to retrieve it yourself."

"Oh?! Why?" Li Xin looked at Matt.

Matt felt that Li Xin's gaze now seemed to have the effect of seeing through the soul, which made him restrain many of his little thoughts.

"When we were rushing from the Yaru Alliance to your kingdom, we encountered those hateful interstellar pirates. They drove various armed ships and laid siege to our caravan."

"We also have an escort fleet. Although we can't annihilate them, we can ensure that most of our Chamber of Commerce's ships can escape from the looting."

"But a small number of ships were still intercepted by these pirates."

Matt was already feeling extremely ashamed at this point. He said, "That cruiser is still in the Yaru Alliance. If we don't drive away these interstellar pirates, this ship won't be able to reach you on its own..."

Matt talked a lot, but with the help of psychic power, Li Xin was still able to understand him.

Li Xin looked at Matt with a smile and said, "So, you want me to help you defeat these pirates and open up your trade route?"

Encountering interstellar pirates is not a rare occurrence in the universe.

There are many kinds of interstellar pirates. Some are fleets of survivors of certain destroyed civilizations. Because they have lost their home planet and lack engineering and scientific research personnel, they can only rely on looting to make a living.

This is certainly not the only type of interstellar pirate. Some interstellar pirates simply want to make a quick buck.

This kind of interstellar pirates exists in every civilization, and even in the universe ruled by humans, there are such interstellar pirates.

Another type is the Chaos Warband Fleet corrupted by Chaos. Their purpose in becoming space pirates is also very simple.

They are there for killing and looting. If you encounter this kind of interstellar pirate, it will be a big trouble. It will be a fight between you and me.

The other type is some interstellar clans, most of whom no longer have their home planet.

The place of residence may be some large orbital space station or some large ship wandering among the stars.

These usually serve as thugs and mercenaries for certain civilizations, and sometimes they also act as pirates.

They would raid trade routes and were sometimes hired by civilizations to cause trouble for their enemies.

These interstellar clans would also plunder planets, abduct the intelligent life on the planets, and then sell them as slaves.

The last type may be the black gloves of some interstellar civilization, who will do some shameful things in secret for their masters.

Guest starring as a space pirate is also one of their part-time jobs.

After hearing Li Xin expose his intentions, Matt was extremely excited. He said, "Grand Marshal, I really want to give this cruiser to you!"

"These interstellar pirates are incredibly weak to you. Just a flick of your finger and they will be crushed by your powerful fleet!"

"By then, a powerful cruiser will join your fleet, perhaps serving as your flagship!"

"Or as research!"

"What a beautiful thing this is!"