Interstellar: Start as a cleaner.

Chapter 1293 Shipyard Construction Preparations (6000+ words)

These senators aren't stupid, but now they're faced with two paths, or you could say three.

The first option is for the warship docks to be funded by the state of Karaya, meaning that the companies behind the various senators will invest together!
However, such risks were too great, because everyone had a fairly thorough understanding of warship manufacturing.

If all the companies agreed, this meeting wouldn't have been held.

The second option is to change the law, allowing private individuals to build shipyards and manufacture warships in Karaya.

Although it sounds terrifying, everyone knows that this meeting is the only solution.

This plan makes these companies feel that it will be more profitable than the previous one.

Because this doesn't require investment from other companies, and it can also make money from Li John. The combined revenue from Li John's several live streams is probably worth hundreds of trillions.

Of course, there is a third way: to prohibit anyone from building warship docks.

However, this path is simply not feasible, because anyone who tries to hinder everyone from making money will face all sorts of unexpected consequences.

If we choose the second path, not only can we make money, but if John Lee succeeds, we can also gain control of the warships through various means, such as loan contracts and material supplies.

Without the necessary documentation, John Lee faces the risk of defaulting on his loan agreement, which would allow him to legitimately acquire company shares.

"Oh dear, this is indeed a big problem. The only solution is to change the law!"

"I don't think this is a big deal. Our Federation is a free country!"

"I also think it's not a big deal. We can simply loosen some of the laws and then the governor can apply for the construction of warships!"

"Although our state of Karaya has this law on the surface, it still requires a vote in our Senate before the applicant can be granted a license!" The senators chimed in, some even feigning concern.

"Then let's get the procedures started as soon as possible!"

"Once I get the license, I'll sign material supply contracts with you all!" Yang Bo said directly.

They didn't give these guys any more chances to perform.

Yang Bo was well aware of these guys' plans. If he succeeded, they would have many ways to make things difficult for him.

However, I also have many methods, such as the supply of materials to these guys.

If things turn sour, I'll pretend to offer a high reward for the materials.

Then I can just disguise myself as a pirate crew and rob these guys of their materials.

Then they'll sell it back to themselves.

Anyway, he still has the identity of the Silver Moon Pirates, and if he's short of money, he can just kidnap the executives of these companies.

Don't be fooled by the fact that many of these companies' top executives work in alliances or empires.

He could still disguise himself as a terrorist and rob them.

What Yang Bo needs to do now is to get these guys to willingly provide him with materials and other parts.

Yang Bo has the ability to forge, but many parts are completely unnecessary.

For example, the large robotic arms used in warship docks.

Many of these robotic arms are made of metal.

These metallic materials can be manufactured directly on the mineral planet.

It also includes various pipes and other components that control the energy system.

All you need to do is manufacture the core sensors, controllers, and optical computers!

In other words, it's something with a purely mechanical and material structure, where there's absolutely no need for you to waste energy.

In the entire manufacturing of warships and warship docks, this type of pure material structure accounts for more than 99% of the total.

Even so, Yang Bo will have to work hard for a long time to complete the remaining one percent of the project.

The legislative power of Karaya rests with the House of Representatives, so Karaya convened another House of Representatives meeting and, with a majority vote in favor and a minority vote against, passed a bill that allows individuals to invest in the construction of warship docks and warships.

The reason for allowing individual investment is mainly to prevent other companies from doing this.

Furthermore, this bill was originally tailor-made for the Governor.

Of course, this requires an individual to submit an application, and then the Senate will vote on it.

The reason for the few dissenting votes is mainly to prevent others from having anything to say.

Because in the eyes of many idiots, as long as there are dissenting votes, the House of Representatives is still democratic.

In fact, just like these bills, we only need to see the final result!
It's like a hundred votes, even if it's fifty-one to forty-nine.

Sometimes, the Senate will pull some tricks during these votes, such as failing to pass the first time, failing to pass the second time, and then passing it the third time!

This is purely a hoax to fool those idiots; everyone had already agreed on it privately.

Because no matter what happens, there will be opposition from the entire nation.

The Senate then passed the bill directly with a majority vote.

Following this, John Lee personally applied for a warship dock and a warship manufacturing license.

The Senate then passed a resolution by a majority vote, granting John Lee personal rights, a shipyard, and a license to build warships.

At the same time, John Lee signed letters of intent with more than 30 federal companies.

The total value exceeds 400 trillion credit points!
It's a letter of intent because the design of the warship dock is not yet complete.

After the warship dock is completed, the ship's components will be disassembled and contracts will be signed with various companies for each component.

Karaya State wants to keep this matter low-key, but it can't.

Because there are just too many people paying attention to John Lee.

The federal central government is still arguing about who should take responsibility.

Meanwhile, the Pirate Alliance provided a lot of video materials to both the Alliance and the Empire.

Video footage shows federal troops massacring pirates who had already entered escape pods.

Although the Alliance and the Empire have different approaches to dealing with piracy.

The Alliance does not have the death penalty, so these pirates will only serve their lives.

The empire has a death penalty for pirates, but they must still undergo legal trial.

Such a massacre without legal trial was defined as barbaric by both countries, violating the war treaty and the prisoner-of-war agreement!

Both countries issued the most serious diplomatic warnings to the federation.

This has led many people in both countries to believe that their countries are just.

Yang Bo scoffed at this, saying that the Alliance and the Empire were using the Federation's situation as a pretext to divert attention from their internal conflicts.

The Alliance and the Empire have been dealing with a lot of internal issues lately, and they need something high-profile to overshadow the others.

In addition, the pirate alliance suffered huge losses this time, and the pirate groups' trust in the pirate alliance has dropped to its lowest level.

The pirate alliance itself is backed by an empire, as well as the alliance's financial groups.

The pirate alliance must offer substantial compensation this time, as the entire war was conducted under their command.

This would be absolutely disastrous for the pirate alliance.

This time, sixteen pirate groups were mobilized, and the overall losses exceeded 2000 trillion!

All sixteen pirate crews' Class C warships were lost!
This doesn't even include the fact that two other pirate groups that raided alongside the Chuqi Pirate Group had their C-class warships stolen by John Lee.

The Witch Pirates are now filled with regret and have been secretly contacting John Lee.

Meanwhile, the Death Pirates, the Seventh Pirates, and the Greyhound Pirates were somewhat gloating!

The Witch Pirates suffered heavy losses because they went out to accept missions behind everyone's backs.

Although everyone knows that the Witch Pirates did nothing wrong.

However, there is little friendship among pirates to begin with, and in the cooperation between these pirate groups and Lee John, they eventually turned against each other in order to divide the spoils.

Yang Bo also plans to target Madhya Pradesh, because the media there have been talking about Lee John John lately.

Yang Bo mainly needs a batch of materials for manufacturing sensor controllers and optical computers.

The Federation is currently planning to rebuild two main fleets, so contracts have already been signed for the related materials.

In the interstellar era, many materials require contracts to be signed before the company will even begin mining them!
Because the cost of storing materials after they are mined is relatively high.

Of course, these orders from Madhya Pradesh were placed with conglomerates in Madhya Pradesh.

Yang Bo quickly produced the design blueprints for the warship dock!
The design itself doesn't consume much energy, and the shipyard in Karaya is only one-twentieth the size of the Imperial and Alliance shipyards!

Moreover, this shipyard can currently only manufacture Class C warships at most.

The main problem is that they immediately build main battleships or A-class ships. These battleships will arouse the vigilance of all parties, and may even lead to all parties uniting to attack them.

This type of dock has been modularly designed, and three of these docks will be able to be disassembled and combined into a single dock capable of manufacturing main warships!

Yang Bo designed the warships during the March Star period.

Using the Mechanic mode, Yang Bo designed the dock and a C-class warship.

Then store it in a portable storage device!
They then used a portable storage device to move it into the optical computer.

Then, the entire material component was disassembled using a computer!

The parts were disassembled and then turned into contracts!

The reason for using optical brains to convert and then decompose the components is mainly to address the issue of tracing the source.

Because in the interstellar age, anything electronic can be traced back to its origin.

Especially contracts and the like.

The main reason for doing this is to prevent others from altering the contract.

In addition, when going to court, this kind of tracing can be used to determine which came first and which came later.

If John Lee produces something out of thin air, it will be easily recognized by the system.

Of course, Yang Bo's quantum computers were not connected to the internet, and they were warship-level quantum computers purchased from Zhang Bozhen.

And it's at the level of a capital warship!
Because capital warships frequently operate independently and are responsible for data analysis and command of the entire fleet, their most powerful single-unit optical computers are now those of their class! Furthermore, their system protection and security are superior to those of other warships of the same level!

Furthermore, such powerful light is simply unnecessary on the ground, because on the ground, the main brain system of a planet is an integrated system composed of many optical brains.

Because it's impossible to place quantum computers in one city on a planet, to prevent unexpected events.

So when Yang Bo impersonated Lee John, he signed detailed first-batch supply contracts with 32 companies in Karaya.

The 32 companies were stunned.

This is a warship dock!
It can be said that only three companies in the three countries are capable of designing it.

Because these kinds of companies simply cannot survive without government subsidies.

The upgrade and iteration of warship docks is very slow because the demand for them is very low.

The Alliance and the Empire have no more than ten shipyards, and the vast majority of them are in a state of mothballing.

As for the claim that there are only two federations, that's just the publicly available data.

Of course, these 32 companies only fulfilled orders for materials and components.

As for the shipyard's control system, as well as other controllers, sensors, etc., these are not within the manufacturing scope of these 32 companies.

This further convinced them that John Lee had other forces behind him, which made some people in the companies suspicious, since these companies were backed by conglomerates from empires and alliances.

Yang Bo knew these guys were surprised, but he didn't have time to say much to them!
Because Yang Bo has more important things to do.

Yang Bo arrived at Devon Star and at the private laboratory where Catherine was located.

This laboratory is where Yang Bo prepared for the construction of warships.

Yang Bo plans to build a smart factory in this laboratory to manufacture various sensors, controllers, optical computers, and so on.

Yang Bo has no way to build this kind of smart factory elsewhere.

It's not suitable for either the Alliance or the Federation.

Because it requires a massive energy system, and also the construction of a huge underground laboratory!
The construction procedures are very complicated in the other two countries!

In the Empire, Bart's status was that of a Grand Duke, and nobles could build facilities on their own territories without needing to apply for permission.

Yang Bo had already established a robot manufacturing center for intelligent robots in this private laboratory!
This intelligent robot manufacturing center can continuously produce various intelligent robots.

Intelligent robots are just a general term; they are not limited to humanoid shapes. Some are even square-shaped, such as robots that manufacture optical computers or sensors.

These items require constant temperature and cleanliness during manufacturing, so they are manufactured in a completely enclosed environment.

Most intelligent manufacturing robots are square-shaped, containing many robotic arms and tools. Of course, there are many classifications of intelligent manufacturing robots.

Knowing that the robot manufacturing center contains a quantum computer and other control centers, Yang Bo made all the controller systems himself.

Because all three countries have underlying code in all components of their control systems!

It's not that Yang Bo couldn't crack these underlying codes.

If the underlying code of these large companies is cracked, it will only cause some unnecessary trouble. It would be better to design and manufacture them independently.

Yang Bo is extremely busy every day, traveling back and forth between several places. At March Star, Yang Bo's hacker persona is gradually being improved, and he is raising his level of white hat hacker skills.

Then there are the events in the Second World game, and Prince Holden's territory in the Second World.

And then there's John Lee's identity as a federal agent!

In addition, Bart's identity should also be revealed occasionally.

After three months of hard work, Yang Bo finally got the smart manufacturing factory sorted out.

This smart manufacturing plant is capable of producing warship-level optical computers, as well as various types of sensors and controllers.

"The only thing left is the energy engine!" The energy engine is the most crucial component.

Yang Bo decided to manufacture the energy engine directly using the Mechanic mode, since the demand for energy engines was not very large, and building an energy engine factory on his own would be too troublesome.

What Yang Bo needs now is materials, because the energy engine requires highly radioactive materials!
Currently, among the three countries, the Alliance and the Empire have sufficient material reserves, and it is quite difficult to attack the material reserves of these two countries!

Of course, Yang Bo could steal these materials by going invisible.

However, this will attract a lot of attention.

Moreover, on the pirate side, the Witch Pirates have been in frequent contact with John Lee recently, mainly because they lost warships in several pirate groups, so their strength is somewhat weaker.

Now I'm desperate to pull off a heist with John Lee to recoup my losses!

Moreover, after these past few months, the other three pirate groups have already disposed of the captured warships.

These three pirate groups sold off all their junk warships and then sent their men to the captured ships.

Because warships of the same class captured from the Federation are at least 15 percent better in performance than export models purchased from other countries.

The other three pirate crews were also eager to fight, because for pirate crews, warships were a symbol of strength.

The Federation happened to have a fleet transporting highly radioactive materials.

The materials used in the energy engine are highly radioactive and high-density.

Moreover, these materials can be directly loaded into the cargo hold of military warships, as they are not very large.

This squadron was disguised as a patrol.

Because the materials required for the energy engine are too expensive.

The other four pirate groups heard that John Lee was going to rob a federal squadron.

They all responded enthusiastically and began to assemble according to John Lee's instructions.

The massacre of pirates by federal troops has caused a huge uproar, but the federal government has been investigating the matter and no one has come forward to take responsibility!
The Pirate Alliance is currently unable to target the Federal State of Madhya Pradesh because it is currently embroiled in disputes with other pirate groups.

The last operation, directly commanded by the pirate alliance, resulted in heavy losses for the pirate group.

Other pirate groups united to resist the pirate alliance and demanded compensation from it.

This time, the pirate alliance couldn't shift the blame because he was directly in charge.

The pirate alliance also promised compensation, but a compensation plan has not been agreed upon because the pirate alliance cannot come up with so much money or warships all at once!
Most pirate groups want warships, not money; money is useless to pirates.

Because once these pirate groups receive the money, most of it can only be spent at the pirate alliance, at which point the pirate alliance will directly raise the prices of the corresponding items.

This means the pirate crew gets a direct discount on the money.

The Pirate Alliance wanted to compensate for the warships, but with dozens of warships involved, amounting to tens of trillions of credits, the Pirate Alliance couldn't come up with the money all at once!

Yang Bo, disguised as John Lee, set off with three Class C warships.

To prevent Lee John's fleet from going out of port unnoticed, Yang Bo arranged for Lee John's fleet to patrol the area.

Furthermore, they also seized other transport ships en route that were cooperating with the Madhya Pradesh consortium.

This has caused quite a bit of public controversy!

The main issue is that the jurisdiction exercised by Karaya State is not recognized by other countries or states.

Yang Bo did this to convince people that John Lee's warship patrols were real, primarily targeting conglomerates in Madhya Pradesh.

Then, midway through the journey, it took two Class C warships and left the warship's patrol route.

Once the task is completed, it will rejoin the original warship and return to Karaya!

Moreover, the materials obtained will not appear in Karaya.

The two warships sailed silently toward the assembly point.

At this point, Yang Bo finally had time to do other things.

March Star introduced a series of bills concerning interstellar life.

Although many experts say that interstellar life is dangerous and could cause irreversible damage to the entire planet.

Moreover, the experts' statements were contradictory.

Some experts say that once these interstellar creatures mature on March Star, they will return there for their next breeding season.

Because many wild animals return to their birthplace to defend themselves.

However, some experts say that interstellar life forms would absorb all the energy of the entire planet!
The main issue is that most of the research on interstellar life is theoretical.

So these experts just used the methods from ordinary biology.

This is simply unrealistic because the genetic makeup of these two species is completely different.

Yang Bo is also preparing to publish a paper on interstellar life.

Yang Bo will start with a simple one: On the physical form and energy absorption of juvenile interstellar life!
This paper mainly describes the current state of interstellar life forms, whose shapes easily expand the area for absorbing energy, and then they can compress the energy into their tails to release energy attacks.

He also created a related model and included videos he had previously filmed outside interstellar creature lairs.

Then Yang Bo created a non-profit academic website.

Their name is Interstellar Creature!

That's right, Yang Bo wants to create an academic website. In the future, any paper on interstellar biology research that is not included on his website will be considered unauthoritative and unprofessional.

Then Yang Bo published his second paper: The Personality of Interstellar Creatures!

This paper mainly describes how interstellar life forms have an instinctive need for energy, and there is video evidence to prove it. Before coming into contact with energy stones, interstellar life forms will resist and struggle, but once they come into contact with energy, they will enter a very strange state.

Actually, Yang Bo already had these video materials from when he was live-streaming his capture of interstellar creatures.

However, Yang Bo's video materials are not available to just anyone.

Many people have tried to contact Yang Bo to obtain permission to use these video materials and acquire copyright, but Yang Bo has refused them all.

Because these video materials can be used to create many academic papers!
With the development of science and technology, the requirements for writing papers are getting higher and higher, because countless people are writing papers in any major.

There aren't many people in the interstellar biology field yet.

Therefore, Yang Bo seized this opportunity.

"Hehe!" Yang Bo knew that he would one day become a leading figure in academia!
For now, Yang Bo will publish two papers, and then gradually publish more in-depth papers, so that people will get the impression that he is constantly growing.

(End of this chapter)