Warhammer 40: Starting as a Rogue Trader

Chapter 24 Making a lot of money

Gao Yi was already waiting in the reception room inside the mansion.

Under Weir's arrangement, various forces inspected the combat uniforms closely and observed their performance. Within two days, Gao Yi met with a large number of forces.

Almost all forces have shown interest in the CMC series of combat uniforms.

Among them, Gao Yi was most interested in two trading partners: the Imperial Navy and the Mechanicus.

The criminal groups in the port also sent representatives, but Gao Yi temporarily rejected them.

He wanted to sell it to these guys, but his own production capacity was limited, and his own troops also needed to be armed. The production workshop could accommodate a maximum of four barracks. If he wanted to expand production again, he would have to dismantle some of the original structures in the battleship and build it elsewhere.

But thinking that there would be people from the Inquisition boarding the ship later, Gao Yi thought it would be better not to be too high-profile.

Wait until we return to the capital world to carry out large-scale mass production.

Second, if even the official organization of the empire does not have this set of equipment and the criminals get it first, Gao Yi has no doubt that they will come to cause trouble for him.

The Navy asked for Throne Coins for the transaction, but Gao Yi refused.

Currency is fine in normal trade, but it is the most useless thing at this time.

And what is the most valuable thing in the hands of the navy?
They don’t even have enough warships for the expansion area, so it’s difficult to buy more.

In addition to warships, the most valuable assets of the navy are its skilled crew members and naval soldiers.

Thanks to the dangers of the expansion and the threat of aliens, a large number of explorers flocked to the expansion in search of wealth.

Let the number of naval soldiers be far greater than the number of warships.

A large number of crew members who had no ships to take gathered in the ports of call and other worlds.

Some of them joined Rogue Traders, some joined expeditions or pioneering fleets of the Mechanicus, and some even joined criminal organizations.

When Gao Yi proposed to exchange equipment for employment contracts for skilled soldiers in the Imperial Navy, the head of the Navy agreed without hesitation. Instead of letting these sailors idle or join criminal groups to work, it would be better to let them join Gao Yi's team and bring benefits to the Navy.

After fierce debate and negotiation, the contract for 300 professionally trained soldiers was finally exchanged for a set of CMC-400 combat uniforms.

Both sides felt that they had made a profit. Gao Yi's combat uniform production cost was extremely low, and he conveniently obtained ready-made combat power, while the navy exchanged 300 ordinary soldiers for a set of precious force feedback armor.

The two parties have initially reached a transaction contract for 300 units and reached a subsequent long-term supply agreement.

The agreement even stipulates that if Gao Yi can continue to deliver with guaranteed quality and quantity, and without violating imperial laws, he can obtain support from the neighboring imperial navy.

With the production capacity of four barracks, it won’t take long to gather the quantity required for the transaction.

However, when the navy wanted to purchase the plunderer fire bats, Gao Yi directly rejected them, saying that they did not have enough for themselves.

Gao Yi had to keep enough chips for possible subsequent transactions. It was impossible to give away all the good things at once.

The Mechanicus directly sent a sage to make contact.

"Rogue Trader, I am Otis, the Sage Commander of the Pioneer Fleet. According to the supreme clause of the agreement, knowledge is truth. I have been sent to complete the knowledge transaction with you."

Gao Yi looked at the four mechanical legs in front of him and listened to the sounds coming from the processor. He really wanted to know how much flesh and blood the other party had left.

Gao Yi felt uncomfortable every time he communicated with these creatures that seemed to have no emotions. He was very glad that Pavian's brain on the ship was not completely replaced by machines.

Their words are not so cold and ruthless. Usually, the higher the rank of the monastic order member, the higher the degree of mechanical transformation.

"Sage Otis, I am happy to trade with you, but the trade must be equal. I need some other material things."

"Praise Omnissia. I'm glad you're willing to share your precious knowledge. This kind of thought is very rare before embracing the sacred machinery. Most people often don't know the importance of knowledge. The Pioneer Fleet is willing to pay a sufficient price for this knowledge."

"Sage Otis, I must explain one thing to you. What I provide is not the manufacturing technology, but a sample!"

"Rogue Trader, can I understand that you're deceiving me? My information receiver has already received the message. You've already sold a lot of equipment to the navy. I can just ask the navy for it directly. Why should I pay a price?"

"I only sold the most basic CMC400 combat uniforms to the Navy. I didn't even sell them weapons. The 400 model is just the most basic. The 660 model and other different models of combat uniforms are not available to the Navy."

"This is not enough to convince me. I believe that the Pioneer Fleet has the ability to reverse-deduce some technologies from that basic model. We don't need to do exactly the same. We just need to research the technology, right?" The Mechanicus is not the navy. The navy has no scientific research capabilities. After they saw the effect of the combat uniforms, Gao Yi believed that they would definitely come to buy them in the future. Business with the navy is a long-term business, and he doesn't need to charge too much. But it's different for the Mechanicus.

Gao Yi was not sure about these guys' scientific research capabilities, but they shouldn't be too bad.

Ultimately, it is the intrigues within the order, the numerous academic cliques, and the unwillingness to share their scientific research results and knowledge that have led to the slow development of science and technology.

It wasn't the battlesuits themselves that the Mechanicus needed; it was the technology within them that they needed.

Compared to mortal armies, the immediate combat power improvement of the Mechanicus by the battle suit is much smaller.

Their Skitarii also have more suitable equipment, and selling finished products is not very attractive to them.

It seems that he cannot persuade the sage in front of him.

Gao Yi plans to bring out some powerful stuff.

"Since Sage Osti isn't interested in the battle suit, I wonder if you're interested in this thing?"

As he spoke, he called Weil over and brought in a sealed luxurious box. Gao Yi even specially inlaid a lot of gold and gems on it to make it look more precious.

Osti felt a little disdainful when he saw this scene. After all, the flesh and blood body could not escape such superficial things and vanity. What good things could be contained in it?

Gao Yi opened the box, and inside was the medic's ray gun.

"arms?"

"This is not a weapon!"

As he said that, Gao Yi aimed it directly at Osti and pulled the trigger.

As the green ray shot towards Osti, Osti instantly jumped up.

This completely stunned Gao Yi. How many weapons did this guy hide under his robe?
Melta, Plasma, Chainsaw Axe, Autocannon, Flamethrower, Power Sword.

Wow, no wonder they say the Sage of the Mechanicus is not an infantry unit, but a behemoth unit. It's a humanoid turret!

"Osti! Calm down! This isn't a weapon!"

Gao Yi's shouting and the fact that the ray did not cause any damage made Osti calm down.

"No abnormal program detected, no energy reaction detected... The sacred agreement has not detected any intrusion. Omnissiah, what is happening to my body?"

Osti discovered that as the green rays continued to irradiate.

All the metal parts on my body are slowly repairing themselves?

Even though it is a sage-level member of the order, all the implants and modifications on its body are of the highest standards and are high-strength and rare goods, but any metal will have metal fatigue, it's just a matter of time. Even with careful maintenance, there will be wear and tear.

However, under the influence of these rays, his few remaining flesh and blood and all his metal body were slowly recovering.

Even the deepest cracks and damage in the metal began to heal.

At this moment, Osti felt that he was more energetic than when he had just completed the transformation.

Osti seemed to feel that there were many nanorobots on his body, but after repairing his body, these nanorobots disappeared completely.

"What the hell is this, Rogue Trader?"

Osti felt the long-lost excitement!

"Its name is simple: the Nanomachine Healing Gun. It can repair both metal and flesh, but it has certain limitations. A single unit can't be too large. Sage Osti, how much do you think this thing is worth?"

"Rogue Trader, please forgive my previous offense. The pioneers really need this item!"

"That depends on your sincerity. If it's too cheap, I think it would be an insult to precious knowledge, right?"

(End of this chapter)