From ship girl to machine god

"The latest Pterodactyl drone is still in the experimental stage and is the company's latest product." Weislow once again played his old role and introduced the contents of the box to Jade Bird: "I believe Jade Bird Miss, you must know that shopping malls are battlefields. In the second half of the 21st century, corporate disputes are often resolved through means such as destruction and assassination. Traditional means such as peace talks, compromise, arbitration, and litigation are no longer available. Be applicable.

To ensure your own safety under such circumstances, this undoubtedly requires more investment and expenditure. A polymer suit can resist bullets and swords, and a self-defense pistol can meet unexpected needs, but these alone are not enough. .

You might say that a team of loyal security personnel can solve most difficulties, but military technology never thinks so. We developed the Pterodactyl drone for business people who want to have an advantage in business negotiations.

When closed, it can be packed into a suitcase and placed in the corner of a conference room or under the seat of a limousine. When you need it, you only need to open it and it can beat your competitors into a puddle of pulp or turn them into a pile of meat. An obedient pug.

This latest Pterodactyl, which is still in the experimental stage, is equipped with a variety of new features such as invisibility and hacking, making it more deadly and more versatile, giving you a greater advantage at the negotiating table. . "

Chapter 88 Pterodactyl and Flathead

Bluebird really didn't have much interest in the Pterodactyl drone presented by Mia, because this thing was not as good as his own Nightbird.

Of course, if you consider the application scenarios of the Pterodactyl, it is indeed a successful product, especially according to Wislow, this is the latest model and has been upgraded with military technology.

For a company dog ​​who often "negotiates" with people, such a negotiation tool that can be carried in a suitcase or placed in the car is indeed very practical.

However, one weakness of this compact drone is that because it is made compact, the power of natural weapons is insufficient.

It is no problem to beat up a corporate dog wearing only a polymer suit, but if it is to be used to participate in street battles, this thing is somewhat unsuitable.

Relatively speaking, the Griffin combat drone is much more capable on the streets, with strong power and outstanding efficiency.

In fact, NCPD purchased a considerable number of Griffins and placed them on the streets to quickly resolve street riots.

In the game, once the player's wanted level reaches five stars, they will be recognized by security cameras on the street, and then several Griffins will be spawned to chase you all over the street.

As for the other product of military technology, the small flat head, it is estimated that it is only a laboratory product now, and may not even be fully produced. Otherwise, Jade Bird believes that Mia should give him that one, instead of the one that looks like this now. A similar product to the small crew cut, but it seems to be a failure.

However, Jade Bird still smiled with satisfaction at the drone and accepted it. After all, it was a free thing. Even if Jade Bird didn't need it himself, it would be very good to throw it to Pyrrha to serve as a drone for the cyberpunk team.

At least it saves them from having to ask the bluebird to borrow the night sparrow every time.

You must know that Night Bird is part of the blue bird's ship's uniform. Every time she lends it to someone, she feels like she is lending out part of her body, which makes the blue bird somewhat awkward.

Although it is not impossible to make a new one for Pyrrha, since there is a ready-made one delivered to your door, there is no need to waste it.

Thinking of this, Qingniao accepted the gift and said to Wislow: "I accepted this gift. In addition, I remember that your military technology has a small combat robot. What is it called? It seems to be a spider robot? "

"We do have such a product. This is a small robot developed by the company for use in complex urban environments. If you are interested, Miss Jade Bird, you can place an order directly with me, because this product is not usually sold to It is sold in the market, so there is no ready stock. Even if you buy it from me, it will take some time to adjust the goods." When Wislow heard Jade Bird's inquiry, he hurriedly introduced it diligently.

Qingniao nodded slightly, and then said: "In that case, help me get one. I'll call you back how much it costs, and just send it to Rogge."

"Little girl, do you think of me as a logistics service center?" Rogge on the side had been watching the conversation between Jade Bird and Wislow without saying a word, but now that she was mentioned, she naturally wanted to show off herself. sense of presence.

Regarding Rogge's words, Qingniao just shrugged indifferently: "Isn't that what middlemen do?"

"Then remember to pay according to the market price." Rogge was not polite and directly stated that he needed to pay to use it.

Before Jade Bird could speak, Wislow spoke directly: "Our military technology has complete logistics and distribution services. If Miss Jade Bird doesn't like to be disturbed, we also have unmanned delivery services to ensure that you can receive it safely and securely." goods."

"Really? This is quite considerate, but no need, just send it to the next life." After thinking about it for a while, Qingniao rejected Wislow and turned to Rogge: "The service fee will be from my money." Just deduct it from the commission, whatever it is should be."

Blue Bird is not worried that Rogge will steal his money. Anyway, when the time comes, he will bring Johnny Silverhand to her and pull her to blow up Arasaka Tower. Blue Bird doesn't believe that the old fox is not bleeding profusely.

Money spent now is just an investment for the future.

"I will do it even if you don't tell me. Don't worry, the next life will always be fair and just, and no one will be bullied." Rogge said this with considerable confidence, and this has indeed been the signature of the next life.

Naturally, Qingniao would not doubt Rogge's decades-old reputation. He nodded and said nothing more about this matter.

She turned to look at Wislow and asked him: "So besides this, is there anything else?"

Qingniao was somewhat dissatisfied with her originally relaxing and pleasant day being interrupted. If she could end things here earlier, she could go home and lie down comfortably for the rest of the afternoon, so she naturally wanted to end it early and go home early. .

"In addition to these, there is another thing about what you said to Miss Jade Bird before, about making you and your team a new legend in Night City." Seeing that Jade Bird seemed to want to leave, Wislow hurriedly said It was down to business, which was also the main purpose of his visit to Jade Bird this time.

Of course, Vislow didn't dare to neglect the cooperation between Bluebird and Mia, so this matter was discussed first.

But this does not mean that creating a new legend in Night City is not important, at least it is important to Vislow, because this matter is closely related to his vital interests.

Although the Los Santos attack caused chaos within Military Technology, this did not affect Military Technology's existing plans, at least the plans and projects promoted by the faction represented by Mia did not too affected.

This plan to create a new legend of Night City, which was previously promoted by Mia personally, is still in progress. As a vested interest in the implementation of the first phase of the plan, Wislow also received his due reward and became the leader of this project. The person directly responsible.

Wislow, who had enjoyed promotion and salary increase, was naturally not content with just this sweetness, so it became inevitable to invest more actively. After all, he could get enough benefits from it.

"I remember this matter, what? Do you have any follow-up arrangements?" Qingniao heard Weislow mention this matter, and had no choice but to suppress his impatience and continue to listen to him.

"Of course there are follow-up arrangements, but I hope to have full communication with you, Miss Jade Bird, to understand the needs of both of us, so that we can better promote this plan." Although Weislow is still a salesman The member's fake smile, but what burned in his eyes at the moment was the flame called ambition.

Naturally, Qingniao noticed his emotions, so he nodded and said, "Okay, let's talk about your request. What do you want me to do?"

Chapter 89 Small Arms Market

The request that Wislow put forward to Jade Bird was actually not complicated. He just hoped that Jade Bird and her team would accept as many commissions from military technology as possible, and at the same time promote more weapons and equipment using military technology to the outside world.

Generally speaking, it is the same as finding a product spokesperson, but shooting advertisements has become a hiring task, which is simpler, rougher and more direct.

For Jade Bird, this was naturally not a problem. They quickly finalized the relevant contract with Vislow and obtained a weapons list that listed various types of light weapons that military technology can provide.

Looking at this list, Qingniao couldn't help complaining to Wislow: "Why are they all kinetic energy weapons? Although I know that the quality of your military technology's kinetic energy weapons is well-known, but now is the era of smart weapons, and you are still guarding it. The traditional track will be eliminated by the market.”

Wislow could only smile bitterly at Blue Bird's comments. How could he not know this?

As a sales manager, he is the most intuitive and sensitive to the sales changes of military technology products in the market. Even if one pistol is sold less, he will know immediately.

In fact, even the executives of Military Technology know this clearly, so they have plans to create a new legend of Night City and use this to promote the sales of Military Technology products.

But obviously, this is a solution that treats the symptoms rather than the root cause.

"The company's main R&D resources are placed on the research and development of dynamic optical thermal camouflage, and it plans to use this to innovate the stealth concept of existing military equipment and create optical stealth vehicles to open up the market. Miss Jade Bird, the wing you got The hand dragon is just one of the experimental subjects." Wislow revealed the truth to the blue bird with a wry smile.

This kind of company strategic decision-making is actually the most difficult thing for him to do as a middle-level manager.

Because of my position, I can clearly see the impact and problems that these decisions will bring, but it is also because of my position that I cannot interfere with high-level decisions and can only watch.

It would be much better if Vislow was just a low-level employee. At least he was not qualified to understand and know the strategic decisions of these company executives, so there was no need to be so hollow.

"That's right. The market for your military technology is ultimately the military weapons market. You really don't need to care about this aspect. After all, the federal army's arms procurement is your basic base. As long as the federal government does not collapse, military technology will always have something to eat." Qingniao's words were slightly sarcastic, almost pointing at Vislow's nose and saying that military technology was not enterprising.

Regarding Jade Bird's evaluation, Rogge couldn't help but interjected: "Military Technology's kinetic energy weapons are the best on the market. Everyone admits that Military Technology's products are indeed easy to use, but for the vast majority of people who have just left, For people in this industry, affordable firepower or products from the Constitution Military Industry are the only things they can afford.

As for mercenaries who have more money in their pockets, they will choose more technical weapons or smart weapons. There are some mercenaries who continue to use kinetic weapons, but now more and more mercenaries are indeed starting to choose smart weapons, especially After Kangtao started to get involved in this field, their Super Style, Classic Style and Zhuo Style sold really well. "

"For mercenaries, when fighting on the streets, every minute and every second is important. There is not so much time to pose and aim, and most of them are actually not good at marksmanship. Smart weapons can be very useful. It can help them solve the problem of missing shots." As a former gamer, Qingniao has collected all the firearms in the game and carefully studied the feel of each one. She really knows about smart weapons. He has enough say: "Although most people are skeptical about the burden of installing artificial eyes and palm contacts on a gun, when the need arises, it will take a few tenths of a second for you to draw the gun and shoot. Come and aim, it’s the difference between life and death.”

Having said this, Qingniao looked at Wislow and said with a hint of ridicule: "In the past, Arasaka was the only company in the field of smart weapons. Because it didn't conflict with your traditional field of military technology, it was no big deal.

But as Kangtao has also entered this market, their cheaper and more efficient smart weapons have undoubtedly become the new favorite of the market.

Just look at what the trauma team combatants are wearing, and you can clearly feel the changes in the market, but your military technology..."

Qingniao couldn't help but shook his head, the meaning behind his words was self-evident.

"The small arms retail market is not a big business for the company. It accounts for too small a proportion of the company's overall revenue. The senior management is not willing to invest resources in research and development. I am helpless without new products." Facing Jade Bird With Rogge's "market feedback", Wislow could only do nothing. He really couldn't control the matter.

For military technology, as Jade Bird said, they have the basic base of military procurement for the federal army, and they don't worry about their own company's business volume at all.

After all, for military technology that has completely mastered the new US government, from the Secretary of Defense to the president are all former military technology executives, what can other companies do to compete with military technology?

As for the product?The product list of military technology covers all categories of an army, from bullets to socks. It can provide you with everything you want.

Coupled with the more valuable part of military vehicles, the small amount of revenue from the retail sale of small arms is naturally not taken seriously by military technology.

It’s easy to understand when you think about it. After all, how much does a tank cost, and how much does a gun cost?The money from selling one tank is enough to arm a regiment.

Thinking about Kang Tao's style of thinking that the weapons all over the body of a soldier are more valuable than people, it is understandable that military technology prefers to manufacture vehicles and intelligent drones to achieve unmanned battlefields.

After all, the value a soldier can create is really not as much as his pension, although military technology hardly pays veterans' pensions.

Qingniao listened to Wislow's words and curled her lips in disdain. She preferred the things in her database to the weapons of military technology.

If nothing else, a good thing like a handheld ion launcher can definitely lift up and shoot all the small weapons on the market.

But thinking of this, Qade Bird opened his database and rummaged through it, thinking that he might be able to make use of military technology.

So she asked Weislow: "Can you contact Mia? Tell her that I have something she is interested in and want to cooperate with her. In addition, we need to discuss more details about the cooperation content I discussed with her last time. Content."

Chapter 90 Mayfly shakes the dragon?

Of course, Mia is very interested in the new cooperation project proposed by Ao Niao, and also wants to discuss with Ao Niao how to deal with the Arasaka Group, cut off their tentacles extending to the American continent, and further drive Arasaka out of Night City and all of America.

However, the operation that Jade Bird performed before provoked a new round of disputes within military technology as she wished. This made Mia unable to get out for a while, so she could only postpone the matter later, and she herself Then he devoted even more energy to suppressing internal hostile factions.

This left Qingniao free. In addition to waiting for her engineering module to complete all production progress, the only thing left to do was to monitor David to make her feel that she was not just dawdling around with nothing to do.

After all, without the big work coming from military technology, just the mercenary commission in Night City can basically be handled by Mann and the others.

With the prosthetics they had changed into before, they were already considered top-notch mercenaries in Night City. For routine tasks, even one or two people could calm down the situation and solve problems. So much so that Mann always used his team when receiving commissions during this period. Split up, he and Dorio led Sasha's team, Rebekah and Pyrrha teamed up with Lucy's team, and the two teams came to do the task.

Blue Bird was happy to see this happen. Although she had other ideas about the configuration of the team, since it was Mann's own decision, Blue Bird did not interfere.

It's just that Alpha hasn't made the prosthetic body that Jade Bird promised her yet, and she is still in a semi-disabled state. She really has nothing to do. Instead, she follows Jade Bird and fishes with her every day.

This kind of life is also a brand new experience for Alpha.

When she was at Military Technology, she was either being tested every day or going out to perform various tasks, so it was difficult to have time to spare.

You must know that in the Night City in the 21s, the company's five-day holiday every year ranked among the top five in welfare benefits. Being able to have this kind of completely free time is definitely the envy of the company dogs.

Of course, maybe those corporate dogs prefer working for the company rather than enjoying life.

After all, for them, both the education they received and the company's influence on them have brainwashed them into loyal dogs willing to sacrifice everything for the company.

This is why they are called company dogs, because these guys have indeed become obedient dogs in the hands of the company.

Don't think this is outrageous, you must know that this is the world of cyberpunk. When the world line turns to the line of the Cold War and the collapse of the United States, the world is completely different.

There is no third industrial revolution in this era, and there is no way to talk about the information explosion. The information that everyone has access to from birth to death is only a little bit generated by the city in which they live.

Maybe occasionally some big news comes to your ears from different channels, but in a world where both online and TV media are controlled by companies, how difficult is it to hear something unfavorable to the company? Maybe Regina This current intermediary and former reporter will give you a profound answer.

Compared with the company asking you to sign a loyalty agreement or something like that, Arasaka's approach of simply raising people from orphans can cultivate a large number of diehard company loyalists.

The most obvious examples of this are undoubtedly Alpha and Lucy. Although they both chose to leave the company for their own reasons, the power and invincibility of the company still penetrated deeply into their hearts, causing them to almost completely lose the courage to confront the company head-on. .

Of course, this is also human nature, just like in the world before Blue Bird traveled, no one had the courage to fight against the five gangsters of the United Nations.

That's the difference between an ant challenging a giant dragon and blowing it to death with its breath.

In this world, the gap between corporate giants and ordinary people will only be wider than the gap between individuals and the five gangsters in the world before Blue Bird traveled through.