am-books Chapter 15: Buying Droids (1)
Chapter 15: Buying Droids (1)
Arcturus observed the Branch Manager of the Starlight Drive Yard Industries closely, noticing the sharp edge aura around the man, something unnerving that was screaming danger about the elderly-looking Asuryani.
For sure, the man was a skilled killer and deadly warrior; that was as much as he could tell from his body posture and the way he appeared.
This was something that he knew from his personal experience on Earth; while he was a primary lecturer and professor at the University, he also practiced law as a barrister.
His specialty in the area?
War Criminals, hired killers and even professional assassins.
So, he had some kind of third sense that allowed him to tell if someone was dangerous, especially if the person attempted to hide it. During his life on Earth, he met many professional assassins that he defended at court, always winning naturally.
Or retired soldiers or commanders of units that were charged with War Crimes, which was pretty common and one of his specialties. There were a lot of them, considering the state that the Earth was in.
The World War III left the world and global politics in a catastrophic state and both sides went all out in the war and committed countless unspeakable things on both sides, which meant a lot of clients for him.
And the Branch Manager of the Starlight Drive Yard Industries was certainly giving him an even more dangerous feeling than anything that he had felt before. It was clear that this elderly-looking man in luxurious clothing was something extremely deadly.
"Thank you for your time, Brach Manager Alvix."
Arcuturs said politely as he looked at the Branch Manager of the Starlight Drive Yard Industries Karleon Alvix.
"So, what can the Starlight Drive Yard Industries do for the fellow member of the Asuryani Highborne?"
But they lacked the super advanced computing capabilities of more advanced Artificial Intelligences.
The first thing that Arcturus started looking through were the Battle Droids, because he needed some internal defense of his ships. Even though the Droids have some Basic Artificial Intelligence, he planned for the Red Queen to act as the Hivemind.
This, in turn, will strengthen the Red Queen and allow her to perfectly command all of the Droids, while also evolving the Red Queen at tremendous speed because she would be assimialting the Artificial Intelligence of every single Droids.
"This one looks interesting..."
Arcturus said as he looked at the spider-looking Droid.
"Aaah, yes the Spider Bastion... it is the newest Battle Droid developed by the Starlight Drive Yard Industries. We have stylized in biology of the spiders and it is indeed a marvel of engineering and killing. Each one of them has eight legs; every single one is capable of being used as a bladed vibro weapon.
Additionally, the Spider Bastion Droid is armed with several smaller Laser Weapons and has an in-built personal shield generator. It even has one smaller Main Plasma Weapon on the top. The entire Droid is made from the B-Grade Alloy that is used for the Military Spaceship, so even if the shields are destroyed, the durability of the Spider Bastion Droid is enormous."
The more Arcturus listened to the Spider Bastion Droid, the more he wanted the dammed things on his ship. They would do a splendid job in guarding the spaceship, additionally, after Alice figured out the blueprints in the future, she could replicate them.
"And their cost?"
Something like that for sure would cost a good number of Credits.
"10,000 Universal Credits per Unit."
While it sounded little, it was actually a pretty high price.