We go ahead and visit Kallas & Company first.
>>Kallas & Company
Receptionist: Welcome to Kallas & Company. This building features a range of facilities that zero-G dogs may find quite useful.
>>Staff Assignment Room
Receptionist: This is where you can hire zero-G dogs that have been painstakingly screened and selected by Kallas & Company. Please, go ahead and select the individual you’re interested in from among the nameplates you see here.
>> Talk to Balthasar Hanno.
Hanno: My name is Balthasar Hanno and I used to work for the Federation Security Network. First, let me take a look at your phenomena log.
Who here believes the ‘used to’ part? No one? Good.After Hanno finishes gaping at Yuri’s body count…
Hanno: Wow, impressive! I wouldn’t miss the chance to serve under such an illustrious captain. I’ll just your crew for a 4,000 G signing bonus. What do you say?
Yuri paid 4,000 G! Balthasar Hanno joined your crew!The more the merrier, spy-wise?Hanno: Thank you! I’ll put my accounting skills acquired at the Federation Security Network to good use in your service!
>>talk to Theodore Galatas
Isn’t there some anime rule that if we can’t see your eyes, you’re actually a bad guy in disguise?
Galatas: I’m officially registered with Kallas & Company,. That makes me more expensive than some random hire off the street, but you’re guaranteed to get your money’s worth. But first, let me check out your phenomena log. Hm… Very impressive. I can offer you my services for a signing bonus of 8,000 G.
Yuri paid 8,000 G! Theodore Galatas joined your crew!Galatas: Okay, Captain, I’ll serve to the best of my ability aboard your ship.
Yuri: Great, we’re glad to have you.
At the man’s urging, Yuri walks around the room, checking nameplates and profiles. Unfortunately, it seems that all the more promising candidates are gone.
We visit the training room next.
>>Training Room.
Training requires 1,000 G. Which squad do you want to train?
How this works is training costs 1,000 the first four times, 4,000 for 5-7, and 8,000 for 8+. You can choose someone in the artillery or radar squad, and train them to give them +2 skill in their assigned post. Given that I’ve played the game fully, I remember that I had Lotuso to the very end, so I decide to just train him into a artillery monster. Pew. Pew.At a cost of 8,000, I leave the room and return.
Kira: Wow, Yuri, look at that!
Yuri: Hm?
Yuri looks over to see Kira pointing at one of Kallas & Company’s training machines. On closer inspection, he notices that the top monitor is displaying a list of unbelievably high scores.
Yuri: Whoa. Whoever did that must be one Grus of a zero-G dog!
Kira: Not quite, Yuri. I think these scores actually belong to that girl.
Phyllis: Tee hee hee!
Yuri: No way! Are you telling me that a little kid really racked up all those high scores?
Kira nods to an incredulous-looking Yuri. Suddenly, as if that were some sort of sign, the doors of the training machine pop open and out skips a young girl.
Phyllis: Tee hee hee! Hey, Pops! Did I surprise you?
Yuri: Pops? Are you talking to me?
Phyllis: that’s right. I mean, you were checking me out while I was playing, weren’t ya?
No, you little loli, I wasn’t.Yuri: I was watching you, if that’s what you mean. Those are some pretty impressive scores.
Phyllis: This machine’s a piece ‘o cake. Just like a game or something. This is nothing compared to actual combat.
Yuri: True…
Kira: You sound like someone who’s actually seen some action.
Phyllis: that’s ‘cause I have. At least, I did on my grandpa’s ship. But things have been kind of tough since he died.
Yuri: What’s been tough?
Phyllis: Think about it. I inherited his ship, but who’s gonna join my crew? I mean, c’mon! I’m just a kid! That’s why I’m thinking about joining up with someone else’s crew until I grow up and learn a little bit more. Whaddya guys say?
Kira: What do we say about what?
Phyllis: Hey, Pops, you’re Captain Yuri, aren’t ya? I looked ya up in the rankings directory. I’m way better than the usual morons and wannabes that think they’re cut out for the life of a spacefarer. And you don’t have to pay me that much. Plus, your name will look great on my resume when it’s time for me to recruit my own crew!
Yuri: All that stuff aside, are you really ready to take your life in your own hands?
Phyllis: Of course I am! I mean, Gramps used to talk to me about stuff like that all the time. He always said that anyone who ventures out into space half-assed has no business even being there!
Yuri: … All right, then. You can join my crew.
Phyllis: Really?!
Kira: Uh, Yuri?
Yuri: She may be small in stature, but she looks like a true zero-G dog to me.
Phyllis: Sweet! It’s a deal, then. My name ‘s Phyllis, Phyllis French. I look forward to working with ya, Captain Yuri!
Yuri: Okay, but get ready to be worked to the bone.
Phyllis French joined your crew!With that, we’re done with the training facility and hit the bar.
>>Tavern
>>Talk to the bartender.
Bartender: Usually, only freelancers like zero-G dogs and whatnot register for the Rankings. That’s because military men are a proud bunch and would die of embarrassment if they ended up ranking low. Only Lord Roth had the guts to register. And you know what? He’s ranked really high now! What a guy!
>>Talk to the zero-G dog.
Zero-G Dog: Ever heard of Lord Roth?
Here and there.Zero-G Dog: He’s this oddball military officer. It’s pretty unusual for a soldier in our country to be out of the ordinary, ya know. I hear a lot of the older folk don’t appreciate his attitude one bit. No, sir! Even so, you can’t argue that he’s not cut out for it. When they gave him his title, no one griped about it at all.
We head back up the elevator and look at our three new crewmembers. Galatas is a bit of an oddball – his Maintenance skill is pretty low, but he has the special ability
Star Engineer Lv 4, the best in the crew. I assign him to the Engine crew as the Chief Responder, replacing Karlo.
Hanno, as he said, is a really good accountant with high Management skill and the special ability
Abacus Lv 3, also the highest in the crew. He becomes our Chief Accountant, and Mariana is bumped down to Accountant, leaving Rhea without a job.
Phyllis has high piloting skill and the
Ace Pilot Lv 1 skill, and starts at level 1, which means she’ll quickly catch up to the others as she picks up a few levels. She becomes our Squadron 3 Chief, bumping Soneto from the roster.
Crew assignments complete, we head on to Mondschutz.
>>Mondschutz
There’s a ship design company here with two new cruiser designs for us – the
Gluck and the
Homilius, both of which we pick up before heading on to the Tavern.
>>Tavern
>>Talk to the bartender.
Bartender: You’re interested in a job? Sure, I have a pretty good one right now. It’s a request from a cartoon artist name Anchjo. He needs some external shots of General Fleet Headquarters and Alpha Quadrant Fleet Headquarters. It’s for an animation he’s working on. It seems that none of the available pictures out there were taken from the exact angles he needs. What do you say? I can pay you a whopping 3,500 G for this one.
Sure, let’s court being arrested by standing around filming military buildings! What could possibly go wrong?Bartender: All right, then. I’m counting on you.
Remember, he needs external shots of General Fleet Headquarters and Alpha Quadrant Fleet Headquarters. Think you can handle that?
We also talk to him about the general news.
Bartender: Is the Regeinlandic military really ready to stand up to Libertas? Especially now with that rumor out there about some previously unknown power conquering the SMC? This is no time for the Federation states to be fighting among themselves, if you ask me.
>>Talk to the drunkard.
Drunkard:
(hiccupts) You hear about them piratsch and their “secret” lair nearby? (burps) They really got some nerve! I mean, what’re they doin’ so close to the capital planet? They’re practically sittin’ unner the governmentsch nose!
>>Pirate’s Lair
The pirate’s lair is now open, and we head inside to clean up. We come up against 1,200 pirates with 55 skill. We have 2,200 crewmen with 86 skill. We’re not as clean as we normally are with this, and lose around 500 crew killing them all.
Semias: Yuri, let’s keep going, shall we?
Yuri: Okay.
We come to a T corridor.
Yuri: The corridor branches here.
Semias: Which way do you think we should go?
Whichever way you choose, it doesn’t matter.
As Yuri takes a step towards the corridor, his foot finds only thin air and he goes tumbling down into a deep pit.
Game Over.
Which is sort of an asshole way of dealing with that. I’m not fond of instant game-over traps like that, and if you don’t obsessively save before doing anything, it’s possible to lose quite a bit of work to that little trick of theirs. Even with save states, pray you didn’t save over the one outside the building, because you’re not allowed to turn back, either.
We depart Mondschultz for now, and head onward to Ambach.
>>Ambach
Ambach is home to the Royal Fleet Headquarters
>>Royal Fleet Headquarters
This is Regeinland’s Royal Fleet Headquarters. Yuri does not see any familiar faces among the military personnel coming and going.
>>Tavern
>>Talk to the bartender.
Bartender: Lord Roth has visited my tavern in the past. We even sell his autographed photos. They’re very popular. I hope you’ll think about buying one!
We move on to Treumark.
>>Treumark
Treumark is interesting – it has a rental lab, an open pirates’ lair, and the tavern.
>>Rental Lab
This is a rental lab. A nearby monitor states there is a 1,000 G per hour fee to use the facilities.
Yuri: That seems pretty steep to me.
Torlo: Yeah, who’s gonna waste that much G just to use some crummy old lab?
Tatiana: I agree. What a rip off! I mean… Huh?!
Tatiana Agarkov stops her rant mid-sentence when her eyes fall on Gavriil Minas, who appears to be in a sort of euphoric trance. His eyes are glazed over as he stares longingly at the laboratory, a trace of spit glistening on the side of his mouth.
Kira: Um, Professor? Would you like to use this laboratory or something?
Minas: Oh, uh, heh heh… Don’t mind me. I couldn’t possibly ask you to sink such a large investment just for my research. The lab facilities here are quite amazing, and I’m sure any work I did here would produce extraordinary results. But that price, well… (sighs) I’ll just have to forget it. It’s all right. I don’t need to use a state-of-the-art lab.
No, you don’t, but we’re nice people.Torlo: Who’s he kiddin’? Professor Egghead there’s gonna cry himself to sleep tonight if he can’t use this lab!
We use the rental lab.
Minas: Oh, thank you, thank you, Captain! I’m certain I’ll be able to produce some extraordinary results here!
Gavriil Minas and Aminda Mistika appear to be absolutely giddy as they disappear into the lab.
Sometime later…
Minas: Eureka! Eureka! Captain, you won’t believe this!
Shouting at the top of his lungs, Gavriil Minas comes running up to Yuri.
Minas: Yuri, I had a major breakthrough! It’s a design for a new unit that will raise ship durability considerably!
Yuri: Really?
Minas: Yes! Of course, the design is still theoretical, but the science behind it is as solid as a rock!
Yuri: …
Yuri inadvertently looks at Aminda Mistika, who nods as if to confirm the professor’s claim.
Aminda: I was also skeptical at first, but he’s right. His idea is theoretically sound. The man is a bona fide genius.
Semias: ha ha! This is great! You should hurry up and start making--
Minas: Yes, well there’s something I need to talk to you about, Captain.
Yuri: I’m all ears.
Minas: Developing any practical applications of this technology would require the mobilization of the entire R&D team. And that would mean we’d have to halt all research on ship reinforcement for a while to focus all our efforts on unit development. So what do you think? Can you spare the man-power?
The ship reinforcements are never major or ground-shaking, so the answer is a resounding ‘yes’.Yuri: Go for it, Professor. I’m giving you full use of all research crew members until the unit is complete.
Minas: Oh, thank you! Thank you, Captain! Aminda, let’s get started as soon as we get back to the ship!
Aminda: Yes, Professor!
Accompanied by Yuri, Gavriil Minas exit the lab excitedly, rip roaring and ready to go.
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