After reading about the introduction of this spaceship, Hao ren paused for a while. He glanced at Raven 12345 with surprise and asked, "So it's just a few hundred meters long? I thought it'll be at least two kilometers…"
"You still think it's small?" Raven 12345 rolled her eyes and explained, "This is for when you're on duty, not for you to use it as a colonial ship, so it is enough for you. And the ship has an excellent internal space expansion device. A part of the actual bay section is larger than the external dimension. As for the size... You must be dizzy. You can't estimate the size after you've seen something bigger than this."
Hao Ren agreed. This ship in front of him was as big as a mountain. It looked like it was the best model according to the introduction so Hao Ren told himself to appreciate it. All questions just now were due to the deep impression left by the ship No. 883, and he unconsciously made the comparison of the two ships which were completely different in function.
"The ship has self-defense firepower?" Hao Ren pointed at some of the introduction on the holographic projection which he cared the most. "And this trans-world navigation... How do I know about these things? Do I still have to learn artillery and navigation?"
"Hehe. You're considered smart if you can lift this ship off on your own now." Raven chuckled and walked forward. "Your current ship piloting skill is zero, lower than my level. There's a lot of stuff to learn. The main piloting work will be handed over to your Mobile Data Terminal later, we just watch aside. By the way, the ship must be docked at the Kuiper station. When parking in the solar system, the ship must not leave the mask area, also cannot land on the Earth. Do you understand?
Hao Ren nodded, he knew it without the need to mention.
They walked in the spaceship corridor for a while, and then entered a crossroads-like area. It was as wide as a small hall, where four of corridors converge, and a roundtable-like object was standing in the middle. A holographic projection floating above it was showing some complex charts and data. Hao Ren noticed that a similar holographic projection had been following him. Now when he saw the device, he realized that the projection beside him was released from the Mobile Data Terminal released. Hao Ren poked at the projection beside him and asked, "What is this? Is it from the spaceship? I don't know..."
"The ship host will, by default, set up a following-projection beside captain which is used to report the status of the ship to you immediately. Shut it down if you can't understand it. Actually, there is nothing to pay attention to. When the real emergency happens, the ship host will contact you via radio and mind communication," Raven 12345 said and pointed to the corridor lights and the signs floating on the wall. "Lighting, environment, gravity, markers, all things are factory settings. You can adjust according to your needs later. Usually, it will take several navigation before you can adapt to it and completely conform to the habit. The corridor ahead is a central fork. Turn left and it'll lead you to the ecology and residential areas; turn right and you're heading to the energy section and all kinds of engine rooms and laboratories. Go straight and you'll find the control room and the intelligence center. In the middle of the central fork, there is a transmitter launcher below the holographic projection, standing nearby it and you can order it in your mind to teleport you to the upper container area or shipboard hangar. I will send the structure of the ship to your Mobile Data Terminal, and then you can take your time to adapt to it. If you can understand all these within three years, you are considered gifted. Now let's go to the control room.
These messy partitions and sections made Hao Ren feel a bit dizzy. Just when he wanted to ask something, he suddenly heard a faint buzz. He turned around and looked, and found that there was a strange-shaped mechanical "creature" drifting toward them!
It was a silver-gray weird guy with an irregular chubby body. It had two rows of symmetrical bright eyes. Several writhing mechanical tentacles stretched out from the bottom of the body. The total length of the body was about two or three meters. Overall, it looked like the kind of mechanical squid that appeared in a horror film. This strange and frightening mechanical monster emitted a series of gabble and drifted toward them. Nangong Wuyue jumped up on the spot and asked, "Where does the squid come from! Why is it floating in the sky?"
Hao Ren was also startled by this object, but he found that Raven 12345 had no any particular expression. And it seemed that the object belonged to the spaceship. So he did not move but looked curiously at the robotic squid drifted nimbly to him, waving its tentacles, 'jabbering' a bunch of meaningless words. Then, it floats to the ceiling and begins to detect certain devices with a probe on the tentacle.
"It's a self-regulating machine. Many of these little people are seen in every imperial ship or in a large facility," Raven 12345 pointed to the mechanical squid and continued explaining, "which is responsible for maintaining the spacecraft, repairing equipment, cleaning, doing all kinds of chores, and taking care of others but it doesn't do it well most of the time. Also, it can be a sentry, but the combat power... Well, it can be used to scare people."
"The ship's handyman?" Hao Ren just realized something. "So it means that the ship's crews were replaced by these self-regulatory machines?"
"Almost, after all, I can't give you hundreds of workers to do nothing every day other than polishing the ship? Also, these self-regulatory machines usually stay in the upper deck of the shipboard hangar, and they will repair and maintain each other. They will also produce new self-regulatory machines according to the circumstances, completely without your intervention. So, just treat them as a part of the ship's inner biosphere."
As they were talking, the robotic squid-like mechanical machine had completed the inspection of this corridor, waving tentacles and gradually drifting away. Nangong Wuyue was finally relieved and said, "Phew… This place really has quite a lot of interesting stuff."
They finally arrived at the spacecraft's control room. This was a circular wide compartment, divided into upper and lower layers where the upper layer was slightly crimped which made the entire control room to feel like a truncated hemispherical hall. They came in from the entrance of the lower end of the control room and then saw a holographic projection device floating in the center of the room, which was showing the projection of the spaceship itself.
"There's no place for us to sit?" Nangong Wuyue curiously walked around the room and found that there did not even have a seat in the room.
"If you need a seat, just 'think' about it." As Raven 12345 was speaking, some silvery-white lines appeared in the air behind her and these lines condensed into a seat of the right size for her instantly. "The whole ship supports mind control, as long as you've registered your identity when entering the ship, you can use those generic devices that do not require permissions, and the seat is one of them. All right, that's it. Hao Ren, now insert the key into the console's mainframe interface, that glowing part with a circle of arrows pointing at it."
Hao Ren saw the light blue arrows emerge from the air which indicating what to do next. He came to the device called the "Command Console", and found the keyhole of the right size for the crystal key on the slopes of this crystal-like building.
As the startup key was inserted into the keyhole, they heard the clear and loud sound of 'beeps beeps', followed by a muffled boom coming from the depths of the spaceship. The core of the power furnace began to increase its output.
Hao Ren broke a cold sweat and asked, "Why did the 'beeps' sound so familiar?"
"I specifically asked the people in the customization department to add it for you." Raven 12345 smiled while pointing to the console. "How do you find it? Does it sound kinda cordial?"
"... This is the sound of the motorcycle anti-theft lock! You used a motorcycle burglar lock sound effect on such a sophisticated thing?" asked Hao Ren.
Raven 12345 agreed and said, "Oh ok, this grade seems a little low... Then we change it to a car security lock next time."
Hao Ren was about to nod, but he suddenly realized something and yelled, "The two are just the same!"
"Okay, don't care about the details." Raven 12345 waved her hand to lightly cover up the embarrassing moment. Then, she pointed to the components near the console and explained, "The console itself is a variable crystal panel, now it lit up? Depending on the status of the ship, the control instructions and keys will appear here. There is a small groove next to the console. Plug in your Mobile Data Terminal and let it take over the ship's navigation."
"I don't need your help, I'll do it myself!" Without waiting for Hao Ren, the Mobile Data Terminal took the initiative and rushed into its own slot. However, 'bang', it bounced out. "Why can't I get in?"
"Follow the direction of the arrow! The front of your body faces to the left!" Hao Ren pointed to the instructions on the slot, and then suddenly was curious and asked, "I've known you for two months, which side is the front?"
"You treat me like a brick, did not study me well, and now you don't even know where the front is." The Mobile Data Terminal kept groaning and moaning, and then suddenly puzzled as well. "By the way, which side is the front? No one told me I have two sides when I'm in the factory ..."
Raven 12345 grabbed the Mobile Data Terminal and examined it for a while. She finally confirmed it and said, "The one with the serial number is the front."
After struggling for quite some time, the Mobile Data Terminal finally connected to the ship host. A variety of devices startup sounds coming from all directions immediately. The control room is illuminated with holographic projections or indicator lights, which are dizzying. Raven 12345 took the opportunity to tell Hao Ren one thing, "By the way, I've already named your ship..."
Hao Ren left the state of joy immediately as he suddenly remembered that this crazy woman used to name another thing… Yes, she created a weird name before, The Office of Space Administration in the Bastard Barrio...
While other girls could always surprise him with good ways, however, every time when Raven 12345 spoke, she always gave him a terrible surprise. He could not believe what terrible name she had given his ship. "... If you dare to call my ship the Bastard Barrio, I will fight with you!"
Raven 12345 laughed and waved her hand and said, "How could I possibly give it such a lame name? Don't worry, I chose a particularly domineering name--The Petrachelys, how about it? It means as hard as a massive rock which is suitable for the ship's high protective force."
Hao Ren's heart was finally calmed down. Although the name is rather baffling, it still sounded a bit impressive. However, he was relieved just for a few seconds, because Nangong Wuyue realized something was not right and said, "Isn't it means Bastard Barrio in simple terms?"
Hao Ren, "..."