Buying Droids (2)

Something like this, only some richer people within the Galaxy would be able to pay for that because not many would be able to give out such a number for just one Combat Droid, even though the Spider Bastion Droid was a small walking fortress.

Considering the average salary within the Imperial Military was approximately 1,000 Universal Credits, it indeed sounded a lot.

At the same time, as Arcturus absorbed the knowledge about the new reality he was in, he found out that the buying strength of even a single Universal Credit was huge.

For example, one could rent a relatively huge flat in a residential area of the big city was around 50 Universal Credits per month. Or dinner in a fine restaurant was only up to 2 Universal Credits.

"I will take four of them."

Arcturus said as he needed some good protection inside his ship in case something happened. Not to mention, it would take a long time until Red Queen managed to reproduce them because such Droids would for sure be made from very precious materials and ores. 

"Now, for the Mining Droids, I will take 50 of the X1 Mining Droids and 20 of the X1 Construction Droids."

The X-Series of the Mining and Construction Droids were one of the best that the Starlight Drive Yard Industries had to offer. They were not the biggest or the most efficient, but they would be most suitable for his needs.

Not to mention, they were rather affordable price-wise as each of them cost 500 Universal Credits, which was rather a good number considering his capabilities. Altogether, these seventy Droids would cost him around 35,000 Universal Credits.

With the four Spider Bastion Droids, it would be 75,000 Universal Credits, which was a lot.

"Would that be all?"

It wasn't every day that a customer who spent 75,000 Universal Credits came to such a remote Branch as this. 

"No, I also need some Anti-Matter Fuel Rods for my ship, probably around a hundred Units."

The Branch Manager nodded his head as the overall price increased by another 10,000 Universal Credits. Every single Anti-Matter Fuel Rod was worth 100 Universal Credits and was enough to travel for a few weeks with maximum sunlight speed. 

"Then for the 4 Spider Bastion Droids, 50 X1-Mining Droids, 20 X1-Construction Droids and 100 Units of standard Anti-Matter Fuel Rods, it would be overall 85,000 Universal Credits. Naturally, the Starlight Drive Yard Industries, would like to give you a discount, so the final price is 80,000 Universal Credits."

Arcturus nodded as he then transferred the 80,000 Universal Credits to the Branch of the Starlight Drive Yard Industries through the interference of the Neural Extranet Terminal Gene Implants. 

"Everything shall be ready within several hours and transported into the ship."

With that being done, he just needed to give the control over the Droids to Red Queen and he would be ready to leave. Now he was left with 48,000 Universal Credits, though he would be probably going shopping soon enough. 

Aside from that, Obscurus was largely an unfished spaceship and he would need a good number of Universal Credits to finish the ship. There were many things that needed to be installed and finished, new facilities needed to be added and other things. 

One of the things that he planned for sure was the some sort of provisional factory or something to produce new Droids. Arcturus knew that he was one of the people who had Super Artificial Intelligence available to him, so he planned to make use of it. 

While originally he would want to be a manufacturer and operate a big manufacturing corporation, such a thing was just wishful thinking because, from what he read about the market, it was nigh impossible to get licensing. 

That was done mainly due to the certain respect for the Artificial Intelligences, especially those far evolved, as there were many cases of rebellion, especially in the Milky Way Galaxy, that was bearing the aftermath till this day.

***

After Arcturus left the Branch of the Starlight Drive Yard Industries, he went to another place, before he went to the Inner Quadrant to look for some dwelling. Once Red Queen got control over the Droids, she would be able to perform modifications to the ship.

Especially some things like better baths and other things needed to be created within the Obscurus as the ship lacked them entirely. He would leave the matter to Alice while giving her access to his wallet so she could buy the materials she would need for the modifications.

When Alice was scouring the NetSphere, she found that Force Forger was present at the Starfort, so he went there to order a custom made set of Battle Armor for himself. The thing that he was wearing was nothing extra and wouldn't really protect him from even projectile-based weaponry.

Force Forgers were rare within the known Universe, and not many were able to learn their secrets and master the wonders of the Force Forging. From what Arcutrus studied about them, they were able to forge the most powerful and advanced weapons used even by the Psionics. 

Right now, Arcturus didn't have much money to buy some top-notch armor, but he needed something better than the gauntlets, chestplate, and protectors he was wearing right now.

For example, Aetheris, the Power Sword he was armed with right now, would probably cost a few hundred thousand Universal Credits... but a skilled Force Forger could make the Power Sword in a few hours. 

This wasn't just about the technology anymore, but it also included the art of the blacksmithing and usage of the Psionic Energy, something that even Arcturus lacked. 

Their expertise lay in forging the Force Armametns, the pinnacle of the weapons within the known Universe. But as long as they were paid, they would forge even regular weapons; for many, the Universal Credits were all they needed for a reason.

"I would recommend going to the Force Forger as soon as possible master; it seems that the man would be departing from the Lycurgos in the near future."

He heard Red Queen's voice in his head as he was heading to the Force Forger with the last remaining Universal Credits that he had in his disposition. The last thing that he needed and lacked was proper armor.

While he was stronger than a Baseline Human, in fact, he was still pretty weak and one bullet or good shot and he would be as good as dead.