episode_0489
by admin
The deputy director took the Starlight ingot from my hand and looked around and asked.
“Please add this… ?”
“Yes.”
There was no other reason why I wanted to use Starlight to create Maria’s body.
Wouldn’t it be better if at least one special function was included in creating Maria’s body?
‘In particular, Maria usually showed a lot of interest in my special abilities and martial arts. You never know, if you use Starlight to build your body, you might be able to create a body with talent in the field of superpowers.’
-master… ! I can’t believe you think of me that much… !
Maria called me with a moved voice.
-Even if you become my bodyguard, I will only mistreat you a little! Just a coffee errand… !
‘… Did you bring it up for no reason? ‘Put this back in?’
-Ah… ! It’s a joke, a joke!
In fact, I think that even if you are an ordinary sailor, you can learn martial arts. Because Nova Empire is a world where the concept of martial arts does not exist. Basically, it would not have eliminated the possibility of learning martial arts from clones that imitated humans.
‘But there’s no need to give up the other possibility. Rather than learning only martial arts, it is better to use both superpowers.’
Originally, it was said that materials were added for special options, so wouldn’t it be a problem to add one more starlight?
The deputy director responded to my request with a troubled look.
“Still, the director asked me to pay special attention. So, like Valkyrian, I tried to focus on the navigator’s durability… ”
“Really? Then it’s better. Please add this there.”
“Hmm, this is my first time seeing it, so please take a moment to check… ”
“Sure.”
The deputy director took out a pair of unusual-looking gloves from his pocket, put them on, and touched his glasses. Then, I saw the lenses of the glasses he was wearing glowing and a small window appear. It’s probably the interface in his field of vision.
A thin metal tentacle came out from the fingertips of the glove on his hand and held Starlight in place. At the end of each tentacle were pincers, an awl, and a blade as sharp as a scalpel. It looked like some kind of multi-tool glove.
The deputy director immediately proceeded to check Starlight and asked.
“What is the name of this metal? Where on earth did you get it?”
“This is an item obtained while exploring an unexplored galaxy. I call it Starlight.”
“Starlight… That’s a good name.”
The deputy director said after examining Starlight for several minutes with various tools sticking out of his gloves.
“First, the physical properties have been roughly confirmed. It has excellent strength and excellent conductivity. It certainly doesn’t seem bad to be used as a material. However, it is difficult to just throw in any untested metal. Since we don’t know how we will react to chemical stimulation… ”
“Reactivity will be low.”
I dismissed the deputy director’s concerns.
Equipment made of Starlight does not corrode or deteriorate even without special care.
Well, I don’t know if they deliberately poured extremely harsh chemicals into it, but I didn’t think there would be chemicals of that magnitude inside the incubator. Then the navigator’s body will not remain.
Still, the negative expression on the deputy director’s face did not disappear, so I decided to provoke him a little.
“Hmm… Among the navigator training centers spread throughout the universe, I knew that this navigator training center in Atlas had the most advanced technology, except for Lumina Prime, the capital planet of Arurelians… If I can’t add even a simple metal material, I may have been wrong.”
I lightly scratched the deputy director. If he had a lot of pride in the training center, it seemed like he would react in some way.
As expected, as soon as the deputy director heard me, he erased his expression of disapproval and became enraged.
“Of course, no problem! If it is a type of metal that cannot be fused with the navigator’s body, it will be filtered out automatically. Our training center’s system is perfect!”
He clenched his fists and said, ‘But…’ ‘ he added afterwards.
“It is a problem even if the materials are fused. Since this is a material I’ve never seen before, I don’t know what effect it will have when fused to the navigator’s body. In fact, you may end up with lower specs than an ordinary navigator who has not done any processing.”
“I will take responsibility even if the results are not good. There will be no disadvantage to the Deputy Director.”
Starlight is not an easy metal to handle, but with the technology of the Navigator Training Center, there may be a way. The deputy director was rather concerned about a decline in the navigator’s function, but I was confident that this would never happen. Basically, Starlight’s setting itself was a metal that was close to perfection.
Maria’s nanobots will also secretly infiltrate and settle into the navigator’s body, so if there are any problems during the process, Maria will be able to control them. It is true that Nova Empire is ahead of Maria in terms of the level of biotechnology, but she can also play a supporting role.
When I said that, the deputy director also gave up trying to stop me.
“Well, then first, let’s go in the direction of synthesizing it into the skeleton… If you aim for an alloy with Zyter to improve durability… Then I think we need to touch on strength as well… If this happens, the physical specifications will be closer to that of an exploration combat clone than that of a navigator… ”
The deputy director muttered and did some calculations in his head. He quietly tapped excitedly on the display next to him and began operating the device.
Weeingㅡ
Every time he tapped on the display, additional unknown ingredients were added to the incubator.
“… How would you like to set your appearance?”
“Can you do whatever you want?”
“Yes, whatever. Once you receive a navigator, it is impossible to replace it unless something special happens. We try to accommodate the tastes of the orderer as much as possible. You can set height, gender, race, and even age.”
“Age too?”
“The navigators of ships that require weight are often middle-aged. It’s partly to set the mood, and partly because he looks older. There is no effect on lifespan, so you don’t have to worry.”
As he said, the ages of the navigators in other incubators around him varied. Most of them looked like young adults, but some looked a little younger or older.
Of course, there were some who seemed to reflect slightly eccentric tastes. There was also a sailor with blue skin and a distorted skeleton whose age was hard to guess.
-Huh? Where are you looking, master? You’re probably interested in that alien-like appearance, right?
“… … .”
Maria asked in an anxious voice, but of course she had no intention of turning her body into such a strange shape.
‘Okay, just send the image to the terminal. ‘Can I just make it look like the one you use on TV?’
-yes!
I showed the deputy director an image of what Maria wanted to look like. And provided him with a little extra Starlight as he requested.
Maria’s body was completed in an instant.
The next morning, I received the ID card given by the director and visited the training center again. And I could see her body in the incubator. As soon as her body was completed, she was quietly closing her eyes as if she were dead, and was taken out of the incubator and moved to another location to instill basic knowledge.
-See you again soon!
Frown.
Maria’s body, which was normally unconscious, winked at me. It was proof that her consciousness had successfully settled into the navigator’s biological tissue.
Now Mary also has a body.
‘Be careful and don’t get caught doing this for no reason.’
-Do not worry. Acting like this is a piece of cake.
Even after Maria had a physical body, it was not difficult to communicate thanks to the nanobots that remained in each other’s bodies.
Maria went through a process of forming self-awareness by receiving basic common sense for several days. Of course, it was a process she didn’t need, so she spent that time focusing entirely on getting used to her new body.
And a week later.
I was finally able to stand face to face with Maria.
“Basic training was completed very quickly. The overall specifications are very good. It can be used not as a navigator but as an elite combatant on a ship. We will pay close attention to the curriculum and train you to become an elite navigator before sending you off.”
The deputy director explained about Maria next to me, but I firmly shook my head.
“You only need to provide educational materials. I’ll take care of the rest.”
“Yes… ? However, untrained navigators are likely to cause reckless driving. Then there is the risk of becoming a lost child in construction… ”
“There is no time to sit back and wait for training. If so, please contact the director.”
“… … .”
After being contacted by the deputy director, the director accepted my request. Instead, it was made clear that the training center was not responsible for the navigator’s reckless driving.
In the first place, he didn’t really care if I had an accident. Because there is nothing more meaningless than worrying about the Inquisitor’s affairs.
In the end, the deputy director had no choice but to hand over the storage device containing the educational materials to me.
“If I receive proper training, I think I will be able to surpass the status of an imperial navigator for the first time in a long time… ”
He bit back his appetite as if it was a waste, but I didn’t waver at all.
Instead, he took a step closer to Maria and spoke as if they were meeting for the first time.
“My name is Lee Min-ho. He is your captain and guard. Your name is Maria. He is my navigator.”
“Nice to meet you. I look forward to your continued support.”
Maria, with a bright smile, slightly tilted her upper body towards me and said.
Slightly curly purple short hair, shining eyes that seem to contain the universe, and a pointed nose and red lips below them. Lastly, the curves of the body, even while wearing a spacesuit, were clearly beautiful and caught people’s attention.
-How is my body? Pretty, right? Don’t you think you’ll fall in love? Don’t you feel like making coffee for yourself?
Of course, the contents were still the same as Maria.
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