Ch.379Ship Storage Service ‘The Hive’ (4)

After spending a night here and hearing various stories from the AKAN clan…

I finally understood why the Tannhäuser where I’m currently docked is called the “Mercenary Mecca.”

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<Narsha(AKAN Clan Leader)-Icarus Chat>

-[Isn’t it sweet?]

-[Tannhäuser is located right near the center of the Central Zone]

-[As long as you’re not set as hostile, everyone can use it. You’d be stupid not to use it](Narsha)

-[I see](Icarus)

-[Yep, that’s how it is]

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“I see.”

“So that’s how it works.”

And the AKAN clan leader Narsha, rather than sitting idle during the 24-hour ‘Gate’ cooldown period…

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<Tannhäuser Mercenary Network>

<Notice: Anyone causing trouble in the Triangle Zone chat room will be killed>

<Narsha has entered the chat room!>

-[Hey everyone]

-[We’re going to war with another clan. Anyone want to be a mercenary?](Narsha)

-[What is this? Some kind of prank?]

-[No](Narsha)

-[Oh, you’re the ones who lost their ships]

-[But didn’t you already recruit your own mercenaries and user mercenaries?]

-[We have nothing to do for 24 hours, so we’re trying to expand our forces while we wait](Narsha)

-[Ah, that makes sense]

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She was making every effort to secure additional forces by utilizing her spare time.

Meanwhile, the user fleet, estimated to be around 2,000 people, absolutely refused to leave the vicinity of Tannhäuser.

More specifically, they wouldn’t leave the inside of the Triangle Zone…

This was because when word spread that AKAN clan users had flocked together,

The Central Zone users, who had been severely screwed over by invasions from surrounding zones in the past, also gathered in droves.

They were showing murderous intent, saying things like, “Just try coming out of the Triangle Zone, and we’ll annihilate your entire fleet!”

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Anyway, after hearing about all these various incidents, and experiencing some of them firsthand.

Finally…

-“Kuhahahahaha! This ship is ours now!”

“Ah.”

“Commander, one of the medium battleships in the ‘Beehive’ has been captured.”

“You’ve got to be kidding me.”

After evading the guard fleet and defense systems of the outpost, they drilled a hole in the ‘Beehive’ made from an asteroid.

Then they quietly inserted superhumans and troops to steal other people’s medium battleships at will.

When this precious incident happened to me as well, I became convinced that I should no longer continue this business.

With that conviction, I decided to issue appropriate refunds of the resources and gold I had received as storage fees.

I would refund based on the dates users had registered, and post notices in the gallery and chat room.

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<Triangle Zone Official Chat Room>

<Notice: For mercenary-related business, go to -<Mercenary Chat Link>- here!>

-[Everyone](Icarus)

-[I’m shutting down the ship storage service](Icarus)

-[I’m in the process of giving differential refunds to those who deposited resources, based on the period](Icarus)

-[???]

-[What? You’re dismantling the Beehive?]

-[Yes](Icarus)

-[After seeing people break through the asteroid wall and try to steal other people’s ships](Icarus)

-[I realized I can’t handle the security, so I’m just shutting it down](Icarus)

-[If I try to strengthen security to manage this, it would be a losing business, worse than not doing it at all](Icarus)

-[I see]

-[So come get your ships that you left with me. I’ll wait patiently for about a week](Icarus)

-[You’ve been demoted from boss to village chief]

-[Hahahahaha]

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Of course, the Triangle Zone chat room, which had always been quite friendly toward me, didn’t have much to say about it.

But the gallery, probably because it consisted mostly of random people…

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Title: Closing the Business

Author: Icarus

Content: [Image of Icarus’s superhumans rushing in to recapture a ship that was stolen from the ‘Beehive’ by other superhumans.jpg]

Due to security issues and other factors, the tail is wagging the dog

I can’t manage this alone, so I’m closing the business

I’ll refund the prepaid amounts minus the used period

And regardless of refunds, I’ll store ships for up to a week

So come quickly and get your ships

If you’re late, I’ll gobble them up. Bye

Comments

-[So bold]

-[Isn’t this basically a threat?]

-˪[He’s giving free storage for a week after refunding, and you see this as a threat? What’s wrong with your brain???]

-[Then I’ll come get it exactly 6 days later^^]

-˪[Come get it quickly](Author)

-[Hahahahahahaha]

-[I knew this would happen]

-[Argh! I don’t want to pick it up because I have too many points right now]

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Unlike the chat room, there were definitely various subtle reactions.

Of course, regardless of all that, after posting such a notice.

I had essentially decided to completely wash my hands of this matter.

Whatever others might say, it was no longer something I needed to worry about.

Although because of this incident, I had to return resources to the users who had stored their ships in my storage facility…

“Commander, about the resources…”

“Resources… Oh, the ones we need to give to the users?”

“Yes, I’ve calculated and prepared them, but it’s more than I expected.”

“How much are we talking about?”

“350,000 minerals and 120,000 rare resources? And we need about 8,000 gold.”

“Sssssssss.”

While the resources themselves were one thing, perhaps because 8,000 gold was going out.

From my perspective, I couldn’t help but feel bitter about it.

If there was any consolation, it was that less than a week after I closed the business…

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Title: WTF is this ship storage scandal real?

Author: Anonymous

Content: [Image of a clan that stole ships fleeing to another zone.jpg]

LMAO HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

My ship, fuck HAHAHAHAHA

Comments

-[I heard even a large clan with 5,000 members got involved and they’re super pissed]

-˪[Even the clan leader’s ship was stolen]

-˪[Super legendary]

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Title: Breaking News) Current Ship Storage Situation Summary.txt

Author: News Boy

Content: [World on fire.jpg]

Some clans operating ship storage facilities are reportedly stealing high-end stored ships and flying away

The problem is that medium and large clans, and even major clans, are getting entangled with each other, intensifying the conflict

Users who lost their ships are gathering together to chase down and deal with those clans

Comments

-[Haha, what a mess]

-[Wow, scammers are popping up in the middle of this chaos]

-[What gave them the guts to pull off such a scam?]

-˪[They probably thought they’d get stronger if they got rare ships]

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Not only was there the conflict between the AKAN clan and the Bambi clan, but the problems I had mentioned were exploding everywhere.

As scandals erupted with “large” clans of over 5,000 users getting involved in compensation issues.

The situation became absolute chaos, so I showed Jessica the gallery post explaining the situation.

“Nice timing.”

“I couldn’t agree more, Commander.”

We high-fived each other, celebrating our successful escape at the peak moment.

‘As expected, escape is determined by intelligence.’