Ten minutes later, Cork walked out of the gate of the Ministry of Justice Fortress. At this time, a gray SUV parked on the side of the road. After seeing him, a strong man in a vest got out of the car and opened the door.
"Boss, we are waiting to die."
Suddenly, he noticed the scars on Kirk's face and immediately said angrily:
"Damn it! Did those black dogs torture you, boss? I will organize the brothers to teach him a lesson the next time he goes to the police!"
Kirk just laughed and straightened his clothes.
"It's okay. I'm meeting my friend. He's very polite."
"Uh, yes, is that right?"
Kirk got into the car, then opened his left eyelid in the mirror, carefully removed an object almost as big as gravel with tweezers, and handed it to a person in the front row who had many devices on his head that looked like the Mechanicus.
"Why so fast?"
The co-pilot, a big man wearing sunglasses and a body armor, turned his head and said:
"Boss, it's the boss who has come forward."
Kirk suddenly showed a surprised expression.
"He's actually the boss"
"Yes, and the chief has also convened a meeting of all regional executive officers of the Sagan system. There are still about 36 hours left."
"Then go back quickly. I need to wash up and get ready."
"yes."
Before the car window was raised, Cork turned to look at the Ministry of Justice Fortress, and Gabriel was also staring at the high wall. The two people's eyes briefly contacted, and finally disappeared in Cork's plain smile and the raised car window.
After returning to the luxurious mansion and preparing for an hour, Cork boarded his special plane and headed to one of his private spaceships to head to the trading port of Sagan II as quickly as possible.
It is a huge void port, and it is also a huge creation full of desperate hopes and futile dreams. It is always full of merchants, mercenaries, wanderers, missionaries, gang members and other people temporarily stationed here. There are officials and retinues of the Home Office and members of the Adeptus Mechanicus, almost all of whom feed off the lucrative trade wealth of the Maelstrom Line.
This spaceport was originally established by the Imperial Navy in the 35th century. Its purpose was to create a forward base to facilitate the navy's military activities deep into the Maelstrom for hundreds of years. When the Maelstrom route was gradually fixed and ordered, the Sagan system It has also become increasingly important as the gateway to the Solar System from the Maelstrom.
As a result, the military port's original role as an imperial military operations base was gradually forgotten, and more and more non-military personnel began to come here, making it a famous trade transit point.
Merchants and mercenaries began to clamor in the deserted corridors of the space station. Strange travelers shook off the dust from alien stars while trading strange items that traveled through the subspace. In addition, the space port was also crowded with arrogant people. civil servants, fat merchants, and a variety of others, from arrogant administrators to scheming acolytes of the Inquisitors.
Although there are several large spaceports in the Sagan system, the spaceport of Sagan 2 was formerly a military port. Therefore, when the shipyard was originally designed, it was required to accommodate battlecruisers and other large ships. This also made it Sagan's first spaceport. Outside the main star airport, the airport has the second largest throughput in the Maelstrom. During the thousands of years of peace that followed, the airport continued to be expanded. Whole blocks of new modules and battlements were installed on the space station, and the original sections were newly constructed. Covering the entire space, almost all of the original space station is covered by cascading new buildings.
So to this day, if you look at it from a distance, the Sagan 2 spaceport looks like a small Imperial hive, with Gothic spiers and upward arching cathedral towers, and a huge Aquila symbol symbolizing respect for the Empire. The Emperor's Loyalty has countless ports protruding from the side. Spider-shaped docking devices are always ready to anchor the ship at the berth. In addition, there are various small spacecrafts that come and go between the ship and the space port. transport people and goods between places.
The various deep ravines on the space station illustrate the elongation of various buildings over thousands of years. Some of them are small ships spliced on top. They are undergoing continuous construction and external maintenance, and the servitors are like flies. The same thing is wandering around on this huge metal beast.
The lower part of the spaceport is mainly a repair dock, where damaged ships can be renovated and repaired. There are also closed dry docks in these giant shipyards that can be used for repairs of large ships. In addition, there are various complex structures on the keel of the airport. As for the mysterious arrays and detectors, as well as the spear turrets, weapon arrays, torpedo launchers and void shield generators throughout the port area.
In addition to these static defense facilities, there are several squadrons of fully armed ships parked near the airport. They are all anti-smuggling and patrol fleets affiliated with the Ministry of Justice. Occasionally, ships of the Navy's combat fleet will patrol near the roaming port on a regular basis. In addition, there are countless merchant ships, giant transport ships, and small spacecraft that come in and out like swarms of insects. Some of them carry raw fuel gas mined from giant gas planets, and some come from farther away in the galaxy. Bringing all kinds of rare minerals, animals and plants.
Especially after the expedition was launched, the Sagan system also became the logistics hub of the expeditionary force, so it became busier than before. It also attracted countless greedy scavengers like a huge piece of fresh meat.
Since the launch of the expedition, the throughput of Sagan II Airport has increased by more than 200%, which once caused serious channel congestion. Moreover, due to the expedition ban, the prices of some commodities have soared, making smuggling more profitable. Many Legitimate merchants also began to deal quietly with smugglers behind the curtain, while mercenaries and bodyguards looked for business here.
Therefore, this place is not only a transit station, but also a huge market. All kinds of strange creations from all over the galaxy are traded here, including wine from alien planets, addictive drugs from hive worlds, or products from certain Beasts from dangerous worlds, even slaves with special talents or functions, and alien products and crafts strictly prohibited by imperial law.
These transactions continued whether during the day, illuminated by artificial lighting, or in the dim night.
So when the expedition was about to end, the Sagan II spaceport already had more than 5 million permanent residents and 3 million non-residents, most of whom lived in the port, and some chose to live on their own spacecraft. Naturally, The empire's unique gang organizations are indispensable.
In fact, just the dominance of the low-level black market around Sagan II has led to several armed gang conflicts involving more than a thousand people. Although the Ministry of Justice has specially deployed a law enforcement fortress here, most law enforcement officers are not aware of these. Indifferent, some law enforcers even get involved in it themselves to pad their own personal accounts.
It is for these reasons that the airport of Sagan II is also jokingly called Black Gold Port by businessmen.
(End of chapter)
