Lord of the Sky City

Chapter 377: Chapter 348: The Mercenary Alliance Army

The testing and evaluation work for the Tank Type 1 Armor was finally completed five days after the arrival of the Higgins team.

Since it was Rocky’s first time sharing technology with the Alliance, he didn’t know whether the time taken was long or short, nor did he know if Higgins was deliberately making things difficult for him, but in any case, after five days, the testing and evaluation work was thoroughly done.@@novelbin@@

As for the final results of this test and evaluation, they were satisfactory.

When Rocky heard the words “satisfactory” from Higgins, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. Although he was confident in the Tank Type 1, being scrutinized like this was still nerve-wracking.

Actually, Rocky could have been rest assured about this matter. After all, with people like Aniye around, even if Higgins really wanted to make things difficult for Rocky by deliberately finding issues with the Tank Type 1 Armor, he wouldn’t have the guts.

At the same time, after the testing confirmed its qualification, Higgins also gave the Tank Type 1 Armor a rating: Intermediate to Lower Level.

The Sky Alliance’s rating system is extremely stringent. Taking armor as an example, ordinary mass-produced armor is generally Lower Level, even if it is a more advanced mass-produced armor made by renowned creators, it could at most be classified as Intermediate Level.

If it is Special Armor, the worst rating it could get would be Upper-Middle Level. If it could reach the common standard of current Special Armor, it would be enough to be rated as Top Level. If the Armor’s performance could exceed the general standard, it could be rated as Upper Top Level. Of course, aside from Upper Top Level, there is another higher rating, which is Top Level, but to get such a high evaluation from the Alliance, the Armor would have to have a cross-generational standard; otherwise, it would never receive such a high rating.

So when Higgins rated the Tank Type 1 Armor as Intermediate to Lower Level, it meant that, in his eyes, the Tank Type 1 barely met the standards of a high-end Mass-Produced Armor.

In fact, after giving such a rating, he also provided the reasons for his evaluation.

In his view, the design philosophy of the Tank Type 1 Armor was its biggest advantage, which had reached the standard necessary to obtain an Intermediate Rating. However, the technology content of the Tank Type 1 was too low. At the same time, the Armor itself still had many imperfections, without a doubt dragging down the overall standard of the Armor, hence the Intermediate to Lower Level rating.

It must be said, Higgins did have some real skill. After some testing, he found that the Tank Type 1 was still an experimental machine that wasn’t one hundred percent complete. There were many flaws in the design of the Armor itself, and it was precisely because he uncovered this that he gave the current rating.

But even though this rating wasn’t very high, and Hammerfire was somewhat indignant upon hearing it, Rocky was still able to accept it. After all, what Higgins said was not wrong. The Tank Type 1 was indeed an incomplete product with many defects yet to be perfected. To receive such a rating was already very satisfying.

Besides, even with just an Intermediate to Lower Level rating, according to the Alliance’s rules, Rocky could still receive a large sum of Contribution Points as a reward!

The Alliance’s rating system was not only indicative of the strength of an Armor but was also directly linked to rewards:

Armor rated as Lower Level, when shared with the Alliance, would receive a minimum reward of five thousand and a maximum reward of ten thousand Contribution Points.

Armor rated as Intermediate Level, when shared with the Alliance, would receive a minimum reward of twenty thousand and a maximum reward of one hundred thousand Contribution Points.

Armor rated as Top Level, when contributed to the Alliance, would receive a minimum reward of two hundred thousand and a maximum reward of seven hundred thousand Contribution Points.

The rewards for the three ratings of Intermediate to Lower, Intermediate to High, and Upper Top Level would take the median of their respective reward ranges, with specific rewards depending on the situation.

That is to say, by sharing the Tank Type 1 Armor with the Alliance, Rocky would at least receive the minimum reward for an intermediate evaluation, which is twenty thousand Contribution Points!

Even if he only received the minimum contribution reward, it was already enough to mobilize the Alliance Army, so Rocky was very satisfied with this contribution. In actuality, Higgins’s final evaluation was even higher than expected—Rocky ended up with thirty thousand Contribution Points!

The minimum reward for an intermediate evaluation is twenty thousand Contribution Points, and the maximum does not exceed one hundred thousand. For the intermediate to lower level to receive thirty thousand points is very reasonable; one could say that Higgins completely adhered to the rules of the Alliance in this matter.

After handling all this, Higgins left Thunderhawk City with the newly created Tank Type 1 Armor and its designs, along with other members of his team. Clearly, once back with the Alliance, he would further refine the Tank Type 1 Armor before officially putting it into production for the Alliance’s use.

As for the contribution reward given by the Alliance, it was quickly transferred after Higgins and his people left. At the same time, Contact City had arrived near Skybreaker Peak, so Rocky wasted no time and immediately went there.

The Contact City coming this time was not Dawn City, since Dawn City was responsible for the Eternal City region. The Contact City that arrived was called Sirius City, which also had a population of one hundred thousand and was a large sky city.

Upon arriving at Sirius City with Glan, Rocky first met with the City Lord of Sirius City and then immediately began his main task—hiring the Mercenary Alliance Army.

It must be clarified here that although the Sky Alliance is a relatively loose alliance, it itself possesses extremely strong military forces. By military forces, this does not refer to the troops of peripheral members like Rocky, but to the Alliance’s own army, which is the Alliance Army.

It goes without saying how powerful the Alliance Army is. Being one of the strongest forces of today, the Alliance Army is also the mightiest in the skies, with Holy Knight Wilton belonging to this force; at the same time, the Alliance Army does not belong to any one Alliance member, but only to the Alliance itself and can only be mobilized by the Alliance, no individual has the right to command it privately.

In ordinary times, part of the Alliance Army is stationed within the airspace ruled by the Alliance, while another part is dispersed across various Contact Cities, to facilitate immediate deployment and availability for Alliance members to use, just like in the current situation.

Having obtained thirty thousand Contribution Points, Rocky thought for a moment, then quickly made a list and handed it to Glan.

According to the standards of the Alliance, he hired ten Escort Ships, each costing a hundred Contribution Points, totaling one thousand points.

Ten destroyers, each costing three hundred Contribution Points, totaling three thousand points.

One patrol cruiser costing one thousand Contribution Points, totaling one thousand points.

One battleship costing five thousand Contribution Points, totaling five thousand points. The total cost of all the warships was exactly ten thousand Contribution Points.

In addition, he spent another ten thousand Contribution Points to hire a full squad, that is, a ten-member Void Magic Squad, and then spent another ten thousand Contribution Points to hire one Void Magic Warrior equipped with a Fifth Generation Special Armor.

One could say that in the blink of an eye, he had spent the entire thirty thousand Contribution Points that he had just acquired. However, after these Contribution Points were squandered, he had acquired a fleet that was extremely powerful in both number and quality, as well as a whole Void Magic Squad, and a top Void Magic Warrior whose combat prowess was not inferior to his own.

With this, he could finally feel at ease.

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