Chapter 173 Ceres_3

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Although they are outdated in terms of WARP speed, armor shields, and capacitor capacity, they are still usable. Fleets, mercenary groups, security companies, and individual captains all purchase these consumables for replenishment.

"But why are there so many? And why are new ships not available?"

Steelbone was showing Li Pan the ships while explaining,

"Actually, new ships can be built quite quickly, but there's a temporary shortage of raw materials, so we can't schedule production."

These ships with licenses and taxes included, some are surplus from large-scale mass production by factories, some are safety stock produced at the request of Starfleet, some are showroom models from 4S stores, inventory from model changes, and also those that companies register themselves to meet sales targets. Of course, the most common are those that big companies use for tax deductions.