Chapter 73 The System master (part 4)

The next few hours were almost like a dream for Andrew and all the ladies.

Terelen went to work shortly after the conversation with the student ended.

Andrew wanted to get some more information from him before he left.

-I will tell you everything once you are a system master.

The elf said, and the human had to agree.

The first targets for the ship were all the destroyed stations and he brought them back one by one.

Considering that most of them were damaged and comprised of tier 1 modules, Andrew decided to repair them and use them as substations.

This solved a part of his resource-collecting problems as he would need much more resources now since doing research and building a fleet along with the expansion of the main station would require astronomical amounts of resources.

The damaged stations beginning modules were mostly damaged but the moment they were connected to Andrew's station the repair drones started to work on them and the component manufacturing modules could produce parts for them, which was a great thing since it meant that they now had access to modules with better stats.

It took 8 hours for the ship to bring all the damaged stations back, mostly because there was no way to use micro jumps in the asteroid field.

-This is the last one, now I'm going to get the first one of the sleeping stationmasters so be ready to wake her up and implant the chip.

Terelen said over the comms as he dropped the last of the damaged stations.

-Alright, we will be standing by.

Andrew answered.

This time it would take longer to transport the station as there was a living being onboard and the inertial dampers were not designed to withstand the velocity at which the ship could travel.

The one good thing about having the merchant on hand was that Andrew could prepare some beds for the new arrivals since he was certain that their stations didn't possess this kind of furniture.

According to the ladies, the sleeping ones only gathered enough capital to get the cryogenic module and enough power and shield modules before going into the cryosleep.

At the moment he had no idea if they would even stick around or choose to continue sleeping, but it was better safe than sorry.

From the current inhabitants of the station Runir and Tarina were thinking about going into cryosleep if their so-called holiness Tibrana decided to continue sleeping.

Either way, both of them were worried about the punishment that awaited them if the federation took them back and it was actually Iliana's idea to put them on ice.

That way, they could say that they got defeated and put into cryosleep by their captors, making it impossible for them to protect Tibrana, which would absolve them from punishment.

-Why not just get them all in here and then wake them up at the same time?

Aelita asked once the communication ended.

-Because they will be confused after being woken up and it's easier to deal with them one at a time.

Ilia answered.

This made a lot of sense, moreover, they would still need to wait for Terelen to bring the others so why not use the time since they had it?

Andrew prepared the chips and the syringe, before giving them to Iliana.

-Since you are a doctor, it's better if you inject the chips.

He said.

She accepted the items hesitantly.

-You know that I hate this whole slavery thing?

She asked him.

-I know, but it's still better if a qualified person does it than an amateur like me.

Andrew shrugged.

-We have incoming communications from the student.

Lanarine said, interrupting something that started to look like a longer discussion.

-Put her on the screen.

Andrew said sitting back in the command chair.

-I've decided to accept the chip, but I have a condition.

The student said without beating around the bush, as soon as she showed up on the main screen.

-Let's hear your conditions then, if they are reasonable, I will most likely accept them.

Andrew said.

-I want the previous conditions that you stated and a guarantee that you will keep your hands to yourself.

She said.

-Agreed.

The human said with a grin.

-Besides, if I remember correctly, it was stated previously that you won't become a sex slave.

He added.

-Even so, how will you guarantee that you won't go back on your word?

She asked.

-Easy, all you need to do is ask any of the ladies here if I laid my hands on them without provocation.

Andrew smiled at the memory of the incident in the jacuzzi, while all the ladies blushed, each in their own unique way.

-That does not sound reassuring at all.

The girl said, wondering what exactly happened to make all the ladies look so embarrassed.

-Let's just say, that if you won't try to seduce or provoke me, I will keep my hands to myself.

Andrew said, not revealing any details.

He was more than certain, that the ladies would sooner or later tell her the whole story.

-Alright, it's not like I have a choice in the matter anyway.

You can tell that merchant to come pick me up.

The student said in a resigned voice.

-Alright, I'll tell him when he is back with the first of the sleeping ones.

Andrew said and a moment later the connection ended.

-That's one less to worry about.

He said to the ladies.

-Why were you worried about her?

Aelita asked.

-Because the last time we spoke she seemed determined to stay as far away from me as possible, and if she didn't submit soon, then I would either have to go and board her station to forcibly implant the chip or blast her station, which I'm certain neither of you would appreciate.

He explained.

All the ladies agreed that this was their least preferred option.

Three hours laterTerelen returned with the first station belonging to a sleeping stationmaster.

-You would need to board her station to implant her with a chip.

This lady left her shields activated so there is no other way to get to her.

The merchant said.

-Alright we will get right on it, by the way, can you get the student with her station?

She agreed to be implanted with my chip.

-No problem, she is close so it will take an hour at most to get her here.

The elf said and left.

Andrew and Iliana in the meantime went to put on their space suits, or in case of Andrew his space armor.

Aelita piloted a drone to safely get them to the station, unfortunately, the drone could not enter the shields so they still needed to jump.

The shields they had right now would not stop a living being from entering it, but tier 3 shields would stop everything, no matter if it was alive or not.

Fortunately the distance from the shield to the station was only about twenty meters and they both made it safely.

Entering the station was easier than they thought as well.

Just as Aelita was about to walk them through bypassing the airlock security.

Andrew pressed the open button on the side of the door and it opened.

-I think she left it like that to allow you ladies to come for her once you controlled the system.

Andrew said.

-This makes a lot of sense, she could not predict if there was anyone who could open the airlock if she locked it down.

Aelita agreed over the comms.

-We are going in, the moment the shield goes down, dock the station into ours, it will be easier to transport the stationmaster that way.

He said and both of them went inside.

It was easy to find the beginning module, and the cryogenic module was right next to it.

So without further ado Iliana opened the module and began the revival of the station master, which turned out to be another beauty.

With a ghostly white skin color, and a long blood red hair adorned with a small crown of horns growing out of her head.

She was at least 178 centimeters in height and might have weighed around 65 to 70 kilograms, at first glance.

The whole procedure took a few minutes and Iliana didn't even wait for the woman to wake up before implanting her with the chip.

-That way she won't cause a fuss over it.

She said, when Andrew looked at her questioningly.

He only nodded, took a step back and let the doctor do her work.