Super Spender

Chapter 609: Chapter 603: Grandpa is Rich

Official institutions will not allow you to directly exchange your currency with star credits. Even the currencies of the territories under the rule of the nine royal families cannot be converted directly into star credits. Of course, you may argue against this, since these nine families possess a large amount of star credits themselves. With their support, the people they rule are basically able to use their local currencies to directly obtain star credits.

In summary, obtaining star credits can be quite difficult, and their exchange rates, even for the currencies of the nine major royal families, can reach rates like 100:1. Moreover, this would be even harder to achieve with the currencies of the lesser-known families. Thus, star credits in the Galactic Federation are nearly as valuable as gold was during Earth’s Gold Standard era, or even more valuable; they are indisputably hard currency.

Moreover, since star credits can buy many commodities that ordinary currency cannot, many shops would offer discounts of 20% or more if you pay in star credits.

The exchange rate between star credits and the currencies of the nine major royal families is very high. However, the currencies of the nine royal families are not worthless; their purchasing power within their own territories typically exceeds that of federal coins within the North Federation. This means that when Finn Lewis threw out ten thousand star credits, it was equivalent to throwing away one million units of ordinary currency.

More importantly, after his search, he found that many decent, smaller spaceships equipped with transition abilities cost only a few thousand star credits, or even less. Finn Lewis suddenly realized that Zero wasn’t stingy for allocating him a million star credit limit.

According to him, the spaceship he’s currently riding on, which has long-distance transition capability and is not lacking in firepower, cost only 300,000 star credits if new.

Rubbing his forehead, Finn Lewis suddenly wondered if there were two words etched into the eyes of everyone else on board: Rich Man. He truly didn’t care now. He is rich and he is capricious, so what?

Anyway, this calculated salary of the Supervision Bureau is really high. Finn Lewis spoke again, “Daisy, bring up the data on the Supervision Bureau.”

“Certainly, Mr. Lewis.” A soft voice responded, and the computer in front of Finn Lewis instantly pulled up information about the Supervision Bureau.

Daisy is the name of the main control system of this spaceship, controlling all other systems onboard, including both trivial and significant matters.

The information of the Supervision Bureau appeared promptly on the large screen before Finn Lewis. After a brief glance, Finn shook his head speechlessly. This agency is certainly strange, and he now understood why the nine royal families were wary of it.

Strictly speaking, the Galactic Federation is composed unusually. The country has limited government functions; while they have a common federal authority, the lower levels of governance are basically in the hand of individual families that make up the federal authority.

An analogy would be the ancient royalties and feudal lords. These families are the feudal lords, while the federal authority would be the ancient royalty. The only difference lies in the fact that in this case, the emperor is made up of all the feudal lords, and the Galactic Federation has no military assigned to them.

Each family is in charge of its territory, with each having their fleet. The Galactic Federation retains the Supervision Bureau, which oversees the normal operation of the entire aristocratic system. As an overseer, it naturally requires its own power, and thus can establish and enforce the law, hence the emergence of this peculiar system.

The Supervision Bureau’s fleet may not be able to contend with combined forces of the great families, but it’s certainly the most powerful when it comes to one-on-one encounters. The problem is, it’s extremely unlikely that the nine major families would unite completely, thus ensuring the Supervision Bureau is the most powerful entity, creating a delicate balance.

After reading the file, Finn Lewis shook his head with a wry smile. He still felt there should be a more robust legal and systemic framework for such a large empire. However, he discovered he was overthinking it. Finn Lewis felt that the legal system in the Galactic Federation, while exhaustive, had many loopholes which were even more so for the elite. Its laws are even less stringent than those on Earth.

Still, all of this was irrelevant for Finn Lewis, who is about to inherit all of these, but for these nations, Finn Lewis is weak. The only advantage he could leverage was his privilege as a member of the nine-star royal family. At least under the surveillance of the Supervision Bureau, he should not face much danger.

Regardless, in general, it has no significant implications for Finn Lewis, and with Zero as his motivation, Finn Lewis suddenly felt that even if he faced the Galactic Federation, he would not feel weighed down, as long as he overcame the initial problems.

You could say that Finn Lewis’s strength is phenomenal, considering the data he sourced on the Supervision Bureau. Apart from that, Finn Lewis briefly glanced over the remainder, which seemed normal. The opulence brought on by the high-tech growth equated to an abundance of material and cultural wealth that permeated the Galactic Federation.

Funnily, had Finn Lewis been an ordinary man entering the Galactic Federation, he would have been dazzled by the rich material culture and the affluence of the society. But because he became acquainted with the darkest aspect of the nation when he first interacted with it…

Having seen the darkest side, Finn Lewis dismissed the superficial glory. He estimated that the average person in the Galactic Federation may not be aware of the existence of life essence. Going by Dunn Monty’s reluctance to tell Finn Lewis about this, it is clear that this might even be a secret within the Supervision Bureau.

After getting a rough understanding, Finn Lewis lost interest in it. Rather, he seemed interested in the spaceship because this was the first spaceship Finn Lewis had encountered.

“Attention all members, attention all members, the spaceship will enter transition in one hour and fifteen minutes. Please take your seats and those at work posts, please fasten your seat belts.” With the main control intelligence system’s announcement, Finn Lewis no longer entertained the thought of taking a stroll.

Although Finn didn’t go out, Dunn Monty came to his room – his and Thomas Calvin’s rooms were located next to Finn’s room. After entering the room, Dunn handed Finn Lewis a medicine vial and said, “Your Highness, it’ll feel unpleasant when going into transition. Drink this medicine; it will make it better.”