Time goes on. For Ernest, Delta Team and other people on board the Elision, the two days of rest can be said to have passed by in a flash. Two days of complete relaxation and two days of wandering. , feeling that they had not fully enjoyed themselves, they gathered together again, and everyone started the next actual combat training. Whether it was the bridge personnel, combat personnel or logistics personnel, all members of the ship must participate in this training. Go into action.
The notification Ernest received was at eight o'clock in the morning, the ship's time, but the Elision had made all preparations before six o'clock, and all the supplies allocated to the Elision were also All have been transported to the ship. Team Delta and several other teams have also received their new aircraft and are already sitting in the cockpit of the aircraft. With the cooperation of the technicians of the ship group and the technicians on the ship, they are inspecting the new aircraft. Making subtle adjustments.
Needless to say about the ordinary VF-30, this transforming fighter is an upgraded version of the all-round fleet technology equipped with a solar furnace. However, the transforming fighter received by the Delta team is indeed a customized version, specially designed for A specially modified version for the pilot.
In terms of the current capabilities of Delta Team, this so-called customized version is actually just a modified and enhanced version of VF-30. It is also two different versions from the deformed fighter currently used by Jeffrey Team. It cannot reach the performance of the transforming fighter used by Jeffrey's team, but it is a good improvement compared to the VF-30.
For example, compared to the ordinary version of the VF-30, the body used by Migira is customized with a high-speed and heavy firepower. It is not just as simple as loading armor parts to increase the firepower. It looks better than the ordinary version of the VF-30. It is much thicker and has some additional structures that do not exist in the ordinary version. The energy and output have also been specially adjusted. In fighter mode, it has six more gun barrels than the ordinary version, and there is also a suspended high-speed weapon. Power energy cannon.
For example, the aircraft driven by Hayate and Mercer have slimmer lines, and Hayate's aircraft is even equipped with four GN Dragoons. He is also the only pilot in the Delta team currently capable of using floating weapons. Arad The body shape of the aircraft is the most standard, and the aircraft driven by Chuck has a radar detection system. In short, although it can be seen at a glance that it is the VF-30 series, they are all different.
For the members of Delta Team, the fighter planes they obtained have brand-new energy weapons and brand-new armor materials. They are super powerful bodies that allow them to show more of their strength, such as solar furnaces and PS armor. , these are things they had never heard of before coming to the ship group.
He hurriedly and carefully adjusted his new machine, but no one in the Delta team was willing to leave his new machine. He stayed in the cockpit of the machine curiously and excitedly, greedily familiarizing himself with and understanding his machine. everything of.
In the bridge, Ernest, as the captain, was also responsible for the sailing work of the entire ship, understanding all aspects of the warship's preparations. Until the time reached 7:30, a factual video communication was also It broke the slightly tense atmosphere in the ship.
A calm-looking middle-aged man wearing a hat and holding a pipe appeared on the big screen on the bridge of the Elision. However, this middle-aged man had a thick beard on his face, and his eyes revealed a deep look. And the casualness that sees through everything also makes this middle-aged man look a little sluggish and old.
"Captain Ernest, I am Jeffrey Wilt, the commander of Jeffrey's team. This is the communication I sent to you on the Frontier. I will now officially inform you that from now on you The team will be temporarily under my command."
The person who appeared on the big screen of the Elision was Jeffrey. At this time, all members of Jeffrey's team were ready to set off on the Frontier. This contact with the Elision was also to inform Ernest waited for the others to see if they were ready to finish.
Jeffrey said: "The scheduled time is to depart at eight o'clock. After departure, the Elision will follow the Border immediately to the left. After the time is up, we will enter the huge portal. After a certain period of sailing through the portal, We will arrive at our destination, and I hope you can notify everyone on the Elision to prepare."
Ernest stood up when the communication was connected. After Jeffrey finished speaking, he saluted and said loudly: "All members of this ship are ready and ready to go at any time."
"No." Jeffrey calmly exhaled white smoke from his mouth, briefly hiding his face behind the smoke, and said in a deep tone: "Not only are you ready to set off, you also need to be ready to arrive. , this kind of preparation is psychological, I don’t want you to be unable to join the battle in the first place because of your lack of preparation after arriving at the target location.”
"You have been studying for a long time, and you have fully understood the information about beta. Our mission target this time is beta, which will far exceed the number you imagined."
"Yes." Ernest answered loudly, but he was still full of doubts in his heart. He had also studied the information about beta, but he didn't know why the information said that beta was everywhere. Having been discovered by the new unity, they don't even know where their destination is, and they are also full of curiosity about the so-called portal.
"Yes." Jeffrey nodded lightly and said: "Now I will inform you of your current military ranks. Because all members of Caius were acquired and merged into the legion, all the military ranks you once had will be Canceled, completely synchronized with the legion, Captain Ernest, your current military rank is only major, all pilots have the rank of second lieutenant, and the captains of each team have the rank of lieutenant. The Valkyrie Squadron has been completely separated from the Elision and no longer has it. The military status and specific arrangements will be sent to the Elision immediately. After that, I don’t want to see any confusion between superiors and subordinates caused by wrong military ranks.”
Ernest's eyes unconsciously twitched twice. He was directly demoted, and he was still demoted several levels. But for the pilot, the change was not too big. Gale joined Caius. Their military rank is second lieutenant, but Arad is a captain and Messe is a lieutenant. They have all been demoted one level, but the treatment has not changed and is better than before. It is enough.
But now, after all, it is no longer the independent Caius period. Caius was acquired and merged into the Legion, and all Caius’ private armed departments have to be connected with the Legion. With such an arrangement, Ernest can only accept: " learn."
Jeffrey may have felt that the time was almost up, so he nodded and said, "It's almost time too, the Frontier will be waiting for you outside the portal."
The communication was cut off, and the picture in Ernest's eyes instantly changed to a message sent by the Frontier. The message contained the information of everyone on the Elision. The original military rank and the changed military rank were quickly After checking it over, Ernest glanced at the nothing on his uniform and collar, sighed softly and began to give instructions: "Has the debugging of the personal terminal command system been completed?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a girl raised her hand and said, "It's done."
"Send this information to everyone and get the new military rank as quickly as possible." Ernest curled his lips and sat down on the large specially customized captain's seat of the Elision. Said: "Inform everyone about the new military rank so that they don't get it wrong."
"yes."
"How far has the ship's self-inspection gone?"
"It's completed. The ship system is all normal and can be started at any time."
"Start the engine and notify the port control that the ship will begin sailing immediately. After sailing, it will proceed at a low speed." Ernest thought for a moment and then continued: "Ask all the pilots to gather in the waiting room. It's already this time. What are you doing relying on those machines? Let them seize the time to rest and replenish themselves, maybe they will join the battle soon."
"learn."
As the Elision's engine started, and after receiving the order to allow sailing, the Elision slowly flew out of the huge Dyson sphere and entered the universe, and began to teleport towards the even greater unknown. The door opens.
After that, Jeffrey did not have direct video communication with the Elision, and the issuance of orders relied entirely on text messages. After the Border accelerated and rushed into the portal, Ai received the order. The Lithion also accelerated to the same speed as the Frontier and rushed into the portal.
As soon as they entered the so-called portal, the scene in front of Ernest and all the people on the bridge changed dramatically. Without turning on the fold jump, they directly entered a situation similar to the fold jump. Among them, they also learned what the so-called portal is all about. This is clearly a brand new way of jumping. The portal is used to force and always connect the two nodes to jump. There is no need to use fold to jump. Completed space transfer.
It's just that in the eyes of Ernest and others, this new way of jumping is really strange. The jumping process is not like fold jumping. The surrounding environment has a special purple color, as if it is in a purple channel. Sailing in this time, this jump is even more gorgeous. The same feeling is a completely different experience, but Ernest never imagined how different the shuttle and jump this time are from the fold jump.
It felt like it had been sailing in the channel for a long time, but it was not too long. After receiving the deceleration message from the Border, the Elision also began to slow down, and the light spot in front of it became larger and larger until it became A light gate was opened and passed through by the Elision.
After coming out of the portal, the first thing Ernest did as a qualified captain was of course to confirm his current coordinate position. Without thinking, he directly ordered: "Start calculating the current position. All personnel are in the second combat readiness state and strengthen external vigilance."
After saying that, Ernest also looked outside through the bridge. What he saw were at least hundreds of warships of various types. Macross-class battleships were nearby, and there were also many fighter planes and the kind of warships that Ernest already knew. Humanoid mobile weapons called MS were patrolling everywhere, and soon Ernest's brows furrowed slightly, but the expression in his eyes and face was a mixture of surprise, confusion, and astonishment.
"The location hasn't been calculated yet?"
The staff who were doing calculations on the bridge looked at the screen in front of them and wiped the sweat from their heads with confusion and surprise, and immediately replied: "The final recalculation is still being carried out, but the preliminary results are a bit strange. 100% Seventy percent of it is in the solar system? Isn't that right? The data collected shows that we are probably in the solar system, but there are a lot of things wrong with the results."
"Then look at what you see in front of you." Ernest looked at the little girl in the bridge, and pointed to the outside of the bridge with some helplessness. The little girl who was calculating turned around and looked, The next second he stood up in disbelief, then looked at the screen in front of him, finally showing a stunned expression: "This is the Earth? Is this really the Earth? Is it the solar system? But there is one less planet and many more. The gravel belt? What about the Earth’s defense forces and the defense fortress?”
Just as the entire bridge was in shock, the communication from the Border's Jeffrey once again intervened in the Elision's bridge.
From the communication, Jeffrey saw at a glance the complex expressions of confusion, strangeness, surprise, and astonishment on Ernest's face. However, Jeffrey himself did not show any other special expressions. He just said calmly: "You look like this." His expression seems to indicate that he already knows our current location."
Ernest looked at Jeffrey with that complicated expression: "Sir Jeffrey, here... this is really the solar system, the earth? But why does the solar system become like this!?"
"It's not like this, it's always like this." Jeffrey said calmly: "This is no longer the original world. We who passed through the portal have come to another world. This is the solar system and the earth, but it is also Another world with a different solar system and Earth.”
"You should have discovered that there are fewer planets in the solar system. At least Mars has completely disappeared. The reason why it has become like this is because of the war, the war between humans and betas. In this world, the entire The solar system was occupied by betas, and the earth also sacrificed countless humans because of beta attacks. But until we came to this world and took back the solar system from tens of billions of betas with the power of the legions, this number would only be There can be more, not less, and outside the solar system, there are more betas plundering the universe."
"Your mission this time is to take back a planet from beta, or to eliminate at least ten beta nests. Based on the beta information you have learned, I believe you should know how many betas there will be if calculated in tens of billions. How scary, I hope you are ready for war."
"Remember, this is not a joke or a fictitious illusion. The enemies you are going to see, come into contact with, and fight with your lives are all real. You will really die here if you are not careful. , more information about beta will also be sent to you next. You have 24 hours to learn all the information about beta and this world's solar system. After 24 hours, you will start fighting under the guidance of the Frontier. .”
"Finally, you have known the real secrets about the Legion, and you have been truly accepted by the Legion. The Burning Legion began to develop from the ship group. After many years of development, it has now entered many worlds and its forces are spread all over the world. In the future, you will gradually learn about the heritage and power of the multiple worlds, and this is just one of them, and it is also the place where you will begin to accept the test."