Space Defense battleship, jump completed.
Lu Ning also opened her eyes.
"Fuck not being together..."
This time there were no secrets or requirements to hide their identity, everyone was using their real names. However, Lu Ning has already begun to act according to the identity of the "captain" she uses.
She skillfully unlocked the safety buckle on the seat, stood up and turned off the anti-acceleration device in the room. Her body sank slightly, and her footsteps felt much more solid on the ground.
He is wearing a spacesuit that is thick but not bulky. Not only can it be used in the cabin, but it can also be worn directly into planets where the survival environment assessment is medium or above. She walked to her personal terminal, opened it, and sent a wake-up report to her superiors. The moment the report was sent, the task of the distribution center appeared on the terminal.
[Visitor Lu Ning:
This mission is "Phantom Star Syndrome", and all missions will be issued in stages. Only when the previous mission is completed, the next one will appear. Please make sure to complete all main quests to return to the distribution center.
Mission 1: Lead your team to restore the operation of an outpost.
Please confirm your own memory for the specific circumstances of the scene. The task information released by the distribution center can only be viewed by the person on his own terminal, so do not lose it.
I wish you a pleasant journey! 】
"snort."
Lu Ning knocked out the terminal screen, turned around, walked to her bed and sat down. Even though her body was wrapped in a space suit, she could still feel her body's strength, sharpness and some old injuries.
[You are a soldier. Born in a military family since childhood, you have never had a second wish. When you became an adult, you also fulfilled your wish to enlist in the army and become a soldier.
Nowadays, the war situation in the universe has become more and more complicated. The home star has become the Death Star due to an accidental bombardment by the Black Hawk Alliance 120 years ago. After three generations of inheritance, the people who originally share the same origin are no longer as strong as before. The last bit of “roots” connection. Canglong, Red Lion, Black Eagle...the "countries" established in the interstellar space, large and small, began to conquer each other and plunder resources. The largest ones among them were already looking for a way out for themselves when the war broke out.
The universe has never been lonely, and everyone agrees on this. When the first discovery of prokaryotic cells on extraterrestrial planets was announced among various alliances, people knew that there might be more life in the more distant starry sky, and that Maybe it's a stronger and more arrogant being. For this reason, those "countries" that have the ability to reach out to the Sky Pan System must be cautious, and this has become the only common tacit understanding between these "countries" that have long hated each other.
You belong to the Canglong Alliance, and are the former captain of No. 337 of the ground assault force of the Thirteenth Division, with the rank of captain.
After multiple warnings during psychological evaluations, and several incidents that could have sent you to a military court, but were ultimately dismissed due to various factors, you were told that you were no longer suitable for that battlefield, the one where you thought you were going to die. There's a place there.
The Canglong 17th Astronomical Observatory discovered a suspected resource galaxy forty-four light years away from the Tianpan System. This project was established thirty years ago. At that time, a group of advance troops were secretly dispatched to investigate the galaxy. The intelligence returned by entangled satellites showed that there are habitable planets in the galaxy, but no civilization. . The advance team set up hundreds of outposts on the only habitable planet, and slowly and cautiously explored and developed it. However, the return information was suddenly interrupted soon, and the entangled satellite was also declared damaged shortly after. The reality is that someone has to be sent out again to see what's going on. 】
"There's nothing we can do about it." Lu Ning gently rubbed the center of his brow.
[What we see now is just the light that came from there forty-four years ago. For us, the advance team has not even arrived there yet. Observations take too long, and we have to understand what's going on there - whatever it is. 】
That's the order.
Soldiers follow orders.
But what happened next made Lu Ning feel a little interesting. She had to admit that it was reasonable for a problematic person like herself to be dispatched, but the composition of the twenty-five reconnaissance teams carried by each of the five battleships dispatched this time was formed through another method.
The captain and deputy captain were soldiers. Although he didn't really say it clearly, Lu Ning inferred from his own situation that those people probably had some problems. The sources of the remaining eight members can be summarized as criminals.
These criminals are not those who have been sentenced to death, but prisoners who are difficult to sentence or difficult to deal with in public opinion. The most straightforward example is the prisoner who surrendered after killing his father's enemy - the Canglong Alliance should naturally be sentenced to death according to the law, but there is still room for change due to circumstances. So just in time for this mission, a temporary bill was implemented to select suitable prisoners to join the reconnaissance team to "dedicate their crimes and perform meritorious services." Of course, they were selected through strict cultural knowledge, physical fitness, and psychological tests.
Lu Ning - no matter it was the old one or the current one, he was not afraid of these subordinates acting like monsters. After all, no one could compare to the cruelty of the ground commando captain who came down from this battlefield. The truth is better than this. After all, they were carefully screened by the alliance. Even from her military point of view, the quality of these people is excellent.
The number of people in a team is ten.
The captains and deputy captains are all regular soldiers, while the remaining eight people are from similar candidates collected by the alliance from various places. And with the current size of Canglong Alliance, it is not very difficult to form such a hundred and twenty-five teams.
Lu Ning walked along the corridor towards the team lounge.
A single room is a treatment that only the captain and vice-captain can enjoy, but the team members will not arrange such good conditions, not to mention they are all guilty. For Lu Ning, except for the deputy captain's information, she had the files of the eight team members in her hands. As the captain, she also had the power to execute these people unconditionally.
The cabin door opened, Lu Ning walked in and took a look, and found that the vice-captain had arrived before him.
"Good morning, Captain."
The vice-captain was a male soldier, no different from the Alliance soldiers Lu Ning remembered. His name is Qiu Shu, and he originally belonged to the navy. This sea is the sea of stars.
"Good morning."
It was indeed morning, and after the last jump, everyone could already see through the portholes the light emitted by the star in the center of the galaxy "not far away", like a sunrise, without even turning on the lights in the room.
Lu Ning glanced at the rest of the team members. This room was slightly larger than hers, but evenly spaced for eight people was pitifully small. Because sleeping and other things are all closed capsules, there is no need to distinguish between men and women, but the eight people here are quite adaptable.
Two scouts, one assault trooper, one demolitionist, two technicians and two medics, this is the rough classification of positions. Of course, this doesn’t mean these people can only do their jobs.
"Line up."
The eight team members immediately came to the center of the room and stood in two rows.
For Lu Ning, she is still in the process of getting familiar with it, but it is not very difficult with the memory. These people all use code names. The official explanation is that "in case" they have the opportunity to perform meritorious service and return, only the code names will be recorded in this mission document instead of their original names for easier processing. Lu Ning did know the real names of these people, but the code names were indeed more convenient.
She looked at it from front to back.
Bayonet, Scout, Female. He shot and killed the enemy who forced his parents to death with a homemade silencer gun. All twenty bullets he had prepared were driven into the enemy's head. He then quietly waited for the police to arrive and was arrested, confessing to the entire incident.
Bug bait, medic, male. When he was studying at a medical school in the Soryu Alliance, he encountered campus violence, but in his third year of enrollment, he used homemade poison to kill seventeen of his classmates who were violent towards him. Good behavior in prison resulted in a reduced sentence and qualification for this outing.
Spider silk, medic, female. One of the former chief surgeons of the hospital made a major mistake during a certain operation, causing the patient's death. However, there were many doubts about the operation, and Spider Silk could only be temporarily detained. After hearing about this opportunity, she signed up without hesitation.
Yang Hao, technician, male. He was a professor in biology, history, archeology and other departments, but was subsequently exposed for serious academic fraud, which aroused widespread public condemnation. Yang Hao was sentenced to sixty years in prison for this, and his participation in this operation obviously did not want to waste such a long time in prison.
Spades, Scout, Male. He has many experiences as a digger, star thief, bounty hunter, mercenary, etc. He surrendered about a year ago. Although his attitude was good, he was sentenced to life imprisonment for his accumulated crimes. He is also one of the active registrants of this action.
Recorder, commando, female. He was a retired soldier, but disappeared soon after retiring. Three years later, he was captured as a prisoner in an asteroid melee, and was later found to have serious psychological evaluation errors. The member is supposed to be suffering from severe war fever and needs to be alert for symptoms at all times.
Longmai, technician, male. There are underground scientists in many alliances who are proficient in machinery, electronics, aerospace, and even many cutting-edge technologies. However, crimes involving embezzlement of formal research funds, hiring star thieves to rob scientific research supplies, etc., were qualified to participate in the selection because they were not involved in murder cases.
Iron Eyebrow, Demoman, male. This is a character who has obviously been pushed out to blame, but the evidence has shown that he was indeed a direct participant in a certain murder. This is undeniable. The Alliance is trying to secretly continue to deal with this incident by luring the snake out of its hole, but there is really no more information that can be mined from Tie Mei, and he cannot be released. The only place that is most suitable for him is here.
Above, in order of height, Lu Ning's eyes and mind went through the identities of these team members at the same time.
"Qiu Shu, how many days are left until we arrive at Magic Star?"
"The sublight engine has been started. In a day and a half at most, we will be able to enter the orbit of the Phantom Star and then make an orbital landing." Qiu Shu quickly replied, "I think you, Captain, know this very well."
The Navy was responsible for orbital bombing, while Lu Ning's Army was the main force that directly landed on the planet to annihilate the living forces.
"I know. Return to the team."
"Yes!" Qiu Shu stood at attention and ran into the team. Every move of a professional soldier was obviously very professional.
However, Lu Ning didn't think that this kind of ten-man squad operation needed to be completely military-style, which was a waste.
"You should understand this mission. Do you have any questions?" Lu Ning looked at the remaining people.
Standing in the back row, the tall and thin Longmai raised his hand.
"explain."
"Captain, I have seen observation maps when I was in the Alliance, but they are not the same as the galaxies we see now."
"Yes." Lu Ning nodded, "After all, what the alliance observed was what it was like forty-four years ago, so it will naturally be different."
"But……"
"I know what you are talking about." Lu Ning looked through the porthole. The window had a light filtering system, and she was not worried about being hurt by cosmic rays. "What you see is a planet with ten planets. There are many asteroid belts and galaxies with central stars of about B-class. However, what is shown before us now is a galaxy with only six planets, the central star has become a blue giant, and the state of the galaxy has also undergone tremendous changes, right? "
"Yes." Dragon Vein nodded, "If a star really changes from a main sequence star to a blue giant, then the demise of our previous team should also be caused by this change..."
"Wrong." Lu Ning interrupted him, "It's normal that you don't know the inside story. In fact, when our first dispatch team arrived, the central star of this galaxy had turned into a blue giant. It was observed thirty years ago It is the brilliance that emitted here seventy-four years ago, and our dispatch team arrived here about eleven years ago. Changes have already occurred in the intervening sixty-three years. The dispatch team sent back through the entangled satellite Some intelligence has proven this, the blue giant star is not the reason why they lost contact, and the fantasy star they reside on still remains."
"That's even more wrong, Captain." Longmai frowned, "Such a huge change in the galaxy should have a huge impact on the ecosystems of all planets. Leaving aside dead planets, if this change happens to produce planets suitable for life, The birth of the planet and the changes in the ecosystem should not have been completed in just sixty years. Do you know how long it took for human ancestors to climb from the ocean to land?"
"My grades in cultural classes are not too bad, Dragon Vein." Lu Ning still kept a cold face, "You are right to ask, this is one of the issues we need to pay attention to in this mission. Natural evolution It is impossible to complete the evolution of a planet in sixty years, but it is not necessarily impossible to do something unnatural. I remember that the Alliance Laboratory has developed a reagent that can promote plant growth at a high speed. A flower can undergo this process in half a day. lifetime."
"You mean..."
"I'm not making any judgments, I'm just telling you not to be careless. We can only control one flower now, and if that 'other' really exists, it can easily give birth to a civilization."
