The universe is a place where time can pass very quickly or very slowly.
Lu Ning rubbed the badge in her hand. She wore a helmet on her head, and everyone in the conference room was in the same state, except for the person above who was called the chief of staff.
Oh, he won't actually be doing any staff work, just a final detailed mission dispatch. Most of the initiative in this operation is in the hands of each captain, and the highest order is to act freely, because no one can confirm what happened on the Phantom Star, and even an order delayed by one second in space may turn into a stupid order. , at least in the army, it is an iron rule that the commander must accompany the team.
du-003, this is the code Lu Ning got, the abbreviation of Space Defense, Team Three. Sitting here like her are the captains of the other twenty-four teams, and the same meeting is also being held on the other four battleships further away.
"In three hours and fifteen minutes, the Space Defense will enter the orbit of the Phantom Star. Please remember to gather your team members, enter the Phantom Star within an hour, and bring all your personal equipment. The captain must report to the spacecraft every three days After sending a report, we will conduct a synchronous cruise with the Phantom Star in the orbit of the far star, build a shielding network and rebuild the entangled satellite base station. Once a captain is lost, the captain's responsibilities will be transferred in the established order. Teams with insufficient numbers can meet each other. Negotiate and merge. In short, you will be completely in control of all actions on the Phantom Planet. We only need to understand what is happening there." The chief of staff said with a serious face.
No one answered below because there was no need.
"If there is anything else, arrange it as soon as possible. If you have any special requirements, you can report it. We will meet the reasonable part. Now, go back to prepare for landing and disband!"
The captains stood up one after another and silently returned to their team quarters along the cabin passage. No one spoke during the process.
"team leader."
After Lu Ning came back, Qiu Shu was still the first to get up. Lu Ning nodded to him, glanced at the team members in the room who had already put on their landing suits, and threw a bag on the table.
"The emblem of our team is embedded in the groove on your chest. It is the proof of your identity."
"Oh, this is the identity card of the regular army. It's really great." Spades immediately picked up one and looked at it happily for a long time before carefully embedding it on his chest.
"Landing in three hours. I ask that you bring all your equipment and gather under the landing craft ramp in one and a half hours. Don't miss anything, otherwise you will regret it." Lu Ning dropped these words and turned around to go out.
She also needs to prepare her own equipment. The spacesuit itself is enough to meet most needs. The only additional things needed are weapons and instruments. Phantom Planet is a habitable planet in the evaluation, so the pressure for survival should mainly come from the outside, not from the outside. own adaptability.
From the personal terminal on her desk, she could still see the simulated picture. At this time, this side of the spacecraft was facing away from the stars, so it was a "dark night". She could only see countless distant and unclear starry skies.
She had seen too much of the starry sky at the distribution center, but she couldn't feel any fear, so she came to the terminal and took another look at the conditions of the galaxy. The Phantom Star itself is in a quasi-binary star system, but it occupies a dominant position, but it is not the same as the earth-moon system she knows. In addition to the phantom star that looks a little blue and green, there is also its auxiliary star "Tianmuyi" not too far away, which is yellowish brown, but it is also a solid planet.
The Phantom Star is in the fourth position and is quite far away from the Blue Giant. Logically speaking, this planet is indeed unlikely to have any evolution of life while the main sequence stars still exist, but no one dares to say that they understand what wonderful things will happen in the universe. Planet state.
The first planet Ironthorn is huge. According to calculations, it is even enough to create a solar eclipse on the phantom star. What is even more surprising is that it is also a solid planet. It is a pity that the observations of the advance team have not been able to reach every corner of the galaxy. , there is very little information about Iron Thorn Star.
The same is true for the second planet Bailuan Star and the third planet Wooden Shell Star. Although they are much smaller in size, due to the existence of the asteroid belt between the Phantom Star and the three planets in front, it will be very troublesome to investigate.
Besides the Phantom Star, the last two planets in the galaxy are large gaseous planets, the fifth planet "Giant Eye" and the sixth planet "Green Forest". The collection of their surface data is quite detailed, but the poor environment of the gaseous planets even The Alliance also has few means of detecting and mining in the Star Territory.
Lu Ning casually clasped the badge on her chest, checked the personal equipment that had been packed, put on weapons and instruments, and first left for the small ship docking area.
As she expected, some captains of other teams were already here waiting. Most were standing motionless in front of their ships, while a few were wandering around, and some even took off their helmets.
"Hi, Number Three!"
When Lu Ning walked in, a captain who was wandering at the entrance raised his hand to say hello to her. He had short hair common among soldiers, and had a du-004 badge on his chest. His face was similar to many soldiers in Lu Ning's memory. All have different cheerful smiles.
"My name is Wei Qing. You received the badge in front of me. I remember you!"
When receiving the badge, everyone dressed up in the same way, and it made no difference whether they remembered it or not. Moreover, the name was also called through a private channel. It seemed that he did not understand the confidentiality clause at all.
"We'd better not tell each other names. It's enough to have a code name for this operation." Lu Ning's voice was severely distorted through the helmet and electronic synthesis, but he was not afraid of being recognized.
"We are all comrades-in-arms, so why are we on guard? Only three people have answered my greetings so far." Wei Qing said somewhat depressedly, "I know the confidentiality regulations, but we don't have enemies now."
"Then let's designate the enemy as the planet in front of us. After all, we may have lost many compatriots there." After Lu Ning finished speaking, he walked straight to his ship.
There are no enemies? Not to mention the kind of people who entered this time, she has not figured out yet. Even for the characters in the scene, based on her own identity, she can tell that among these captains and vice-captains, there must be some extremely dangerous guys in psychological terms. . The outside world knows almost nothing about what happened on that planet, and there is a lot of room for manipulation.
She can even guarantee that if someone really finds any traces of other advanced civilizations on the planet, the five destroyers cruising in the orbit of the distant star will immediately activate their main guns to directly smash the fantasy star, and then create A supernova explosion covered up all traces, and they escaped back to the Tianpan system as quickly as possible.
Human beings are like a curious child when it comes to things outside the unknown range. They dare to reach out and touch them, but once the thing reacts slightly, they will retract their hands in horror.
As the set time approached, more and more people had gathered. Lu Ning's team members had already assembled and were ready to board the ship at any time. At this time, she heard Wei Qing's voice again.
"No. 1, why did you lead the team here by yourself? The assembly should be a necessary part of testing the quality of the team members."
At this time, all the captains glanced at him in unison.
Soldiers are somewhat proud. Although the number plates seem to be issued randomly, since one person is asked to go up and receive them, it means that there is a certain order.
So, why is this person number one?
No one will be really angry about this kind of thing, but many people will secretly compete with each other.
"I don't think I need to do that kind of testing on my players."
Captain No. 1's answer to Wei Qing was very gentle, at least it could be heard.
"Since I am taking them to Magic Star, I must be responsible for everyone's safety. I have to make sure that everyone does not make any mistakes. Oh, I don't mean to blame you, I just don't think there is much military training at this time. significance."
"Haha, I learned a lesson." Wei Qing stepped out of the way and allowed Captain No. 1 to walk towards his landing craft.
"Get aboard." Lu Ning turned around and gave the order.
"Captain, what Captain No. 1 just said..." Qiu Shu asked in a low voice from the side.
"Don't worry, I can also say that I let you come here by yourself because I believe in your abilities. Everyone can say good things. If you don't have skills, you will still die." Lu Ning walked up the gangway.
In addition to their own equipment, knowledge and experience, the biggest thing each team can rely on is this landing craft. As a small spacecraft capable of short-distance interstellar navigation, Lu Ning knew that if it had sufficient energy, it could even fly from the fantasy star to the wooden star ahead, provided it could pass through the asteroid belt. In addition, the various large-scale analytical instruments on the landing craft cannot be carried by a single soldier.
The former army captain was naturally familiar with the control module of the Canglong Alliance's standard landing craft. After everyone was seated, she turned on the system, preheated the engine, shock absorber, and electromagnetic protection department and entered the standby state.
Time passed quietly, and the waiting was finally broken by an order, which might also be the last order.
"Du reconnaissance team, sequence landing."
Lu Ning turned on the thrusters to recharge, and the floor beneath the ship in the docking area opened. One by one, the landing ships slid towards the guidance tunnel below. Number three was a very early number. After Lu Ning landed, he could only watch it on the screen. To the slightly flashing blue light at the tail of the No. 2 landing ship - very far away, and then disappeared.
That was the result of entering the vacuum tunnel and closing the automatic door. Lu Ning immediately activated the standby system. The people inside the spacecraft only felt their bodies tilt back slightly, but the spacecraft had already passed through a long distance in the guidance tunnel in an instant. The door in front suddenly opened, and as the spacecraft passed through After a moment, it quickly closed again, and the internal extraction machine quickly evacuated the area into a vacuum again. Then within five seconds, the boat also passed through the vacuum tunnel and came to the end. The second door opened, and in front of it was a On the blue-green planet under the clouds and mist, Lu Ning calmly increased the propulsion power to a high level, switched to manual control, and chose a direction for the landing craft to fly straight away. There is no doubt that the previous two ships did the same thing, otherwise the shadows of their ships would not be invisible.
The protective cover worked normally, greatly mitigating the damage to the ship when passing through the thick atmosphere. The hedging system was perfectly shock-absorbed, and Lu Ning's skillful control techniques also made the landing craft free of line calculation problems that may occur in autonomous driving. It took about thirty seconds. After that, she adjusted the thrusters back to mid-range, and the layer of clouds and fog that blurred the entire planet was penetrated. From the screen, everyone could see the blue ocean and the green continent. This was a standard livable environment. As long as the composition of the air is suitable, it is perfectly suitable for human survival here.
"Immediately enter a low-altitude cruise, conduct regional assessment, risk assessment, and conduct ground scans of the 28 outpost models used by the advance team to look for matching traces." Lu Ning began to report the current actions to the team members in the ship.
Up to here, things start to change.
If it were before, what she would have done was conduct a ground scan of the main forces and city models, and then evaluate whether to use aerial destruction or ground penetration. In short, it was an assessment with the purpose of annihilation. But now... it has turned into search and rescue.
The low-altitude cruising hull itself slows down, and ordinary physical fitness can adapt to it, so most of the aerospace functions have been turned off. At this time, the team members also began to work on their operating desks. Lu Ning is responsible for controlling the route and planning the main path, and the team members will naturally do the following detailed work.
About thirty minutes later, a report was sent from Spider Silk, "A camouflage ground project was discovered in area 334782. The information comparison showed that it has a similarity of 98% with the standard outpost template No. 13. The relevant data has been transmitted."
As soon as he finished speaking, a set of images appeared in front of Lu Ning. A series of pictures and comparisons such as surface shots, detailed enlargements, and template designs for Outpost 13 were quickly generated. In fact, this step was just a blackout of the spacecraft. There is only a record left in the box, and this similarity is enough to issue a landing order.
"The spacecraft is preparing for vertical landing."
This outpost is located in a mountain with some sparse forest land. Normal aircraft may not even be able to find a landing point here, but the landing craft can directly burn out a clearing at high temperature by adjusting the direction of the jet.
"Captain, the regional danger assessment is C, warning level." Qiu Shu reminded, "Vertical landing means that when taking off, we must rely on propulsion to take off instead of orbit, which will greatly increase the risk. What if the outpost is damaged? With the risk factors closed, we’re afraid there’s no way out.”
Lu Ning glanced at him.
"I'm Army."
The Navy always considers a lot of things when assessing dangers, but isn't it necessary to force a landing on any strange terrain during a landing operation? At least Lu Ning even remembered that the captain had done something like throwing away an aircraft and performing a collective parachute attack. Although she did not experience it personally, the scene of the parachute flying towards the aircraft and the explosion of fire was still vivid in her memory.
"Yes, you are the captain. Body! Prepare to land!"
The blue flames ejected by the thrusters completed the landing buffer and at the same time swept everything below into high temperatures. The land had even been burned to a point of crystallization. When the speed was lower than the dangerous value, the thrusters stalled, a large amount of rapid cooling fluid spurted out from under the spacecraft, and the landing gear stretched out, firmly piercing the surface of the soil.
"The analysis of air components has been completed, and no harmful substances were found. However, according to the regulations of interstellar operations, keep dressing in aerospace condition." The bayonet standing in front of the cabin door issued a report, "The scout bayonet is ready, and the distance to the target is estimated to be one kilometer."
"Open the hatch." Lu Ning knocked on the open button.
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