At this time, in the synchronous orbit of the JNO.3 planet, the huge Hope space colony spacecraft was still staying directly above the ground base and flying synchronously with the rotation of the planet.
After sleeping for less than two hours, Leona, the young captain of the Hope, had to prepare to return to her job on the bridge again.
Due to lack of sleep, a little bit of mental fatigue, and being troubled by what happened on the ground, Leona was a little indifferent to the greetings of other crew members she met along the way. He frowned and lowered his head slightly, staring at the deck in front of him, and walked quickly in the passage.
Because, now there is a new situation in the base command center that has just landed on the planet and has been deployed, and she must deal with it personally!
Especially during this critical period, if any accident occurs and something goes wrong, maybe the more than 100,000 people on earth on board their colonial spaceship will face a dangerous situation that will never be restored!
"Ah! Captain Leona? You are here."
After hearing the sound of the automatic hatch of the bridge command center opening behind him, and seeing Captain Leona walking in with a cold look on her face, the second officer, who was acting as captain, quickly stood up and approached the other party. He saluted and quickly moved away from the captain's seat where he was originally sitting.
Now that the captain of the Hope has returned to the bridge again, his responsibilities have been automatically transferred to the captain. Now, he has returned to the position of second officer.
"The situation on the ground...what's going on now?"
This is Leona's biggest concern. The base on the ground, especially energy collection, is directly related to the life and death of their space colony ship, the Hope.
If the matter is urgent, Leona is even thinking: Should she invest a large number of SCV engineering vehicles, and then do her best to collect enough energy and materials, then leave early and leave this dangerous star field completely?
"Reporting to the captain, after Ghost Agent No. 1 Annie shot down the unknown alien creature, no other abnormality has been found so far, and everything is calm! The alien creature should have accidentally strayed to the beach Just ordinary creatures on the planet?"
He had been staring at this matter just now, so the second officer gave the answer directly without even thinking about it.
Ghost Agent No. 01 is Little Annie’s number. He is also the only ghost agent currently on the Hope, numbered NO.1!
So far, it seems that no other immigrants with psionic potential have been found on the Hope spacecraft. In addition, they do not seem to have the confidential procedures and psionic schools on earth for training ghost agents. Therefore, it can It is foreseeable that for a long time in the future, their hope will be little Annie, the only foreign aid ghost.
"No! Isaac, you are wrong. I have a hunch that this matter is definitely not as simple as you think!"
After Captain Leona walked to the captain's position and stood there, she shook her head a little tiredly, directly rejecting the conservative idea of the middle-aged, old-fashioned and cautious Second Officer Isaac.
Then, she sat directly back on her captain's seat, rubbed her temples that were swollen due to lack of sleep, and took a breath.
After thinking about it, she stopped what she wanted to say next, and simply started to call up the holographic panel, and carefully browsed through what happened from the time when the alien creature was discovered and killed.
"Wait! Isaac, have the barracks been built at the ground base?"
How could this... come so fast?
Leona was stunned for a moment when she saw one of the messages on the information board. If it was carried out according to the original plan, there should be at least more than an hour of progress before the initial formation is completed, right?
"That's it, Captain, after Commander Doug discovered that there were alien creatures on the planet JNO.3, he brought back all the SCV engineering vehicles that were originally going to collect energy, and then joined them in the barracks. In construction work.”
"Because she believed that with insufficient troops, there was no way to protect the engineers who were conducting collection operations far away from the base, so she let them participate in the construction of the barracks within the base."
Regarding this matter, Second Officer Isaac felt that Doug did a pretty good job, which was a prudent approach and a wiser choice in the current situation.
"..."
After Leona read the information in the log for a while, she folded her arms and was silent for a while. She was thinking and didn't say anything else.
"Dawn, how are the preparations for the departure of the new recruits and engineers going now?"
It's so pitiful that on the Hope, even the two Marines with no actual combat experience, Galen and Darius, have become veterans? And those civilians who had only been recruited and trained for a few days quickly became their original recruits?
This is a task that Leona had already given before when she was in the captain's lounge.
Now, those people must be almost ready, right? They are now a group of troops, no longer civilians. After such a long period of time, they must be able to dress up.
She has now made up her mind: send more manpower and more troops! The collection and construction of the entire ground base must be accelerated!
Later, after finishing the current matter, she will train and recruit more recruits and more engineers from among the more than 100,000 immigrants. She will develop the military power of the Hope with force!
Then, the remaining base command center of the Hope will be dispatched to planets in nearby star fields or directly collect various metal minerals on the asteroid belt. After more metals and other materials are collected and smelted, , transport it directly to the ground base on planet JNO.3, so that Doug and the others only need to concentrate on collecting crystals and gas energy.
She believed that the two command centers would be launched at the same time and their respective tasks would be divided. Doing so would definitely reduce a lot of pressure on Doug and the others?
"Your Excellency, Captain, currently the Viper Team and the two hundred best-performing recruits have boarded two armored transport spacecraft and are ready to depart for the ground base on planet JNO.3 at any time."
"The second batch of SCV space engineering vehicles and corresponding engineers are also ready. After the ground troops land and the two armored transport ships return, the second airborne operation can be carried out."
After Captain Leona issued the order before, Dawn Intelligent Brain had already carried out this matter very efficiently. Under the efficient interstellar mode, it did not make any mistakes.
However, Shuguang Intelligent Brain still feels that instead of calling the group of recruits an army, it would be better to call them armed civilians wearing armored power suits and holding electromagnetic rifles. In this case, perhaps it would be more appropriate?
"Now, you can order them to start landing, and then connect me to Commander Doug at the ground base."
After making up his mind, Captain Leona needs to talk directly with Doug at the ground command center, directly assign some important tasks, and once again change the previous base development plan.
"Captain, what are your orders?"
Soon, just after Leona watched the two armored transport ships leave the internal airport in the belly of the colonial spacecraft and begin to accelerate towards the planet JNO.3, Commander Doug's holographic projection appeared in front of her. The other party even gave her a hasty military salute.
"Doug, the situation has changed now, and I have a very bad feeling... Therefore, the original development plan may need to be appropriately changed."
Although, Leona also knows that changing the base construction plan at will will cause a lot of trouble.
For example, if the work links of various units and items are disconnected, work efficiency may be seriously reduced, causing unnecessary waste of human resources, etc. However, now she has no better way.
"Give me your instructions, Captain!"
Nodding, Doug in the ground base didn't ask any questions.
She herself knew that after the appearance of unknown alien creatures, the necessary changes must be reasonable!
This is the same reason as when she, Doug, gave an order without authorization to have the SCV engineering vehicles that were conducting preliminary energy collection and survey withdraw to the vicinity of the base in advance.
"Doug, your task will be very heavy next. The original construction projects on the second and third islands have to be stopped now! I need you to go all out to collect energy and materials on this island and maximize the Complete the original plan content!"
After explaining his arrangements, Captain Leona continued without waiting for the other party to respond:
"Moreover, I also need you to transport half of the energy collected every day directly back to the Hope after you start mining energy on a large scale!"
This is the precautionary measure taken by Leona. Once she discovers that there is an uncontrollable situation, it is likely that the Hope will directly enter warp speed, jump and evacuate the star field?
"Yes, Captain! However, if the construction work on the second and third islands is abandoned, the metals or other minerals on this island will not be able to meet our later production and construction needs."
Because, on the JNO.3 planet, most of it is covered by strong acid oceans, and the remaining land is mostly islands of different sizes.
The place where they are landing now is one of the islands rich in high-energy crystals and high-energy gas. However, a problem has arisen. On this island, other metals or other mineral resources are not very abundant.
If they really stop the construction planning of the second and third bases according to the order just issued by Captain Leona, they will not be able to carry out many projects. By then, no matter how much energy they collect, without enough metals to produce modules, large-scale production of various buildings or combat units will be impossible.
"Our second command center will soon bring you from the asteroid in space to collect various necessary materials and transport them to the ground for you after smelting them! Now, do you have any questions?"
She has now asked Zhi Nao Shuguang to register this matter, and she believes it will be implemented soon.
Because, in space, in the asteroid belt, large-scale collection and smelting of various metal minerals is much more efficient than on a ground base affected by the gravity of the planet!
"No more, Captain!"
Since the captain had already made arrangements, Doug didn't say anything more.
Her next task is relatively clear: she only needs to focus on speeding up the production and construction of the main base.
Then, it seems that we can develop a little more defense?
"Very good! Now the first batch of two hundred and ten marines have begun to land on the planet. Later, the second batch will also support you with a large number of engineers and SCV engineering vehicles. This is what the Hope can currently provide. This is your greatest support. Next, you must quickly carry out production work without any mistakes!"
At this point, Captain Leona paused and stopped.
"Doug, you must also know that our Hope has no supplies now..."
The most supplies currently on board the Hope are that it can only produce some individual equipment and SCVs for the Marines. Moreover, the quantity that can be produced will not be too much. She urgently needs Doug's ground base to operate as soon as possible and feedback a large amount of energy back to the Hope as soon as possible, and then she can make other arrangements and work.
"Captain, please rest assured, I will do my best!"
Doug, who was the first officer of the Hope before, can certainly understand the current dilemma of the Hope.
Therefore, she decided that after more Marines and SCV engineering vehicles came down, she would immediately let go and carry out the next step of large-scale construction!
By then, all basic facilities will have been built, which will not only feed back a large amount of energy and materials to the Hope, but also produce a large amount of military equipment.
Then, the Hope spacecraft in space will only need to provide necessary personnel support to their ground base. She believes that everything will be fine by then!
"Good. Now, you can prepare to receive the new batch of Marines who have landed. Good luck to you, Doug."
After saying that, Captain Leona closed the call and lay deeply on the back of the captain's seat.
After finishing all the busy work and explaining all the matters clearly, she now needs to squint her eyes a little here, forcefully take a nap, and restore a little bit of energy.
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"Hey, Galen, and little Annie, are you okay now? Our army is here to support you!"
Darius's loud voice suddenly came from the combat panels of Galen, who was on guard duty on the ground, and Little Annie, who was silent.
Now the two armored transport spacecraft they were on had begun to slowly land next to the base command center and opened the heavy hatch. They were running out of the crowded cargo warehouse in an orderly manner.
Just now, on board the Hope, after hearing that there were alien creatures on this planet, Darius couldn't wait to have a big fight. He said: His electromagnetic rifle is now extremely thirsty. Got it!
"Darius, you are so lucky... You can still walk out of the spacecraft easily? Don't you know: before, when we landed, that damn old bastard Planck , that desperate old drunkard, he just dropped us from mid-air!"
When he thought of the time when his group was thrown down from a height of thirty to fifty meters by that old drunkard Gangplank, Galen became very angry!
Now, standing in Galen's position, he could easily see the two armored transport spaceships in the distance next to the base command center. Now they landed on the ground end-to-end. When they opened the back of the belly After the hatch, a large number of heavily armed Marines walked out.
"You're the old bastard! I'm telling you now, Galen, I swear: next time, you little brat, if you get on my spaceship again, your jump height will never be lower than a hundred meters!"
The public communication channel near the base was shared internally, so Captain Plank soon heard the slanderous words of Captain Galen of the Cobra Team.
Then, he cursed and yelled directly on the public channel.
The reason why Gangplank landed on the ground honestly this time was just for the sake of a group of recruits who had only trained for a few days, and he couldn't bear to let them hit the ground head first when they fell and cause unnecessary accidents. Just downsizing!
Cobra Team like Galen and the others, veteran Marines like them who have experience in high-altitude free jump landing training, the next landing height will definitely not be as simple as thirty or fifty meters.
"Old wine cabinet, I will never be your transport spaceship next time! Soon, I believe that a new spaceship for our base will be built. By then, your broken ship will no longer be The only option!”
Galen sneered back with the same curse.
If there was really no choice, if there were only two armored transport spaceships on the Hope now, why would Galen choose to take the spaceship of this old drunkard and madman?
Whether it was the rescue capsule where he went to capture Little Annie or when he landed on this planet, the other party's behavior gave him a lot of fright!
Thinking of the situation when the rescue capsule almost hit the spacecraft and dived to land on the planet, he now felt cramps in his calves! I'm afraid only a lunatic who is desperate for his life can fly a spaceship like the other party, right?
"Haha! Very good! Here, I welcome you next time to board the ship of those newcomers who have hundreds of hours of simulated flight experience and 0 hours of actual flight experience! Next time, please don't come to me, uh..."
After finishing speaking, Gangplank burped again. It seemed that he had just drank a lot.
Planck has always been very confident about his flying skills!
You know, he is a famous veteran driver! He has been driving a spaceship drunk for decades, whether it is in the dangerous gravel asteroid belt or on a desperate boat ride with the anti-smuggling boat team, he has never made a mistake!
How could an ordinary person, no matter how long the opponent's training time be, have such superb driving skills as him who risk his life?
For example, if Planck's small spacecraft driving skills were S level before he drank, then when he gets drunk, his driving skills can be improved to at least SS+! Mortals like Galen will never understand this master-level realm!
"..."
Hearing this, Galen was suddenly startled. It seemed to him that what the other party said seemed to make sense?
Compared to this old madman who has been flying spaceships for decades, it seems that... it is more dangerous to take a ship with newcomers who have zero actual experience in operating spaceships, right?
"By the way, Galen, why didn't I hear little Annie's response?"
After gloating in the panel and watching the noisy Galen and Captain Plank for a while, Darius finally thought of and asked about little Annie.
Logically speaking, he had already said hello just now. That little brat who likes to have fun, she wouldn't just say hello, right?
"Hmm...she seems to be lying on her commanding height to be on guard right now?"
Galen also looked at Little Annie's position on the radar with some uncertainty. The orange mark belonging to her was still parked in the established position.
After thinking about it, Galen turned around and walked past a bunch of strange rocks and looked towards the location on the high ground.
That's right, little Annie was still lying in that position. She had not turned on the invisibility mode, so Galen could see it clearly with the naked eye.
"Hello? Little Annie? What are you doing now? We are about to change shifts!"
Now that reinforcements have arrived, there are still 210 people, so Galen decided to notify little Annie.
At this time, it was almost time to change shifts. They could go back to the large barracks that had been built and take a good rest.
"Hello! Hello? Annie, are you listening?"
When Galen didn't get any reply, he couldn't help but call again and clicked the link video button on the virtual interface.
Wasn't little Annie always clamoring for a break just now? He also said he needed to sleep, said he needed to take a shower, and even said he needed to pee, etc., which made them, the Marines, feel their bladders tightening.
But now, after finally receiving support, she could change shifts and rest, but why was she silent?
"..."
When he opened the video communication panel, Galen couldn't help but feel short of breath!
That little brat, she was sleeping soundly with her eyes closed? From time to time, he made slight snoring sounds, and even his saliva was about to flow out?
No wonder she didn't get any response when Darius called her just now. It turns out that this little brat is actually sleeping? Fortunately for him, Galen had always thought that she was still lying there motionless despite how hard she was lying there. He originally wanted to praise her a few words.
"Huh?"
Just when Galen was about to say something more, little Annie suddenly opened her eyes and became energetic.
"Hey, little Annie, are you awake? Come down quickly. We are going to change defenses. You can go back to the barracks and take a nap!"
Thinking that he had woken up the other party, Galen breathed a sigh of relief, shouldered his rifle, walked back, and said to the red and white figure still lying on the commanding heights in the distance.
"Wow! There are so many enemies! The number is probably...hundreds? Great, now we have something to play with!"
Anne ignored Galen's call. Now, she received a reminder from her little bear Tibbers: ahead, in the same sea area, there was a large wave of monsters coming. The number was about a thousand. Still the one she beat to death before?
Then, while Annie quickly loaded her weapon, she also immediately turned on the stealth mode of her armor and disappeared from Galen's sight.
However, in the radar display of the friendly forces, it can still be seen that she is still lying on the spot without moving.
"Little Annie, what are you doing? Please don't mess around!"
Seeing that the other party suddenly disappeared and said that there was an enemy, Galen frowned a little displeasedly.
Just now, she was still sleeping, right? Moreover, he was the one who woke her up, so how could she find an enemy?
Lying about military information is a very serious crime! Now, they are performing military duties, and they are no longer allowed to joke carelessly like they were on the Hope.
Galen couldn't believe it. How could a little kid who just woke up see an enemy as soon as he opened his eyes?
"I'm not kidding!"
Bang! ! !
As soon as Anne finished speaking, after the gunshot, a bullet from a large-caliber electromagnetic sniper rifle whizzed past Galen's head.
Then, Galen, who was walking back leisurely, was horrified to find that there seemed to be some strange noise coming from behind him?
"Enemy attack! Everyone, prepare to fight!"
When Galen discovered that little Annie actually shot him above the head, he originally wanted to reprimand the other party severely and forbid the little kid from making such dangerous jokes again.
You know, those are the bullets of a 20 mm caliber electromagnetic rifle. It is no exaggeration to say it is an electromagnetic gun! If she accidentally misses the shot and rubs it just a little bit, Galen will declare it's over!
However, when he turned around, he saw another ferocious and huge calf-like monster on the seashore a few hundred meters behind him. Its headless body was spraying red-green blood and fell to the ground. When they were on the beach, Galen immediately stepped back a long distance.
After finding a simple bunker, he put his electromagnetic rifle on his shoulder, began to aim, and shouted sharply on all public channels at the same time.
Because, he discovered that on the beach ahead, he saw densely packed monsters, which were quietly climbing up from the sea.
"Enemy attack! Darius! Hurry and bring your group of marines over for support. There are many monsters on the beach, hurry up! This is not a **********!!!
"Repeat! There are many enemies! We need support now!"
Da da da……
While taking time to speak, Galen began to fire violently.
The 8 mm spiked bullets in the electromagnetic rifle in his hand sprayed towards those monsters at a super high rate of fire as if they were free of charge.
As the bullets were fired like chains of fire, balls of green-red blood soon burst out from the bodies of the large group of giant insect-shaped monsters.
Da da da……
At the same time, other members of the Cobra team who were still on alert began to rely on their respective favorable terrains and fired fiercely toward the seaside.
"Darius! Come quickly for support, we can't hold it anymore! There are too many of them!"
Galen was horrified to find that the firepower network of their several marines in this direction seemed not enough to resist the huge four-legged bugs that were constantly climbing up from the sea?
Also, aren't they a bit too durable? He found that sometimes, unless the bullets they fired at hit the head or other vital points, it would take several shots to kill the opponent or render the opponent incapacitated.
Just now, after little Annie killed the first monster that sneaked ashore, more than two hours had passed. These monsters actually started to attack on a large scale again?
Could it be that the one at the beginning was just here to explore the way?
"Hold on! We're coming!"
After Darius replied to Galen on the channel, he quickly turned around and shouted loudly to the new Marines who had just run off the transport ship and were in a state of confusion when they heard the battle:
"Everyone has it! Come on, run and follow me here! What are you doing standing there? Come here quickly!"
After saying hello, Captain Darius, who ran several steps, discovered that, after he greeted him, except for the nine members of his Viper team who responded to the order immediately, the other Among the two hundred marines, except for some who hesitated and ran away, the others were still looking at me and me in a daze?
"Attention all Marines: Go to the beach defense line immediately to support the operation! No mistakes!"
At this time, the base command center discovered the situation, and after Commander Doug's order, issued red combat instructions in the mission information panels of all the Marines who had just landed on the planet.
"Ah? Yes!"
"Which direction is the beach?"
"Okay, okay! We'll be right there!"
Finally, under the urging and leadership of Darius, and after Commander Doug issued the red combat order on the everyone's panel, the Marines finally followed the Viper team running at the front. Like herding sheep, they swarmed towards the beach in a sparse and messy formation.
"Wow! Why did you bump into me? Want to cause trouble?"
"Ah! You were the one who suddenly stood still in front! Do you still blame me?"
Suddenly, the two running Marines collided with each other inexplicably, and then rolled into a ball with each other. They fell to the ground and were entangled, and they couldn't stand up for a long time?
"You were obviously the one who hit me first! I just wanted to stop and study how to open the safety device of the electromagnetic rifle!"
"..."
Hearing this on the public channel, Commander Doug in the base command center could only stare dumbly at the two Marines who were at the back of the team, complaining to each other and trying to get up.
Now, Doug was very suspicious: they couldn't even walk well, and they could bump into each other when running. They even didn't know where the safety device of the weapon was or how to open it? Can they really gain a foothold on this seemingly dangerous planet with an unknown number of terrifying alien creatures with a Marine Corps that is not even a recruit?
For the first time, Commander Doug had a little doubt about his future at this ground base...
