After the "biological age enhancement" plan ended, the expedition fleet conducted a comprehensive and large-scale routine starship equipment overhaul to prepare for the upcoming new interstellar expedition.
During this period, under Snart's call, the fleet held a meeting attended by senior and middle-level officers of the three starships. This was very rare since the voyage fleet set sail, and it can be said to be unprecedented.
Regarding the content of the meeting, Snart did not reveal much, but only gave the theme of the meeting: review and outlook.
At first glance, this meeting looks like a company's year-end summary meeting, rather than the style of an interstellar fleet that shoulders the trust of mankind and carries the lofty dream of expanding human living space.
Seems a bit nondescript.
But Liu Hanyang didn't think so. He smelled a different smell and felt that Snate had a deeper intention.
The meeting was held in the conference hall of the fleet's flagship "Taimiao". The meeting included all middle- and high-level officers in combat and non-combat positions of the expeditionary fleet.
Including command, communications, interstellar navigation, combat, escort, starship defense, logistics, military supplies, medical care, scientific research, and even middle- and high-level officers or leaders in some subdivided fields, such as food manufacturing, starship environmental maintenance, starship Dozens of departments include ship gravity environment monitoring, interstellar force, magnetic field early warning, black hole early warning, asteroid and rogue planet early warning, etc.
The number of participants was around 3,000.
Liu Hanyang, as the technical commander-in-chief of the voyage fleet, naturally also participated in the meeting.
Although the Fourth Armed Guard Spaceship Formation no longer exists, as the former squadron leader, Zhou Yun also received the invitation.
Li Sujia was also present at the meeting, but not as a senior officer in the voyage fleet, but as the commander-in-chief of the Marine Mecha Force.
She only has the right to listen.
The meeting was chaired by Miyazawa and his party. At the beginning of the meeting, the huge holographic screen about 30 meters long and 9 meters wide in front of the hall and dozens of small holographic screens around it played the magnificent scene of the voyage fleet setting sail. scene.
More than 20 years ago, a huge interstellar fleet consisting of 30 new star battleships, starships and more than 40 detection and support ships of various types set off from the skies of Oceania.
After reuniting with another four escort squadrons composed of 10 interstellar ships, more than 10 various detection and support ships, and 150 armed escort spacecraft in the orbit of Mars 70 million kilometers away, they flew towards Distant interstellar space.
The "Mission Exploration" plan to explore a second home on Earth has officially begun.
The entire setting sail scene was unprecedentedly grand, with more than 300 interstellar ships of various types stretching for hundreds of kilometers, like a strip of bright light, bright and majestic.
For a time, the entire expedition fleet became heroes and idols in the hearts of residents around the world and even Mars settlements. They expressed their best wishes to the fleet in different ways...
Just as the middle and high-level officers were immersed in the extremely bright moment, the scene suddenly changed, and the scene switched to a scene of the only three starships remaining in the voyage fleet moored lonely in the rolling clouds of Wolf 359B.
The three starships were riddled with scars, like abandoned children in the universe, and like defeated soldiers in despair.
The officers fell silent instantly, as if their high emotions were suppressed from the towering mountaintop to the bone-cold abyss in an instant...
Some people sighed, some looked gloomy, and some even cried bitterly... The whole hall was filled with pessimism and regret.
"The mission exploration plan failed." The deep voice of Miyazawa and his entourage echoed in the mournful hall.
Heavy and harsh.
"It's not that the plan failed, it's that we failed." Snart corrected.
His tone was calm and serious, but it gave the officers a burning sensation on their backs, like a sharp blade piercing deeply into their hearts.
His words were more lethal than Miyazawa's, and more penetrating to the soul. The failure of the plan was the result of a variety of factors, and different people have different interpretations and perceptions.
Failure can come again, but people
Failure is more fatal. It is the gap between subjective initiative and ability, and has little to do with objective reasons. People with different abilities may achieve completely opposite results when performing the same task.
That's what Snart meant.
The officers' faces became more gloomy and heavy, and the entire hall fell into a dead silence.
Miyazawa glanced at Snart in shock, who still had a serious and old-fashioned face.
Although the two had communicated before the meeting, Snett did not seem to follow the agreed-upon "script." Apparently, he intended to amplify the matter.
Surprised, the meeting had to go on.
Miyazawa cleared his throat and raised his voice: "Now, there are only two ways before us. One, continue to implement the mission exploration plan, and two, go home."
"go home!?"
If Miyazawa's words were like a sudden thunder, then the officers' screams were like the collapse of a mountain peak, triggering a landslide.
The entire hall instantly fell into a state of agitation. Different voices and different emotions were like a herd of runaway horses kicking up dust in the small space.
There was a commotion in the hall, with quarrels, regrets, curses and accusations...
The voices are harsh and the sentences are exciting.
Miyazawa was struggling to maintain order, almost hoarse, but Snate, on the other hand, looked calm, as if all this had nothing to do with him.
Thanks to Miyazawa's efforts, the venue gradually became quiet.
"Now, please make your final choice. If you agree to continue the mission exploration plan, please press the blue button. If you agree to return to Earth, please press the red button. If you abstain, please press the white button. We will make the final decision in accordance with the wishes of the majority. Choose." Miyazawa said loudly.
Some officers stared at each other, seemingly at a loss, some stared at the three buttons on the table, seemingly engaged in a fierce ideological struggle, and some looked at the two starships parked outside the portholes, trapped in In deep thought...
Five minutes later, the voting ended, and the results came out immediately. Surprisingly, more than half of the middle- and high-level officers chose to abstain.
The meeting came to nothing.
After the show, Liu Hanyang saw off Zhou Yun, and happened to meet Li Sujia in front of a water bar in the living area of the "Taimiao". Liu Hanyang suggested going in and sitting, and Li Sujia agreed.
The two of them sat facing each other in front of a small table. Both sides looked at each other from time to time, as if they had something to say, but seemed to have no words to say it. The moment their eyes touched, they could only smile.
Li Sujia's thoughts seemed to have not come out of the meeting just now, while Liu Hanyang was more surprised and confused.
Since the implementation of the "Biological Age Enhancement" plan, Li Sujia could fully realize her dream of rebirth of her body and limbs by virtue of her superior-subordinate relationship and so-called friendship with Mecha X1367, but she did not do so. Read the book
"Long time no see." Liu Hanyang took a sip of water and said.
"Well, it's been two years."
"how are things?"
"It's okay, how about you? You look good."
"Ha...you are so young." Liu Hanyang said with a faint smile. While smiling, his eyes stared at Li Sujia's body, and his expression immediately became serious. "Xiao Hang's arm has grown back."
"I know." Li Sujia nodded, moved unnaturally, and looked away.
"Why not give yourself a chance?"
"I'm used to my current body now. If I have a human body again, maybe..." Li Sujia's eyes were red, she choked, and she hurriedly covered her face with her alloy arm.
"I know you have concerns. The technology of Mecha , Mecha X1367 is still unable to recombine the genetic code of his missing arm."
"You're wrong, Hanyang. It's not a technical problem, but a problem with me. I'm used to my current body structure.
and status. "Li Sujia said, tears falling down.
He knew she was lying, and looking at her soft side, he couldn't bear to continue the topic. However, there was one thing he had to understand.
"Before your body was transformed, your internal organs and... broken limbs were all technically processed accordingly. Where are they now?" He asked bravely.
She let out a long sigh, as if she didn't want to mention it again, but looking at his expectant eyes, she finally spoke: "Lieutenant General Li Jianfeng has made proper arrangements, and the ultra-low temperature freezer should be stored in a medical research institution. indoor."
"I understand." He breathed a sigh of relief, and then said, "In other words, only by returning to Earth can you technically regenerate your body and limbs?"
"Hanyang, can we talk about something else?"
"Okay, okay, let's talk about something else..." After he finished speaking, he raised his neck and drank all the water in the cup, then turned the cup around, "What do you want to talk about?"
She gave a wry smile and looked at him helplessly, wanting to laugh and blame at the same time. After a moment, she got up and walked towards the door...
"Hey, no more chatting?"
"No more chatting. Let's think about it next time."
"I want to know what button you pushed?"
Li Sujia stopped, thought for a moment and then turned around: "Blue!"
After that, I strode forward...
"Hey, why don't you ask me which button I pressed?"
Li Sujia did not respond and disappeared into the passage.
Liu Hanyang stood there for a long time. In the meeting just now, he had not made a decision on whether to continue implementing the "Mission Exploration" plan or return to Earth.
His thoughts were more complicated. He had both practical considerations and concerns and confusion about the future, so he abstained from voting.
Now, taking all factors into account, he has made a final decision.
