Annie finally understood what Lin Zhuxue meant when he showed off to her that "there are only 51 crew members on the Guandu frigate". [No pop-up novel website]
Because Lin Zhuxue was actually showing off how "spacious" the "Guandu" was! As a special operations ship, the "Guandu" frigate pays more attention to sustainable combat capabilities. Unlike those fleets with patrol missions, each frigate must have at least a hundred people crammed into it! On the Guandu, everyone has their own bed, rather than a sleeping place for different shifts.
But the so-called spaciousness means relatively speaking. After all, the Guandu needs to carry more supplies than a conventional frigate. On the entire ship, except for the captain who has a small office, everyone including the first mate Lin Zhuxue sleeps in collective dormitories. Perhaps because the captain was a woman and paid more attention to details, Anne was lucky enough to have a separate dormitory with thirteen other women.
"Annie..." Lin Zhuxue, who came to see Anne, just opened the door and quickly closed it again. Then there was a "bang" sound, and a water glass hit the door.
"Go into the women's room and knock on the door!" He heard Anne's roar through the door, and suddenly felt ashamed... In the past, there were all men and women in the team... Even if they slept, everyone would wear regular clothes, and at most they would take off their hurdle vests. level, so I really haven’t considered this. "Actually, this is just a matter of politeness. The captain is not a lewd person." Lin Zhuxue heard something coming from inside the house. Annie's voice hurriedly argued for him, and she suddenly burst into tears... It's a newcomer who knows how to respect the captain! But then he heard Annie say next, "Besides. Captain, doesn't he like men?"
The world went silent for an instant... Lin Zhuxue turned gray... and then earth-shattering laughter erupted in the room! Several female men banged the bed hard, laughing so hard that they were all weak and bursting into tears! Since several years. The female Marines’ depressing feeling of being ignored as a gender was instantly cleared...
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A few minutes later, Lin Zhuxue and Annie were walking in tandem in the quiet corridor.
Seeing no one around, Lin Zhuxue immediately explained in a low voice, "Annie, I'm actually not that..."
He believed that based on the words of those female men, the rumor that he was gay would soon spread to the entire ship. That is out of control. But if Anne's mouth cannot be controlled, it might spread from a certain colonel to the entire army - such a life would be too tragic! "Captain!" Lin Zhuxue and Annie immediately moved out of the way, stood up straight and waved their hands, saluting her together! "Hmph!" The female captain pushed Lin Zhuxue hard, then turned and walked away angrily... She suddenly rushed over, as if just to give Lin Zhuxue a break!
"Captain, what did you want to say just now?" When the captain and captain left, Anne blinked her big eyes. She looked at Lin Zhuxue with an innocent face.
"Forget it..." Lin Zhuxue said weakly - I saw the future with my eyes, and life and everything else were completely gone. "I'd better take you to choose suitable weapons and equipment."
Warehouse District. With a slight roar, under the light, horizontal stripes began to appear on the walls of this corridor. The wall cracked along the horizontal lines and turned into individual partitions. Then the partitions flipped over, revealing the firearms hanging inside! In an instant, this inconspicuous corridor turned into a murderous weapons arsenal! Dozens of large and small firearms are neatly arranged on both sides of the corridor! It looks spectacular!
"Cool!" Annie couldn't help but whistle, looking around with bright eyes. Annie must now play the role of a rebellious teenager. But the only person of this kind that impressed her deeply in her life was Ding Mumu... So she changed the image of a close sister she used to be. Getting closer and closer to Ding Mumu. Seeing Annie's reaction, Lin Zhuxue crossed her arms. Very proud.
Although there is an equipment warehouse on the "Guandu", the weapons and armors uniformly issued by the army are stored there, and they are all basic models. It's different here. This is the "Gamma" team's own collection. To put it simply, it's "trophies"! There are many magically modified and unscientific weapons in it! In order to transform this corridor into the "Gamma" team's showroom, the Marine Corps spent a lot of effort! Therefore, when every newcomer comes, Lin Zhuxue will show off with others, and then help the newcomer choose a weapon - the quality of the firearms here is much better than the standard equipment of Star Alliance.
Anne admired everything and read the instruction card under the weapon, filled with joy. She also likes to collect weapons. When she met Lin Zhuxue, she immediately felt like a chimpanzee cherishing each other! However, Anne's collection is of a much higher level. It contains the Shield of Medusa, Saeko Busujima's wooden sword, the King of Knights' bra... Ahem, I didn't say anything just now.
While casually browsing, her eyes were suddenly attracted by a large gun with a sturdy appearance!
The eighty centimeter long gun body is only equipped with a short butt, and it looks like a single pistol. But look at the muzzle, which is as thin as a baby's wrist, and the huge, square heat-dissipating sleeve on the outside. The whole gun looks like a square iron rod! The rough heat dissipation holes cut out on the outside of the muzzle, the oil-stained hand rest, and the large "300-m" wording on the side of the gun give the entire firearm a rugged aesthetic of the industrial era!
"No, don't." Seeing Annie's eyes, Lin Zhuxue suddenly felt that something was wrong. "Don't choose that gun, it will shatter your whole arm at once! I tried it, and the fracture is very painful! Why don't you take a look at the Raptor V-type assault rifle next to it?! It's so powerful... Ah~" He couldn't help but moaned, because just when he was making the recommendation, Annie had already jumped slightly and took down the big gun on the top.
"That's my best collection..." He couldn't help but complain. The recoil of that thing when fired was completely inhuman. Although it was produced by a human company, among all the races in the galaxy, only one weighed 400 kilograms. Only krogan warriors can use it!
But when he looked at Annie's "petite" body and carrying such a big gun, Lin Zhuxue actually felt that... it was quite a match.
"M-300 'Broadsword' shotgun..." Anne read out the name on the nameplate, "That's it!"
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The time at this time is the year 2176 of the Citadel, and everyone on the Dawn has officially embarked on their own journeys.
2157, the first contact battle. Five prosthetic babies - Busujima Saeko, Mu Xing, Li Huamei, Annie and Lu Yuan - came into this world.
In 2164, Ding Mumu's prosthetic body replaced the offspring created by Henry Rosen and became Miranda Rosen's first sister. In 2166, Miranda's second sister Oriana was born. In 2170, Miranda Rosen fled her father's empire and joined Cerberus. In 2173, Miranda stole her healthy sister, Oriana, from her father's empire in order to prevent her own tragedy from happening again. In 2175, Ding Mumu escaped from the laboratory, joined the "Eclipse" mercenary group in the same year, and began to harass her sister Miranda...
Busujima Saeko officially entered in 2171 because her father is the director of Ariake Technology, the earth's technology giant. Busujima Saeko is currently studying at the private Tokyo University, striving to become the perfect assistant.
Mu Xing entered in 2173. After helping his adoptive father obtain the design results of the "Graytip Shark" infantry fighting vehicle, he entered a nearby engineering college on the recommendation of Professor Xu. Mu Xing became a doctor in 2176. In the same year, he began to serve as a consultant to the Naval Energy Laboratory, and recently started to establish a laboratory to develop small and medium-sized civilian spacecraft engines.
Li Huamei entered the world of Mass Effect in 2173. Coming from the same military family, she was recommended to attend the Naval Flying Academy because she showed outstanding driving talent as a teenager. But in the year she graduated, her father was involved in the assassination of the president. Li Huamei had to graduate early and was sent to the "Elysium" colony - the edge of the galaxy, a worthless vacation planet, a retirement sanctuary - to be a Marine Corps leader! It seems that some people want to never see her again in their lives!
Anne, entered in 2175. Due to some misunderstanding, she became the first and only person in Dawn's plan to successfully enter the Star Alliance Navy. After a full year of recruit training, Annie, who had excellent grades, joined the "Gamma" team of the 63rd Reconnaissance Detachment of the Fifth Fleet. She follows the reconnaissance team every day in obscurity, but diligently completes one task after another - if she can accumulate enough qualifications in a few years and be recommended to participate in the Navy's N-series training, that will be her biggest opportunity .
And our protagonist, Lu Yuan, drives a shabby boat, wears a "fake" N7 armor, and becomes a happy transportation businessman. After completing his first business, he left the solar system with the "Charon" repeater and devoted himself to the great cause of colonial transportation.
The vast Milky Way and the boundless sea of stars separate a few people who are scattered like falling stars. I don’t know when they will be reunited...
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ps: I also ask some book friends who know the plot not to spoil it. It would be interesting to quietly intersperse the characters into the history of Mass Effect.
