Blue Star, October 1996. More than a month has passed since that lonely and unknown battle on Mars.
The stars and rivers in the universe are still the same, shining brightly in the distance and quiet before our eyes.
The red planet, which represents war and death, floats quietly, surrounded by blue-black endless space, as calm as a picture scroll.
In the illusion that everything is still...
A tiny pink aircraft with straight wings spread out, quietly and slowly, floating forward in this deep blue-black.
In fact, the aircraft itself is not very small, and the speed driven by the source energy is not slow at all. However, the space it is in now and the background of the picture are too vast and deep.
If someone can enlarge it and see clearly, they will find that the wings of this small aircraft are actually written with the words Blue Star Human Civilization... It is the [Looking for Pegg-066] exploration aircraft.
066 is its production number. Of the same series of exploration aircraft, the Azure Research Base has built a total of 203 aircraft so far, all painted in pink.
Currently, all of these small source energy aircraft have entered the universe one after another... However, 47 of them have lost contact, been damaged, or have disappeared in the vast universe due to various known and unknowable reasons.
Fortunately, they are unmanned...there is no need for a spaceship pilot to venture into space.
When the world is in crisis of destruction, humankind's original non-source energy science is also progressing at an incredible speed. The elites of mankind are trying their best to save the future and destiny of the species through their respective genius and efforts.
The "Looking for Pegg" series of exploration aircraft is the first important achievement produced by the combination of human science and source energy science.
In fact, to be precise, it is the first batch of completely self-made source energy aircraft by humans (previous human source energy spacecraft, no matter how big the modifications seemed, were actually produced by modifying large-pointed aircraft).
Although there is still a big gap between this completely self-made energy aircraft and the big-pointed spacecraft in terms of power, impact and endurance, it is still a milestone and great progress. It provides infinite possibilities for the future of human energy science.
Faced with such a great scientific research achievement that inspired the world, the Blue Council specifically decided to collect names from all over the world... This is the name that was ultimately chosen by all mankind.
It is also its only mission at this stage.
As the former Denier's announcer said in that final communication, "Stay alive, Peg, and we'll get to you, for sure."
Humanity did not break its promise to its warriors.
Even though nearly eleven months have passed, everything is becoming more and more pessimistic and uncertain...Humanity and Azure have still not given up, nor have they given up hope; they have never given up, looking for their heroic warrior, Pink. of Pegmount.
From the end of last year to the present, the [Looking for Pegg] series aircraft have been in continuous production.
Tonight will be the day when the 204th, 205th and 206th exploration spacecraft pass the final inspection and prepare for launch. They will all head towards Mars... There are actually a lot of exploration spacecraft lost in that direction.
Mars area.
In the boundless blue-black picture, 066 is still floating and flying, slowly and lonely, moving towards the edge of the red planet...
It doesn't look anxious at all, and that's because it's just a machine.
Except for having a "number that will have good luck" in the eyes of Chinese and Asian scientific research staff, 066 is almost the same as other exploration flights.
In fact, of course there are exploration aircraft with serial numbers earlier than 066, which have arrived before and passed through the surrounding areas of Mars. However, the specific routes taken by each exploration aircraft are different, so their signal capture range is also different.
"Hey, hey, can anyone hear me? I'm Pegmount. This is Mars, maybe. Those big spikes that escaped from the Antarctic built a traction field here..."
The setting of the program allows 066 to slow down and stop as soon as it captures this message to prevent it from leaving the signal capture range.
The sound and the name didn't excite it... that's because it was just a machine.
"I love you, Pegmount, please wait."
"Rejects here, glad you didn't give up and neither did we, please wait."
"I am not a living person. A living person will be here soon. Please wait."
It's not a high-end program, it's not even serious or rigorous enough, but it's really like this. It can just say these three sentences, and the sound is mechanical and numb.
Communication (quantum communication), signal capture, reception and transmission, are currently all the core functions of the "Looking for Pegg" series aircraft except being able to fly.
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According to the program's settings, 066 has already forwarded the captured message when it replies to the first sentence "I love you".
Then, the Rejected No. 014 Space Station, [Waiting for Peg] No. 004 Special Work Module, successfully received, forwarded to the Rejected Headquarters Base, and then forwarded...
Azure Elders Council, and Council Presidium.
"Hey, hey, can anyone hear me? I'm Pegmount. This is Mars, maybe. Those big spikes that escaped from the Antarctic built a traction field here..."
In the huge meeting hall, everyone sat quietly, with their heads raised, until the loudspeaker hanging high finished playing the recording of the call from Mars.
"Roar!" The first round of applause, the venue cheered.
Of course, some people did not stand up, and they even made no sound other than mechanical clapping, because their attention at this time was already focused on the second half of the call message.
"Did Dajian build a traction field on Mars? Then if they continue to build it..."
"Stop it."
"Did Major General Pegmont (posthumously awarded... posthumously after traveling to the universe) stop it?"
"is there time?"
The voices of concern and discussion were temporarily drowned out by the wave of joy.
On the rostrum, Speaker Kemore stood up suddenly and jumped up in joy, and his chair overturned. The old man did not help it, but tried to calm down, took a step, leaned down, like a junior high school student standing on the podium for the first time, took a deep breath to relieve the tension, and then said into the microphone:
"If you can, please transfer me directly to Major General Pegmount."
"...Sorry, Speaker, we are temporarily unable to fulfill your request." The refuser decisively refused.
It was careless. Speaker Kemore was a little embarrassed. He did not choose to continue to ask the reason in public, but said directly: "Okay, then if you have time later, please convey your joy and respect for me... Mine, and the blue discussion highest respect.”
Mr. Speaker, from beginning to end, did not ask questions about the Mars Big Point Traction Field in public. Of course it was not that he had not noticed this, but because he was the Speaker, at this moment, there was nothing more worthy of his care and attention than the hope of Pegmount's survival.
Regarding the issue of the Mars traction field, there are those who reject it. The generals of the Azure Command and Staff will understand and analyze it. Only when they come up with the results and plans will Kemore need to start thinking about the next plan.
That may be very urgent and will soon be put on the agenda, becoming another severe test for Azure and even all mankind.
