The Orville, which returned to Earth, quickly picked up an alien president named Alkuzan, a Planetary Alliance councilor named Balask, and Captain Halsey who was also a member of the Planetary Alliance Committee on the Earth Space Station.

Assemble a delegation of three people.

Then, after the three of them successfully arrived at the Orville's helipad, they met with the honor guard organized by Captain Ed, and reviewed and discussed the more than 20-meter-tall red Zeon body parked on the elevated helipad.

After a while, the Orville finally officially set off, carrying the three of them towards the Quel people's main star, Darakos.

On the first night of the delegation's arrival, Admiral Halsey held a meeting with Captain Ed and First Officer Kelly, and asked them to watch a segment of the current Quail society with him.

Public election speech video.

And the candidate who was giving a speech and instigating the Quail people to oppose the alliance with the Planetary Alliance in the video was not who it was. It was surprisingly the candidate who had two entanglements with Captain Ed, and even had a "passionate love" for a long time.

The Quill Woman of Time, Janelle!

Of course, Janelle was just a manifestation of the Quill woman. Her real name was Treya, and the battleship her brother was on was originally captured by Ed and Gordon in order to obtain that code.

That ship.

As for her brother...

Naturally, she was burned to death by strong light and ultraviolet light on the spot. Only Treya and a small number of Quill children survived. Therefore, even if she was released by Ed, she still seemed to have reason to continue as before.

Hates humanity and the Alliance of Planets.

This time, maybe it's for revenge, or maybe it's just to cause trouble?

Anyway, she joined a Quill opposition force and successfully became the next candidate for the "Supreme Commander" of the Quills of this faction. She is currently giving a lecture tour and working on the main star of the Quills, Darakos.

For fanning to destroy the friendly relationship that was finally established between Quill and the Planetary Alliance.

"Did you all see it?"

"Ed!"

"The thing is, after you put Treya back to Quill, she was discharged from the army."

"A few months later, she emerged and stood out in a small faction that opposed Quill's peace talks. When our Planetary Alliance and Quill began to negotiate the alliance, she emerged."

"It cannot be denied that her remarks are very popular among the Quail people. Many Quail people support her extreme ideas and are committed to opposing signing with our planetary alliance."

"She has now become a representative figure in the Quill society who opposes the Alliance of Planets. The Quall people regard her as a hero and allowed her to get a lot of votes in the election of the next Grand Commander of Quill."

"Although Colin, the current leader of the Quayle people, still maintains a large lead, his support for the alliance will make some Quayle people think that he is too weak. His relatively moderate political stance will be detrimental to those Quayle people who have always been radical.

It might seem a bit unrealistic to people?”

"so!"

"Although Commander Colin doesn't take his competitors too seriously, I'm still a little worried. If the radicals don't get what they want in the election, will they regain their advantage elsewhere?

"

Looking at Ed and Kelly who were silent, that bad old man, Admiral Halsey, began to summarize and analyze some of the risks that the main star of the Quills, Darakos, might face this time.

In order to allow Ed and Kelly, the two commanders of the Orville, to be mentally prepared in advance for certain worst-case scenarios.

"snort!"

"She should have been locked up in the first place!"

"And now there's not so much going on."

Although it was too late and meaningless to say that kind of thing now, first mate Kelly still couldn't help but cast a resentful look at Ed, who was sitting opposite her.

When she first captured Treya, Kelly strongly suggested that Ed hand her over to the Planetary Alliance, but the other party actually took the initiative and released the Quill woman, saying that she wanted her to report to Quill.

Society conveys the goodwill of the Planetary Alliance?

But now it's better, after the other party returned, he actually repaid kindness with hatred. Not only did he not convey goodwill, but he also fought with the Planetary Alliance everywhere, constantly spreading unfavorable information to the Planetary Alliance in Quill society, deliberately vilifying and demonizing the Planetary Alliance, and even

At such a critical moment when signing a covenant, he would jump out and constantly add obstacles and chaos?

"..."

Ed didn't speak.

Although he wanted to say something, he didn't know where to start.

"okay."

"It's meaningless to talk about this now. After all, this is something no one would have thought of."

"I also supported Ed when he let the woman go. There was nothing wrong with that."

"Even if you hand her over to us, we will let her go in the end."

Fortunately, the bad old admiral on the side did not mind or pursue the matter. Instead, he spoke up to help Ed explain these two sentences.

"That is to say..."

"Admiral!"

"Are you worried that those radical Quayle people will take desperate measures and attack your delegation after seeing that there is no hope of winning the election?"

First, he temporarily ignored the unpleasant incident just now. Then, Ed thought about it for a while, thinking about what the admiral just summarized and the content of the video, and then he asked hesitantly and anxiously.

"I am not sure."

"But we don't deny that there may be that risk."

First he shook his head, then nodded, and the bad old admiral just said those ambiguous words to Ed.

"Although the Orville is not stronger than any destroyer or cruiser in the Alliance, it has an impressive record, powerful force, and sufficient adaptability in the face of crises. It is undoubtedly the most dazzling and powerful in the Alliance of Planets.

A big star battleship.”

"What's more, you still have Annie and Annie's Gundam..."

"Now almost most of the Quail people know about the existence of the Orville. While they regard you as a strong competitor, they also deeply admire you!"

"In addition, you and Lieutenant General Christie went to the Quill Star Territory before and ran back alive from the Quill forbidden area..."

"above!"

"This is the main reason why we finally chose the Orville, a medium-sized scientific research and exploration ship, as the delegation ship."

Then, without waiting for Ed to ask any more questions, the bad old admiral simply and openly told the reason why they finally chose the Orville.

"Admiral!"

"Besides those, you should have other considerations, right?"

"Like that woman?"

First Mate Kelly pondered for a while, and after glancing at the Quill woman playing on the holographic screen, she suddenly chuckled strangely and asked meaningfully.

"That's right!"

"Here's the kicker: Ed knows her better than any of us!"

"If there is any commander in the Planetary Alliance who can guess what she is thinking, I think it is Ed!"

“Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you be victorious in every battle!”

"This operation is very important. After comprehensive consideration by the Planetary Alliance Committee, the Orville has outstanding advantages in all aspects, so of course it was selected without hesitation."

Regarding Kelly's sarcastic statement that did not hide her personal emotions at all, Halsey did not mean to deny it, and still openly admitted that they had the idea of ​​​​taking advantage of the relationship between Ed and the Quill woman.

"I probably understand."

"Admiral, don't worry!"

"I promise to do my best!"

Knowing that this mission was not as simple as imagined, and seeing the difficulties they faced, Ed took a deep breath, then stood up resolutely and promised in a deep voice.

"I know you will!"

"but……"

"You'd better take a look at this first!"

"Commander Colin opened up access to part of the Quill network to us on the Orville, and then we discovered these interesting videos."

Admiral Halsey didn't take Ed's statement seriously. He just waved Ed to sit down and opened several videos in succession.

And then, Ed and Kelly saw something that surprised them: they saw that in those videos, without exception, they showed the Quill people's Commander Colin's response to those Quills who were marching against them.

All kinds of atrocities such as suppression, abuse and killing of people, which showed from all aspects the unpopularity of the tyranny, cruelty and various evil deeds of Commander Colin who was just called a 'moderate' by Admiral Halsey?

"..."

"..."

Upon seeing this, Ed and Kelly immediately cast shocked and questioning glances at Admiral Halsey.

"don’t worry."

"These are all fake!"

"It's 100% completely fictitious, because those things never happened at the same time and place!"

"Look at this. At that time, President Colin was on Earth discussing certain details of the alliance with us, but these videos show that President Colin was on another planet. This makes no sense at all!"
To be continued...