After hanging up the phone from his father, Wang Ping'an was almost drifting to the central hub of the space station.
Wang Ping'an had to turn here and turn onto the passage leading to his transfer to the spacecraft.
So he operated the trunk brake, then pulled the handle at the corner to stop himself temporarily.
Then he looked back at Angeli, only to see the girl gently push the suitcase and let the suitcase fly towards Wang Ping'an alone.
Wang Ping'an didn't know what she wanted to do, but he caught the flying suitcase first.
The girl opened her body, used the resistance of the air to reduce her speed, and slid towards the corner where Wang Ping'an was.
Wang Pingan let go of the hand holding the suitcase, and the suitcase began to float away from him at an insignificant speed. He used his free right hand to pull the girl floating over, but the girl deliberately missed his hand.
Wang Ping'an looked puzzled.
Then he saw the girl use the mass independent movement method to flexibly turn her body and grab the handle at the corner.
Wang Ping'an understood that the girl was showing that the excess fat would not affect her ability to use the mass movement method independently.
Angele: "Did you see that?"
"I didn't see it clearly. Come here again and I'll take a look."
The girl curled her lips, let go of the handle and turned 360 degrees on the spot.
Wang Ping'an: "Oh, rotating along the axis of the body is a basic skill. It's nothing. Just do somersaults and let me see."
The girl glared at Wang Ping'an angrily, and then somersaulted.
When she was doing somersaults, her body shifted slightly, and the soles of her shoes almost printed on Wang Ping'an's face.
Two ensigns passing by shouted: "Oh, what a skill, I give you full marks for this somersault."
Wang Ping'an: "I still don't see it clearly, do a Thomas Full Spin."
"Damn you! Anyway, don't worry about my ability to move, the bear won't affect me!"
Wang Ping'an: "Well, indeed. You just used the torque generated by the shaking of the two water bags to turn around, as if they were growing on you."
"They just grow on me!"
Wang Pingan grabbed the suitcase that was drifting away and returned it to the girl, then drove his suitcase to the boarding gate of the transfer spaceship.
The girl immediately chased after her, this time alongside Wang Ping'an: "Do you still owe me an apology?"
"I'm sorry for underestimating your ability to move in weightless space." Wang Ping'an apologized honestly.
"That's pretty much it."
Then it became quiet.
Wang Ping'an didn't care. He had been flying alone for seven years and was too used to peace and silence.
But the girl was obviously not used to this. As the silence lasted for a long time, she started to talk: "It's better to be in a weightless space. If I sit upright on the ground for an hour, my shoulders will get sore. It's too heavy."
Wang Pingan glanced at the girl and found that she was rubbing her shoulders, so he replied: "I also think weightlessness is good. I am on the ground, and as long as I stand upright for an hour, I will feel sore when I step on it. It is too heavy."
Angele glanced at Wang Pingan hesitantly.
Wang Ping'an: "What, you don't believe it? When I was in school, my friends all called me Big Dan Kyoichiro."
This was heard by several female soldiers passing by, and the girls laughed loudly.
Wang Ping'an's face turned a little red and he began to act serious.
Angele continued to talk: "Will we meet Colonel Lu's daughter along the way?"
"Yes, she is on duty now, and it should be half a year before she can return to the ground for vacation. Those of them who are on duty at the Earth Circle Space Station are more likely to have psychological problems.
"After all, L2 has a series of space stations. The entire L2 point is a small city. Hundreds of thousands of people live there. Not only are there soldiers from the United Space Force, but also a large number of civilians. The space station also rotates to provide simulated gravity, so to be honest there
, not much different from the earth.”
Wang Ping'an paused and added: "Except for the fact that luxury goods are extremely expensive. Wine, cigarettes, coffee, and toffees are very expensive in L2, and even more expensive on Mars."
The planning of the entire space industry is centered around various necessities. Obviously, alcohol, cigarettes, coffee and toffee are not considered necessities.
It is said that some commercial companies have begun to grow coffee in space, but these coffees are also extremely expensive.
The two of them just chatted for a while, and finally arrived at the boarding gate.
There was a lieutenant holding a tablet at the boarding gate, and two military police officers in blue hats chatting nearby.
The lieutenant looked at the tablet and shouted: "Wang Ping'an, Angele de Leon, right?"
"It's the two of us." Wang Ping'an started to brake, stopped accurately in front of the lieutenant, pulled the handle next to him, and used the suitcase to block Angele, who was also braking.
Angele: "Thank you."
Hearing her voice, the lieutenant who was writing boarding records on the tablet looked up and immediately whistled: "Second lieutenant, you are so beautiful. But according to regulations, you cannot wear decorations. Please take off your flat glasses."
.”
Wang Ping'an: "She is short-sighted."
"What?" The lieutenant was stunned for a moment.
"She is short-sighted."
The lieutenant looked at Angeli in surprise: "Is she... a natural person? No, no, no, this is impossible. She has silver hair. This cannot be a natural product. Look, there is a gradient here."
Angele: "You can see my record. I only adjusted my hair. Is this important?"
"No, it's not important." The lieutenant shut his mouth, quickly completed the registration, and then saluted the two of them, "Welcome aboard, your cabin is B5."
Wang Ping'an: "Wait a minute, we two sleep in the same cabin?"
"The records show that you are partners, commander and extravehicular operator, so according to regulations, it is the same cabin. Don't worry, there are two independent single beds in the cabin."
At this time, the military policeman who was chatting spoke up: "Lieutenant, you don't understand. I think it's uncomfortable for two people to squeeze into a single compartment!"
Lieutenant: "There is nothing we can do about this at the moment. Lieutenants can only be allocated rooms like this. How about I arrange for you two to sleep in the noncommissioned officer's dormitory?"
Angele: "No, that's fine."
After saying this, she saluted the lieutenant and pulled Wang Pingan into the cabin door.
**
B5 is a standard two-person cabin. The capsule bed is arranged side by side on the left side of the door. There are two single tables on the right side. The utility cabinet is integrated above the table.
The aisle between the table and the capsule bed is very narrow, and two people standing next to each other will be as close to each other as sardines in a sardine can.
The toilet is set at the bottom of the capsule bed, next to the porthole. It is said that the design is so that there is a porthole in the toilet, so that one can defecate while looking up at the stars.
Angele: “There’s no shower room?”
"There are public bathhouses. Didn't you go to the Space Flight Academy?"
"When we were studying, the internship spaceship had a separate shower room because we wanted to ensure personal privacy."
Angeli paused and asked very worriedly: "If I use a public shower room, doesn't that mean I will meet a transgender person or..."
"Don't worry, the public shower rooms are also separate. You can put on your military uniform and come out. This design is just to integrate the complex shower system and make the spacecraft appear more compact."
Angele breathed a long sigh of relief, then happily floated to the porthole, lay on the porthole and looked out.
The lower part of the porthole is a huge earth, while in the upper part, in addition to part of the transfer station, you can also see an old spaceship.
The beautiful torch cruiser just now has disappeared, maybe it took the general away with it.
Angele suddenly pointed to the old spaceship and asked Wang Pingan: "Do you recognize that ship?"
Wang Ping'an took a closer look, and began to recount: "Solid-core fission reactors and ion thrusters are all from the previous generation. The specific impulse of this thing is okay, but the thrust is very low. We can only use the Hohmann transfer route to go to the Sun and Earth.
L2 will last more than 40 weeks. It is estimated to be used for some insignificant transportation in low-Earth orbit."
Angele: "We didn't even learn about this kind of spacecraft because there are no more in the space force."
"Yes, it is used by private companies now. But thirty years ago, this was the standard equipment of the Space Force. You have seen the old man. He has been working on such a spacecraft for twenty years. His left hand is numb due to radiation.
I can only make movements, but I can’t use my strength.”
Angele: "Radiation?"
"Yes, the fission reactor used in this kind of spacecraft is very radiant, especially the pipeline that delivers fuel to the ion thruster. You must wear radiation protection clothing to enter. The most radiant part of our current generation spacecraft is the tritium fuel pipeline.
But this radiation intensity is much lower than that of the previous generation reactor."
"But I didn't find any problem with your father's left hand?" Angele asked doubtfully.
Wang Ping'an fell silent for a moment, and then he said to the girl word by word: "My dad is only 58 years old. He must at least retire before he can be called an old man, right? The old man I mean refers to Chief Wan."
"Oh him, it's true that his left hand is always hanging down. It seems that you and the commander have a good relationship, and you still call him old man..."
Just then a ringing sound came from the loudspeaker.
The girl was startled and asked nervously: "What's wrong?"
Wang Ping'an silently grasped the handle in the room: "We are about to set sail."
When the girl saw this, she immediately grabbed the handle. As a result, the spacecraft started directly, and the inertia suddenly threw her towards the partition of the capsule bed.
With quick eyes and hands, Wang Ping'an quickly grabbed the girl's back collar, lifted her up like a cat's hair on the back of her neck, and then gently placed her on the partition of the capsule bed.
Angele: "Thank you. Are all Space Force pilots so powerful in driving ships?"
Wang Ping'an: "This is to leave the berth as soon as possible to facilitate the space station's berth allocation. This acceleration will not last long. In addition, those of us who have just returned from vacation are relatively strong and will not be so violent when transporting people on vacation.
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"Is it because people who have been in the universe for a long time have brittle bones?" Angeli speculated.
Wang Ping'an: "Yes, if it accelerates like this for people going on vacation, if someone loses their grip and falls, they will suffer a comminuted fracture. On the way back, it won't start so quickly after the bell rings, giving everyone more time to catch hold."
Angele said "Oh" and then laughed: "It's really knowledge that you wouldn't know unless you actually served in the Space Force. All the doctrines are not written down."
Just as Wang Ping'an was about to answer, the intercom phone in the cabin made a prolonged "ZZZ" sound.
He immediately picked up the phone: "Lieutenant Wang Ping'an, please speak."
"Lieutenant, your and Second Lieutenant Angel's restorative training will start tomorrow. You will report to the briefing room at 0600 on the ship tomorrow. Please repeat after receiving it."
"Report to the briefing room at 0600 on the ship tomorrow. Over."
The phone was hung up.
Angele said enthusiastically: "It's finally time to start, let me show you how powerful it is."
Wang Pingan sighed: "What, I became a lieutenant as soon as I graduated. Do you know what this means?"
Angele: "What does it mean?"
"I was the first in that class. Not only did I get all the A-levels in practical exercises - your S, I also got the highest marks in all the written examination subjects. And you..."
Wang Ping'an gently patted Angeli's second lieutenant rank, as if cleaning the dust: "You obviously didn't get the highest score in that class, right?"
Angele punched Wang Ping'an in the stomach, almost vomiting out his last night's meal.
"At least fighting in weightless space, I'm better than you." The girl said.