Manhattan in the morning light is like a prologue to a symphony of steel. The spire of Stark Building pierces a light cyan mist.
The steel cables of the Brooklyn Bridge were shining with a cold silver gray under the early sun. When Captain America was running in the morning, it looked like a note jumping on the strings of a steel harp.
A grey mist floated by. Schiller, holding breakfast in his hand, stood in front of the railing, waved to Captain America.
"Good morning, Captain, this is yours." Schiller threw a paper bag to Captain America.
Steve opened the bag and saw it was his favorite frosted donuts and butter toast. Schiller handed over another cup of hot American coffee and said, "How is Carter's situation? I heard something went wrong during production?"
"It's okay," Steve said. "There was something happening when the child was born, but it didn't hurt anyone. Carter spent too much energy and was recuperating in the hospital for more than two months before he was discharged."
"What do you say about the mutant?"
"They said the child is too young and it is difficult to test the specific situation of the mutant ability now, but the result given by the hospital is that there are no physical defects. God blesses."
Seeing that Steve was unwilling to say more, Schiller did not ask. After all, the child has been born, and it is only a matter of time before he can detect the specific type of mutant ability. It is a blessing that there is no physical defect.
"By the way, that little guy..." Steve walked to the railing while pulling the donut from the bag and said, "It's been a long time since New York has such a lively Spider-Man."
"You can hear that you have tried your best to be tactful, Captain," Schiller said with a smile. "The Sandman was chased by him for two nights, and Dr. Otto simply took annual leave. Even Osborne was almost lifted off the test version of his personal skateboard. The only good news is that he doesn't know Gwen yet, and the Parkers don't have to take a detour to work."
Steve shook his head helplessly and said, "It was the same when Peter first gained the spider's ability. I will watch him as much as possible."
Schiller was about to say something, but he heard a scream from the sky. A shiny spider silk wrapped around the steel cables of the Brooklyn Bridge, and the red and blue figures landed in a standard superhero posture.
"Spider-Man!" Steve raised his tone and said, "I told you not to go to the bridge, it can easily cause traffic jams!"
"Sorry, I just saw you." The young Spider-Man shook his head.
Schiller handed him a paper bag in his hand and said, "I know you are excited, but don't be excited. Have breakfast first."
Steve gave Schiller a look of disagreement. Schiller signaled him to be calm. The new Spider-Man is more lively than the young Peter, probably because the first generation Spider-Man was designed to make him more active, chatty, and some of his reckless characteristics in order to better fit the teenager style.
After meeting Peter in the fighting world, he kept yelling to come and play. After Peter brought him over, he was transferred to Neptune to do projects. This little Spider-Man has become a waste of time. In the past few days, he has been hiding "criminals" in New York.
Most of the criminals in Schiller's universe are no longer criminals. They are now diligent office workers. The Spider-Man always jumps out on their way to and from get off work to gesture with them, and everyone is so annoyed.
Because of his young age, no one has the same knowledge as him, and the members of the Avengers are all busy with their own affairs and have no time to care about him.
Peter thought it was his responsibility, so he simply shook Schiller back. Schiller did not disappoint him. In terms of raising children, he mainly had two words - spoiled.
Greed and arrogance are different. Basically, as long as the matter of principle is not involved, Schiller is encouraged and education. No matter what the other party does, praise it first.
The situation in New York has not improved, but has become worse and worse. It was not until two days ago that the little spider had not seen the road when he was swaying spider silk and was hit by an air train and broke his ribs. He finally stopped a little.
But the good times didn't last long. Spider-Man's recovery ability was too fast. Others were injured for a hundred days, but he didn't have to lie for a hundred hours. In just two days, he regained his style again.
Looking at Spider-Man who jumped off the bridge happily again, Steve shook his head and said, "It's a pity that humans only have 24 ribs."
Then he looked at Schiller with some curiosity and said, "How is Neptune?"
Schiller smiled mysteriously and said, "It's almost done. Peter has been transferred, and it should be the end of the work. Maybe there will be news of the trial sail soon."
Steve couldn't help but feel a little excited. He pinched the donut in his hand, and then said, "I can't believe that humans actually have their own starship... Has the name been decided?"
"Of course. Asgard has made a lot of efforts this time, so the first starship should be called the Atrium."
Steve nodded, obviously very satisfied with the name, and said: "It should be related to Asgard. In this way, if something happens later, they can't sit idly by."
"That's true." Schiller affirmed his thoughts and said, "If you want to call the Human or Earth, it would be too embarrassing if you are sunk. But if you call the Atrium, you have to consider it before firing. The name of the virtual name is not really important."
"Did China agree?"
"Yes, the Chinese name literally translated as 'central country', which is similar to the atrium to a certain extent and is very consistent with their aesthetics."
"Then the trial voyage..."
"Of course I will invite you. I'll come to you today to tell you about this." Schiller changed his coffee and said, "The Atrium Fleet has two very important positions. One is the captain and the other is the navigator."
"After negotiations between China and the United States, it was decided that China's Wanzhongxia would be the captain. The United States will have a navigator. Congress will elect and vote on candidates for this position, but it is just a formality. The Avengers, S.H.E.L.D. and the Glory Alliance unanimously believe that you are more suitable."
Steve frowned slightly and said, "Captain, what does the Navigator do?"
Schiller shook his head and said, "In fact, the captain is not a real position, it is more like an honorary title. Because although it is a starship, it does not require someone to drive it. Most daily voyages can be automatically completed."
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"Let the Chinese take this position mainly because once there is a problem with the starship, they can organize and work hard to deal with it as quickly as possible, rather than wait for the gang of men in Congress to vote. This is their institutional advantage. With the honor of the title of captain of the first starship of mankind, they naturally have to bear the responsibility corresponding to the honor."
"The work of the navigator is relatively practical and troublesome. You should know that for a starship, the most important thing is the transition capability. The newly built Atrium installs the transition core provided by Asgard."
"Asgard Technology is particularly outstanding in this regard for the need for advancing operations. Whether it is distance, speed or stability, it is second to none in the universe."
"But the transition technology itself has certain flaws. After the transition function is activated, the starship is in a stagnant state. At this time, the starship is very fragile. Therefore, most advanced civilizations in the universe have transition traps targeting large starships to counter the opponent's advancement."
"The margins of most civilizations also arrange measures to limit jumps. Many will not cause substantial damage to the starship, but once triggered, it will also cause many problems."
"The Starfleet of higher civilizations has led to an important position, that is, the Navigator. To be precise, it is a professional pilot team used to avoid risks in space navigation."
"The main work is to confirm the security status of the dimension and field before each jump, communicate with the surrounding civilizations, and require them to ensure the safety of the starship jump."
"On the surface, it seems like this, but in fact there is a more important task, which is to open up new routes. Every civilization that develops into the colonial period of the universe will open up several routes that they are familiar with, deal with the surrounding civilizations, and facilitate their material transportation and diplomatic activities between the stars."
"At present, humans have almost no routes of their own. Most of them borrow the routes of Asgard. And the routes of Asgard are a bit too rugged for humans. We need to open up more stable and reliable routes. This is also the focus of our work in the next period of time."
"Now is a good time. The conflict between the three empires that have been picked up is constantly escalating. Many civilizations in the war zone are too busy to take care of themselves and have no time to maintain certain golden routes. And we can take advantage of the opportunity to complete our route network in the shortest time."
"High harvest naturally means high risks. In the next period of time, all the supernatural organizations on Earth will escort this newly established fleet. Asgard will also help. But the pilot team's investigation of the universe and grasp of opportunities will remain the top priority."
Steve listened to the full journey with a serious expression, and after thinking for a few minutes, he spoke: "Why me?"
"I know you want to say there may be more and better candidates, such as Iron Man, or Nick Strange, of course. But in fact, they are more useful in supporting work than directly playing, aren't they?"
Steve was caught in a long thought again. Schiller was not worried that he would not agree. Captain America's sense of responsibility made him feel unshirkable.
In the past few days, he has attended dozens of meetings, most of which are discussing this matter. Of course, some people have objections, but in the end, the members of the Glorious Alliance went against the opposition and determined the candidate for the Navigator.
Everyone has their own reasons to choose Captain America. Schiller took a fancy to his sense of responsibility, Nick took a fancy to his physical fitness that could work without sleep, Stark took a fancy to his leadership ability, Strange took a fancy to his relatively excellent human appearance, and mutants took a fancy to his daughter with X genes.
It can be said that Captain America is expected to take office. Almost all forces on earth will provide support for him. But this still requires him to make up his mind. After all, the universe is still a dark forest for mankind, and the more important the work is, the more dangerous it is.
Steve didn't think for too long. He thought he knew it was the best result. He swallowed the last piece of donut, drank all the coffee in his hand, and nodded looking at the New York skyline, as gentle and firm as ever.