Eridanus galaxy, Reach space, Spartan military space station.
The Eridanus galaxy is a star system with an age of about 1 billion Earth years. It has six planets. The fourth planet is the "Gaia planet" that routinely appears in every galaxy with a mass effect repeater. It is known as the "Gaia planet".
The Star Alliance Second Fleet is named "Reach".
Because the second repeater in the system was strangely red, the Second Fleet judged that an enemy might appear on the opposite side, so it built a military colony on Reach and a large military space station in satellite orbit to "measure this mass."
Arms and construction are carried out on the premise that "there are hostile aliens behind the effect relay". After the Star Alliance decides to send a formal investigation force, it can also be called their supply base.
At this time, the Star Alliance forces staying on Reach ushered in the Third Fleet, which was preparing to explore the unknown and dangerous galaxy.
"Great, the ace pilot 'Joker''s legendary career began by driving a cargo ship."
Cicero piloted the Dunkirk, chewing bubble gum and complaining.
"There is no way. Neither the space station nor the military base is large enough to accommodate such a large fleet. Materials can only be supplied through frigates." Kangna looked out the window at the densely packed frigates going back and forth between the fleet battle group, the space station, and the ground base.
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"[The quantity of these materials is too large and cannot be supplied in near-Earth galaxies, otherwise the 'Earth Guardians' will take the opportunity to criticize them, using excuses such as 'If you suspect there is danger, don't develop it.'"" the bridge said.
Anderson also participated in the conversation remotely.
Although there is no need for the captain to stay on the bridge during such non-combat operations, after all, he has just joined the Third Fleet, so it is better to leave an impression on others of observing discipline.
"Hmph, I admit that the earth is my hometown, but these guys who just want to stick to their homeland are really annoying," Cicero popped a bubble: "The journey of mankind is across the stars and the sea~"
Kangna thought for a while and decided to give up pointing out that this man with dreams of stars and seas was a patient with brittle bone disease, and instead talked about other things:
"If there really are aliens behind that weird Mass Effect repeater, and there is no possibility of peaceful coexistence, then this battle must be won, and won beautifully, otherwise General Grissom will be in trouble.
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"[If there are not hostile aliens on the opposite side of the repeater, then at least one cosmic disaster that was enough to destroy the repeater has occurred.]" Yi Di suddenly interjected.
"Etty? What did you find?" Connor was not surprised that Etty was able to take over Dunkirk's ship management system. With her current computing speed, she could even take over the destroyer's system, but not the cruiser.
"[Star Alliance's analysis of the mass repeater is only 'can jump' and 'the situation on the other side cannot be identified', but after my actual inspection, it can be determined that the structure of the repeater on the other side has been greatly damaged.
Unable to respond to the EKS signal here, that’s why the repeater here turns on the red light.]” Yidi answered in the flat electronic voice of the tablet.
"Is that some weird traffic light?" Kangana spread her hands: "Then we inform General Grissom about this?"
"[...It's not necessary,]" Eti paused: "[The fleet has no problem jumping between the two repeaters. The opposite repeater is not completely damaged, which proves that the situation there is basically stable.
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"Either disaster relief or fighting aliens?" Cicero concluded.
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"[This is the Karachi, and I am General Grissom.]"
After the fleet was replenished and left Reach, and once again arranged neatly in front of the mass relay, General Grissom began a full-frequency broadcast:
"What is before us are unprecedented challenges and opportunities, and it is also an important turning point in the history of human universe development. Whatever we discover will completely change the current view of the universe in human society, and each of us will leave a mark on this history.
Write your name.】"
It was a very routine mobilization speech, but it was very effective. Kangna stopped when she heard some nervous whispers in the Dunkirk.
"[Now, I ask you to all prepare for battle and enter combat status as soon as possible after the jump. However, you are not allowed to fire without my order. After all, except for me, a bad old man, no one of you can afford it."
It is the responsibility of firing the first shot in the war with aliens, haha~]"
Although this was a one-way communication and she could not hear the responses from other captains, Kangna felt that the atmosphere in the entire fleet suddenly relaxed.
"[Come on, let's see what's at the 'End of Rearch'. This is Grissom, it's over!]"
Buzz buzz——
At the same time that General Grissom ended the call, the weird red Mass Effect repeater suddenly lit up with red lightning.
Kangna turned her head and looked around. It was obvious that even though all the crew members present had experienced multiple repeater jumps, the mere change in color made many people's hearts beat faster and their palms became sweaty. As expected, the unknown is scary.
of.
Sizzling——
The red thunder and lightning did not "light up" all the ships at once like ordinary repeaters, but slowly "dyed" each warship red as if there was a bad contact. Although the speed was not slow, the pressure on people was.
is gradually increasing.
In the end, red lightning covered all the ships participating in the operation, and the mass effect channel was successfully opened to teleport the fleet out.
What is even more shocking is that the "Mass Effect Channel Wall", which was originally mainly white and light blue, turned out to be different shades of light red like bloodstains this time, causing the crew of the Dunkirk to appear.
There was a small commotion.
"I think we will definitely encounter aliens..." Cicero endured for a while and began to mutter: "What should I do? Do alien spacecrafts also have forward and backward directions? How do I find them if they are flying saucers?
Their PP?”
"I think-" Before Kangna could finish her words of comfort, the jump ended abruptly, "...what is that?"
"[There is no doubt that it is an alien creation.]" Anderson responded solemnly.
Looking out of the porthole of the Dunkirk's cockpit, one can see a mass effect repeater not far from the fleet that has been twisted into a twist-like shape, but its core is still stubbornly flashing with red electric light.
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However, it is not the protagonist of this stage.
Behind that miserable-looking Mass Effect Repeater, there was only a solitary star, surrounded by no celestial bodies like planets or asteroid belts or even comets.
Instead, there were nine unusually large silver rings.
