The bridge of the Qingluan.
Tang Yuan was rubbing her temples.
“Tang Jie, did you receive the male captain? How’s the first man on our Qingluan, huh?” A blonde beauty with a cigarette in her mouth, legs crossed.
“He looks like a student.” Tang Yuan said.
The blonde beauty rolled her eyes. “I don’t know if the AI is malfunctioning, why it would assign a male captain. What use is a male captain? Can he fly a fighter? Can he pilot a mech? Or can he shoot down planes?”
Tang Yuan’s deep gaze looked through the glass at the stars outside the window. “No matter what, he’s the AI’s arrangement. Hopefully, he’ll be obedient.”
“Whoa!”
A scream came from outside.
The gazes of all the female soldiers on the bridge were drawn to the sound.
“This scene is so beautiful, so stunning!” Sun He saw the cosmic view outside the window. This was the first time he had seen such a sight.
Vast starry river, sparkling and dazzling!
“Is that our male captain?”
“Not bad, he's pretty handsome.”
“Handsome is useless! A man who can't be injected with enhancement drugs can't even pilot a fighter jet. He’s a decoration.”
“Exactly. A man who hasn't been injected with enhancement drugs can't stay on a spaceship for more than 72 hours without entering a hibernation chamber.”
The female soldiers whispered amongst themselves.
Click
That was the sound of Tang Yuan's shoes hitting the floor.
“Captain.”
Hearing Tang Yuan's voice, the other female soldiers reacted, saluting Sun He.
“Captain!”
Seeing a group of young women saluting him, Sun He felt a little excited.
“Hello… hello…”
“Captain Sun, this is the bridge of our Qingluan. I'll introduce you to the Qingluan. The Qingluan is a light aircraft carrier star cruiser, with a total of 3,000 people on board.
There are 2,500 combat personnel and 500 non-combat personnel. The main fighting style is spaceborne aircraft, over 100 aircraft of various types. It also comes equipped with defensive cannons and battle mechs.
So far, there hasn’t been any male soldier on the Qingluan besides Captain Sun.” Deputy Captain Tang Yuan looked at Sun He.
“Later we’ll have a meeting, Captain Sun can take a look… ”
“Report! Urgent Notice!”
At this moment, a female soldier stood up.
“Speak.” Tang Yuan’s aura completely changed, like a sharp sword.
“Latest notification, the Serra Star Battle originally scheduled for July 10th has been moved to July 5th. We are required to enter the battlefield ahead of schedule!”
Deputy Captain Tang Yuan frowned, “Will we be able to make it?”
“If we leave now, we can reach the designated battlefield three hours early after a 72-hour sub-light speed voyage.”
“Alright, then, pass my order. Everyone enjoys lunch, then except for the most basic on-duty personnel, everyone enters the hibernation chamber. The Qingluan begins sub-light speed travel, target Serra!” Deputy Captain Tang Yuan directly issued her command.
At this moment, Sun He saw a hint of sadness in the eyes of the female soldiers around him.
“Wait… why is there a battle right after I arrive?” Sun He looked at Deputy Captain Tang Yuan in surprise.
“This is our Qingluan's best mech pilot, Rona. Let her explain it to you. As for your welcoming meeting, it’s canceled.” Deputy Captain Tang Yuan seemed very busy at the moment, directly pushing the matter to Rona, who was smoking next to her.
Sun He looked at the blonde woman.
“Captain Sun, let me explain. First, according to the rules of the Galactic Alliance, the military is divided into two types, private armies, and Lord armies.
The latter is the army that the lords themselves organize and support. We belong to the former, it’s a military, but it’s more like... mercenaries.
Whoever pays us, we work for them.” Rona shrugged.
Sun He nodded. He knew this information.
Although this is the interstellar age, due to the rapid increase in population, various resources are being consumed rapidly. This has led to constant interstellar wars, and continued expansion of territory.
Searching for suitable planets to live on or for resources.
You can't have war without an army.
“Our Qingluan’s situation isn’t good. To be honest, we're in the red. We’re out of money. This mission is a job we got after much difficulty.”
Rona raised her hand and pressed the device on her wrist, opening a star map.
“Serra is located on the border of our Galactic Alliance. It is a resource star of the Ivork Kingdom. The Gray Bear Lord of the Galactic Alliance has his eyes on this resource star and has planned this Serra Star battle to capture this resource star.
The Gray Bear Lord's fleet will attack Serra at that time. The Ivork Kingdom will inevitably send reinforcements from nearby star systems.
Our mission is to intercept a group of Ivork fleets from the neighboring star system in this location. We are to intercept them for three hours, and our mission is complete.”
Sun He nodded in understanding. This was the first time he had encountered such an interstellar battle, and it was quite interesting.
“Wait… ” Sun He suddenly realized something was wrong.
“Are we the only ones responsible for this interception?”
Rona nodded, “Yes. We are the only ones who took this mission.”
“Then where are our fleet’s battleships and cruisers? Are they going to rendezvous elsewhere?” Sun He looked out the window. In this universe, the Qingluan was surrounded by emptiness.
“What are you talking about? Where is there a battleship or cruiser?” Rona laughed.
Sun He had several black lines on his forehead.
“A normal fleet with an aircraft carrier should have 2 battleships, 4 cruisers, 6 destroyers, 6 frigates, 5 supply ships, and a total of at least twenty star cruisers!”
This was all the knowledge Sun He had in his head.
Rona took a puff of her cigarette, blowing smoke rings. “We had them before, but like I said, we’ve been in the red, some starships broke and we didn’t have the money to fix them, so we sold them.
Now, all we have left is the Qingluan under your feet.”
“You’re telling me that a fleet only has one aircraft carrier!” Sun He gasped. What a ridiculous configuration!
Isn’t this like sending a naked fighter to fight someone?
“The current situation of our Qingluan fleet is exactly that. So we have to complete this mission. Otherwise, our fleet will be disbanded due to lack of funds.” Deputy Captain Tang Yuan interjected.
Lack of funds?
The system had given him a fleet that was going broke.
Sun He suppressed the urge to slam the table and asked again, “Then how strong is the enemy fleet we’re going to intercept.”
“It's estimated that there will be ten interstellar destroyers.”
Upon hearing this, Sun He rolled his eyes.
“You guys are just joking with the lives of 3,000 people on the Qingluan! Such a task is no different from a suicide mission!” Sun He couldn't help but scold.