Mecha: Return of the Pioneers

Chapter 868 The current situation of the Nadeshiko!
Axes system, sixth planet.

The resistance headquarters.

The large space battleship Nadeshiko is docked in a dry dock at a military port, receiving supplies from the rebel headquarters and waiting for the next mission to arrive.

As the person in charge of the ship's finances and administration, PROSPECTOR is rigorously registering and comparing the supplies sent by the rebels according to the list on the supply list.

This is a very helpless thing.

No one would have thought that after the breakaway battle on Mars (the timeline at the end of the seventh volume of the original work), the space battleship Nadeshiko that rushed into the spaceship opened up by Tulip would accidentally come to this strange planet and be involved in the imperial civil war that swept the entire galaxy.

Originally, the Nadeshiko relied on its own technological advantages and tried to obtain some help from the empire to allow the Nadeshiko to find a way to return home.

As a result, after the civil war broke out, the Nadeshiko not only failed to find a way to return home, but was dragged to the side of the rebels, and as a mercenary, became an assistant to the rebel leader, the fourth prince and the second princess of the Ax Empire.

At first, relying on the powerful force of the phase transfer engine, the Nadeshiko, which participated in the war as a mercenary, did create many brilliant achievements for the rebels, and also received rewards from the rebels and the promise that they would definitely assist the Nadeshiko to return home.

However, when the situation was looking good, those damn Jupiter lizards actually appeared in the Axes galaxy and became a helper of the Imperial Army.

In just a few months, with only the Nadeshiko space battleship possessing a powerful energy source such as the phase-shift engine, the rebel space fleet was so powerless and vulnerable in the face of the attack of those Jovian lizards.

It was exactly the same tragic situation as when the Jupiter lizards invaded the Earth, the Earth Alliance was defeated step by step, and finally retreated to the Earth.

These scenes are undoubtedly the most familiar and the most profound memories for the crew of the Nadeshiko who experienced that era.

PROSPECTOR, who was concentrating on checking and registering, suddenly noticed out of the corner of his eye that a certain container seemed to have different supplies from those registered on the list.

"Wait! What is this?"

PROSPECTOR stepped forward and stopped the resistance worker who was directing the transportation.

However, the other party seemed not to understand PROSPECTOR's words. He just stammered a few syllables that were not sure whether they were English or Japanese, and finally chose to ignore PROSPECTOR.

"Wait! Damn it! Why send soldiers who can't communicate?"

PROSPECTOR was so angry that he ticked the list, and could only helplessly write down the situation and report to the captain of the Nadeshiko, Asuka Mitsuko.

In desperation, it turned into a sigh.

"When will this day end? Where on earth is this? My hometown!!"

at the same time.

A video call was taking place on the bridge of the Nadeshiko.

Captain Asuka Yuto looked at the main screen in front of her with a serious expression.

It was a video call from the resistance headquarters and the resistance commander, Eurokend.

"Captain Asuka Goto. Thank you very much for the help your ship has given us in recent days. Thanks to your participation, our resistance forces have been able to stabilize the front."

Due to the addition of the Nadeshiko, in order to facilitate communication between the two sides, the top leaders of the rebels and some of the top leaders of the Nadeshiko exchanged each other's language courses, thereby obtaining a channel to ensure communication between the two sides.

However, due to the short learning time and the differences in the language structures of both sides, the learning difficulty is caused, and only a few people can successfully master each other's language.

The rebel leader Eurokend is one of those few.

Asuka Yuto has great respect for this alien man who is about sixty years old on Earth.

She knew that the man in front of her was not only working hard to maintain the situation, but also taking the time to master the official languages ​​of the Earth Federation, such as English, Chinese, and Japanese. How could one not respect such a person!
"No. Commander, you are too kind! We on the Nadeshiko are only doing our best to fulfill our duties!"

Asuka Yuto shook her head and spoke slowly.

The expenses and supplies of the Nadeshiko were obtained by relying on the united efforts of the entire crew in every battle, rather than being driven by any great ideas or goals.

"Hahaha! Captain Asuka Yuto is straightforward, very good! I like her very much. If I weren't old, I would probably join the ranks of those pursuing Captain Asuka Yuto."

Eurokende laughed and made a joke.

Little did she know that this would lead to Yuto Asuka seriously refusing.

"Commander! I'm so sorry! My prince charming has come to my side and is fighting alongside me! So, please respect yourself!"

Eurokende was a little confused by Asuka Yuto's behavior, but he soon laughed a few times to cover it up.

"Whatever! Whatever! When you get older, you'll always talk nonsense."

After a pause, Eurokende said seriously.

"Next, we have a mission that we hope the Nadeshiko can complete. This is the coordinate location of this mission! We hope that the Nadeshiko can help us deliver something to this coordinate."

"Escort mission?"

Asuka Yuto was not surprised.

After the Nadeshiko became a mercenary for the rebels, it also completed several escort missions.

"I wonder what we are going to escort this time?"

"Yes, it's some supplies and our latest equipment. They need to be sent to this coordinate for testing."

Eurokend sighed.

"I am ashamed to say this. If our space battleships had not suffered such heavy losses that we could not spare any spare battleships at the moment, I would not have wanted to trouble you. After all, the combat power of the Nadeshiko is too important to us."

Asuka Yuto was not shaken by Eurokend's words. Instead, she thought about it calmly before slowly accepting the task.

"Commander, we, the Nadeshiko, have accepted this commission! May I ask when we will set off?"

After Yuto Asuka finished speaking, she added one more sentence.

"Has the commander made arrangements for the lack of combat power caused by the departure of the Nadeshiko?"

Eurokende smiled confidently.

"Of course! Even if the guy sitting in the imperial palace came in person, he would have to consider whether he is qualified to speak in front of me! When I followed the late emperor to fight on the battlefield, that guy was nothing!"

"Then the Nadeshiko is ready to depart at any time!"

"Please!"

After disconnecting the communication, the rebel commander Eurokend turned around, walked to the balcony, looked at the dry dock in the distance, and then raised his eyes to the sky.

"I hope, I'll leave it to you! Captain Asuka Yuto. I hope that the mysterious force that has been operating outside the galaxy is not evil!"

(End of this chapter)