Him and their stars

The so-called failure is of course easy to understand. It was just like all the other detectors, sinking into the big silver ball of light in the center of the star gate and then emerging from the other side.

The so-called success is, of course, entering the Star Gate and going back and forth. In fact, the successful group of crew members have completed their physical examinations and are now on standby in the rest area of ​​the laboratory, ready for General Yu's questioning at any time.

However, this so-called half time is very questionable.

"So, that group of ships went there but couldn't come back?" Yu Lian guessed.

Xiaobai nodded, his expression obviously worried, but there was also a certain amount of expectation, and even a hint of pride.

...Well, Yu Lian can't tell how much this child has grown in terms of technology, but he has made rapid progress in terms of Yan Yi.

"Are there any of your relatives or friends on the ship?" Yu Lian asked.

If you think about it carefully, the Lao Bai family claims to be the local emperors of New China, but at heart they are still a pioneer family. There is no reason for them to be absent from this kind of thing.

Sure enough, Luo Zeshi added: "The one that has not returned is the Lone Ranger, and the captain is Colonel Bai Chengyu."

Yu Lian has heard this person's name several times. He is the cousin of Xiaobai and Tai'a. In his early years, he was an expedition ship captain with considerable achievements and had experience in exploring the New World. After the Leviathan Battle in Tianshu, he returned to his hometown and became an officer of the New China Guard Fleet. Among the pioneers and adventurer groups in New China, he is still very popular.

As for the "Lone Ranger", it was the ship of the ancestor of the Bai family who discovered New China three hundred years ago. Of course, even in this universe where civilization is stagnant and technological progress is slow, a ship cannot really last three hundred years. What is passed down from generation to generation is, of course, a ship name.

The current ship is already the fourth-generation Maverick. It is an Eternal Wind-class exploration ship produced by the Alliance's Tachyon Power Shipyard. It has a crew of 12 people and is equipped with two light wheels mK9 sublight speed. engine and an Apostle DF2 jump engine. In this great era, he can already be regarded as a strong man.

As an experienced former adventurer, Colonel Bai Chengyu patted his chest and told everyone that anyone could be intimidated by exploring the Star Gate, but he could never be intimidated, and he could not shrink back even a step.

Everyone expressed their gratitude to Mr. Bai Jiu for his great wisdom and courage. I will definitely not fight you over this kind of thing.

However, since it is a navigation test of the Star Gate, there is no need for a full crew. So, everyone took only the first mate and chief engineer, who had been partners for many years, plus two rookies, and embarked on the journey.

In addition, of the two cadet soldiers, one was a new lieutenant who had just graduated from the Lunar Military Academy and was officially assigned to the New China Patrol Fleet; the other was a recent graduate of the New Rome Fleet Academy and came to serve as a trainee warrant officer navigator.

All in all, what a classic setting it is to partner up with a young and energetic elite talent rookie from a well-known family, and the experienced veteran Youzi! Although it’s cliche, it fills you with a sense of story as soon as you start it!

But then again, since he has just graduated and is a lieutenant, it means that this young man should be a member of the "Tiger Talisman Group". This can sit in the C position in the "Elite Bureaucratic Group". How could it be possible in the past? Go to the front line to carry out this kind of life-or-death reconnaissance adventure mission!

Maybe this is the trend that Horatio and the others started? Or maybe it was also the change I brought about? Yu Lian thought about it and decided to continue to make himself proud for a minute or two.

"So, it's not what I thought again, is it?" Yu Lian looked at Luo Zeshi.

"I don't know what you are thinking, but they are indeed members of the Lionheart Club." Luo Zeshi looked at the list handed over by Xiaobai: "That Lieutenant Lehman Pirie is still our junior student. , graduated from the Central Defense University last year, and participated in the Tianshu Battle during his internship. "

"I've heard of this name. In the Battle of Tianshu, he was the one who killed his own captain and ordered Sentinel 6 not to retreat, right?" Of course Yu Lian had reviewed the entire battle process of the Battle of Tianshu in detail. , and then I also remembered these names that were just starting out, but yet so popular.

"In fact, this is to clean up battlefield discipline." Rozeshi explained: "And the boatswain of Sentinel 6 took action."

"Lieutenant Piri just reminded the boatswain to enforce battlefield discipline, right? This is in line with procedural logic, right?" Yu Lian glanced at the other party: "Davari Shiroze Sir, why are you talking like a robot now?"

Luo Zeshi didn't quite understand what robot meant, but decided not to get to the bottom of it.

Speaking of which, during the Battle of Tianshu, Lieutenant Lehman Pirie was still a warrant officer trainee, but he was able to kill the captain who wanted to escape without hesitation at the most critical moment of the battle, stabilizing the morale of the entire ship. . Just such decisiveness is very brave.

...Of course, it is highly debatable whether it is "the courage of Lord Xinling" or "the courage of Marquis Wen". Because of this, this kind of person should not be welcomed by most department heads, right?

But no matter what, as long as such a talent is still in the military, it should be impossible for him to remain unknown in a turbulent era. But in another timeline, Yu Lian has indeed never heard of his name.

But I don't know whether he died young or whether he didn't stay in the army at all.

Thinking of this, he suddenly felt a little sad: "A dignified "Tiger Talisman Group" has ended up in the New China Guard Fleet. It sounds like it has suffered a lot."

"Actually, this is all Lieutenant Pirie's own request. And Commodore Ducasse, who is guarding the fleet, still appreciates him." Roze said.

"Such top students take the initiative to participate in the motherland's border defense construction. They are better than those elite bureaucratic officers who only know where they are sitting in a bright building, blowing the air conditioner, eating with silver chopsticks and playing office politics." Yu Lian continued to praise.

In short, the Maverick is the fourth batch of spacecraft to carry out manned shuttles. The reason why they were not the first batch was because Captain Bai and his team received the news and rushed over from Shanhaiguan, which still took a long time. Prior to this, three manned shuttle experiments failed twice, and fifteen unmanned navigation experiments failed ten times.

However, even if it failed, no casualties were caused. Everyone felt that failure was not actually a risk, but success was more dangerous.

After all, the opposite side is also a galaxy that no one has ever been to. Unknown star conditions, unknown cosmic radiation, unknown dangerous space creatures and alien species on the planet. Of course, it would be even more dangerous if they encountered passing imperial troops.

"That's great!" the experienced Captain Bai said enthusiastically: "I have already reached this age, and I can actually go back to my old job. Let everyone know that what I want to do the most is this. You’re good at it!”

"It is the captain's job to explore the boundaries of civilization, but it is also the duty of the subordinate to explore the limits of strategic depth. The subordinate will definitely fulfill his duties and do his best to complete the mission!" The young and heroic Lieutenant Pirie said so solemnly. , as if he were a martyr ready to sacrifice at any time.

Everyone felt that these reactions were a bit overreacted. So far, there have been really no casualties in the Stargate test. You are exaggerating by making the atmosphere look like you are going to a battlefield.

But then, Lieutenant Pirie proposed that the Lone Wanderer could tow containers of equal weight. Containers should preferably include containers for general cargo, sealed boxes for high-risk products, refrigerated boxes for food, ecological boxes for live animals, etc. In short, the more complete the better.

Captain Bai thought that this young man was braver and crazier than himself. But what he likes the most is this kind of brave young man coming.

So, in the subsequent sailing test, the semi-disc-shaped Maverick set off dragging twenty containers with elastic locks. In addition to many instruments, the container also contains half a ton of compressed high-explosive solid dust and half a ton of highly enriched uranium, 1,000 tons of fresh grains and fruits and vegetables, 500 tons of new types of meat, and 500 tons of various highly durable grains. seed. In terms of creatures, there are 10 white mice, two chimpanzees and two Baiyujing horned apes (which are the native mammals of Baiyujing).

In addition, there are 30 sheep, 10 cows and 100 chickens, plus 2 dogs and 2 cats each.

Those who knew it were doing a Star Gate experiment, but those who didn’t know it thought they were looking for a place to open up land and farm.

However, this ship, which looked very much like a galactic railway wagon, passed through the star gate very smoothly, providing very important experimental data for Professor Zinov's gravitational tide model.

"There is no abnormality in the hull. The sailing condition is stable."

"The crew's physical condition has not been found to be abnormal so far."

"There is nothing abnormal about the cargo being pulled behind the ship."

"No abnormalities were found in the livestock in the eco-box."

The Lone Wanderer then reported. This means that when the Star Gate is stable, at least medium-sized freighters and passenger ships can pass through. Although this huge creation of the Enlightened One always has to open and close, it can indeed be regarded as a usable channel.

...At least it's more reliable than those dotted gravity wells on the star map. At least it won't kill you if you can't get through.

Of course, the above data was delayed for some time before being transmitted back to Tianshu's laboratory. This also shows once again that the source wave network in New China cannot be extended to the New World.

On the contrary, gravitational waves and more primitive "electromagnetic waves" can pass through the star gate normally. Even when the stargate is closed, these communication systems can operate normally.

Immediately afterwards, the laboratory's request for the Lone Wanderer to return failed. However, even so, everyone in the laboratory and on the Lone Line found it acceptable. Anyway, if I can’t get through now, I’ll have to try again in half an hour.

"Then let's get to work first. We're here anyway," Captain Bai said.

As for Tianshu, Professor Zinov certainly decided to trust the judgment of an experienced senior pioneer and let him act freely.

Therefore, the Lone Wanderer first released the detection drone on the ship, then deployed two sets of military wide-area gravitational wave signal towers, and adjusted the wavelength to the military channel.

Then, they towed the series of containers at the stern of the ship to the fifth planet of Dl369. This planet is the closest to the star gate. At the closest distance, it only takes an hour to travel back and forth at sublight cruising speed. The planet has a thin atmosphere and polar glaciers. Although it still requires a lot of money to develop a habitable planet, it is still very suitable for building an outpost research station.

Captain Bai is indeed an experienced pioneer. With five people and a ship full of equipment, it took only two hours to build an expedition station including a corral.

The Lone Ranger returned to the star gate and prepared to try to return again. But at this time, their communication was interrupted again, and it lasted for more than six hours.

Just when everyone in the laboratory began to get anxious and wondered whether to notify Bai Yujing to prepare a rescue team, they finally received a report from Captain Bai.

Just when they returned to the vicinity of the star gate orbit and prepared to conduct another experiment, the gravitational wave tower group that had just been installed captured an active gravitational wave signal nearby.

After all, the Lone Ranger did not have high-power decoding equipment and a professional team, so it was impossible to analyze the details behind the signal in a short time, but Lieutenant Pili, a top student who graduated from a professional school, only took a glance and determined that the encryption method of this signal was full of imperial flavor.

This of course means that there are imperial warships active in nearby galaxies and are also broadcasting wide-area gravitational wave communications to surrounding galaxies.

Afterwards, the Lone Ranger hid in the vicinity of the stargate, in the phantom halo simulating the outer layer of the giant planet's light elements, keeping itself in a completely signal-silent state.

As for the unmanned exploration reconnaissance aircraft that had just been released, it was naturally shut down remotely. The Lone Ranger also turned off the automatic deep space detectors that the previous team had arranged.

This move was like a rabbit hiding in a hole when it smelled the slightest movement. Captain Bai expressed a certain degree of dissatisfaction for this, but in the end he chose to listen to Lieutenant Piri, the "expert".

Just as the Lone Ranger was like a rabbit hiding in a hole to avoid its natural enemies, after concentrating and holding its breath for half an hour, a very obvious gravitational reaction appeared in the direction of the No. 2 gravity well of the DL369 galaxy.

Then, three more imperial destroyers jumped into the galaxy.

They were like a group of hounds patrolling in the wilderness, turning around the edge of the galaxy and returning the same way. Obviously, this small fleet of the Empire did not find its own detectors, let alone the star gate. It just passed by this galaxy as a routine and left a gravitational wave broadcast.

The Lone Ranger disappeared silently on the spot again. During this process, Lieutenant Piri finally analyzed part of the previous broadcast.

Of course, this broadcast was also released in the laboratory.

"In the name of the glorious Holy Galactic Empire, I would like to inform Commander Yang of the Community Fleet and all his officers and soldiers that your resistance is admirable, but under our absolute strategic advantage, your resistance will eventually come to an end. Our country only hopes that Commander Yang Xiyi will put the lives of all the officers and soldiers of the fleet first, lay down his weapons, and actively approach our fleet! Swear on the honor of the Holy Galactic Empire, all officers and soldiers of the Yang Fleet will receive humanitarian treatment that matches their status! General Yang Xiyi himself will also receive a duke position that is worthy of your achievements. The Blue Star Community is not worth all your wisdom and efforts. Only the Holy Galactic Empire is your real stage! Repeat, with the glorious..."

"General Yang Xiyi's fleet is still fighting, and the imperial devils are anxious." Mr. Qi said faintly, with an unfathomable wise man.

This parsed original broadcast sound naturally sounds very dignified and steady, and also a bit sincere. It is definitely a senior news spokesperson who has experienced many battles and is knowledgeable. However, even a layman in military affairs like Mr. Qi could feel the tight constraints involved.