The first morning the following morning, a request was made by the army via the mercenary guild with a nomination. The content was as previously presented, at 400,000 energy per day. Krishna and Black Lotus will accompany an independent anti-pirate fleet, led by Major Serena, to assist her fleet in conducting operations. Supply during the operation is basically carried by the Imperial Space Force. Black Lotus will load supplies as far as possible and will serve not only as a gunboat but also as a supply ship. The contract period was set at a maximum of three months.
"Is it up to three months ..."
Mimi says so in a slightly depressing voice while looking at the tablet at hand. Up to three months, depending on the situation, the contract will end earlier. Well, you'll be bound for a long time.
"I think it's reasonable. It also includes the time to travel in the hyperlane."
To answer that, I was watching the Empire's space supplies being loaded one after another from the top of Krishna's ramp to the cargo space of Black Lotus. Carrying in is carried out by the AI-controlled carrying system installed in Black Lotus, and it is a pleasant sight to see the carrying drone controlled by the carrying system carry the cargo with efficient movements without any confusion.
"Yes, I don't know how many star systems we will walk, but it can take days to move."
Elma also sees the luggage being carried in like me, but she seems not interested. He doesn't seem to be very interested in working machines. I'm not tired of seeing how industrial machines make things with regular movements.
"I've been requesting such a long restraint period since the Alein system," "Yes.
It's impossible to stay nervous at all times, and if you don't wear out and use your strength when it matters, it's a fall.
"But I guess it won't be that long," "What is it?" "Is it?" "I'm not sure."
I'm telling Major Serena that the pulsar system is suspicious. From the accuracy of the information, my remarks may not be remarkable at all, but the current Imperial Space Force, and Major Serena, have no information about the home of the crystalline life. It's no wonder that we can start investigating the pulsar system that exists around the Izluks system with the feeling of grabbing straw. And the number of nearby pulsar systems is not so large. I was just looking at it, but there were probably only two candidates around here. I'm not convinced that the nest of crystal creatures is definitely in a star system with a pulsar, but it's not at least not so bad, given that the behavior of singing crystals and crystal creatures is almost the same as SOL I think
"Brother"
Tina holding a tablet-type terminal under her arm runs lightly. He's small, but he runs pretty fast. I trained several times together in the training room, but my strength was just as good as Elma. That is above me. And endurance is not odd. I can withstand three times as much as Elma and five times as much as I do for stressful training. Where is that power and toughness lurking in that little body? Maybe alcohol is stored in the body and converted directly into energy? I thought it was true. Hahaha.
"Loading is about to finish. It's about fifteen minutes later. The contents of the load are ... food and water. Basically, there are other small things, too." "I think you'll probably leave soon." "Ryokaiya" "Safety first" "Mochinoronya. My older brother also rests her body and head in preparation for departure. What?
Tina shakes her hand and returns to work. Mimi and Elma, who saw the situation, stared at my face. What is it?
"Isn't Tina's attitude changed?" "Well ... it seems to have become softer, but ... I think we've been talking casually from before, but the atmosphere is somewhat different." No ... I talked a little in the break room, but "What did you talk about?" "The main story is when I met them in the Turmaine system. "I was turbid in the episode of memory loss. Is that enough?" "I see ...?"
Both Mimi and Elma are tilted. I think it's a misconception that the atmosphere has changed in the first place. Certainly it was strangely kind of, I think that I lost my memory and took the setting very seriously and worried ... but two people are worried or what if I care about it Don't worry.
"Well, there is plenty of time after departure, so why not just ask at that time?" "Yes" "Yes"
They seemed convinced of my words and decided to set aside any subtle changes in Tina's attitude. And as Tina said, exactly fifteen minutes later the luggage had finished loading, and we were ordered shortly afterwards.
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"That said, we don't need to be concerned at all because we sortie, for a while." "Yes". "Yes, but I can't afford it."
Me, Mimi, and Elma were waiting in Krishna's cockpit, but Krishna would not launch unless a battle occurred. I leave everything about the Black Lotus sailing to Mei, so there's nothing to do while sailing as before. Certainly, as Elma says, it's hard not to be able to move immediately when something happens, so you can't be lax.
"It's important to maintain morale." "Yes. If you can't move quickly, you'll be licked, so don't let yourself down too much."
You should always be able to see outside situations to stay focused. I control the console so that information from the Black Lotus sensor can be displayed in Krishna's cockpit.
"It is spectacular if there are as many ships as you can get."
A large number of mercenary ships were shown on the cockpit monitor, as well as an independent anti-pirate fleet led by Major Serena. We are not the only mercenary to accompany Major Serena's fleet in this operation. A reasonable number of mercenaries are to accompany Major Serena's fleet.
"Hmm ... it's really pink when looking at the aircraft only." "Is that so?" "Still, the aircraft and arms are much higher than the small pirates of that sort. Well, to some extent the ability can be measured by rank, but equipment And your arms are not homogeneous, so it will be a headache for the commanding side. ''
This time, a large number of mercenaries accompany Major Serena's fleet to supplement the close combat capabilities that anti-pirate independent fleets tend to lack.
"Basically, the destroyer defends the main body while serving as a fleet with fleet Corvette and mercenaries. It will be a tactic to destroy enemies by cruiser and battleship bombardment." "There are only two Corvette, Major Serena's Fleet "
An independent anti-pirate fleet, led by Major Selena, consists of two Corvettes, three destroyers, five cruisers, and one battleship. Basically, it is an organization that feels like shooting and destroying before being shot. If this is a battle between countries where cruisers and battleships will be the main players in the battle, this organization will be a correct answer, but it will be brought to close combat by the crystal creatures that plunge without worrying about sacrifices depending on the quantity And a little unpleasant. No matter how powerful the main gun is, if you get lost in it, you can't help it.
"A lot of mercenaries accompany you to make up for it." "That's right. Isn't it quite dangerous if you fight a crystal creature?" I don't think it's ok unless it's there. ''
The fire from five cruisers and one battleship will dislodge some flock of crystal creatures. As long as it doesn't come out of the medium-sized thirty, the small one hundred or the large one, it should be ok. In the event of a battle, subspace communications could be used to request reinforcements from other reconnaissance fleets in nearby star systems.
"Don't do that, because Hiro will say that, a horde will come out." "Hey, that's not ... I don't think. I don't want to think." "It's no good ..." "It's better to be prepared "Don't say, I'm really coming because I say that." "It's not good to pass on responsibility to us."
We kept waiting in the Krishna cockpit, rubbing each other's responsibilities.