"General, don't relax. I don't know what it is. There must be plenty of guys out there that aren't broken yet."
Taro puts a goggle monitor for one eye on his left eye and carefully asks what's going on outside the ship. In front of the ship led by two warning ships, various structures, large and small, could be identified along with the countless debris that occurred in the previous battle.
"No matter how many asteroid belts you say, you're obviously focusing too much. You must have collected it from somewhere."
Marl, who turned on a goggle monitor just like Taro, whines like a solitaire. Indeed, she was right, there were too many asteroids in the vicinity. The buildings that could be confirmed beyond the camera were provided for such asteroids, each of which seemed to be engaged in some sort of work.
"Mr. Taylor, we've discovered an active facility for our activities. Pointed by Arrow. Do you want to carry out an attack?
An annotated leftward arrow with "Xiao Mei" appears on the display of the Taro goggle monitor. As Taro turned his neck according to it, the view on the monitor changed following the movement of his neck.
"That... damn, I did that before, but I don't know what kind of facility it is. We can't determine the threat."
Saying so with evil, Taro sent information to the fleet to be careful for now. The facility, which appeared to be by Wynd, was completely different from that created by humans. It ranged from buildings that at first glance didn't even look like normal warehouses to objects that just looked like piles of scrap. From the outside, I can't read at all what the facility was built for.
"There's a comm coming in from Bella. We have a large defensive facility and a thoughtful building in the middle of a fight."
"Wow, I knew it... I need to get this one out of my mind"
"The structure that appears to be the turret is more exposed than the facility in the direction of Arrow. What do you want to do?
"No matter what, let's break it. Make safety a priority if you can."
When Taro followed Xiaomei's designated arrow, as he had done earlier, he was able to confirm the facility for sticking out cannons and thoughtful objects.
"Looks like you could go with one shot in size...... no, just in case. Lock the target. Main Artillery 1 to 3 simultaneous fire"
- "Single Ship Command: Combat Operations" -
- "Feedback: Target Supplement" -
- "Feedback: artillery calculations" -
As directed by Taro, the battleship immediately begins to look back. In parallel, the target lock-on and preparation for the launch of the main artillery were carried out by a second bridge worker, which was returned to Taran.
"I knew there was something I could split... main gun, fire!!
When Taro sent his thanks for the bump and for the second bridge, he ejected a mass of metal towards the enemy facility. The warhead, whose weight, strength, price, and all points have swelled a few times higher than those previously found in the plumb, receives a high voltage from a giant power storage device and travels through space.
"Taylor, the target facility has fired. Total number 34. Twelve is the way to go."
"Roger. Well, you're gonna be fine. Looks like a small caliber."
Taro answered somewhat relaxed and decided to concentrate on controlling the warhead. The ship had companions to rely on, and Taro was able to immerse himself in the work he was good at. Besides, the warhead, which became expensive, couldn't have been easy to shoot as far as I could, and if I had, I would have definitely wanted to hit it.
"Enemy shelling landing… hit count 11, no damage. The shield for use has already been filled by the generator"
"Whoa... you mean this is okay if they keep shooting at you forever?
"You will, Mr. Taylor. Three seconds left for allied main shelling... two... one... main gun, all hit."
In Taro's eyes, zoomed up target facilities are shown. The rail gun warhead thrust through the facility while still destroying its weight and velocity, eventually releasing the internal plasma expander at what appears to be the center of the facility. The plasma expander destroyed the warhead from the inside and transformed it into tens of thousands of small burning grenades.
"You're up a dozen times."
When the facility erupted the fire with the flash, it slowly broke down to tear it apart.
"I knew it was just expensive, a battleship. But what should I do if this kind of thing comes out as an enemy?"
Marl, who looked relieved, emitted looking back.
"Hmm, right. I'd honestly punch a torpedo in it if we could fight in the pram, but that's not the point of the question... if we were battleships against each other, we'd be punching each other in the main guns, and if we could get close in the fleet, I guess it's Drone's turn. There's nothing you can do about it when you get stuck around because the hull is big, and the acceleration is slow. The gap between the shield generation surface and the mounting armor is also large, so it would be easier from a small machine."
That's what Taro said as a general theory, recalling the knowledge he once gained from overriding.
"" It's a joke it's easy, boss. How many anti-aircraft guns do you think each battleship has? ""
A frame appeared in the corner of his sight, and the gon reflected there groaned in dissatisfaction. Taro laughed back bitterly as he shook his shoulders at it.
"" Well, I'm pretty sure it's more cost-effective to use a drone. More than that, boss. I think it's time we got enough data. ""
"Oh, seriously. Rikai. Shall we take out the air force?"
When Taro called back the onboard aircraft that was shooting the facility group, he looked at the various data that had been sent. What that data meant would be the answer after the analysis was advanced, but there seemed to be no doubt that it would help society. I have never seen anything so far, such as a large Wa India facility, at least among the information available to the public.
"If we continue to gather information for some time now, we'll leave it to the investigative team. In the meantime, gathered data is likely to allow us to plan a team assignment."
When Taro concluded that way, he entered the long-range warp posture with the second fleet. A sufficient amount of drive particles were present around, and safety checks had already been carried out by the advance party.
"Let's go, shall we? Out of luck or out of vice... Towards the planet Newk, get laid Don"
One sun and eight planets. That system, which is also very common in the galaxy, actually embraced hundreds of years of external intruders.
"The number of characteristic planets goes hand in hand...... water, gold, fire, wood, earth, heaven and sea. Is Pluto gone? If this is going to happen, you should have studied astronomy. Was it Saturn that had the ring?
Taro frowned when he confirmed the results of the wide-area scan, saying so. He was once completely uninterested in celestial objects, so he didn't remember the characteristics of each planet at all.
"I wonder if that's in order of distance from the stars. It looks like there are some planets with rings, but those planets themselves are pretty common, huh?
"I don't know how it went...... I can't remember that for a second. I'm pretty sure there's a big moon on Earth called the Moon."
"Hmm... Mr. Taylor when. What is it supposed to be big with?
"Huh? Oh, no, when they say that, what is it?
"Mnh-mnh. Can you really tell if it's Earth or not?
"Um, I don't know. I'm losing confidence..."
Taro discussed the images obtained in the scan before, oh and not like this. But in the end, when it was not clear, he decided to head to his destination, Planet New York.
- "End of overdrive" -
- "Arrival: RPM 95355 Newk" -
The blue mist clears and the screen is filled with pitch-black space.
Eventually the star's emitting glow filled it as a star, and Taro opened his eyes as he learned to jump drunk nausea.
"Is Newk... this..."
As Taro turned to his feet, he looked across the ship through a goggle monitor. And there was a giant planet there that tried to cover up the screen.
……………………
Taro stares silently at the planet.
The stars shown on the monitor were covered in thick clouds, which wrapped huge swirls everywhere. The appearance of the surface, confirmed by scans using infrared light, depicts nothing, just a sloppy terrain. I guess there was once an ocean. I could check the area, but I didn't know if it was similar to that on Earth.
".................. Override, or"
When Taro shrugged, he realized he was going to be depressed and shook it off by shaking his head. I can't help but forget something. It was more constructive to think about what to do than regret it.
"... hey Alan. Can you go down to the surface in this state?
"" Right...... with a descent boat and a space suit would be possible. The amount of radiation is high, but, well, that's acceptable. Except for the fact that there is little oxygen, the composition of the atmosphere does not seem very different from that of a viable planet. No, is it weirdly moisturizing? ""
"Oh? Seriously? Can you go?"
"" Oh, maybe... but I don't really recommend it. The amount of debris is abnormal, and as you can see, the climate in the atmosphere is pretty awful. Hurricanes are everywhere, and temperatures are freezing everywhere. It'll probably take a lot of years to terraform. ""
"Well... well, I don't know what's down there."
Intense breeze blowing, brown earth of death. I don't think there's any good in getting down there.
"" There's no hurry, Admiral. There are many things you will know if you proceed with your PhD research. Wouldn't it be nice to see the results? ""
"... well, that's right. Really?"
Taro dropped his shoulder out of shame, launching a function of fleet command. Now the purpose of the expedition was a corridor attack, not to conduct an investigation there.
"Get ready for the linkage overdrive. Book your space with Mar…"
The hand I shook up with my voice stops perfectly.
"... hey, what's that?
Countless debris on tactical screens. I bet you're circling Newk. One of them is slowly passing right next to the fleet.
"Yes, Mr. Taylor. Sounds like something that was part of some kind of facility, but something bothering you?
Taro stopped moving when he glanced inside the goggle, feeling a strange discomfort that he didn't know well. Someone was screaming in him that there was something going on.
"... If you seem concerned, expand it. Move to Screen"
When Xiaomei said so, she looked up at the large screen, which was arranged in the same way as the previous pram. Taro also took off his goggles and looked at you, staring at the closed-up debris that eventually appeared. That certainly seemed to be some kind of facility destroyed, as Xiaomei said.
"This is, that's it. I've never seen the real thing before, but it's probably the remains of an orbital elevator. The whole counterpart thing is pretty old. Would you like to collect some... Taylor?
You must have been surprised that there was no response. Marl looks back with surprised eyes. Taro noticed that Marl was saying something, but now it wasn't.
"..........................................................................."
A voice leaked on its own. Taro's eyes were concentrated in one of Debris's former facilities, from which he could not get away.
"...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Ununderstandable emotions push me, crying Taro. I just screamed without knowing what to do or what to think.
On the side of that debris it said "NASA" to a large extent.