Standing down on the land of New York, Tarong and the others took a look around the base of the elevator, known as Ladderbase, in conjunction with the inspection. Everything necessary for life was in place. There was a very good resemblance to the interior of the spacecraft, with the exception of the miscellaneous materials piled up in all places.
"Similar. - Keep this up."
Taro looked at the Takasaki Heavy Industries logo engraved on the wall with his hand and was interested that Takasaki could really make anything from spaceships to stations.
"Inside the spacecraft, 1G gravity is set, and with the exception of the outer walls and columns, the spacecraft itself. Look, we have the parts that are being used."
Marr pointed to one of the piles of material as he snorted in a good way. "Really," Taro returned, "but didn't know if the actual place was the same part. Taro also learned a lot more about the spacecraft, but it just doesn't compare to Marl's knowledge.
"Is there someone who already lives there? How's it going? That's what it looks like out there, and some people get anxious. Something unusual or something?
"No, it's not a problem, Mr. President. Some staff are on a spaceship without windows. They're not homesick people."
"Oh well. I can't rely on that... Oh, you know what?"
By the side of Tarranda walking down the hall, a cargo truck of materials passes by. Taro saw it and understood why the surroundings were so full of things.
"Unlike the universe, you can't just float around it. The passageway's two-dimensional, and this is gonna be tough."
That should have been normal on Earth, but it felt like something fresh was happening to Taro today.
"You don't mean everything's the same as the universe... by the way, we don't have a big earthquake all of a sudden, do we? Like breaking through a base and a magma erupting."
Looking a little uneasy, Marl grabbing Taro's sleeve. "No, no, no," Taro laughed bitterly back at it.
"Neither is often the case. I didn't hear you say this place was on a volcano, and the crust activity was quiet. You can't live in a place like that."
"Really? But it's amazing out there. Aren't you supposed to come in sand when you've got a hole? And then what? Sand, sand."
"No, then you'll come in, but that's why we're talking about what's going on, right? Sand, huh?
When Taro forgived the frightened mare on the ground for the first time, he went to his room, which he had prepared while talking to that and this. Eventually I found it fifteen minutes before I walked. That was a room that looked really familiar to Taro.
"... um, not fresh at all"
The room we arrived in was being descended exactly as it was by an orbiting satellite elevator. So naturally, nothing has changed inside, and when it comes to change, it was to the extent that snack treats that I forgot to fix were scattered on the floor.
"But what's a block module with a great uniform standard? In space, on earth, on a ship, whatever."
Taro glanced around the windowless room as he jumped on the couch he was used to using. Naturally there was nothing new to discover, but given the earth that would be spreading far beyond the walls, something strange struck me.
"I should be more familiar with this one sensibly............ what is it?
Email set to high priority, reaching BISHOP in Taro. Though questioning that it should have been a break for a while, Taro glanced at the content.
"Do you notice any regular signals in the noise or... pulsar radiation? What is it? Try deciphering it in one piece."
The surrounding sandstorms are massive, and besides, the sand contains radioactive materials. Whatever the wired communication with the plum through the elevator shaft, otherwise the communication will be swallowed by noise. Though Taro wondered if there was any survival of Wynd, the room was cleaned and the noise removal work of the scan results was carried out.
"Wow, the juice in the drawer spills. Stop. What's wrong with this? This is the tall wooden one that Dean gave me... Liza found out. Oh, come on. Yeah. What's not good!?
Turning from solitary, Taro stares into the hollow and screams. I punched the juice in my hand again with a surprise clap, but it had already become a good thing.
"SOS? Who? Which one? What? With Doyuko?
Among the noises decoded by Taro was the letter SOS, widely used in the Galactic Empire. Besides, it had been sent over and over again.
"... no, no, you're lying, right?
Taro thought of one of the possibilities and shook his head. Reason has spoken of that as not possible, but it was too fascinating an idea to take into account.
"Survivors? Are you telling me you survived an example explosion?
What do you mean, stupid or something, Alan? "Even a wind trap is still more likely," Taro continued, returning "even if it was".
"Either way, you have to be sure. If Wind is here, don't do anything about it. The elevator I made was attacked. - What's so funny?
To Taro's point, the whole place nods. As Marr was going to help set up the facility, there were four people in the conference room: Taro, Alan, Xiaomei and Phantom.
"That's true... can't you identify the location?
"Hmm, just some direction and distance"
"Hmm... Hey Phantom, what do you think?
Phantom, who was shaking Alan and messing with his mobile device, raised his face.
"Either way, you'll need to do some more research. Fortunately, Pram can attack the ground with live ammunition, but he's not going to blow up everything in the vicinity."
To Phantom's answer, Alan silenced as he conceived.
"Uh, no. Does the beam attenuate in the atmosphere? Not working at all?
"No, that's not true. The turbulent beam will cause the ambient temperature to skyrocket. It can be used for a little heating equipment."
"No, no, that doesn't work!! Isn't it too bad to be a heating device!?
Taro putting the penetration in reflexively. He panicked a little when he realized the penetrating destination was Phantom, but the person at the time was laughing with pleasure.
"All right!!
I raised my voice as Alan decided to do something with those tarunds beside me.
"Would you like to organize an investigation unit? It'll take some time, but let's make a plan."
"Whoa, that's how it goes. Alan's a former land warrior, so we can go around that, right?
"The weapon is awesome. Yes, that's the problem. I wonder how we can get our gear."
"... Huh? You don't normally sell it to the market?
As much as a spaceship is sold, I naturally thought there would be a Taro. But so tall, "Mr. Taylor" and Xiaomei opened their mouths.
"Who the hell uses land weapons, etc?
"Who... well, the military or something. Ground warfare or something?
"If you take the universe, that planet is over, Mr. Taylor. You can drop weapons wherever you want, and if you stop trading outside the planet, the stars will dry up. It would be a waste of resistance more than that."
"... if you ask me. Oh well. Is that it? Is land warfare specific to terrorism or something?"
"You will. It would be best to ask Mr. Alan for more information."
Their gaze naturally turns to Alan. Alan said bump in the way he thought of something, but he noticed the two glances and nodded.
"Right. I'd say you're more specialized in fighting inside the space station than against terrorism. So there are various constraints on arming as well. Except, for example, highly penetrating weapons. There's gonna be a hole in the station."
"Uhh... no, wait a minute. What do you mean? Tanks and stuff like that, too?
"Sensha? What the hell is that? Something like an armored car?
"I mean, like, no, well, it's got armor on it... seriously."
Taro, who thought it would work out because Alan and Phantom were there, was to panic about the unexpected.
"Isn't that why Wynd took the star? That's the tank. So I put a cannon on an armored car, and Catapi... is that the name of the company? Uh, the guy who goes on his tracks. Maybe you don't even have a track?
"No, there's just an infinite orbit. It's always used well for planetary development work cars."
"Oh well... Either way, that's it. I think I'm gonna need to spend a little time doing this."
When Taro desperately remembered his knowledge of the fading planet, he began to gather all the information about land-based weapons.
Sandstorm. Now ruling this planet, it was spraying relentlessly on ten men advancing through the dry earth. That was an uninterrupted storm that would wind up far into the sky if it were a normal human being, but nevertheless, the men were moving forward with firm footsteps.
"Captain, it should be around here!!
One of the men in an armed suit shouted out loud in defeat at the sound of the wind.
"All right, install the equipment!! Do it now!! Let me update my records!!
A man called captain. That is, when Phantom did so, his old men began to act together. They were fellow fighters that Phantom fought alongside when he played big stands against his imperial opponents, and everyone and he were first-class soldiers trained through.
"Installed!! Sonar radar activates!!
The men waited in line for the device to react when they finished the assembly work, which was supposed to take an average of 75 minutes, in just 20 minutes, according to the manual.
"... the noise is terrible, but the echo is returning properly. I'm pretty sure there's something down there. A giant cavity."
Phantom looked at the results obtained from the radar and wondered what was going on. There was no such thing as a storm of this magnitude for us being cyborgs, but I was somewhat anxious to think that there might be a wind.
"Captain, what kind of guy is a ground-type wind? I don't think I'm going to fly a sandstorm, and I'm still crawling around the ground."
"No, I don't know. It's possible we're moving in ways that we can't even think of. The most stable form of matter is spherical. Maybe he's rolling and moving."
When Phantom said so jokingly, he decided to turn back without greed. Safety-first was strictly ordered from Taro, and it was a very tiring act to set yourself up with someone you didn't know was a threat.
"Let's go. I don't think it's a good idea to stay long."
Phantom looked up loudly and began to run out with his men just as he did when he came. We'll be running through two hours before we get back to base, but that was easy for them. There was also an option to use a wasteland hauling car for planetary development for travel, but I wasn't willing to use that in poorly sighted Newk.
Even after the men ran away, the sonar radar device continued to run unattended. Eventually the sun went down, and when the surroundings, which were even just dark, were covered in complete darkness, the ground just beside the device poured up on the sieve. As the sand that became the mountain drifted saggily down according to gravity, there remained a strange object like an elongated periscope.
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The mass of metal that grew from the ground rotated slightly to the left and right, leaving only once between them and eventually disappearing into the sand.