Although the organic conversion furnace installed on the Hope can recycle and reuse all the materials that are thrown into the furnace at the molecular level, the resource consumption caused by the hardware equipment of the humanoid mecha that is inevitably lost in battle due to sortie operations, as well as various weapons and ammunition that cannot be recovered once used in the course of battle, cannot be recovered and compensated for. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Therefore, not only to meet the military expenditure, but also to supplement the resource consumption of the five million people on the Hope, every time the Hope detects the existence of a star with resources in the vicinity of the route, the captain always orders the resource mining team to take the sub-ship of the Hope and go to the resource extraction.

The resource mining team that Ping An and the others went to support on this trip is the Second Development Bureau, which is responsible for the mining of metal and mineral substances.

Ten days ago, the Hope, which was sailing smoothly on a fixed channel, detected the metal resources of a small star located in the left front of the mothership through the resource detection device. Subsequently, the captain who received this report, after confirming to his subordinates that there were no adventitious insects near the astral body, ordered the Second Pioneer Bureau to board the resource mining ship and complete the resource mining task first.

The second development bureau that successfully reached the target star, which was originally expected to stay on the star for twenty days, and then after the mining mission was completed, it would catch up from the left rear of the Hope, which had been sailing forward on the course at an inertial speed, and return to the mothership.

It's just that what I didn't expect was that the Second Frontier Bureau, which stayed on the target star, couldn't wait for the Mothership Hope, which was behind itself, to drive to the shortest position in a straight line from it on the fairway, and the elusive uncertain worm suddenly patronized the target star at this time, and launched an attack on the mining ship of the Second Pioneer Bureau.

"Because precious metal resources that must not be given up have been found on the target star, and once the star is abandoned and escaped, the mine tunnel that has been dug up with great difficulty will be completely destroyed by the adventitious worm, which will make subsequent mining completely impossible, so no matter what you say, do you have to defend the target star now?"

On the display screen of A186, Peter, who was flying to the target star with his comrades and quickly checking the information displayed on his Hornet display, muttered to himself: "I was still strange, I can't run if I can't beat it, why don't the people in the second development bureau abandon the star and flee." But it turns out that this is the reason? ”

"You were originally part of the USS Hope Escort Squadron, mainly engaged in the repair of the ship's hull and the removal of obstacles in the established lanes, so it is only natural that you have not encountered a situation like the Second Pioneer Bureau, which cannot be defeated but cannot run. It's just that you'll encounter more and more of this situation in the future, after all, the Eagle Commandos have always been the last troops to retreat on the battlefield. ”

"I can't ask for it! Being able to stay on the battlefield long enough and destroy enough adventitious bugs is why I wanted to join the Eagle Commando. ”

On the display screen, Peter, who responded to the words of squad leader Li Xiangnan, instantly made Ping An feel that he saw himself when he first joined the Eagle Commando five years ago - at that time, she was also full of enthusiasm and enthusiasm like Peter, and she couldn't wait to participate in actual combat every day and eliminate the adventitious insects.

"I just hope Peter doesn't cause trouble and trouble to others because of his drive and enthusiasm like you did at the beginning." By controlling the camera in the cabin, looking at the expression on Ping'an's face, Dior, who knew what she was thinking at the moment, just said it casually.

However, to his peace and unexpectedness, what he said became true a moment later.

The back power propulsion unit shone with a bright blue light, and after twenty minutes of rapid flight, the three squads that formed the fifteen planes flew at a rapid pace before they saw the target star floating in space, resembling a triangular cone with the bottom facing up.

On the underside of the triangular cone, next to the saucer-shaped USS Hope, which is parked on the ground, is a base station built by the resource extraction team out of light materials. Around the base station and mining ship, a number of humanoid mechs are flying as they fight against the tentacle-wielding adventitious insects.

"Remove the palm position, scatter the planes, pay attention to dodge the attack of the adventitious worm, and at the same time avoid accidentally injuring friendly soldiers, freely choose targets, and shoot quickly."

As soon as the fifteen Hornets entered the firing range, the three squad leaders, including Li Xiangnan, immediately issued combat instructions to their subordinates in unison.

"Understood." Aoba, Peter, and Edward responded at the same time, and then hovered above the base station, and immediately manipulated his mecha, trying to devour friendly mechs and base stations, or trying to destroy the shell of the subship, the adventitious worm shot one after another.

Relying on the correction device to eliminate the displacement and posture change caused by the recoil of the mecha, while dodging the tentacles of the adventile insects that flew up, and shooting peacefully without missing a bullet, caused a lot of pressure on Peter, who was trying to compete with her in this actual battle from the beginning.

"Did you play as well as Aoba Senpai at the beginning of the fight? Damn it! You and your predecessors have frequently taken away my shooting targets, and if this continues, won't the role I can play will be greatly reduced? Peaceful! The Silver Eagle Medal: I won't give it to you if I say anything! ”

Competitive spirit was aroused, and then Peter, who ignored the combat rule of "being able to shoot from a distance and never fighting in close combat", even if he gave up on continuing to shoot real body penetrating bullets, flew towards several adventitious insects that were engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the mining team, so in order to prevent accidental injury to friendly soldiers, he could not shoot at them for the time being.

"Long-range shooting can't compare to Aoba's predecessors and Heian, so it's always okay to fight in close combat, right?" Peter, who manipulated the mech to draw his twin knives and wield his blade to attack the indefinite insects, not only failed to perform well in melee combat as he envisioned, but put himself in danger in the process of hard fighting.

"Damn!" In the process of Peter stopping circling and then diving downward, he guessed his intention and shouted the order to let him return, Li Xiangnan, who was ignoring his own orders and unable to shoot to cover Peter, had to choose to give up shooting and dive down instead, and went to support him in close combat.

It's just unfortunate that Li Xiangnan, who just wanted to break away from the melee battle line with Peter with impulse, also fell into danger before his orders were accepted and executed in the process of trying to get close to Peter, who was recklessly slashing around.