Young stars are very different from those in the prime of life or old age, most notably in terms of the number and distribution of discrete objects. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoThe so-called discrete celestial bodies are celestial bodies that do not orbit on the sidereal ecliptic plane, and their orbits can even be perpendicular to the ecliptic plane. The distribution of discrete objects constitutes the discrete disk of the stellar field, that is, the spherical shell-like region of the outer star, which is a much more annoying area than the Kuiper Belt that is honestly on the ecliptic plane, and seriously hinders the high-speed navigation of spacecraft in the new era.

For a mature stellar field, the discrete disk is basically confined to the periphery of the Kuiper Belt. In the solar system, for example, the innermost part of the discrete disk overlaps the Kuiper belt, and when the spacecraft passes through the discrete disk, as long as it does not sail on the ecliptic plane, it can enter the curvature again and accelerate towards the target area.

However, the discrete disk of the young K0 star in the E2 field is unusually bloated, extending from beyond the Kuiper Belt to the outer orbit of the third planet, and it will take hundreds of millions of years for the Kuiper Belt and major planets to slowly capture these discrete objects, and then the space in the Kuiper Belt will be as clean as the solar system. Because of this, the mobile army simply chose to enter from the ecliptic plane, using the dense celestial bodies of the Kuiper Belt to block the view of the pirate fleet and delay the time of detection by the other side.

Unable to fly in curvature, the cruising speed of the fleet was not fast, only 110 km / s. If you simply fly to the second planet at this speed, it will take more than a year, not to mention that the time is unbearable, and the replenishment of the fleet alone is a problem.

Of course, it is impossible for the fleet to fly in a conventional way all the way. Although meteorites are rampant in the discrete disk of the E2 field, there is also a certain distribution pattern, and the overall pattern is like a band revolving around the star. In this way, the mobile army can fly in sections according to the cleanliness of the airspace ahead.

According to the information at hand of the General Staff, according to the designed route, the journey from Kuiper to the second planet will take two days at the earliest.

Compared with the two-day and 48-hour voyage, the four-hour concealment time won by the mobile force was of little significance. But this is just in general, Lieutenant General Pan Ke has other plans, he wants to let Fengyu act alone.

"The fleet will target the L5 Semi-Fortress, you go and deal with the L4 Space City and destroy it!" This is the task assigned by Lieutenant General Pan Ke to Fengyu.

"Myself? How to get there? "No wonder Fengyu would ask this, although they are both in orbit of the second planet, the distance between the two space cities has actually reached 600 light seconds, which is not a distance that a mobile suit can easily fly. Even a Mobile Suit WS with a cruising speed of 250 km/s flies for eight days.

When the Mobile Fleet entered a state of concealment again behind the ninth planet in the E2 star field, Fengyu's question was answered. A large compartment opens in the belly of a modified Lannan-class transport, and a small ship is released.

With an overall length of less than 50 meters and a maximum diameter of 35 meters, the small ship is egg-shaped, like an egg laid by a Lanan-class transport ship.

Chief of Staff Xu Yuanxing introduced Fengyu, "This is a special ship for ace pilots, which is modified with a Tianhuo-class high-speed ship, in addition to the basic crew members of 5 people, there is also a 3-person logistics maintenance team, these people are all at your service." ”

Fengyu is the first time to take the ace pilot's special ship, and after boarding the ship, he naturally wants to visit his own special ship. Before the refit, he sat on the Tianhuo-class high-speed ship, which was the time when SC0098 returned to Tianjing from DT3 to receive pilot training, and the activity space in it was not small.

The Skyhuo-class high-speed ship does not have a fire department, and the power department equipped with the jump engine occupies one-third of the space, and the entire stern of the ship cannot be used for other purposes at 16 meters. The R particle generator and shroud generator in front of it used another 9 meters, which are also irreducible. The rear half of the entire high-speed ship is fixed, and only the front half can be adjusted.

The front half of a normal Skyfire-class high-speed ship should contain a bridge and a centrifugal sleeping pod. The bridge is so compressed that it can accommodate only four people, taking up a three-meter-long space in the bow of the ship, just like the cockpit of Captain Morgan's Beautiful Starry Sky 3 prospecting ship. The remaining 22 meters are used for centrifugal sleeping pods and a small dining room and meeting room.

However, as a special ship for ace pilots, a 20-meter-long maintenance cabin is indispensable, leaving only 2 meters of length for the centrifugal sleeping cabin, which is barely enough for all 9 crew members, including the ace pilot. Of course, although the maintenance compartment occupies 20 meters of the hull, it does not need so much in terms of width. As a result, the remaining space side by side with the maintenance cabin is used for the material warehouse, a small restaurant, and a conference room.

A normal Tianhuo-class high-speed ship should have a crew of 15 members, including the captain, the first mate, and then three groups of pilots, lookouts, and navigators in shifts, two maintenance mechanics, and two logistics support personnel who are part-time cooks.

Because the sleeping cabin is compressed, the personnel that can be carried are limited, and the logistics maintenance team occupies another 3 people, so the crew of the ace pilot special ship can only be compressed. The crew consists of a captain, a pilot, a lookout, a navigator, and a maintenance mechanic.

In this way, except for the ace pilot himself, the other crew members have to wear many hats. The captain is the pilot, and the pilot is the first mate during the captain's rest time. The navigator and lookout have different roles, but except for the combat time, only one person stays in the cockpit to handle two jobs at the same time, and the other takes turns off. The three-person team responsible for the maintenance of the mobile suit also works as a high-speed ship maintenance mechanic and a cook.

Because of the lack of crew members, during long-distance voyages, the ace pilot special ship is usually contained in the special cabin of the transport ship, and will only be released when entering the internal combat state of the star field.

The second half of the Tianhuo-class high-speed ship can't get in and doesn't plan to go, even if the maintenance mechanic occasionally goes in because of the need for work, it is very difficult, basically they are all drilled into, and there is only a very small space inside.

The maintenance pods, sleeping pods, small dining rooms and meeting rooms are not much to see, except that the space is relatively small, which is like that.

Although there are four positions in the cockpit, under normal circumstances, only two crew members are on duty, and the captain basically sits on the pilot's seat, and the captain's seat becomes Fengyu's seat. Although the ace pilot does not have the title of captain of a special ship, he really has the command of this high-speed ship.

The members of the three-person maintenance team, Feng Yu, all knew him, because they were the ones who had been serving him on the flagship of the Mobile Army, and they were transferred to the special ship together. It's just that Feng Yu didn't know that among these three people, there were still people who could cook, and they had to take on the duties of chefs on the special ship, but they didn't know whether the food they cooked was delicious or not. But in times of war, there's no need to be too particular.

In addition, the crew of 5 Feng Yu had never seen it before, and the young officer with the title of captain was just a captain, with the same rank as the leader of the logistics maintenance team, and there was no subordinate relationship between the two, or they were both under the jurisdiction of Feng Yu.

This captain named Liu Wei was very excited after seeing Feng Yu, maybe because he saw the ace pilot of the Mobile Army, or maybe because he was easy to get promoted to military rank after following Feng Yu.

You must know that the leader of the logistics maintenance team was only a second lieutenant before, and he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant because he served the MW prototype throughout the Xinjing War. After that, he went to the Tianhuo Research Institute to receive maintenance and repair training for Mobile Suit WS, and he was promoted to captain with excellent performance, and the upgrade speed was faster than Fengyu himself.

It is conceivable that after the victory of the E2 battle, Liu Wei, who served as the captain of the ace pilot special ship, is likely to be promoted to the rank of major. At that time, he will be able to serve as the first officer of the transport ship, whereas before he was only a relatively good transport ship pilot.

Yes, in a non-war state, the crew of the ace pilot's special ship is not non-ordinary, especially the new ace pilot like Fengyu, whose ship crew is temporarily transferred from the fleet. Liu Wei was previously the chief pilot of a transport ship and the acting captain of a Tianhuo-class high-speed ship.

The crews of the Skyhuo-class high-speed ships are also not permanent, and will only be temporarily assigned when the fleet needs to send high-speed ships to contact the rear base or Tianjing. Liu Wei served as the temporary captain of the high-speed ship during the Xinjing War, and was sent back to Tianjing to retrieve special spare parts for the MW prototype for Fengyu.

Therefore, although his military rank is not high, he was only a lieutenant during the Xinjing War, but because he served as the temporary captain of a high-speed ship, he won the trust of the top brass of the mobile army, and he can be regarded as a cutting-edge officer of the mobile army. This time, he was selected as the official captain of the ace pilot special ship, which was also something in Vice Admiral Pank's plan.

Liu Wei is very aware of the content of Fengyu's mission in this battle, and has mastered the route data of the special ship. The Ace Pilot Ship will part ways with the fleet behind Planet Nine, quietly approaching the Pirate Space City on Planet L4 from another route.