HM03 is a vital star field for the UAC, and the L5 Institute's third-generation jump engine is directly related to the Federation's future leadership in military science and technology. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Despite the fact that the UAC has three habitable planets and spans three galaxies, they also face the greatest external pressure.

In terms of the New Asian Galaxy, the war with the New Asian Republic has never stopped, and the New Asians' dedication to recovering the territory is obvious to all, and the war will never end unless the country is destroyed.

In terms of the New African Galaxy, on the one hand, the New African rebels are dead but not stiff, and small actions are frequent, although they do not hurt their muscles and bones, but they also bring a lot of trouble to the UAC control area with the Cape of Good Hope as the core, and they are always unpeaceful. On the other hand, the star fields bordering the new European Union's "Eurostar", the former third habitable planet, the Sahara star field, are also in a state of constant confrontation, and although they are not as in full swing as the new Asian galaxy, there are also minor frictions, and small-scale conflicts occur from time to time.

In addition, the native of the New American Galaxy also needs basic defense forces, and in the face of such external pressure, the UAC has more than a hundred fleets stationed in the three major galaxies. With an average of 30,000 men per fleet, the UAC alone has more than 3 million active military personnel serving in the fleet alone, and the number of warships of various types has also exceeded 6,000, which is equivalent to the combined number of new Asia and the new European Union.

Compared to the vast territory, the fertility rate of the population in this era was not high. Even when governments use incentives to encourage people to have more children, the average fertility rate in countries remains at around 2.20. The resulting birth rate is about 1.2 per cent, and after deducting the 0.7 per cent mortality rate, the final natural population growth rate is only a pitiful 0.5 per cent. That is, the total human population only doubles almost every 140 years, which is far less than the rate of human expansion in the universe.

For a variety of reasons, humanity urgently needs a third-generation jump engine to achieve rapid spacecraft mobilization through higher mobility, rather than spending a considerable part of human life in a long space voyage.

The design value of the third-generation jump engine being developed by the UAC Federation at the L5 research institute at this time is about 0.5 light-years for a single jump, which is 30 times that of the second-generation jump engine. The first prototype engine was produced last year, but it was too large to fit even on the galaxy-class mothership of the UAC, the largest ship in humanity today. We are currently working on the downsizing of the engine, which is expected to be reduced to the point where it can be equipped with ordinary ships.

It is expected that warships of all levels can be equipped with a battleship-class third-generation engine, with a charging time of 2-3 hours each time, combined with the excessive curvature of the flight, and finally achieve 1333-2000 times the speed of light. The exact data will not be determined until after the development of a miniaturized prototype.

In any case, when the downsizing of the third-generation jump engine is completed, the speed of the warship will be at least 3-5 times that of the existing high-speed ships, and the flight time from Tianjing Star Field to DT3 will not exceed a week.

It is precisely because of this that UAC does not allow the HM03 star field to be lost, even if they know that there is only one ace pilot special ship that intrudes into the star field, they will block all the channels of HM03, and they must destroy this eyeless guy who goes deep into the tiger's den and Longtan.

Not counting the 6th Fleet, which was originally stationed in HM03, at this time, there were 5 full fleets gathered in the discrete disk of this star field, which was already a military group at the level of a general battle, and it was rare to appear even in the new Asian galaxy where the war was constantly raging.

For a while, all the forces in the New African Galaxy were aware of the UAC's big move, and all kinds of information spread rapidly from the star field adjacent to HM03 to the entire New African Galaxy and even other galaxies.

The other two native powers of the New African Galaxy, the New European Union and the Earth Federation, do not know what is happening in HM03 and can only continue to wait and see. However, the intelligence agencies of the New Asian Republic in this galaxy have limited energy, and it is impossible to grasp the dynamics of remote star fields, so they are still ignorant at this time. Only the rebels knew that Colonel Feng from New Asia was active in the star field at the moment, so they couldn't help but wonder a little, and hurriedly stepped up their intelligence work and began to investigate the secrets hidden in the HM03 star field.

However, the actions outside have no direct impact on Fengyu, and it is an indisputable fact that the "Tropical High Pressure" is trapped in HM03 at this moment. Considering the limited supplies that the high-speed ship can carry, they must take some action, at least some basic supplies, to ensure that the "Tropical Pressure" does not become a ghost ship that loses power and becomes a drifting ghost ship in the endless starry sky, and that the ship's personnel do not starve to death in a foreign land.

As a high-speed ship, it travels between starfields at an average distance of 5 light-years in less than a week. Therefore, the supplies carried by the "Tropical High Pressure" can only last for a month, beyond which it will really become a ghost ship.

Since the departure of F2 Agriculture, the "Tropical High Pressure" has been in space for 18 days, and more than half of the supplies it has carried have been consumed. It will take at least 6 and a half days to return, which means that Fengyu must obtain a certain amount of supplies within 5 days in order for the "Tropical High Pressure" to continue.

"Let's rob a civilian ship...... Fill up the supplies first. For Fengyu, this is a reluctant decision.

After leaving the congested main channel blockade area, the "Tropical Pressure" set its sights on a large cargo ship of UAC nationality. For an ace pilot ship with a crew of only 9 people, a little bit of it from the opponent's arsenal is enough to last for a month.

Forcing the large cargo ship behind a large meteorite on the edge of the channel, Fengyu was not worried about the UAC fleet finding out about its move. The minefield prevented the Tropical High from escaping, and it also prevented the fleet on the other side of the minefield from passing through quickly. He had plenty of time to rob the ship.

As the first merchant ship in human history to be robbed by an ace pilot, the captain was stunned to see the Mobile Suit WS standing on the bow of the ship with a ship chopping knife in hand.

The "Tropical High Pressure" quickly sent a list of supplies to the cargo ship, asking the other party to load the specified amount of food, fresh water, fuel and other materials into the escape pod and launch it. After the acceptance is correct, Fengyu will let the cargo ship leave safely.

Seeing this list of robberies that is really ordinary and a little too much, compared to the tens of millions of goods on board, it is really a drop in the bucket. The captain of the cargo ship asked his crew to prepare immediately, and at the same time, he had some understanding in his heart, "Isn't the fleet blocking the channel just to intercept this guy in front of you?" What did he do? Isn't it possible to cripple the 6th Fleet with a single Mobile Suit? Is this an ace pilot? ”

As the first merchant captain in human history to be robbed by an ace pilot, he guessed correctly.

As an ace pilot, even Naruatsa, the "Javelin Thrower" of the E2 Star Field Pirate Fleet, disdains to perform his pirate work in person, let alone a regular colonel officer like Feng Yu. Compared with the infamy of the "betrayer" in the "Stormgate" incident, I am afraid that this cameo as a pirate is the biggest stain on his life.