Chapter 285: Life and Death
The starry sky was still the same, the blood-colored stars were filled with majestic light and shadow in front of them, and suddenly, a kinetic energy bomb stood out from the flames that burst the hull in front of him, and in the direction of his viper gliding, it was extremely accurate, drawing a perfect arc.
"Pull up, evergreen, pull up!" Major Petowski screamed in the channel.
Why? Why pull up? The baby-faced young man was teary-eyed at the moment.
Why are they all dead? Why am I alive again? Is this the cruelty of war?
The alarm in his helmet flickered desperately, but he was unmoved.
The pearl of Belier, a diamond in the Flight Academy, the first commissioned trainees of the First Fleet's Mandala Feather Regiment, and you will be the pride of the Silver Alliance......
And is this what pride ends?
The white light quickly enveloped the slender viper, and Evergreen closed his eyes, but instinct resisted his consciousness at the last moment, pulling the ejection lever, and he was flying into space, facing the stars, facing the light, and he would travel the entire galaxy......
The car beneath him burst into orange-red flames, and the fire turned thicker, like the face of an ugly demon poking out. Fragments of fragments flew in all directions, and one of them caught up with the seat that spewed the booster flames, severing a corner of the flying chair along with one of his left legs!
He didn't scream, he didn't even frown, he didn't seem to feel any pain anymore, but only wept.
Blood from his legs floated upwards and splattered outside his helmet as a blinding mark, but he only opened his eyes slightly, focusing on the dew that floated in front of him.
Yes, those were tears, his tears. It floated slowly to the inner wall under his gaze, snuggling up to his blood through the thick transparent cover.
The protective function of the airtight suit began to activate at this time, and the tight contraction of the injured area of his leg caused the air pressure in the suit to be closed again, and also partially slowed down the massive bleeding of the arteries in his legs.
"Evergreen...... Often...... Green...... Hang on...... ...... "Major Petrovisky was calling his name in the channel, intermittently, perhaps because of blood loss, or because of damaged communication equipment, and he couldn't hear what the major was saying.
He looked ahead in a blurred field of vision, and saw that the Hothman airships seemed to be heading back. The alien warplanes were in a dense queue, and they drove straight past the Viper piloted by Petrovisky, seemingly ignoring it.
Are they on their way back...... Then the major is safe.
What about me? Am I still alive? He looked at the star, which was 10,000 times more beautiful than usual, and felt warm all over, as if bathed in the laughter of his parents as a child. And under the starry sky, in the sunshine, his father was holding his mother, they were looking at him kindly, their faces were full of happiness and satisfaction, his sister's little hand was caressing his soft hair, he looked at her, and felt that she was so pure and beautiful.
He wasn't sure, it was too good...... He wasn't sure he was alive.
He felt tired, very tired, how long had it been since he had set off from the base to get a good night's sleep? Both Janet and Clem said that the deep sleep pod has no dreams, and it can't be considered sleep technically, so now, is it finally possible to sleep peacefully......
He looked at the starry sky, where the light shone brightly, and a mist shrouded the silver-white hull.
It was a spaceship...... He thought silently...... I seem to remember his name......
His name is ......
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Two and a half hours ago......
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On the Taunting Destiny, Fazzani, who had just completed a mission briefing for Wings of Death, then issued an order to move to the O'Grady convoy.
The operational engineering ship and an emergency carrier ship in the fleet were left in the asteroid belt by him, and Fazzani had considered leaving the functional ship of Fotian as well, because only the Shennong-class "Flounder" had almost no attack system except for the powerful shield, comparable to an ordinary destroyer, and only two Phalanx anti-aircraft firepower.
However, Icarus was still some distance away from the planet of Theramon, and Fazani obviously couldn't stand the delay in analyzing the data, plus he needed to use the Flounder's powerful battlefield analysis system, and he had a vague feeling that he might use the small ship...... and the thought of its shield beyond its own level.
Ten ships moved from the Icarus asteroid belt to the orbit of the planet Telamon after 10 minutes. Within a low-altitude orbit closer to Telamon, the fleet of Vulcans, ten times more ships than them, was watching them with fierce eyesight, and in between, three carrier ships were speeding in the direction of their Angel of Salvation.
"How long does it take to harvest the Leap Energy? I mean the smallest distance available for the jump? Fazani asked his assistant.
"Wait a minute, General......" Nicole said. Shaw quickly looked up the information on the tactical table.
"Does this still need to be checked on the spot?" He looked dissatisfied, at the lieutenant colonel who was concentrating on flipping through the files of the Naval Engineering Bureau.
"The minimum jump distance specified in the design of the Engineering Bureau is 21 light seconds, but this distance can be shortened to 14 light seconds by manual operation through emergency procedures, and I have consulted the specific operating instructions, General!" Shaw reported after getting the data she needed.
"Well, send them to the carrier ship and let them operate immediately!" Fazani understood his assistant's intentions and nodded inwardly, but as soon as his brow spread, he frowned again. "You haven't told me the collection time yet!"
"About 2-3 hours...... The general ......," Shaw replied.
"Just 14 lightseconds? But it takes 2 hours? Fazzani couldn't believe his ears.
"Nothing more, no less, General." Xiao pointed to the regional star map on the tactical table, and said quietly: "Because of the influence of the planets, it is extremely difficult to harvest the energy of the transition, and they are called matter ...... in quantum physics."
“…… The principle of resistance, similar to magnetic resistance barrier, I know ...... "honor students of the ace military academy...... They always treat everyone else as illiterate? This is a truth that all junior cadets will understand! But it's two damn hours! What happens in between? Fazani clenched his forehead irritably.
At this time, the white light flickered outside the porthole, and the sirens in the command cabin were loud, and before Fazzani could come to his senses, he heard the assistant shout a warning: "They fired a laser beam!" The goal is the "Alpha. USS Ward! Colonel O'Grady's one! ”
The target of hatred and anger always seems to be impartial...... Fazani gave a quick command in his heart.
"Inform Death Wings, get ready to attack! All ships use maximum acceleration to catch up with that damn carrier! ”