Army base, a staging place for carrier-based personnel.

Robin, Lee, and Colin, wearing epaulettes and newly-issued Air Force uniforms, looked side by side at the seven privates assigned to them.

These seven privates were idle soldiers who were stranded in the army base due to illness during the second reinforcement due to their lack of adaptation to the environment of Charon. Speaking of which, they are still recruits who arrived on Charon at the same time as Robin, but in comparison, Robin has now been promoted to the rank of lieutenant, and he is also the temporary captain of this team.

Having a recruit like Robin, who has been in service for less than two months, as a captain is undoubtedly a rare promotion, but it is also because the War Department is limited by the overstretched strength and cannot produce decent troops at all. And among Robin, Lee, and Colin, although Lee and Colin are slightly older soldiers, Lee is a sniper and is not suitable for commanding operations, while Colin is a radar soldier and is also not suitable for commanding battles, so in the absence of any way, Robin was pushed to the front and became the temporary captain of this recruit squad.

After being transferred to the Air Corps and going through the formalities, Robin and his crew were assigned to a small transport ship, designated the TR-735, as carrier-based infantrymen.

The small transport ship numbered TR-735 is a 17,000-ton 'Catfish' type transport ship, and its model corresponds to its model, which is also very similar to a large catfish.

If the 17,000-ton transport ship is viewed from the ground, it may feel like a huge behemoth. But compared with the 100-million-ton giants of the Space Fleet, the 17,000-ton Catfish-type transport ship is as small as a tadpole next to a whale. However, as the only spaceship in the Republic that can penetrate the atmosphere and land on the surface of the planet, the Catfish transport ship is the main transport force of the Air Force's transport force, and each pilot who pilots the Catfish transport ship acts as the captain and has the rank of lieutenant or above.

However, the captain of the TR-735 is just as different from Robin's squad. Due to the attack on the way to Charon, the transport ship suffered heavy casualties, not only the Air Force Corps was killed and wounded, but even the captain of the transport ship was killed. I heard that it was a flight ensign who was interning on the ship who took over the flight authority in danger, which allowed this immortal transport ship to come to Charon safely.

So, the same acting captain of the recruit who has been in service for less than two months, plus Robin's recruit Marine Corps, the TR-735 ship has become a recruit boy scout from top to bottom, except for some ship mechanics who survived the last disaster.

"Are we lucky or unlucky?"

Holding the list of shipborne personnel sent to them by the military department, Robin and the others couldn't help but smile bitterly.

On the bright side, having a guy who is also a recruit as a captain is at least not having to worry about the captain getting into trouble with seniority. But in the same way, if you think about it at worst, it is really uneasy to sit on such a spaceship piloted by interns. And, to Robin's particular distress, Leona actually appeared on their shipboard personnel list as a ship's medic on board.

In this regard, Robin and Lee are simply sad and happy, one is dejected and the other is jubilant.

"Hehe, I suddenly feel like it's a grace from God, oh my God...... God must have heard my prayers. ”

"Phew, that's Satan's curse! ~" Looking at the dancing Lee, Robin cursed viciously in his heart.

"By the way, I heard that our heroic ensign is a beautiful woman." Colin habitually peeled off a sobering candy and threw it into his mouth, and said vaguely.

"Beauty?" Hearing that it was a beauty, Li suddenly came to the spirit again.

"It seems to be called Leah......"

"Hey, the crew is here! ~" Robin poked Colin and Lee, who were still whispering, with his elbow, and ordered the entire queue to welcome the captain.

With a series of footsteps, a group of crew members wearing black and silver-trimmed uniforms appeared at the entrance to the assembly area, and in front of them was the bewitching Leona and the female ensign who looked very small in comparison.

"No......"

Looking at the two peerless beauties walking hand in hand on the opposite side, Robin suddenly had the illusion of being tricked by fate, and Li, who also recognized the comer, also looked back at Robin in surprise, and the meaning in his eyes was clearly to say, 'You're finished'.

'Huh~'

As Leona and Cecilia walked by, Robin and his team saluted neatly. Originally, Cecilia, who was keen to talk and laugh with Leona, didn't see Robin standing at the front of the line, but the navigator behind her saw that their acting captain actually ignored the greetings of the Marine Captain, for fear that there would be a gap between the two when they got along in the future, so he kindly pulled Cecilia and reminded her that she should stop and make some necessary greetings with the Marine Captain.

Cecilia, who was awakened, immediately came to her senses, and she turned around with a flushed face when she felt that she had been rude, but just as she wanted to apologize to the Marines, she suddenly saw Robin saluting her.

“……”

Suddenly, Cecilia froze in place as if she had been struck by lightning. She rubbed her eyes vigorously in disbelief, but when Robin's smiling face still appeared in her sight, her beautiful eyes immediately filled with watery mist.

Behind him, the navigator was stunned when he saw their captain, and couldn't help but walk towards the Marine Corps anxiously and angrily, wanting to apologize to the Marine Corps on behalf of their brainless captain, but unexpectedly, a scene that surprised everyone happened at this time.

I saw that Cecilia, who was already the captain of the ship, actually threw herself into Robin's arms in front of everyone, crying coquettishly, and beating Robin's chest hard: "Dead guy, why haven't you contacted me for so long, do you have another woman!" ～”

“……”

The audience was silent, and Robin only felt that he was like a juggling orangutan in the zoo and instantly became the focus of everyone's vision, and his face suddenly turned red.

"Hey...... Cecilia, shall we talk about this later? I assure you, things are definitely not what you think. Robin grabbed Cecilia's hands and stared into her wide, teary eyes.

Cecilia originally wanted to ask Robin to give her an explanation, but when she realized the current situation, two red clouds suddenly rose on her beautiful face, and she ran into the elevator of the boarding ship.

“……”

The navigator, who was completely confused about the situation, looked back at Cecilia, who was long gone, and then at a group of wide-eyed Marines, scratched his head and smiled awkwardly: "This...... I'm sorry...... Our captain is not like this in normal times......"

"Ahem! ～”

As the captain of the Marine Corps, Robin also immediately took advantage of this step to step down, put on the posture of an officer, coughed vigorously twice and then ordered loudly: "All board!" ”

However, under this situation, Robin's majesty is really a bit strong and competent. Lee and Colin laughed out loud twice, shoulder-to-shoulder, carrying their luggage and walking onto the ship, while the other privates did not dare to be as bold as Lee, but the whispering never stopped.

"What a terrible start......"

Thinking that his prestige in the team might collapse from now on, Robin could only sigh helplessly, and when he raised his head to board the ship, he happened to see Leona's meaningful smile on the ship's elevator.

Carrying his luggage up the elevator, Robin smiled wryly as he stood on the automatic track and entered the Marines' cabin.

The catfish transport ship is 333 meters long, with a maximum width of 60 meters and a minimum width of 29.3 meters. Cecilia and some of the crew responsible for flight data made their way to the bridge at the very front of the catfish, while the ship's maintenance crew went to the engines and power furnaces at the tail of the hull, while Robin and his marines' cabins were in the center of the hull.

At this moment, after taking the elevator into the special cabin of the Marine Corps, Robin found that the Marine who was originally whispering immediately pursed his mouth as soon as he saw him, which immediately made Robin feel quite embarrassed.

Frowning slightly, Robin tossed his luggage out of the baggage compartment, locked the hatch and lay down on his back in a position next to Lee, locking the fixed cross safety strap.

"Hey! ~ Are you sure you didn't know that the captain of this ship was your little lover? ”

As soon as Robin lay down, he listened to Lee talk about the topic he didn't want to talk about right now.

"Can't you say something else?" Robin glared at Li and said angrily, "I don't know, you still told me the news that she was in this base." ”

"yes, that's pretty dramatic. I feel like I'm entering a third-rate romantic comedy, hahaha...... It's a feeling that makes people laugh. ”

"I don't think it's funny." Robin closed his eyes and silently waited for the countdown to set sail.

As the lights in the cabin suddenly went out, the countdown to the departure began, which made me feel a little nervous.

At the same time, on the bridge of the ship, the crew was constantly reporting data, but Cecilia in the driver's seat was in a trance.

"The power output value is fully loaded, the suspension engine is connected normally, the power furnace is working properly, and the countdown to start sailing is five seconds......" The navigator sitting next to Cecilia kept reporting the data, but he suddenly found that Cecilia was unresponsive, and when he looked sideways at Cecilia, he was shocked to find that the heroic female ensign who had performed miracles was now in a daze.

"Cecilia! ~" The navigator roared angrily.

"Huh?" Awakened by this roar, Cecilia looked at the navigator beside her in horror, only to realize that the number on the countdown was already 1.

Cecilia, who realized that she was derelict in her duties, immediately hurriedly turned on the switches of various instruments, and at the last moment when the countdown was over and the outer engine started on its own, she pulled the propulsion lever of the main engine to the end.

After feeling that the hull of the ship was about to fall apart, the strong propulsion force made the huge transport ship instantly disconnect from the connecting frame, and under the strong impetus of the two suspended outer engines, it flew into the air with rising smoke......