"The power take-off value is fully loaded, the power furnace is working normally, the mechanical fixation enters the disengagement state, and the countdown to the start of the voyage enters the five-second ......"

The position of the bridge navigator of the TR-735, Borg is as proficient as ever at reading out the relevant data before setting sail.

"Five, four, three, two, one, mechanically fixed and detached."

As the huge robotic arm resembling pincers unfastened the ship's hull, Cecilia in the driver's seat turned on the switches of various instruments and pulled the propulsion lever of the main engine to the end.

Suddenly, under the strong impetus of the engine, the TR-735 ship rushed out of the launch port like a bird leaving its nest and instantly sailed into the vast starry sky of the universe. After the departure of the TR-735 ship, the six 17,000-ton 'Catfish' 1 ships in the formation also broke away from the launch port and followed the TR-735 ship.

"The power output is normal, the air pressure inside the ship returns to normal, the power of the main engine decreases by 60%, the hull enters a horizontal position, and the electromagnetic device starts ......"

"The hull is running normally, the power output is normal, the electromagnetic field fluid data is constant, the power furnace is running normally, and the ship's gravity is set normally......"

"15 minutes from the fleet formation time."

With everything ready for sailing, Cecilia, the captain, unbuckled her safety belt and pressed the green switch for safe sailing.

As the aviation lights turned on, the personnel of various departments staying in each cabin left their positions with a smile and began to think about how to pass the two-month voyage.

At the Marseille Space Fortress, the battle fleet was routinely required to carry out regular patrol missions, both to defend against attacks by foreign enemies and to intercept stowaways within the republic. As a non-combat fleet, the transport team of the TR-735 ship must regularly go to the public star field to collect rare substances in addition to completing routine material transportation tasks.

The so-called rare substances are actually some gases and metal substances floating in the universe. Most of these rare materials are found in some nebulae, and nebulae are the original state of star formation, so nebulae contain a large number of precious materials that have not been discovered by humans or have accumulated in rare quantities.

Cecilia's fleet is tasked with periodically approaching the nebula region, using a special device to absorb dust and gas from the nebula, and carry these materials back to the Marseille Space Fortress for sorting and storage.

For the people on the ship, this kind of task is the most boring, and the mission cycle is long, so when they board the ship, everyone has already begun to discuss privately how to spend time.

Fortunately, while on Pluto, the TR-735 was replaced by a 46,000-ton Catfish 3 transport. Therefore, compared with the other 17,000-ton Catfish Type 1 transport ships in the fleet, which are more than half smaller, the space for movement in the TR-735 ship is obviously larger, so everyone on the ship can basically find their own way to spend their time.

Just like Zhuo Luo, as soon as the aviation lights came on, he rushed into the training room on the ship, and unless there were special circumstances, Zhuo Luo would definitely not come out. Lee, on the other hand, sometimes goes to the training room to practice moving speed in high gravity with Zoro, and sometimes sticks with Martha.

As for Andy, because he was stimulated by Aven, he also began to practice his firepower control ability desperately, and because his talent was better than Aven's, he made remarkable progress in firepower control, and his level has far surpassed that of other new gunners.

And Robin would have spent time in the training room with Zolo, but because Old Jack came, Robin went to the power cabin where the mechanical class was located, ready to find Old Jack to catch up.

When I opened the door of the power cabin, I suddenly felt the smell of engine oil peculiar to the power cabin. Robin rubbed his nose unaccustomed and walked inside.

But it wasn't long before Robin heard Old Jack arguing with Benson, the mechanic foreman.

"This old guy, why did he have a stiff fight with his colleagues just after he came?" Robin knew old Jack's stinky temper and hurried over to find out what had happened.

When many of the mechanical squad members in the power cabin saw Robin coming, they immediately stopped arguing, only Old Jack was still scolding at the huge power furnace, and from time to time he also ridiculed a few words about Benson, the deputy team leader who was usually responsible for maintaining the power furnace.

Seeing this scene, Robin immediately understood what was going on. I think that Old Jack was used to staying in the school and trained these members of the mechanical class as cadets, and the deputy head of the class Ben Sen thought that Old Jack was a new official and wanted to find an excuse to set fire, so there was a fierce quarrel just now.

Since Robin is the commander of the Marine Corps responsible for the safety of this ship, and he saved everyone's lives during the July war, the mechanical class, both old and new, is very convinced by Robin. And Robin's mechanical skills are also quite good, even compared to many old technicians who have worked in the mechanical class for more than ten years, so he has always gotten along well with Robin in the mechanical class. Now that Robin is coming, the deputy head of the team, Benson, immediately comes to Robin to complain, wanting him to talk about the old madman who can't figure out the situation.

"He's my mechanical teacher, I don't dare order him." Helplessly spreading his hands to the stunned Benson, Robin walked towards Old Jack with a wry smile.

Having spent so much time with Old Jack at the Third Military Academy, Robin knew very well that although this old guy had a strange temper, his skills were definitely superb. In terms of professional evaluation, Old Jack is already a senior technician, but in actual terms, Old Jack definitely surpasses other mechanics who also have a senior technician certification. So Robin knew that since Old Jack was going crazy about this power stove, then he must have a reason.

"Hey, old fellow, what are you scratching again?" Standing next to chattering old Jack, Robin cleared his throat and asked.

"Oh, it's Robin." Old Jack looked back and saw that it was Robin, his widened bull's eyes suddenly softened, scratched his messy beard and said: "This Catfish 3 uses the 'Star Vortex' engine of the Federation 'Ray' type transport, but the power furnace uses the Republic's standard 'Great Wall' 2 ......"

"The technology of our republic in terms of power furnace is far more advanced than that of the Federation, not to mention that the 'Great Wall' 2 power furnace can match a 100,000-ton spaceship at most, and our maintenance of the power furnace is also perfect, so it is no problem to promote this 46,000-ton Catfish 3 type." After being counted by Old Jack until now, Benson, who had been harboring a fire in his heart, immediately jumped out and shouted.

"You know the! ~" Suddenly interrupted by Benson, Old Jack was furious, picked up a big wrench and threw it at Benson.

Although Old Jack is old, his strength still maintains the peak of the second order, if it is smashed this time, Benson's skull will definitely be smashed by Old Jack. Fortunately, Robin was standing beside him, so he grabbed the wrench that had been thrown out of his hand, stopped the angry old Jack and persuaded: "Okay, you are so old, why are you still so angry." Just let me know if you have any questions. ”

"Rabbit cub, don't shout if you don't understand! ~" Angry old Jack kicked down a toolbox beside him, and Benson, who was already frightened, hurriedly retreated into the distance.

Seeing that Benson didn't dare to say anything, Old Jack hooked Robin's shoulder and squatted down next to the power furnace, opened the shell of the power furnace and pointed to the internal energy circuit system and said: "The Republic's 'Great Wall' 2 power furnace is really good in terms of power output, and theoretically it can also reach the power of a 100,000-ton spaceship, but because of the lack of propulsion of the Republic's 'Red Arrow' engine, the 'Great Wall' 2 power furnace is completely designed for the 'Red Arrow' engine in the energy circuit." If the TR-735 is now using the 'Red Arrow' engine, then this ship is perfectly fine, but now it is using the 'Star Vortex' engine of the Federation 'Ray' transport, which is problematic. ”

"Isn't the 'Star Vortex' engine better than the Red Arrow engine in terms of propulsion?" Robin, who had participated in the transformation of the ship's hull, immediately asked.

"Stupid! ~" Old Jack rolled his eyes at Robin: "The idea of the 'Great Wall' 2 power furnace equipped with a 'Star Vortex' engine is good, but your transformation is too simple. At present, the energy output of the 'Great Wall' 2 power furnace is completely in accordance with the output method of the 'Red Arrow' engine, and this excess energy output will dissipate the 'vortex' impact of the 'Star Vortex' engine, so this ship has a fatal flaw in the instantaneous acceleration, and the 'Star Vortex' engine will definitely be scrapped for a long time. ”

Robin had heard Cecilia complain about the ship's slow acceleration, originally thinking that the current 'Star Vortex' engine was removed from the 20,000-ton 'Ray' transport ship, so it must be a little reluctant to push the 46,000-ton Catfish 3. But now listening to old Jack say this, it seems that the problem is not at all what he thinks.

"You know the whirlpool." Old Jack took a basin and brought a basin of water, and then rotated the water in the basin with his hands: "The 'Star Vortex' engine is to rotate the energy, and use the power gradually generated by the energy rotation to enhance the propulsion of the engine. Therefore, the output of the 'Star Vortex' engine in terms of energy supply must be precise and slow. ”

As he spoke, Old Jack brought another basin of water and began to pour water slowly into the basin that had stirred up the 'whirlpool'.

"However, the energy output of the 'Great Wall' 2 power furnace is a linear burst output, just like this." Old Jack poured the water from the basin into the water that was producing the 'whirlpool', and this excessive water suddenly affected the balance of the 'whirlpool', and inevitably washed away the 'whirlpool' of the current and splashed it violently.

Seeing this scene, Robin suddenly realized. And the mechanics around him, who were originally dissatisfied with Old Jack's accusations, also began to show thoughtful expressions.

"See, it's not like the more power the furnace, the better. The 'Vortex' engine is playing with the delicate work, and our 'Great Wall' 2 power furnace is a bison, and putting these two things together will only make these two treasures scrapped. ”

"That'...... So what to do? Benson, who had already begun to understand, immediately asked.

"Transformation! ~" Old Jack glanced sideways at Benson, paced and said: "Transform the energy circuit of the 'Great Wall' 2 power furnace to make the energy flow of the 'Great Wall' 2 power furnace more stable when it is output at high power, and change the energy interface so that the energy will converge with the vortex as soon as it enters the engine." ”

"Yes...... But now that the spaceship is moving, how can this be changed? ”

"Stupid, at the current sailing speed, the power output of the spaceship has dropped by 60%, and the 'Great Wall' 2 power furnace is a sub-furnace type energy generation, which means that six out of ten sub-furnaces are non-working, why can't it be changed." Pulling the epiphany Benson over, Old Jack spread out the structure diagram of the 'Great Wall' Type 2 power furnace and said, "As long as I do what I say, I promise that our ship will be the fastest flying ship in the galaxy!" ～”

(To be continued)