In the following two weeks, the soldiers were preparing for the work, and they systematically studied the ship operation and maintenance manual of the Mass Effect World Star Federation, because Shen Chao needed them to replace the crew of the Star Alliance when necessary to completely take over the battleship.

Since they all have a license and experience in piloting a battleship, this part of the learning and training is relatively easy for the soldiers. It took only half the estimated time.

However, the tactical run-in after equipping the nanosuit took some more time than previously thought. It took nearly a month for the soldiers to get used to the new equipment.

Ground combat, underwater combat, skydiving, land warfare, and aerial armor coordination...... Under Todd's command, they completed a tactical test. to ensure that they can maximize their increased combat power after that. and can handle any type of battle.

The tactics of the soldiers were already very delicate and mature before they were equipped with nanosuits, and they used a fixed speed to cooperate with some habits that were generated by long-term cooperation.

With the nanosuit equipped, they will need to re-examine and adjust these tactics, removing many of them that are no longer suitable for their new speed and strength.

In addition to this, they have all picked their own secondary weapons from their existing arsenals. Under the new security regime, they all have access to carry secondary weapons at all times in the base.

This is to ensure that the soldiers have basic combat effectiveness at all times. Interestingly, most soldiers chose a Predator Heavy Pistol as their secondary weapon.

This is not surprising, this standard pistol that Shen Chao brought from the world of Mass Effect has a large bullet capacity, high penetration and extremely high reliability. It is an ideal weapon for self-defense.

It had been nearly a month since they had completed this stage of training, and now, Shen Chao and the soldiers had prepared the necessary needs for the plan.

In the crossing area, nearly 100 heavily armed people have made the final preparations before the crossing, and there are the same number of security guards next to them who are also ready to support as usual.

Shen Chao finally explained the precautions after passing through the space-time gate, then opened the space-time door, and then returned to the Mass Effect world with 4 people first.

He brought Custer, Alice, Dr. Neville, and Jonathan, all of whom had already had a legal identity in the Mass Effect world, and had followed Shen Chao when he received the battleship before. does not arouse suspicion.

Of course, the rest of the people who remain on the main plane will also join in the implementation of the plan in the short term, and they are not prepared for battle to look good.

Back in the huge cargo hold of the Budapest, they checked the timeline to make sure it was still the same as when they had left it. The crew members are also still on the holiday given by Shen Chao.

After confirming the time. One by one, they put the goods back where they had been taken. Before the complete reception of this battleship. They also need the help of the crew of Starlink. Therefore, there can be no incidents where the cargo on board the ship goes missing for no reason.

After doing this, Shen Chao returned to the warehouse again, opened a space-time door, and asked the soldiers to pass through the space-time door. Since there is no one on board. Then they can now start the first phase of the program.

The soldiers immediately threw themselves into their work as soon as they arrived, first picking out their cabins on deck 5, and then divided into more than a dozen teams to go to all corners of the battleship to check the major systems on board.

What they were doing at this time was to learn about the ship's operations and maintenance systems on the Budapest. in order to prepare for a future takeover. The soldiers were familiar with the entire ship little by little according to the information in their advanced operation manuals.

Each soldier is a generalist, fighting, meditating, repairing, ...... They are proficient in all the skills related to combat. So they are very efficient in doing this.

They inspect and record the status of each system and run simulation programs at various key positions to practice on-the-spot simulation operations. These tasks were rehearsed before departure, so they were carried out very quickly, in just one day.

The following day, they repeated the process, and then the soldiers were sent back to the main plane by Shen Chao. Wait for the return shortly.

Less than half a day after the soldiers left, the crew of the Star Alliance began to return to work. The soldiers of the Star Alliance still have a strong sense of time. Wait until the offshore vacation is officially over. All the crew returned.

After all the crew members were in place, Shen Chao first ordered all departments to check the system, and the navigation group, communication group, and marine engineering department were all hurriedly in place and started their work nervously.

A few minutes later. As their inspections were completed, green boxes were added to all the numbers on the CIC panel, each indicating that a department's inspection was completed and normal.

After confirming that all departments were normal, Shen Chao finally gave the order to leave Hong Kong. At his command, the navigation group immediately contacted the tower of the Arcturus space station. Departure applications will be issued.

It's a routine departure step, and of course, if not, they have other violent ways to leave the port, but they don't need to do that right now.

A few minutes later, the all-weather central control tower on the Arcturus space station approved the departure, and with it, unlocked the four massive locks that connected the bow of the Budapest to the space station.

These lockers are huge, each the size of a small building, and are usually responsible for holding the ship firmly to the rotating space station.

After the locks were lifted, the huge body of the Budapest slowly left the harbor under the careful steering of the main pilot of the navigation group.

Unlike small ships like Normandy, heavy cruisers like the Budapest need at least two pilots to sail properly at all times.

The navigation team in Budapest has a total of 5 people, so there is no need to worry about the operation of the battleship. As the battleship left the port slowly and safely, Shen Chao immediately commanded them to drive the battleship to the nearest repeater and began to wait in line.

The system in which the Arcturus space station is located is very busy, with various warships and supply ships coming and going, unlike other repeaters that can be used at all times.

Their destination is not the same as that of other ships, so they cannot enter repeater FTL mode together. After arriving at the nearest repeater, Shen Chao marked the route that had been demarcated long ago on the CIC star map.

The first stop on Shen Chao's route was Omega, a large space station city located on the edge of the Boundary God Galaxy. It was originally a relic of a Prothean man.

According to previous research by archaeologists, this place should have been a Prothean zero-element mining base 50,000 years ago, and was later abandoned because the zero-element was mined.

I don't know why, when the Protheus disappeared, it was very well preserved, and when it was discovered, there was even a small amount of equipment on the space station that could still be used.

Since its discovery by the intelligent race thousands of years ago, this place has been in a state of anarchy, and it is a typical three-way zone, a paradise for all kinds of interstellar pirates and outlaws.

The reason why Shen Chao chose the first stop here was for two reasons, one was that his candidate deputy captain was currently at Omega, and he needed to meet and get to know him.

The second purpose, of course, was to take this opportunity to show the soldiers and find a reason to bring them on board and stay as marines.

The reason why he didn't do this when he was on the Arcturus space station before was because he couldn't explain the origin of the soldiers, and it was an important military base camp of the Star Federation, and if he couldn't get out of the port, he wouldn't be able to leave the port.

But in a place like Omega, it's easy to make up a story by bringing soldiers on board, and he can use it to create a great sense of mystery.

"Take us to Omega, Captain." After setting the route, Shen Chao ordered the main pilot on the console next to him, he was now wearing a Star Alliance naval officer uniform, with a major epaulettes, although he didn't wear a military cap, but he looked like a captain.

"Yes, Captain. The young driver of the FTL preparation ...... "navigation group immediately carried out his command, issuing a copy of the FTL protocol with compiled coordinates to the target repeater.

After receiving an automatic reply from the repeater, he drove the battleship to the repeater's acceleration range, and then issued an FTL missing man code, and the repeater who received this command instantly brought them to the speed of light, and completed the first repeater jump half an hour later.

After 11 hours, after 3 repeater jumps, they finally made it to the periphery of Omega. As soon as they entered the 2 million-kilometer space station control area, they received a message from the Omega space station.

It was a short message from the control room of the Omega space station, the content of which was to stop their progress and indicate their intentions, and the navigation group also sent a message that they were locked by the station's weapon system.

Although at this distance, neither of them can hit anyone, but this is a warning that the other party is not to be messed with.

: "Expected reaction...... Send a message that I'm here to meet, not to attack Omega. Shen Chao saw this and ordered, and the distribution group immediately compiled a piece of information and sent it out.

Omega's ability to remain anarchic for centuries is not due to luck, and there are many dirty political factors involved, and several races have used it as an important transit point for dirty work.

Historically, every time someone tried to attack this space station without the protection of the fleet, they would find themselves enemies of several council races, so Shen Chao didn't have any plans to make enemies of the rulers here, at least not yet.

After some negotiations, the other side finally agreed to their request to board the Omega, but the battleship could not get close and had to use the shuttle. Shen Chao doesn't care, the other party can't threaten him anyway.

After negotiating the conditions, Shen Chao finally arrived at a docking area of Omega by shuttle, and before leaving, he handed over the temporary command of the battleship to the current chief engineer, and the order given by Shen Chao was very clear, let the middle-aged chief engineer take care of the battleship and keep a safe distance to cruise, and he will be back soon......

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