After more than a month, Li De finally made a tracker to locate quantum. This is a process of translating theory into practice, and it is estimated that this time would have been delayed by more than three months or more if it had not been for Eva's non-stop work and investment regardless of the cost.

During the month, the Frost Seeker underwent several exercises. To say that it was an exercise was actually a battle against the pirates scattered throughout the Federation's star field. Most of these pirates are old-rigged and outlaws, making them excellent opponents for tactical positioning and team-to-squad combat.

It's true that the battle team on the Frost has not fought for a long time. They hadn't fought properly since the liberation of Dressa. They had a total of three skirmishes in the past month, which was quite an addiction.

These three battles also put the system that the Frost Seeking began to form to be tested in actual combat.

At present, the total number of personnel of the Frost is 3,500. Among them, there are 150 people in charge of engine and power maintenance in the engine room, 75 people in charge of routine maintenance, 75 people in charge of logistics, food and sanitation systems, 100 people in charge of defense weapon systems and fire control systems, and other personnel in radar, observation, warehouse management of various warehouses, and so on. This month's battle is also a comprehensive assessment of these positions.

You must know that a battleship is like a sophisticated machine, and the personnel of each position work together according to their job responsibilities. Since its establishment, the Frost has been an organization based on the warship model of the Federation's Starfleet, but the soldiers in these positions are all novices and need some combat to train them.

In war, even a small storekeeper makes a mistake, which can jeopardize the situation on the regular battlefield. Since ancient times, there has been a story of that horse nail. A horseshoe nail that is not nailed will make a war horse unable to run, a war horse is a loss means that a knight drags down the formation of the battle line, and the loss of a knight causes your own general to be unguarded, thus making a general die in battle. Although this butterfly effect is a bit biased. But the rapid changes on the battlefield are determined by every detail of logistics.

To fight a war is to fight logistics. Not only the quality of the material, but also the quality of the logistics staff.

The current Marine Corps on the Frost has a total of 1,500 people, and 200 pilots and mecha pilots, which are the most important combat forces. They were supported by a combat logistics team of more than 1,000 people, including the administrator of the ammunition depot, the statistician of the supply warehouse, the pilot of the fighter and mecha, and the operator of the ship's three combat material 3D printers.

Li De is quite satisfied with the results of this month's battle. Descartes, Clark, Marco, Abbott and others all had their own teams. Karin and Heinrich were also involved. Even Mary Keane, who shared her experience with the management team of the Frost Seeker on some of the Federation ships.

You must know that the Keane family is the largest family of the Federation Starfleet. Mary is also a young generation of the family known as a genius, and after six years in the fleet, she is already familiar with every position on the battleship.

On this day, Li De once again gathered several high-level executives of the Frost Seeking in the conference room, including Karin, Junlong, Descartes, Xue Weiwei, Marco and others sitting around the long conference table.

"We have results." Li De said straight to the point, "The results of the winding quantum analysis have finally been obtained, and we have successfully located the target location." ”

"Are you finally going to find it!?" Karin whispered with some excitement.

"Yes." Li De said with certainty, "But there is still a little problem. As he spoke, he waved his hand, and a star map was projected on the virtual screen on the desktop.

"This is a stellar regional star map of Melbourne," Li De explained to the crowd. "The coordinates we have located are in this area, with a radius of 2,000 kilometers."

Everyone looked at Li De's finger and saw that there was a blank void and no planets. Not even an asteroid.

"How is that possible? Is it wrong? Junlong said questioningly.

"I did the math many times and the result was the same. So I used the trajectories of several planets in this star system to do the calculations. Li De said and listed a large list of equations, which made everyone dizzy. The result is the same, I found that there is a margin of error between the orbits of all the planets in this star system and the actual trajectories. ”

"Say so. Having a problem with the star map? Vivi seems to have discovered the key, "because someone has manipulated and hidden something." ”

"Yes. The star system is moving stably according to the current star map, but the results of the planetary trajectory calculations all show that the gravitational field in them is biased, so I added this with computer simulations. ”

Li De pointed again, and a red ring was encased in the original star map, and there was a round sphere like a jewel on the red one. And the position of that sphere is the position that Li De pointed out earlier.

"If such a planet is added, then all the data is back to normal and the gravitational field of the star system is balanced."

"So someone deliberately hid the planet? Oh, my God!! Karin also said in surprise. Even if she was born in a big family, she never thought that humans could completely hide a planet.

"Our next target, even if it is that star field, is expected to travel for ten days. I want all the fighters to be on standby at all times and to be on alert when they arrive. The unmanned probe reported the situation of the planet as soon as possible, and the Ministry of Strategy was able to give a detailed report and assessment as soon as possible. Li De gave the order in one breath, and he was now more and more like a captain.

"How many people are needed to scout this time, Captain?" Xue Weiwei asked, "And what are the targets we need to investigate?" ”

Li De was silent for a while. James Lee's identity has not yet been revealed on the Frost Seeker, and only Junlong knows the purpose of this time. Even Karin and Descartes didn't know that inside the black armor was actually a clone of James Lee. Li De didn't know if he should talk about this fact now, after all, this is not a small blow to many people, but if you don't know the target, there is no way to formulate tactics.

Taking a deep breath, Li De finally decided to tell the truth of the matter for the first time. "What I am going to say next is absolutely confidential, and I hope that all of you here will consciously abide by the military secrecy regulations after hearing it."

Hearing Li De's serious tone, everyone became a little nervous.

Li De glanced at the people present, and then told the story of James Lee. Of course, he omitted the part of his mother Zihuang and Qin Shan, which was the biggest secret of his life.

"How can such a thing happen?"

"This is the biggest weapon of the Federation's ground forces? If there were hundreds of thousands of troops like that, wouldn't they be able to conquer a planet at will? ”

Karin shook her head and said, "I'm surprised why the Federation would do this. What the Union Army now needs is a powerful Starfleet, not the combat power of the ground forces. Maybe there are other reasons for this. ”

"Anyway, we're going to get there first, this planet that could exist." "I need to know the details of the situation to judge." So let's name this planet James Lee Star first, you have no opinion, right? ”

Looking at this girl who looked almost exactly like her younger self, Karin always felt a little awkward in her heart. She tortured Li De many times to make sure that Li De had nothing to do with this Xue Weiwei, but for some reason, she didn't feel very happy looking at Xue Weiwei.

"If there is no problem, we are ready to go. Adjust the route. Li De said that he was about to end the meeting.

"Wait a minute, I have one more question." Xue Weiwei raised her hand to speak.

"What's the problem?" Li De asked.

Everyone's eyes were also on her.

"If, I mean, if anything, are we going to destroy those clones?" Xue Weiwei asked a little weakly. She knew that there were quite a few people in this room who had a good relationship with James Lee, but her question would determine the definition of their entire strategy. (To be continued.) )