Chapter 10 Departure
"Phewβ"
A whistle blew, and this morning's training was finally over, and everyone was tired and sweaty, exhausted, and just wanted to fall to the ground and sleep well.
Rex smiled at the exhausted crowd, showing a devilish smile, and said, "Okay, that's all for the morning's training, this is just the beginning, everyone disbands and eats, and in half an hour, gather here again to start the afternoon training-"
The crowd dispersed. Next to this training hall, there is a cafeteria. After a morning of training, everyone's physical exertion was huge, and they were already hungry, and as soon as they disbanded, they rushed towards the cafeteria.
The food in the canteen is not delicious, but it is full and nutritious. Jiang Ping asked for a steak, three eggs, a plate of snowflake beef, a plate of braised fish, a few vegetables, a bowl of black rice porridge, a few steamed buns, bread, and found a place on the side of the restaurant to sit down.
Not long after he sat down, he saw a man walking over with a lunch box, stopped opposite him, and looked up to see that it was a big black man.
The person who came didn't sit down, stared at Jiang Ping coldly for a while, and introduced himself defiantly: "Boy, do you know who I am, my name is Daniel, Stephenson's friend." β
Stephenson's friend? This big guy of Daniel, who looks similar to that Stephenson, turned out to be here to find fault. Listening to the other party's provocative words, Jiang Ping buried his head in eating and drinking, ignoring it.
"Stephenson wants me to help him teach you a lesson, you mean bastard, and I, Daniel, won't refuse a friend's request. If you know each other, get out of here yourself as soon as possible, so as not to get bored. β
After saying this, Daniel walked away angrily with the food box.
Jiang Ping sneered, didn't pay attention to the other party's threat at all, and continued to eat.
He was eating here, but someone next to him began to point and talk.
"See, that person, it is said that he came in by cheating, and he only scored eighty-five points on the physical fitness test, majoring in archaeology."
"Really, it's unbelievable that there is such a thing......"
"Why not, for the sake of a million federal coins, you can't do anything shameless and skinless, and what ...... is cheating?"
"It's a shame for such a person to stay in our ranks......"
"No way, who asked someone to hook up with the interviewer......"
"You mean Instructor Angelia? Can't be, Angelia's instructor will take a fancy to him? β
"Who knows, for the sake of this kid, Instructor Angelia has eliminated a person with a perfect score in the physical fitness test, which is absolutely true."
"It's incredible."
"This kind of person should be cleared out, I don't think he will be able to stay in the seven-day special training......"
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Everyone talked about it, although it could not cause substantial damage to Jiang Ping, but it also brought a very bad impact, and soon almost everyone knew that there was such a person who entered the expedition volunteer team by cheating.
The direct impact of this is that almost everyone is far away from Jiang Ping, and one by one they are far away, as if they are hiding from the plague god.
The second day's training was a variety of ordnance training. Expedition volunteers have a wide range of weapons to choose from, including light submachine guns, which can shoot tens of thousands of miniature bullets per minute with six barrels, known as Metal Storm. There is an electromagnetic gun that can emit magnetic projectiles with a maximum power of 100,000 watts, which can paralyze most electronic circuits. There are also flamethrowers and ice guns, which can spew scorching flames and icy cold currents that can scorch or freeze and paralyze enemies.
The other is a pulsed laser gun, but it is not a standard equipment officially used by the military, it is a weakened version, and it cannot break through the defenses of the electromagnetic energy shield on ordinary spacesuits, because the main danger faced by interstellar exploration volunteers is creatures from other space, not space marines. But even so, it is a powerful tool for expedition volunteers to survive the harsh conditions of the planet. β¦,
In addition, there are satellite communication contacts, radar three-dimensional imagers, infrared infrasound detectors, multi-functional protective clothing and other individual equipment, which need to be familiar with the use of expedition volunteers.
The third day of training is a one-man combat training, in which the team members are required to fight in groups. Every time Daniel finds an opponent is Jiang Ping, he shoots fiercely and mercilessly, and every time he slams the opponent to the ground, if it weren't for the presence of the instructor, Daniel is afraid that he can throw the opponent to death.
At the end of this day's training, Jiang Ping was bruised and swollen, and the bones in his body seemed to be scattered. But he is helpless, who calls himself inferior to others.
The fourth day of training was a teamwork exercise. 100 people were divided into more than a dozen teams to conduct small-scale coordinated operation exercises. What made Jiang Ping depressed was that no one was willing to be in the same group with him, and in desperation, a women's group with no one took him in, which also made him a laughing stock for the whole team.
The fifth day of training is wilderness survival training. The importance of this training for expedition volunteers is self-evident, expedition volunteers on the planet to carry out expedition missions, facing a variety of strange and complex environments, in the face of all kinds of sudden risks, at any time may fall into the danger of getting lost, out of the team, lack of water, lack of food, etc., a little more skills and experience in the wilderness, the more points out of danger, the possibility of survival.
The last two days of the planetary exploration simulation exercise is a comprehensive evaluation of everyone's training in the previous few days, and it is also the most comprehensive exercise for everyone's next planetary exploration.
The planetary environment is ever-changing, all kinds of sudden situations and dangers are everywhere, and the two-day simulation exercise is actually too short, which can only allow everyone to have a general understanding of the various sinister situations of the planetary environment under the endless starry sky, and have a certain degree of understanding of the workflow of planetary exploration, so that when the real exploration comes, they will not be ignorant and overwhelmed.
At the end of the two-day simulated exercise, Jiang Ping's exercise evaluation only scored a C, barely passing. Daniel's exercise rating was the highest A grade in the team, and the only A grade, which made him very proud. Such an achievement also made it logical for him to be appointed captain of the whole team and promoted to sergeant.
In addition, there are more than a dozen who have obtained B+ and have been promoted to sergeant, most of the rest have obtained B grades, and a small number of them have obtained C grades like Jiang Ping, and these people are still corporals.
Although sergeants, sergeants, and corporals are the lowest soldiers, but in the army, there is a strict hierarchy between superiors and subordinates, and when subordinates meet superiors, they must first salute and obey the orders of their superiors unconditionally, otherwise they will be disobeying orders and will suffer severe military punishment.
While the active duty military status of the expedition volunteers is temporary, they are subject to this rule at all times as long as the status of a federal military member remains.
The morning after the special training ended, on the wide tenth tarmac of NASA's lunar base, a Federation Starfleet transport ship landed steadily and docked at the berth.
Next to the tarmac, there was a team of federal soldiers standing quietly ready to go, and it was the 100 interstellar exploration volunteers of the lunar base, including Jiang Ping, who were about to go to the Alpha system with the ship.
At the front of the line stood Major Marshall, who had a serious face, and four other special training instructors. After a while, the gravity door on the belly side of the transport ship opened, and an elevator slowly descended, and a team of federal soldiers walked down from inside, led by one of them, carrying two bars and one star badge on his shoulder, it was the captain of the transport ship, Major Keno.
After Major Keno disembarked, he came to Colonel Marshall, and the two exchanged a military salute.
"Captain Keno, these people are up to you, and you have to send them safely to the Federation Starfleet J26 base in the Alpha system." Major Marshall glanced at the hundred interstellar expedition volunteers behind him and said in a deep voice. β¦,
Major Keno smiled and said, "Your Excellency Marshall, don't worry, I promise to send them to Starfleet J26 base one by one." β
Speaking of this, his voice sank, and he whispered in Marshall's ear: "But Your Excellency, I can't guarantee that I will be able to send back none of them." β
Marshall frowned and said, "Okay, no more nonsense, Major Keno, let's start on the ship." β
Major Keno turned to face the hundred expedition volunteers and introduced himself, "Guys, I'm the captain of the Federation Starfleet A341 transport, Major Keno, and it's a pleasure to have a wonderful interstellar trip with you. This time our destination was the Federation Starfleet J26 base in the Alpha system. β
"The Alpha System is 30,000 light-years away, which is quite a short journey, but rest assured, in just a week, our transport ship will be able to reach base J26 safely. This week, I promise you all to have a good drink and have fun on the ship, it will be a trip that you will remember for a lifetime. On behalf of all the crew of the A341 transport ship, I would like to wish you all a happy journey and a successful completion of the interstellar expedition! β
"My nonsense seems a bit too much. Alright, my interstellar adventure warriors, let's get aboard, our voyage is about to begin! β
As Major Keno's words fell, a hundred interstellar exploration volunteers began to board the ship in order, and entered the cabin of the A341 transport ship along the long staircase.
Jiang Ping walked at the end of the line, and when he entered the transport ship, he glanced back and saw that the instructor below was waving, and he waved with it.
"Brave lads and girls, we await your triumphant return!" Marshall and the others shouted loudly below.
A torrent flashed in Jiang Ping's heart, clenched his fists, and secretly said in his heart: I will definitely come back.
Then he walked through the hatch.
It wasn't long before the elevator retracted into the belly of the ship and the gravity door closed. In the command module, Major Keno ordered the condensate helium fusion engine unit of the transport ship to start, and the entire hull was covered with a silvery white halo.
A huge stream of electric currents erupted, and the entire transport ship started steadily, floated into the air, gradually accelerated, turned into a ball of light, and sped towards the outside of the atmosphere, leaving a long trajectory.
A few minutes later, the transport ship broke out of the moon's atmosphere and into outer space, and the ship's speed began to maintain a steady pace.
Major Keno ordered again.
"The three-level energy shield has been activated, the space transition is ready, the target Alpha galaxy is X2323Y332Z2874, and the estimated error coefficient is 992 Prahl ......"
"The anti-gravity system has been activated, the energy crew is working stably, the energy reserve is sufficient, and the various systems of the hull are operating normally......"
"Space Jump 10-Minute Countdown ......"
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"Countdown ...... 10 seconds after the most coarse spatial jump"
"Ten, Nine, Eight, Seven......"
A light curtain enveloped the entire hull, and subtle fluctuations faintly occurred in the space, and at a certain moment when the tremor frequency reached a critical point, the A341 transport ship shrouded by the energy light wave trembled in space and completely disappeared into this star field.