Chapter 3: The Dead Man's Harbor

"Hyperion" bridge.

Horner thought about a myriad of scenarios that would happen next, good or bad. He thought that Hovis would take some of his precious pilots and some silica ore and go, he thought that Dister, a rough man, would load a siege tank into a transport plane and maybe transport it to the black market for a good price, and that no one would stop them from doing so, and Horner thought that they deserved it.

Scenes like this are like the shutter of a camera flickering, and images appear in my mind.

Perhaps the "Hyperion" will become an empty scrap metal, turning into a "ghost ship" floating aimlessly in the universe. Such thoughts flashed through his mind, and he was convinced that he would never be alone, and he was convinced that he was from Mar. Sarah's group would have chosen to side with him.

Horner was silent, still wearing a black formal outfit and black boots as usual. In front of the command platform, he supported the table with one hand, leaned over, and placed a pocket watch on the palm of the other hand, its standard style looks ancient, and the internal construction is an old-fashioned pointer, the number 1~16 is distributed on the ring, this number corresponds to Mar. Sarah, a planetary world that takes 32 hours to rotate around in one cycle.

The second hand kept spinning at a constant speed, and Matt's eyes did not move from his pocket watch for three hours, until the moment when the hour hand was pointing to 6, his eyes rolled, and he finally shifted his gaze to the command platform, Horner carefully watched the message window above, but after continuous searching, not even a single personnel travel record was found.

His heart suddenly calmed down, and he let out a long breath, and the determination in his heart became even stronger, and there was a hint of fire.

Apparently, everyone on board had made their choice, and everyone on board had already told Horner. What are their options.

Stay.

He had imagined any scene, but the result was something he had never dreamed of, and no one chose to leave.

What could make his blood boil more than that? At this moment, he found that no matter what he did, no matter what the result was, it was worth it.

Horner struggled to calm his fiery heart, feeling the weight of his burden, but also cautious, and the people on the ship were silent to acknowledge his status as the current acting supreme commander of the Rangers, and at the same time obey his leadership, an act by all the members of the ship that undoubtedly entrusted their fate to him. It's a great honor and a lot of pressure.

Horner's hands immediately danced rapidly on the podium, and the virtual image of the AI adjutant appeared on one of the windows of the podium, and spoke one by one:

"Start the autopilot system."

"Target Dead Harbor, is it confirmed?"

Horner withdrew his hands and crossed them over his back, standing in front of the podium with his chest upright, his gaze fixed on the virtual image. "Confirm!"

Adjutant: "Jump the engine to start." ”

Adjutant: "Start teleporting the jump." ”

The huge body of the "Hyperion" was stretched like plastic in space, and in an instant, it disappeared into the void and disappeared into this universe.

After 13 hours and 24 minutes.

The distorted space outside the ship vanished, and the ship successfully reached the established position of the jump coordinates.

Known as the mercenary paradise, the Dead Man's Harbor has hardly changed from the last time they parted. If I have to say something, it's that there's more junk in space, maybe a few spaceships have crashed here in the time since they left, or maybe the two forces suddenly fought and exploded a few ships, don't doubt it. Because this is the Harbor of the Dead.

"Signal Incoming"

The voice of the artificial intelligence drew Horner's gaze back from outer space.

The video message was not fully connected, and in the blurred picture, a lady's voice sounded on the command platform. "I have to say, whoever is on this tattered ship listens to me. You're in the wrong place, this is not your territory, it's better now."

The video signal is stable. The high-definition and stable picture was presented on the command platform, and at this time, the woman in the picture suddenly stopped her voice, and she blinked her eyes in surprise, "Matt? ”

"Yes, I'm Mait. Horner. You must be Mira. Han Commander. Horner looked at the lady in the picture, and his answer was impeccable in tone and demeanor.

The other party obviously didn't mean to speak, Horner didn't know what she was thinking, but he had to act, he knew the purpose of coming here, only in the Dead Man's Harbor could he get out of the Rangers' current predicament, and he could only get the standing supplies that the Rangers urgently needed here, and there was no other choice but the Dead Man's Harbor. "Mira. Commander Han should be no stranger to the Rangers, and I was vaguely impressed by the last pleasant trade. ”

"Impressive indeed!" Mira. Han smiled, compared to the cold and even undisguised hostile tone of the first sentence, she was almost like two people now, her two completely different eyes staring at each other, and there seemed to be a burning look.

Obviously, Horner didn't see any clues, and he still put himself in the role of a ranger to talk to him. "Based on the last pleasant trade, I think we have a reason to move on to another trade, what do you think? Uh, Commander? ”

Horner found that the other party's attitude seemed to be a little careless, he was not sure whether the other party listened to what he said, which made him a little nervous, in fact, the Rangers could not get much to trade, Horner was not sure if the other party would be tempted, whether the deal would be successful, he still did not have much confidence, especially the other party's indifferent attitude made him more worried.

"Uh, what did you just say?" Mira. Han's answer undoubtedly chilled Horner's heart, but the other party added: "I'm interested in this deal, but can you call the shots?" James. And what about the Renault commander? ”

"Of course, I'm in charge of this transaction." Horner was immediately fascinated when he heard this, although the other party's answer and attitude were different, but as long as the goal can be achieved, nothing else matters, does it?

"There are good enough reasons to prove that as the Ranger unit of the number one big-name freedom fighter in the Star Sector, this business will definitely not be small, I think we should sit down and talk about it, what do you say? Colt. "Mira. Han said with a smile.

Colt?

Horner muttered in his heart, and said in a formal tone on the surface: "As it should be, then how is the commander prepared?" ”

(To be continued) (To be continued.) )