"You've got a good job, old man. But this time it's not like I'm staring at your ass, so you have to be careful not to go back to Admiral Steve's. Before leaving, his old friend Schneier stood outside the shuttle to say goodbye.

"Don't worry, my partner is also a pretty good pilot, and if we take good care of each other, we won't have any major problems." Risen muttered again, "As long as there is no problem with that passcode." ”

"Be optimistic, General Martin is so confident, what are you afraid of?" His friend's eyes glanced at the other side of the shuttle, and in the direction in which his gaze swept, Sonia. Major Yang was also saying his final goodbyes to a group of young female pilots. He retracted his gaze, revealing a look of envy, "You guy is really lucky, although it is dangerous, but with such a beautiful partner, even death is worth it." If it's possible, I'd like to switch places with you, you didn't look at the stupid and stupid stunned young men under me, alas, don't mention it, anyway, it's enough for a headache, and the ghost knows how many of them can come back alive this time. ”

"It's up to you, the captain." Risen looked at his friend seriously, "It is your duty to train and lead them into battle and bring them back alive, and it is a trust in you that they put their lives in your hands." Don't forget, you were just like them. ”

"I understand, it's just a whining and complaining, alas, it's still comfortable to be a pilot, and although being a captain is majestic, there are a lot more annoying things." Schneier hung his head with a sigh.

"It's time to say goodbye, Captain, are you ready? It's time for us to go. Sonia and the young girls walked over.

"Understood, Major."

"Huh? So, you're So's new partner for Sonia's sister? Let me see, well, it's ordinary, neither handsome nor tall and handsome, isn't it good, I don't think you're a good match. A lively girl with short red hair tilted her head and glanced at Risson, who immediately blurted out a conclusion that made Risen extremely depressed.

"Annie, you think it's a blind date, really, as long as the captain approves it." The dark-haired girl standing quietly beside Anne immediately retorted.

Blind date? Risson's face couldn't help but feel a slight heat, and he stole a glance at the Major, as if she was also feeling a little embarrassed. A woman is a woman, unless it's the kind of nerve that is particularly big, otherwise the mention of this word can't help but be a little strange.

"Hehe, I'm just joking, Qianyi, don't be so serious all the time, I've heard that women who are too serious will age quickly."

"I can't stand you!"

"Okay, you two don't talk about it, Captain, the rear of our captain will be handed over to you." Another round-faced girl with two small arguments interrupted the two girls.

"Understood, Captain, wrap it up on me." Risen immediately assured the unknown girl.

"Lan Lan, that's it, you take them back, we're leaving. Captain, let's board the plane. ”

"Yes, Major." Risson lifted his backpack, nodded to his friend, and followed the Major into the shuttle. Behind him, he vaguely heard his friend's active and enthusiastic self-introduction, "A few young ladies, please allow me to introduce myself, my name is Schneier, can you know the names of several young ladies......

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The shuttle approached the space jump point to the New Lyon system as planned, and the sensors showed that there were no Imperial ships nearby, and they seemed to be close to seeing the hazy, pale blue space jump point of the deep space universe with the naked eye. Ressen's heart was also almost up to his throat, and once they crossed this jump point, there was no turning back.

"Prepare for a hyperspace jump, forty-five seconds left before the scheduled jump time."

"Forty seconds." The shuttle is getting closer and closer to the jump point.

"Thirty seconds......" Risen looked at the cabin, no one spoke, everyone was waiting quietly.

"Ten,,Eight....... Three, two, one, space jump engine, start. ”

.........

When the distorted white light turned into points of light again, they returned to normal space.

"The jump is complete, and we've arrived in the New Lyon system." The pilot of the shuttle checked the galaxy map and reported to Captain Taylor behind him.

"OK, well done." Commander Colonel Taylor muttered, "Now that we know at once whether or not this Imperial code will work, let's hope General Martin's confidence is accurate." ”

At its normal cruising speed, the shuttle flew towards the TA-7 space station, getting closer and closer. On the sensors, the space station is like a small island in the ocean, the vicinity is covered with red dots representing the warplanes and warships of the Empire, and the cabin is extremely quiet, except for the roar of the engines and the faint rough panting of people, the moment to decide their fate is coming, and success or failure is here.

"The shuttle calls the TA-7 space station control center, please speak." A sound with normal static interference entered the ears of one of the operators of the TA-7 space station's control center.

"This is the heart of control, we already see you guys on the screen. Please identify yourself. The operator glanced at the screen, and a small bright spot was approaching the space station, and the computer system quickly recognized its type, which was a very ordinary Imperial shuttle.

"This is Shuttle 175, which transports Imperial Security Agency investigators, requesting access to the space station."

"Investigators?" One of the operators, who was idle in control, looked at the schedule in wonder, well, there was indeed an Imperial shuttle coming to the space station that day, but the shuttle was supposed to arrive in three hours, and they seemed to have arrived earlier.

The operator didn't care about the investigators of the Security Bureau, since the incident with the Emperor Kang, the empire had taken over the place, and there had been several rounds of Security Bureau personnel who had come and gone to investigate, and it was not surprising that they would come again. It's just that how did these Imperial Security Bureau investigators arrive so much earlier?

"Shuttle 175, please transmit your passcode." He decided to follow the usual procedure.

"Understood, in control." The pilot of the shuttle pressed a few buttons on a row of buttons, and an invisible encrypted message code flew from the shuttle to the space station, and then the communication fell silent.....

With the silence of the communication, the shuttle became unusually quiet, everyone was waiting nervously and anxiously, the tension in the cabin had risen to the peak, Ruisen moved a little uneasily, trying to make himself sit more comfortable, he really couldn't stand this depression, how could he have participated in such a dangerous operation when he was the emperor ** before?

Although it was only a short time, when the communication system finally came to the reply of the space station's controller, he felt as if a century had passed.

"Confirmed. But you came three hours earlier than planned, what's going on? ”

"It's okay, we had a mission to do on the way, but the mission was canceled, so it arrived sooner than planned."

"I see, welcome to the TA-7 space station, you can land in Hangar One."

"Thanks, control."

With the end of the last communication, the tense atmosphere in the cabin of the shuttle was swept away, and everyone showed a relieved expression, even the usually calm and composed Sonia. Major Yang was no exception. Risen was in good spirits, and no matter what happened next, at least the most difficult step had passed, and Operation Firefox could continue.

"Send a signal, inform the fleet, that we are ready to enter the space station."

"Understood, sir."

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On the bridge of the flagship fast battleship "Liberty", Admiral Martin was walking around restlessly.

Although at the briefing he assured all the personnel involved in the operation that it was unlikely that something would go wrong with the passcode. But in fact, even he doesn't know the bottom of his own heart. At this moment, there is no probability, even if there is only a 1 in 10,000 chance, but it still means that there is a possibility of being detected by the Empire, and once the shuttle is detected by the Empire, then the operation is over.

He stood up at one moment, walked two circles, sat down again, and became more and more restless as the time drew closer......

"Did you get any signals?" He finally couldn't help but walk over to the communications controller again and asked in a low voice.

"No, General, there's no signal." The controller, who had been paying attention, shook his head and gave him a negative answer.

"General, you better sit down, you have asked several times, we can't do anything now, the only thing we can do is wait." The captain of the Liberty advised the general.

"Captain, I understand, but, time, alas, they should have arrived at the space station at this time, is it ....." General Martin had already begun to think in the worst direction.

The sudden sound of ticking broke the silence of the bridge, and the nervous general immediately rushed to the communications control officer with a swift and swift movement that startled the young man.

"How?" The general asked impatiently.

The young communications controller looked at it, and then immediately a smile appeared on his face, and he hurriedly said, "That's right, this is it, they've passed." ”

"Whew!" Everyone on the bridge breathed a sigh of relief.

"Give the order to the fleet, prepare for a hyperspace jump, raise the combat alarm, all pilots, get ready for a sortie."

"Yes, General."

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As the engine sound of the shuttle gradually disappeared, it finally stopped in the hangar of the space station, the hatch at the rear of the fuselage slowly opened, and several ground crew members of the space station were standing near the shuttle.

"Sir, what can I do for you?" Several ground crews couldn't help but feel a little surprised when they saw a large number of people suddenly pouring down from the ship, as if there were not so many Imperial investigators from the previous batches.

Captain Taylor, who was standing in front of him, was about to speak, when suddenly, a terrible alarm sounded throughout the space station, and everyone in the hangar involuntarily raised their heads and turned their eyes to the place where the alarm sounded.

"Alert, alert, yellow alert, the rebel fleet is found approaching the space station from the JP4 jump point, all personnel immediately go to their respective posts, all personnel immediately go to their respective posts, this is not an exercise....... Alarm, alarm ......" the speaker on the wall of the cabin repeated the same thing over and over again.