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The journey to the XY-156 Star Domain: L:-232 Losing Fleet was much more difficult than they imagined, the Empire's warning had been issued, and a comprehensive search operation had been launched within the range of activities of the Allied Fleet that they had predicted, not only the patrol planes and the search fleet were more frequent, but the range of reconnaissance had also expanded, and the original scarce number of unmanned monitors seemed to have increased overnight, and the people of the Fifth Independent Mobile Fleet no longer had the ease and comfort they had before. Dust and gravel areas are infested, and the Phantom stealth fighter, reconnaissance lightning and keyhole warning and control aircraft are high-frequency, high-density continuous attendance, fortunately, these difficulties have been foreseen before, spare parts are fully prepared, and ground crews also have rich maintenance experience, which ensures that flight activities are not affected during extraordinary times.

The fatigue caused by the continuous sorties, coupled with the constant sound of sirens in the fleet, stimulated people's nerves and exacerbated the spread of nervousness, and the people who had sworn that they did not like the Windy City space station now began to miss the dense, dark starless interstellar cloud scenery, at least there was a good night's sleep at any time, and they could relax in the bar, not like now, their nerves were always tightened, and they couldn't relax for a moment, and even a good night's sleep became a luxury, because the sirens were always at a time when you couldn't think of them, suddenly sounded.......

Sometimes, even Ruisen and Yao Feilun began to wonder if they should stay on the Windy City space station at that time and avoid the limelight of the Empire's search before acting. Is that wiser?

The fleet has not yet been discovered by the Empire, although the Empire's search fleet has only passed by them on a few occasions, but with their alertness, prudence, experience and luck, the fleet has been able to save the day again and again, however, as the fatigue of the crew and pilots increases, the anxiety and tension increase, and both Ruissen and Yao Feilun can't help but worry. Fatigue, nervousness. are prone to increase the likelihood of errors. The usual simple work will not be easy, and for them, there is no room for error at this time, once an accident or mistake is discovered by the Empire, the enemy will come from all sides like sharks smelling blood, although this does not mean the end of the fleet, but one thing is certain. Their mission was only temporarily suspended, and the survival of this fleet became the first priority.

Just as they were hesitating, a piece of information was placed in front of them, which was a follow-up report from the Alliance's intelligence network on the previously unaccounted for OB-232 convoy, which reappeared in the field of vision of the Confederate intelligence officers after more than ten days of silence. The location is in the XY-159 star field. In the fleet, however, the target container has disappeared. The whole transport ship is empty.

"Empty?" Risen was stunned for a moment, but immediately came to his senses, "That means the cargo is on a space station or planet on the route from XY-156 to 9?" ”

"But," he said, shaking his head in confusion, "though there are not many ships on this route, but there are still many of them, I have never heard of a ship reported missing or an unusual discovery, and the Omega Project, according to previous intelligence, is about the size of the Pearl Harbor base, and it cannot be hidden from so many people, unless it is not there." ”

"Risson, an empty ship, can only mean that the container has been unloaded from the ship, but it does not mean that it has arrived at its destination, perhaps it is directly or indirectly transferred to another ship through an imperial military base, and then transported by this ship to its final destination, which is a disguised or secrecy customary practice, through multiple transfers, can effectively prevent being tracked by the enemy." Yao said helplessly. "It's too easy to find the location of Project Omega with just a tracking device, and the Imperial Security Service is no fool."

"Cut, no wonder we went around the OB-232 team, but the empire didn't seem to be the right thing, it turned out that they were prepared," Schnell, who had participated in the raid reconnaissance operation, said indignantly, "Working there for a long time is equivalent to working in vain." ”

"And this trip is in vain, I'm tired enough to choke but I haven't learned anything, I knew it was like this, it's better to stay in the Windy City space station." Major Turner added.

"Dude, what are you tired of, it seems that those of us who often run out in the cockpit, you storm commandos don't have to be dispatched, stay in the safety of the mothership all day long, and say you're tired? Can we say that we are dying of exhaustion? Schneier rolled his eyes and put on a look of dejection.

"Don't look at us staying in the ship all day, but in order to maintain our condition, we also have to train, aren't we tired of training? I can't rest when I'm tired, and the alarm of entering the yellow "color" alert and the red "color" alert rings all day long

The enemy fleet is approaching us on our left front, and after a while it reports how many distances the fighters are from us, ready for battle, damn, even if there is no training, this kind of frequent worry is mentally tiring enough......" The major half complained and half retorted.

"Alright, alright," Risen busily interrupted the boring argument between the two, "just like a training session, aren't most of our pilots familiar with the 'manipulation' of the Phantom and Recon Lightning?" The Storm Commandos, well, at least psychologically, have been honed to be as tough as old embroiderers. ”

"If you have the energy to argue, it's better to think about what to do next, obviously, now to track the OB-232 transport fleet, it has been.:.When and where it was unloaded, we have been delayed for so long for the matter of Dranov, I am afraid that it has long been transferred to where, it is estimated that it will be difficult to track it again."

"Let's just go back to the Windy City station," Schneier said. "One is to avoid the Empire's search, and the other is to allow everyone to rest and relax."

"I think we should keep tracking the target," Sonia whispered, "It's a shame to give up, not to mention, that's the only clue we have at the moment." ”

"But isn't there that one...... The ...... Doctor, what's that guy's name? ”

"Joel. Mr. Emerson. Dr. Lippmann said for him, and now he was so impressed that he would not be unable to remember.

"Yes, Joel. Emerson, the guy left out of the list, Ralph, didn't your last report say that, almost certainly, he had a connection to Project Omega? ”

"That's true," Major Ralph nodded in affirmation. "Judging by the extent to which the Imperial Security Service has intervened in Mr. Emerson's information, background, and whereabouts, as well as his achievements in the theory of subspace navigation, especially the theory of space folding, I bet that he definitely has a significant connection with the Star Cruiser part of Project Omega, and the Doctor has done a great job this time."

"Ahem...... the old doctor's face was a little red.

"Major, is there any more progress on Mr. Emmerson?" Sonia asked calmly.

"No," Major Ralph shook his head regretfully, "although I know his name from scientific magazines, and I also know his address, contact information, background, experience, etc., but these are public information, and that's all, he himself, from ephemeris 802, seems to have disappeared from the world, and can no longer find any news about this man, nor has he published any papers or research results, unless he is dead, otherwise, except for the Imperial Security Service, No one has the ability to make a person disappear from the public eye so cleanly. ”

"So how do you know if he's really dead? Maybe he did die? Schneier seemed interested.

"No way, both of his parents are there, we know that although he never appears, he occasionally communicates with his parents once or twice a year, so he is definitely not dead, but how to contact him, even his parents don't know, our people have nothing to do about it, it is impossible to kidnap his parents, even if they are kidnapped, I guess it will be useless, and it will make him disgusted with the alliance, and it will cause the Imperial Security Service to be alert." The Major said helplessly, "He will probably not communicate with his parents until the end of the year, can we wait until then?" Even if they could, communications would certainly be monitored, what could be said? Headaches. ”

"So, you don't have to count on a breakthrough from Mr. Emmerson anytime soon?"

"I hate to admit it, but it does."

"So I said this container is our only clue, do we still have a choice? What can you do back to the Windy City space station? Sonia asked sharply.

"Okay, let's talk about it, how do you find that container that I don't know where?" Ruisen sighed slightly, it seems that there is no hope on the other side, the Windy City space station is not impossible to go back, but after returning there, what should I do? After all, they still face the problem of choice, is it possible to stay there and take a long vacation? Continuing to track it here, although the hope of eyeing the container again is also not very good, but it is better than no hope.

"Actually, it is not as difficult as everyone thinks to track its whereabouts," Yao smiled, who had not spoken, "Don't forget that the tracking device installed on the container may not have been discovered, and its energy can support at least half a year, and if we are lucky enough to get close to a certain range, it is not impossible to re-receive the positioning signal." Also, although we don't know when and where the containers will be unloaded, someone knows that we can start there. ”