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c396 14 Expedition is coming soon

Chapter 396 “One Four” Expedition is coming

October 31.

The “Starship Troopers” universe numbered “One Four”, Earth Universe;

At this moment, the capital planet of the United Citizens Federation is still as “busy” as usual.

All kinds of civilian and commercial cruise ships and cargo ships have either ended their warp speed and entered the gravity range of the earth, or started their warp engines and headed for colonies several light years away or even more distant.

And as the defense core of “One Four” Earth, the Moon Base, it is also extremely lively.

Because the expedition fleet consisting of more than 60 escort transport ships, 30 destroyers, cruisers, a large number of supply ships and an aircraft carrier are leaving the military port of the Moon Base one by one.

And keep a safe distance from the ring-shaped Moon Base and assemble on the sunny side of the Moon.

The naval fleet of the United Citizens Federation seems unable to compete with the UNSC in all aspects, except for the fleet size, where the Federation may win.

However, in terms of ship quality and personnel quality, they are far behind the UNSC.

The main force of the Federation fleet is the escort transport ship, which is about 500 to 600 meters long, just matching the UNSC’s Charon-class and Paris-class frigates.

But the escort transport ship is like a “paper tube” that breaks with a poke.

In terms of hull strength, the Charon-class and Paris-class can withstand the plasma weapons of the Covenant, and when they are out of ammunition and food and in a desperate situation, they can use themselves as assault boats to carry out suicide attacks and boarding.

In terms of firepower output, the electromagnetic accelerator gun of the UNSC ship class alone is enough to crush the Federation’s escort transport ship.

In other words, in terms of carrying capacity, the Charon-class and Paris-class are slightly inferior.

The escort transport ship can carry a squadron of F-76 Thunderbolt attack aircraft, bombers, more than 20 DR-4 Viking transport boats, and a whole reinforced battalion of mobile infantry (about 1,000 people).

This does not include the crew, engineers, maintenance personnel, ground support, etc.

However, the UNSC Marines carried by the Charon and Paris classes, as well as the Hell Paratroopers combat platoon, are enough to fight one-on-many, or even one-on-ten, and completely crush the mobile infantry of the Federation.

The UNSC’s individual combat capability is the best in the parallel universe, and it is “full of martial virtues”.

Even if faced with the siege of the Star Alliance, which is several times or even dozens of times larger than itself, the Marines and Hell Paratroopers will fight to the death in most cases, trying to buy enough time for civilians to evacuate.

As for the mobile infantry, which has not experienced many high-intensity battles since the establishment of the Federation, compared with the Marines and Hell Paratroopers who are dealing with traitors and aliens all the time, it is like the gap between a young man who has just left school and a 90kg mixed martial arts fighter.

The young man cannot be said to lose for sure, but the chance of winning is very small.

If you rely on blunt equipment such as sticks, there may be a possibility of turning defeat into victory.

In terms of individual equipment, the UNSC still crushes the Federation.

It was only in the late stage of the Human-Zerg War that the Federation began to provide power armor and predator mechas for mobile infantry in batches, which made it much stronger than the individual strength of the UNSC.

Although the Federation’s power armor cannot compete with a set of Thor’s hammer, which is equivalent to the cost of a warship, the number is completely overwhelming.

As for the destroyers and cruisers of the Federation fleet, their appearance is not much different from the escort transport ships.

The difference is that destroyers and cruisers have thicker ship armor, as well as more artillery and missile silos.

The same is true for the Federation aircraft carrier, but the length of the aircraft carrier is nearly one kilometer, and it carries the Federation’s elite carrier-based aircraft squadron and mobile infantry, and also serves as the flagship of the fleet.

At this time.

After leaving the port, this newly formed Federation expeditionary fleet is conducting the final inspections, and after ensuring that the material supplies, weapons and ammunition are fully prepared, they will start warp sailing together and head straight to the New Hope Galaxy at the “southern end” of the “One Four” Milky Way.

Sixty days have passed since the space gate was opened, the Imperial forces led by Simon “Ghost” Riley occupied the New Hope Colony, and the Human Empire officially appeared in the Federation’s field of vision.

The Federation could not tolerate the existence of another human regime with an organized fleet in the Milky Way.

Moreover, the Empire’s artificial intelligence was outputting to the citizens and civilians under the Federation’s rule, and the Federation’s top leaders naturally had to form a fleet to wipe out the Human Empire that came out of nowhere.

And on the periphery of this fleet, in the escort transport ship with “Roger Young” printed on the hull;

“You look depressed. Did you get dumped? Or did you have a quarrel with your girlfriend?”

Lyon, wearing the uniform of a Federation non-commissioned officer, put his personal gift in the locker, and saw Johnny Rico sitting alone in front of the private screen in front of the bed, and walked up to ask.

At this moment, in addition to Leon and Rico, there are also Tiz Frost, Maggie Shaw, Ace Levi (ace), and more than ten new recruits from the same combat platoon.

The space in the cabin is not bad, and it is divided into upper and lower bunks, but it still seems crowded to accommodate the entire combat platoon of 40 people.

However, since they have boarded the warship and are ready for the expedition, the new guests will not have any high requirements for the cabin.

Moreover, even if they make a request, the federal high-level officials are too lazy to pay attention to these big-headed soldiers.

On the other hand, the Navy’s standards are much higher.

Most of the pilots and crew members sleep in double cabins.

Many senior pilots also have single luxury cabins with built-in independent bathrooms for convenience and washing.

It is rumored in the federal army that these senior pilots, or senior officers, often use their status and treatment to “spot” new recruits while the fleet is sailing away.

After all, the Federation’s mobile infantry has mixed bathing facilities for men and women, and the same applies to the dormitories.

Being able to live in the same room as senior officials, enjoy a separate bathroom and a relatively fast promotion path is also considered a “reasonable” deal.

(The 2005 version of the Starship Troopers game opens with the protagonist in the dormitory and has just “ended”)

Otherwise, there is a saying, “Your fleet is only responsible for flying, and our mobile infantry is only responsible for death.”

If the mobile infantry wants to be promoted to senior officers, they can only fight against Zerg and insurgents, and the most difficult thing is to survive successfully.

Therefore, within the federal army, motorized infantry has the lowest status and is devalued by other services.

As for Lyon’s successful promotion to sergeant in charge of two infantry squads, it was due to his outstanding performance during training, but this was also the highest military rank that Lyon could achieve during the recruit stage.

If you want to “move forward”, you need to rely on enough achievements.

As the “Chosen One” of “Starship Fleet”, Johnny Rigo also has good performance and physical fitness, and then won the position of team captain.

After getting along with Leon, he was able to confirm that the Johnny Rigo in front of him was the “important target” mentioned by the Intelligence Department.

According to the information provided by the Intelligence Department, Johnny Rego will shine in the future war between humans and Zerg. He has repeatedly led a small number of motorized infantry against the nearly endless sea of ​​Araki worms.

Tasks such as holding the position, covering the evacuation, and rescuing citizens can be directly regarded as “completed” by the Federation as long as Johnny Rigo is responsible for it.

However, after more than ten years of fighting, Johnny Rego is still a colonel.

On the other hand, one of the soldiers under his command surpassed his former boss in a short period of time and successfully squeezed into the core circle of the top federal officials because of his elegant conversation and ability to handle interpersonal relationships.

It wasn’t until he was over forty and approaching fifty that Johnny Rego became a general and guarded the defense circle of the earth and the solar system.

Through the Intelligence Department’s “foresight” of the Emperor, and judging from the resume provided by the Intelligence Department, Lyon believed that Johnny Rego was definitely a good prospect worthy of attention and training.

Therefore, Leon plans to firmly bind it to the “Imperial Chariot”. Maybe one day in the future, if the Empire fights against Zerg that is more dangerous than Arachi, such as guys like the Flood, Johnny Rego may be able to use it even more. Show your own talents.

I saw that Johnny Rego was talking and laughing with everyone before boarding the ship, but his mentality suddenly changed after receiving the letter.

As a love veteran

Of course, if he hadn’t met Ada’s boss, Leon, who was indeed a veteran in love, was going to take the opportunity to have a heart-to-heart talk with Rui Ge and get closer to his comrades.

? !

Hearing Leon’s inquiry, Rui Ge, who was a little stunned, quickly reacted, showed a forced smile, and said:

“No, it’s just that she told me not long ago that she was about to go on an expedition and wanted to take some time to think about how we should get along in the future. I just didn’t expect a reply so soon.”

“Oh?! Our captain was dumped?!”

Ace, who keenly caught the word “dumped” and had a very out-of-the-box and funny personality, immediately came over.

After discovering that Rui Ge was still holding the letter CD in his hand, Ace snatched it away again and put it into the disk reader on the public screen before Rui Ge could take it back.

soon.

The recruits who stayed in the invasion cabin found that there was gossip to watch, and they all gathered in front of the public screen to make noises;

“Hahaha! Can Brother Rui be dumped?”

“In our battle platoon, if Rui Ge can be dumped, then only Sergeant Kennedy can protect our face!”

“That’s right!”

Everyone thinks that Rui Ge and his pilot girlfriend Carmen Ibanez are both talented and beautiful, so how could they really break up?

Especially with the expedition imminent, the mobile infantry, as a front-line service, is destined to face the risk of injury and death.

If there is love and justice, even if we want to break up, it is impossible to choose the current node.

If you really choose this point to break up, wouldn’t it be a purely provocative mentality?

Once distracted, there is still room for salvation during ordinary training, but on the battlefield, you only live once.

In addition to Rui Ge’s “excellent” appearance, many female recruits in the same period, and even male recruits with “homosexual preferences”, felt that Rui Ge was a young man with both strength and appearance, so no one considered him at all. Possibility of breakup.

However, Tiz Floz, who had an unrequited love for Rigo, looked a little unnatural when he saw his comrades starting to make noises.

The tangled eyes showed that the female recruit hoped that Rui Ge would really break up so that she could take the opportunity to “step in”, but she did not want the breakup to hurt or affect Rui Ge’s mentality.

As for Ruige, he didn’t notice Tiz’s expression at all. He just shook his head helplessly and followed his comrades to have fun and gossip.

In fact, he didn’t think that Carmen would really break up with each other. At most, he just said some words of wishing him good luck.

soon.

After the CD-ROM letter was read normally, the figure of Carmen Ibanez also appeared on the public screen.

This female pilot with excellent academic performance was wearing a sleeveless training vest. The environment she was in was a quiet and private pilot cabin.

And the sealed window behind Carmen showed the blue earth and the fleet that was gathering.

It seemed that Carmen had just finished filming and sent the letter to Ruige.

After the screen generated a figure, Carmen pretended to hesitate and smiled:

“Johnny, I am actually very happy with you. Really, we were carefree in our school days. We just need to focus on the happiness at the moment, but…”

At this point, Carmen sighed heavily and showed a very reluctant look.

“.”

Seeing this, the comrades who were still laughing suddenly lost their smiles and put away their thoughts of gossiping.

They were “no longer human” and liked gossip, but they also noticed that the atmosphere was a little wrong.

Maggie among them said it didn’t matter, Leon was observing Carmen’s environment and capturing details, but Tiz Frost was angry.

Are you messing with people’s mentality at this time?

Are you still a human being? Pure bitch!

As for Johnny Rico’s face, it froze instantly.

Carmen, who had put her mind at ease, continued: “But Johnny, now you have seen it too.”

Carmen glanced at the porthole behind her, “I will soon go on an expedition with the Federation. Although I don’t know how you are doing, whether you are still receiving recruit training or going on an expedition with the fleet, we will eventually be far apart.

I thought about it carefully, for the sake of our respective futures and development, so let’s continue to be friends.

Just like you, me, and Carl have agreed, we will always be each other’s strongest backing and most loyal friends.

Good luck Johnny.”

After saying these words, Carmen ended the playback quite sadly.

All the comrades shook their heads and dispersed, except Ace and Leon who stayed by Johnny’s bed.

Ace put his hand on Johnny’s shoulder and comforted him: “Women are like this. They still want to be friends after breaking your heart.”

“Ah, I deserve it.” Johnny shook his head helplessly.

“It’s indeed my own fault.” Leon said bluntly:

“You are completely blind. According to the Chinese idiom, you are just wrong about your true feelings and have met the wrong person.”

? ?

“Sergeant, what do you mean by this?” Ace was puzzled.

Johnny was also stunned and even quite indignant.

There was a sense of “Carmen dumped me, it’s my problem, it has nothing to do with Carmen” being a victim.

But Leon raised his hand and slapped Johnny on the head and said:

“Use your brain and think about it. The place where your girlfriend filmed you was the single sleeping cabin of a senior officer. Do you think she can be promoted to a senior pilot in a short time? Huh??”