"Report, all sea trial projects for the T2 Bee Queen-class Heavy Carrier Starship have been completed, 100% completion rate. Captain, please give your instructions." Charlotte reported via video communication from the Bridge of the T2 Bee Queen to Zachary Chase, who was on the Bridge of the Blizzard Zero.
Zachary nodded in satisfaction: "Since everything is ready, let's depart. Destination: Little Dragon Star System!"
"Um… are we really going to eliminate those interstellar pirates? Just with our two starships?" Wendy Chase asked worriedly from the other end of the video link.
Zachary smiled and looked at Wendy: "You've seen all the performance data for the T2 Bee Queen, so… you still don't believe it?"
"It's not that I don't believe it… it's just… we only have two starships… isn't that too reckless? I'm just worried about a contingency." Wendy muttered.
Zachary smirked: "There will be no contingency in this operation. Oh right, before we depart, send a message to Jenna Hong, asking for detailed information on the starship data of the interstellar pirate fleet, as well as the starship fleet situation of those nobles. If we can get the schematics for their starships, that would be even better."
"Alright then, I'll contact her." Wendy agreed.
Communication terminated.
Wendy sat in the captain's chair on the Bridge of the T2 Bee Queen. She looked around, still finding it hard to believe that she was aboard a T2 Carrier Starship. And… it was an Aircraft Carrier Starship with such terrifying performance capabilities.
"Sister Charlotte, do you think… is there any danger in our current operation?" Wendy looked at Charlotte.
After more than two months of interaction, Wendy and Charlotte had a very good relationship. Wendy often sought out Charlotte to learn starship command and combat skills. Charlotte did not reject this girl who didn't discriminate against their half-orc race, and she shared everything she knew.
"According to the intelligence relayed by your lady's informant, if the interstellar pirates plus the noble fleets attempting rebellion number less than fifty starships, with the vast majority being T1 starships… this operation will essentially have no problems. Unless they possess more than twenty T2 starships, or perhaps one T3 starship. After all, you should know how terrifying the T2 Bee Queen built by your brother truly is."
Charlotte looked at the starship Bridge before her and stated seriously: "This is not a T2 Carrier Starship at all; it is a quasi-T3 Carrier Starship. After all, who has ever seen a T2 starship equipped with a Star Shield function!"
Blizzard Zero - Bridge
"Warp engine route prefabrication complete. We will now enter the acceleration phase, followed by the warp navigation phase in ten minutes. All crew members enter deep-sea mode within ten minutes! I repeat, all crew members enter deep-sea mode within ten minutes!" Zachary issued the command via the ship-wide broadcast.
As he spoke, all the hibernation pods on the Bridge popped out.
At this moment, a thought occurred to Zachary: he wondered what the experience of the T2 Bee Queen's hibernation pods was like; it should be much better than this assembled starship's. He hadn't expected that the first person to experience the new ship he built wouldn't be himself.
However, once he finished building the T2 Iron Hammer-class Heavy Interstellar Industrial Ship, it would be the right time to construct the T3 Blizzard-class Light Interstellar Battlecruiser. By then, he would possess a genuine T3 starship. The T3 Blizzard—this was the starship technical blueprint that Zachary had always longed for in his system warehouse. The appearance of the T2 Iron Hammer gave Zachary the capital necessary to build it.
"Report, out of 101 crew members on the entire ship, 99 have entered hibernation pods for sleep." A nearby half-orc female crew member reported. This was a temporary deputy arranged by Charlotte for Zachary.
"I understand. You enter the hibernation pod too," Zachary said.
"Yes." The female crew member entered the hibernation pod, and the liquid was injected.
Zachary glanced at the darkening Bridge, and then at the T2 Bee Queen, which was also accelerating into warp navigation status on the star map.
This warp navigation wouldn't just take half an hour, like the previous one. Instead, it would consume a full two weeks! Because this time, they were traversing two star systems!
The Arctic Fox Star System and the Little Dragon Star System are adjacent, but because the Little Dragon Star System lacks a Star Gate, they must rely on the starships' own propulsion to arrive. From this point, the importance of a Star Gate to a star system can be seen!
Between star systems lies a barren zone, where most of the time, there is nothing. Crossing this barren zone requires a significant amount of time. It's like in ancient times, when a person had to cross a boundless ocean to get from one continent to another. This area also has its name: 'Inter-Galactic Border Space' .
Zachary lay down inside the hibernation pod, just as the blue liquid rapidly injected into it.
A voice sounded.
[Mission triggered: Wipe out the Interstellar Pirates Fleet]
[Mission Content: Wipe out the interstellar pirate fleet in the Little Dragon Star System
Mission Difficulty: C-rank
Mission Reward: Three mission points and 600 points
Failure Penalty: Deduct 600 points]**
What a coincidence—Zachary immediately accepted the mission.
Subsequently, Zachary fell into hibernation.
The Blizzard Zero and the T2 Bee Queen also departed from the Arctic Fox Star System, heading toward the Little Dragon Star System.
Little Dragon Star System
In a manor five kilometers above the ground on a certain habitable planet, Jessica Shae was currently having dinner with her family.
Although her Shae family was a noble family in the Little Dragon Star System, apart from their noble status, their living conditions were only slightly better than those of ordinary people.
Jessica looked at the food on the dining table. Everyone had a serving of rice and three servings of green vegetables, one of which contained minced meat the size of a fingernail. These were natural foods; the rest were artificially synthesized foods. These artificially synthesized foods looked incredibly luxurious, like grand feasts of fish and meat; however, the taste was practically indistinguishable from plastic.
Yet, food like this was a month's worth of meals for ordinary people outside.
In the past, Jessica might have been proud of her family. But after she had attended the North Starship Military Academy and seen the outside world, she began to detest this kind of life.
"Father, why won't you join the action plan of the Bao Family and the Cui Family! If the operation succeeds and we eliminate Zachary Chase, our three families can control the entire Little Dragon Star System. Whether we elect a lord ourselves, or use the Little Dragon Star System as a stepping stone to join other interstellar powers, either is better than the current situation!" Jessica's father looked at the old master, not understanding why the old master hadn't made a decision: "Are you still foolishly loyal to the Chase Family!"
Up until now, due to Old Master Shae's stance, the Shae family had not joined the action plans of the Bao Family and the Cui Family.