Chapter 1236: Halo Wars (5)

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Arcturus Space Station, Star Alliance Naval Academy, graduation ceremony scene.
A slightly old general with gray hair is leading the graduates to take an oath:
"I solemnly swear here,"
"I will dedicate my life and strength to protect the galaxy federation and protect human civilization,"
"We will uphold the justice of all intelligent life in the universe,"
"From the bottom of the Pacific Ocean to the edge of the Milky Way."
"Today is the beginning, until the death."
This is an oath that must be taken at every graduation ceremony since the establishment of the Naval Academy. Every student has heard it at least three times, but when it is their turn to take the oath in person, they are still excited.
Conna mingled with a group of excited graduates to swear an oath with them, which felt a little funny.
N7 is a special force of the military. Even if it becomes a kind of "graduation", the celebration ceremony cannot be with these fresh graduates.
No, it should be said that there is no celebration at all. This is undoubtedly the first task she received after graduating from N7 with Anderson and Cicero: joining a fleet as a graduate of the Naval Academy.
Because wearing a helmet at the graduation ceremony was too strange, Anderson, who was relatively mature, did not attend at all. Cicero was insensitive to such crowded occasions due to brittle bones. On the contrary, Kang Na, as a bionic person, did not look good. It will change, and there is nothing unexpected about being mixed in a group of students.
As for the fleet to join... Kang Na looked at the very energetic and articulate old man on the ceremony stage.
[Confirmation information: General Jon Gritham of the Star Alliance, Commander of the Third Fleet of the Star Alliance. born in……】
[Expanded information: Star Alliance Third Fleet: Due to the rapid expansion of Star Alliance between the stars, the exploration and mission of the Second Fleet is too onerous. If it continues to expand the ships and personnel, it will be too bloated. After discussion and decision by the Star Alliance Council, the official The formation of the third fleet, the commander of the fleet is'Jon Gritham', the formation of the fourth and fifth fleet is still under discussion. 】
If nothing else, the responsibilities of the Second Fleet will be transformed from exploration and to regional defense, just like the First Fleet, except that the first Fleet guards the Earth and the near-Earth galaxies such as Arcturus, while the Second Fleet will guard The other is the outer layer, the galaxies it has discovered during the past three years.
The next third, fourth, and even fifth fleets should be similar. They all explored a distance and turned to defense in situ. This looks like the first and second rings of traditional urban expansion, except that the fleet defends the area. It can't be a ring.
This time, as an N7 graduate, he was arranged to enter the Third Fleet. Presumably, the admiral is clear, but he should not be interested in talking to them alone. After all, the people who can wear the star of the Star Alliance are basically doers and pursue " It is the gold that always shines", the concept of "the cone is in the pocket, and the end will come out", if it is good enough, there will always be a chance to see it, if it is relatively mediocre, seeing it now is meaningless.

As Conna speculated, Admiral Gritham left directly after leading the graduates to take the oath, leaving only a few civilians to arrange the selection of personnel in each fleet.
Although the division of this graduate class will mainly tilt towards the Third Fleet, the First Fleet and Second Fleet are not completely lack of people. If the graduate and his classmates both choose the same fleet, it’s okay, how can they go different? Fleet, it is impossible to meet easily anymore, so they began to tell their parting in advance, and even took the opportunity to confess but were tragically issued cards. In short, the atmosphere after the ceremony was still warm.
However, Kang Na, the fake student, has no classmates and instructors to say goodbye. After a cutscene, he directly followed Yitty's prompts to meet Anderson and Cicero.
When Conna found Anderson and Cicero and Bath, they were talking with a serious officer.
"Oh, Shepard, you came just right," Anderson waved to her: "This is the adjutant of General Gritham. He is here to invite us to join the flagship battle group of the Third Fleet."
The so-called flagship battle group is actually the flagship's personal guard. Although it can perform some combat tasks alone, when the flagship has to join the battle, it must make every effort to ensure the safety of the flagship. In most cases, it is in a safe position.
So, is it arranged? But at which step is the influence? Conna couldn't decide what to do.
[Denotes obeying orders, but hopes to get more fighters. (Model)]
[Denotes obeying orders, but hopes to allow Anderson to take the dog on board. (Rebellious)]
【Denotes obedience to orders. 】
This action suggestion option...no problem. If the adjutant does not know that they are N7, but is only recruiting elites, then making some requests that are contrary to his ideas will only reduce the impression points from him and find him in the future. trouble.
"I am willing to obey the arrangement of the military department," Kang Na saluted to the adjutant, and after he returned the salute, he signaled to Bass: "However, I hope to allow my classmate to bring his pet dog."
"Wang! [Damn dog!]" Bass expressed dissatisfaction.
"Of course it's okay." The adjutant was an elegant and easy-going brunette middle-aged man with a calm temperament that most elderly people liked. He smiled and said: "As a captain, Lieutenant Anderson has the right to carry a dog on board."
"Captain?" X3
"Isn't it your own volunteer?" The adjutant raised his eyebrows: "Second Lieutenant Anderson hopes to be a captain, even if it is a frigate, it doesn't matter. Second Lieutenant Shepard hopes to become a storm captain and take part in more battles. Second Lieutenant Cicero It wrote, "I am the best driver in the world.""
"..." Cicero was stunned, but quickly reacted: "Damn it, how can the instructor hand in that volunteer?"
"Haha," the adjutant did not take the words, and continued: "In terms of graduation evaluation, your instructor highly appreciated the tacit understanding of the three of you, and General Grisham thought that he could give you a boat. Try it."
This was sure, Conna nodded secretly, at least the adjutant didn't know that they were arranged, and depending on General Gritham's attitude, most of them were not clear in advance, but guessed afterwards.
"If we can continue to cooperate, of course the best, then..." Anderson's acting was a half beat before going online: "When will we board the ship?"
Cona slightly shook her head when she expressed "desire to have her own boat", but the adjutant would not have noticed this under the preconceived situation.
"It's okay after finishing the transfer procedures," the adjutant was obviously relieved by Anderson's "young urgency": "That is a pretty girl, her name is [Dunkirk (PillarofAutumn)] ."