Chapter 784: Brigade

Pluto.
This planet, once expelled by earth civilization, gives people the first impression of darkness, like an eye closed forever.
At this distance, the sun's rays are already very weak, and even the "Prometheus" energy network has given up coverage because it is too remote, resulting in almost maintaining the original barrenness here.
For a long time, this place used to exist only as a testing ground for dangerous weapons of the Cloud Research Institute.
It wasn't until the people on Earth, who were thirst for exploration and curiosity, gradually developed the entire solar system, that unmanned scientific research ships or tourist ships would occasionally come to see the former "Ninth Planet".
To facilitate the docking of supplies, a small dual-use air port was built in the orbit of Pluto.
Of course, most of the time, this mysterious asteroid, hailed as the "New Bermuda Triangle" by the outside world, is not open to the outside world.
After all, the huge electromagnetic pulses and high-power fields that erupt from time to time considerably affect the safety of navigation...
Pluto: "..." (╥﹏╥)
At this moment, a dusty small cargo ship with a Q version of a blue ghost portrayed on the ship is slowly approaching the airport.
This small cargo ship has a length of 200 meters and is flat overall with no obvious bridge. It seems that the model is the "Light Feather" class small unmanned cargo ship launched by Atlantis Shipyard last year. The location has obvious traces of modification, which is quite different from the original.
"The spacecraft No. CN86776778 belongs to the'Ghost Brigade', and the spacecraft is codenamed'Scud'. It accepts the B468 resupply mission and comes to transport rare metals and energy materials. It requests the airport docking permission!
"Dip! Identity confirmation, mission confirmation, docking allowed!"
As the spacecraft slowly approached the dock, the spacecraft's controllers couldn't help but cheer.
"finally reached!"
"Fortunately, there are automatic driving that can hang up midway for a long time, otherwise I don't know how to get through it."
"Everyone has worked hard. After submitting this mission, our mission points will be enough to upgrade the'Ghost Brigade' to a C-level adventure group!
I went offline and went to the Crescent Bar for a drink. Let me treat you! "
"Aye yes!"
"Haha!"
This unmanned spacecraft does not have the so-called "bridge" in the traditional sense. All the control centers are integrated on a small chip, which can save a lot of space.
However, the control signal of the spacecraft comes from a "bridge" completely in the virtual world.
The manipulator can enter the "bridge" in the virtual world from hundreds of millions of miles away, so as to control the entire spacecraft? It is quite convenient.
All "virtual bridges" are basically the same. They don't have a console in the traditional sense? Only a huge display screen? And the corresponding crew control positions are completely controlled by consciousness.
At the moment? There are only four controllers in the "virtual bridge" of this spaceship, it is Chris, Alice and the fat and thin duo!
The ghost brigade started by doing freight? Because it seized the first wave of development opportunities? Now it is also regarded as a small name in the mercenary world, ranking among the best in the private mercenary group.
Not long ago, they also used the commissions they earned during this period to replace them with a new type of cargo ship. After some modifications by the fat and thin duo, the speed of the spacecraft has been greatly improved? It can be called the scud in the cargo ship.
Leading equipment? Let the Ghost Brigade get more opportunities, one of which is the delivery of supplies for the Pluto test base.
This kind of long voyage, long time-consuming, and low-volume mission is suitable for the "Scud" type of spacecraft.
And they also took a few tasks of geological exploration and sample collection?
"The old rules, the fat man and the ribs are responsible for handing over the goods? I am responsible for purchasing supplies. When this task is completed, we will start to prepare for the fight? Prepare to resist the alien invasion."
"Hehehe! I can't wait a long time, Chris? This time you have to get me a super mecha." The fat man laughed.
"Don't worry? Civilization survives? Everyone is responsible! All the brigade funds will be tilted toward weapons and equipment. By the way, Alice, is there any new situation on your side." Chris said and looked at Alice.
At this time, Alice was already an adult, and gradually faded away, and she appeared shrewd and capable. The only thing that did not change was the blue eyes, which were still clear and bright.
"Yeah! Now that the news that aliens are about to invade the solar system has been confirmed, everyone including civil society is actively preparing for the war.
According to the UN’s "Emergency War Act No. 1004", all countries and regions of the earth civilization have entered a state of "war control", and all resources have begun to tilt towards war. The Earth Defense Force is responsible for resource allocation and overall command.
I just landed on the official website of the Earth Defense Force and checked it. A new national mission was just released on it. The rewards are high, but to complete it, it basically depends on luck. "
"Oh? What task?"
Alice is about to share the task of "searching for enemy traces" to the group.
"Oh! 200,000 unlimited coins? This reward is attractive enough, but this kind of task really depends on character.
The detection radius of 30,000 kilometers seems very wide, but the relative search range is completely insignificant. "
"Even so, almost all the teams that can meet the requirements are dispatched. After all, we are the first to find the direction of the enemy's invasion. This is of great significance to our war preparations.
Even if it may be a waste of time and money, there are a lot of passionate mercenaries to accept the task.
It’s just heard that the production capacity of the Wormhole Detector is limited. Even if it is urgently produced, it is in short supply. Those who take the task are still lining up. "
"Don't you think this is an opportunity?" Alice said.
"We are now located just outside the solar system. It can be described as close to the water platform, and next to it is a military port. It is very convenient to receive the Wormhole Detector. It is not very crowded here, so there will be no one to grab equipment from us, right?"
"Yeah! It makes sense, even if there is little hope of finding that hidden wormhole, at least we have contributed to earth civilization."
"Hey! Hope is not necessarily so small." The fat man pushed his glasses.
"How do you say?" Everyone looked at the fat man.
"I have a college classmate. His latest post-doctoral project is to follow his supervisor to study the relationship between the formation of wormholes and the tides of the universe.
The areas where the wormholes are formed are generally the violent intersections of the cosmic tides, which can be understood as unstable points in space.
As long as we find such an area, we can also follow the vine and find the wormhole!
So as long as we can collect relevant astronomical data along the way and send it back to the other party’s team for research and analysis, we may be able to increase the chance of finding wormholes. "
"Academic research that hasn't been completed yet? Is it reliable?"
"Better than just looking for it?"
"It's worth a try..." Chris thought for a while and made a decision quickly.
"Spare ribs, hurry up and unload, abandon all unnecessary loads, and then I will supply the spacecraft to the limit and replace it with the detection module.
Alice, immediately accept the task and apply for a "wormhole detector" from the airport!
Fatty, contact your classmates immediately, we can provide free astronomical data to their research team along the way, if we can really complete the task, there will be a 10% commission. "
"Okay!" "Received!" "Give it to me!"