Chapter 289

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Episode 289 – Director (2) – Gigacracker, a 2km spherical mining ship, is so huge that it ranks among the top five megacorps. Not only is it large in size, but its structure is also very different from a typical spacecraft. First of all, there are almost no facilities for sailors. If you look at the facilities inside the ship, most of them are facilities for operating ion cannons or storage areas for storing mined minerals. Since the facilities that need to be managed are so large compared to the number of passengers, about 80% of the entire ship is managed by machines. Crew members take control of these machines and are responsible for maintaining and maintaining them. In fact, it only looks like a spaceship on the outside, but in reality, it can be thought of as an automated factory floating in space. Because there are so many facilities that each individual must manage, a lot of professional knowledge is required from passengers. Noble Capital St. K does not strictly manage Giga Cracker’s crew for no reason. Those who are not upper class like Noble Capital or Prime Capital, but have received equivalent education. The ship’s managers are walking inside the restricted living quarters. Large dolls were moving around diligently in the dark hallway. They all wore advanced reinforced suits that were a mixture of a reinforced exoskeleton and a space suit, and held plasma rifles in both hands. The plasma rifle, developed as the standard weapon of the Earth Defense Force, was the lightest plasma weapon until the introduction of the pistol. Although it has less firepower than a plasma bolter, it has the advantages of excellent safety and light weight. The green translucent energy gauge mounted on the exterior of the silver gun, which had a clean, streamlined design, glowed in the darkness of the hallway. “Is faster-than-light travel still possible?” The leader of the heavily armed group opened his mouth. The team leader, who checked the computer pad on his wrist, answered the question of Giga Cracker’s captain, Tyrone St. Kay. “yes. “An unidentified electrical signal from outside is blocking remote control.” “In the end, the only way is to go directly.” Having been in an emergency situation while in the conference room, they took out the necessary equipment from the emergency armory, put it on, and headed to the engine room. Communication completely stopped after the last emergency broadcast before the collision occurred. As you can see, remote control between facilities is impossible. It was a crisis I had never experienced before while operating Giga Cracker. “What do you think is causing it? “Magnetic storm?” “The phenomenon itself is similar, but the scope is too small. The route is unnatural and the origin is also inaccurate. “If you see an electronic device failing, it could be a bunch of metallic gremlins.” “well. Probably not Metallic Gremlin. “They don’t have enough power to rock a 2km boat.” As the team leaders moved around, they used their respective expertise to give opinions on the cause of the situation. “Could it be an out-spacer? “Isn’t the biggest one among them the size of a battleship?” “Now that I think about it, there are recent rumors that there are signs of a major offensive from the empire as well. “Maybe there’s a group of outspacers here...” “Probably not.” The team leaders suggested that the out-spacer might be unreasonable, but Tyrone immediately denied it. “Outspacers cannot travel at faster than light speeds like regular battleships.” “Is that so?” “They contaminate a planet and then build a special device that allows them to jump into hyperspace between star systems. “You can only move if you have that device.” “The captain has a point. “If you look at the records of past major offensives, they say they poured out from contaminated colonies.” Tiers below Noble Capital and Prime Capital have limited access to the Megacorp database. So, like now, there were often cases where there were differences in the information acquired. For example, Outspacer’s unique means of transportation, ‘Bio Portal.’ This is treated as top secret information as it relates to their true nature. Captain Tyrone is a member of St. K. I have more knowledge than the team leaders in this position. “Sailing team leader. When was the last time you had contact with a base in a nearby system?” “It was two hours ago.” “Regular contact takes place every three hours. “In just one hour, the other side will know that something has gone wrong with the Giga Cracker, so let’s not lose hope.” Tyrone made it a point to remind the team leader of course what he knew. This was to give hope to the team leaders by again mentioning the fact that a rescue team would come if they only had to wait one hour. ‘If the nearby dwarf planet or asteroid was a bio portal, it would be a different story...’ In fact, Tyron did not tell the team leaders all the information he knew. For example, bio portals and pollution have nothing to do with each other. The portal is not created by Pollution, but by an Outspacer Queen entity. It only seems like there is a correlation between the two because usually the planet the queen stays on gets polluted quickly. If there is a queen somewhere here and it has created a bio-portal on a nearby meteorite or something, their forces can pour into this place without a contaminated planet. Moreover, although it is not registered in the database, there are rumors circulating among Noble Capitals. There is a rumor that one of them has evolved to be able to travel at faster than light speeds. ‘There’s no need to bring that up here.’ The area that was thought to be soaked in blood was not a tablecloth, but rather a monster’s wing. A monster with a white body and four red wings was crushing the medical team leader and eating him. Instead of watching the scene blankly, the other team leaders heard Tyran’s command and quickly started shooting. As the energy gauge next to the rifle filled up, a cylindrical energy bullet was fired from the muzzle. An energy bullet flew towards the white and red ghosts. The moment it was about to touch its body, the red color of its wings covered the impact point like spreading paint. The energies that touched its red body were neutralized like a lie. “So, it’s no use...Kaaak!” When the crisis management team leader saw this, he screamed and then bent his arm in a deformed manner. Some invisible force had twisted his arm. He was able to protect his arm thanks to quickly activating the shield built into the advanced reinforcement suit. However, it was his misfortune not to know that the being that tried to break his arm had a high output of ‘invisible power’ that could overwhelm the shield. “I survived...!” The moment the crisis management team leader was about to shout out that he was alive, his limbs were torn off in all directions. His fragments were scattered throughout the dining car, as if the strings that tied the puppet had been pulled all at once, breaking it. “Aaaahhh!” The equipment team leader screamed at the horrific sight that would make even a veteran who had been on the battlefield for a long time cringe. In the meantime, Tyrone barely kept his composure and tried to find the culprit who made the crisis management team leader like that. ‘It’s a bastard!’ Tyrone’s eyes turned to the giant pink jellyfish sitting on the corpses. He fired his rifle at the guy, hoping to get at least one hit. Did his wish come true? One of the green plasma rounds collided with the pink monster’s tentacle. The guy is wincing as if in pain. Other energy bullets follow suit and rain down on his body. As if it were just a coincidence, the green energy chunks did not reach their target and melted in midair. It’s as if it’s blocked by a transparent barrier. 「■■■ 」「■■■」「 ! ■■■!」 The pink monster that destroyed the energy bullet in the air did not fight back. The red-winged ghost also showed a completely different reaction from the agility it had shown just a moment ago. ‘I don’t know what it is...!’ “Retreat! retreat!” “Yes yep!” Tyrone and the team leaders hurried out into the hallway they came from. The two monsters did not chase them. – 「Just now」「That」「What is that?」「I don’t know! When I thought about it, I said Pavat and that’s it!” “Pabat?” “Yes.” “Try it again.” No. 26 grunted and concentrated on Aadhai’s request. Then, a purple energy stream suddenly appeared in the air. It covered the area around No. 26, rippling like waves in the deep sea. Aadhai tapped the purple wave pattern with his paw wearing ‘red armor’. Then, something like a semi-elastic force pushed the front foot strongly. 「This」「Star power」「Similar」「Star power? What is the power of a star?” “Strong” “Head” “Symbol” “Wow! Studying paid off!” “Agree” “Disagree” “Star Power” “Study” “It doesn’t matter” “No! “They said that if you study, you will become smarter and stronger!” Number 26 confidently waved his tentacles and sent waves. Adhai could not refute this as he had heard similar stories. Instead, he purred and grunted the tentacles around his mouth. 「This will be enough to protect the older child, right?」「Probably」「Good! That’s good! I’ll eat more so the older one won’t get sick!” ” Agree” “Elder adult” “If it hurts” “I know” “It’s hard” After saying that, the two started eating again to build up their strength. The reason why we did not bother chasing those who ran away was simple. The eldest child and adult declared. This ship is his. Their expert leaders never miss their prey.

Chapter 289

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