Mecha: Return of the Pioneers

Chapter 14 Unexpected Situation in the Asteroid Belt (Please collect! Please recommend! Please support!)

The VE-1 early warning aircraft, codenamed Hawkeye 1, moved forward to provide SDF-1 with a view of the forward front. It also provided space for the unmanned aircraft led by SV52, which had crossed the maximum warning range of SDF-[-] and headed towards the asteroid belt. The machine cluster provides signal relay services.

"This is Hawkeye One! Skeleton 77, please answer when you receive it."

"This is Skull 77. Received, good signal."

"The signal link is good and the information is sent back for confirmation!"

After some operations, an intelligence network starting with SV52, VE-1 early warning aircraft as the relay point, and SDF-1 as the end point was immediately formed.

Everyone on the SDF-1 bridge is waiting for the return of the forward reconnaissance information from SV52.

This is about the next actions of SDF-1, and it is also about the future of all mankind on this ship.

The leadership headed by Grobar is also waiting for the return of the latest intelligence.

In any case, after successfully utilizing Jupiter's gravitational slingshot effect to accelerate, SDF-1 has not been blocked by the Gerati fleet so far.

It seems that from the beginning, there has been nothing related to the Gerardi stars in this universe.

This is abnormal!
Absolutely abnormal!
But no matter what kind of anomaly it is, the true nature will be exposed under the surveillance of the drone swarm led by SV52.

With the issuance of instructions one after another and the feedback of countless information, twelve QF-3000Es have entered their mission space.

As a frontier control point, SV52 is also monitoring their every move at all times.

"There is no abnormality in the data link.Signal return is clear!Start scanning each area now! 』

The task of monitoring QF-3000E naturally does not require a name to operate.

As soon as Adino, the intelligent AI cube responsible for this work, came up, he took over the QF-3000E and drove the twelve drones quickly into the mission space according to the original plan.

The anomalies hidden behind the seemingly quiet space are captured by the sensors, turned into countless data and sent back to the SV52, and then converged into the processing core of the intelligent AI cube Adino.

The anomalies hidden in the massive data were finally identified one by one under the high-speed processing of the intelligent AI cube.

"Huh? This is?"

He Ming's expression changed and he noticed a set of data specially marked by the intelligent AI cube.

That's the trace amount of radiation that remains after a high-energy reaction.

This scale cannot be achieved by a single battleship, or even a few battleships.

From the analysis of various characteristic data in the database, this has exceeded the upper limit of the size of the Gerati squadron that SDF-1 has encountered in the past.

Even, to put it bluntly, judging from the scale of the radiation left, I am afraid that what is waiting in front is very likely to be a battleship group that far exceeds the number of Geraghty's squadron.

However, there is still a trace of doubt.

The battleship group with such a large force did not intercept and besiege SDF-1 with an overwhelming force advantage. Instead, it disappeared from SDF-1's route.

After thinking about it, He Ming told the intelligent AI cube Adino to package the data and send it back to SDF-1, along with a request.

Continue to investigate!

Such a huge group of battleships disappeared?
I'm afraid there are some things happening in the asteroid belt ahead that humans don't know about.

"Captain, Skeleton 77 has sent back data."

As soon as Misa Hayase got the data analysis report, he immediately reported it to Grobar.

Listening to Hayase Misa's report, Grobar fell silent.

Just as they predicted, the Gerati fleet did not appear on the route of SDF-1, but the process was correct, which does not mean that the result will be what they expected. The Lati battleship group will deliberately target the SDF-1.

This is a bit like using a cannon to swat mosquitoes.

Is it?
"Inspection Army?"

Grobal suddenly remembered the predecessor of SDF-1 and the origin of ASS-1.

"Did the Warrant Officer make a request to continue the investigation?" Grobar raised his eyes and looked at Misa Hayase.

"Yes, Captain!"

"Approval! In addition, let the Skeleton Team go forward and cooperate with Hawkeye 77 to guard the security of the surrounding space. If there is any change, immediately respond to Skeleton [-]."

"Yes! Captain!"

The moment the approval was issued, He Ming, who was well prepared, pushed the accelerator, and the SV52 immediately accelerated and flew towards the asteroid belt.

At the same time, the four QF-52Es that were closer to SV3000 followed suit and continued to fly at high speed in diamond formation, approaching the asteroid belt carefully but quickly.

As the distance approached, the sensors equipped on the QF-3000E gradually began to respond.

"Report!Discover high-energy reactions!It's an electron beam cannon!The scale of energy goes far beyond a single quantity, reaching multiple targets.Presumably, a fierce battle is taking place ahead. 』

Through the data monitored by the QF-3000E sensor, the intelligent AI cube Adino immediately drew a guess report.

"Fierce fighting?!"

He Ming narrowed his eyes slightly.

The next moment, the four QF-52Es following SV3000 immediately dispersed, leaving SV52 like a goddess scattering flowers, and seized a vantage point to observe the battle ahead as quickly as possible.

At the same time, QF-3000Es from other areas are also speeding up to join.

"I'm afraid, the answer we want lies ahead."

Coincidentally, an asteroid about a hundred meters in diameter was drifting from a distance along an orbit that lasted for tens of millions of years.

He Ming's eyes lit up, and he drove the SV52 over.

With such a coincidental natural cover, you must be able to carefully observe the battle ahead, right?

As several QF-3000Es successfully entered the predetermined position, an image from the battlefield ahead was captured.

"A fight?"

At first, when He Ming looked over at first glance, his intuition was that two Gerati fleets were fighting.

But upon closer inspection, He Ming discovered a clue.

One of them is undoubtedly the battleship group of the Gerati Stars.

But on the other side that was fighting with it, although the warships and aircraft bodies had many similarities, they were very different in subtle ways.

"Is it a Metlantian?"

The deeper the observation, the more He Ming is sure that the party currently fighting the Geraldi star battleship group is the Metlantian.

"How could it be such a coincidence?"

He Ming frowned.

From He Ming's point of view, the fierce battle between the two sides seemed a bit coincidental.

At the critical moment when SDF-1 left Jupiter and approached the asteroid belt, the Geraldian battleship group started fighting with the Metlantian fleet that appeared from nowhere.

"Could it be that there is something inside this asteroid belt?"

He Ming pondered for a moment, and then gave an order to the intelligent AI cube Adino.

"Adino, send the monitored battlefield conditions back to SDF-1."

"clear!Owner. 』

Although the front is already a battlefield where the Gerati battleship group and the Metlantian fleet are fighting, it is an opportunity.

An opportunity for He Ming to explore the interior of the asteroid belt.

(End of this chapter)