Cyberpunk: Spartan Walker

Chapter 67 Deck Story ([-])

UNSC frigate Yuanzhu.

Tommy followed Di Qing out of the hangar, took the ship's elevator to the upper deck, and then passed through the explosion-proof pressure doors and entered the bridge of the Yinchu.During this process, Tommy told her about his experiences in Night City - of course, he selectively omitted those stories with pink undertones.

The cool air inside the ship surrounded Tommy. He stroked the brass guardrail of the bridge, and the familiar cold and hard touch made him feel comfortable.

The fact that the Yinchu can come here shows that the earth is still safe and sound, and the day of human extinction is far away.

"So, how is the battle situation on Reach?" Di Qing asked, leaning on the guardrail and looking at her busy subordinate officers.

Tommy was startled, then looked at her in astonishment.

"What's wrong?" Di Qing couldn't see his expression through the helmet, but she could still feel the surprise.

"How did you get here?" Tommy stared at her closely, and his tone couldn't help but become heavier.

The number of female captains in the UNSC Navy is less than that of male captains, but that does not mean that they are worse than male captains, no matter in every aspect.Only then did Tommy have the opportunity to look at her carefully: Di Qing had handsome features and short, black, slightly messy wolf tail hair.The neck above the collar of the uniform is delicate and white. Although the light gray captain's uniform covers her figure, the slender wrists exposed reveal her good figure.

"You should use honorifics when addressing your superiors, sergeant major." Di Qing frowned, "Don't Spartan instructors take etiquette classes?"

Isn't her military rank major?Tommy looked at her badge again—it was correct.

[During the Battle of Warhammer Base on Reach, the "identification mark" on your armor was melted by a plasma weapon. Do you remember? ] Ellie reminded at this time.

[Yes, I forgot. 】 Tommy couldn't help but feel a little annoyed. After staying in Night City for a long time, some details had become blurred.

"Sorry, Captain Di Qing." Tommy held both sides of the helmet and slowly took it off.

The female officers who were discussing together on the bridge suddenly fell silent. Di Qing, who was standing next to Tommy, stared at him in confusion, with a trace of rosiness on her cheeks.

"What do you mean?" Di Qing shook her head slightly to come to her senses, and the blush on her face just now disappeared.

"Huh?" Tommy was puzzled by the incomprehensible question that came out of her mouth, "What do you mean?"

Tommy's voice broke the quiet atmosphere on the bridge, and the discussion among the female officers returned.However, from time to time, blazing eyes would be cast here, and the topic would go off track.

"It's nothing." Di Qing's face remained as usual, as if nothing had happened.

Seeing that she had no intention of explaining, Tommy stopped worrying. Instead, he took out his ID card from his pocket and showed her the side with his information engraved on it. "While we are not in the same chain of command, I am your superior in this situation."

In the upper right corner of this identification card, there is a UNSC Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI) logo with a rhombus-like main body, white on the left and black on the right; Tommy's profile picture is in the upper left corner; the place where the identification chip should be embedded in the lower right corner is empty. Out - Tommy was about to leave Reach when he left his identification chip with the Noble Squad, who needed it to unlock the airlock door beneath the Warhammer base.

"Colonel Tommy Price of MI[-], subordinate department." Di Qing stopped reading here - all the following parts were blacked out, only a bar security code was revealed to confirm his identity. identity.

"Sir!" All personnel stood at attention, and the salute echoed across the bridge.

Tommy's eyes swept across them, "Take a break and continue working."

The bridge returned to its previous busyness, but the previous blazing eyes had disappeared. A few officers even showed a look of disgust towards him - most of the military intelligence officers would receive such "special treatment", which was different from their past. closely related to what you do.

"Now can you tell me how you got here, Major?" Tommy looked at Di Qing and met her piercing eyes.

Di Qing's reaction confused Tommy, because generally speaking, if they knew that he was from the Military Intelligence Bureau, soldiers and officers would either be very cold towards him or be very defensive.

"Sir, it's a long story." Di Qing paused and moved closer to Tommy, "The No. 16 Fleet to which the Yinchu belongs received an emergency recall order from the Earth's Supreme Command on August 8. , requiring us to immediately jump back to the solar system to merge into the home fleet."

"I think this is not the solar system." Tommy bet that there is absolutely no Anshan star in the solar system.

"Actually, we don't know where we are." Di Qing avoided Tommy's questioning gaze and glanced to the side. "The Yongzhu sailed aimlessly in this galaxy for a few days until it just received the At your signal." "Why?"

It seemed that only one ship, the Yuanzhu, had arrived in Night City, while the rest of the No. 16 fleet was nowhere to be seen.

"Lieutenant Hicks, come and explain to the colonel." Di Qing said to the engineering system operator of the Yinchu.

"Here's the situation, sir," Lieutenant Hicks came to Tommy and showed him the handheld computer screen in his hand. "The Hull space-time calibrator of the Sean-Tengchuan jump engine of the Yuanzhao is on board. An explosion occurred during a brief contact with the fifth planet of the Omega Hydra galaxy, causing the space of the jump fault we tore to be unstable, and the time it took for the jump and the spatial location of the destination to be unable to be accurately determined."

The angular linear model of the Shawn-Tengkawa jump engine appeared on the screen. The Hull space-time calibrator located to the right of the engine's center cross-section was marked red, and the error code was reported as: E-00316.

"After receiving the order at that time, Fleet No. 16 set off first, leaving us to receive repairs on the fifth planet - the nuclear fusion reactor, outer titanium alloy armor and coolant storage compartment of the Yuanzhu were in the space of Hydra. They suffered varying degrees of damage during the battle." On the handheld computer screen, the injured parts of the three were switched out in sequence, and dense but orderly battle damage reports were listed on one side of the screen.

The lieutenant paused for a moment, and used his fingers to move the screen to the oval nuclear reactor model. "Especially the reactor, which has not been repaired until now. After barely making the jump, the chain reaction will stagnate for a period of time, causing the rear of the ship to The main thruster was disabled."

After saying that, Lieutenant Hicks looked at Di Qing with a complaining look, as if he was blaming her for spoiling his wife.

Tommy could tell that the lieutenant really liked this battleship.

"That is to say, you hurriedly carried out the jump before the jump engine and reactor of the Yinchu were repaired?" Tommy's words made the two of them lower their heads, "Who came up with such a risky and bad idea?"

"It's a ship——"

"Ahem!" The voice came from Di Qing.

Tommy nodded understandingly.He noticed that Di Qing's face was as red as an apple, spreading all the way to her ears.

"Sir, I also want to catch up with the main force as soon as possible. Please do not report to the headquarters." Di Qing looked up at Tommy with tears in her eyes, and he was amazed by how quickly this woman changed her face.

"We'll decide whether to report it or not when we get back."

Upon hearing this, Di Qing's face turned green.

"As a result, the Yinchu will not be able to jump for the time being. How can we return to the solar system?" Tommy murmured to himself.

"Who said you can't jump? Just replace it with a Hull space-time calibrator." Ellie's beautiful figure appeared on the artificial intelligence holographic display tank. As soon as she arrived at the bridge, she took the stupid artificial intelligence carried by the Yuanzhu Squeezed into a corner.

"Oh? Do you have any idea?" Tommy turned to look at Ellie. Logical symbols were constantly flowing on her body.

"Information obtained from the Arasaka Tower Data Center shows that the Arasaka headquarters was built on the original UNSC headquarters, and the nearby combat readiness storage warehouse has replacement spare parts for the Hull Space Time Calibrator." Ellie projected the map of Anshan Planet Come out and mark the Arasaka headquarters with a red dot.

"Very good, then our next goal is-"

"Hey! No idlers are allowed on the bridge!" Tommy's words were interrupted by the shouts of the Marines guarding the door of the bridge, followed by the muffled sound of a human body falling to the ground.

"Uncle!" The Spartan warrior followed the voice and saw Rebecca trotting away, dodging the hand grabbed by the guard and coming to Tommy.

"I allowed her to come in. You can go back to your posts." Tommy said to the Marine who fell to the ground.

"Yes, sir!" The Marine climbed up, and although there was confusion in his eyes, he returned to the door.

Rebecca touched Tommy's left and right sides and took a long breath after confirming that he was okay. Then she looked at Di Qing next to her, a feeling of danger rising from the bottom of her heart.

"Who are you?" Rebecca's eyes flashed with vigilance.

　Thanks to "MC Anti-Mini" for the reward of 200 starting coins, and "Rising Sun Winter" for the reward of 500 starting coins~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)