Hesitant, frightened, confused.
When all human beings face the unknown, face mysteries, and face things they don’t understand, the emotions they display almost occupy the faces of all Nazca-class crew members.
Especially the humans sitting on the bridge are occupied by fear at this moment.
Because, outside the bridge, the dark muzzle of the gun was pointed at the bridge.
And counterattack is no longer possible.
Because the power engines and even the weapons of the Nazca-class or the surrounding Loracia-class were all destroyed by the machine in front of them.
To put it bluntly, the Nazca-class and Loracia-class that ZAFT is now proud of have become nothing more than a space coffin that has no power and no threat and can only float in space until it dies.
"How, how is it possible? In less than three minutes, my fleet and my battleship were destroyed by the opponent."
The commander in white slumped down on his seat, unable to accept this result.
The other party clearly only has one MS, how could it possibly be able to do this?!
"Wait, Jin Eun!! We still have Jin Eun..."
However, in the next step, behind the dark muzzle, on the planet reflecting the blue light, a bright beam of light cut across the void, bringing with it several bright fireworks.
"Captain, MS troops...silence."
The fear on CIC's face was like that of the commander in white. The commander in white looked at the other party and the muscles on his face trembled rapidly.
"Here is the name of the captain of the MS group of the East Asia Republic Nova. I would like to inform your fleet that according to the mutual agreement between us and your country, you broke into the channel from Nova to the Sky Pillar without authorization, and attacked our Sky Pillar.
The Pillar poses a fatal threat. Now, in accordance with the agreement between the two parties, we will take necessary measures to protect the Heavenly Pillar from any threat."
At this time, a strange voice came from the communication channel.
"Agreement between the two parties?! Wait!! We didn't know there was such an agreement!! I, we just..."
"Specialists will come to listen to your explanation later! Now, all warships turn off their main engines and wait for our disposal personnel to enter your warship and carry out relevant disposal. Otherwise, we will regard you as a threat and take necessary measures.
"
The commander in white looked around the bridge, and all he saw were expressions full of desire to survive.
After sighing, he finally chose to surrender.
After the order to receive the prisoners and battleships was sent to the Heavenly Pillar, Lund Mina Sahak and Erica Simmonds looked at me and I looked at you. After a while, Lund Mina Sahak and I looked at you.
Huck burst into laughter.
"Director Symonds, do we still have enough manpower?"
Erica Simmonds shook her head helplessly.
"Just the manpower to guard it is enough. But those battleships are a problem."
"Take care of the personnel first! For those battleships, just follow Lieutenant Colonel He's wishes!"
"yes!"
The conversation between the two never asked Cagalli what she meant, and the latter couldn't get a word in at all.
Cagalli hesitated to speak several times, but was too late to hold Erica Simmonds back. In the end, she could only sit aside depressedly and watch everything unfold.
The debris pushed down from the orbit by Mistral's work capsule gradually gathered into a large-scale meteor shower. As the battle ended, it continued to fall towards the atmosphere below, cut through the sky, and disappeared over the ocean.
at the same time.
The prisoner exchange between the East Asian Republic and PLANT is progressing smoothly.
During this period, the ZAFT prisoners who were sent back to PLANT in batches were welcomed back to PLANT in a grand ceremony, and each of them was awarded a medal representing honor on their chest.
This is Siegel's promise, and it is also to heal the scars caused by these ZAFT warriors after they were captured.
Next to these ceremonies, Feng Yunzheng, the captain of the Qinghu, and Li Xuan, the ambassador in charge of the exchange ceremony, stood aside and watched quietly.
"Captain, how is the food loading situation?"
Li Xuan didn't care about the prisoners, but was more concerned about the loading operation of food.
"It will still take about 10 hours. But the first batch of transport ships is already fully loaded and has left the port smoothly. I believe that our space port will receive this batch of food in a few days."
"Well, the country can finally take a breather."
As an ambassador who came to PLANT directly from his home country, Li Xuan is very clear about the situation in the country.
Although the domestic infrastructure is relatively intact, food gaps have still emerged.
Compared with the increasingly serious food crisis abroad, the domestic situation can still be maintained for a while, but this is not a long-term solution.
In order to delay the outbreak of the food crisis as long as possible, the country has tried every means to make up for the gradually expanding gap.
Now, it is indeed an unexpected surprise to be able to exchange the prisoners captured in the Xinxing Battle for a large amount of food.
Suddenly, a hurried figure passed through the crowd and came to Feng Yun and Li Xuan.
"Captain, Ambassador, domestic emergency call."
When the two heard this, their expressions suddenly changed.
After Li Xuan and Feng Yun looked at each other, they both turned around and walked towards a secluded corner.
A few minutes later, Li Xuan and Feng Yun, who looked angry, rushed out of the venue and headed towards the port without looking back.
The next moment, after Siegel, who was presiding over the ceremony, learned the news from his entourage, his expression changed. While he quickly notified Patrick, he set off directly and chased towards the port.
The two parties chased each other all the way, but they did not meet each other on the road. Instead, they kept a certain distance and sailed into the port together.
This made Feng Yun, who was sitting next to the ambassador, a little confused.
"Are you surprised? Captain."
Li Xuan closed his eyes, smiled slightly and said.
"Indeed. When the news of the attack on the Heavenly Pillar came, I thought you, Ambassador, would come directly to hold PLANT responsible."
"Well, I did have this idea. However, Siegel Klein is not a reckless person. In this situation, he will not do stupid things. What we need is an explanation and some
compensate."
The transport ship Qinghu is already close at hand.
Li Xuan could even see batches of grain being continuously sent into the Qinghu's warehouse under the operation of the conveyor belt.
These will be the food for some parts of the country in the coming period.
"But, these are still not enough!!"
Li Xuan looked away and looked at the entrance of the port. A new convoy appeared outside the port.
Li Xuan knew that this team was Patrick's team.
"Everyone is here. Captain, would you like to accompany me?"
"good!"
Patrick strode to Siegel's side and exchanged glances with this close friend who had known him for many years.
"Is he yours?"
Silge smiled bitterly and asked Patrick.
Patrick shook his head.
"Not my people. Just now, when the ceremony was being held, a car accident occurred on the street where ZAFT's headquarters is located. One of the personnel responsible for communicating with the patrol fleet was killed in the car accident."
When Siegel heard this, he immediately understood.
"It seems that someone doesn't want to see us stabilize the situation this time, right?"
Patrick frowned.
"Sigel. Since we have reached an agreement on the issue of prisoners, there is no need for me to destroy everything."
Siegel shook his head.
"I believe you, Patrick. But, I'm afraid we will have to pay some price this time."
The two exchanged glances, both understanding each other tacitly.
The ambassador of the East Asian Republic left the venue without saying a word and arrived directly at the port. This gesture said it all.
Either leave directly, or stay.
But the price to retain the ambassador of the East Asian Republic will probably not be smaller than the previous prisoners.
After all, it was the ZAFT fleet that took the initiative to attack the Heavenly Pillar.
According to the agreement between the two parties, even if the invading ZAFT fleet is destroyed, ZAFT and even PLANT cannot object to anything. However, once this happens, the agreement between the East Asian Republic and PLANT may have cracks.
, and finally fell into the fate of rupture.
This is not what Siegel wants to see.
From the perspective of PLANT, it is a major event that is conducive to the layout of the war that the East Asian Republic, which is a member of the Earth Alliance, can temporarily withdraw from the war with PLANT.
Patrick, who has a tough attitude, has to admit this.
"As long as conditions permit, try to agree! This time, it was our oversight. ZAFT will then launch an internal investigation to find out those people as much as possible."
"I believe you, Patrick. However, I don't want something like this to happen again. If the person standing here this time is someone from the Atlantic Ocean, or someone from Eurasia, I'm afraid the conflict will have intensified.
The situation is over."
Patrick smiled coldly.
"Sigel, sometimes you are too naive. It is impossible for people from the Atlantic and Eurasian sides to stand here. The only people who can stand here are people from the East Asian Republics."
Siegel sighed.
"Let's go! Hopefully, our friends just want more food."
CE70, August.
During the joint construction of the East Asia Republic's Nova's engineering unit and Orb's Heavenly Pillar, they were attacked by the ZAFT fleet.
During the fierce battle, Lieutenant Colonel He Ming led his men to defeat the ZAFT fleet and successfully captured the opponent.
Afterwards, after learning the news, the Ambassador of the Republic of East Asia waved his sleeves and left the venue, frightening PLANT Supreme Council Speaker Sigel Klein and Defense Committee Chairman Patrick Sala to chase him out one after another and to the port before catching him.
The ambassador of the East Asian Republic stopped him, apologized for the attack on the Heavenly Pillar, and proposed a compensation plan that was willing to provide more food to help the East Asian Republic get rid of the food crisis.
For a time, the world was shocked by PLANT's act of once again providing food to the East Asian Republics.
But, these have nothing to do with He Ming.
As time moved forward slowly, after a month of intense construction, the components of the solar power generation system were finally installed successfully.
From the outside, the outline of the Heavenly Pillar has undergone a subversive change.
Its appearance has changed so drastically that even the technicians on the Orb side who built it may not be able to recognize at first glance that this orbital space station, which has initially developed solar power generation capabilities, is the Heavenly Pillar.
In the main control center of the solar power generation system, everyone is gathered here, waiting for the moment when the system starts up.
Erica Simmonds, Serene Markgrave and Salamandini participated in this startup test as technical personnel from Orb, Neutral and East Asia Republic respectively.
In the past month, based on technical exchanges, the three of them have formed a good friendship, and they jointly served as the startup tester, which can be regarded as the result of the past month.
As for He Ming, Lund Mina Sahak was sitting on the command seat higher up, waiting for the moment of start-up testing to arrive.
"Lieutenant Colonel He. Today is the moment when your destiny changes, right?"
Lund Mina Sahak straightened her back and stared at the picture on the home screen.
"Well, probably!"
Following the preliminary completion of the solar power generation system and its initial power generation capacity, both the East Asian Republic and Orb have shown great concern.
Especially after the time for the first power-on test was determined, both the East Asian Republic and ORB expressed their willingness to watch the ceremony on-site.
At this point, He Ming can see from the small screens on both sides of the main screen that the leaders from the two countries are watching the testing process here through real-time communication.
If it weren't for the fact that the space area around the Heavenly Pillar is currently cleared and no one, any organization, or any ship is allowed to approach, I'm afraid the East Asian Republic and Orb would send envoys to come and watch the test.
at the same time.
Somewhere in the mainland of the Republic of East Asia, a receiving device that has been under construction day and night for the past month and was finally successfully completed before the first start-up test of the solar power generation system was started and debugged one step ahead of schedule, waiting for "greetings from space"
"s arrival.
"Program self-test completed! System trial operation is normal!"
Salamandini raised her hand to indicate that the boot test requirements were completed.
"What about the hardware?"
He Ming nodded slightly and looked at Sereni.
"Yes! The feedback data from each component is normal, there are no abnormalities, and the data connection is smooth."
"What about the personnel arrangements?"
"The emergency plan has been accepted and all emergency teams have entered the predetermined area."
Erica Simmonds replied.
He Ming looked at the small screen next to the main screen, where there was attention from the East Asian Republic and Orb.
"Let's begin! Lieutenant Colonel He."
"yes!"
He Ming stood up and waved his right hand.
"Tianzhi Yuzhu, solar power generation system, first power-on test, begins!"
With an order, thousands of personnel throughout the Heavenly Pillar took action.
The moment a group of commands were issued from the main control center, the solar power generation system, which was given great attention as hope, made its first chirp since its completion.
Above the clear sky, the receiving device watched by thousands of pairs of eyes is slowly rotating its antenna. The moment it makes contact with the orbiting space station in the void that gathers the power of the sun, it extends from the inside of the receiving device.
, a large number of LED lights are arranged on the wire used to test whether the reception is successful.
At this moment, these LED lights are lighting up one after another, and among thousands of pairs of expectant eyes, they condense into a strip of light that is only ten meters short, but at this moment becomes infinitely extended, tearing through the darkness.
"The solar power generation system was successfully started for the first time. The ground receiving device successfully received the energy signal. There are no abnormalities in the sky-to-ground power transmission system!"
Listening to the reports from the scene, a sigh of relief came from the core leadership of the East Asia Republic.
"Order! Speed ​​up the construction of the solar power generation system! Give priority to meeting the construction requirements of the solar power generation system! Make every effort to ensure the safe space for the construction of the solar power generation system!"
The last chapter before the main line of SEED is completed! Next, is the main line! The Lux that everyone has been looking forward to appears! It will be a surprise!!
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Chapter completed!