The Collection of The End

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Skylian Galaxy, near the Mass Effect Repeater.

The space carrier "Cronos".

"The strategic goal of the Star Alliance Second Fleet is to completely destroy the pirate base in the 'World God' galaxy." Jack Harper and Eva Kull were communicating remotely with other "Overwatch" members in the communications room: "During this period , the Batarian may launch a retaliatory counterattack, and our task is to stop their destructive behavior."

Catch the indoctrinated guy by the way.

At this time, those who are connecting with Jack are Gwen from the institute and Jin Gu from the Governor's Mansion. Another member, Anna, has already set off with the army. Her replacement is her fiancé Sam... or is he a fiancé?

This guy appears to be Elishan, no, the cargo ship pilot of Watchfort, but in fact he is a retired N7 special forces soldier - is it fun to pretend to be an ordinary person on a remote planet and fool a girl? Is your story ready for a novel?

Sharon and other members of the action team were organizing equipment in the hangar of the mothership, ready to set off at any time to intercept Batarian's counterattack, or to stab their own people in the back after being educated.

"Sorry, let me ask," Gwen raised her hand: "This is obviously our attack, right? Why would a Batarian counterattack come to us?"

"About this..." "It seems that you are not familiar with the principles of mass effect repeaters, Ms. Stacey."

Just as Jack was about to answer, Eva next to him took a half-step forward and continued:

"Different from the 'instant channel' when an individual spaceship passes through a mass effect repeater, when a large army is teleporting, in order to maintain the formation, the opening of the channel is 'continuous'. People on the other side can easily detect its existence. If they hurry up, Due to the time difference, it is completely possible to reach the Skylian system in the opposite direction, and this behavior cannot be blocked by the ISS certification of the repeater."

Uh... Although the popular science is correct, there seems to be something wrong with her attitude.

"In other words, rats might sneak in when you go out? Got it." Gwen responded in the same unkind tone.

No, wait...what the hell.

Obviously, Eva was angry because of the chatting and laughing in her contact with Gwen these days. Logically speaking, she would not be jealous because of this impossible relationship, but she had seen Anna and Sam before. ’s bloody wedding, and then think about how many times she hinted at her marriage...

At this time, I can only pretend not to understand.

"That's right," Jack answered quickly: "Any more questions?"

"No more." Gwen seemed to glance at him with contempt.

"I do have a question. It's okay if you don't know or it's inconvenient to tell you." Jin Gu raised his hand casually and gestured: "If I remember correctly, Batari only has one home star, right? Why does the star Should the Alliance attack the pirate base they supported first instead of going directly to Huanglong?"

This Iron Man really wants to do this, right?

"No, no matter how you put it, it is too outrageous to directly attack the capital star of the other party after a colony is attacked." Jack shook his head: "There is nothing that cannot be said about the reason. Humanity has just joined the Galactic Alliance and must maintain a system that can be controlled by most alliance members. The image of acceptance, such as... following the principle of reciprocity in everything, the Batarian attacked our colony, and we also fought back in their almost colonial-controlled area to warn them, and showed their force to demand an apology. The most important thing is that everyone there It's pirates, there are no civilians at all, and it won't cause public opinion problems."

"That is to say,

If the Batarian remain stubborn, intensify their efforts, and refuse to apologize, can we eventually take down their capital? "Jin Gu's tone was full of belligerence.

After all, he is a pioneering governor. If he is someone who is willing to stick to the status quo, he will not come to such a remote border.

"That's the theory, but I think the chance of this is very small," Jack raised his hands and gestured: "Unless they brazenly attack our fleet when we attack pirates who have nothing to do with them in name, in that case , not only the second fleet stationed here, but also the third and first fleets will not be able to bear this tone and come over. When the situation turns into an all-out war, it will only be a matter of time before they hit their home star."

"Oh ho? This thing sounds very exciting, Xiaojiao, record it." Jin Gu smiled and nodded.

"I'm not Little Pepper..." The female assistant named Siduli opened the multi-tool with a look of helplessness.

"Mr. Illusive Man," Sam followed suit and raised his hand: "I'm not familiar with interstellar warfare. I don't know what its process is like. Is Anna in danger?"

Brother, you said you're not familiar with war, but you specifically said "interstellar war", for fear that others wouldn't know what your past is like?

"That's right. The Star Alliance hasn't experienced too many wars at present. It just learned some from the Turians. This counterattack should be able to gain more experience," Jack said: "The current space battles mainly involve fleets. There are two types of "Encounter" and "Space Fortress Strategy". The former basically determines the opponent's position through probes and teleports to raid the enemy fleet's weak points. At this time, the proportion of reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance, raid and ambush is relatively large, and once the opportunity is seized, The battle will almost be decided within a few minutes, while the latter is a protracted battle. Any normal space fortress will set up a 'gravity anchor'. After entering a galaxy where it is enabled, the fleet will not be able to leave through the jump. We can only destroy it with the fortress' artillery fire. If we are unlucky, we will have to deal with reinforcements coming from other galaxies. In this kind of battle, logistics is very important."

After finishing speaking in one breath, Jack originally planned to stop, but he found that Sam had an expression of "I didn't listen before, waiting to continue talking." Then he realized that the focus of his question was actually "Will Anna have any problems?" Danger".

"Even in the original unit, her safety is sufficiently guaranteed, because she is a sniper who does not participate in close combat. After joining our temporary "Overwatch", after entering the battlefield, she will be in order to execute our As long as she keeps a low profile and concealed, no one will be safer than her - the specific mission will of course not be announced," Jack said.

"...I don't have any other questions." Sam put down his hand sadly.

Ha, he deserves it. If he is willing to disclose his N7 identity, that's all. He must hide his identity as a military family member. Naturally, he cannot tell him the information about Anna as a civilian - for example, to capture a few of the nine-tailed foxes. Batarian live mouth or something.

"If everyone has no problem, let's prepare individually," Jack concluded: "In a few hours, the Second Fleet's counterattack will begin. The Kronos will patrol between the mass effect repeaters. You will only be able to contact us when we return to the Skilian system."