Darkness is the background color of the universe, and the light emitted by celestial bodies is weak and blurry, just like the human heart.

This is the year 2694 in Gaia's year and 494 in Plato's year.

It is a long story to say that the human race is divided into two groups, the Gaians and the Platons, and they are still so opposed and hostile to each other. In fact, it has been nearly 500 years since the migration from the old earth, and the two sides have long been independent.

Evolution, the past of being both people on the earth has long been forgotten by both sides. They only know that the other side is a mortal enemy that snatches precious resources, and it will be eliminated.

This also shows the shallowness and forgetfulness of human thinking. Each generation can only live in the present.

Among the vast interstellar space, there is a small planetary military base NGC 2547 near the FF star in the constellation Aquila, which is more than 2,700 light years away from Gaia. This is an inconspicuous mini base among a large number of bases, with only 8,000 people.

garrison and a small fleet with limited cruising capabilities and equipment.

Maintaining a huge interstellar base group is the top priority of the Gaia War Department. Countless Gaia fleets travel between them day and night. This has been the norm in the universe for centuries. Why?

It is to mine cosmic minerals, especially a precious one called aquarium, which is called "water concentrate" because of its crystal clear light blue color like sea water. This radioactive complex similar to water molecules has become the mainstay of space exploration in the 27th century.

The best energy source of the era - whether it is a fleet that consumes huge amounts of energy for time and space jumps, or a variety of laser weapons that consume astonishing amounts of energy, "water concentrate" is needed.

The most important thing is that Gaia was originally a K-type main sequence star HDb in the constellation Vela, 36 light years away from the Earth. This planet is 50% larger in diameter than the Earth, 3 times more massive, and 2.27 times larger in surface area.

, rich in resources, it seems to be an extremely suitable place for immigrants, but in fact the atmosphere and gravity are not suitable for human survival. It is necessary to establish a huge "life and environment group" to carry out "terraforming", which requires huge energy consumption all over the planet.

Millions of oxygen stations are working non-stop, as well as large projects such as greening, planting and maintenance. In short, every moment of human existence on Gaia consumes countless energy. Therefore, the super energy body "water" that exists in liquid gas

"Water concentrate" has become the first choice. Now that Gaia has grown to a population of 42.2 billion, "water concentrate" can be regarded as a god-given thing that maintains hundreds of millions of living beings.

The Platons had originally migrated to the farther planet Kepler-452b in the Cygnus region, which is more than 1,400 light-years away from the Earth and Gaia. Originally, the two parties could live in peace and live independently, observing a set of special doctrines and etiquette.

The Platons believed in their own innocence and despised the Gaians who reproduced like cattle. However, due to the ideological war between the two sides before the separation, and the huge value of "water concentrate" also made the Platons covet, they began to plunder Gaia's

Transport fleet.

As a result, the two sides have been fighting fiercely for the resources of the universe since more than 400 years ago.

Facing the plunder of the more violent and powerful Platons, in order to ensure unimpeded mining in the universe and transport back important mineral resources, the Gaians set up densely packed mines at various mining sites and transportation channels to prevent plunder.

There are a lot of space bases, which can ensure the smooth flow of the entire lifeline. Two centuries ago, rich ore areas of "water concentrate" and other minerals were discovered in the planetary belt near the FF star in the Aquila constellation. In order to ensure that mining is not affected by

Under the harassment of Plato's fleet, there were once a large number of space bases in this area. However, with the rumbling large-scale mechanical mining, large-scale blowing up of the surfaces of planets and asteroids, and the use of mechanical pipes to penetrate hundreds of kilometers into the interior of the planet,

To extract "water concentrate", there are also various other rich mineral deposits, such as peladothe, which can cast "soft steel" in the space age. After two centuries of crazy mining, the FF star mining area has gradually been exhausted, and its strategic importance has declined.

The Gaia Congress passed the abolition decree and gradually reduced the number of space bases in this area. NGC 2547 is the last military base in the area floating alone in the vast space.

After being mined by the Gaians, these planets that seem to have been drained of blood tend to deviate from their normal orbits and disappear into the vast darkness. Before this, there is a chaotic collision with each other, so the environment where the NGC2547 base is located is similar to a cosmic desert, floating

The various gravel belts have a wild atmosphere, and being far away from the frontline of the conflict between the two sides, they are as quiet as a mystery.

However, as if in an instant, the dull atmosphere of NGC2547 was suddenly broken.

A Gaia fleet, escorted by 18 of the latest escort space ships, on a diplomatic mission, docked in the cliff-like airport of NGC 2547. The uninvited guest, Commodore Bernini, wore the uniform of the Gaia space fleet and walked out surrounded by a large group of entourages.

Downloaded the flagship.

Brigadier General Bernini, who is in his forties, has a typical Italian appearance, barely handsome, with shiny black hair, but his skin looks a little scorched. He looks extremely anxious, and because he is too nervous, his walking looks a bit mechanical.

"Brigadier General, you are here. Welcome...! I only represent the entire garrison..."

Colonel Yamamoto, the commander of the NGC 2547 base, respectfully and with a group of subordinates, waited at the door of the space interface bridge. He spoke enthusiastically in Gaia Chinese with a Japanese accent while bowing repeatedly. To say that Bernini's brigadier general's military rank is only

He is one level higher than him, but Colonel Yamamoto has been used to groveling all his life. What's more, although Brigadier General Bernini has a low military rank, he is a member of the core circle of power of the coalition government, and his political energy is far greater than that of the commander of a small remote base.

"We are in big trouble now." (We are in big trouble)

Before Colonel Yamamoto could finish his flattering and lengthy welcome speech, Brigadier General Bernini got straight to the point and raised his hands in an exaggerated gesture.

It turns out that he had secretly contacted the Draconians as a special envoy, because according to the war treaty signed by the two sides under the auspices of the Alien Alliance 400 years ago, neither side was allowed to contact aliens with super weapons, which would cause the extinction of mankind.

Tragedy, we can only independently develop and upgrade weapons, but in fact secret transactions are unavoidable. Commodore Bernini and his team traveled tens of thousands of light years before secretly meeting the Draconians. You must know that the original journey from Draconis to Gaia was only 388 light years.

Years ago, it was closer than the Plato star, which shows that both sides wanted to hide the feelings of the Plato people. The two parties met on an unknown planet and brought back the latest military technology and information instructions, which was very important to Gaia's technology.

Upgrading is of great benefit. Just when the Gaia diplomatic fleet wanted to rush back to the huge capital "Star City" on the Gaia star, it was suddenly intercepted by a Plato fleet on the way back.

Varuna!

The space radar monitor at the flagship headquarters screamed in surprise. He used the identification system to easily identify that the enemy's flagship turned out to be the flagship "Varuna" of the Grand Master of Plato's White Tiger Knights.

The entire flagship command was in an uproar due to fright. The guilty Brigadier General Bernini ordered to escape at top speed.

Plato has 14 space fleets, and four "Knights" named after the four spirits of heaven - Qinglong, White Tiger, Suzaku, and Xuanwu, which correspond to the four major human races of yellow, white, black and brown. The top four of Plato's generals are

The grand master of the Grand Knights. Each grand master has 40,000 space knights under his name. The most elite 10,000 are called the "Immortal Army". Their number is constant. They are Plato's fighting elites. Of course

They are also the most feared object of Gaia soldiers. They are the main force in group army-style encirclement battles in the space age.

The grand leader of the White Tiger Knights received an order from the giant intelligence "Logos" that controlled Plato, and immediately led a fleet, jumping 2,500 light-years in space, towards Gaia's diplomatic fleet at high speed, hoping to intercept the secret program.

This Gaia fleet, which is responsible for secret diplomatic missions, has the most sophisticated space cruising speed, so that although the huge "Varuna" is Plato's most first-class flagship, it leads a huge fleet to chase a small fleet.

However, the diplomatic fleet was unable to catch up. So, the leader of the White Tigers personally led 1,000 deformed fighter planes in a frantic pursuit.

At this time, the military development of the Gaians and Platons showed a bipolar trend. One Gaian military observer jokingly called it a duel between "objective materialism" and "subjective idealism." These two human races did not even have the brain circuits to develop their military.

They are quite different. Gaia's star battleship battle group actually continues the war concept of the old Earth people's "aircraft carrier battle group". There are 36 extremely complex and large star battleship battle groups, among which a large number of various models take off and land on the main ship.

Space fighters, combined with proton cannons, plasma cannons, photon cannons, laser cannons and other lethal weapons of various ships, form a fierce fire coverage. Of course, each ship also has various types of airborne drones, and their military ranks also continue to be old.

system of Earthlings.

The Platonic people are much more interesting. The army has even abolished military ranks and only has military ranks. The most eye-catching is Plato's "Knights" - which developed the old Earthlings' "Armored Army" tactical thinking. These super fighters

The formed group army can carry out long-distance interstellar cruises, interstellar jumps and wormhole crossings, and move extremely quickly. However, the Gaia people's ordinary space fighters must take off and land on a huge mothership, and cannot carry out interstellar travel for a long time. They must return to their mothership.

Only after the carrier can travel across the interstellar space with the mothership. The Gaia mothership and other space battleships are too large in size and number, so their speed is relatively slow, but they have considerable advantages in cannon firepower. The Plato Transformation Fighter is the modern human being.

There is an aircraft with the fastest cruising speed in space. After the energy is fully charged, no matter how fierce the battle, there is almost no risk of ammunition shortage. Therefore, the transforming fighter is a perfect balance of maneuverability and fierce firepower. It is known as the "Pearl of Plato's Military Industry"

.In short, for the Gaians, war is the stars and the sea, while for the Platos, war is the origin of the universe.

Although Commodore Gaia's fleet used super-powerful time and space jumps several times to escape the pursuit of the White Tiger Knights, it was all to no avail. The 1,000 "White Tiger" transforming fighters were clinging to it and getting closer and closer. If they were caught up,

, with the combat power of the "White Tiger" Knights, 18 frigates will be torn into pieces in an instant. Just when Commodore Bernini was sweating with anxiety, the space radar showed that the NGC 2547 base was the only Gaia space base within hundreds of light years.

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When Colonel Yamamoto learned of Brigadier General Bernini's intention, beads of sweat broke out on his forehead. Thousands of troops under his command, coupled with outdated equipment that had not been upgraded for several years, had to protect the secret data given by the Draconians in the Brigadier General's hands.

Facing Plato's Grand Leader of the White Tiger Knights, Yamamoto immediately ordered to sound the battle alarm and everyone entered combat mode, but his heart almost collapsed.

Facing the menacing and powerful enemy, the garrison fleet of the small base was almost defeated in front of the elite White Tiger Knights. In the base headquarters in the spherical dome, Brigadier General Bernini concentrated on watching the virtual battlefield on the 3D battlefield live projection platform.

Image, in the era of space war, there are special flying ball-shaped battlefield observers. Both sides will release a large number of space scanning observation balls at the first time, so that the command headquarters can know the current status of the front line, otherwise it will be a melee billions of kilometers away

In addition to fierce fighting, combatants on both sides should also try their best to identify the opponent's observer and destroy it. Of course, this kind of observer is very small and difficult to completely destroy, and both sides will continue to replenish it. Therefore, the headquarters of both sides

can continuously monitor battlefield conditions in real time.

Commodore Bernini saw that two of his frigates had been lost in ten minutes, and he began to circle twice anxiously on the circular battlefield live projection platform. Although he was a commodore, he was a military diplomat.

In other words, he has no idea how to turn the tide of the war.

"I left the most important thing to you, please protect it." (I left the most important thing to you)

Bernini was stunned for a moment and added, "If you can’t, you can destroy it. Good luck!" (If you can’t, just destroy it, good luck)

The commodore also made an exaggerated blow-up gesture, immediately boarded his flagship, and quickly left the NGC 2547 base. The other 16 frigates received the order to retreat, abandoning the friendly forces of the base fleet, and just unkindly left the NGC2547 base.

Escape from the battlefield and fly directly to Mangxing City.

He left the "big trouble" in the headquarters of NGC 2547, and the Platos seemed to have a special tracking device. They did not pursue the diplomatic fleet that fled like a frightened bird, but continued to besiege this small space base.<

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Faced with all this, Colonel Yamamoto was completely confused. He was originally a person who was dawdling in the army, and he came here to be the commander through connections. Because he received high military pay stationed at the space base, but he did not take on those important tasks.

Difficult combat missions at the base. He is just a petty bureaucrat. He has been cautious all his life, obeying his superiors and obeying his orders. He never thought that he would fight against Plato's elite troops.

The headquarters was in a panic, because the small main ship of the base fleet commander Lieutenant Colonel Hoffman had been destroyed by a battle group of space fighters. Although many escape boats successfully escaped before the main ship exploded into cosmic debris, no one knew it.

Is Commander Hoffman alive?

The deformed fighter group that had broken through the fleet's defense line had begun to fire missiles towards the base. The entire base was shaking like heaven and earth under the indiscriminate bombardment.

Thirty-six tactics are the best. This is the brigadier general from Manxing City who runs away first. Always following his superiors is his philosophy of life. Yamamoto has relieved his psychological burden, he is just following the example.

Brigadier General Bernini at least left a word, while Colonel Yamamoto ran away quietly. Before leaving, he did not forget to take his mistress Emily Choi with him - a Korean beauty with white ancestry.

Under Yamamoto's "care", she became the logistics director of the NGC 2547 base. Of course, there were also some prominent figures who had a good relationship with the base commander who followed behind and boarded the escape airship that escaped on the other side of the planet.

, the long-tailed comet-shaped airship immediately entered the wormhole, traveled through the vast universe of time and space, and left the fierce battlefield behind.

In this way, the command of the entire base headquarters fell into the hands of a young staff officer, Lancer Xu, who had just arrived.

"Stella, ich liebe dich." (Star, I love you)

Lancer, who had just been inexplicably promoted to commander, and his superiors had to die or run away, pulled a girl in a tight-fitting combat uniform to confess his love. The dome-shaped top of the command headquarters displayed the magnificent scene of the entire space war. As this sudden and untimely event

The background of the confession couldn’t be more appropriate.

A tall, slender and beautiful oriental girl looked at him with a slightly surprised expression. She pursed her red lips tightly, not knowing how to respond.

Seeing that the other party was silent, he continued to say in Chinese: "Shit bag, I love you."
To be continued...