Chapter 1750
Pre-war meeting!
Chapter 1750 Pre-war meeting!
SV52 swept through the void, bringing back a cosmic field from somewhere on the Earth-Mars transfer orbit.
After stepping out of the cockpit, Artesia did not return to the changing room to change out of her pilot uniform. Instead, she went directly into the operations room and submitted the intelligence she had gathered to He Ming and the others who had been waiting for her.
"General Tiam, Colonel Ming, gentlemen, these are images I took while infiltrating the target space."
(Angel's Wheel. PS, the previous chapter title was misspelled. It was written as Angel's Ring!! All errors except for the chapter title have now been corrected.)
When the screen showed an image of a space facility consisting of several rings, with the outermost ring having a diameter of 20 kilometers, everyone except He Ming and Tianm turned serious.
"Is this what Colonel Ming was referring to as the Angel's Wheel, the ultimate weapon of the Zanskar Empire?"
As one of the participating parties, after completing the handover of command authority with the Earth Federation fleet represented by Tiam, Durandal and Diego also successfully obtained the authority to attend the war council.
"Yes, Commissioner Durandal. According to intelligence, this is very likely an armed fortress created by the Zanskar Empire to exploit human telepathic abilities."
Artesia carefully considered her choice of words, opting for one that would be easier for others to understand.
If it were directly stated that this is a colossal psycho-sensing device, some people might not immediately grasp its significance.
"An armed fortress? But can the human spirit truly be weaponized?"
Diego stroked his chin, a hint of confusion on his face.
According to the SEED universe, there is indeed no explicit mention of the idea that the human spirit will evolve as it adapts to the cosmic environment.
Conversely, in the world of SEED, genetic modification surgery has a more widespread impact.
"Sure, Captain Diego. It's just that over there, compared to developing the human body's internal potential, we use more external means to intervene in genetic engineering and other technological methods."
As an outstanding scholar in the field of genetics, Durandal's words certainly carry his authority.
"However, since spiritual power is such an ethereal and elusive existence, how should we perceive its existence and identify its activation?"
The question raised by Durandal is a topic worthy of attention.
However, from the birth of the Primal Charter to the appearance of Laplace's Box, and finally to the concept of the New Human being truly mentioned by Zeon Shim Deikun, there seems to be no clear standard for measuring human spiritual power.
Before Heming arrived at the fortress, fans of the various series might have agreed on one concept—chat rooms.
If the protagonist or supporting character can open the chat room at a crucial moment, they are a qualified Newtype. Even more so, if they can turn the tide of battle and achieve final victory by relying on the chat room or an extreme mental burst during the final battle, they are the strongest of the strong among the Newtypes.
Among them, the most representative are undoubtedly the famous UC protagonists such as Amuro Ray and Camus.
True.
As described above, there is no clear numerical comparison regarding the strength of the Newtypes.
To determine who is stronger, there have always been large and small battles of debate among various fan groups.
Among them, a certain famous one...
cough cough.
It's a bit far-fetched.
"Commissioner Durandal, it's very regrettable. Currently, only New Humans can sense mental influences from the outside world. Ordinary people probably won't be able to do it in a short period of time."
After giving a regretful explanation, He Ming began taking attendance.
“Among the pilots present, besides myself and Artesia, Amuro, Mafti, Christina, and Huso are all likely to be able to sense the mental influence from the outside world.” “Six people? That’s enough.”
Upon hearing this, Tianm nodded in response.
"If we distribute the six people in different locations on the battlefield, we should be able to detect the signs of the Angel Wheel being activated in the first instance."
"However, this makes it impossible to assemble a powerful assault team to break through the Zanskar Empire's fleet defenses."
Hearing Tianm's concerns, He Ming nodded to Artesia.
The latter then switched to the preliminary battlefield situation map drawn based on intelligence.
"Gentlemen. According to the intelligence gathered by Artesia, in addition to the known Angel's Wheel, Zanskar currently has six space fleets composed of Almase-class space battleships and several Lichtia-class ships as fleet flagships, supplemented by a varying number of cruisers."
"On paper, the enemy's fleet strength has exceeded the current level of our allied fleet. But, fortunately, it is lower than our initial prediction."
"Radar detection on SV52 indicates that the enemy must have expended a great deal of energy to drag the Angel Wheel from another world into this place, and is temporarily unable to deploy more fleets into this world."
He Ming paused, looked at everyone, and said decisively.
This will be our chance!
"Although the enemy fleet far outnumbers ours, we still have the opportunity to defeat the enemy fleet, break through their defenses, and then destroy the Angel's Wheel!"
These words were less an explanation to the members of the Punishment Force and more an explanation to Tiam and the allied forces represented by Durandal.
Tianm is alright; he trusts He Ming's abilities.
As for Durandal, he remained silent.
Ever since he guessed He Ming's true identity, he has been actively cooperating with He Ming's arrangements.
The remaining group consisted of the security team for the delegation represented by Diego.
"Colonel Ming, I have faith in your forces. But, you must understand, how can we possibly withstand the combined firepower of multiple fleets on an open, unprotected trajectory of the fire transfer?"
Diego raised a practical question.
He Ming chuckled in response.
"Captain Diego's problem is real, but not insurmountable. Indeed, the Earth-Mars transfer orbit does not have the numerous and complex reef domains found at the Lagrange points where many colonies are located."
"However, since it is an empty space, we also have a way to make it contain a giant bunker that can provide us with tactical cover."
Then, Artesia switched the screen again.
Upon seeing this, Tianm's eyes widened slightly.
Because what appeared on the screen was something very familiar to the Earth Federation generals like Tiam who had experienced the One Year War.
They were so familiar with it that even after the war ended, they considered forming an expeditionary force to track down the asteroid that had disappeared into the Earth-Moon sphere.
"Axis!"
(End of this chapter)