In the president's office of Galaxy Academy, Airi and Mikami were facing each other, and they were holding a conference.
"... ... I heard that you're controlling NB and making it do questionable things ...."
"What, from who?"
Mikami launched a monitor.
"It was awful, Ms. Airi! I was so scared! Suddenly I lost control of NB, and it began to do strange things and show sexy images to Seina ............ I am so ashamed that I let him be exposed to such things ... I'm sorry. "
Kirche reflected on the monitor cried. however, Kirche didn't know any better and blamed herself, not Airi.
"It's not your fault, don't worry Ms. Kirche, it's all because of Airi-san."
"What!? ... ... But I thought only I could control NB ..."
"Nevertheless, Airi-sama helped Seina get out of a serious crisis, so no action will be taken against her."
Airi suddenly got in front of Kirche and Mikami and begged.
"I won't do it anymore, please don't tell Kiriko-chan or Seto-sama ...or Minaho."
"Really, Airi? "
"Of course! Absolutely!"
"I forgive you, But I'm still going to apologize to Seina this evening."
Wiping away her tears, Kirsch smiled a lovely smile and disappeared along with her monitor after giving a bow.
"She is really pretty, ho ho ho."
"And she has a lovely personality."
"She is quite gentle too ho ho."
"Somehow lately, everyone has been cold towards me ..."
"Including Minaho?"
"Especially Minaho, and when Seina is involved Kiriko-chan show's no mercy."
"Well Minaho is pretty close with Seina through Kiriko and Kiyone...
Still it's amazing, He encountered pirates only three hours and thirty-six minutes in space ... ... the odds of that are astronomical. " Mikami said steering the subject.
Airi went back to her chair and sat.
"... .... Yes, that's almost the same as Mitoto and Mihoshi-chan."
"I haven't confirmed yet, it seems your daughter encountered the Daruma Guild's motherhip, ... Seina has a tremendous talent."
"I haven't confirmed it either, but I am convinced that crusty old shit hag has arranged for him to enter the decoy division." Airi said as she looked through her desk for an important document.
"I'm surprised Seto has let that leak, ho ho ho."
"Seina's talent is nothing more than a nuisance for him, but for the GP it's major asset, It's no wonder that they want to monopolize on it."
"Even so Airi, I don't think it's wise to place a cadet in such an important position, ..."
"Talent is not a thing we can just mass produce ... ... ... ... let's assign him to the Kamidake."
" The Kamidake! But, Airi, isn't that supposed to be the prototype for Jurai's latest model of battle ships?" Mikami was suprised
"Isn't it worth it? It's set to have it's maiden voyage next week. What better way to test its warfare capability then to have him on board."
"But what it info on it leaks out."
"It's okay for some leakage, in the end Jurai has it's royal ships."
"Okay, Let's discuss this with Amane as soon as the training ship returns, what should we do about Kiriko?"
"I think I will talk directly with her this evening," While saying that, Airi started typing up a letter to Kiriko.
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Start of episode 10 however these scenes are not as they happen in the anime where they seem too have mashed up a bunch of scenes really sloppily.This is a prime example of how Nabeshin sloppily cut things together. why would Amane even be working mikami's office why would the other students be called there? His editing relies on fridge logic. Kajishima doesn't believe in such things clearly.
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That night, after finishing work Kiriko came back to her house built on the banks of the lake for the first time in a few months.
"Sorry I made you wait" Kiriko went into the living room .
There airi was cracking open some crabs she had fished from the lake and cooked up for her and kiriko
"help me get this crab meat out"
Kiriko picked up a plate with some crabs and helped break the shells
"... ....... we're going to put seina into the decoy division ..."
Kiriko stopped cracking crabs and froze up. Airi moved quickly so that Kiriko's saliva would not get into the crab meat she had extracted.
"Seina is not your toy!This better be a joke!" Kiriko yelled with an unusual abundance of anger.
"Kiriko do you know what the Natsuki found when it went along on Seina's trip?"
"Natsuki ...... Isn't that Utsutsumi's Recon Ship!"
"Yes, It went with Seina's ship and got separated when the training ship had engine trouble, they encountered a large planet scale ship ..."
"A planetary scale ship? ............ I only heard that they were attacked by Komachi Kyo! What ship was it!?"
"The Jurai Information Division has confirmed it to be the Daruma Guild's mothership, the Big Daruma"
"He encountered something like that ..." Kiriko sat down in a panic looking like she was about to collapse from shock.
It had been decided that Seina was going to the decoy division, and disclosing this information to Kiriko here meant fact had been leaked already by various routes.
"... ... this is a very risky decision."
"If we can hit the flagship of the Daruma Guild, we can weaken the power of the Space Pirates greatly ... and acquire the huge amount of information that the Guild has accumulated"
as a large Space Pirate Guild, it would naturally possess lots of intel.
From information on friendly and hostile pirate organization, to leaks in the Galactic Federation and Renza Federation. By acquiring that info the Galactic Federation would have the power to rewrite the power diagram of the galaxy in one stroke.
"Both Seto and principal Mikami and I wanted for Seina to enjoy student life properly, I thought that it would be good for Seina's spiritual growth ...... But things have changed. It's necessary to rush him a bit from now on. If we give them too much time it'll be impossible to take down the pirates. we need to move... do you understand... for this reason Seto has given us permission to use the Kamidake."
" The Next-generation Juraian flagship !?"
"Naturally were using Seina to test it out."
"So you want to use him to subject it to battle?"
"I know it sounds crazy but I assure you Tennyo's team is working hard on making it resilient"
"I'm surprised they're okay with using Seina... but I guess I'm okay with it."
"............ Seina-chan, is going to get in trouble no matter where he is anyways ... ...."
"But Seina isn't alone in this ... There are lots of people who are thinking about doing something to help him ... You know that, don't you? "
"I would be happy if it was free of charge."
"Not only is it free, it's the best! it pays to have friends in high places."
"Is it really free if you make money off the patents on it?" kiriko said taking the plate of crab back from airi
"uh.....Well ... ... ... ... ... I guess i do get a salary from the GP for it ... ..."
"That reminds me.. during seina's training NB was exhibiting some suspicious behavior, did you do something Airi-sama?"
"Who's told you!?"
"I just looked over Amane's report and put 2 and 2 together."
Amane's intelligent reports included many seemingly trivial details and Kiriko had figured it out from there.
"............ ehehehehe uhmmmm about that ......"
"Save it, Let's just eat."
they began eating crabs silently till they were full.
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The next day, the students who disembarked from the training ship returned to the dormitory.
Seina headed to the principal office with Amane.
"What is this about? Did she say?"
"Perhaps it's about the space pirates."
"Maybe it's about Seiryo..."
"Huh, I doubt it... " Amane smiled happily.
"I think she is as glad as I am to not to have to deal with him."
"Aren't you worried?"
"I feel sympathy for the Space Pirates who abducted him, No doubt they are treating him well, at least that's what i expect from Komachi · Kyo."
"Yeah ... ... she seemed very polite ... ...."
"but?"
"well she seems like a very serious person ... ...." Seina remembered how mad she was at Seiryo's selfish behavior.
"Well they're in no hurry to hang him. he will be fine ha ha ha"
"huh?"
"When he was seven, he had a teacher who came from another star system, they were a promising and upbeat new teacher called to the academy, but he knew nothing of the Tennan family, he desperately wanted to train that idiot. he gave up teaching all together by the time it was done and went back to his home planet. Stupidity and stubbornness runs in his family. I've known him long enough that i know he's been an idiot since childhood. That idiot once tried to look up my skirt when we were young... my pet garuga chased him and he fell crying off a cliff and ended up in in a fish net on a boat 3 hours later. " she said in a tone that greatly conveyed her hate for him. Seina decided this was a dangerous topic to continue on and remained silent.. Fortunately he didn't have to stay silent for too long.
"Well here's the principal's office."
They knocked on the door and it opened automatically.
"Excuse me, I brought Seina Yamada." Amane saluted.
The high school principal's room had a large ceiling and looked like a gentle and majestic cathedral. Seina 's grew tense when he was greeted with a calm look from Mikami,
he knew that that was never a good thing.
"Here you go" A document plate was handed over to Seina by Mikami. He sat down.
"... ............ training, but isn't that for third year students?"
Seina who read the note didn't seem surprised.However, Amane turned pale.
Amane was suddenly aware of the reason why Kiriko wasn't called with her.
"The GP Academy is a place to train future GP members. First we teach students the basic principles, then we judge their suitability from the result. But in your case There is only one path for you to be assigned to. "
"Only one……"Seina knew the answer already. Mikami bitterly smiled and sighed a big sigh.
"... ... since you came from an early civilization you are a special case. of course you can refuse this order, but you will have to leave the GP Academy, You will never be able to work in the GP if you do but you can still live in the academy, you can go to one of our general schools and find employment else where. Airi has guaranteed it and Kiriko Masaki will remain your guardian, and you can also go back to earth too if you like... keeping that in mind.... "
"I'll do it"
"You understand what the Decoy Department does right?"
"……yes I know."
A few months ago, Miki went to practical training. After her unhappy accident, Seina had done research and was familiar with some things. he knew that there was a high possibility of him being assigned there.
"The other day your training ship encountered a Space Pirate in a sector of space without any notable pirate activity. There's no doubt that this was from your ability. "
"So your just going to use him as bait to collect Space Pirates?!"
Amane, who had been silent till then, said with a stupefied face.
"You can't just send him out there with no training!"
"Of course. Mr. Yamada's special abilities are valuable. we are going to give him as much practical training as possible."
Amane said nothing more to Mikami's response.
She would have asked for her to withdraw such an order but she did not want to make Seina self conscious over the danger he was in.
"Yamada Seina, this is an important choice that will influence your future greatly.Your reply isn't due for another week, please take your time to think this over, but this is a secret matter, so please keep it to yourself."
"uhm... so I'm going to have to undergo practical training for the decoy division... why are you being so serious."
"Hey, Seina!" Amane broke her cool demeanor and took Seina by the arm
Mikami was staring at Seina as he was surprised. But Seina quietly started talking.
"I was thinking about what I could do in the GP and I figured I'd be best suited for the decoy division, I'm not surprised, by this nor anything else ..."
"But, Seina you haven't had any solid training yet."
"Yes, I thought that the practical training was going to be two years ... And now it's suddenly not, but that's always the case for me."
For the always unlucky Seina, disaster always came suddenly.
"Seina ... ... are you sure? How about thinking about this overnight at least?"
"Oh...You don't have to tell Ms. Masaki she already knows."
"!! ............ Oh... I should have known Airi would've told her ahead of time."
Amane said to Mikami, Mikami nodded with a bitter smile.
"But neither Airi nor Kiriko is forcing Seina to go to the decoy department."
"For me, the other options are only to be a bother to someone .... It's a good thing for me to go where I'm needed, both Kiriko and Airi are convinced that I need to go to the decoy department, so I know that it's impossible to persuade them other wise, And while I know that she isn't here ... Miki-senpai would too."
"You've decided, haven't you. Mr.Yamada?"
"Yes, I'll do it." Seina looked firmly at Mikami and nodded.
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Seina's assignment was processed and made official a week later. The night after Airi came with a letter for Seina and decided to have a small dinner party at Amane's house.
Kiriko and Karen helped airi prepare dishes and lay them out on the table. Only this time, Hakuren and her girls were not maids, they joined the supper as a guest.
Airi made a toast to seina and they all drank, except seina. Airi quickly began to eat.
"You sure are hungry Airi ... ... are you ok?"
Erma asked confusedly, Just watching the speed at which Airi was eating gave her heart burn.
Amane asked Airi a question but she said she didn't want to talk about work and grabbed a leg of meat and took a big bite.
"Seina-sama, Is it true your going to the decoy department?"
"Yes, but not for at least another month."
"Ha ha ha! Karen, are you worried about Seina?"
"Well, umm ... ... I ... ...."
Karen Blushed she took airi's empty plates and ran to the kitchen
"Ahahahaha! how cute, how about you Hakuren, Gyokuren and Suiren?"
Airi who had already gotten drunk began teasing the girls.
"Wow! Airi-sama you sure know how to woof down a plate."
Hakuren said completely hypnotized by airi's speed . Amane giggled.
"Wow, rude ............ What about you Gyokuren... no wait how about you suiren."
Airi stood up passed Gyokuren and went next to Suiren.
"Hey Suiren-chan, SUIREN-CHAN, do you... Do you.... have a thing for..... Seina-chan?"
Airi said holding Suiren so she couldn't escape.
"Uh Kiriko ... ... Airi seems to be blanking out a lot, what's going on?"
"She started drinking when she started cooking."
"Should we stop her?"
"Airi's under a lot of stress lately, Mikami told me we should just let her blow off some steam"
"Yeah but why does she have to do it in my house."
Amane kriko and erma talked loudly among themselves on the other side of the table as Airi's intoxicated state became more and more severe.
"Hey, Suiren, will you be lonely if Seina is gone?"
"............ Yes, I will"
Suiren turned red and tried to slip out of airi's grip
"Ahahahaha ~ ~ ~, cute! Hey Seina... you hear that... Suiren is lonesome."
"Oh, thank you" Like Suiren, Seina also turned red when he replied.
When she saw it, Airi got happy enough to move on to Gyokuren.
"Gyokuren is ............. Meh I better stop ..."
"Oh, Ms. Airi, why aren't you asking me?"
"Eh ~~~~, no point when the answer is clear."
"You should ask Kiriko." Amane said loudly
"What do you mean I should ask Kiriko? I will ask... Gyokuren-chan!"
Airi put her hands on Gyokuren's shoulder.
"Seina-sama ... ... Please don't push yourself, I pray for you to return home safely."
"..............."
Everyone except Hakuren was left speechless from Gyokuren 's polite language and her wholesome smile.
"Oh, why are you all staring at me?"
"Wow, how cute, Gyokuren-chan! I've never seen you act so propper!"
"Oh Ho Ho" Gyokuren princess laughed*** and it hurt airi's ears.
"Jeeze how frustrating! Your masters going off to the battle field!You should show him off in style! Let's get rid of these!" Airi started to try to remove Gyokuren's clothes.
"Haha, sure Airi, Let's show him off in naked aprons, or maybe we should wear nothing but a large shirt?" Hakuren said. Everyone except Hakuren got nervous before thinking about it, they all laughed at the ridiculousness of it.
"Ahahahaha ~~~~! Hey... Hey Seina-chan, which one do you prefer, a naked apron or nothing but a large over-sized shirt?"
Airi asked seina as she hugged Gyokuren.
But instead of waiting for an answer, She barfed and passed out.
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About three hours later, Airi was passed out, and the banquet had ended. Seina went to the bathroom to get ready for bed, Hakuren and Gyokuren went to sleep, Erma went to her room, Kiriko and Karen were cleaning up in the kitchen.
"Oh, Kiriko ... can I talk to you a bit in private?" Amane said when she saw Kiriko was done cleaning.
"What's wrong, Amane?"
"I want to talk to you about tomorrow,"
"Is it about Seina-chan?"
"No it's not a that big deal,I'm just a little little worried."
"Okay, Karen, please take care of the rest of the dishes for me."
"Shall I bring you some tea?"
"No thanks, this won't take that long"
Amane took Kiriko with her and left the kitchen to go out to the veranda
There was a pleasant sea breeze blowing, and in the nearby yacht harbor, luxurious cruisers were lit up as they docked in the harbor. Thanks to the absence city light the night sky was full of twinkling stars above amane's luxury apartment penthouse. And despite her rough appearance, which consisted of cut jeans and a tank top, Amane appeared beautiful like a goddess against the night background.
(She looks like a painting) kiriko thought
"Oh, what is it? Kiriko,... ... Well why are you staring at me?"
Kiriko snapped back to reality. Amane had that effect on people since since childhood, she dressed roughly and acted tough unconsciously as a means of self-defense, so that she would not attract people more than necessary.
"well ... I was just distracted, with you standing out here it sort of looks like a fancy painting."
"hah ... ... well this kind of location and atmosphere probably fits Gyokuren better"
"Stop it, stop it, I want to throw up at that idea!"
Kiriko shuddered. she pictured it and felt a strange feeling in herself, Gyokuren was like a moon goddess, and she doubles her beauty at night. her biggest problem was, unlike Amane, Gyokuren made no attempts to restrict her attractive powers.
"I want to pound that bitch right in the face ..." Kiriko brought up a trembling fist.
"You know, your defense instinct is far too strong! ... I was just joking."
"Whatever... what did you want to talk with me about ...?"
Kiriko deflected her eyes from Amane and regained her calm while taking a deep breath.
"Oh, I think this situation that Seina's is about to be in is somewhat different from usual."
Amane told kiriko about what mikami had told her earlier that day.
"I know that Seina is needed and he just wants to help... but how do I put this ...... I feel like they're going overboard. In any case, If seina wants to do this I support him...but what do you think about this Kiriko? "
Kiriko thought carefully for a while on how to respond to Amane's words. And slowly, she began to reply "Regarding things with Miki, I admit I became a bit obsessed ........ But Seina has made his decision on this, I know he won't change his mind, so I think that there is no other choice for me but to support Seina under these conditions."
"Well anyways thank you for taking the time to hear me out."
"I'm glad that you care about the small details amane. Thank you."
The two confirmed each other's concern and their worries were dispelled, they were glad that they were not alone in carrying Seina's bad luck. they smiled.
"Kiriko, Don't you have somewhere to be tomorrow,"
"Yes, I should get ready for bed."
The next day, Kiriko got up and left for work before Seina got up. when he woke up Seina headed to the GP headquarters satellite.
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"What do I do now?" Seina was lost.
The guide map inside the GP headquarters satellite was very confusing for Seina. it twisted and turned and was intertwined a lot, but it consisted of simple passages. it was like a maze. he confirmed his place on the map but a wall that was not on the map was standing in front of him.
"Again ... ....? "
"Well.... I guess I'm just lost now."Seina stood there confused.
" I should have brought NB ..."
From the window to the side of him he could she the academy's star.
He stood and looked out for a moment at the cargo ships leaving the planet one passed right by the window, he lost track of time until he noticed someone humming in the distance.
"... ... Who's there?"Seina called, the source of the humming came closer, he recognized the voice.
Mitoto approached wearing the same uniform as when we first met met her, she was enthusiastically cleaning the passages.
"Ms. Mitoto!"
"Ohh ... .... Oh! ~ ~ Seina-chan!Long time no see~" Mitoto gladly ran over to Seina and began petting him like a puppy
"Why are you in such a place?"
" I'm supposed to be going to practical training for decoy division ... ... I'm a little lost."
" Oh That's right, this satellite is under construction now, it must be confusing, I'll show you around."
"But aren't you working ... ...."
"I'll do my job as we walk, please come with me" Mitoto smiled and went forward while sweeping the floor. Seina followed Mitoto.
There are 5 rings that surround the solar system of the academy like a birdcage. one for public use, one for the academy. one for the gp, and two are privately owned by philosophers.
The battleship Rinamiku left from at the large dock at the 278th station of the Galactic Army's section of the GP's exclusive ring. It went through a brand new state of the art one way transfer gate and was several hundred light years from the academy in only a few minutes.
"Reporting: No problem with the ship!"
"Errors are within expected range." Reports from operators resonated on the bridge.
Although it was a battleship, the interior of the bridge was unexpectedly narrow, with only room for five operator seats and two information officers' seated above them. There was a captain seat in a place somewhat behind that. But Captain Rise Romlair, who should have been there, was standing next to the Information Officer's seat where Kiriko sat in a military uniform.
"I appreciate you joining us here on such short notice."
"No problem, You've always been there for me Captain. It's the least I could do."
"I hear about the nightmare you're facing ... ... I'm sorry ... I know he's like a brother to you. I'm still surprised, I always thought you would make an excellent military officer, you're fit to command even the highest ranked army flagship, and yet you've ended up an Academy instructor. "
"The decision wasn't mine to make."
"But finally, both you and he are in the same place, you must be happy about that."
"As you know, Seina is a human from an early civilization stage planet that was allowed to go up to space as a special case. So there are many things about everyday life here that I still need to teach him and being his instructor gives me the flexibility to do that. It would cause more trouble for the military for me to be in them then if I weren't right now but I appreciate the praise."
"Hmm, I see, maybe, well if the results are good, there's really no reason to worry about the process."
At that time, the bridge of the operator Yelled out to the bridge.
"Captain! we have discovered an unknown ship in direction 070. Number 3!"
"Distance 1050. It appears to have noticed us, They're coming closer."
Kiriko quickly analyzed the information.
"It's a pirate ship belonging to Daruma Guild. The remaining one is an unidentified ship but it is a remodeled ship...Class D-4" Kiriko projected the data on the main screen, Captain Rise returned to the captain's seat and quickly confirmed the data displayed on the screen.
"With our ship we could easily sink them, but for now the mission is top priority, accelerate and let's ditch them."
"To find this ship with a Storming Block ... ... is it a coincidence?"
Kiriko 's doubt was quickly resolved.
"Captain, Code 064! We have discover non-crew life reactions in passage E-13!"
"ID check, hurry!"
A screen with the intruders on information and a screen with a feed of the intruders popped up
"what! That's Mitoto Kuramitsu... ...."
the captain looked amazed, but then he saw another person next to her
"Another one ... ... he must have gotten caught up in Mitoto-san's cleaning."
"Wait, That's Seina-chan ......"
"What!?"
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In the halls of the Rinamiku, Mitoto and seina mopped unaware they had arrived on the ship.
"Oh wow these halls are beautiful"
Mitoto said wiping sweat off her head, she looked at the shiny hallway.
"Yes it sure is, Oh Mr. Mitoto ... ... By the way, is this the way to the decoy division ...?"
Mr. Mitoto, looked around strangely before grabbing Seina by the hand and walking confidently forward.
"Oh, is this it?"
Mitoto took seina and went through the door marked dining room.
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On the main monitor of the bridge was Mitoto, who seemed to be happily eating pudding in the dining room, as Seina looked at Mitoto in a puzzled manner beside her.
"they seem to be stopped in mess hall! "
"alright, close the bulkhead! Keep an eye on them!"
"roger that! "
"That's him right? I'd send a welcome party but the puddings beat me to it. I wonder how they got on board."
Captain Rise sighed a big sigh, and leaned deeply into the chair, as he looked at the picture of Mitoto who was eating pudding.
"please excuse my student ..."
"No, It's an honor to be able to have Seina Yamada on board, I'm interested in seeing his abilities..."
"New emergency! Localized spacial distortion at starboard 150 units away, their jumping out of hyperspace!"
"are they crazy there going to land right on top of us"
A thing like despair floated in the expression of the operator.
"There is no doubt from the distortion waveforms and the energy mass, it's the Daedalus!"
The air inside the bridge grew heavy, the operators were silent.
Originally Daedalus was not a ship's name, but rather was a class of ship belonging to the Tarrant Guild, which was said to be rivals with the Daruma Guild in the past, they were a heavy duty top of the line battleship, built with abundant technical capabilities, and it struck fear in the memories of the members of the Galaxy federation. In the age of mass-produced ships, it was still said to be the strongest even then, and it had sunk many GP Army ships before.all the other Daedalus class battleships built in the past had to be destroyed by Royal Tree Ships, this Daedalus class battleship was said to be the last of them. So they knew who's it was.
"That's the Daedalus ...... Tarrant · Shank we meet at last!"
There was no escaping this. their opponent was a violent psychopath who had killed numerous people. They were known for destroying ships without warning and they took no prisoners. Their ship which resembled a sperm whale was the Moby Dick of the galaxy, and it threatened to swallow them all.
"Report the Daedalus's appearance to headquarters! quickly accelerate get us out of the field of spacial distortion. Prepare for random jump We must escape by any means."
Captain Ries issued an order to as he clenched his fist.
"Gravity Bombardment Injection!"
Explosive thunder echoed from a barrage show out the back of the Rinamiku. it detonated in front of the Daedalus and exploded. If it was a normal ship, it would have lost power.
after the Daedalus was enveloped in the explosion, the Rinamiku tried to get away by accelerating at full speed.
The inside of the bridge of the Daedalus did not even shake from the terrible explosive barrage. the bridge was a of kind of strange space that looked like a huge food processing factory, it was composed only of silver metal except for the seats.
"hehehe ... ...."
Tarrant's beautiful brown skin and silver haired face gazed at the Rinamiku with eyes full of madness. the Rinamiku reflected on the central monitor as he watched his prey. Tarrant shifted his gaze to a small monitor on the side,
"Is that the target?"
Next to Tarrant, a young aide asked
"Yes, Make sure there captured alive this time. I wan't to enjoy torturing them"
Tarrant gazed at the monitor. Kiriko was reflected on it.
The Daedalus shot a tractor beam at the Rinamiku and it slowed it in it's tracks. It then
Launched dozens of tentacles called tow beams at the ship that pierced its hull.
A fierce shock hit the bridge of the Rinamiku.
" Arm the torpedos, launch them at Daedalus! Don't think about the damage to our ship just fire!"
Captain Ries ordered, all weapons that could hit the testicles were fired.
"It's not working!"
"It's useless! we can't destroy the tow beams, the ship is being pulled towards them!"
(This must be a raid... ...)
Captain Ries realized that attack had happened right during a shift change, It was too thought out and precise to not be pre-arranged.
(Sudden changes in personnel is common when special experiments are carried out, but considering the contents of the experiment, there were also many personnel changes that had happened that were not necessary ... ... No way!?)
Captain Ries looked at Kiriko, who seemed not to be bothered by the ongoing situation.
This experiment was being carried out to test the new systems they planned to use to intercept the Space Pirates that Seina lured when working as a decoy.
Ries came to the conclusion that this was probably a betrayal from the military sector of the GP who wanted to increase their own power and restore the army back to how it was before the establishment of the galactic federation.
(But it's also true that they put Kiriko, who looks after Seina, here. She is too close to Seina ... They must want her out of the way ...)
Captain Ries squeezed his hands and closed his eyes, to shake off the thoughts in his head.
"............"
Kiriko looked with a sorrowful look at Seina and mitoto who were buried in the mountain of pudding that collapsed on them when the ship shook.
"Captain decks 4 and 5 have been breached!"Kiriko said
"red alert!"
"Do you still have Ms. Mitoto and Seina Yamada on lockdown"
"Yes! No wait ... ... ... ... I lost the two of them!"
There were no figures on the monitor where they were before. And shockingly the pudding scattered on the floor had been beautifully cleaned up.
"... ... Kiriko go search inside the ship, hurry! I've Prepare the escape pods!"
kiriko ran off the bridge.
"Daedalus approaching! They are injecting raiding tubes, they've pierced the hull"
"try closing the bulkheads on them initial protocol Z01"
"Z01 started! All the partition walls of each passage have shifted to manual operation and the escape pods are ready!"
Captain Rise looked at where kiriko had sat. Kiriko was a person connected to the blood of Jurai's Masaki family. Due to her highly skilled nature, there was a rumor that she might be one of Seto's spies. But since Jurai had the superior decision-making authority towards the GP and the Academy, there was no necessary information for them to be worried about her getting as a spy, but he was still worried about her survival..
(Do not forget the glory of the old days you idiot! You know how skilled she is ... ... ... Don't die, Kiriko)
A needle-like raiding tube extending from Daedalus penetrated the ship and had and melted its hull armor. At the same time, it penetrated and destroyed the internal intercom systems..
The hatch of a raiding tube opened, heavily equipped space pirates came out followed by Tarrant Shank.
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Kiriko was lurking outside the mouth of the Daedalus's inrush tube. She inspected it and launched a monitor to hack into the Daudelus's computer, she began sending it false data.
Kiriko took off the uniform she was wearing and grasped her fist tight.
The white under-suit of the GP military she was wearing turned into a black battle suit.
Kiriko looked inside the tube at the surveillance equipment inside
she turned on her optical camouflage. she disappeared and went inside the tube
she soon came in front of the transferring ring, she jumped in without hesitation.
Seina was depressed by his own stupidity as an alarm sounded.
He realized that this was not the main floor of the GP, that Mitoto had gotten him stuck in some weird place.
(Many people have told me that letting Mitoto-san clean is dangerous ... ... I remember when I was on the way to the GP Academy, Onnainin was in a hurry to pick up Mitoto-sama's mop.. ... )
Seina, took Mitoto's mop and looked around here and there. looking for clues that would tell him where he was.
"Seina-chan, That's my Mop! ~~~"
Mitoto stretched out her hands desperately trying to get back the mop. He had to reprimand Mitoto like a small child before she realized she wasn't getting it back.
"Stop! We've ended up in someplace strange, we have to figure out where we are!"
"?????? ............... oh your right ... I though this layout seemed odd.."
Mitoto finally began looking around, when she noticed someone suddenly walking towards her. she pointed to the man who appeared from the side passage.
"Shall I ask him"
"Huh?"
Seina, looked where Mitoto pointed, he felt a strong sense of danger. There was Tarant shank smiling at him as he pointed a gun at Mitoto.
However, Mitoto approached Tarrant unprotected without fear of anything at all.
"Hello there sir, May I ask you a question?"
Mitoto was quickly pulled away from Tarrant by Seina.
"you!"
Tarrant instantly switched Aim to Seina and pulled the trigger, Seina threw the mop he had as a spear.
"Huh!"
Tarrant did not expect he would use mop as a weapon, and so his guardian system did not recognize the mop as a threat, and since Seina was now doubly Bio-Enhancement he was able to make a large gap between him and Tarrant. Seina ran away from Tarrant holding Mitoto.
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Kiriko came out from the transferring ring on the Daedalus. However, Kiriko, did not feel any sign that there were people on board. It looked like an empty warehouse on the inside
"Although it's huge on the outside, it's fairly small on the inside, it must be mostly armor.... .... the interior seems to be made from the same material.. eww........! "
Kiriko held her nose she could smell the smell of rotting corpses in the air.
(Whatever just get to the bridge) Kiriko switched to battle mode again.
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Seina was running with Mitoto. he took a corner to avoid being shot at by Tarrant. Seina was sensitive to malice, he knew how to sense it and thanks to his Bio - Enhancement he could easily avoid Tarrants shots.
"Wow ~ ~ Seina, your amazing ~~"
Mitoto admired Seina
"What do you mean?"
Like Mitoto, Tarrant was also impressed with Seina's escape technique.
However, seina kept running into space pirates and had to keep taking alternative paths, Behind him he could still sense Tarrant chasing him. Eventually, he hit a dead ended passage
He put Mitoto behind him and used himself as a shield.
Tarrant caught up to a straight aisle.
"Ahahahaha!"
Tarrant laughed, looking at Mitoto and Seina who were desperate to escape.
"I might as well play with you before I kill you ..." Tarant stretched out his hand and shot his gun without aiming
Seina narrowly avoided it.
then he aimed at his shoulder.
But when he went to pull the trigger the wall next to him blew up messing up his shot and out came shielded escort guards in front of them.
They began shooting at tarrant and got seina out of the dead end when suddenly Tarrant's gaurdian began to semi-materialize into a figure that lunged at seina, an escort guard jumped out to protect Seina.
"Run away ... ... That's Tarrant Shank."
Even though the soldier was injured, managed to stand for a bit more so Seina could have more time to run away. A guard ran off with mitoto.
"Tarrant? ...... Ah!"
Seina remembered his name and the warning Komachi had given him.
"He was the one who killed everyone on that space station ... run away!"
Seina was shocked, the guards words were supposed to scare him instead they made him pause dead in his tracks
(Space station! then, he's ... ... Miki-senpai ... ...)
seina stood there as the gaurds tried to fend off shank
"That bastard!" he began running away
Tarrant's guardian's arms swiped down the solders and when guns came out of the wall it destroyed them too.
"Get out of my way!" Tarrant had made up his mind, his new target was Seina.
He finished off the gaurds and started to follow Seina as soon they were dead.
Kiriko reached the bridge of Daedalus without much hindrance. Senior officials and operators were absorbed in looking at the images sent from the surveillance camera of the Rinamiku so they did not notice Kiriko's invasion. They were unexpectedly relaxed for the gruesome display they were watching unfold.
Kiriko started checking on the Daedalus from the terminal as they were distracted.
(... .... What is this? This isn't the bridge?)
it was just a place that the crew could do minimal controls from, she couldn't access much from there.
(Tarrant clearly doesn't trust his crew members, although that's not surprising, they're pirates... ...oh!)
Kiriko, tried to think of what to do next when she heard a soliloquy from one of the pirates.
"uhuhu ...... No way, He''s got Seina yamada and Mitoto Kuramitsu on the run, This day's just getting better and better."
(Seina-chan!) Kiriko saw seina running away from Tarrant on one of the feeds .
"This is almost as good as the other day on the space station.. hehehe run you little brat! "
Kiriko grew angry at the operators words. As expected, Seina had made himself a decoy.
(Why did I take Amane's words so lightly !? I should have know this would have happened with Seina's bad luck!) Kiriko saw Amane's worries becoming a reality
Kiriko was overwhelmed with rage as she stood witnessing the pirates disgusting glee. Her anger reached its peak and she snapped . All reasoning and planning left her mind and Kiriko's went on a murderous rampage killing every one of the operators.
Suddenly, crack! a sound rang out as the head of the operate suddenly rolled off
The expression that the head had when it hit the ground was a fitting one.
"What's that?"
The operators who noticed something holding up the operators torso as blood spewed out of his neck. and soon began to uncloak in front behind him covered in his blood that was flowing like a fountain.
"aaaaah!" the operators distorted their faces in fear.
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(Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!)
seina cursed to himself as he ran.
he wanted to turn back and slay Miki's murderer but he instinctively was set on escaping.
He was very frustrated.
(Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!)
For Seina, the danger of death existed on a daily basis. he was always prepared for it. But he couldn't stand the idea of getting others involved with it. but there were always people who insisted on getting involved with him.
like the people village of Masaki such as Kiriko, Kai, Tsukiko, or the people from the Masaki family such as Tenchi and Kiyone, and people he met in space, including Mitoto and Seto ... and Miki.
(Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!)
He felt so frustrated when he thought that Miki had seen such a thing. He thought of How frightened she must have been when she encountered him and when he killed her and how she probably had to endure seeing everyone who fell behind her die the whole time and everyone else on that space station had to endure the same thing. Thinking about the sorrow of those people, drove him crazy.
Since he had come to space he had heard there was a strange rule between the GP and Space Pirates, but he was keenly aware of it now in this moment. Even though science was very developed here, human live was still unrecoverable. those people were gone forever. The GP and other space pirates knew that and that's why they were so careful about how they treated the space pirate situation. They didn't want a full on war. the rule made perfect sense. But Tarrant didn't care, He just enjoyed making people unhappy. He enjoyed ending peoples lives.
(That bastard!)
That was the first time Seina had ever felt hate towards someone. He felt intense discomfort with the feeling and he felt even more knowing he was helpless to do anything about it
"I'm getting bored of this .... It's about time i finished this up and took you back to the Daedalus with me" Tarrant aimed at Seina's leg
Bang! Suddenly the bulkhead behind Seina closed, and his energy bullets were dispersed by the bulkhead.
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"Captain! We've protected Ms. Mitoto, it seems our security guards have been injured though."
"What about Seina Yamada?"
"He has been keeping Tarrant distracted ... ...."
"... ... Indeed, it's just as was rumored, he is a splendid decoy."
In the ship's interior Captain Rise,monitored a bunch of color coded life reactions on a map of the ship.
The light spots of all the Space Pirates were moving to follow the light spot showing Seina who was heading to the bridge.
"Thanks to him everyone else has safely evacuated except for the security guards"
"Should we restore automatic control of the bulkheads?"
"No there is still a possibility of them hijacking control if we do!"
"can we at least raise the one on the bridge so they can get in.?"
"roger that!"
the operator raised the bulk head quickly. before lowering it again
"Ah ~ ~ ~, Rise-chan."
Mitoto appeared on the bridge with a cry of relief and her arms stretched out.
"Why are you here!"
"I'm sorry I got lost ...."
"Captain! The bulkhead is going to be broken!"
The operator screamed so that escort soldiers would cover Mitoto. In the ship's surveillance video, Tarrant was beginning to destroying the bulkhead his guardian system.
"What a guardian, He must have spared no expense ...... There's no choice, Mr. Mitoto, come here"
Mitoto came up to the captain's seat ..
"Well ... well ... where is your officer? who would abandon there post like this?"
Mitoto was very observant. with minimal explanation she recognized the precise situation instantly.
"It's Kiriko Masaki "
"Oh! You should have said so."
Mitoto gladly went to kiriko's seat and began typing she launched several monitors and confirmed the program Kiriko loaded.
"... Ah, okay okay... ... everything Looks ok. Hey,can you give me control of the bulkheads?"
"uhm... sure..."
Mitoto was famous for funny rumors, but in fact, most people who mattered knew that she had very high operation abilities. The operator looked at Captain Rise troubled.
" follow Mitoto's instructions!"
"yes sir, on it!"
"Thank you"
However as soon as Mitoto began controlling it, the fear of the operators dispersed. the pirates movements were completely quarantined, and she had effective put the security guards in favorable situations, as well as optimized the movement of the repairmen to important facilities, and sent support for Seina, etc.
"Wow, that's amazing ..." the operators were astounded with her supernatural skill.
"Hey Rise-chan, is kiriko out there?"
"... ... Yes, but I've lost contact ......"
" ............ Oh, it looks like her life signs just came back on board."
"huh!?"
"Her biological reaction is at the raiding tube where she dispensary"
Captain Rise saw the place Mitoto pointed to. The biological reactions of the pirates who were in a nearly straight line heading to Seina behind the tube were disappearing one after another.
Mitoto made an odd face.
"... .... Kiriko-chan, I know you're angry ... ... ... but please don't do that, Kiriko-chan"
the pirates out side of the tube watched Kiriko appear before them with crazed eyes.
"Tarrant said this was getting boring but look a pretty lady showed up."
"He's more interested in leaving meat lumps then in piracy so I'm not suprised"
"That's a weird way to describe his fetish."
"Isn't that girl an affiliate of Seina Yamada's? We should capture her... I wonder if Tarrant will mind if we bring her back as a corpse... ... ... "
The conversation between them was interrupted there. Kiriko who jumped out at them with tremendous momentum and in an instant threw them into the wall so hard that they bounced and fell back to the aisle looking like a broken stringed marionette tossed carelessly with its strings tangled up on the the floor.
Normally they would have been alerted the second kiriko began killing people on the bridge of the ship, but ironically the Daedalus had no such system because it was used to outclassing every ship and was hard to penetrate, also tarrant was inside it usually and was enough of a security system to ward off intruders, he had the system in his own quarters because he was weary of his own crew. but he didn't care about the lives of those on his bridge or anywhere else on the ship so it naturally it was missing. so the system did not issue an alarm for the deaths of the adjutants and operators. And Tarrant himself, who was absorbed in pursuing Seina, forgot to check regularly with the bridge and thus the pirates in the rinamiku were unaware of what was coming after them.
Kiriko murdered pirates one after another with the slightest movement,the were scattered all over the walls of the aisle like balls. However, the physical burden on Kiriko to do this was also great. Her arms were damaged enough that high-performance restorative nano machine she had, that were as good as the ones in Seiryo, failed to keep up with the damage.
"!"
Kiriko ran In front of a hallway full of Space Pirates a bulkhead controlled by Mitoto lowered . Kiriko quickly took a different route. Her goal was to reach seina not to kill pirates. She had no intention to waste time breaking the bulkhead.
The partition walls that were lowered were calculated to give Kiriko time to be repaired by the nano machines and it was by no means the shortest route. Thanks to mitoto the accumulation of damage kiriko had received decreased, and both of kiriko's arms were gradually regaining function.
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"Kiriko can protect Seina, we should escape."
" Seina has disappeared"
The biological reaction on the monitor disappeared one after another around Seina. It was due to damage to sensors from pirates trying to break the closed bulkheads.
" Please direct the nearby security guards to evacuate him as soon as possible!"
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Seina found himself in a state of exhaustion both physical and mental as he ran into a T shaped corridor. If it wasn't for the bulkhead that closed behind him he would have been either caught or killed. but now he was stuck.
"fuck ... ... No!"
Seina stood in the center of the T-junction looking for a way out but the bulkheads on all the sides were sealed. and from the left and the right he could hear pirates trying to break through them.
Behind him he hear Tarrant's guardian attempting to break through.
A flame was coming out from the panel used to manually control the bulkhead.
There were no windows and the ventilation shaft was molded into the wall so he couldn't cut into it with his knife and climb in.
The only thing saving him was that this corridor went to the secondary power furnace. so it's bulkheads were made more robust than normal.Even Tarrant's guardian was having trouble destroying it.
"Heeeeh, Heee, Heeeeh, Haa ...... Heeeh ............"
Seina hyperventilated and looked bulkhead where Tarrant was trying to break in.
Seina figured that if he cut a large hole in the bulkhead he could run past him.
A crack appeared in part of the bulkhead along with an unpleasant high-pitched metal sound. Criiiing!
(come on!)
Contrary to his expectations there was only a small hole in the bulkhead.
"I know your in there."
through that hole, Tarrant saw Seina and laughed.
he heard two gunshots and instinctively dodged but fell on his own foot and fell down.
There was a small hole burnt in his thy.
(If I hadn't moved he would've gotten both of my legs.)
the wall behind him that got hit by the shot that missed him had a huge hole in it like a crater about ten centimeters wide. Seina's injury was light only due to the special fabric used in his uniform but he had no where to run
Tarrant's gaurdian reached into the hole and peeled it outward opening it up leaving a hole in it like a giant rock does a windshield.
But just as the hole opened enough to allow one person to pass through, smoke came out of Tarrant's guardian generator.
"Aww it was just getting fun ... ...."
Tarrant threw away the guardian generator casually, he looked at Seina and smiled.
"I never expected to see you in such a place,Seina Yamada."
"ahh!" Seina stood up to drag himself away and stared at Tarrant. Even though Tarrant approached Seina and slowly thrust his gun at his forehead, Seina didn't flinch
"You ... You killed Miki senpai!"
"Miki? Hmm, you seem to have a grudge against me, I share your resentment, but I can't help you with yours."
"Resentment?"
"Do you know how shameful it is to be the son of an incompetent man who was caught in a snare by a single GP ship? Because of that shame you brought on them, I had to kill both my father and my older brother."Tarrant quickly shot the gun that was stuck to seina's forehead at seina's right hand.
"Good!"
Tarrant looked at Seina with interest, as seina grabbed his injured right arm and collapsed.
"If i hit you directly I can easily blow off your arms and legs even with GP student clothing's advanced protection features ehehehehehehehe"
"nnnnnnn!"
Seina, who felt humiliated by Tarrant's laughter, stood up using the wall to support himself while holding his leg which was in intense pain. He glared at tarrant.
"heehehe ... ... Don't think I'll let you die so easy I will resuscitate you as many times as I can just to kill you again and again ... I have plenty idea's of what to do once your brought back to the Daedalus ... "!
suddenly the bulkhead behind the Tarrant broke down as there was an explosion. Tarrant reflexively grabbed Seina 's neck and went behind him to use him as a shield.
"............ !!"
Tarrant stuck a gun to Seina's head, Kiriko stopped just a meter in front of them in a fighting posture. she looked like a wild beast, her face was hidden in her long hair her facial expression couldn't be seen, it spooked Tarrant but only for a few seconds, Tarrant had just barely dodged an attack that would've taken off his head.
"Do it I dare you!"
Reflectively Tarrant fired at Kiriko, but Kiriko dodged backwards.
"Don't move! Show your face"
Tarrant again shouted pointing the gun at Seina's head.
However, looking at Kiriko who slowly raised her face, Tarrant became stunned as if his soul passed out of his body.
"………… beautiful" Tarrant didn't think, he murmured.
her beautifully supple limbs.her whole body bathed in blood, her cold eyes with tremendous pressure. Like a man who had just met a female of the same kind as himself, Tarrant was fascinated by Kiriko and in that moment he felt intense lust.
In that moment of fascination towards kiriko, the muzzle of Tarrant's gun, slightly turned away from Seina.
"!"
Seina felt that there was a gap in Tarrant's aim, he grasp the special steel knife he had in his pocket with his left hand. The same that he used other day to cut the gel that he was stuck in on the training ship.Long ago, in the country side of japan boys would use that kind of knife to scrape wood and bamboo to make a toys to play with, or to cut vegetables and fruit skin's to eat, or to mark trees or catch insects. The knife was an important tool for living and playing in nature.
In Seina's case, it was a versatile tool used to cut splints and medicinal herbs when injured, and cut bandages that had gotten stuck. However, it wasn't just a tool but a weapon. Seina had never pointed a knife at anyone, not one even once, and never even thought of it.
Seina pretended Tarrant's arm was a mass of vines entangling him as he stabbed into Tarrant's arm with his knife and pulled it down.
"Gyaaaaaah!"
Tarrant was shocked, the sudden pain was just like surprise sting by a bee. he tried to hit Seina with the butt of his gun to shake off him reflexively.
"……Oops!"
When Tarrant realized his mistake, Seina had already dodged and fallen at Kiriko's feet.
The death of Tarrant who had just lost his hostage and didn't have a guardian was certain.
But Tarrant remembered the terrible pleasure of seina's fear. He was looking forward to the moment Kiriko would arrive and be knocked down by the pressure of his murderous intent.
But Tarrant 's expectations had been shattered. The eyes of Kiriko that he found beautiful were directed to Seina, not him, and it upset him.
"What a sight to behold in front of me!"
Tarrant felt the flames of a lover being cheated on towards Seina.
" Get back he's Dangerous!"
Kiriko's shielded seina as Tarrant fired at her suit which absorbed the energy bullets, but it couldn't survive the overload of energy caused by them, Kiriko's suit stopped functioning.
The next hit she took would have hurt her but she thought quickly and picked up a small piece of the bulkhead that had fallen on the floor and threw it at Tarrant's gun.
Krickckik! his gun sounded as if spun away from him. Tarrant raced for the gun and Kiriko rushed him. but an explosion burst out at them.
"Damn it, ahhh!"
"Tarrant-sama!"
"huh!!"
the space pirates had succeeded in breaking the other bulkhead. and began shooting at Kiriko. She had no shielding so she quickly fell back and grabbed seina and began escaping. Seina's safety was more important to her then tarrant's capture.
"Shoot! don't let them escape! I'll kill you! I'll kill you! I will ...kill you!"
Tarrant picked up the gun and began running down the path following Kiriko.
However, at that time, Tarrant noticed an emergency call from Daedalus.
(an emergency from the core block! What is the staff on the bridge doing?
Tarrant, who accessed the bridge, finally noticed everyone aboard was dead.
Core block warnings were often serious.
When tarrant saw the reading he panicked
"This energy to mass ratio!?"
The data sent from the core block indicated the approach of a Juraian Royal ship.
"Pull out! A Jurian royal's ship is approaching!"
Tarrant regained calmness and shouted to his men.
"What!"
"Quick to the emergency evacuation tube hurry up!"
"What about the other people?"
"If you don't make it in time, you'll die."
The pirates began to run in a hurry.
Tarrant glared in the direction Kiriko ran off in.
"Listen carefully, no matter where you run, I'll be sure to find out and then I'll kill you!"
Tarrant screamed.
"Captain! are you coming aboard? The Daedalus is leaving!"
"Should we sink the rinamiku first? Set Side shields to maximum! Get ready to attack!"
"We don't have time. we have to jump now!"
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"eh?"
the next moment Captain Ries and Mitoto saw the figure of Daedalus start to distort as it jumped to super space with violent vibrations.
"What's wrong?"
"I don't understand……"
However, to replace it, a tremendous shock hit the ship where Daedalus had jumped from.
"uwaaaa! Is this the shock of the jump!? ... ... did the Daedalus escape?"
However once the shock had gone away the monitors came back online to reveal that the Mikagami had taken it's place.
As usual, Seto's ship was the subject of awe, but at this time the operators of the bridge raised their voices in joy as they saw it.
"No way! We were helped by the Demon Princess of Jurai?! ... ... Oops, uhm... Ms. Mitoto, can you keep that statement confidential?"
Captain Ries was relieved to have encountered the Daedalus and suffered such little damage.
"Let's get everyone to the evacuation pods."
Mitoto said in a relaxed tone, they got in and gel for shock absorption filled the evacuation pods.
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