Me, Her, and the Ballistic Weaponry [Antique]

"" Oh, isn't that a surprise? I think we should definitely tie our hands. ""

Interesting look on Liza's face, reflected in the monitor in the Plum II control room. Taro eats a shoulder watermark when he thinks he will be angry and frightened.

"Yeah, and. What about the mafia over there, okay?

To Taro's words, Liza gives a surprising look.

"" I'm not sure what the question means, Mr. Taylor. There are some words for a serving in conjunction with the mafia. As you can see, it will be a good foil for the Union. Maybe the fact that we've been talking about it from the other side means something in return. ""

To Liza's positive thoughts, Uluru speaks up. He is not convinced of one thing now and turns to Xiaomei, who was beside him.

"Hey, Xiaomei. Sounds a lot different to the mafia I think, but a little more detailed explanation, Pleas."

Xiao Mei turns her face to the voice of Taro and tilts her neck.

"I don't know the image of the mafia that Mr. Taylor has, so can you give me some information about the general mafia?

"Oh, you do. So nice to meet you. That's it for me. I imagine you're scared of the average person doing a legal sleaze or a completely out business. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Do you understand?

"I see. If a beautiful woman were to be kind to me and try to relate to me in good shape, would that be an image of a fruit mafia mistress who would be forced to steal money"

"Oh man, you know damn well!?

To the penetration of Taro, Xiao Mei flaps her shoulders and turns her palm upward. The so-called "I don't know what you're talking about" gesture.

"No, it's just an imagination, Mr. Taylor. Well, according to the Encyclopedia Galactica, the mafia is defined as follows:" A member of a corporate association that maintains that zone primarily by force in areas where the impact of imperial law is significantly limited. Companies operating with the permission of the Empire are called Mafian Corps and are distinguished from the outlaw corps of entities operating without permission ""

"Empire permission!? Do you have ink on you?

"Yeah, you will, Mr. Taylor. The galaxy is vast and the human survival zone is expanding daily. If that expansion exceeds the growth rate of the Imperial organization, there will be a very disorderly region."

"Ha... do you feel like a provisional measure to fill that void? But some of them do a lot of bad work, don't they?

"Right. Manufacture and sale of prohibited drugs and trafficking in human beings. Some co-ops seem to be doing things that are neglected by people, such as exercising powers beyond what is permitted. But for the most part, it seems to be recognized as a necessary evil."

"Necessary. Bad...... the one who says it will be supplied because there is demand. The mafia won't do it, but someone will."

To the words of Taro, Xiao Mei snorts silently. Taro turns his thoughts around for a while on what Xiaomei told him, but hurries to turn up the volume when he realizes Liza, who looks tired of waiting.

"Sorry, wait. I don't know about the mafia, but I get it. By the way, Bella's demanding 20 for a say, what do you think?

"" Oh, that's very modest. Though it may be natural if we consider it a temporary accession. If that happens, is it okay if you're the one with 41 and this is 39? So if you don't mind, let's go. ""

"Rikai. So you pass as a union. Just send it."

When Taro draws up a concise contract on BISHOP, he sends it to Bella, who will be loading HAD into the dogs of Plum II.

"Taylor, overdrive improvements, done."

I wondered what would have happened if I had refused to join the Union, and I imagined that Taro would not have had much fun. There Marr returns from the engine room, wiping his forehead sweat with a towel.

"Good day. Looks like it worked."

"Yeah, this should give you a long jump. After all, as I thought, I didn't seem to have separate power supplies due to structural problems. It's a kind of safety mechanism that keeps you from transmitting power to critical devices."

Marl exhales as he loosens his hair, which was clustered behind him.

"But this will make me like all voltages. The distance to the research station should be enough."

Thumbs up to Marl to show, thumbs up to Taro in the same way. The research station is quite far from here, and it is supposed to be necessary to make the jump using a small stargate. But that small stargate had been lost by the raid of Wynd, and Plum II had to travel to the ground on its own.

"Copy that. But with all the voltage, is it okay to do that?

Taro is concerned about Marl's phrase "transmission of power to critical devices" and asks questions. "Hmm," Marr said to that.

"I wonder if we'll ever get a chance to use all the power at once. After this jump, you can charge the battery for five minutes at most. The life-support system is just about ready to be brought from the spare battery."

Satisfied with Marl's words, Taro answers "Copy" briefly.

"Well, let's say we go save the Doctor...... plum ii to everyone. Soon we'll be jumping to the ground. What are we gonna do about it?

"" This is Stardust. No problem. You can always get out. ""

"" This is Blue Comet. Loading's almost done, boy. ""

"" This is Black Meteo. I'm ready. Let's get this over with. ""

Alan aboard Stardust as a support aircraft and a newly loaded guns-and-rules HAD unit. As captains of each of the three planes, Bella and Skoll's reply is returned immediately.

"This is Plum II, copy, everyone. Here we go."

Turning his eyes to Marl, he nodded silently and tall.

- "Overdrive activation" -

"Wide area scan. Search for targets. Status check"

Taro performs a scan as soon as the overdrive is finished.

"The large building in question is 400 km ahead. Within assumed error, Mr. Taylor."

"Influence of flare, amount of debris. We have no problems together. The field is stable."

Xiaomei and Marr, Taro nodding at the two reports. "Full speed toward goal," he says briefly. Eventually it would have been five minutes since then, when the distance to the goal cut in half. Several light points appear on the radar screen where Taro stared.

"Mm, the one who picks you up. Any reply to the identification signal?

"None. It's all Announcement. Well, it must be a wind."

"I assume Xiao Mei is more likely to do that too. Mr. Taylor, by the way. One thing has been confirmed."

To Xiao Mei's voice, Taro turns his face. "Good news?" Unknown, "Xiao Mei said to his question.

"The results of a wide-area scan include unexpected reactions. I did another investigation to see if it was an error in the analysis, but there's probably no doubt about it. There are" two "reactions to large buildings on the ground.

To Xiao Mei's report, a room where the silence of thought descends.

"Uh, what do you mean? You have two buildings at the research station?

"It's a denial, Mr. Taylor. Besides, there are about 150 kilometers of distance between large buildings. It would be a little too far away for a continuous station."

"Is there any chance you caught some kind of asteroid or something like that?

"It's also a denial, Miss Marr. A faint radio wave has been detected from both the target buildings."

"Wow, so it's both artifacts. What is it? Can you identify the size?

"Wait a minute," Xiao Mei said to Taro's voice. After a while, Xiaomei's voice echoes again on the silent flowing ship

"Both are ultra-compact station sized buildings. One is consistent with the Alpha Research Station, but the other seems to be somewhat smaller than that."

Taro wrinkles between eyebrows for Xiao Mei's report.

"Hmm, what is it? Even if it's super small, it's much bigger than a ship, isn't it?

"Affirmative, Mr. Taylor. By mass, there seems to be at least ten times more than this ship."

Taro has some imaginable possibilities on his mind from Xiaomei's report, but none of them were likely to get a firm interpretation. Apparently, the same is true of Marr, who puts his hands on his chin and thinks about it.

"You don't know. I wonder... the footage will be here soon. It's quicker to look than you think."

When Marl says so, he opens the large screen provided in the control room. Taro and Xiaomei also align themselves with her movements and turn their gaze to it.

Eventually, an image of an unclear space is shown on the monitor and slowly replaced with a clear picture over a few seconds. By updating the resolution in more detail, the final appearance of the subject appears. To that appearance, the control room together speaks of surprise.

"What the hell..."

Keep your mouth open and tall. Even Marl and Xiaomei stare at the monitor with the same look.

What was shown was an incredible object made of cluttered collections. Giant iron plates or cargo used on ships. Strange and huge rectangle, roughly as if it had twisted all of the artifacts used in space, from the station's pier and thought-provoking to an antenna that I don't know very well. The first thing that came to mind for Taro was what he called a "giant wind," but he didn't see the mechanism that he thought the ship needed.

"No, seriously, I managed to do this..."

Taro also forgot the presence of the light point that began to take the path this way, and just kept staring at the screen as if it were a scratch.