"In conclusion, I think that no matter if they are participants or natives, we should let them leave if they are sincere in leaving. For those who are sincerely willing to join us, we can also tell them our identities. We can tell the participants our identities and temporarily tell them that we are the guides of the newcomers, so they will naturally fear and obey us."
"We can also tell the natives who have passed the assessment that we are the Resistance. On the participants' side, due to the formation of the army, we need to replenish some personnel. For the newcomers who have entered the mission world for the first time, we also have enough time to observe their potential and character."
"Of course, in my opinion, with the current model of our army, the importance of character is far greater than the importance of potential. We are not lacking in strong people. You, Bassac, Cruzet, and Graham, the four B-grade pilots, and Dugus, Law, Nalor, and Ozma, the four pilots who are about to be promoted. Therefore, we only lack people that we can trust. We can also invite suitable people to join our army and expand the number of members of our army. Moreover, those who join the army at the beginning will definitely be more loyal to the army than those who join later."
El Erf closed his mouth after he finished speaking. He stood straight and looked at Xiao Ran. His eyes were quite calm, as if he was really just proposing an executable solution. It did not matter if Xiao Ran used it or not.
After hearing El Erf's words, everyone, including Xiao Ran, nodded in unison. Captain Vry even said, "The silver-haired kid is right. I think it's feasible."
Ozma also nodded and said, "I agree too."
Dugus was silent for a moment, then said, "This way, we can maintain our internal stability and also gain another strength. We can also expand the army. It's just that when we train the newcomers who are willing to join us, I'm afraid that we will need someone with more authority to preside over it. We will have to rely on the current situation of Miss Nalor and Miss Ryukino. It will be difficult to completely suppress the newcomers. "
However, when Asa heard El Erf mention Bassac's name, the corners of his eyes unconsciously twitched.
"Yes, you're right." Xiao Ran nodded and glanced at El Erf. He didn't believe that El Erf hadn't thought of this. It was probably because he hadn't decided whether to use El Erf's method, so El Erf didn't continue to explain. At the same time, it was to give the others a chance to prove themselves.
After thinking for a while, Xiao Ran said, "Then what about those people? You'll be in charge of El Erf. You can choose other people to work with you. Other than Nalor and Denglong, Ozma, you'll be in charge of training the newcomers. "
Ozma nodded. "I'm fine."
The reason why he chose Ozma was entirely because Ozma's face still had some momentum. He was in the prime of his life and had been a captain for many years. His management experience and training experience were not bad, and his own ability was enough. After being digitized by Prometheus, he was stronger than before he became a participant. It should not be difficult to suppress the newcomers.
Prometheus actually had some rules for the digitization of the participants. It wasn't just a simple digitization of the body. It was more of a reference to the piloting skill level and piloting ability. The higher the attribute level when piloting the Mech, the higher the attribute level after the digitization.
Otherwise, even if it was a strongman who was twice as strong as Ozma before the digitization, but his piloting skill was not as good as Ozma's, or he didn't know how to pilot the Mech at all, then after the digitization, he would at most have an attribute value that was twice or more the strength of a normal person.
For someone like Ozma, he was almost at the peak of C-grade piloting skills. After the digitization, his attribute would far exceed that of a normal person, reaching the attribute level of a peak C-grade piloting skills. In this way, as long as no one among the newcomers had the same level as Ozma, then after becoming a participant. None of them would be a match for him.
It could be said that the current Ozma was definitely the strongest person in the team besides Xiao Ran. However, if everyone's attributes were not suppressed, Nalor might have some advantage over Ozma. Jegs was slightly better than Ozma in a small-scale battle, but he was slightly worse in a large-scale battle. Ryukino was not Ozma's opponent at all.
Xiao Ran looked at El Erf and asked, "The problem of the ship's personnel will be left to El Erf. So, when do you think is the best time to start dealing with this problem? "
Elif didn't even think about it and said, "When we get another ship."
Xiao Ran smiled. He also felt that if they were to start dealing with the ship's personnel, it would be best to wait until they got a usable ship. So, he looked at the few members of the Skeleton Squad and said, "In this case, finding a ship that we can use is the most important problem. With our current situation, I'm afraid it will be difficult to find a suitable ship through normal channels."
"And we really don't have much time. If we don't rely on the warship and only rely on the MS, the MS with the fuel thrusters can't send us to a place where we can get a ship through normal means. So, we have to use some unusual means."
Everyone understood what Xiao Ran meant by 'unusual means'. Michelle pushed her glasses and smirked, "In this case, we really have to play the role of pirates. That's quite interesting."
Captain Jay Vry was prepared for this, so he was not surprised at all. He also thought about what to do, so he just said in a deep voice, "But we have to be careful. If we can't do anything to innocent people, then we can't use the three ships we stole from the Earth Federation. It's fine to make people think that we're pirates, but we can't let people think that we're robbers of the Earth Federation just because we're using that ship. Besides, this ship doesn't even have a small shuttle for us to use. It's very troublesome."
Arte was stunned for a moment, then she frowned slightly. "In other words, only one ship can be used, right?"
"That's right." El Erf took over the conversation. "So, in the case of only one ship, we have to choose the target very carefully. It must be a civilian ship with no armed firepower and no guards. There must be enough space. If it's too small, it won't do. And after suppressing the ship, how to occupy it is also a problem that needs to be solved. "
"That's really troublesome." Lucca pouted.
El Erf's premise made everyone frown. In fact, it was not a big deal that only one ship was involved in the snatching. What was really important was that while only one Zagu II could be sent, there was not a single transport ship that could be used to board the ship. This was more troublesome because it was very easy for a pilot to destroy a civilian ship with only one ship. But if they wanted to snatch the ship, there were too many variables in the process. It was not so easy to do. At the very least, if there was only one ship, it would not be able to suppress the civilian ship and also be used as a transport ship.
The most important thing was that in such a war-torn era, even if it was used as a transport ship, it would not be so easy to find an unarmed civilian ship.
While everyone was discussing, Xiao Ran did not join the discussion. Instead, he crossed his legs and propped his head up, thinking.
The problem now was that Xiao Ran had to go to the moon, but the White Fortress could not go there. The MS could not travel that far, so they needed a ship. If Xiao Ran's Justice Gundam was here, they would not have to do this. Besides, they could reach the moon very quickly. If they used the VF fighter, the speed would be even faster.
And because they had to deal with the people on the ship, they also had to find a ship to send those people away. At the end of the day, it was all about the ship. The problem was that they could only dispatch one Zaku. There were too few targets to choose from. Plus, the universe was so big. This place was also a gravel belt. If a ship really appeared nearby, the possibility of it being a civilian ship was too small.
Of course, they could continue to let the White Fortress continue to approach the moon at the risk of being discovered. However, if they encountered the Federation Army, they would have to face the attack of at least one fleet of the Federation Army. Even if they could not successfully lurk near the moon, the key was that they were not familiar with the environment of the earth in this world. Whether they could find a place to hide was a very serious problem.
"Hmm." Xiao Ran shook his head and sighed. He did not expect that the problem of a ship would be so difficult for them. In order to solve the current personnel problem and continue the mission, the key and indispensable thing was to be able to get a civilian ship. Although they could continue the mission if they could not get it, it would disrupt Xiao Ran's overall plan. This was not what Xiao Ran wanted to see.
Moreover, before the current personnel were cleaned up, it was not suitable for the three Gundams to be improved. After thinking about it, Xiao Ran felt a headache coming on. He asked, "How long would it take to drive the MS to the Moon based on the current distance to it?"
"At least twenty-four hours." Captain Jay Vry answered Xiao Ran's question. El Erf tapped a few times on his tablet and shook his head. "It will take an entire day. In the process of moving forward, we will have to make at least twenty changes in direction and maintain full speed for five minutes after each change. Not to mention whether we can hold on, the fuel in the mecha's thrusters won't be enough to support full speed for more than a hundred minutes."
El Erf's words directly rejected the possibility of Xiao Ran using the MS to travel to the moon. Xiao Ran shook his head and muttered, "Captain Jay Vry, from our current position, can we send a message to the moon?"
"If we use the military channel, we can ensure that our message will be received, but there may be a delay in the middle." Captain Jay Vry thought for a moment and said, "In the absence of other communication channels, if we use civilian communication, it's very likely that we won't be able to send a message to the moon. It's hard for me to imagine that Earth's communication system would be so poor. I never thought that the war would develop to such a degree."
Xiao Ran nodded and looked at El Erf. "El Erf, what do you think?"
"With the things we currently have, we can't achieve our goal perfectly. However, from another perspective, if we can't achieve our goal in one step, then we can achieve our goal in stages. If we prioritize dealing with the ship's crew, it won't matter even if we use three Gundams to participate in the snatching mission. There won't be so many restrictions on the choice of targets, and who knows, we might even be able to obtain some useful information from the targets we snatch. "
"Then that's the only way." Xiao Ran clapped his hands and stood up. He said to everyone, "From now on, other than the necessary rest for the four Gundams, the pilots will take turns patrolling the nearby area to look for usable civilian ships. Once they're confirmed to be civilian ships, immediately suppress them and seize them."
"Yes, sir," Skeleton Squad, Gramsci, Dugus, and the other pilots replied in unison.
"Yes, I'll join the patrol as well. It might be very difficult from now on, but please hold on. At the same time, we'll start piloting training for our people." Xiao Ran looked at everyone and said, "The first batch of people to patrol is Brera, Arte, Michelle, Gramsci. The rest of the rotation is free to arrange."
After receiving Xiao Ran's orders, everyone left. In fact, everyone knew that the current situation was very problematic. They had to deal with the crew problem in the shortest time possible. If they dragged on, Xiao Ran and the others might be in trouble. At the very least, the participants would become impatient and impulsive due to the one-month time limit. They might even do things that Xiao Ran and the others did not want to see.
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