Although Xiao Ran had decided to do things more safely even if it meant wasting some time, things did not go as smoothly as Xiao Ran thought. That was because on the first day, other than the necessary rest and reorganization, the four MS fighters did not detect a spaceship passing by at the furthest distance they could detect, even when the pilots rotated. Everyone's day of hard work was completely in vain.
But after giving it some thought, it made sense. After all, the current location of the White Fortress was a shattered asteroid belt. The ruins left behind by the war were not auspicious places. In addition, the environment was complicated and had serious interference. Ordinary civilian spaceships had no reason to approach this place.
After wasting a day, Xiao Ran finally realized these problems. After laughing, he patted his head and immediately made new arrangements. He ordered the White Fortress to set sail again and continue to approach the moon. After all, they had already achieved their goal of shaking off Gu Wenjun's spaceship. They had also decided to use the Gundam to carry out the first spaceship snatching operation, so it was inevitable that they would be exposed. There was no point in continuing to hide here. It would only be a waste of time.
Besides, this world was not like the world of Gundam SEED. The waste recycling industry was quite developed, and there was a special union that acted as the third force to host it. Even if there were waste merchants in this world, it had been some time since the war broke out in this asteroid belt. It would not be easy to wait for someone who had the idea to come and pick up the scraps.
Only about ten hours had passed since the White Fortress set sail again. As expected, the situation was completely different. Among the four MS fighters, Arte, who had taken another shift, finally found a civilian spaceship that looked like a cargo ship. He immediately sent his discovery back to the White Fortress. The crew on the bridge of the White Fortress who received the news immediately perked up. After notifying the MS fighters in the other three directions, they took the lead and rushed in Arte's direction.
After receiving the message from the bridge, Xiao Ran also hurried to the bridge. Unlike the calm expression on everyone's face a day ago in the asteroid belt, everyone's face now had a relaxed expression.
After entering the bridge, Xiao Ran nodded and smiled at everyone. "Did you find anything?"
Captain Jay Vry smiled and said, "Arte said that they found a cargo ship and are now following it. According to the message sent back, the ship's destination should be the moon."
"That's good." Xiao Ran nodded and walked to Captain Jay Vry's side. "In that case, immediately get the MS to suppress the cargo ship. I have some new ideas, so we don't have to waste time on a second cargo ship."
Captain Jeffrey lowered his head and took a puff of his pipe. After he understood the meaning of Xiao Ran's words, a faint smile appeared on his face. "If that's the case, it will save us a lot of time, and we won't have to take another risk."
"Mhmm." Xiao Ran nodded. Since the cargo ship's destination might be the moon, as long as they used force to suppress the cargo ship and force it to pick up the people who were leaving the White Fortress and mix in some of their own people, they would be able to go directly to the moon. There was no need to steal another cargo ship for their mission to the moon. As long as they boarded the cargo ship, the White Fortress could directly return to the asteroid belt and hide in order to avoid being discovered.
Xiao Ran only needed to know the specific location of the asteroid belt. After he went to the moon and did what he needed to do, whether it was to find a cargo ship to pick up the people or to enter the moon directly under the cover of a certain force, there wouldn't be any problems.
Although Xiao Ran did not say it explicitly, with Captain Vry's experience and Xiao Ran's half-spoken words, it was enough for Captain Xiao Ran to understand Xiao Ran's idea.
"In the current situation, except for Arte, when can the other airframes come into contact with the cargo ship?"
Captain Vry glanced at Monica, who looked at the screen and said, "More than twenty minutes."
"Twenty minutes? That's fast." Xiao Ran chuckled and said, "In that case, it's better to start preparing immediately. Inform El Erf that it's time to delete the crew. Also, tell Jegus, Ryukino, Gramsci, and Luca to come to the bridge immediately …"
Speaking of this, Xiao Ran also turned his head to look at Aldacia, who was still in the learning stage in the bridge, and said with a smile, "And Aldacia, get ready to leave with us this time."
"Me?" Aldesia was a little surprised that Xiao Ran suddenly called her name. Seeing Aldesia's appearance, Xiao Ran just nodded with a smile and said, "Yes, this time we need to go to the moon to deal with some matters. We have also arranged to meet Xiaya on the moon. He also wants me to bring you along."
Aldacia quickly nodded, her eyes full of surprise, "Is it to meet with my brother? I got it. Thank you, Mr. Arikos."
"Mhmm." Xiao Ran smiled and nodded slightly, then did not say anything else. Since they had decided to mix in with the people who were going to leave, they would definitely leave with these people on the suppressed cargo ship. Therefore, except for Xiao Ran himself, the choice of the people who were going to the moon together with him had to be very careful.
El Erf, who had already shown his face, was definitely out of the question. The berserkers and Nalor's people were also not reliable. Nalor, like El Erf, had also shown her face and confirmed that she belonged to the 'pirate' group, so she could not mix in with the people who were leaving.
As for the Skeleton Squad, it was best for Ozma to stay on the ship as a defensive force. Arte, Michelle, and Brera also needed to stay on the ship for the same reason. Therefore, the only people Xiao Ran could bring along to the moon were Ryukino, who had never appeared in the eyes of others except for his own people, Jugus, who basically drifted away from the crowd and did not have a strong sense of presence, the seemingly harmless little boy Lucca, and Gramsci, who looked like a child but was actually a giant.
Xiao Ran didn't know what kind of situation he would encounter after going to the moon, so he was prepared to bring all of these people with him. He didn't want to encounter an awkward situation where he needed manpower but didn't have any available manpower. Among these people, except for Flowing Tree Wild Worm, the rest had all received formal military training. Even Flowing Tree Wild Worm himself had the powerful physique of a third generation Demonizer. So as long as they didn't encounter a situation where there was an MS, they basically didn't need to worry too much about their ability and safety.
Not long after, all the people who were named gathered on the bridge. When Xiao Ran told them that he was going to take them to the moon, Gramsci, who had nothing to do, obviously waved his hand excitedly. Lucca, the little boy, also felt that he could finally be put to use with a rosy face. Ryukino just smiled at Xiao Ran. Only Jugus was the calmest and nodded at Xiao Ran to show that he understood.
Xiao Ran nodded and said, "Then get ready and blend into the crowd. After that, you will board the ship with the people who are leaving. You don't need to bring any weapons or equipment. Just bring your belongings. After that, I will meet up with you when El Erf starts to clean up the crew."
Jugus, Ryukino, and Aldacia quickly left the bridge. Xiao Ran stayed on the bridge and continued to discuss the arrangements for his departure with Captain Vry. In fact, there was not much to talk about. He just agreed on a time to meet up with Captain Vry. As for the rest, even if Xiao Ran did not say anything, Captain Vry would know what to do.
Besides, even if Xiao Ran left with a few people, the forces left on the ship were enough to suppress the new participants who were willing to stay on the White Fortress. Therefore, there was not much to worry about in this regard. However, the current supplies on the White Fortress were not enough to last the entire crew, so Xiao Ran had to rush back with enough supplies at the time agreed upon with Captain Vry.
Twenty minutes later, on the big screen on the bridge, four MS began to surround the transport ship from four different directions. It was not until this time that Xiao Ran noticed the logo on the side of the transport ship. In a blue square box, there were two simple letters: AE.
Many Gundam enthusiasts would definitely be familiar with this AE logo. This was the logo of the most famous arms company in the UC century, Anaheim. The headquarters of Anaheim was in California, North America on Earth, but there was also a very important universe branch of Anaheim in Brown City on the Moon.
This Anaheim company not only provided the Earth Federation with various MS, battleships, and electronic machinery development projects and mass-produced them, but with the full support of the Earth Federation, they also brazenly produced Zagus for Guyon, directly monopolizing the largest part of the military trade between the two sides. In the end of the one-year war, they directly moved most of their capital to the Moon and became the ruler of the Moon. They had great power in this world, but this was not the time when the Anaheim company was at its strongest.
Behind the Anaheim company stood the family that controlled the company, the Bister family. The founder of this family also held an important bargaining chip that was enough to overturn the current Earth Federation's top management. This was also an important reason why the Anaheim company could become a supplier of weapons to both sides at the same time and still receive the support of the Earth Federation.
All of Xiao Ran's future plans would closely revolve around the entire Anaheim company and the Bister family. As for whether he could control the Bister family, eventually influence the Anaheim company, and obtain the Laplace's Box in his hands, Xiao Ran had never doubted his own ability.
For ordinary humans, even a behemoth like the Bister family, in non-military combat situations, there was no way to guard against participants who would do anything to achieve their goals. No matter how careful they were and how many defensive forces they had, it was impossible to guard against Xiao Ran, who knew everything in his heart.
As for the 2nd main mission, the force required to join in the mission, Xiao Ran naturally targeted the Anaheim company. A force that could benefit from both sides without being treated as cannon fodder.
So after Xiao Ran saw the logo on the ship, the corners of his mouth under the mask also curled up slightly, "It's the Anaheim company's ship."
Under normal circumstances, whether it was the Earth Federation or Guyon, they would not have any difficulties facing the Anaheim company's transport ship. They would even take the initiative to protect the Anaheim company's transport ship in their respective areas. Over time, the Anaheim company's transport ship had become a real taboo for space pirates.
After all, in the absence of a real third party, the space pirates were in a very bad situation. It was basically impossible for a pirate organization to use the MS during this period of time, so no space pirates would have any ideas about the Anaheim company's transport ship. This also led to the Anaheim company's transport ship running amok in the entire Earth circle. Even if there was only one ship, and it was near the Moon circle, it would naturally not expect anyone to attack it. Therefore, the transport ship had no defensive power at all.
As a result, the four MS Assault Rifles easily suppressed the transport ship belonging to Anaheim. With the weapons of the four MS Assault Rifles pointed at them, the members of the transport ship did not dare to act rashly. Even if they wanted to send a message, it would be futile under the cover of the Mie particles.
When the White Fortress slowly approached the transport ship that was at least one size smaller, Arte also landed on the transport ship with the No. 2 Gundam and used contact communication to convey his message to the transport ship.
"We're not space pirates, so we don't want to do anything to you. There's a group of war refugees on our ship who belong to the SIDE7-1 satellite. Due to special circumstances, this ship has accepted this group of people, so we hope you can help us accept this group of people and send them to a safe place."
"We'll now open the link between the two ships. You have no right to refuse, because if you refuse, we'll use force to suppress you. In the end, this ship will still fall into our hands, but your lives will be sacrificed in vain. I don't want to kill innocent people, but if my commander orders me to, I'll still shoot."
Arte's words made the people on the transport ship go silent for a long time. It was not until a few minutes later that a middle-aged man spoke, "May I ask how I can be sure that you're not space pirates? And how can we ensure our safety after we meet your conditions?"
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