Chapter 1244 - Only So-so! (1/2)
The bowl-shaped engine ejected a red glow, and then the glow suddenly disappeared.
Under the influence of inertia, the Seagull-class transport ship slowly stopped on the synchronous orbit of Mars.
“The main engine off.”
“Secondary engine ignited.”
“The orbital parameters have been corrected.”
“The feedback beam is confirmed. The center of gravity is normal. Confirmed to enter the synchronous orbit.”
“The secondary engine off.”
After a series of commands, the serious and tense atmosphere in the bridge disappeared.
A man in a military uniform walked to the captain’s side and saluted.
“Captain, we have arrived above the colony! Waiting for your orders!”
The majestic man in the bridge gazed at the fiery red planet outside the window.
“Order the deactivation of the hibernation chamber.”
“Roger!”
Outside the bridge, inside the transport cabin.
The lights on the wall began to illuminate one after another as they lit up the rectangular space.
The hibernation chambers along the wall emitted a blue glow as gas escaped from the edges between the hatch and the chamber itself.
The hibernation chambers opened and the soldiers inside opened their eyes. They pushed out of the half-closed hatch doors. Just like what they performed many times in exercises, they rushed to their battle positions in an orderly manner.
The crew in blue overalls headed swiftly to the function bays of artillery, observation, power, and the Marines in gray-white uniforms rushed into the arsenal and equipped themselves with space kinetic skeletons and Gauss rifles. They all waited in the buffer cabin on standby.
Inside the bridge.
The officer returned to the captain and saluted again.
“All hibernation chambers have deactivated.”
“Connect the colony channel.”
“Roger!”
The holographic screen emerged in the middle of the bridge, and after a series of white flickering images, the image on the screen quickly stabilized.
When the man appeared on the screen, from the captain’s calm expression, there was a smile that was beginning to form.
On the other hand, Hong Zewei sighed in relief as he stood in the command room of the colony and looked at the friend on the screen who had finished his captain training one year after him.
Hong Zewei cleared his throat, and with a composed voice, he expressed his welcome to the arrival of the reinforcements on behalf of the colony.
“This is Mars colony. We welcome the expedition force to enter the bay.”
“This is Expedition. The first group of Marines is airborne. Thank you for your hard work.”
…
When he looked up above the colony, the joy and shock in Zhang Hai’s eyes magnified.
The prism-shaped airdrop cabins dragged a blue glow, and left clear trajectories in the sky. They eventually crashed into the desert near the colony.
The dust of Mars was sent high up into the air and the impact wave blew the red sand instantly away.
The hatches on all sides opened and smashed into the ground.
New combat vehicles rolled out from the airdrop cabins as they left trails of dust.
The new combat vehicle was called Pathfinder T-2. Compared to Pathfinder T-1, previously equipped for the colony, the new vehicle had higher tonnage, a hybrid track-design that replaced the rubber tires and rapid-fire guns that fired electromagnetic shells.
These improvements were designed to deal with extraterrestrial armor units that may appear near Mine 071. Except they did not expect that there would only be a weathered ruin under Mine 071 without any thing else in sight.