There was an eerie silence in the atmosphere.

Renault did not speak.

Hill didn't speak either.

They just looked at each other silently.

After a while, Renault said, "You know what? Mr. Hill, your statement amounts to an accusation. ”

"It seems to me that I am just stating a fact." Hill smiled and replied, "Before I came, I checked the staffing on the Abrody. Captain Reynolds, there are forty-six officers on board the ship with the rank above you. Among them were four colonels, twelve lieutenant colonels and thirty majors. They are distributed in various positions to carry out their respective missions, and most of the others work on the ship, except for the commander-in-chief of the mech team. But they all died. ”

Renault replied, "As I said in the report, an emergency meeting was being held to discuss how to deal with the hunt of the gods. A fire of the energy cannon of the Divine Spirit Clan came at that time, and it was in the middle of the conference room, and everyone died. I didn't attend the meeting because I wasn't high enough, and I survived. ”

"Yes. I've even been to the Abrody to see it, and the conference room is really finished. ”

"It's not been more than 24 hours since the Abrody came to Earth, and you've done so much, and you're really efficient."

"I would take this as a reward and ask my superiors for a promotion, although most of them won't care." Hill replied, "Let's get back to business. Although the conference room has been completely electrolyzed, I noticed that the location of the conference room is not actually next to the starship, it is located in the belly of the starship, and there are at least twelve detached pods between it and the starship deck. In fact, the Starship design was designed to protect the conference room from the very beginning, so it was designed to protect the conference room if it was shot during a meeting and cause the entire army to be destroyed. So in this case, how did the Gods get their energy cannon to hit the conference room with one shot? ”

Renault replied: "I admire your seriousness, but what you say is on paper, and in fact there are still some flaws in the design of the Abrody." ”

"Oh?" Russell Hill was interested.

Renault has continued: "These deficiencies are mainly in the life-sustaining system. Since the life-sustaining system is key to ensuring the survival of the ship's occupants, it must be present in every corner of the ship. Although there are a large number of detached pods between the conference room and the fleet shell, the life support system runs through all these barriers, resulting in a direct line between the conference room and the fleet shell. If the Protoss' energy cannon attacks here, and the energy shield happens to be insufficient in defense, the overflowing energy will directly enter the conference room along the life support system, killing everyone there. ”

Hill's eyes narrowed, "That means they have to be very accurate." ”

"Yes."

"Do you think there's a high chance of this happening?"

Renault thought for a moment, shrugged his shoulders and said, "About a 1 in 100 million chance." ”

Hill laughed, "It seems that their luck is not good, but your luck is obviously good. ”

Renault replied, "Believe it or not, Investigator Hill, I never saw this as luck. Captain Jerram is an excellent captain and I am saddened by his passing. ”

"Maybe, who knows." "Is it right that every wicked man looks like a good man until he is proven?" ”

Renault did not speak.

The questioning continued for a while.

Hill kept asking.

His questions were tricky and scathing, as if sitting in front of him was not a mechcommander or the temporary captain of the Abrody, but a prisoner being interrogated.

Reynolds' expression remained calm.

He accepted the cross-examination as if nothing had happened, answering all the questions appropriately.

But this obviously didn't satisfy Hill.

He said: "I noticed that in your file, I could not find any information about you before you became a mechanic. Can you tell me why? ”

Renault spread his hands: "Maybe it's because there's nothing to record." ”

"Maybe someone deleted it, right?" "I don't know why someone would delete your past files, but I believe that sometimes it's not that hard to get history back," Hill said. ”

"That's your business." Renault shrugged.

Hill smiled: "Okay then, I'll ask here today, I hope I didn't bother you too much." ”

Renault raised his glass: "Can you drink now?" ”

"I don't want to be drunk and report to my superiors, that would reduce the accuracy of my report in the eyes of the superiors." Hill replied with a smile.

"In that case, I don't want my good intentions to turn into a conspiracy." Renault put down his glass.

Hill gets up to say goodbye to Renault, who escorts him to the door.

Standing at the door to leave, Hill suddenly turned around and said, "By the way, Commander Renault, I don't seem to have asked you yet, how do you know how to fly a starship, right?" ”

Renault nodded.

"So can I ask now?"

Renault thought for a moment and replied, "In a dream." ”

"In a dream?"

"Yes, in a dream. A wonderful, fantastical and longing dream......"

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After the orientation, Renaud returned to the dormitory and had a good night's sleep.

In the dream, he dreamed that he was swimming in a starship in a sea of stars, and standing next to him was the girl named Claire.

Waking up early in the morning, Renault went to report to the starship command system as required.

The Alpha Military Academy has eight branches: the Naval Branch, the Mecha Branch, the Communications Branch, the Planetary Geology Branch, the Engineering Branch, the Weapons Branch, and the Power and Energy Branch, each of which has a different department.

Since the Alpha Military Academy is known for its ability to train excellent captains, the Ship Branch is the number one favorite in the Alpha Academy, and the first department in the branch is the Starship Command Department, which is also the most difficult department to enter.

Every year, the starship command department of the Ship Branch only admits 600 cadets, and most of these 600 cadets will eventually be eliminated, and usually only more than 100 people can obtain graduation certificates.

When Renault arrived, the class was already sparsely populated.

They saw Renault and mostly waved at him in a friendly manner. In last night's racing race, most of the people had been helped by Renault and were full of affection for him. Of course, there are also people who are clearly not so appreciative.

Renault noticed that there was a gaze on him, with a strong fighting spirit.

It was a guy with strong muscles, a bald head, and a well-developed limb that was more suitable for going to the Mecha Academy.

When Renault walked past him, he said: "Yesterday you won, but I will win it back." Remember my name, my name is Paron Sfeld, and I'll be your biggest rival among the Command Students! ”

Renault didn't say anything and took a seat in the back row.

"Hey, hello. Renault, I'm Pol, Philip Bol, from Arcturus, thank you very much yesterday. The neighbor stretched out an arm, and the owner of the arm was a young man with freckles.

"You're welcome." Renault shook his hand.

Then people came up to him and shook his hand, and Renault quickly got to know most of the students in the class.

With flaxen hair, a young man who looks a little shy and shy is called Aden, a genius from Monida.

Hanks, a handsome blonde guy with a slender body and a pair of long legs and a pretty face that makes girls scream, is from Bosher and has a deep knowledge of cosmic astronomy, and can tell the knowledge of most galaxies in the galaxy like a treasure.

Li Zonghan, who has black hair and black eyes, is from Longhuaxing and is good at intelligence collection and analysis.

There is also the white and chubby Cow Follen, who is good at optical brain program invasion.

As for Sfield, as Renault guessed, he was good at martial arts, and what really surprised him was that this guy was from the Devil's Triangle Star Field, you must know that it was a place where star thieves were rampant, and Philip Ball was good at spectrum analysis.

"What about you?" Someone asked Renault, "What are you good at?" ”

Renault thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "I was admitted and I didn't have any training in this area before, so I guess I'm not good at anything." If you have to do it, being able to drive a classic car is a specialty. ”

Everyone laughed together.

Someone said, "That's not going to work, Renault." As the captain of the ship, you and I are both the ones who will be the captain of the ship in the future. As a captain, you'll have to have some tricks to keep the people below you down. ”

"Really? I don't think so. A voice suddenly rang out outside.

An old man with gray hair was standing at the door, wearing a straight general's uniform, his expression was very kind, with a kind smile on his face, he looked at the group of cadets and said, "You are here to learn how to become a captain, and your future is to manage various departments such as communications, mechas, flight, energy, etc., not to become them!" Therefore, mastery in a certain aspect is not the standard of becoming a good captain, excellent overall view, keen insight ability, excellent management ability, solid professional foundation and a little courage are the most needed traits to become a good captain. ”

The students were stunned by the words, and it took a long time for someone to react: "May I ask ...... you are?"

The old man replied: "My name is Marshall, the dean of the Alpha Military Academy, and I have always been personally responsible for the classes of the Starship Command Department. ”