The shining Shoko Toyokawa

Satellite debris around the earth is like floating dust, rotating around the earth at high speed, from low orbit to high orbit, and there is no clean orbit at all.

This model also comes with several route options. Route 1 is similar to the route that Ain learned in class, which was the route taken by Apollo 11 to the moon.

It accelerates upward from a 200-kilometer orbit and flies to the moon in an S-shaped orbit. In this S-shaped orbit, the center of the upper part is the moon.

The lower half is the Earth, which is called the free return trajectory.

If the deceleration main engine fails to ignite when passing the Earth-Moon L1 Lagrange point, the orbit can be changed by the auxiliary engine. When passing the moon, it will enter the lunar orbit for a part of the journey and return to the earth with the help of gravity slingshot.

The round trip trajectory is a Möbius strip with disproportionate vertical and horizontal dimensions.

In this plan, the orbit for colonizing satellites is an alternative orbit.

The second one is more practical. By accelerating and climbing, the orbit between the spacecraft and the earth is stretched into an ellipse, with the earth nestled below.

The outermost point at the other end passes through the Lagrange point. Like the first option, if the deceleration engine is not started, it can also return to the earth through this elliptical orbit.

There is no doubt that the track in the second option is the safest and has the highest fault tolerance rate.

If there weren't so many satellite fragments suddenly appearing in orbit...

For the first and second options, due to the large curvature of the orbit, the predicted probability of colliding with satellite debris is about 80%.

Aiyin looked at the third plan. This plan was much more radical. It was almost heading straight for the L1 Lagrange point. If the deceleration failed, at this orbit and speed,

With the auxiliary engine, it is impossible to adjust the attitude to enter the lunar orbit, let alone return to the earth.

The Rabbit Hole will probably end up being a messy piece of space junk, which means death at the current level of space exploration.

The reward for this dangerous orbit is that the probability of collision given by the ground-based supercomputer has dropped from 80% to 50%.

"Half probability..."

It's hard for Aine to decide right away.

"Is that Ms. Noah?"

She asked Mr. Rabbit,

In fact, what astronauts can do is often quite limited. For example, if the ground tells her now: the collision rate is less than 5%, we have found an absolutely safe orbit... and other nonsense, Aiyin cannot verify it.

The reason why I told her the truth about this "temporary worker" at this last minute was that it would have been impossible without that lady's instruction.

This time, Mr. Rabbit did not reply, nor did he confirm the content of the call with Aine. Instead, he remained silent.

Although Micaiah Noa was nominally the boss of the Rabbit Hole, at a time like this, that was all the 'boss' could do.

"Xia Ya... Xiao Deng, Soyo... What should I do?"

"50%? This is definitely worth a try!"

Although she was hesitant, Aine smiled at the camera, "Let me try and see if borrowed wings can help me reach the stars."

"Sorry, everyone... I seem to be always doing things that are out of character..."

"But humanity cannot continue like this. Warm Mother Earth is the cradle of mankind, but for humans today, Earth is too small. We must reach out into space as soon as possible!"

"Mr. Rabbit, I received this. Rabbit Hole will ignite in 30 minutes and fly to the L1 Earth-Moon Lagrange point via the third orbit. Alice 2, please..."

At this point, the ground staff paused.

"be prepared."

Being well prepared does not mean memorizing more knowledge points before the exam.

Instead, be prepared for the possibility of your own death, which means... leaving a last word.

Because they boarded the spaceship in such a hurry, Aiyin didn't have time to write her last words.

When Aiyin watched some science fiction movies, she felt that if she were the protagonist, she would definitely not write a long and tedious will.

But leave behind words like; I will not die! Last words are just a placebo for the weak, such cool words,

But when she was actually in the vast universe and was told that there was a 50% chance of death, as expected... as expected, she still wanted to say something...

But what to say?

I don't regret boarding the spacecraft for the sake of human development. Is that a nice thing to say?

Or maybe she tearfully said that she missed everyone and wished she could go back to Earth right away?

At such a height and speed, if it hits space debris, a handwritten suicide note will be meaningless. In the end, Aiyin left her last words through a video transmitted to the ground.

"By the time everyone sees this video, I will be dead.

Please do not be sad because of my death, and do not hate the universe because of it. Compared to Mother Earth, the universe is the land full of hope."

Aine didn't cry. The expression on her face was as if she had been saved, or as if she was about to go on a pilgrimage.

“After coming to the universe, I felt this for sure.”

"If you miss me, just look up and see the stars in the sky."

"I'm...right here~"

In the end, Aiyin still couldn't say "I love you" to Xia Ya and everyone else.

because--

"If I say something like that, everyone will just be sad."

"Also, shouldn't you say "I love you" to someone's face?"

"Alice 2, please prepare, the third stage rocket will re-ignite in ten seconds."

Mr. Rabbit didn't hear Aine's last words, because the voice was too weak, too timid, belonging only to... the pink-haired girl herself.

"I'm ready,"

Aiyin said,

But ask yourself, is she really ready?

The answer is probably no, but sometimes, people have to move forward even if they are not ready.

"ten"

"Nine"

"Eight"

…………

The Suez Canal of the Pharaoh Kingdom has been bombarded for half a day by artillery shells and aerial bombs from Ji'an.

The high concentration of Minovsky particles has caused most conventional communications to fail, except for old telephone lines and communication optical cables.

Most of these facilities were destroyed by bombing and espionage.

Major Aiman, who was only 30 years old, led a squadron of Zakus, which used short-range laser communication to connect the entire division and serve as a "communication station" with the headquarters.

To put it in a more vivid way, each Zaku is a beacon tower. If the headquarters wants to convey any orders, they will pass them down one by one.

But now the orders from the division level can only be sent to the brigade level at most, and the lower level units, let alone the general headquarters,

Even the regimental command units did not know whether their subordinates were on the battlefield, whether they had fled, or... surrendered to the Ji'an people.

Major Aiman ​​himself did not know what was the point of maintaining such "communication" instead of sending the precious Zaku to the front line.

Are you going to command the command units of those divisions to fight to the death with the damn Ji'an people?

The orders from the headquarters kept changing. Three hours ago, the frontline troops were required to defend the front line.

An hour ago, the troops were ordered to disperse to prevent possible nuclear attacks.

The current order is even more ridiculous, requiring an entire division on the front line to retreat to New Cairo, reorganize and attack Old Cairo to recapture the White Horse.

You know, Cairo has a population of more than 20 million people in the Pharaoh Kingdom, accounting for one-third of the country's economy. The old and new Cairo covers the entire country's central administrative system.

If these two urban areas, which are 45 kilometers apart, have been attacked, is there any need for them to continue defending?

Judging from the style of the "political elites" in the past, it won't be long before they surrender.

The appearance of MS set off a massive resistance movement.

To be more precise, it is to give people who are already unable to survive a chance to fight for their lives.

However, the gap between big and small countries, strong and weak countries, has been widened due to the emergence of MS.

For example, Jian's third-generation MS, under the cover of Minovsky particles, were no longer afraid of any air defense system. They immediately airdropped into the Pyramid of Khufu and cooperated with the airborne troops to capture the White Trojan Horse.

The Pharaoh government, which did not react quickly enough, instantly lost the trump card of threatening the Jian people with blowing up the white Trojan horse.

So...it's doomed to fail...

After the order to retreat to New Cairo was transmitted, Major Aiman ​​gave his squadron the order to assemble.

Yes, not retreat, but assembly!

Under the cover of wind and sand, nine Zakus painted in desert colors gathered together in a low-lying area.

Major Aiman's subordinates waited for his explanation in confusion.

Most of the pilots were in their late teens and were air force cadets not long ago.

"We're going to fail,"

Major Aiman ​​opened the cockpit and took off his helmet so that all the pilots could see his expression.

"Major... failed? What does that mean?!"

“It means literally…”

Several armored vehicles drove across the road not far from the low-lying area and retreated at full speed. It was called retreat, but it was more like running away. They didn't even notice the Zaku in the low-lying area.

"That's what I mean."

The major controlled the Zaku and pointed at the fleeing armored vehicle. More military vehicles rushed across the road, as if being chased by something terrifying.

“Just like what our weak politicians have done over the years, constantly compromising with the people of Gyan!

I don't know if you have seen the Elstan refugees who were driven away by the people of Jian and fled to the border of our country.

They were slaughtered like cattle by the demons of Gian, and our orders were always to stand by! Stand by!

Even if the Ji'an tanks opened fire on us, our weak superiors would only say: "Get your ass killed!!!"

I believe you have all heard that this war was caused by the appearance of an aerospace battleship called the White Trojan in Cairo. You may think that it is just a new battleship.

Just like we are helpless against America's aircraft carriers, which continue to provide assistance to Ji'an,

We have all adapted to being the weaker party.

But this time it’s really different!

If America or Jian were to obtain that warship, and let their people board that ship and continuously enter space,

It will take less than 10 years... Ladies and gentlemen, I dare to say that in less than 10 years, our Pharaoh Kingdom will become the next Elstan!

America has long been eyeing the Suez Canal in our hands, and the "promised land" of the Ji'an people is even more enormous!

Everyone, if we don't do something, our relatives, our children, and our children's children will all become slaves of the Ji'an people!"

"Major, are we going to take back the White Trojan Horse?" a pilot shouted, "Then what are we waiting for! Let's get going!"

"no,"

The major shook his head slowly. "What reason did the Jian people have to attack us?"

"Use of nuclear bombs for terrorist attacks..."

The pilots looked at the major with some confusion. They didn't understand why the major asked such a question.

"But that was definitely not our doing," a slightly plump driver argued. "No one wants regional stability more than us. In this way, the Suez Canal can steadily generate huge profits for our country... Major, what do you mean?"

"Yes, that's right."

"Right now, the military forces deployed by Zeon and America on the White Trojan side are strong enough to handle the intervention of mobile suits from other major powers. With a machine like the Zaku, even if we rush over, it will be meaningless."

The major took off his rank from his cockpit and threw it out.

“Since the people of Ji’an say we are terrorists, then let us be terrorists for once!

It is no use trying to reason with the people of Ji'an. We must make those demons feel the pain and price!

Now we are less than 500 kilometers away from their capital.