episode_0491
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The Firenia Galaxy under the influence of the Lazarian family.
As it was ruled by Lazarian, who was famous for energy technology, it was characterized by having a more advanced energy infrastructure than other galaxies.
‘Well, it’s a story that doesn’t have much meaning in the unexplored universe of the frontier anyway.’
The Ignis system, Lazarian’s capital system, was a place that made me feel familiar because of its name, but the place I needed to go was a remote planetary system far away.
It is also a place that has not been explored yet, so only space coordinates exist and the rest of the information is unknown.
Can not help it. Although his identity was officially registered, it was obvious that something bad would happen if he even showed himself in the Archduke family’s capital planetary system.
So, I lied to Jaden Aurelian, saying that I had business in Serapian’s realm. It would be bothersome if I heard that information and started to place surveillance on my destination.
“Just as the rural and urban landscapes are very different in reality, the same goes for space civilization. It is natural that the further away a peripheral planetary system is from the capital planetary system that is directly influenced by the noble family, the lower the population density and the lower the average overall technology level.”
Maria nodded and said, as if the joy of gaining a body had not disappeared even after a few days.
“Moreover, the place we are going is an unknown space that has not been explored at all.”
“That’s right. Still, it’s not all bad.”
Maria’s explanation continued.
The unexplored universe was the representative stage of Star Capital, a game adaptation of Nova Empire.
As space was literally unexplored by mankind, it had the disadvantage of not being able to use the infrastructure of a developed space civilization.
Instead, it was a kind of random box-like area with the potential to obtain the resources of an intact planet untouched by the Human Empire. Even if the exploration team discovered just one planet, it would be possible to make a living for generations.
Of course, it was not usual to have a probe, navigators, combat clones, and supplies to serve as the basis for the exploration.
It was said that exploration is not something that everyone can do.
‘It doesn’t matter because I defrauded the director and took it out.’
Anyway, since I was already in Nova Empire, it didn’t seem like a bad idea to go back and see some other planets.
If you’re planning on warping to unexplored space while avoiding people’s gaze anyway, it might be a good idea to try exploring on the side.
Exploring unexplored space.
Of all the things you can do before you die, how many are as romantic?
“Warp sail ready!”
Maria shouted with excitement.
“The destination is the ARC-204 planetary system in the Firenia Galaxy!”
A planetary system that has not been officially named, so only temporary classification names exist.
It was a place tens of millions of light years away from our current location, but with warp navigation, we could get there in an instant.
Like Maria, I shouted loudly on purpose.
“Okay, run warp sail!”
“Yes!”
As Maria spread her gloved hands forward, a soft glow of light emerged from the exterior of the probe. The silver metal surrounding the hull began to glow with a blue glow. A low-pitched vibration was felt from the xenon engine that the deputy director boasted about, and the entire probe seemed to be accumulating energy.
Uuuu
“There may be vibration, so be careful!”
Maria dutifully warned me.
“Enter warp in 5 seconds!”
As the probe maxed out the energy of its xenon engine, the surrounding stars began to become dimmer. I braced myself firmly in my chair and focused on the screen in front of me.
“5, 4, 3, 2, 1… WARP!”
With Maria’s signal, the probe suddenly began to move forward at incredible speed.
Kwaaa!!!
The space in front of my eyes was distorted and the starlight stretched out.
The planet Atlas, which was behind the probe, seemed to be moving backwards, moving far out of sight and turning into a small dot.
Everything around me gathered into one point, as if I was being sucked into a tunnel of light.
As the probe broke through the wall of space and time, everything became surreal. As it exceeded the speed of light, the universe itself seemed to be twisting and rotating.
The cockpit screen no longer showed the exterior of the probe. As if I had entered a sea of meteor showers, the scene of brilliant lines of light overtaking me was repeated over and over again.
I held my breath at the amazing sight before me. While the warp voyage was in progress, I felt like I was peeking into the secrets of space and time in a strange way.
At a moment when a few seconds felt like an eternity, the probe suddenly stopped. The surroundings became clear again, as if gliding gently to a halt on water.
The destination planetary system was spread out before my eyes. It traveled tens of millions of light years in an instant.
“Warp complete.”
Maria reported in a steady voice.
“Check coordinates. I have arrived at my destination.”
It was fun to see him breathe a small sigh of relief. Perhaps because it was her first time on warp sailing, even Maria seemed a little nervous.
“Check the status of the probe. Is there any part that was damaged while warping?”
“Yes!”
Maria conducted a hull inspection under my instructions.
In fact, hull inspection was not originally included in the navigator’s duties.
Basically, navigators could only engage in warp navigation and self-defense activities. This is because a security chip is inserted at the training center to prevent their outstanding brains from being misused in other fields.
But who is Maria?
Although she gained a new body, her essence was clearly artificial intelligence.
Even though she was able to control nanobots, there was no way that her actions would be limited by a chip the size of a fingernail just because she gained a body.
The chip was destroyed a long time ago.
‘If he found out that the security chip was damaged, Aurelian, who is very sensitive to the management of the navigator, would think that the intact navigator was stolen from me, but… ‘
According to Maria, even in the space age, criminal records are not shared across galaxies. Because if that happens, the work becomes unmanageable. It meant that once I entered Lazarian’s realm, there was nothing in this universe that could entangle me.
Therefore, it was also necessary to manage the navigator, the means of traveling between galaxies, more sensitively. One of the reasons was that only the Aurelian family could train navigators.
Maria said after quickly checking the status of the probe.
“There are no broken parts!”
“Really? Thank goodness.”
“Instead, I found something interesting. There was a kind of black box installed in the electrical circuit room system.”
“Black box?”
“I looked into the system, and it seems to be used to transmit information over a certain period of time.”
“… I thought I was just being ripped off. Did you hide something like that?”
I felt like I was taking Jaden Aurelian too lightly. I wasn’t very wary because I was easily fooled by the lie that I was an Inquisitor, but I didn’t know they would use such a tactic.
“The information we warped here didn’t get passed over, right?”
“Yes, as soon as I discovered it, I disabled it through hacking.”
Fortunately, Maria, who had a brain with enormous computational power, took precautions.
Jaden Aurilian will soon find out that his device has been discovered if no information is received from the black box. But we won’t know where we moved to.
Maria continued.
“During the inspection, I looked at the specifications of the probe again, and it was clearly a probe that was a waste to just give away. I think I probably thought the master was an inquisitor and went a little too far to get that information.”
“In the end, we only did good things.”
Of course, even as we entered the space age, the fact that information is power was a truth that had nothing to do with reality. They were probably planning to secretly monitor the Inquisitor’s movements and use them somehow.
“I’m glad that my body’s performance seems to be usable.”
“Yes! I really like it! Should I say that the performance of this body is better than that of equipment in reality, making it feel like it is flying? Long live SF!”
Her hair flowed as Maria took off her helmet.
That was the reason why Maria’s body was finally created.
It would be satisfactory if it could at least perform as well as real-world equipment, but the conditions were quite stringent. At the same time, in order to utilize her strengths, she had to be able to access the network even though she was a human body, not an android… It was fortunate that Nova Empire had the perfect navigator.
“Have you ever developed any kind of superpower?”
“Hmm… I don’t know about that yet. It’s definitely sturdier and stronger than an ordinary human, but I don’t feel any special sensations.”
“It’s okay. I’ll teach you martial arts, so learn it slowly.”
I comforted her, who was a little sullen.
“Then shall we start preparing for the exploration? I think we should start by looking at planets that are nearby.”
“No, I have something to do before that.”
“Something to do?”
Perhaps thanks to the martial arts story, Maria regained her energy and stopped trying to control the probe.
Perhaps because she was happy to have a body, Maria was very expressive of her emotions. She purses her lips and tilts her head with a question mark on her face.
I said, looking at Maria’s sparkling eyes.
“Let’s make a contract with me.”
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