After Chiron's mechanical fleet made a surprise attack on Earth and failed, their robots rarely stopped for a while, allowing the Planetary Alliance, especially the humans on Earth, to breathe a sigh of relief.
However, although there is no major war for the time being, certain war preparations of the Planetary Alliance have no intention of stopping.
For example, large-scale upgrades of shields, energy and naval gun weapons can be carried out on ships, especially the Orville, a dexterous and fast medium-sized ship and above.
And when the Orville went to a certain space station shipyard of the Mokran people to undergo a one-day upgrade, that is, when the power of its plasma cannon was increased by 30%, the capacity of the particle fish was also increased by 10%.
After Twenty-One and prepared to leave, the Orville received a temporary mission from Commander Halsey, saying that they were asked to send two researchers from the Moklan Institute to a certain place and a Moklan.
scientific research ship for handover?
Although Captain Ed was a little annoyed about that kind of thing, he had no reason to refuse, so he agreed.
Soon, the next day, two Moklan men took up residence on the Orville with large gifts.
Somewhat surprisingly, Ed and others, who originally thought this was a normal transportation mission, unexpectedly discovered that there was an abnormality in the power consumption in the cabin where the passengers were located?
Therefore, in line with the principle of humane management and trying not to offend the passengers, Ed ordered the second officer Petrus, who was also a Moclan, to go and check what was going on.
result……
Petrus discovered an anomaly and saw that there was a Moklan girl protected by life support and anti-scanning shields hidden in the large suitcase the two of them were carrying?
Obviously, that was the reason why the two of them used a lot of electricity immediately after moving into the cabin of the Orville, because both the life support device and the anti-detection device required a lot of energy!
As a result, the two people claimed that the Moklan girl was their child. Because the Moklan planet did not allow women to exist, they took the baby girl to seek asylum on other planets. The reason why they did not tell them was because they did not want to cause trouble and cause trouble.
Sincerely requesting help from Petrus?
In the end, Petrus, who had always been brooding about something, of course helped the two men hide it on the spot without even thinking about it, and also lied to the bridge to make the Orville believe them.
People do have a legitimate excuse for needing a lot of electricity.
In this way, the matter of two Moklan engineers carrying a Moklan 'baby girl' was temporarily suppressed by Petrus.
And until they arrived at a certain star field and met up with a Moklan scientific research ship that came to meet them, and successfully handed over the personnel, and until the Moklan scientific research ship left, the matter was not exposed.
Regarding this, Second Officer Petrus thought that the matter was over, but he didn't expect...
Shortly after the two Mokran engineers left with the baby girl, Captain Ed hurriedly called Petrus into the office for a lecture.
It turned out that it was because Petrus' son Topa, who also knew about the existence of the baby girl, accidentally let it slip. Then, his flag Kelden immediately took Topa to the captain and reported it?
Captain Ed, who didn't expect such a thing to happen under his nose, was of course furious and scolded the second officer Petrus in front of everyone. Then, he finally decided to
The purpose of tracking or even intercepting the Moklan scientific research ship was to determine certain things.
"alright!"
"Pertus, don't do this again!"
"You all get out!"
After explaining the reason and finishing the lecture, Ed waved his hand and with some headache asked the second officer Petrus, who had caused him big trouble again, and Kelly, Claire and others who came to participate in the lecture to leave first.
"Annie!"
"Can you please go out too?"
"Thanks."
Then, he found that a troublesome little girl who came to watch the fun and didn't mind it was still rolling on the sofa in his office. After seeing that the other party had no intention of leaving, Ed sighed and said
Continue to urge weakly.
"Na!"
(?ω?)
"Uncle Ed, after thinking about it, I think what Uncle Bertus did was right!"
(*^▽^*)
"If it were you, you probably wouldn't expose them, right?"
o(*?^?*)o
As she spoke, Anne suddenly sat up, just sitting on the sofa, swaying her feet, and asked cutely towards the uncle captain who was sitting behind the desk across the room.
"Didn't I just say that?"
"I'm not angry about Petrus's good intentions, I'm angry because he may have done bad things with good intentions and chose to hide the truth!"
"Think about it..."
"If those two people are human traffickers, if the baby girl is not their daughter, but a baby girl snatched from someone else's hands, and then they want to use this to do some unspeakable things to the Moklan people or Moklan customs,
What about people’s affairs?”
"The laws of the Planetary Alliance clearly stipulate that the customs and morals of various races must not be interfered with!"
"It's okay if this matter is not discovered. It is a task assigned by the commander of the headquarters. It has nothing to do with us. But the second officer of the Orville discovered it but did not report it. That means that the Orville
The number was also involved and chose to conceal and cover up. If the Moklan people are angered by this, it will seriously affect the friendly relationship between the Planet Alliance and the planet Moklus!"
"Especially now that our Planetary Alliance is at war with the Chirons and urgently needs the support of our allies, we should unite all the forces that can be united instead of actively creating conflicts within the alliance at this time."
"This is a very serious political incident. It is not as simple as Second Officer Petrus letting go of a little baby girl without permission."
Having said this, Ed sighed heavily and closed the holographic interface on the table with some annoyance, and then lay directly on the back of the chair where he was sitting, without concealing the look on his face.
An annoyed, depressed and tired look.
"Anyway!"
"I'm so disappointed with Petrus."
"His sympathy and empathy for the Moklan baby girl seriously affected his basic judgment as an officer. I think he was influenced and deceived by the two Moklan engineers!"
"If he chooses to report it directly at that time, at least we can let Claire conduct a comprehensive scan and identification of the baby girl. As long as it is confirmed that it is indeed the daughter of those two people, then things will become much easier to handle."
"But it's too late to say anything now!"
It was indeed too late, because he was not sure whether he could catch up with the Moklan scientific research ship.
The key is, if they can't catch up, it's okay, but what will they do if they catch up? Should they directly use force to intercept them, or should they try to persuade the other party with words to surrender?
No matter how he thought about that kind of thing, he found it very difficult to handle, because the Moklan scientific research ship must know the truth. Even if they caught up, the other party would only argue, otherwise there would be no need to use them Orville
Used the number as a cover and transported people out?
"Is that so?"
(°ー°〃)
"Then we really have to wait and see after catching up."
(*?︶?*)...:
First she blinked and thought about it, and then she was a little noncommittal, not thinking that there was anything to dwell on about that kind of thing.
"Didn't I already give the order?"
"If the place those two people are going to is consistent with what they told Petrus, then there may be no problem, but if it is different, the problem will be huge."
"At that time, as insiders, we on the Orville will have to be dry emotionally and rationally."
"Anyway, this is not a good thing. I thought it was just a simple way to drop someone off and act as a taxi, but I never thought..."
At this point, Ed sighed again and rubbed his temples with a headache, and then stopped talking.
"Um……."
(?~?)
"In other words, everything is the fault of the two informers in the Petrus family?"
?(′?`*)
"If they hadn't come here to snitch, none of this would have happened, right?"
(????)
"I just can't believe what that little brat said. He obviously agreed with Uncle Petrus to help keep it a secret, but in the end, his mother Kelden came to report it, and then that bad uncle Kelden came again.
You are here to tell the truth..."
⊙﹏⊙‖∣°
"really!"
(′?︵?`)
"It's all that little rascal Topa's fault!"
(?╭╮?)
Anne bit her fingers and began to analyze them one by one, and quickly identified the real culprit of this matter, that is, the second mate, Uncle Pettus's family, who was very good-looking, and his body was growing very fast, and it was less than half a year old.
It's the fault of the little brat Topa who is much taller than her!
(…)
(●￣?￣●)
"No!"
"Both Topa and Kelden did nothing wrong, it was Petrus who did!"
"Don't talk nonsense."
Shaking his head in confusion, Ed didn't think there was anything wrong with the actions of Kelden and Topa, who came to report the situation to him.
After all, Ed is the captain of the Orville. That Petrus shouldn't have made decisions on his own and even teamed up with outsiders to hide and deceive him!
"besides!"
"Correction!"
"Kelden is Topa's father, and Petrus is the mother. Anne, please don't get confused again."
"As for Topa..."
"No matter what, he is still less than one year old, so it is normal for him to spill the beans. I really can't blame him for this."
After speaking in deep thought and slumping his shoulders, Ed didn't think there was anything wrong with Kelden and Topa coming to him immediately and reporting the situation.
"Huh?"
(?'?'?)??????
"Uncle Petrus is actually Kelden's wife?"
(????)?
"Isn't that right? People always thought he was the father of that little Topa kid!"
(?△?;?)?
In a rare moment, Annie exclaimed and stood up directly on the sofa, with a look of surprise on her face. It was obviously the first time she heard such outrageous things.
"This issue is indeed confusing, and it is sometimes difficult for me to understand the Moklan people."
"but……"
"I heard that their family relationships and identities often change?"
"But no matter what, the one who laid the eggs this time is always Petrus, so his identity is the mother, which is indeed correct!"
"But usually, Petrus says Kelden is his wife..."
"So, if Kelden lays the eggs next time, maybe their family identities will be reversed again?"
"Forget it!"
"Why am I telling you this? Even I got a little confused myself!"
Halfway through, Ed himself burst into laughter, and then waved his hands, not intending to continue talking to Annie about that boring question.
"Anyway!"
(????)
"That Kelden is a bad guy!"
(???3?)
"People still remember that the last time, the little villain Topa hatched from the egg laid by Uncle Pettus was the one who got in the way and caused the lawsuit to fail!"
??(??￣?￣)????
Anne suddenly understood a key point and exclaimed as she told her about something that had happened in the past, that is, the bad thing that she was not involved in that time.
"..."
Hearing Annie's words, it was rare that Ed didn't refute, but just frowned slightly and thought deeply about something.
"but!"
ε=(′ο｀*)))Alas!
"I suddenly feel that Uncle Petrus is so pitiful. All the people in his family have backbones and only help outsiders, especially that bad guy Kelden..."
(O ^~^ O)
Anne also saw it just now. This time, it was the same Kelden who came to make trouble and snitch. It was also the same as the last time and the last time. Now this seems to be the third time. The other party has been with the unlucky Bertou several times.
Uncle Si's rebuke to Qian Qian was indeed a bit excessive.
If it were her, she, Head of State Anne, would not care about what is right or wrong. She would help her family first before talking about anything else. It would be easy to conceal and cover up, and the opinions of outsiders would be irrelevant.
She won't care!
(…)
(????)
"Stop it!"
"Annie, it is difficult to determine the right and wrong boundaries of some things. It is related to each other's positions. Let's not discuss these things anymore, right?"
Hearing this, Ed quickly reached out his hand, because he really didn't want to discuss those profound issues with a little girl like Annie, not at all.
"A matter of position?"
(???.???)????
"However, when it comes to the issue of stance, people still find that the bad guy Kelden and the little villain Topa seem to have no stance at all!"
ヾ(^▽^*)))
"According to their position, shouldn't they stand on Petrus's side and support him unconditionally?"
(=^▽^=)
"Why did they come here to complain? What is their position?"
く(＾_?)ゝ
Annie counted on her fingers and thought again and again, but she still felt something was wrong. Anyway, Uncle Ed's statement in front of her could not convince her.
"No more!"
"I have a headache……"
"Headache……"
"I have to take a break!"
Ed covered his forehead in discomfort, groaned and lay down on the back of his chair again, as if he really didn't want to mess with Annie anymore.
"Annie..."
"I'm only thinking about one person right now, and that person's name is 'Jingjing'!"
"Do you understand?"
Ed knew that the longer he talked about some things, the harder it became to explain them, especially with Annie. He was really crazy just now, and he started talking like that... Moreover, the things he was concerned about now were not the things that the other party was curious about.
, he really didn’t want to continue chatting.
"..."
(????)
Of course Anne understood what the other party meant, so she glared at him angrily.
"All right!"
o(′^｀)o
"Uncle Ed, please take a good rest and calm down, and let's go see Aunt Kelly and the others?"
ヾ(⌒?⌒*)~?
After such a fuss, Annie felt that the originally sparse and ordinary thing seemed to suddenly become more and more interesting. Annie simply jumped off the sofa, and then did not say anything to a troubled and annoyed guy, and just cheered and cheered.
And go.
"Go for it!"
"Go and cause trouble for Kelly and the others, there are many of them!"
"As long as you don't come to my place to make trouble."
Seeing Annie leave and the cabin door quickly closing, Ed breathed a sigh of relief and said softly.
"??"
|?˙?˙)How are you?
soon!
When Anne came to the bridge, she saw Aunt Kelly, Robot Isaac, Bad Uncle John, Gordon Sham and others discussing something nervously.
It turns out that they had been busy for nearly half an hour before they managed to track and find traces of the ship that was obviously a Moklan scientific research ship but was actually doing spy work?
The other party deliberately concealed the plasma trajectory when leaving, so that Isaac and others took a long time to analyze and study it before they learned that it was not actually seeking refuge on Ritapu as the two people said, but ran to
On a planet hidden in an undetectable nebula?
"Pertus!"
"You see, they really have a problem!"
"You were deceived!"
"They are not seeking refuge on Ritapu!"
Seeing that Isaac had figured out the destination of the spaceship, first mate Kelly, who was exercising the powers of the captain at this time, knew without much thought that there must be a problem with the other party, and it was a big problem, so her expression instantly changed.
became harsh.
"..."
At this time, the face of Second Officer Petrus, who was standing nearby and staring at the scan results, of course turned ugly instantly, but in the end he still stood expressionless and said nothing, without trying to make any excuses.
.
"You're in big trouble!"
"And so are we. We are in big trouble!"
Seeing Petrus's reaction, Kelly paused, and finally sighed and shook her head, then looked at the helmsman Gordon who was on standby and ordered:
"Gordon!"
"Catch up as fast as you can!"
"I guess……"
"There must be some secrets hidden in that level six dark nebula that we don't know about!"
After saying that, Kelly sat directly in her first mate's seat and turned on the communicator at the same time, seemingly sending a message to a captain who was resting with a headache and informing him of the progress of the investigation.
"That's right!"
??(′?｀?)???
"Follow me!"
?(ˊ〇ˋ*)?
"People also think there must be something fun there!"
＼＼\?('ω')?////
Likewise, Annie, who was a little surprised to see the change of things, also jumped onto the captain's seat and gave orders in a crisp voice while jumping up and down.
"..."
Seeing Anne's joyful expression of not taking it too seriously, the first mate Kelly on the side turned his head angrily and gave her a big eye roll, but until the end, he still didn't say anything more.
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Chapter completed!