Chapter 3340: Starship Sets Sail (Part 1)

Manhattan in the morning light is like the prologue of a steel symphony. The spire of Stark Tower pierces the pale cyan mist.

The steel cables of the Brooklyn Bridge reflect the silver-gray cold light in the morning sun, and when the figure of Captain America, who is jogging in the morning, sweeps across the bridge deck, it is like notes jumping on the strings of a steel harp.

A burst of gray mist drifted by. Schiller, carrying breakfast, stood on the railing and waved to Captain America.

"Good morning, Captain, this is yours." Schiller threw a paper bag to Captain America.

Steve opened the bag and saw it was his favorite frosted sugar donut and butter toast. Schiller handed over a cup of hot American coffee, and then said: "How is Carter? I heard there was a problem during production?"

"It's okay." Steve said, "The child made some noise when he was born, but no one was hurt. Carter's physical strength was consumed too much, and she rested in the hospital for more than two months before being discharged."

"What did the mutants say?"

"They said the child is still too young, and it is difficult to test the specific situation of mutant abilities now, but the hospital's result is that there are no physical defects. God bless."

Seeing that Steve didn't want to say more, Schiller didn't pursue it. After all, the child had already been born, and detecting the specific type of mutant ability was just a matter of time. Having no physical defects could be considered fortunate.

"By the way, that little guy..." Steve said while taking out a donut from the bag, walking to the railing and saying, "New York hasn't had such an energetic Spider-Man for a long time."

"I can hear that you have tried your best to be tactful, Captain." Schiller smiled and said, "Sandman was chased by him for two nights, and Dr. Otto simply took annual leave. Even little Osborn was almost lifted off the test version of the personal hoverboard. The only good news is that he doesn't know Gwen yet, and the Parker couple doesn't have to take a detour to work."

Steve shook his head helplessly and said: "Peter was also like this when he first acquired spider abilities. I will watch him as much as possible."

Schiller just wanted to say something, when a loud shout came from the sky, a shiny spider silk wrapped around the steel cable of the Brooklyn Bridge, and the red and blue figure landed in a standard superhero posture.

"Spider-Man!" Steve raised his voice and said, "I told you that you can't go on the bridge, this easily causes traffic jams!"

"Sorry, I just saw you guys." The young Spider-Man shook his head.

Schiller handed a paper bag to him, and then said: "I know you are very excited, but don't be excited first. Eat breakfast first."

Steve gave Schiller a disapproving look. Schiller signaled him to be impatient. This new Spider-Man is more lively than the young Peter, probably because the original Spider-Man was designed to better fit the teenager style, and his characteristics of being active, talkative, and somewhat reckless in doing things were magnified.

After meeting Peter in the Battleworld, he kept clamoring to come over to play. After Peter brought him over, he was transferred to Neptune to do a project, and this little Spider-Man became a "let-go-and-lost". He has been jumping up and down in New York for the past few days to harass "criminals".

Most of the criminals in Schiller's universe are no longer criminals, such as the Sinister Six, Venom, Doctor Octopus, etc., are now diligent office workers. This Spider-Man always jumps out on their way to work to compare notes with them, and everyone is annoyed to death.

Seeing that he is young, no one cares about him, and the members of the Avengers are busy with their own things and have no time to manage him.

Peter thinks this is his responsibility, so he simply shook Schiller back. Schiller did not disappoint him, and in terms of bringing children, he mainly has two words—spoiling.

Greed and Arrogance are different. Basically, as long as it doesn't involve principles, Schiller is encouraging education, no matter what the other party has done, praise it first.

New York's situation has not improved, but has become worse and worse. It wasn't until two days ago that this little spider didn't see the road when swinging spider silk, and was hit by the air train and broke his ribs, that he finally calmed down a bit.

But the good times didn't last long, Spider-Man's recovery ability was really too fast. Others would not lie down for a hundred days if they hurt their muscles and bones, he didn't even need to lie down for a hundred hours. In just two days, he restored his style again.

Looking at Spider-Man who jumped off the bridge happily again, Steve shook his head and said: "It's a pity that humans only have 24 ribs."

Then he looked at Schiller with some curiosity and said: "How is Neptune?"

Schiller smiled mysteriously and said: "Soon. Peter was transferred over, it should be entering the finishing work, perhaps there will be news of the test flight soon."

Steve couldn't help but be a bit excited. He squeezed the donut in his hand, and then said: "Really can't believe that humans are going to have their own starship... has the name been decided?"

"Of course. Asgard contributed a lot this time, so the first starship should be called Midgard."

Steve nodded, obviously very satisfied with the name, and said: "It should indeed be related to Asgard. This way, even if something happens later, they can't sit idly by."

"Exactly." Schiller affirmed his idea and said, "If it were called Human or Earth, it would be too embarrassing if it were sunk. But if it were called Midgard, the other party would have to weigh it before opening fire. Empty names are not as important as real safety."

"Did China agree too?"

"Yes, the literal translation of the Chinese name is 'Central Country', which has a certain degree of similarity with Midgard, which is very in line with their aesthetics."

"Then the test flight..."

"Of course you will be invited. I came to find you today to talk about this." Schiller changed hands to hold the coffee and said, "The Midgard fleet has two very important positions. One is the captain, and the other is the navigator."

"After consultation between China and the US, it was decided that the Ten Rings would serve as the captain. The US side will produce a navigator. Congress will push and vote for the candidate for this position, but it is just a formality, but the Avengers, SHIELD, and the Radiant Alliance all agree that you are more suitable."

Steve frowned slightly and said: "I can understand the captain, but what does the navigator do?"

Schiller shook his head and said: "In fact, the captain is not an actual position, more like an honorary title. Because although it is a starship, it doesn't really need anyone to drive it. Most of the daily navigation can be completed automatically."

"Let the Chinese serve in this position, mainly considering that once the starship has a problem, they can organize manpower to deal with it at the fastest speed, rather than waiting for the old men in Congress to vote. This is their institutional advantage. Possessing the honor of the captain title of humanity's first starship naturally requires bearing the responsibility corresponding to the honor."

"And the navigator's work is relatively practical and troublesome. You should know that for a starship, the most important thing is the jump capability. The newly built Midgard is equipped with a jump core provided by Asgard."

"Due to the need for breakthrough operations, Asgardian technology is particularly prominent in this regard. Whether it is distance, speed, or stability, it is second to none in the universe."

"But jump technology itself has certain flaws. After the jump function is activated, the starship is in a stagnant state. At this time, the starship is very fragile. Therefore, most advanced civilizations in the universe have jump traps aimed at large starships to counter the other party's assault."

"The edges of the territory of most civilizations will also arrange measures to restrict jumps. Many will not cause substantial damage to the starship, but once triggered, it will also cause many problems."

"An important position derived from the star fleets of advanced civilizations is the navigator. To be precise, it is a professional navigation team used to avoid risks in cosmic navigation."

"The main work content is to confirm the safety status of the dimension and field before each jump, communicate with surrounding civilizations, and require them to ensure the safety of the starship during the jump process."

"It looks like this on the surface, but there is actually more important work, which is to open up new routes. Every civilization that has developed to the period of cosmic colonization will open up several routes it is familiar with, communicate well with surrounding civilizations, and facilitate its own material transportation and diplomatic activities in the stars."

"Currently, humanity has almost no routes of its own. Most of them are borrowing Asgard's routes. And Asgard's routes are... a bit too rugged for humans. We need to open up more stable and reliable routes. This is also the focus of our work for a period of time to come."

"Now is a good time. The conflict between the three major empires that has been stirred up is constantly escalating. Many civilizations within the war zone are too busy to take care of themselves, so they have no time to maintain certain golden routes. And we can take advantage of the void to complete our route network in the shortest time."

"High harvest naturally means high risk. For a period of time to come, all supernatural organizations on Earth will escort this newly established fleet. Asgard will also help. But the navigation team's investigation of the cosmic environment and grasp of opportunities is still the top priority."

Steve listened to the whole process with a serious face, and only opened his mouth after thinking for a few minutes: "Why me?"

"I know you want to say that there may be more and better candidates, such as Iron Man, or Nick. Strange is of course also fine. But in fact, their auxiliary work is more useful than going directly to the field, isn't it?"

Steve fell into long thinking again. Schiller didn't worry that he wouldn't agree. Captain America's sense of responsibility made him duty-bound.

He has participated in dozens of meetings in the past few days, most of which were discussing this matter. Of course, some people had objections, but in the end, the members of the Radiant Alliance overcame all opposition and determined the candidate for navigator.

Everyone has their own reasons for choosing Captain America. Schiller values his sense of responsibility, Nick values his physical fitness that can work without sleep, Stark values his leadership ability, Strange values his relatively excellent human appearance, and mutants value his daughter who possesses the X gene.

It can be said that Captain America's taking office is the expectation of the public. Almost all forces on Earth will provide him with support. But this still requires him to make up his own mind. After all, the universe is still a dark forest for humans, and the more important the work, the more danger it is accompanied by.

Steve didn't think for too long. He must understand that this is the best result. He swallowed the last donut, drank up the coffee in his hand, looked at the New York skyline in the distance and nodded, as gentle and firm as ever.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 3341 =====