Chapter 6: Boarding the Archangel

After the ZAFT forces began to retreat due to the hostage, Li Boyong sent a boarding request to the Archangel.

"Calling Archangel, calling Archangel."

"This is Second Lieutenant Li Boyong, belonging to the Montgomery."

"Given the situation that the mother ship has been destroyed, requesting to board."

A moment later, the Archangel responded, "This is the Archangel, boarding permitted."

After the Archangel opened the hatch and accommodated the Strike, Li Boyong began to maneuver the Mobius to land by referring to the guidance beam.

Perhaps because he was too relaxed after escaping death, Li Boyong didn't realize at all that this was actually his first time maneuvering a Mobius to land on a warship.

Even in the pre-battle training, he focused all his energy on how to pilot the Mobius for combat, and as a result, he didn't even conduct a single landing simulation.

After all, if you can't even live, talk about landing.

"After the Second Lieutenant enters the hatch, please decelerate to 10 and use the grappling hook to dock on the stabilizer."

A landing instruction came from the communication channel.

Li Boyong was bewildered for a moment and suddenly realized that he had no experience in landing an MA on a space warship, and he hadn't even had a single simulation.

Seeing that he was about to enter the hatch, Li Boyong hurriedly asked, "Which button is that grappling hook, and how do I use it?"

"……………………"

Sergeant Madok, the head of the maintenance crew responsible for landing instructions, felt terrible when he heard this sentence.

Hey, hey, is the Alliance Space Force sending even such rookies to the battlefield now?

Are you kidding me!

Seeing that the Mobius was about to enter the hatch and fall toward the catapult deck in front of the hangar, Sergeant Madok hurriedly explained the operation method concisely.

Li Boyong hurriedly followed suit, muttering the steps while operating.

"The button is in the upper left corner... switch the control stick to the grappling hook..."

"Aim... aim... at the crossbar in front of the stabilizer..."

"Finally, retract the grappling hook... dock on the stabilizer..."

Although it was a bit bumpy, under the guidance of Sergeant Madok, Li Boyong managed to operate it without any major mistakes.

As a result, just when the Mobius was about to stop steadily on the stabilizer, Li Boyong, who was extremely nervous, felt that the position was a bit off, and then subconsciously stepped on the gas...

As everyone knows, when a fighter plane lands on an aircraft carrier deck, if it doesn't catch the deceleration cable, it must immediately accelerate and take off again, then circle around and come back to continue landing.

Extremely nervous, he subconsciously applied his experience from aircraft carrier takeoffs and landings here, and then a tragedy occurred.

The Mobius lunged forward, and the Railgun lightly bumped into the catapult deck and the hangar's lift wall...

"That idiot rookie..."

Sergeant Madok covered his face in despair. The maintenance crew's work was going to increase by a lot again.

Although such a blunder occurred, after Li Boyong readjusted, he finally parked the Mobius steadily on the deck's stabilizer.

The moment the landing was completed, a message from the system appeared in Li Boyong's vision again.

【Mission】

Survive the encounter battle where the Eighth Fleet's advance team is about to be annihilated, and board the Archangel. (Completed)

Then... there was no then...

After this broken system sent such a nonsensical message, it went silent again.

Li Boyong felt a bit of a headache. You call this transmigration.

It started with a hell-difficulty opening, and even if there was no awesome golden finger, it sent a system that only issued missions and didn't give rewards.

According to the routine, shouldn't there be a novice draw or something at this time?

After completing the accommodation of the Mobius, the Archangel closed the hatch and lowered the isolation wall, accommodating Li Boyong's Mobius into the hangar.

Li Boyong immediately unbuckled his seatbelt, opened the hatch, and left the Mobius.

He saw the busy maintenance crew, and also saw the Strike and Zero parked on the side, as well as a brown-haired boy questioning a blond man about something.

"Why do such a thing? Is using hostages the way of the Earth Army?"

"It is precisely because our strength is insufficient that such things happen."

This scene, exactly the same as in the anime, gave him a strange yet familiar feeling.

But it was also this familiarity that gave him the real feeling that he had truly transmigrated into the SEED world.

Just as Li Boyong was feeling a bit emotional, he heard someone calling him. Li Boyong looked over and saw a bearded maintenance uncle yelling at him. The voice sounded like the person who had just guided his landing.

"Hey, rookie over there, what was that terrible landing just now?"

"Were you scared out of your wits by the MS?"

After complaining a few times, the bearded maintenance uncle continued: "The Captain and the First Officer are calling you to the captain's room to ask you something. Report the specific situation of the landing accident to the captain yourself. We were already short-handed, and now you're adding this trouble to us."

Li Boyong remembered that this should be the maintenance uncle on the Archangel, another somewhat familiar character.

Although the other party's tone was very bad, Li Boyong didn't refute anything, after all, it was indeed his own accident during landing.

Mula Flaga and Kira, who were chatting unpleasantly over there, were about to leave the hangar. Seeing this, Li Boyong followed them to the pilot's locker room.

Unfortunately, the atmosphere in the locker room was really awkward and not philosophical at all. Li Boyong tried to say a few words tentatively, but unfortunately, neither of them paid any attention to him.

Sure enough, I am not the protagonist, just a passerby grunt pilot.

Li Boyong had to change into a temporary military uniform and was led to the captain's room by a soldier.

"Report, Second Lieutenant Li Boyong brought."

"Please come in!"

After the report, Li Boyong entered the captain's room.

As soon as he entered, he saw two female officers sitting inside.

One had long brown hair. I don't know why, even though she was in a military uniform, wearing it on her gave people a gentle and intellectual beauty, rather than the heroic spirit that a female soldier should have. She was the captain of the Archangel, Captain Murrue Ramius.

And the other one with short black hair was the First Officer, Second Lieutenant Natarle Badgiruel. She was just like the impression the anime gave people, a serious female soldier with a strong and upright style.

The atmosphere between these two was also a bit awkward. Li Boyong guessed it might be because of the hostage issue.

Fortunately, Li Boyong's arrival barely broke this awkwardness, after all, the necessary procedures had to be done.

After a simple routine questioning, Li Boyong, the only survivor of the advance team, was incorporated into the Archangel's establishment, and then was immediately asked by Badgiruel to write a report on the landing accident just now.

Really didn't leave any face at all.

Li Boyong remembered the self-criticism he was asked to write in the past, and suddenly felt a bit off in his heart.

Can't you be a little friendly to the orphans who survived from the friendly forces? I'm so sad about losing so many comrades, how can you ask me to write some report? Really no sympathy at all. ===== CHAPTER 7 =====