Chapter 1000: Fleet

The Solar System, between Earth and Mars.

An inconspicuous fleet is sailing along a planned flight trajectory.

This fleet is composed of three Explorer-class medium cargo ships and twelve Golden Eagle Fighter ships.

Pioneer is currently sitting quietly in the command room of one of the Explorer-class medium cargo ships, watching the starry sky outside, his expression somewhat dazed.

This is already the fifth day since this fleet flew away from Earth, but even though five days have passed, whenever he looks through the ship's window at the seemingly unchanging starry sky outside, he falls back into a dazed state.

"So, the universe is this big!"

It is no wonder Pioneer is so unaccustomed to it!

Like the vast majority of Decepticons under Sun Cheng's command, he was born through his hands.

The reason why these Decepticons have such great differences in cognition and rationality compared to the Decepticons cultivated by the Decepticon Legion.

Pioneer feels the reason lies in the fact that they are all Decepticons born on Earth.

It has been over a year since he was sent by the Commander to garrison Trindade Island.

Pioneer did very well in the Black Market, to the point that even he himself thought he would remain on Trindade Island for a long time to come.

As a result, he did not expect that a few days ago, a sudden order recalled him to Base No. 2.

Thunder will replace him and go to Trindade Island to rotate duty for a period of time.

And Pioneer received a new Task from the Commander: to serve as the commander of this fleet, which is the first interstellar cargo transport fleet from Earth to Mars after its formation.

After more than two years of construction, the total number of Explorer-class medium cargo ships now in Base No. 2 has exceeded seven.

Five of them have been put into use, two are being fitted out, and one is in the final stages of construction.

As there are more and more of this type of medium cargo ship, Sun Cheng does not intend to let them sit idle on Earth and go to waste.

These three medium cargo ships will be sent to Mars, and for a long time to come, they will all be kept on Mars.

And Pioneer will serve as the commander of this cargo fleet, responsible for commanding this fleet from some mineral-rich areas in the Solar System, such as the Asteroid Belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, or further away in the Kuiper Belt and the Oort Cloud.

These regions have a large number of asteroids and comets, many of which are high-value celestial bodies rich in ore.

Perhaps the value of a single one or two of them cannot be compared to a mine on Earth, and the mining cost is not low.

But it cannot be helped that Sun Cheng has various systematic robot mining troops in his hands, and there are many high-value celestial bodies here.

If one is not enough, then ten; not to mention anything else, even the probes on Earth previously discovered that there are several asteroids in the Asteroid Belt suspected of containing large amounts of gold, or even asteroids entirely composed of high-grade gold ore; their value is an astronomical figure.

Although massive amounts of gold, whether flowing into the Earth market of the 【Transformers Universe】 or the real world, would cause turmoil in the financial order.

But Sun Cheng never thought of throwing it all out at once; continuous small shipments are easily digested by the huge market demand!

Moreover, gold as a metal, in addition to its monetary value, is also a practical metal with very high industrial value, and can be widely used in industrial categories such as the electronics industry, modern communications, and the aerospace industry.

Besides this, the satellites previously launched by the 【Academy of Sciences】 also captured some asteroids in the Asteroid Belt suspected of being rich in iron ore, copper ore, and other metals.

Such a treasure trove, rather than being left here idle and wasted.

Sun Cheng is more willing to develop it as soon as possible, so that even if he suffers a crushing defeat on Earth one day in the future, he can unhesitatingly abandon Base No. 2 in South America and rise again from Mars.

"Soldier!"

Pioneer suddenly spoke and asked, "How much longer until we reach Mars?"

In the ship's command room, a Decepticon heard this and immediately replied to him: "Your Excellency Commander, according to the Smart Brain's calculations, we are currently more than 40 million kilometers away from Mars, and at our current flight speed, we will arrive in 28 days."

Pioneer nodded; twenty-eight days is a time he can still endure.

The speed of the Explorer-class medium cargo ship is naturally slower than that of the Golden Eagle.

However, one can tell just by looking at its size; in a full-energy state, its cruising range can leave the Golden Eagle series of micro-ships behind by dozens of streets.

After all, it is a cargo ship capable of flying out of the Solar System and sailing through a sector of the galaxy along the way.

"Tell the escorting Golden Eagle Fighters to be vigilant! I remember that occasionally, Decepticon ships pass through this route."

The Decepticon Legion established on the Dark Side of the Moon has not had any major movements in the past few years, but small actions have never stopped.

Pioneer has seen their own detection data; the 'Star Orbit System', which has now been placed under the management of the 【Academy of Sciences】, has captured the traces of at least dozens of ship voyages taking off from the Dark Side of the Moon over the past year or so.

It is just that the Decepticon Legion does not seem to be seriously operating the base on the Dark Side of the Moon, or perhaps it is limited by the lack of resources on the Moon.

In any case, the ships captured by the 'Star Orbit System' that are suspected to be manufactured by the Decepticon Legion are only slightly larger than the Armed Transport Ships of the Golden Eagle series.

Although the observed images are not clear, according to the data summarized from dozens of shots, those ships manufactured by the Decepticon Legion, whose numbers are still unknown, can at most carry cargo ranging from several thousand to ten thousand tons.

However, even so, Pioneer has to attach importance to it.

The 'Star Orbit System' captured some images of Decepticon Legion ships entering the Asteroid Belt to mine.

This time he was sent to Mars by the Commander precisely to be responsible for starting their own development of the Asteroid Belt and other resource-rich celestial bodies in the Solar System.

It would be one thing if the other side just competed with him for resources, but Pioneer also has to guard against possible attacks from the Decepticon Legion.

This time, before he set off, the Commander specifically called him into a lounge and gave him some instructions.

Actually, even if he didn't give instructions, Pioneer would be very careful.

In the past few years, although they and the Decepticon Legion are both Decepticons, they have had several fierce battles, and small-scale conflicts are countless.

Even Soundwave, one of the four giants of the Decepticons, and Astrotrain, known as the strongest Triple Changer, died at their hands.

So Pioneer has to be vigilant against possible attacks from the Decepticon Legion.

"The order has been conveyed, Your Excellency Commander!"

After his order was conveyed, Pioneer once again looked quietly through the window in the command room at the seemingly endless starry sky outside.

"The universe, it's beautiful!"