- Marsha's assault team is back!
- Accepted, - answered the astronaut and repeated the order to the whole group.
Short confirmation signals and an almost complete assault team are removed and leaving the bridge of this very blue ship.
Assault groups are an old invention, and Lieutenant Cosmoflot already knew it. Even on Earth in world wars, they gathered in one group of fighters of different specialties and sent them to do the impossible for ordinary troops. Then they gathered such groups of fighting machines... Cosmoflot continued and developed the theory.
The attack group of exoframes was equipped with the ability to perform any task of the command - in space or on the planet, on its own or someone else's ship. Two or three firing apparatuses, an air support vehicle, a light cargo shuttle, REB/REP/RER devices with operators, a command vehicle and a field technician.
In some groups the roles were combined, using the potential of astronauts to their full potential, but the principle remained the same - the group works as one organism.
Need to board someone else's ship in space? There is a shuttle ahead, dragging the whole squadron and at the same time a shield so that no one will be shot in the air, and everyone else will be behind it, a repairman is the first. Then in the enemy's ship, a hole is pierced by the repairman's units, where the firing apparatuses surrounding the REB soldier sneak in - with his antennas he is the first to knock out the same EMI.
Do you have to plump on the planet and put things in order? Ok. Firearms are distributed on guns of near, middle, and far distances, support from air supports, REB as always, the repairman on low start - as soon as something happens, and in fight something happens constantly, it is necessary to run and fix. And the shuttle, as the most flying, if strongly necessary, has to go to the bases and orbit.
And the commander always and everywhere looks at the eagle and sends only to the right places.
One by one, exoframes separated from another's ship and started to go home.
- A cool kitten. Big-eyed," Wolf's voice, the "tank", suddenly sounded. - I would have gotten myself such a blue house for fun. Fucking, like some people, is too much, and for fun - just right.
- Bronsky, as always - you heard the evil voice of the radio electronics.
- What about me? Didn't you see what was so fucking about them?
- Stop talking. Get ready to brake. - Their second tactic was cut short, Rita.
- Yes, commander.
- Three, two, one, impulse!
- All right, everybody's back, everybody's alive.
- I don't know about you, but I'll die if I don't eat something now.
- To the detachment - to rest. Wolf - dinner is waiting for you, don't be late.
- Thank you, commander!
But the astronaut did not hear the end of the phrase. Disconnecting with the exoframe did not bring any special feelings, that did not say - all "feelings" were felt by VI, not the pilot - but it was unpleasant to get out of the cozy shell purely psychologically. Especially not knowing and not understanding what is happening there now.
Let it all be not in vain. - The lieutenant prayed. - "Please."
Sometimes one person is actually able to turn the planet upside down. Only the rest of the planet, or even the whole system, can be a sufficient point of support.
That is not the largest and not the most important politician has managed to turn the world upside down. Literally alone, as long as everyone else didn't understand anything. They just didn't understand what was going on.
However, if it wasn't for the support... Two hundred years of earth scientists' work - the first article about the inertial field was published just before Armstrong's flight.
Hundred years of torment of Cosmoflot. The same hundred, but already works of designers and engineers. Year of work of factories. Thousands of imperceptible, insignificant at first sight and just secret exploits. And the result of all this is two ships with inertial field generators. In general, the first two, but at that time - only two.
Even against the urgent arrival of the Turanian squadron - not to play, two against twelve.
But that politician leaned on, turned the events inside out, confused and turned his head young, just three times his age, the girl Azari, and got his agreement on association. Practically on his own terms.
Moreover, he invited the commander of the Turanian army to be a witness - now it was almost impossible to keep silent about the agreement.