Chapter 216 - 216

V.15

Back in GT, Dianna and Ash are having a discussion about how they can rescue commander Markos' grandson. That's right, it's rescuing, not a search. 

In a short time after the meeting with Commander Markos. Ash was already able to search for the location of Markos missing Grandson. It's not that difficult like Ash has said. Using the network Legion have painstakingly set up as long as they know the ship's energy signatures, they can quickly scan all the sectors under Legion's surveillance tower. 

In order to better do the job that Arc has entrusted to him, that is to protect GT and Liberty as well as Earth. Legion has set up communication towers as well as beacons that can be used as surveillance systems. 

Legion built hidden towers surrounding the solar system as well as the sectors surrounding it. It's a painstakingly slow and challenging job for anyone or any organization to do. But for Legion, it's only a matter of resources. The towers need to be hidden and protected as well. So in the last few months, Legion has systematically placed surveillance towers on every sector surrounding Earth. 

And he just keeps on expanding it.. 

Using that system, Ash was able to locate Markos' missing grandson quickly. Since they know the energy signatures of the escape pods. 

It's different from the missing shadow units, as they have no idea what ship or if they even managed to use escape pods. 

They are looking for a way to rescue them or how to retrieve them without alerting the Ganesh. That's right, for some reason, the escape pods of Markos' grandson ended up in Ganesh territory several hundred light-years away from where they were attacked. 

GT can easily retrieve them if they dedicate a whole squadron to rescue them or have Legion do it. But Dianna will not reveal their secrets to save commander Markos grandson, no matter how much Commander Markos values him. 

To GT, he is just a nobody. 

The only option they have is to enter in stealth. GT was able to develop several sh.i.p.s capable of stealth that even with enemies advanced technology, would still be hard for them to detect. 

But the problem is the ship in question is also a secret. 

Of course, they can also inform Commander Markos of his grandson's location and have him do the rescuing himself. They are pretty sure commander Markos would be able to find a way to rescue his grandson despite the emergencies in GFA. 

But doing so would lessen the value of commander Markos indebtment to them. Not unlike if they rescue his grandson for him. It is a debt that even commander Markos would not be able to pay so easily. 

In the end, they ended up giving the task to the fallen angels. According to Tiffa, if the fallen angels managed to rescue commander Markos' grandson along with other VIPs, its perfect publicity for GT. 

And besides, fallen angels are also equipped with stealth functions, it's a standard stealth module only upgraded using GT latest technology, and no one will question their existence. After all, the sh.i.p.s that The Fallen Angels are using is a standard cruiser used by GFA armies. Of course, only in appearance, though its capabilities and functions have all been upgraded. 

The ship was a GFA's gift to the fallen angels after rendering their service and also by completing many missions under GFA. Back then, GT didn't have the capability to build battlesh.i.p.s yet, so many of GT's sh.i.p.s back then were purchased from other shipbuilders. 

But that was then, now GT is capable of building their own sh.i.p.s and much more. GT had grown to more than Arc could ever predict back when he got the system factory. Of course, he knew one day it would happen but not this soon. 

Even when Arc left to complete his mission, he surmised it would still take GT several years to build their very own sh.i.p.s. 

Especially since building a system factory capable of creating sh.i.p.s cost many Energy units, as even the cheapest is far from his reach. And for him, who relies heavily on the system factory to produce the items he is using, what does he know about building a ship? He can't even set up his computer by himself back when he just got the factory system, much less a freaking spaceship. 

But over the months, he was away. Future technology, a subsidiary company of GT, under the leadership of Abel Frankenstein and Leslie Deacon was able to create a very advanced space folding engine that could rival the engines used even in the main universe. And with that, the rest was easy to do. After all, GT has countless scientists working under them. 

SS-Grandline is the byproduct of that research. And that's only the start, as Future technology has come a long way, even though they haven't started selling the new engine yet. GT has reserved all of it, as they need them for their own sh.i.p.s. But despite that, Future Technology would soon be releasing their very own fighter ship, which they named Solar Mk. Its capabilities were way above those of any sh.i.p.s used by any human superpowers. 

The ship design was from commander Markos. Its demonstration was also a great success. It was equipped with all the advanced equipment from Grand Advanced Technology or GAT. They produce all of GT's military products and also the subsidiary company under GT, responsible for all military equipment being sold. 

Commander Markos was very happy and proud of his favorite granddaughter. If not for the current situation, he would be celebrating and bragging to his colleagues about her. It's not like she needed it, being the youngest person to be awarded a Nobel prize for her research about folding technology. 

After finalizing the decision, Dianna requested Luna Lee, the fallen Angels leader, who was now considered a mercenary group, to accept the mission after they fulfilled their duty to GFA. Under Oda's order, they registered themselves as mercenaries and created mercenary groups under the same name. 

Unfortunately, under the two sisters' insistence, they forbid any man from joining the mercenary groups. After the two sisters who self-proclaimed themselves as The Fallen Angels managers, even Oda is powerless to contradict them. 

When the news about the fallen angels registering an all-female mercenary company was spread, countless female mercenaries applied to join. Unfortunately, the two sisters' standards are quite high, they need to pass a series of tests, but many were rejected even before they started the test. The reason being, the two sisters made only two requirements, but these two requirements are an impossible dream to many, especially the first. Which is Beauty and the second requirements are strength (Beauty and strength) that was the Fallen Angel's motto or what the sisters wanted them to be their motto. 

After all, the original fallen angels are all systems personnel. They have no need for fame and fortune, as their only goal is to serve their Boss or in this case, the two sisters of their Boss. 

The two sisters are very picky about who can join the fallen angels because they need them to be not only strong but also beautiful. 

Joining the Fallen Angels meant receiving a full contract with GT, and they will be given free supplies from GT, including weapons and equipment. 

That alone would make any mercenary want to join the group, not to mention the fame and glory they would get. 

But the mission given by Dianna is a secret one, and only the system personnel are allowed to participate, for they are going to use some weapons and equipment that cannot be allowed to be revealed to the public. Meaning the video they will take will be strictly edited before being released to the public. 

After all, almost all the missions undertaken by the fallen angels except those secret missions, were released to the public as a way of publicity. And to promote the weapons and equipment of GT. 

But this time is different; they are not allowed to show any of the new equipment they will be using as many of them are secret weapons under the GT army. 

Of course, Luna accepted it without hesitation. In fact, she likes this kind of mission. After accepting the mission, she and her team headed over to Messiah to receive their new equipment, and Ash would be coordinating with them as their tech support. 

Meanwhile, in an unknown cave somewhere in the asteroid field. 

There are a group of people huddled together around a small campfire. Luckily the escape pods they used are for VIP, meaning it's loaded with resources they can use for an extended period of time in case of emergency.

But unfortunately, all the communication equipment they possessed was destroyed by themselves in order for the Ganesh to not to detect them when they were escaping. And because of the emergency, they launched the warp sequence without confirming their destination, but who would have thought that in all places they warped into, they ended up in Ganesh territory. It's like how that saying goes: out of the frying pan and into the fire. 

EDITOR: King of Mortals