What surprised Ed was that when they returned to the Orville and sent a message to the Planetary Alliance Headquarters to explain the situation, and then successfully recruited two other Alliance warships to take over the matters related to the giant eco-ship,

The commanders of the headquarters did not criticize them for their reckless behavior. Instead, they praised him verbally, which made him feel a little surprised and flattered.

But no matter what, under the maintenance and training of the Planetary Alliance, those human beings who had lived in the inner-circulating ecological circle for at least two thousand years and had just completed the revolution were finally able to set sail again and embark on their journey.

A long journey to a habitable planet.

Based on some cosmic consensus, the people of the Planetary Alliance did not give the other party a more advanced quantum engine, nor did they interfere with the other party's colonial behavior. Even the members of the alien intelligent race would not agree with those two people who have lost their way.

A tribe that has lasted for more than a thousand years and has reproduced for dozens of generations is not what Ed and the people of the Planetary Alliance Command need to care about.

And the same!

Whether the engineers of the Planetary Alliance have obtained those important ecological data, spaceship data, and hull data that can shield detection by helping others repair the spacecraft engine, that is not something that Ed and others can intervene and dare to ask.

of.

Anyway!

Amidst the grateful praises of the humans who had provided assistance 'free of charge' and on the ecological ship, Ed, Anne and others, as well as the Orville, quickly set sail again and continued on their journey to explore the borders of the Covenant territory.

and surveying and mapping to supplement the journey of star maps in various remote areas.

"captain!"

"We received an emergency distress signal from the Gatria galaxy!"

"confirmed!"

"It's our planetary alliance's spaceship!"

Two days later, Arora, the security officer of the Orville, who was traveling to a certain star field at sub-light speed, unexpectedly received a message at her post. Then, after she quickly operated, interpreted and analyzed a certain public signal, she studied and determined it.

, then turned around and loudly reported to Captain Ed behind him.

"Gatria Galaxy?"

“So close to us!”

"Ed?"

After briefly looking at the star map and the distribution of Covenant ships near that galaxy, he found that his own ship, the Orville, was the closest at present and could not share the signal and hand it over to others to carry out the rescue. First mate Kelly immediately looked at it.

She asked Ed, who was sitting next to her.

"All right!"

"Boys, come to life!"

"Gordon!"

"Set the course and start quantum navigation!"

"Reach the target area as quickly as possible!"

Since it was a distress signal from the Advancement and it was sent by the Covenant's own ship, Ed certainly did not dare to neglect it and directly gave the order to Gordon, and signaled the other party to turn around and set off immediately.

"clear!"

"I received the coordinates!"

"Let's go now."

Gordon, who never gave up on business, quickly completed the operation while responding, allowing the Orville to quickly complete the turn in just a few seconds, and then started the engine, allowing the Orville to enter instantly.

The quantum flight of ten light years per hour then disappeared into the pitch-black universe.

"??"

|?˙?˙)Hello?

"Uncle Ed, didn't you say you were going to survey and map the star map? Why did you suddenly turn around again?"

?(ψ｀▽′)o

At this time, Annie, who was originally wandering outside, discovered that the ship's route had changed and entered a quantum flight posture. She knew that something must have happened, so she hurried to the bridge and asked in a crisp voice, knowingly.

"It's you, Annie..."

"We received a distress signal and are now rushing to see the situation."

"We don't know exactly what it is."

Seeing Annie running in, Ed sighed first, and then reluctantly explained.

And it was not difficult for him to tell from Annie's little expression that the little guy in front of him obviously didn't care much about where the spaceship was going. She was just here to see if there was any fun or if something was going to happen.

It was just something she liked to hear and see. It must be true. He, Ed, had already seen through the other person.

"Another distress signal?"

(′～`●)

When she heard another distress signal, Annie's originally expectant expression changed instantly.

"Can't you let someone else go?"

(???.???)????

Anne said that they just rescued a giant eco-boat two days ago, and now they have to rescue another one. She is a little confused. When did the Orville, a broken ship, become a lifeboat?

"no!"

"We must go."

Shaking his head, Ed said without doubt.

Then, seeing that Anne's face was not very good, he thought for a while and then patiently explained:

"Is such that!"

"According to the laws and regulations of the Planetary Alliance, when any ship receives a distress signal, if it is capable, it must go to the rescue as soon as possible. This is the highest priority!"

"If there is an important military mission that prevents you from going or you are unable to go, you must forward the distress signal as soon as possible and ensure that other spacecraft receive the signal and can go to the rescue before they can continue their original mission.

.”

"So, Annie, you understand, right?"

"Although rescue is indeed not the responsibility of our Orville, as long as we receive a signal, we must go and check!"

"Otherwise, I, the captain, will have to go to court-martial, and I won't be able to let you go."

Slumped shoulders, Ed said half-jokingly.

"That's right!"

"In fact, that is not only the law of the alliance, but also the consensus and convention established by this universe!"

"Exception is the Quills!"

"Those guys are currently only waging war and attacking our Covenant ships. You also know what happened when we were on the eco-ship a few days ago. Gordon and Petrus received the distress signal.

He also had to leave us behind and go to the rescue..."

"We have no choice, we have to go and see it."

Kelly added, and subconsciously touched the wound on her forehead, feeling a little scared in her heart.

Although her wounds recovered well after being exposed to the light by Chief Medical Officer Claire, the place where she was hit with the gun butt still hurt... At that time, they were knocked down before they had time to react.

On the ground, if Annie hadn't insisted on being with them, it's still unclear whether she and Alora would be alive now!

"The key is!"

"Actually, the exploration mission of our Orville is not urgent. The headquarters only uses us as a patrol ship more often."

"So, even if we are not doing our job properly, such as going to fight the Quail people, litigating a lawsuit, or exploring a strange spaceship that has lost power, etc., as long as nothing serious happens and no lives are lost, the headquarters will not interfere.

of."

"We are just like a handyman spaceship. We are not in an important battle sequence anyway. As long as we don't mess things up, that's all."

With slumped shoulders, Ed beside him also began to laugh at himself after Kelly finished speaking.

"oh……"

(*ˉ?ˉ*;)

"Is that so?"

(O ^~^ O)

Nodding, Anne seemed to understand a little bit. However, she did not rush to leave the bridge. Instead, she simply walked behind Gordon and started staring at the data and charts on the other person's desktop, preparing to see what it was.

Such things.

Ten minutes later...

"!

"

"captain!"
To be continued...