The black veritech (completed 17/17)

The gift of the spoiled princess

THE BLACK VERITECH

Capítulo 5: The gift of the spoiled princess

Rick made a name for himself as the first human to enter an enemy ship and return to tell the tale.

"That's my friend!" Knight shouted happily at the party he and Fokker had prepared for him at Minmei's relatives' restaurant.

Knight explained to everyone who wanted to hear from him (and those who didn't) about Rick's pilot skills, whether it was as a veritech pilot or his previous exploits before the SDF-1 depart.

Rick, who was already used to fame, tried to cope as best he could, but was a little upset to see how Minmei looked at other pilots more than him.

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SDF-1 was approaching Earth, but constant skirmishes were already taking their toll on the resources that the space fortress could afford.

"We're not going to Earth?" Asked Knight.

"It seems that way," Rick said, "Roy told me that the enemy had cut us off and that he thought it would be a good idea to go to Mars to re-supply us with various materials."

"It sounds logical, that is, the fortress can make anything, but the use of recycling has its limits."

"At least, Knight, we've been able to step on dry land since the war began."

"You are right, in the void of space there is no place to lean, no star of reference is scary."

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The ship gobbled up without a problem near the Sara base on Mars, and several wicks and veritechs went out to verify that there was no danger.

"Did you know that the base is named after Major Hayes' mother?"

"Really? I didn't know that"

"Yes, it seems that the commander's mother died in an EBSIS terrorist attack, Lisa was nearby when it happened, she almost didn't count."

"Wow, I didn't know that, but how do you know that, Knight?"

"Commander Kurt told me," Knight explained, but when he saw Rick's face of doubt, he added.

"You know, the beard guy who always likes to smoke unfiltered cigarettes and who is always ready to show off his exploits, especially his involvement in the destruction of the greens and eggshells when Macross Island was brought close to Pluto."

"Yes, I realize, I didn't think that happened to the commander, poor thing, so Admiral Hayes was the one who named the base after his dead wife?"

"Yeah Rick, now I see why the commander is sometimes so strict, I guess she ran away from her pain by focusing on her career, don't you think?" Knight told him, and Rick started to think seriously about Lisa Hayes from that moment on.

The mecha and veritech pilots were watching the place when the attack alarm went off.

"Good get ready, we must buy time for everyone to enter the fortress" Roy instructed them.

"What kind of units will attack us, Roy?" wanted to know, Rick.

"I'm told they're all eggshells and they're already within a stone's throw of each other, so get ready."