Chapter 1257.
The Black Flag Squadron belonged to the 35th Mecha Squadron of the 7th Fast Reaction Fleet, number 001.
The 35th Mecha Squadron had three mecha squads under its jurisdiction, and the Black Flag Squad belonged to the core force and had been serving as the squadron’s vanguard and sharpshooter, so the battle loss rate was the highest.
The newest member of the squad, Wang Dust, took over the role of the Black Flag squad’s Ranger.
In the mecha squad, the Ranger is a very special existence, its positioning is equivalent to the team’s free man, the hunter on the battlefield, belongs to an independent individual, and does not completely belong to the captain command.
As far as authority is concerned, the ranger is only half a level below the squad leader, on par with the vice-captain, and higher than the ordinary team members.
In the tactical system, the rangers have a very high degree of freedom, and can decide their own positioning based on the battle situation.
Either support the auxiliary, or charge into battle, basically controlled by their own advance and retreat.
Due to the special nature of the role, rangers must be served by elite pilots, so that they can truly become the squad’s booster, rather than the guy who pulls back.
This was the reason why Lieutenant Carter was annoyed beyond measure when he first saw Wang Dust.
Not afraid of god-like opponents, but afraid of pig-like teammates, if the Ranger was a pig, then dragging and pitting the Black Flag squad to death was something that was entirely possible to happen.
However, when he learned that Wang Dust was a Class A Battle Occupant, that attitude immediately made a 180-degree turn.
After the simple welcoming procedure was completed, Lieutenant Carter first introduced the other nine members of the Black Flag Squad to Wang Chuan.
What surprised Wang Chen was that there were actually two female pilots in this mecha squad!
Women can of course serve as fighter pilots, but limited to physical factors, the number of female fighter pilots is very small, and they serve more as snipers or commanders.
The two female pilots of the Black Flag team, one is a sniper, one is a strong fighter, of which the latter is tall and lanky, muscle gnarled very strong, physical fitness does not lose to any of his teammates.
In contrast, the sniper is much more petite and cute.
But Wang Dust would not have the intention to underestimate, because the 7th Fast Reaction Fleet’s turnout rate was quite high, and none of the pilots who were able to join the Black Flag Squad would be weak!
On the other hand, the members of the Black Flag team were more curious about this new Ranger, Wang Chen.
It was inconceivable that such a young Wang Chuan had actually passed the A-rank Battle Occupant Certification.
And he wasn’t even a nobleman’s son.
If one looked at the entire Seventh Rapid Reaction Fleet, they wouldn’t be able to find a second genius like this!
Of course, because he hadn’t been tested in actual combat yet, the members of the Black Flag Squad were not in awe of Wang Chuan.
His prestige in the team was yet to be established.
After that, Lieutenant Carter personally took Wang Dust to visit the facilities of the camp and arranged for his dormitory.
There was definitely no way to compare the conditions of the barracks dormitory with the academy, but pilots were all non-commissioned officers to start with, and the benefits they could enjoy were definitely much better than ordinary soldiers.
Wang Dust’s dormitory was about forty square meters, with a layout of one room, one hall, and one bathroom, and the equipment inside wasn’t luxurious, but it had everything that should be there, except that most of it was old in color.
But considering that this was inside a space fortress, such conditions were already very good.
“Staff Sergeant Wang Dust, according to the protocol, you have three days of rest.”
Lieutenant Carter said to him, “First familiarize yourself with the interior of TK043, after all, this is already your new home.”
Wang Dust nodded, “Thank you sir.”
“You’re welcome.”
Lieutenant Carter waved his hand and said, “From now on, we’ll be comrades in arms, on the battlefield, rank doesn’t matter.”
Wang Dust felt that the other party’s reason was there, but he didn’t inquire about it.
After Lieutenant Carter left, Wang Dust logged on to the Star Ocean Network in his dormitory and sent a message to Ming Mei and Tang Mi.
The three had their own private group, and it was still convenient to communicate through the network.
In fact, if Wang Chuan was just an ordinary soldier, or even a sergeant-level mechanic, he would not have access to the extranet in the barracks, and would only be able to move around in the Space Bastion’s intranet.
But the identity of an A-class warjack allowed him to have such access!
And because he was able to use the Star Ocean Network normally, Wang Chen didn’t have the slightest problem communicating with each other even though he and his two girlfriends were separated by a distance of hundreds of light years.
They could even play the most intimate full-analog games.
In the next two days, Wang Chuan turned around inside TK043 and gained the most intuitive understanding of this space fortress.
Although TK043 belonged to a military facility, it was actually a large space city, inhabited by a large number of military personnel, as well as those who provided services to the garrison and fleet.
There were hotels, shopping malls and other buildings, and even a gymnasium and an amusement park, and apart from floating in space, it wasn’t really too different from a city on the ground.
Three days passed by in a flash, and Wang Chen officially started his military career.
He got a real fighter mech of his own.
The SPB17 mech, codenamed “Immortal Bird”.
SPB17 is a standard medium-sized mecha, equipped with two PC5600 engines, with a total mass of nearly ten tons, equipped with a 150mm high-energy particle cannon, two 70mm caliber proximity laser cannons.
As well as a Hyperwave Chopper.
The Immortal Bird mech is characterized by high attack and weak defense and fast speed, belonging to the sensitive combat type mech, heavily equipped in the Imperial Army, is a very mature model that has experienced countless battles.
Wang Dust had piloted this type of mech at the battle training base, so the process of getting started and familiarizing himself with it was quick, and it only took him a few days before he began to participate in the daily training of the Black Flag Squad.
And quickly integrated into this team.
While mastering the mech, Wang Chen became familiar with the members of the Black Flag Squad.
Then everyone realized that this genius mechanic of his didn’t have much of a stance, never showed off his identity as an A-class warjack, and was quite obedient to Lieutenant Carter’s orders during training.
This made everyone feel good about Wang Dust and invited him to join them for a drink at the bar in the base after the training.
The combatants of the 7th Rapid Response Fleet plus the logistics team totaled more than 100,000 people, and in order to provide everyone with avenues for recreation and relaxation, there were more than a dozen bars of various sizes in the base.
And they also had their own specialties.
Black Flag team members often come to this bar called “Old Sailor”, is a retired crew opened, although the scale is not large, but the d茅cor and atmosphere are quite good.
The drinks were also good, and the owner himself was the bartender.
“Give me a glass of Starry Flame.”
On this day, having just finished his training, Wang Chen came to the Old Sailor Bar with a few of his team members as usual.
He took a seat in front of the counter and ordered one of the most popular cocktails here.