
「呼、呼……妳還行嗎?」406Please respect copyright.PENANA4VCq0QZliz
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「哈……要問妳吧?哈、哈……看誰先跑5000!」406Please respect copyright.PENANAzQx4Dx4Jbs
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立定目標,女兵們使勁狂奔,多虧腰部繫繩和腳下的輸送帶才沒有撞上牆壁。汗珠滲出兩人額頭,被前後擺動的藍色短髮和粉紅馬尾甩到空中,映出四周的健身房,然後就被吸入空調裝置。406Please respect copyright.PENANAA04h95ljBn
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「到了!」406Please respect copyright.PENANAJXoiqtVwej
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「哈……可惡……」406Please respect copyright.PENANAEPLwGijXaI
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跑步機速度趨緩。兩人調整呼吸,同時解開束帶,癱在無重力空間中休息,差點撞到上頭踩著腳踏車的同事。在這裡,每面牆都塞滿了各種設備,又沒有離心廊道能「腳踏實地」。小型船艦服役的缺點,抱怨歸抱怨,還是得試著習慣。406Please respect copyright.PENANAk6WlJQ6d51
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「洗澡啦,等等還要值班呢。」淡藍色短髮的女兵咬著一包飲用水,拉扯運動內衣胸口,率先打開了艙門。另一名粉紅馬尾的女兵則是抓起兩條毛巾,蹬牆跟上。406Please respect copyright.PENANAIEHfCG6pUJ
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「嘿,妳忘記拿……糟糕,我開始想念蘇了,她是我們這梯跑最快的……」406Please respect copyright.PENANAmYpBN4H0NB
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「謝啦……她啊……未婚夫在木衛變成那樣,難免會想退役……聽說她家人在火星?」406Please respect copyright.PENANApD4QJudlIq
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「想回去嗎?這時間點,一定會被抓起來審問……」406Please respect copyright.PENANAQHX8KFNKWr
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「或者,我們先打贏帝國聯合艦隊,重新拿下火星。」406Please respect copyright.PENANAgzbbqQz24k
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兩人經過走廊邊的新月旗幟和革命標語,抵達「澡堂」更衣室,熟練地騰空翻轉,用離心力脫得精光、展露身軀。406Please respect copyright.PENANAuVQJvtSqtW
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「哇……妳剃掉了,粉色很少見的說……」406Please respect copyright.PENANA6Cz20Jn09R
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「怎、怎樣啦?就……有新調來的船員,想說要打理一下……」406Please respect copyright.PENANAzwA8Xa7JPm
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兩人邊嬉鬧邊飄入淋浴區⸺只有幾片機能性隔板裝飾的坦蕩空間,這時,迎頭就撞見跟她們一樣全裸的男子。406Please respect copyright.PENANA16XDDoa1nN
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「喔,說人人到……長官?」藍髮女兵大剌剌地,拉著身邊害臊的同儕打招呼。倒是那位男性軍人,表情整個蒼白,尷尬地拿毛巾遮掩重要部位。406Please respect copyright.PENANA9joTRDcg1z
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「啊!抱歉,我不知道現在是妳們的……呃……我馬上出去!」406Please respect copyright.PENANAi7kus20HGm
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「這裡是……」粉髮女兵小小聲地,來不及對掠過眼前的他說個明白,「這裡是男女共用啊……」406Please respect copyright.PENANAPWIBQDWP6L
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「噗……嘻嘻!」406Please respect copyright.PENANAXmJpO9NZRl
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久違的「驚喜」,讓僵直的神經輕鬆不少,女孩們都笑了出來。藍髮的她選了一片隔板,把毛巾放在出水口上,沾滿洗潔液。406Please respect copyright.PENANADrtQ2rCuo0
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「天啊……我敢說,他一定是從馬勒亞普調來的,那邊有夠寬敞,男女居住區才能分開。」406Please respect copyright.PENANAa9eiPYeQbY
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「還有離心重力,真好……我也想站著沖澡。」粉髮的她嘆了口氣,擦拭起白嫩頸子,「可是……為什麼要臨時調派呢?聽別艘飛燕級的說,她們也有收到旗艦下來的……明明就要決戰了啊。」406Please respect copyright.PENANAiCxsMqJEZZ
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「誰知道……我相信元帥大人。」406Please respect copyright.PENANAVlcvrxXOzq
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片刻,澡堂內只剩寂寥回音。她們不曉得自己還能相信多久、還能用什麼話語掩蓋挫折。當初加入新月,期望能打破僵化階級、取得名分,如今卻是節節敗退、死傷無數。跟帝國艦隊的正面交鋒,簡直就像垂死前的孤注一擲。406Please respect copyright.PENANAI19bliMb1F
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粉髮女士兵抓著隔板,用力把毛巾丟入回收箱轉換心情,一派輕鬆地說:「反正,我們這些複製人也沒地方去啦。」406Please respect copyright.PENANAwaVqsLRgLy
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「沒錯……新月耀世。」406Please respect copyright.PENANAlw7eVCV7Xp
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擊掌、出門、穿好軍裝,兩人來到艦橋準備值勤,突然發現裡面多了不少人。406Please respect copyright.PENANAALRCWOmOFU
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疑惑地探視進去,眼前光景讓她們不可置信:佇立在觀景窗前,那位髮型奇特、身披紫金大衣的背影,正是薩邁爾‧吳‧瓦迪馬。406Please respect copyright.PENANASPNz9S0TGI
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「元!元帥大人?」406Please respect copyright.PENANAwIMj6MGLnT
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「還不快就定位!緊急戰術變更!」繃著臉皮的艦長在座席上揮手驅趕,並開始全體廣播,「注意!大隊即將進入躍進航行,但在那之前,元帥……交給您了。」406Please respect copyright.PENANAepRvtWwIZ1
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「抱歉,嚇到各位。」406Please respect copyright.PENANAkbQwHlDqz1
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薩邁爾接過話筒,滿懷自信地說:「盡早習慣吧,接下來,我們必須不斷臨機應變。」406Please respect copyright.PENANAkCMrcJFsiz
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「……面對帝國聯軍,我方將使用旗艦馬勒亞普誘敵,避開正面衝突,直接前往金星,奪取太陽能淬煉廠……」406Please respect copyright.PENANAs0Vdohr7Az
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難以置信的訊息傳入所有官兵耳中。茵坦、狼刃以及其他高階將士分散在各艘船艦上,不約而同地看向浩蕩隊伍中心的巨大月輪。406Please respect copyright.PENANAdX4JemrmAA
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阿那吠耀建成後,退居二線的馬勒亞普比起戰鬥更適合閱兵典禮。意在精簡人力的自動操艦系統,只要稍加改造就能變成遙控炸彈。帝國絕料想不到,竟有軍隊會如此對待他們的精神象徵。406Please respect copyright.PENANAwNwpa0sLgl
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大膽策略發佈後,新月船隻緊靠在旗艦旁,利用共振護盾開始超光速航行。噴射軌跡看起來就像同時前往交戰地點,但只有無人駕駛的馬勒亞普會中途脫離。406Please respect copyright.PENANADMIpP4SGoH
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「所以……之後的指揮艦,是我們的飛燕級?」女士兵紀錄資訊,慌張問道。406Please respect copyright.PENANAYQDbtQx1DJ
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「沒錯,暫時。」薩邁爾元帥飄到艦長席旁,把想要讓出位子的軍官推了回去。406Please respect copyright.PENANAwSY2xRO4SP
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「之後,所有船艦都會擔任指揮,所有人都可以獨立思考、提出意見。面對AI病毒、限制數據傳輸時,我清楚看到各位的連攜合作,及時判斷能力絕對不輸纏結通訊……我駕駛機體出擊時,本就仰賴後方協助指揮,旗艦沒有必要性,反而會成為弱點。」406Please respect copyright.PENANAE7Yk8EGCBU
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語畢,他想起數日前,來自帝國宰相鈦仙的那封密電。「一人之下者,似其人,非其人」⸺暗示了地球統治機關天地衛的陰謀,再加上狼刃的建言,讓他進而思考父親起義的真正意圖,以及該如何顛覆既定思維。406Please respect copyright.PENANA8ODQOTTOK9
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「千年歲月讓永生帝王的形象深植,軍閥怎麼內鬥都離不開昂天陰影,怎麼革新都還是在體制之下……推翻一切,才能揭開瘡疤、重塑國家……昂天活夠久了,下任皇帝,必須是我⸺我,必須是聽得到人民的王。」406Please respect copyright.PENANAB9vzVWvyxq
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理性聲線帶出碩大野心,眾官兵一時錯愕,卻也心生敬畏。元帥重整編制並非自暴自棄,流水般的指揮陣形就像他的王道,柔軟應敵、剛硬反擊。兼顧整體與個體,如此抽象的「新旗艦」,難以免俗地需要一個稱號⸺406Please respect copyright.PENANA9P0q0FNRwp
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「帕拉‧巴望。」406Please respect copyright.PENANACYAnRiwsTQ
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高速閃過的星斗在拋光面具上移轉,狼刃復誦著新制之名,離開他負責監督的星河級艦橋,跟電梯旁的亞克博士低語:「我蠻好奇,新月軍是怎麼取名字的?」406Please respect copyright.PENANAfGixXkEXez
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「沒什麼,單純意識形態吧……」奧賽羅笑著把手插進口袋。406Please respect copyright.PENANAn31Uodhz4b
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「帝國的漸進式同化政策,把所有宗教信仰都融合到昂天身上,幸虧海王星遠得可憐才能保存舊資料……新月軍應該也是從類似古文書撈出那些神祇,用來否認皇帝的唯一神性,適合宣傳還能惹怒對方……雖然廉價,想不到真的說拋棄就拋棄了。讓薩邁爾犧牲旗艦好嗎?和平重工崩壞之後,可造不出那種東西了。」406Please respect copyright.PENANAosm5Arp1pu
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「正合我意……兵器越少越好……今日的朋友,明天也會變成努那的敵人。」406Please respect copyright.PENANAOcFRNqx8ld
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「哼,原來如此,真是精打細算……畢竟,『幫助同胞』就是我自己跟你說的嘛。」406Please respect copyright.PENANAIzu35sOblq
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雖然現實,但這就是戰爭。就算烏霸同情新月處境,支援族人移民太陽系的目標也不會改變。領航者號正參與原初智攻略,往後的內環局勢,他只能用未來的知識盡量干預。
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火星公轉軌道,L5平動點宙域,本應空無一物的地方出現了異常光景:大量鋼殼載具、人形兵器以相等間隔規律排列,形成數道障壁。其用意,就是防堵新月軍的進擊。406Please respect copyright.PENANASZOqcd6Ay0
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帝國聯合艦隊中心,全長2.5公里的神山級航宙要塞「崑崙」指揮所內,金度‧金恩‧艾因里希很反常地戴著軍帽,只為了遮住太陽穴的手術痕跡。406Please respect copyright.PENANAUNSqW6XzvV
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「薩邁爾,還是來了啊……可用兵力頂多三千有餘,要如何面對我軍五千艘,加上關德琳的一千艘呢?」406Please respect copyright.PENANAYWvLhKfcGf
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天球螢幕環繞著廣大艦橋。老將軍胸有成竹地分析著觀測情報,思路卻不時被莫名情緒打斷。406Please respect copyright.PENANAJHxreDgJtQ
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「嘖,身體的記憶……還沒清乾淨嗎?」感到煩悶的金度,開始用只有自己聽得見的聲音呢喃。406Please respect copyright.PENANAMYDNgnmaUK
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「最近的年輕人,越來越敏銳了……爾哈特,前天月衛憲兵總司,利用職務之便累積人脈,想抓住我們的把柄,還死不瞑目把軍閥交給兒子繼承……鈦仙,另一個我們,應該從中破壞才對,怎麼遲遲都沒回報……」406Please respect copyright.PENANA2YIUyml7GV
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察覺部下經過,老將軍停止自言自語,默默看著窗外的船艦陣列。艏部尖銳的「六梵天」要塞緩緩停在崑崙上方,體積雖然比不上神山級,講求快狠準的整體性能,還是跟它的主子關德琳一樣難纏。406Please respect copyright.PENANAosoULEJUQW
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是否太晚拉攏她了?金度的大腦因不祥預感隱隱作痛。難道,千年時光已經讓「我們」跟不上時代,害無堅不摧的極權出現破綻。還是說,平等、權力分散,在宇宙、生物圈內才是自然現象?406Please respect copyright.PENANAHmPDMTkdp0
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不該如此。406Please respect copyright.PENANAYueGA87qnE
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曾經,地球大陸的交界地有一個國、一個王,統治著境內各種民族。直到某日,貪圖利益的外來者將他們從中分化,催生獨立思潮,結果,原本相安無恙的族群因為土地、資源互相仇恨、殺戮,遺禍萬年。相信愚昧的大眾,只是自找麻煩。406Please respect copyright.PENANAccCJ5nNHOX
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「生命的基本構造絕非均質,一定會出現追求頂峰的存在,就像艦隊需要旗艦帶領……表率、菁英、象徵,站在高處才能拉起弱者,腳底下的蒼生看慣了,總會夢想著至上權位,最後,這些強者終將歸結於『我們』。」406Please respect copyright.PENANAER0xDvsGn3
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「將軍!B1觀測點纏結通訊入電!」406Please respect copyright.PENANAd22KTQom2o
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傳令兵焦急走向金度,手中字條被汗水沾濕,「報告:新月艦隊臨時變更航道,受躍進磁場干擾,無法取得內應聯繫,本站將盡速偵查……以上……」406Please respect copyright.PENANAEPAX8BunJm
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老將軍皺起眉頭,仰望螢幕上的敵方訊號。警告鈴聲堆疊著詭譎氛圍,月輪旗艦很快就脫離超光速航行,進入了目視範圍。形單影隻的它,沒有友軍伴隨。406Please respect copyright.PENANA3WoMeGM3eX
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同時,最新情資顯示:馬勒亞普與其它船艦的路線在中途分岔。前來赴戰的,只有空空如也的「權力象徵」。406Please respect copyright.PENANAY6yZkEtU6q
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「那個小混蛋……」406Please respect copyright.PENANAN3Q8BKWBIF
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金度仰著頭好久,帽子都飄掉了。白銀之月加速撞進聯合艦隊,引擎超載自我毀滅,一瞬閃光更勝太陽,彷彿就在嘲笑他腦中那些理念。406Please respect copyright.PENANAPSrVizXLus
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仰賴底層多數撐起頂端少數的王政金字塔,如同複雜戰局,一個失算就會接連崩塌。薩邁爾避開對決、聲東擊西,接著,原初智AI病毒也擺脫帝國掌控,佔領穀神星遠離人類。現在轉進支援金星也太遲了,聯合艦隊指揮系統一片慌亂,只能等待「上級的上級」傳達調度指示。406Please respect copyright.PENANAk75TwHJRPp
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「白女士……跟我去地球,帝國需要妳的力量。」406Please respect copyright.PENANAHfBpkXOwiK
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「不,我自有安排。」406Please respect copyright.PENANA67spLe3Bs1
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金度倉促邀約,關德琳‧白‧伊凡斯卻選擇掛斷通訊,把老將軍因憤怒而扭曲的臉孔拋到腦後。406Please respect copyright.PENANArJc1uUV7IP
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「女性直覺可是很準的……『似其人,非其人』……鈦仙那傢伙,總是喜歡咬文嚼字。」406Please respect copyright.PENANADcxpzpItMH
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六梵天帶著艦隊一一脫離戰線,回防火星。情報局統帥環起了雙臂,思考不久前收到的密電意涵。皮膚上的疙瘩不斷暗示著她:要是前去地球,自己就不再是自己。406Please respect copyright.PENANAm1pKUHMnXC
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