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"Teaar in 20 seconds Opening the second airlock…"

Gathered at the bridge, Yao Yuan and a few Barracks authorities sighed in relief Guang Zhen nodded "That doesn’t look so bad, better than the 2 tiood enough They’re familiar but not proficient; I’ve noticed at least 2 pilots still unable to get used to the high speed"

Ying added, "You’re being too harsh on the to the AI, as cosmic adapters,them at Rank A Of course, they aren’t coood enough to be able to complete these feats"

Yao Yuan frowned "Looks like the jet still needs to be installed with artificial aid to help the pilot get used to the speed 150 kilos"

This was the start of year 0006 The Hope was in theits third Space Combat Jet Prototype 003 drill Compared to the previous 2 instances where there had alotten prettythe jets, but of course, they still hadn’t reached Yao Yuan’s expectations

The coes in the past 3 years Its original foro It was a super jet that could reach up to 340 kilouns and e time, as well as an internal polymerized reactor to support up to 140 hours of continuous coh Until today, the combat jet had seen 3 different iterations The first was the original, which the Hope only had 1 of so far After that there were the Homo Evolutis jets that could reach up to 200 kilouns and netic device, and upwards of 8 hours combat time The last was the Virus X survivor jets Those could reach up to 150 kilole-tier electronetic device, and couldof features, the price and resource requirenificant decrease as well With the removal of the polymerized reactor alone, the production cost was slashed by 40 percent With other changes, the final cost for the Hoinal jet, and the cost for the Virus X survivor jet was 1/30 the original cost

Today, the Hope had 25 Ho the fleet return to the hangar, Yao Yuan sighed "You’re right They’ve given it their best, and I shouldn’t forget that before this, they’re still norood rest They’ve trained hard for 3 months in preparation for this 3rd drill They deserve a half- our next course of action"

Everyone was stunned, and it was Guang Zhen who came forth and asked, "Ol’ Yao, what do you mean by next course of action? Do youoperation si about space warp"

Yao Yuan continued seriously, "From my conversations with a few of the top Academy leaders, I was told that ill need at least another 10 to 15 years of study before we can reach the mid-point of the 4th industrial revolution, and another 30 to 50 years before we can reach the height or the end of the revolution This has nothing to do with how e; the data collected needs time to percolate, that’s all In other words, the Hope is slated to enter the mid-point of the revolution, and in fact, I believe we’re extremely close to it We have the weapons for both space corades, our agriculture has undergone er life expectancy, and even have access to engineering robots

"But make no mistake, this is not meant to be our hoht at the dark space outside of the

"Let’s not forget our goal We’re looking for a planet with a blue ocean and open sky, and this is not it!

"So clear your schedule for a conference on the next space warp!"