MechWars: Departure

"Veyne, what are your plans after graduation?" Kael asked with a smile, "Don't play Space Wars all day, you can't make a living with that. Do you really want to join the army after graduation?"

Veyne looked at this best friend who grew up with him and nodded,

"I have this plan, but I haven't decided yet."

"Oh my God!" Kael covered his forehead exaggeratedly, "You really treat games as reality. Those broken machines in the Earth Federation are not like games to operate. It's super tiring and there's no future.

Besides, we ordinary humans can't compare with the physique of the Alters at all."

Veyne didn't refute. This is indeed a cruel reality. It is now 2215 AD. The old human's natural human Earth Federation TUN and the Alters New Dawn Freedom Alliance AND Together they dominate the world.

This plot is very old, and has been predicted by countless science fiction movies. Although cloning has been banned, genetic engineering has not stopped. This is also due to human fear of birth, aging, illness and death. New humans have been born.

They call themselves Alters, and they are not much different from ordinary people in appearance, except that they are stronger and have greatly improved disease resistance.

As for the brain, there is no obvious advantage. After all, brain development is more difficult than the Great Leap Forward.

But this is enough to make a difference. The highest 100-meter sprint of ordinary humans is only 9.7 seconds, which is already the elite among the elites.

But a slightly trained Alter can easily run to this number, and the fastest can run into 9 seconds, and the difference begins to appear.

But the advantages are still very obvious. Human life has become somewhat chaotic. During the fifteen years of rapid development of the Alters, the war broke out. The two sides fought fiercely for half a century.

Finally, they decided to end this meaningless war of attrition. In the history of both sides, it was called a farce. This war was also the fourth world war in the history of human development.

After the war, humans established the Natural Human Earth Federation TUN, which still manages the earth, while the Alters established the New Dawn Freedom Alliance AND, which is mainly concentrated on the moon, but AND is still nominally affiliated with TUN.

Humans also have research and development bases on the moon, and a considerable number of Alters are also on the earth, but they are mainly concentrated in Oceania.

After fifty years of integration, although they are not completely harmonious, they have adapted to this peaceful coexistence. After all, the same origin cannot be changed.

After each war, human technology will advance by leaps and bounds. The more intense the war, the faster the technological leap. I don't know whether it is the inferiority of human beings or the nature of war.

But in the past five years, human beings have entered an unprecedented cosmic technological revolution. Human interstellar warships can travel freely between solar systems, and mineral deposits from other planets are continuously imported to the earth and the moon.

In order to adapt to interstellar wars and interstellar development, antimatter energy interstellar warships have become the mainstream, and once they land, mobile suits are the mainstream troops. After all, no one can adapt to various battle situations better than humans themselves.

Mobile suits originated from the creation of the Alters. To put it bluntly, they are fighting machines controlled by humans, but in human form. Using the Alters' strong bodies and reactions, they can manipulate mobile suits very flexibly.

The Alters, whose numbers are far less than humans, relied on the powerful attack power of mobile suits to block the attack.

Now, mobile suits have become the main combat force of TUN and AND. This type of soldier can adapt to the terrain of various planets, which is really convenient.

It is said that even mobile suits for space stations are about to be successfully researched. Of course, these are top secrets of the two major alliances and major arms dealers, and ordinary people are just guessing.

So far, mobile suits have been updated many times, and even ordinary humans can drive them, but the data in all aspects is a little worse.

"Brother, high school students have no future. If you want to join the army, I won't stop you, but you'd better apply for a military academy, otherwise you can only be a logistics soldier and you can't even touch it."

Kael looked at his friend helplessly. Although he didn't like the space war game very much, he had watched it a few times and Veyne was really good at it.

It's just that in his opinion, mobile suits are just mobile cannon fodder. They look cool, but in fact, they are hard and have no benefits. They are equivalent to infantry in ancient wars and have no future.

Veyne shrugged helplessly. It's not that he didn't want to, but exams were really not his forte. In this era, the scores for military academies are the highest.

And the five major military academies are a no-brainer, where the elite of the elites gather.

To give a simple example, Veyne joins the army after graduating from high school. After passing the physical examination and assessment, he will start as an ordinary soldier. If he works hard for a few years, he may become a mobile suit, but he is only a corporal.

If he is lucky and has some military merits, he will be promoted to captain when he is over 40 years old. However, those who graduate from the five major military academies are second lieutenants when they enter the army. No matter what the position is, the rank alone is enough to make people envious.

And the best students in each class can directly enter the interstellar battleship control department, which is the rank of major, which is probably a position that an ordinary mobile suit can never get even if he works hard to death.

But this is the reality. Mobile suits are equivalent to the infantry in the past, and driving interstellar battleships, even ordinary staff are senior officers.

Veyne is still very open-minded about this. Everyone has his own strengths. Compared with driving interstellar battleships, he prefers to be a very manly mobile suit.

But... military school is his eternal pain. He thinks his IQ is not low, but the test questions are too abnormal, and he really has no interest in those theoretical things.

"Haha, don't worry, there's still half a year left. I don't care if it succeeds or not. I'll try my luck. What about you? What are your plans?"

"Haha, I don't have the ambition to make a career like you do. I want to be a famous reporter, preferably a gossip and entertainment news reporter, specializing in taking candid photos of beautiful women. Don't worry, when I become famous, I'll definitely give you a set of free photos of any celebrity!"

The two of them laughed obscenely, their arms around each other's shoulders. They were young and could do whatever they wanted. Veyne knew his friend's personality. He liked to get to the bottom of things, and he had good writing skills. It would be a waste for him not to do this.

Although they had different hobbies, it didn't prevent them from being good brothers. They had been together for more than ten years, but his goal was military school, while Kael's goal was liberal arts college.

After they separated, perhaps Kael had aroused his hope, so Veyne was not in a hurry to go home. There were maglev cars flowing around him. It was so cool, but it was a pity that he couldn't afford it.